, 1884-03-22
The Democratic Leader.
%sATURpAY, MARCH y, lss4.
MINOR MENTION.

spring Is mere.
Equinox prevails,
Bluster and blow, wind and snow.
We're a little bit s~nowed-in, all around
Some interesting weddings are on the
taps.
No show last night Cause-too much
snow!
Thinking sleigh bells we're heard yes.
terday.
The hack drivers are in a state of de.
moralization.
Dry land navigation yesterday was any.
thing but good.
Mud ought to succeed snow in the ma
tural order of things.
The vernal equinox came in on time in
a business-like manner.
Many of the snow banks yesterday as.
sumed fantastic shapes.
Lacking the blue-bird we are without Q
sure harbinger of spring.
As over-shoes, gunny sacks played an
important part yesterday.
Red noses and blue prevailed yesterday,
but then it was all the weather.
Now let there be a general shoveling,
or let the ordinance be enforced.
The thirsty ground ~rejoices over the
generous moisture it is imbibing.
by yourleave," the ''Ticket-ofL Leave
Man did not appear last night.
Mirth provoking urchins rejoice at the
near approach of April FOOLS day.
A column of storm notes might be
written and yet ''the story be not hall
told"
Nose paint and stomach jackets were in
good demand yesterday with certain
classes.
There was mo place like home, sweet
home, y yesterday, and its attractions were
appreciated.
Anyone who would refer irreverently to
the weather deserves the censure of ''Old
probabilities I"
We confidently look forward to the
time when the tally-ho will again put in
an appearance.
We defer our scientific disquisition upon
the feathery flakes until a post-mortem
takes place upon the storm.
Even the most ardent temperance PEG
pie don't like too much cold water dashed
upon their pet projects,
The Mountain Pink" company were
on nettles last evening as to how, bag and
baggage, they were to get to Laramie
city.
A six foot embankment arose on Six
teenth street all along the Warren build
ings, while the other side was almost clear
of snow.
Metaphorically speaking, the shutters
were up and the blinds were down yester-
day in all public and private places of
business.
Some philanthropical and morally in
clined persons are mooting the subject of
establishing a branch of the Red Cross
in Cheyenne.
Had "the beautiful snow" poet been
around yesterday, he and the weather
clerk would unquestionably have gone off
on a lively ~cantico together.
Passengers to and from fowery Cali
fonia t~arrying in our midst must feel as
though the off end of the north pole is
temporarily anchored in Cheyenne.
After an almost continuous fall of snow
during the period of tw~enty-four hours,
the bright stars peered through the clouds
and sparkled brightly in a earsky.
The Union Pacific Railway company
donned its shovelplow armor and bucked
against the storm king with all the power
that could be got from steam and iron.
Secure your seats for ''Whims'' at the
Opera house, this evening. 1t is a grand
play, grandly presented by the Raymond
Holmes Comedy company. Box sheet
now open at Rhodes & Troxell's.
The LEADER job rooms have been kept
under a constant pressure night and day
and Sunday now for five weeks and there
is little prospect of a let up for several
weeks to come, yet we are here to fill all
orders.
The funeral of Christ. Peterson was
postponed yesterday on account of the
storm. If the streets are in good enough
condition the funeral will take place on
Sunday at 2 p. m, from the Baptist
church.
1t may be interesting to know that the
water flows from the Grow Creek dam
through the pipes at the rate of one and a
half miles per hour. The lakes receive
about 1000, 900 gallons of water every
t~wenty-four hours.
Robbed of His Queue.
A severe trick was played on a China.