Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-03-31
BIZ snow STORMS
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SID To- SNuW.


M.suN. March g. l,si.
N1tNIthsianil 49, have bat su.s sr-
yrfr umrs ln breaking roads aui ttc a'-
musfur.tefsaI cry of uul.laI sn1N storms,
JOB reality w. have hat nat small gutuuy
of snos n. compared Nltl mauf wIutrr-
during co. last sINtF Yfifs va ihrfr is
dime enough of zoe season lrt to make lp
part of tlr t,frcucg .f the Sine is wei im-
proved auI besides. wr have hti n' large
snow si1rus-Nlat Is twenty Inchrs oi
.rnW az unr fall compared Nlth many
storm. tlat any msn oi siNy years of age
or onward. tau remember Do De- hut .p'ud
t1r tine o. look backward sui consiirf-
ia thr Winter of ..Is aui i. 10 commenced
O. snow thc iasi uiglt ~ Drcem1rf "llch
~. S,furisy. anI .nosri uutl Mluiay
a. tN1 O'Clock. when thr sun came GOT ~
Alolt tNo holrs. when 70 CON nen''d 90
-ns~ asaln and continued tO Ncin'siay
morning. no Whica umr tltfr pa" i"'en '
A.. fcci of .uoN. ADJ hat LAY people com
msncei o. break roads ON main thorough
fares Lni continued fof nitcrn Jay" tci'fr
tie roads were pAssapic. Cross road, AM
I'd roads were lrf uutolrhcd Tor the win
ter. A. that time ! va a boy Aui llfci NJ
home 40 N0rih Albany NV Aihcf "As
weU.to-do farmer Ani bad an Aoaniante
OF provision flr bis ismIiy, bot htpp nj ~
that time 90 be nearly out OF mrai, ani 70
get 10 mill Was impossible, 80 ~ shciled
ani hu.lcd corn enough % ON Awe pail
kettle. when cooked aud boiled 10. And
We al ate 81 % with milk Tor, II am not
mistaken nine dag. ami " a ncignoor hap
p.nef ln be- va. luyltei 90 share with a..
which Invitation was readily complied
Win. There were AZ that time hut i've
horse. Kept among a., aud work wAs al
done with oxen, and after breaking roads
+. rev DAYS. the wind blowing al the ume'
n became Impossible % drive them Ia TIE
yoke. ADD for tine they wou.h Tie them
tog.ther with ropes ani drive them
,hrough the snow without any sleds. At
t,rW.ri. All that were obliged % Use oxen
hsf crooked yokcs made, and sleis with
am. OF arms ike single hOr-e-slci-, 80
that they could work their teams tAmicn
Instead OF pairs a. j. the usual custom.
There were but four Of our people That had
o., M their winters wood Ani nopody
Attempted % break into wood lots Win
teams. aud except la cases where msn
owned OF could buy growing Wool on the
side OF the main road, 10 was AL hAulci 70
a the house on hand sleds. Again ia tnr
winter OF 1851 W had but little snow uu-
an near the middle OF February 10 was
very icy aud extremely rough travelling,
logger. AMI everybody that had tcamlnS
IN DO were praying fOr snow Ano one DAY
without any unu-ual signs ola Storm u
clouded % and IN the evening commenced
% snow ana continued I'LL eleven O'clock
the next day, mot fT frOm twelve hoa,'
In daratlon) aud cleared OF with hiil
shower OF rain, enough 10 make the sno"
slightly damp AFTER the storm We meas
nret the snow aud there wa Just foriy.
Coar inches Ia Albany and Mason where !
was Al the time; and loggers Who had been
In he woods 10 Berlin, y. H., reported
the same depth there. 49,.
1 ought 10 have mentioned before thls A.
IL was Al an earlier date, the winter o.
1872. 10 was nothing but snow snl oioN
that winter except from the sixteenth dN
al January u the tw~nty-tnird day OF fcp.
ruary: during that tine We had no storm
! bot rain, aud for flteen days aud nights In