| Transcribed by Norma Knotts Shaffer from microfilm
of the Calhoun Chronicle dated 2/14/1899.
In point of cold weather last Friday morning broke the record so far
as the recollections of men in this section of the country are concerned.
Thermometers registered as follows: At Wiant & Barr's store,
33 below zero; at the Huffman Hotel; 30-1/2 and at G.S. Smith's store 24.
We don't know what caused the variations, whither it was due to the locality
or variations in the instruments. But every body and all of their
relations know it was cold enough.
Several people in coming to court last Friday morning were pretty badly
frozen. Some fellow came from Harrisville and froze his ears until
they were as black as a Stetson hat. I.B. Starcher and a young Townsand
both had badly frozen ears and Mr. Starcher also had a frozen foot.
Attorney W.E. Powell had one foot so badly frozen that he was unable to
ware a shoe or even to walk, great blisters raised upon his toes even worse
than if his foot had been dipped in boiling water. A man was truly
diligent in business or truly obedient to the mandates of courts to turn
out such a morning as last Friday. | 
