, 1876-12-18
ATf1E BEAUTIFUL sNOW,v

case has cost tho county not less ttIan S90, ,000
already.
ssTfIE BEAUTIFUL SNOW.o
SHORT ESSAY OK YEsTEHpAY's BToRM.
IA column or so OH tho snoW,'' says the city
editor to a reporter.
.1What's tho uBe7" grunlblcs tue reporter.
"There's no news in TINT. Everybody knows It
showed. ANY fellow who don't know It by this
time won't know It my moro by reading nbuut
IT,
"Can't help It. Got to hare something about
u.'
"What can say'"
"Why, Just stntc as matter OF fact that It
commenced Saturday night and fell a|l day
yesterday. You might sling something about
tic wh!te-rohcd visitor. Yol can 70 in Oil the
ieathcry-aakes for qunrtcr Of q column, then
take the lctcntions OIL strect-car lines. for an.
other quarter, TINT makes Il half, and then you
Gan talk Of the pure anil undeillcd surface MS Il
lay OH tho gr0uld thAt makes three quarters,
antl-a!r!-,iyou 1 ;i k"o" another q"artcrof gun
rx as sn 4 tSFs = 1T isSt s aoy ''u'h Tbs SNOW wa'
sNcwspnpcr flusll, mean. You've got to
th5eo9aartsrs Of ~ !. column, end you can swasll
but I've been swaAhing Mr0tlnd all day, and
rest Is Just what want. l don't KNOW anything
aoout my dctclistons, and as to the fcatllcry
t!akcs, rvc got Il boot full hcre now. Tho
wse-rnbcd visitor might do to iinger on, hut
"Now suppose You start out quLatly and state
IN n few easy und flowing sentences TINT out Of
the dark aud eombrc clouds ttat hung heavy
md low over the clty Saturday night, tho soft,
.oo' ilnkes caino lontingtlown, lodging hero nnd
there as Il sent from some cmpyrcnn ark to lind
" Huw do you spell c.npyrcana''
:" Look in the dictionary. Then you eau speak
Of them III aoattnE hithcr md tthrr iu the
frosty air, as Noah's doyn t!oated, looking anx.
her tired wings and In her .'wil cooling dlu AWAY
to slccp and forgctfulncss of hcr weary wander
iug.;w,' :, - - ,,,,,.
1leye It. Besides tho dove was Shut, and came
down Hll covered with blood"
..Nu, she didn't, shc vent back to tho ark"
"Didn't she il,sd rest anSShercf Didn't
she fold her footsteps under Lcr tired COO, and
nessr'
"Ne Il tI sle n;;1 same eack to tho ark. You'll find
''Let's print tho Bible, for that is news TO
most folks" -
"rhen YOU might sny TINT tho fakes 10y piled
In su{t embraces upon thu streots md away nut
nnon ~ wnttry ,atr i9s t%' ta Eret nunt
beautiful under the touch of thu naStcr-hanl.
The fcttces, too, that run black anu ugly along
the landscape, wcrc soitcnrd with tho swcct
- 1nueI y! te tnu a'suns s.!at ueAnttneu Lnet1s
lhe aaFK anu onneoinleo tnoIonsalllfea uisap'
pearea' ae oS sser si!etehss took thetr
Jay III aii the screnc purity that thu snow-e[0ulA
oeaqMeatn Ms. !. 10 o., the e.t eaftn. at,,,,.,
nut y na9 pcetl hhosc1eu III III soMe places,
ana the @ nlrt skows up" 49,
nut nutliht, liht, py coAtlas! oLly serves 70 DttnG
lhe e!lttcrlms "ea1t.es o. tie cFystal makes INTO
stronger rs'!et. ahgn you nght speak 81 tths
fronts 9t t!!e hosrs, anu thG s!cllgata tracerles
q " IL Iigsekkngs nnsGrs on thc WY widoM'panss.
~ tnr IN eisat W. Hoscf1ptlVc. anu put win
Tn,lr .s,v ~ u .,t thn WoEkil up grad
~ Iii v ,avn nv, NV 'ysrvh;,m r. erSFS gradual
tKan % IN ~ ,a"r rr, ~ i,m ,k ~. ttsnIus'ess, anu
,iu uto }utF si". @ na"m Gfaseinl!y TntA tho
nnd eryy,o. ~ ~. t1u es ~ GH9t on ghty
thn .,m- ~ I3ni n.i IT. I'LL Wy nave Kos
ns S"x ,uI VI" rm.os" "th ~. ,o a,.,cs Sweep
us snotirss A. a., ntn7,e VIM ~ rst, ~ sattlo
40 ~ o"ecle wing as el'1t! ns cliati-
VI ~ iiet.sr HsasG1s Pr; n s,oa.,,,o~ ,n,,n,,a M
'..tI, atns w sno" .p!o" somewhere slip
.k M HEM.5 u1.s r.. snE Ho1Sn hsonha nliu bump
II tbs 1l akc saskps ',e wn ~ wayo
!.i,,,.1 H., sea!Ems tne iaileala !ooeht the merry
.M,, u.MsIn ttau!.lllE wy Mkntnet' ana tho old