The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-06
a Snow-5torm in Scotland.

j he !E0SL rem aTkdDlt naTIhtlVc vi ii oiIO"-
storm which htyc seen WAS that written
by .Iatnes iogg the Etsrck Shepherd, IN .ecord
Of one which took place Jan 24th, 1870.
James Hogs at this time belonged to a sort OF
literary society o! young shepherds, and had
ses out. the ,lav previous, 10 walk 20 miles over
the hills to the place Of meeting but 81 for
m,dabe WAS the lJok of the sky that he felt anx
ious for his sheep, and finally turned back again.
There was at that time only 4 slight talk OF
SNOW, in thin flakes which seemed uncertain
whether to go up or down the hills were cor-
cred with deep folds Of t!ost-foa, and in the
valleys tho So mo Fog seemed dark, dcEsr. and az
lswerc crushed toSeticr An old shepherd,
predicting storm. babe him watch for sud
den opening through tins t"G, and expect wind
from that quarter yet when he SAW such an
opening suddenly iUrl AT midnlgh, (havlng
then reached his n"u honey he thought it all
delusun. .z TIC weather had grown builder
and ttiaw seemed letting in. IT, therefore
went 10 bed and felt no more anxiety about his
sheop: yet be lay awakc IN spite "t himself. and
at two . clock nc heard the storm begin. Ii
smote the houhe suuueny, ikea peal OF thun-
der, -soneIhlug utterly unlike uny storm he had
ever before head. Ou his rSing and thrnstlpg
his bare allu through u hole III the root, at
seemed precisely as II he had thrust it into a
falling and driving PARTICLES. He lay still for
an huur, while The house rocked with the tenn
pest h, ping is might prove only hurrican.
! but as there WAS no abatement, he Wakened
bs companion shepherd, telling HIM 1t was
come on sucn u might or morning as never blew
from the he9veus. The other at arose,
and, opening the door .! the shed where they
SLEPT, iuunu DRIFT as high as the farmhouse
already heaped between them and Its walls,
distance OF only fourteen yards. lie houndclcd
through, tiosg soon following, aud, finding all
the family up, they agreed that they must reach
the sheep as soon a. possible. especially 500
ewes that we've III one !ot together AZ the iaI-
thest end vi the farm. So alter family prayer,
and breakfast four o! them Stuffed their pocl-
cts wl:n b., az and cheese sewed their paids aboat
them, tic. down their hats, and, taking each
his s.aii, SIT uu. Oh their tremendous underta-
king t"o hoals before Gay.
Day dawned before they got three hundred
yards from the house. They could not see each
other, and kept together with tue greatest diff.
Gully. They mad u make paths with her slaves
rolled themselves over drifts otherwise lmpassa-
biz, ard every three ur tour minutes had to hold
their heads down brtween their knees to recover
breath. They went in single lie, taking The
lead by turns The master soon gave ous and
al hour, though he afterwards recovered and
held out wiki the rest Two Of them los, their
he id-.va., and tiogg himself felt over u high
precipic., bus they reached the Aock at hai-pas,
ten They ioaud ttc ewes huddlpd together in
a dense body, under ,cn fee; Of SHOW packed
~ c Osely, that, t. the amaXement of the eher-
herds, when they had eItricated the first tGn
whole flock walked out one after another. IN !,
body. through the hole.
How they got them home ii is ain!os. impassi-
BIZ: to tell. i5 was pnw noon, and they some
times could see through the storm for twenty
yards. but they had only ono momentary glimpse
ai the hills through all that terrible day. YET
Aogg peralatsd 10 golns by himself aiterwurd
!" seecue sole focss Of ms own, barely escaping
with HE from tho expedition; his eyes were
sealed up aith The storm, and he cross d Il, tor
mldable tY.rcat, without knowing 1t, On wreath
vi SHOW. Two Of The Others lost themselves j.,
"a dc, T. valley. and would have persisted but fox
Dein,, accidentally heard hy neg hhJriug shep.
hcro, who guided them home, where The !rma.,
pjytlnr y. thg family Nd abandoned all hope q.
ever s.,,ng them again.
The nexr day was clear. with cold wind
and ,hey set forth AGAIN at day brea. 70 seek Tie
rena nucr of the fpck The iacc OF the copptrv
Was perfectly transformed not u hill WAY tii
Deep slens were filed in Will, snow, coverin-
tho very tops OF the treus and over IL hundred
acres Of groai.d, under an average depth o. six
or eight feet. they were to look for four " tive
hundred sheep. the attempt would have been
hopeless but for Is dog tina, accom- panied them ::
seeing their perplcxity, ne began snufIine about
and presently scratching in the Snow a. Ger.
tain point, and then looking round Ut his mas
ter: digging at THE spot, they found sheen
beneath. And so the dog led them all day
bounding eagerly from one place to another
much faster than they could dig the creature.
out, 81 that sometimes he had twenty Or thir,y
holes marked beforehand. In this wav, within
u week, they g.: out every sheep on the farm
except four, these last beng buried under n
moan'aln OF snow fifty fec, deep, on top of which
the dog had marked their places again and again.
In every case the sheep proved to b. slive and
warm, though halt-sufocated; on being taken
out, they usually bounded away sui ftly, and
then fell helplessly in u few moments, overcome
by the change oi atmosphere some o! them
died almost Instantly. and others wore carried
home and with difficulty preserved. only about
sixty being lost ia vii Marvellous TO tell, tho
country people aniuousy agreed afterwards
TO refer the whole terrific storm ID some secret
incsntat'ons Of poor Hogs literary society
aforesaid: II was generally maint. ined thar !.
club OF young dare devils had raised the Fiend
hiiAbelt among them in the likeness OF u black
dog, Che n'ght preceding the storm, and the
yo"ng students actually did not dare to show
themselves at faire, or at markets for u year uf
forwards. --1 Nuntic M0nihin.