Cold Weather 100 Years Ago

The winti r oí In 9-80, is recoideu as ono 6f llie most severo ever known, following the momoialileexpedition of (ien. Sullivan, wlii.li dcstroyed lfiO,(Ht( bushi-ls of corn, 29,090 at Litlle BeardUwn noar Geneseo. lis i Sienta won dis astrous. That year Mary Jiinison, the wliile wotuan, said the snow feil five fet Jeep, and renjained so a long tiujo. The weather was extieinely cold, so much so, that all game upon which the Indians do])endi;d tor wbenteoee, perished. When tlie snow incllcd in the spring, deer were taani áawi M vast nunibirs.aud other animáis weru loinnl dead in luultitudts Miiny of' our peojpia Uurtly escaped with tlieir lisi's and s r uotually died of' freezinp and Inniger. Thi; coin in the Genesee valli' liaviiiK Ih1' disiroyid and thelndian villaje burnc d liy(Jui. Sullivan, the Indiaris flooked 10 l'ort Niágara for ahorne and rotnisttnoe. Sir John Johnson, the Britih (iiivernor, tound it ilifficult to obtain supplli-s lor iheni. Kill ISuck, a Uelaware eliicf', in writiiiK f rom Salem, on tbe Musknghui, Juue, 1780 id: " Soine days ago an old man and wTuiian unie Irom Niágara, wlio icqoíinted me tfaal lat winter 300 Indians dteil at that plaoe fretH flux." His tory we think, recoids no winier so severe and old as that of 1779-80. GOOT is a. puouliaily aiis'ocratic malady. lt isone of thoxe diMai i ihat uoi.o but the rich can aflbid lo injoy. A reeent medical report MJt ttiat pout is largely on the inciease in Aimriia. This is very gralifying. It shows tlat we we baoOCÍM a rich nation. Let gout and wcalth im-nase in the land.