Show illinois cold snap one of the most remarkable stories 0 of sudden cold a gather eather is to be found in a famous biography of abraham lincoln the lear 1836 was long known as the year of the sudden change at i oon noon on december 20 ol of that year after a warm bainy morning the temperature suddenly tell fell 40 degrees A man inan riding into springfield tor for a marriage license found the raindrops dripping from his bridle and beard changed in a second d into jingling icicles geese and chickens were ere caught by their feet and wings and frozen to the wet ground A drove of 1000 bogs being driven to st louls louis rushed together for arinto arin ananth tb and formed a hugo huge pile those inside smothered while coille those outside froze and the ghastly pyramid remained on the prairie for months men caught on the prairie killed their horses them and crept into the cavity of their bodies to escape the murderous blizzard |