The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-06

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drinks; being blue-ribbon army man
howeser, he offered 10 let US have as mncl
4 water out oil his well rs we liked to fetch
He was out OF bread, and did not bak
! ltill next day. There were one and . hal
cold fissoles IN the lardef, but they Won't
'Ibe as nothing 10 I'LL those had TO iced
30 he reserved them for his own supper
n He was much put out, he said, that tn
accident had happened ct the time whei
laif his children were home for the hoi
tl days, so that he could not take any Of. thu
passengers into his rectofy. u the acct
\ dent had occurred in term time II would
4 have been different. l dothe Rector only
Justice when1 say that hewas not unYill
Ing to do his utmost, but he was o Wild
ower, and completely under the dominion
Of his servants. The cook would not find
food for the passengers, and the house.
maid would not find beds for them, and
4 slyestlake was indisposed to clean theii
tboots. In the matter Of the ctotted cream
1.-THE Rector was decided. He saw It In the
pans and he put his foot down and insisted
on having them skinned and the cream
sent TO the schoolhouse. Itwould have
been highly appreciated II there had been
bread to eat with 1t :
The dear good Rector came up to the
school to see the colony there estab lished.
He fused about among the people, in
sisted on their being accommodate with
beds in separate rooms, and promised to
send mattresses and blankets from the
parsonage. But the promised bedding did
not come. Westlake pointed out to the
parson that the pony could not travel In
such deep snow, and that without the cart
1.-THE bedding could not be transported TO
the school house.
Fortunately there were q couple OF farm
houses near and some cottages, and from
them what was really necessary was pro-
cured. Some fowls were killed and cook
ed and bread obtained and sufficient bed
ding for the, emergency secured. / had TO
see to everything run from one farm
to the other, and tax to the uttermost the
resources oflmy own small establishment.
j surrendered my own room and bed to
the Harwoods, and my old 5housekeeper
very good. naturedly resigned hers to Mr..
Parnacott.f
There was not much sleep for me that
night. The passengers would be hungry
fnthe morning, so l occupied myself, to-
gether with my old woman, In kneadtng
and baking bread out Of -four 1 had beg.
ged at the farms and some ofmy own. i
had to 60 to the rectory for milk, and had
great difficulty in conyeyingit home un-
spilled through the snow.
When morning dawned I was so ex-
hausted with my labors-chief Of which
was the wading in snow from placeto
place, carrying blankets, fowls, a ham,
cups, milk, bread-that could scarcely
keep my feet. had got very wet in run
ming from place to place, aud very hot
from kneading dough and baking it. My
time had been too much taken up for me
to think OF changing my clothes.
/ had o difficulty, moreover, In the
morning in providing washing conven.
fences for my crew. There were but two
basins and a pie dish in my house; more
over, the pump was frozen. That my
people mightwash, i was constrained to
dissolve snow, which is q slow process,
and the result is-a little not very clean
water.
While the people were waiting, impa-
tent and uncomfortable, Tor their wash-
ing water, Mr.. Parnacott seated himself at
q wretched six.guinea Alexandra har-
moninm in the school room, and played
on it Bach's fugues from memory. This
irritated the hungry, unwashed passen
gers, and high worda passed. had q
aifficultyin appeasing the quarrel which
broke outoyer the harmonium.
A mora 1f0fN11k tftnfkaF fhar Et1a TNSa.
yiding Of water was the furnishing Of
combs and brushes. 0fcourse Mrs. Har-
wood used mine, but Mr.. Parnacott posi-
lively and Indignantly rejected those of
my housekeeper. There was q good deal
of alteration overthe combs and brushes;
but i was unable to attend and allay it, as
] had to get breakfast ready.
Ihad begged basketful of eggs at Up
colt farm, but in bringing thom home ]
had fallen and broken them. Fortunately
I had a side OF bacon In my kitchen, which
/ had recently bought-it had cost me
eighteen and nfnepence. / cut from this
literally, and fried as fast as Icould fry, to
supply my guests. How the Goals went
Firing all night and all day! Why, in the
time these people were under my roof, |
believe the greater part Of Q ton went, and
coal came to 25s. per ton with us. 1t was
the same with my tea and sugar, they
melted away like snow in q northwest
wind.
When breakfast was over and the COM
pany in fairly good humor i lay on my
hearth rug in my clothes, and dropped
asleep.
Twas reused by a violent hubbub, and
by thrusts and shakings. TWAS with dit
fculty that I rallied my senses; when l
had done SO 7 heard Mr.. Howard say that
the fire in the bedroom, where his wife
was sitting, had gone out for want Of Goals
at the proper moment and would have to
be reljghted. The stove in tho school,
roomand the scuttle for the classroom
needed immediate replenishment unless !
were bent on killing my guests with cold.
] staggered to my feet and, hall asleep
and stupid, fetched the necessary GOALS
from tho coal hole, which was outside the
house. The door had beenl left open and
thesnow had driven in and buried the fuel.
] had to dig It out with my banda. Next
Hound, with difficulty, dry sticks, and re
lighted the fire in the bedroom. Wetand
tired, tried 10 compose myself to sleep
again when this was done, but was reused
by the advent Of the guard, who an
nounced to the passengers that It was inn
possible for the line TO be cleared that day;
That the roads, moreover, were 50 deep In
snow, that i would be a,matter Of eStraoF-
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