The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-01-25

lines icadu- from the city the snow Hes; dtcary
and uubroken waste with every trace OF railways
.oOliirrutud except the telegraph poles, when
mark like tomb-juncs the roads that used 10 be-
! ON every railroad lies one or more stalled trains,
I and unless the storm soon lets up the condition
. %. storm uudtrvclcrs will be far from happE'
. Ia,rr a.u lHauy former Oswc- Oulans Row resi-.
dents oi Ottawa, who on reading this will recall
to mind 90. .,d fashioned winters OF years aga IN
I Oswago / would say that hi, burg has lost
none Of it, old traits Of character, but, il any
thing ha, improved ia them, for surely the stu
alton TO-DAY is arctic in every sense OF the word.
-Four railroad, terminate here, and not one Of
them has sent out Il train for the last five days,
and heaven only knows when they will. The
mountainous accumulation OF snow and severe
Idril,iU., have finally triumphcd over all efforts
to keep the roads clear. Indeed the point has
been reached when it is deemed best to suspend
travel until Probs and Old Borcas have had their
fiji. Church spires and telegraph poles are about
the only visible objects now above the snow level
So if thi, communication reaches you any time
before next eth Of July it will be surprising, at the
present outlook. Just contemplate the situation
of your humble correspondent, who has not en-
forbid that he will AGAIN. for "thc beautiful
snow" is not what it is cracked up to be, nor the
Jingle Jingle of he bells,
And the merry, merry sleigh.
rs inratua,inc To a snow-bound traveller rs some
would suppo-c The orange grove. of Florida
or the tropical shades of other cIimco that know
of are far more preferable to me than these snow
clad regions. Indeed the opinion force, Itself
upon me now that the "tmic' dress oflho>c who
dwell ON the equator is much more enjoyable
than the lapandcr lyle of those whom see to-day
trying to wade through several feet of snow.
wArERTowN
n city not far distant from OSwcgo, unfortunately
is situated pIumb in the centre Of the snow belt.
The inhabitants OF that burg have had more than
their share this season, and here is what the pa
pers have TO say about (which, for the benefit
Of Mr. Rising and other Watcrtownian, now resi-
dents Of Ottawa, append:
1t may be some consolation to our readers to
know that Watertown has been WORST oil than
OswcTo during the snow blockade We received
the Watertown papers Of lasi week on saturday
evening The Times IA, from two to tive columns
Of storm news dai" ih" city editor OF that
sheet is without Il mkmau, and he advcriscS
that ne will give "a Kingdom for II COW" He al
so inquiries whether We are drifting" For two
days he didn't yet any Utica papers and was
obliged 10 contnc his reading To railroad time
cards. linen ne would 20 out ana shovel on MS
root. Secretary OF state Htach ANA Deputy Moss
were snow-bound in "atertown. Adsit says
Every snow flake seemed to be marked Water
town. We clip the subjuincd paragraphs rom
the Times:
"A certain young man in the city went into the
country lew days since 10 see hls glrl. lie 10
there yet. 1t is hoped that his future father-in-
law has good supply OF potatoes ana sausage IN
the cellar, ana that the expected mothcr-in-law
is III good humor'
Waterfowl Is out of mills We learn from the
Times that owing TO the great snow fall in that
doomed city no milk man has been able to reach
il during the past week The unfortunate Wat
crtownians have been compelled TO take their
tea and coffee clear milk punch has been dis
pensed with and all babies in Watcrtown have
been weancd. The city editor of the Times, after
subsistinw for several DAYS upon Oswcgo starch
dissolved in snow water, trying to persuade him
sen IT. was r'h mas |"''e "e"''S "''V "poSuoP"i
Ird,rnr from, the columns or tbo Times of
Thursday, the people Of that city are not only
out OF milk' Dut lhty are almost out OF everything
re- ~h6 ora thnro orr ont If MEANS ~ ',nt
away. They are ont of provisions. out of meat
out of mk out Of humOr, but thank goodness
taeS are NOV o"V VI spn'h, We ltn l liui' .iIe
Gn ,,,on., ,rn,Ia lrr ont of every thinp that the
mayor las actually issued proclamation asking
those who nave anything lett to divide with those
VIII m ,b t,, NV ,a ~ ivan, III
tlc of lhe milk of human kindness.