The Chariton Patriot Chariton, Iowa Thursday, January 13, 1875 A COLD NIGHT.-- Last Friday night was probably the coldest that we have had in this section for many years. Early Friday morning it was snowing gently and quite calm, but suddenly a north-west gale came sweeping over the country, bringing chilly tidings from the ice bound north, and warning all to prepare for still lower mercury, and perchance an increasing wind. The snow soon began to wirl and twirl, and dance and prance around, and manifest such a disposition to all get in through the windows and at the bottom of the doors that an unusual demand was at once made on the housewife for rugs, pieces of old carpet, etc., to resist its wholesale entrance into all parts of her dominions. Throughout the day the storm raged in regular old '56 and '57 style, and when evening came the mercury was still creeping nearer and nearer the both of the thermometer, and marking, it is said, as low as 28 degrees below zero. Of course, the night throughout was a severe one, and we record it as such, and patiently await the end news -- sure to come -- of frozen families and stock in the country west and north where the people are so poorly prepared for such severe temperature. The standing of the thermometer on Saturday morning is given by different parties at from 22 to 25 below zero. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert December 8, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net I thought this was an appropriate article -- with our current snow!! I'm in Indiana -- and it arrived today...