Show Polaric Polaric Js the word which describes I de-scribes the condition of the weather just now Ihe oldest inhabitant is outdone and bows his aged head in grief at his inability to declare that on such a date about 20 years ago it was 200 degrees colder than at present pre-sent No iojphole Is lett and like Othello the oldest inhabitants occupation oc-cupation is gone number of sago it is assert mercury told a tale of 18 degrees below Zero and froze nearly all the peach trees At twelve oclock last night the signal service office reported it 15 degree below the lowest by long odds of which there is any official record Other thermometers at the same time put it a great deal lower than that j but as there is a vast difference in thermometers that of the signal service ser-vice is the standard The thermometer ther-mometer of W H sherman Esq of Godbe Pitts VJ Co which is one if the most reliable in the city reached over 20 degrees below zero at midnight on Friday and at 6 oclock on Saturday morning in several tberm meters the mercury stood at 20 to 24 degrees below zero Besides the fatality this will cause to house plants the chances are the cold weather will kill a great many fruits and in some places cattle will suffer a great deal As an illustration of the variance in thermometers while that at the signal service showed 15 degrees below zero that in the editorial room of the HERALD occupied by the devil showed 90 degrees above On Saturday morning the signal service thermomter developed the fact that during the night the blamed institution had gotten loose again and wandered down to 20 ° below zero |