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WINTER ALL YEAR.

AN OLD DIARY’S ACCOUNT OF SUM- MERLESS 1516.

ThereW ere Some Warm DaysIn the Spring, but In June, July and August There |

Were Snowstorms and Ice All Over New |

England,

The year 1816 was known throughout the United States and Europe as the cold- vst ever experienced by any person then fiving. There are persons in northern New York who have been itn the habit of keeping diaries for years, and it is from the pages of an old diary, begun in 1810 and kept unbroken until 1540, that the following information regarding this year without a summer has been taken:

January was so mild that most persons allowed their fires to go out and did not Aurn wood except for cooking. There were a few cool days, but they were very few. Most of the time the air was warm and springlike. February was not cold. Some days were colder than any in January, but the weather was about the same. March, from the Ist to the 6th, was inclined to be windy. It came in like a small lion and went out like a very innocent sheep.

April came in warm, but as the days grew longer the air became colder, asd by the ist of May there was a temperature like that of winter, with plenty of snow and ice. In May the young buds were frozen dead, ice formed half an inch thick on ponds and rivers, corn was killed, and the cornflelds were planted again and again, until it became too late to raise a erop. By the last of May in this climate the trees are usually in leaf and birds and flowers are plentiful. When the last of May arrived in 1816, everything had been killed by the cold.

June was the coldest month of roses ever experienced in this latitude. Frost and ice were as common as buttercups usually are. Almost every green thing was killed. All fruit was destroyed. Snow fell ten inches deep in Vermont: There was a seven inch snowfall in Maine, a three inch fall in the interior of New York state and the same in Massachusetts. There were only a few moderately warm days. Everybody looked, longed and waited for warm weather, but warm weather did not come. It was also dry; very little rain fell. All summer long the wind blew steadily from the north in blasts laden with snow and ice. Mothers knit socks of double thiekness for their children and mad@ thick mittens. Plant- ing and shivering were done together, and the farmers who worked out their taxes on the country roads wore overcoats and mit- tens. On June 17 there was a heavy fall of snow. A Vermont farmer sent a flock of sheep to pasture on June 16. The morning of the 17th dawned with the thermometer below the freezing point. At about 9 o'clock in the morning the owner of the sheep started to look up his fléck. Before leaving home he turned to his wife and said jokingly:

‘Better start the neighbors soon. It’s the middle of June, and I may get lost in the snow.’”’

An hour after he Ieft home a terrible showstorm came up. The snow fel! thick and fast, and as there was so much wind the fleecy masses piled in great drifts ajong the windward side of the fences and out- buildings. Night came, and the farmer had not been heard of. His wife became frightened and alarmed the neighborhood. All the neighbors joined the searghing party. On the third cay they found him. He was lying in a hollow on a side hill, with both feet frozen. He was half covered with snow, but alive. Most of the sheep were lost.

A farmer near. Tewksbury, Vt., owred a large field of corn. He built fires around the field to keep off the frost. Nearly every night he and his men took turns in keep- ing up the fires and watching that the corn did not freeze. ‘The farmer was rewarded for his tireless labors by having the only crop of corn in the region.

July came in with ice and snow. On the Fourth of July ice as thick as window glass formed throughout New England, New York and in some parts of the state of Pennsylvania. Indian corn, which in some parts of the cast had struggled through May and June, gave up, froze and died.

To the surprise of everybody August proved the worst month of all. Almost every green thing in this country and Eu- rope was blasted with frost. Snow fell at Barnet, 30 miles frora London, on Aug. 30. Newspapers received from England stated that 1816 would be remembered by the ex- isting generation as the year in which there was no summer. Very little corn ripened in Now England. There was great privation, and thousands of persons would have perished in this country had it not

“heen forthe abundance of fish and wild

game. In direct contrast with 1816 appears the

year 1827-3, yhen there was no winter. Captain Daniel Lyon, who died some years ago in Burlington, Vt., used to relate his expericnce in 1827-8. He was a walking encyclopedia of loczl events. He said: “I knew but one season when winter was al- most like summer, the winter of 1827-8. 1 was running the steambuat General Green between Burlington, Vt., and Port Kens and Plattsbure, N. Y., and during the year there was not a bitef ice in the whole lake from one end to the other. The old Lake Champlain Steemboat company hauled out the steamboats Phoenix and Congress, and hardly a bit of ice appeared in Shelburne bay, near Burlington, during the winter.

“The Phoentx had a new engine builtin Albany, and the whole outfit had to be earricd from that city to Shelburne d@arbor by teams through the mud. At Middle- bury, Vt., the mud was more than a foot leep. The Pheenix was rebuilt and ready to launch by Jan. 15. Jan. 18 was the day fixed for the launching, and I took over a iasge party from Burlington on the Gen- eral Green. ‘The sun was shining with the warmth of aJuly day. The women who sat on deck raised their parasols.’’— New York Sun.

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See our clothing windows for prices to- night.— 3 cKay Woclien Co.

500 yards Tapestry carpet worth up to T5c., yours for 45¢e,—Jae. Paton & Co.

97 yards Brussel carpet worth 58c, for 35c.—Jas. Paten & Co.

Ten Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy-one Dollars worth ot Bankrupt Dry Goods, Clothing, Carpets, etc,etc, bo at a shade over half price will be opened and thrown on the market this week. The whole stock will be dispcsed of as This sale will be for cash onl]

DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, APRIL 2,

$10,471.00.

as possible (Wholesale and Retail) in small lots orin whole pieces to suit purchasers.

will, without doubt, be the greatest sale of the kind on record. Below you will find a full list of goods to be slaughtered.

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WOOL TWEEDS,

12 pieces heavy wool Tweed for 50c.

19 yds tweed,.. 7Uc, for 50c 254 yds ‘* ..$1.35, for 0c 90, for 60e 75, for 45e 79, for 45c

fowee | 8 pease. se wae Ls OR Re Oe i yos) |“ <BR ae 4 yds “ .. 1.26, for 85c oon 6. LW. Ae Oe a yas -“<.. Lig, for 760 a van 6 |“ Uk. SR eee 27 yds “-.. G8, for-dSe 4Gi-cas “> ...° 16, for boc 243 yds “ .. 88d, for 60c 24i yds “-.,. 96, for 5de

‘this lot is all new and fresh havidg never been put in stock.

Waterproof Coats.

19 Men s Waterproof Coats, worth $7.50, will be sold for $5 each.

8 worth....$8.50, now $6.00 3 worrh.... 7.00,now 4.50 1 worth.... 6.50,now 4,90 5 worth.... 8.00.now 5.60 5 black,worth9.00. now 6 50

18tweed worth10 50, now 7,50

Ladies Waterpraofs. 7 Goss»mers, worth $5.50, for $3.75.

21 Gossomers, worth $4.50 for

$3.00.

Dress Goods.

6 pieces, 235 yds, French wool DressGoods, worth 55e, for 35c.

10 pes, 6214 yds, 45 inch Cashmere, worth 72c, sale price 48c.

574 yds Dress Goods, worth 7T5c, for 50c,

624 yds Dress Goods, worth 85e. tor 6Uc.

10 pieces, 627 yds, ‘Black Cashmere. worth 7c, now 50c

7 pes, 175 yds, French wool Dress Gvuods, worth 60c, for 45c.

3 pes French Suiting, worth 50ec, for 35c.

42 yds Fancy Dress Guods, worth 55ce, for 50c 504 yds black Cashmere,worth 5de, for 45e,

393 yds Black Cashmere, worth 75e, for 45c. 354 yds Black Cashmere Tue for 50c. 364 yds Black Cashmere; Gde, for 45e. 33 yds Black Cashmere, weorh 70e, for 50c. t yds Black Cashmere,

worth 35c; for 25c.

Men's and Boys’ Clothing

4 Mens Suits, worth $¢.25, for $4.50. 7 Men’s Suits, worth $5.50, for $4.75. Men’s Suits. worth $7, for $5

0. Men's Suits, worth $7.25,

for $5.75.

13 Men’s Suits, worth $8.00 for $5.00.

24 Men’s Suits, worth $8.75 for $6.75.

6 Men’s Suits, worth $9.50, for $7.50.

7 Fen’s Suits, worth $9.75, for $7.75.

58 Men’s Suits, worth $10, for $7.75.

22 Men’s Suits,worth $11.00 for $8.50.

3 Men’s Suits,worth $11.25 for $8.75.

15 Men’s Suits,worth $11.70 for $9.00

1 Man’s Suit, worth 312.00, for $925.

6 Men’s Suits, worth $13.00 for $10.00.

3 Men’s Suits, worth $15.00 for $11.00.

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Men's Pants

32 pairs, worth $1.25 for 75c 48 pairs, worth 1.40 for $1 00 69 pairs, worth 1 60 for 1 20 30 pairs, worth 1 85 for 140 24 pairs, worth 210 for 1 50 18 pairs, worth 2 10 for 1 50 12lpairs,worth 2.50 for 1 78 13 pairs, worth 2 75 for 2 00 12 pairs, worth 285 for 2 25 92 pairs, worth 2 85 for 2 25 45 pairs, worth 3 00 for 23

28 pairs, worth 3 10 for 2 50 93 pairs, worth 3 50 for 2 75 18 pairs, worth 3 75 fur 2 90 56 pairs, worth 4 50 for 3 50

Children’s Suits 106 Suits,worth $1 00 for 75c

56 Suits, worth 150 for $1 00 13 Suits, worth 2 00 for 1 50 27 Suits, worth 250 tor 2 00 76 Suits, worth 3 00 for 2 25 50 Suits, worth 3 50 for 2 50 51 Suits, worth 3 75 for 2 75 32 Suits, worth 3 95 for 2 95 50 boys’ 3-piece suits for $3 75 55 ‘“ 66 “6 “é 4.00 93 “c ce “ce “ 4,75 5 sé “< ““ 6s 5.00

207 Youths’ Suits, worth

from $5.00 to $10.00, will be sold $4 to $7; double and single breasted

Towels

12 pieces Fianneletie worth lle a yd for 8c.

26 pieces Flannelette, 1,647 yards, worth 9c wiil be sold for 53c,

15 pieces Shirting, 7963 yds woith 18e will be sold for 4c.

5 doz Cotton Towels worth 75c for 50c or 4$c¢ each.

6 doz Diaper Towels worth $1.£0 for $1.10 or 10c each.

2doz Damask Towels 18x38 worth $2.75 for $2.00 or 18¢ each.

4 doz Damask Towels 19x39 worth $3.90 for $2.75 or 20¢ each.

5 doz Linen Towels worth $1.75 for $1.25 or 1le each.

14 doz Linen Towels worth $2.00 tor $1.40 or 12¢ each.

Table Covers

7 doz Tinen Table Covers $5.50 for $5.00 or 45¢ each.

5 doz Linen Table Covers worth £6,00 for $.50 or 40c each.

4 doz Table Cevers 60x60 worth $900 for $6.50 or 60¢ each.

9 doz Table Covers worth $10.50 tor $8.00 or 70c each.

3 doz Linen Table Covers 50x70 worth $7.50 for $5 50 or 48c each.

Table Linen.

12 pieces Damask Table Linen, 613 yds, 60 in width, worth 60c for 40c.

6 pieces Unbleached Linen Tabling, 60 inches wide, 312 yds. worth 50ctor 35c.

Table Napkins

30 doz Table Napkins worth $1.10 for 75e.

20 doz Linen Table Napkins worth 75c for 55c.

Blankets

150 pair Heavy Cotton Blankets, worth $1 10 for S5e, white and grey.

Handkerchieis

3 doz Jap. Silk Handker- chiefs worth $4 00 will be sold for $3 00 per doz or 25c cents each,

194 doz Cambric Handker- chiefs worth $1 00 for 68e.

Dozens upon dozens of Col- lars, Ties. Braces, white and colored Shirts of all kinds and graies—at a shade over balf price

Carpets

10 rolls 5 frame Brussels Carpet worth $1 50 tor 75c,

8 rolls second quality Brus- sels worth $L 30 for 65c

5 rolls good Wool Brussels worth $1 10 for 55ce.

7 rolls Tapestry worth $1 00 will be solid for 55c.,

6 rolls ‘of Tapestry worth 85c will be sold for 50c.

13 rolls of 'lapestry worth 75¢ for 45e.

rolls Tapestry worth 65c fur 40¢.

Rolls upon rolls of cheaper grades for Z5c and 39c.

Oil Coth, Hemp Carpet, Mats, Mattings, Blinds, Lece Curtains, etc., from 20 to 3 per cent. Jess than in the regular way.

x ¥ 2,42 or o Serge Suiting 96} yds of Blue Serge Suit- ing. ust the thing for men’s or boys suits, worth $2 75 will be sold for $1.79.

To men wanting working shirts we would siv see orr Bankrupt Stock. There is 50 doz in all, varying in price from 35¢c to 100. Wilt be sold for a shade over half price.

If you want to buy good goods come.

If you want to save money come.

If you want to be treated well come.

Seeing is free, it won't cost you a cent to look through our stock and see how much you can get for so little money.

Yon will. not be urged to buy. Your own good judg- ment will tell you what to do when you see the piles of bar- gains we have to offer you.

Carpets Clotning,

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Come and look at our Bankrupt Stock; you will find reliabl strongest aggregation of good goods and low prices that has ever been our pleasure to offer you.

excepted.

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