New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-07
CRY ITEMS.

Newly ork awoke 10 find out.of-doors-clad in lis spo
less maulle of Winters ermine the streets, track
less, all spread with lhe seafons soft capeng; every
leaiess branch and drearest twig Of our city trees
nlised .neh.desp with pssrl;"
each window Ledge a broad ribbon of silent white
uess; each black railing tipped with purest down.
The entire city seems asleep after and during the
continuance IS one Of these muling sEow.ialls;
footsteps fall echoless wheels roll. cogged into 81.
lence, and re horses hoofa are al coldly padded;
voices seem disoordani, and Nature. thet universal
mother, seems utlering her "bush e. tie hurried
progress Of her busy children
But the world OF Aew-Nork beeds no bidding save
hat of progress, increasing activity and so the bus
ling throng poured down Broadway battling tie de-
ecendng, whirling element unmindful Of boards and
mustachef all frnged with frosty fakes or the pei
perry aspect Of their accustomed blacknoss Of gear.
Monoiouously, predominant over AL arises the Pc
culiaf and distinctive sound OF tie ubiquitous Flow
sbovolcrs implements.
II seems prolana,ion Of the sentiment contained
in the beautiful featbery snow that floats down, as ii
strewn by frocsome sprites in merry cloudland
gambols al this sweeping and spading, this sailing
and TRUSTING away. Housemaids brush It from WIN
Gow-sls viii gestures of uncaring disresTect while
rude men and LOGS assault it with ehovesand brooms,
e. if The tender atoms were malignant enemies.
However, regarded practically, the assaults most
necessary one, therefore we aune our minds 10 the
uudlrturted contemplation Of the army Of snow-cean-
ers, those evor-organzed regiments armed aud
equipped az the law Of snow directs, TO whom the
ia Of the first flake sounds a startling reveile, and
who never desert the field While there e to be found
an enemy in the shape of Gn uncleaned sidewalk.
They appear ss natural as flock OF snow-b1ds'
and can any one imagine the phenomenon Of New
York IN "A snow.siom with not snow shoyeler to
be seen
A I'd IN spite Of the comparative rarity of their
calls to action, ihey yered in snow tactics as
if thtv never had exercised Themselves ia any other
calling: one might readily imagine that they dwelt
IN some subiemanesn abode possessing small
patch Of eternal, unreliable snow which they cu,-
waited. with all the ardor Of their craft
There j. the thoycer who does It IN a regular bu-
siues WY, who IL rigid in bis exactons Of payment,
and precise in his boundaries, be could tell you TO
tae fraction OF handful how many shoveliuls went
10 tie cent; there ID the jolly one who plays aud
froles with he snow if he thought it appreciated
being tossed to the companionship of other heaps,
and was doing biz work a. a favor there ii the pu-
gl,ic che who doubles NJ the fists # bis mind IL
be .riIs OF biz coat, and squares of with warIike
zeal he regards the snow natural enemy and
give. it battle, determined 70 conquer or die then
there il the lazy one who rests between each effort,
and shirks the corners, looking up and down the
street the while, and the myriad of boys, earnest,
eager preuaturely wise, and Oh the qui rare tor
job, OF "a smiling
Amid ihom, vet apari from them, looms the care
worn, poverty stricken form, Inched aid i'll clad,
with numb finger, srd heat thai has found tie
world colder than the snow be ,a-is by 70 monot-
onousiy and nervecf.ly; speak kindly = him a. YOU
give him the piuAuce cor hrs oheerets taska single
bright word q cup Of bot coffee from your smoking
am may cheer him onward. aud hight be laih Viii
more sunshine than "a month Las shown.
MOI one II tie rlalan1 but oilers rulject foi
iloush for incident ouugefs within coy curtaincd
r,oin-, To- whom the snow brings only grnteful
snse Of comfort, to whom it il rcrt OF reasonable
furry closng.in of possible crevcss through which
some icy breath Of The Eros, King might venture,
10 whom il speaks with the glad tinkliog of merry
sleigh.be-, the whirr Of the gliding runuer, and al
thc attendant adjuncts Of the Carnival OF Stow.
rhs Errt snow Of the new year, however, biisgr 10
but icw thoughts Of festive gnyety: rather does il
appeal wiki IL iender-thoughicd sadness to the mind
which waniers among the louesome graves Of our
countys dead, the early called upon which We
would pray he pure snow to fall lightly and carers
incly. twinng snow-wreaths for those mounds upon
which we are only permitted TO cast the msnorteiles
II Loving memory.