Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1917 — HATS OFF TO MR. GROUNDHOG [ARTICLE]

HATS OFF TO MR. GROUNDHOG

There may have been a worse winter’s day than that of last Sunday, some time in the dim and distant past, but if so we do not recall it within our remembrance. The wind blew quite hard all Saturday night and Sunday, approaching almost a gale Sunday morning, and a few inches of snow that fell during the night and early morping piled up in drifts and sifted into every crack and crevice of. dwellings and outbuildings. After the snow stopped falling dust from

the bare places on the roads and fields filled the air. We have seen as blustery days as last Sunday but do not recall of having ever experienced such extreme cold with it. The mercury registered from 2 to 6 degrees below zero all day long and with the fierce wind the cold penetrated to the marrow. It was a very hard day on stock not completely protected from the weather. Following is the official temperature as shown by the government thermometer at St. Joseph college for the twenty-four hours previous to 4 p. m. of the dates given, except yesterday, which gives the high and low temperature for Thursday night only: - High Low Friday ....... ...... 1 2 -—ll Saturday •• • • -23 r > Sunday . . . .—4 —-6 Monday ....... ...10 Tuesday (a. tn.) 6 2