Sir: Before the Congress adopts the idea of L. O. K. to move the tubes
of all thermometers up an inch on the scale every fall and down an inch
in the spring, I rush to inquire how shall we, who possess only a two
inch thermometer, on which an inch covers at least 70 degrees, be able
to withstand the extremes of climate? May I not suggest that the
Congress be petitioned to make the move by degrees instead of inches,
and thus avoid great suffering?