Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1901 — The First Hard Frost. [ARTICLE]

The First Hard Frost.

Friday night was the first really hard frost here of the season. The first one hard enough to show white frost everywhere this morning, and hard enough to wilt the leaves on the trees, and to make ioe of considerable thickness on still water. The temperature, by government thermometer, was down to 27 degrees, which was 8 degrees lower than it had been before this season. While the freezing of the foliage so early in the fall is always a matter of regret to many persons, further than that the frost can do no harm, and is really a benefit to farmers as it hurries the drying of the corn, getting it sooner in shape for cutting. Mrs. Genevieve Sprigg, agent for Chas. A. Stevens & Bros., of Chioago takes orders for tailormade suits, oloaks, and furs. Also ready-made, waists, silk or wool. Telephone her at No. 174 and she will call with samples.