The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-01-07
snow @,crm--sie;gs,in.,

Friday night 1T came on TO snow, and continu-
ed all day Saturday and till some time in the night
of that day Of which the writer OF this knows nothing
Sunday morning there lay upon the ground the
most beautiful and deep covering of snow seen in
thls locality foEsyery many years The Oldest inha
bitsntp became at high authority, and bracing
himself erect and tapping his forehead with his
foreHnger Immediately Obliged his attentive hear
srs bv telling them what relation the present snow
bore in point of duration and depth, 10 remarkable
snowsthet had occurred within his recollection
Aswell as we could understand him, it is the great
est known here for n long time--at one time he
thought since 1916, another 1880, and again
the greatest he believed he ever saw .
We are perfectly satisfied with the ciea rness and
eeaniteness of the "reminiscences Of this venerable
gentlemen. and we sympatbse with him most hear
lilly In his enthusiastic admiration of the snow Of
Saturday II is great and grand snow-it is ar
white as the driven snoys"-feathery Highland
profoundly deep and broad in short il is worthy
of the "best days of the Republic" 1t is God.
send Of snow TO the old gentleman and IL is a
heavenly blessing to the children-those ever
bright creatures, which are like earthly angels
cheering life and making the DAYS merry with their
laughter. III is for the want Of Them that old
bachelors become selfish mssnthropes and cynics )
They were transported with delight No mortal
ever experienced more extensive earthly iov
than that youehsafed 10 little Charlie when he
boisted the window little Bit drew in his tiny
handful of snow aud took the first lnouthfu Of !,
Then the sleighing and sncwbalIing Bows, sleiobs
were al once In high fashion, and monopoIized The
pavement, "Dan Tucker Red Rover .sSbony.
haze" etc, were rushing along the descend;ns,
walks with speed that cleared the track The
when the delight OF the downward VOYAGE wa -
hand / -f q a-'-
The boys of a larger growth sought wider field
and more efficient Kind of locometion. Sleigbs
with horses aud bells, alone suficed for them Ow
ing to the angellike visits of snow storms--sc
few and far between-there is no stock in trade in
sleighs here. II is only here and there that one
Il found in hayioft, or stable, coal yard which
has lain by q half dozen years unused Therefore
when snow does in reality come, the demand fol
sleighs greatly exceeds the supply Then too
soon does the snow melt that there is no time 10
manufacture vehicles that have any pre- tension to
neatness or ornament So that our streets are soon
eniiyened by the movements of set of the most
grotesquc contriyances for the occasion. You hear
the bells, rush to the window, and there YOU see
twoor four persons seated in dry goods box, that
d fastened TO runners drawn by horses, ornament.
cd with the rarest harness and most curious con
traptfons; anon comes by, as like as not, clothes
basket, fixed up In like manner, with its merry ri
ders much happier than old Falstaff when he took
his journey to the Thames In the buck-basket; but
IKE him, possibly 70 be tunibled out into flood
. food caused by the melting snow, which may
bring their runners to ground before they get home
] The motto Of the hay-maker Is make hay while
he sun Shines bnt our grotesaue sleighsrs re i
'erse IL. and use their best exertions to snap H.
% fun ere the sun comes outl N
This extraordinary snow, which has occasioned
roportionate wonder and qualification, very
apidIy dissolved yesterday and win no doubt |
,on be gone. When We consIder the poor and
70 diseonforts which q snow brings for them.
HE It brings Joys TO Others n is an the better
~ that Il soou dlssoiTes and disappears.
Fourteen ueeroes wsre sold a. wsnsnsos,. n. c..
fss dsvs sees fps el$,2N n aa sseasoR ssaaI.