The past season has been a peculiar one. All about this section there has been uninterrupted
sleighing since the 29th of November, with but very little wind to drift into
and fill the roads, and but very few warm, sloshy days. On the 1st inst., a snow storm set in, and
for forty hours, almost without cessation, the flakes came steadily down,
adding fifteen inches more to the winter stock.
In the woods the snow is over four feet deep – quite enough for logging
purposes. If this vast body goes off
with rain, people below may look out for a perfect and unheard of flood, but if
taken off by the sun’s rays, there will be less damage done. The amount of snow on the ground would, if
melted, cover the surface of the ground with full 12 inches of water.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 15, 1862, p. 4
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