The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-02-01

mad. On Friday morning be died. and an
hour afterwards Baker was rescued frozen 40
awfully that he will lose both legs At
All over the State cattle and horses perish.
ed in the intense cold. Hundreds Of hogs are
reported killed. In Richland TOWNSHIP 10 Mr..
Hammond found over 200 quails frozen TO
death in one strip Of pruiric, their feathers
full Of ice and sleet.
shall conclude this disiointed letter with
some experiences of railroad travel during the
great storm. The express train on the Nil.
waukeo aud st. Paul road was showed in at
five o clock on Tuesday between Rigcway and
Conover, little west Of McGregor and Prai.
RE du Chen. There were some thirty passen p
| gers, including eight women and one baby.
AS soon as the train stopped oil the passen-
| gers were gathered in the centre car, aud the
cushions were piled against the windows to
keep out the snow, which was so fine that il
entered through the impercepiible inierstices
in such quantities that il was shovclled up and
carried out in mai-bags. The stoves were
kept red'hot. In the post'Offce car, the train
hnnds, numbering fifteen, were barricaded.
Thus all night Tuesday was passed. the chief
sensation being the discovery of n package of
tea, which was prepared for the nursing moth.
err and saved her baby's life. On Wednesday
six men-W. II. Klcmm, John Marten. An.
drew Larsen, Ole Lie, B. W. Darn, and John
X. Ringstad, residents of Ridgeway loaded
themselves with bread. crackers, cheese. sar-
dimes, and such portable edbles Ms they could
carry, and set out for the train. They made
the three miles in four hours, following the tel.
egraph poles, and were received with cheers
and tears Of Joy by the leagured passengers,
who had been without food for thirty hours
General John l.awler, a large stakeholder of
the road, who was on board, offered the men
the cost of their cargo and S25 each, and Su.
perintendent Pryor added perpetual free
pass over the line, but John Martcn, who had
organized the party, declined 10 accept a cent
for what a common humanity had impeled
them to do At the same time Mr.. s. DE La
Ronde, of Calmar, clerk, packed satchel of
provisions, and set out alone to the rescue of
the train, eight miles away. And he had to
go in the teeth Of the wind, while Martins
party had it at their backs. He was Joined by
j. +. Bradley, trackmaster Robert Jameson
and James Wilson, conductors; and Mr..
Priest. They made the terrible journey amid
drifts SO thick that the telegraph poles (which
are tifty.fiye yards, or ten rods, apart could
not be seen. Resting at one pole they would
await lull in the storm and rush forward in a
scattered line; when one man saw the next
post he shouted and they made for il. AT
three o,clock the plucky clerk, DE La Ronde,
reached the train unscathed, with Conductor
Wilson, who was terribly frozen and was only
reused by his companion several times when
he was sitting down to browse aud die. Gen.
eral Lawler gave Wilson massive gold chain
for his gallant return. Jameson and his two
companions reached the train that night
SO, if there has been intense suffering, there
have been displayed patience, unsefshness,
| fortitude, calmness and love In the darkest
and most supreme hour of storm and disaster,
God has revealed the courage and the strength
which are in the hearts of men, like the ram
bow in the cloud, sequel that the wreck is
not complete and that such a ward is not
utterly to be destroyed by the food of selfish.
ness and greed that the sages depprecate SO
eloquently.