| Show NOTABLE evl EVI EVENTS hn T S r n 1 1 13 at 11 I 1 the dark dav darwas masi was jontar ulith cof cot 1780 imo where I 1 thin ies res ded ofed eleven was BO so great th that at a candle idaj was wag ang placed ait alt on we ole I 1 went to roost the sheep cheep all huddled around ab a circle with mith their heads beads inward the grass to look 1002 at it through the of ota a yellow green gree b the bame same as td 0 o look took through h smoked glass u pori green grass I 1 well re bemb r that the be t gentleman of the house read the following scripture by bythel byther the candle to his numerous family the sun bhail shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and nota nola bleday of the lords coming comin in the darkness was to great anthe night time that it was bad bai sad by y one dr blackington who mho had resided near the north nor p part i of bf rehoboth and who had lonto b be e 0 out t among sick patients that thai that he could not beis seig als lis whited handkerchief placed befera his eyes the darkness was 26 so thick that it cou could I 1 be felt the year 1780 was for ils lis fl tany tank northern lights over they would flash like ilke lightn lightning inc ing and fill tha the air ir si aith lith ith the smell of sulphur the I 1 lights itt lit I 1 a were so red that the flashes would bring warmth against the face the thet grat great snow fall fali was in december 17 1779 ia or january 1780 it snowed seven days the snow brow was estimated e sti mated to be about four feet leet ou olt the level and drifts from e to ten feet high the now snow came tame and coarse and it was wag eo so cold that it congealed very bard hard the people traveled over oyer stone walls with their teams it ie is said sald to io be a fact that for thirty days the snow enow did not melt from the eaves on the sunny side the tha banks were so I 1 high that the be sheep were burig buric cl up int in them bem I 1 until they were found b by y t their heil air hole s a and d due out alive this year the whole narragansett bay was frozen over so thick and hard that the late hon john jqhn brown passed from providence 1 on the river of ice to newport and ard back baca and a nd I 1 believe belleve be ev ei some sone went on idt parties ibe the whole W range gen wm valentine wood from Fall fail River niver to on the Ih erice crice ice ferry 1 I 5 I 1 the people of newport biant their fumi keep themselves them franr fr e ez abe tin TIU e Brilla thi hil army khadr shad left tb e ai island and ana ote of R liode ha da island in november 1779 and at tt nipped ripped taj people of all ali their valuables rna ina in a marder marner the yeara 1779 and ind 1780 W were ere the ardest hardest h w winters in bers known for a century ia last t past ast abt the weather was so sevell severe severe bevere in in the winter of 1780 1730 that many people were frozen to death A man went from attleborough Attle attie borough mass with a load of hoops to boston was caught cau baughin ghIn in a grea great t storm and returning home was froien frozen to death coming off boston neck hiex team was frozen to death and vas was vaa found standing on their feet fet as the snow was disep rep tep support them of er ei days |
