National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-03
"BEAUIIFUL- SNOW"
SOME OF THE INCONvENIENCEs WHICH
WERE OCCASlONED BY THE WHITE
ONERCOAT WORN BY THE CITY.

SOME OF THE INCONVENIENCES WHICH
WERE OCCAS1ONED BY TIE WHITE
OVERCOAT WORN BY THE CITY.
The man who wrote beautiful Snow, like
hin. who is responsible for the pummeling OF
William Patterson, is still among the unknowns,
but, as Dundreary says, she, we'll he's an ass,
anyway" The people who live about "chere''
must have thought SO when they arose from their
downy couches yesterday morning and found the
air full OF spectral bits, flying hither, thither,
anywhere, verywhere, as if they possessed feeble
dispositions, or had been ont all night, and were
not exactly certain as to what course they ought
to pursue. Wind0w-sill. doorstep. sidewalk, and
stoop were full Of the white coating, that was 60
cided man could not put his foot down with any
satisfaction ut all. When party came out Of his
domicile
THE CoNrNs-ouT PARTY
was not always attended with the most pleasing
female commits Hon in ones head, and to hold on
to the rail Of the stoop with the other hand, re-
quires combination Of faculties that all DO not
possess, To add to ones ill-humor Q small boy
with MALICIOUS disposition is apt to appear just
1t such moment, and, making bun's-eye Of
your own eye, levels at it mass Of the condensed
material With precision Of aim that might have
done justice 10 William Tell, and then disappears
around the corner with whoop and . bound, such
assx Sey n whsn they that
very funny, which, in fact, is with them one and
the same thing. No, the snow storm of yesterday
was not Q bit welcome, and the lady who charac-
terised 1t as perfectly h0rridn expressed the
opinion Of half the citizens Of the capital Of this
almighty Yankee nation.
THE sLEIGHINs
was not very big success either. Sleighing in
Washington never Is. A few. benighted individ-
uals were out with cutters but they did not cut
much OF 2 dash. Muf1ed up to their chins in
furs, blankets and shawls. and covered with
"beautiful snow" they looked like drove of
Santa ClauseSpn Q frolic, or In hurry for fresh
supply Of things with which to replenish the
stock of hosiery, ornamenting sundry chimney
lying, regardless Of thsrights Of pedestrians who
were endeavoring to plough their way across that
thoroughfare, - we'll as cloud Of snow-fakes in
each eye would permit. We saw an old lady Ia
boring under dimcufties She had been to mar
s.t nurchasipg 4 ftQek Qf pr9yender, and was
crossing the Avenue In quiet, melnvS."ai ana
peaceful manner, whom along dashed sport with
sleigh, and came near staying the an
ss %. s,, She ssEhs hs e tn: the
l 91ss II p ifssssRiRs sl l '
the sIme time. The latter effort WIS : I.msnta.
BILE failure, for her umbrella went up, and her
potatoes, turnips and csbbaxes went down, and in
less than minute there was 2 nne crop q yegeta-
her feet and assisted her to transfer her market
ing to her basket, but dozen Of eggs could mot
be brought to their normal condition. They were
In too damaged . state to be Of any further use
than to give color to the monotonoue white Of the
surrounding scenery. The old lady also believed
for the opinions Of those whom experience has
taught At 30 high price for the teachings We be-
come more than ever convinced that the person
who wrote Beautiful Snow" Is an ass.