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The relatives of Carrie J. Welton, a Waterbury, Conn., girl, who was frozen to death on Pike’s Peak, have determined to contest her will on the ground of mental unsoundness. [Author’s Note: The relatives lost. Carrie lived for a while in Colorado Springs. It was there she discovered a love for climbing mountains and she was one of the first women to climb several of the higher peaks in the area. She was stranded by a snowstorm on Long’s Peak, not Pike’s Peak, and was the first fatality on that peak. In her will she left $7000 for a statue of her horse, Knight, to be placed on Waterbury Green and $100,000 to the ASPCA.]
Lake Champlain is frozen over from Whitehall to Port Henry. There is good skating at Rouses Point.
The choirs are busily practicing Christmas music.
A regular old-fashioned snow storm, Wednesday afternoon and evening, giving excellent sleighing. The thermometer descended to 22 degrees below zero downtown and 26 on the hill, Saturday morning. Through the day the mercury steadily rose and Sunday morning it was 20 above zero.
Some rules for winter: Never lean with the back upon anything that is cold.
Never take warm drinks and then immediately go out in the cold.
Keep the back, especially between the shoulder blades, well covered; also, the chest well protected.
In sleeping in a cold room establish the habit of breathing through the nose and never with the mouth open.
Never go to bed with cold feet.
Never omit regular bathing. The cold will close the pores and favor congestion or other diseases.
Merely warm the back by the fire only until it has become comfortably warm. To do otherwise is debilitating.
Never stand still in cold weather and always avoid standing on ice or snow or where exposed to a cold wind.
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