Letters From The People

¦in the winter ot 1S43-4," sald CommisKiooer Langley of the board of ]ublic works yestertlay, "we had sleighiiijf which lasted trom tlie middle of November to the middle of April following. I tliink tbat was ttie inost remarkable winter tliat tlic oldcat Inhabltani oan lecall. Tlie snow wa8 tina lly taken away by a liglit drizzly rain, and its disappea ranee revealed green fields in every direction. The wheat whi(;h bad hfen own the prpvinus fall was found to be half a toot high, and the pasture íields were al most iu condition to turn stock loose in. I told a man about tbat tlie otber day, and hu went away thinking that I was tryiug to guy hiin. I wasn't though; it was actually that kind of a winter. I wish this snow would lay on the ground late." Editor Courikk: - I lind theabove article in the Detroit Tribune of the lOth inst. Permlt me to correct the statement that the long winter of which the writer speaks was in 1845-4. On the 19th of Nov. 1842, (some gay the 17th) snow feil tothe depth of 18 inches and reiuainoii untii about the Ist of January, 1843, when it nearly disapreared, hut early in tnat nionth it commenced snowIng and contlnued with light falls for 43 days without exception. The sun was scarcely seen during that time. There was freat suffering among üomestic aniniiils for the want of suffleient food. The Tribnne's article is in the main correct except the date. It was not the coldest winter in my csperience of 50 years in this countv, butthe longrest ro far as snow was conce'rned, thouifh the talls of snow were liglit tlie sleighlng was good for nearly or quite live montli9. I think the commissloner stretches the grass and wheat a little, though the crops