Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-01-24
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Tue WEATHER AND TIE Storm Since our last
issue We have had a spell Of weather and a snow
storm that has been much more productive Of in
terest to the moteorologist than to travellers or
families short of wood, coal, and provisions 1t
has even set all the calculations of the weather
clerks, including e. NJ" at defiance. The
" oldes, inhabtant is entirely nonpussed, while
the world in general looks on in establishment.
Tuesday morning Of last week the Thermometer
indicated temperature OFFS below zero; Thurs
day morning, l6e below; Friday morning, G. be-
low, and Sunday morning lse below at sunrise,
los below at noon and zoe below at sunset, being
an average of about l2s below during the day
The wind blew from The northeast while the sky
was thickly overcast with murky clouds betoken-
ing storm. The day was one of the coolest we
ever experienced During the following night the
mercury rose slowly until at sunrise Monday morn
ing it stood at Gs above 0.
Late in the evening of Sunday it commenced
showing vigorously. At the same time the wind
began to rise correspondngly. Monday morning
the snow was falling rapidly, Notwithstanding the
intense cold, and the wind was piling it up in big
drifts, or sitting it through every crevice where
wind or snow could enter. Streets, door-yards,
highways and railroads were all so badly blocked
up, that they were only passablc for few vigorous
bpeds. Shoveling was entirely useless. People
could only look on in amazement and cry, " Let
it come" Business Of all kinds except keeping
comfortable as possible, was nearly suspended.
The stage from Townshend was in in due season,
for Wheeock never succumbs to the elements. This
was the only mail received during the day An
attempt was made to start the Boston train at $50
A. NJ, from this village; but after working vigor-
ously until II O'Clock, it was found impossible to
get the engine out of the yard. The telegraph in
formed us that the down train from Windsor was
blocked in at Claremont and there remained The
up train from Springfield arrived at Greenfield late
at night No train was started from Boston or
New York that was able to proceed.
The first train that arrived at the Depot in this
village since the commencement of the storm, was
the Northern, which made its appearance Tuesday
about o'clock, P. NJ. The Monday morning
train from Springfield arrived Wednesday morning
at half past ten. A Vt, s. Mass. train went thro'
to CIRCUITS Corner and returned Tuesday An en-
CINE and snow-plough left Fitchburg Monday, and
arrived at Greenfield Tuesday night, On most OF
the railroads the trains commenced running with
a tolerable degree of regularity on Wednesday.
The amount of snow that fell in the Connecticut
river valley is not more than twelve to fifteen
inches, but it Is piled in drifts of all sizes Else
where in New England and at the South the guam
tity seems to have been much greater. At Wash
ingtOn il was two feet deep, The damage done to
vessels on the coast was severe, and many lives
were lost.
Sunday and Monday, the 18th and 10th days o.
January. will long be remembered for the intense
cold Of one and the severe storm of the other.