The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-03
DELIGHTS OFFSPRING,
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CHICAGO ON SE0W,SHOEs.
DRIFTS TIvE FEET HIGH.
Tho Wind Blows Z Gale for TWentys
four Hours.
80 CONE WITH Il. wunr ups ,a. s.s,r ETC.

, AAO "AAu O1O"B = O0l0 IOf V"Sntyo
four Hours.
80 CONE WITH M wazHx ups 1az sls,s ETC.
from the Chicago Times, Aareh %.
1t has heretofore been generally sup.
posed that when balmy spring puts in
an appearance, hoary winter wraps bis
snowy mantle close about him and
'hrinks away from the presence of his
gunnier successor. Bot. there is no
anymore about the good be.
havior of the seasons Not only has
the last wiuter fingered altogether too
long in the lap Of spring, but at pres.
ent writing the latter seems to have
yielded altogether to tho formers ad-
7snces, and to have lost herself in q
bed of snow. The storm which cov-
cred the streets with disagreeable lay
ers Of frozen water began on Monday
night, ragged with undated fury
throughout yesterday, and at the hour
Of going to press it shows no signs Of
taking a rest. March did her best in
the way of wind, and the day was a
terrible one. The snow fell oont1nu.
ously, but not very heavily until to-
wards evening, when it threatened to
block the horse.cars, check the steam
cars, and propagate aoy amount of
wiokedness 10 the human heart. Men
went down to business 10 the moroing,
chased their hats from one to three
blocks, ensured colds by getting wet
feet, and roundly cursed the weather
clerk for his stupidity in allowing
wind and storm to run riot. Wemen
cluug io-doors, and wondered how such
things could be blessing to anybody.
The railroad companies brought cot
their snow.plows and doubled up tho
propelling horsepower. The amuse.
ment providers calculated ruefully the
prospects for an empty house in the
evening. The managers of the Star
lecture course thought Providence un-
favorable to the eloquent Chapin. It
was little difficult tor the most pioug
to dnd source Of comfort and resig.
nation ia such an outof-place visitation
of snow-aakes. The evening was ono
Of the worst, outdoors, that long aud
severe winter has Brought to afflicted
Chicago. The Snow was piled up in
great heaps by the raging wind, which
was sufficiently strong to blow ono il.
resistlbly along the slippery. walks.
Here there was space swept clean;
beyond it a white bank from two to
five feet high. Step on the smooth
space, and count, if you could, how
many aeconds 1t was before you fouad
yourself buried waist deep, and per-
haps with the feet up If disinclined
for walk, just stand on corner or in
some sheltered doorway, and wait and
wait for a car, after standing for some
time, take change of leg and still
wait. The cars did their best in the
way of running, and fought the block.
ading elements brave!y. They contin.
ued their slow course at irregular in.
tervals, and the plows were run till
midnight. The theatres suffered as
| was anticipated, the audiences being
much smaller than was agreeable to the
men who foot the bills for furnishing
! tha entertainmenta- -Pnhlio meetings
we're failure Even the board Of ed
ucation, that unpaid but heretofore un-
falling body, could not assemble
quorum, and the three members
present were deprived of a chance
/ to display their eloquence.
| From the Chicago Erening Pbst, same dak.
Toward sundown, yesterday, the
breath Of the storm grew fercer, blow
ing from all directions at once, send
! ing the icy particles into bewildered
eyes, displAcing uncertain shutters,
laying out drunken derrieks and lashing
the tawny waters of Michigan into >
passion of aquatic fury. All this came
to pass in few hours of daylight, but
when the robe Of night came down, it
was lifted boldly by the angry blast
and the drifting hills of snow eodeav-
ored to flash back, BY the aid Of the
struggling lamps, their brilliancy On
the ab5smal darkness Of the murky
clouds. That, however, startling as it
may appear, vas only . part of the per-
Torrance. The snow, with a 6endish
mal'gnity sent its lighter PARTICLES
through every crevice and moth hole
in the dwelling places Of peaceful elti-
zees. The drifts piled up yards high
in exposed places ; houses, or the West
and South Sides, particularly, were
blockaded this merning, and the efforts
of pedestrians to discover Z assmblsnse 70
street or sidewalk were often dlsas.
trously rewarded, by the tumbling Of
the explorer into broken sidewalk 0,
treacberous basement. Flat roofs also
have their weight to bear, and the
chances are that some oaving in may
DO done before the tempest abates. The
present indications, however, are that
the fury Of the storm has already spent
itself, and We may hope to greet the
sun, whose bright foe has been hidden
iorty.sight hours, before another day,
Not single railroad train arrived OF
time this morning Some were only
an hour or 50 late, but the majority
ranged from three to ten hours, and