Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-03-22

ed snow DiOckhue nus eA'e'ou i"' 'ho i"st
three days on the Rutland q Burlington
railroad above Ludlow. No mails aud
no trains have been through since Tues
day, as we write this Thur day morning.
A train went up Tuesday evening but
only got as far as Ludlow and returned.
The regular passenger train went up
from this place on Wednesday noon but
we're unable to get further than Ludlow
and returned. A hundred men were
sent for at Rutland to shovel snow from
the track on which it is reported to be
piled up 6 to II feet deep. 1t almost
rivals the snow blockade on the Union
Pacific. As strange as it may seem here,
where no storm has prevailed this week
beyond few squalls, on Tuesday night
and Wednesday forenoon the most driv-
ing and crazy snow storm prevailed on
the mountain and from the reports we
hear. Judge that nothing like it ever oc-
Cured in the history of the road. Be-
fore going to press this afternoon we hope
t, hear that the seige has been raised.
p. S. Since writing the above we learn
that the storm continued on the noun
tain nearly all day on Wednesday,
Not so great an amount of snow has fall
len, but the gale has drifted it IN. Some
of the time it filled in nearly as fast as
the work men could throw it out. Three
engines are stalled in dead on the Sum-
NIT, and one off the track. 1t is hoped
that mail and trains will get through
this Thursday evening. The storm has
now abated and trains are expected to
resume their regular running on Friday.
DEATH OF Col. L. b. WEBB.-Col.
Ethan B. Webb, one of the oldest citi-
zens of this town, died at his residence
about mile above this village, on Fri
day last, at the ripe age of IS years.
Col. Webb was a native of this town.
having been born on the homestead where
he died, in 1884, and it is worthy of note
that this homestead has been in the W., bb
family ninety-five years. October %,
1916, he was married to Fanny Burn
ham, of Chester, who survives him, by
Rev. Mr.. Robinson Smiley of Spring feld.
We think be lived more than halfa cen
fury on the old homestead. He learned
the harness makers trade at Walpole,
but when about twenty-one, he went
West, which 10 those days meant west
ern New York, and was about to buy
the land on which the city of Rochester
now stands, but poor health from fever
and ague induced him to return, and in
| 1916 he built the Bellows Falls hotel
which was burnt March IA, 1860. This
hotel he opened 10 December 1916, and
in this connection we are reminded of an
event which occurred at the house while
he was landlord, June 90, 1919, which was
an honorary occasion given by Imman-
uel Church and the people of this viii
lage and vicinity TO Gen. Amasa Allen,
of Walpole. for his (Allen's) liberal do
nation for the bell which now hangs in
the tower of Emmanuel Church. Col.
Webb delighted in bis early days in the
military Sad earned his title in the best
days of the Vermont militia. For civil
office, however, he had no taste, and
though many times appointed by the
governor justice of the peace, would
never qualify. OF the Masonic fraterni-
ty he was a member more than half a
century, Royal Arch Mason, and a
charter member of King Solomon's
Lodge organized in this place in 1916.
His funeral was largely attended on Sun
day afternoon from Emmanuel Church.
A large number of the Masonic Order
were present, and the Masonic burial SER
vice was had at the grave under the di.
rection of the Grand Master, Park Da-
Wis of ST. Adams.