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ation—the grand sources of his wealth; and in emperance, frugality, and hospitable ease—the ease of his happiness. An old record about thirty- five years old, narrates, as weather intelligence, a description ofJanuary at that time, and it may serve well to convey a general impression ofwhat January is at present. The record says:-—-“The season, hitherto uncommonly mild, begins at length to feel the rigour ofthe northern blast. Snow began to fall on the night of the 215t, which has remained on the ground ever since, by which means travelling has been greatly facilitated,as the number of country people coming to town with their produce daily ‘evinces. It snowed last night (3lst)'without inter- mission, and the snow still continues to fall; the depth ofsnow on the ground may now be a foot and a halt. 'Up to the 215t the fields, instead of the livery ofthe winter, wore a bare autumnal aspect, with more ot'n sombre hue than even the close of that season usually presents, and during the high winds which prevailed on that day, the streets of Charlottetown were enveloped in clouds of flying dust, a circum- stance we believe, unprecedented in the month of January. At 8, a. m., yesterday, the mercury stood ‘at 2 below zero, the greatest degree of cold experi-

closed by being frozen over about the 10th, and here was abundant snow all winter, and for a few days there was experienced what was called “ the old fashioned winter,” that is to say, cold that drOpt he thermometer some 23 degrees below the .cypher. t is needless to say that few travel from choice when he temperature is so low as 23“; but there are many who look with almost superstitious interest on these rosty coronations as harbingers of good omen, for “ the seed time and harvest.” In Prince Edward sland, what is called ” a mild winter” IS only a comparative term, a contrast made up of degrees of old just in the region of Fahrenheit’s 32° with the