The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-01-16
Uu;ou Mills Items.

Those amongst us who profess to be weather
wise, that had predicted mild winter, with
but little snow, land we were led to believe
their prediction), are forced to admit that we
are having colder weather and bigger piles
of snow than we have had for the last twenty
five or thirty years. The snow that fell on
Friday night last would not have attained any
great depth had it been equally distributed,
but owing to the high wind that prevailed
during its fall, and for several successive days
and nights afterwards, it was piled on high
banks in many places, just where they were not
desirable. By Sunday morning travel on the
turnpike and county roads, was either entirely
suspended or performed with many Difficult.
ties and hardships.
DR.. Weaver, of Littlestown, while returning
home from professional visit, down the pike,
with horse and sleigh, stuck in snow banks
several times and had to be shoveled out.
Rev. J. C. Brown, of the same place, made
an effort to reach his appointment at this
place with horse and sleigh on Sunday after
noen but he got but d short distance before
he upset twice and becoming very cold, wisely
concluded to return home. The young gal
lants were compelled to defer their usual Sun
day evening visits and remain at home with
their mothers by the warm stove, and doubtless
sad and many were the disappointments of the
fair ones.
The mail from Lttlestown which is due
here about a. M, daily, did not reach us
before Tuesday at that hour. On Monday
morning, when the proportions of the block
ade was fully realized, Messrs. b. +. Shriver d
Co. and w. w. Shriver sent out troop OF
horsemen, which pushed their way to within
p miles of Westminster, where they encount-
cred a complete blockade and returned home.
Meanwhile fences were thrown open and
Westminster was reached by going through
the fields. On Tuesday morning supervisor
Lamotte, started force of hands with ateam
from Westminster and opened the pike so that
it is passable from that place to the Pennsyl-
yania line, which point they reached on We'd
nesday evening Some of the bY-roads were
opeped by the citizens and others are still
blocked up with snow.
On Tuesday night as Messrs. B. +. Shrlver
and Lewis E. Shriver were returning home
from Westminster, accompanied by several
lady members of the family, the horses of the
former ran into a snow bank at Stonersville,
and he had to arouse the sleeping citizens and
get them to assist him to get them out, and
the latter upset at the same place, his horse
became unruly and demolished the sleigh.
The thermometer at this place on Sunday
morning at u a. M, registered degrees be-
low zero. On Monday morning at the same
hour, below zero; on Tuesday II; Wednes-
day 1876; and at a. m. Thursday Il below
zero.
Mr.. John Maus has purchased house and
lot, situated in Silver Run, from Absalom
Koontz, for S1666.66. Mr.. Maus intends to
move into house in the spring.
Mr.. John c. Bankert, the efficient house
carpenter of Mt. Pleasant, is lying dangerous
" i'll with u complication of diseases.
A series of meetings, conducted by Rev. j.
C. Brown, was commenced at the lie. Church,
at this place, on Wednesday evening, and
will probably continue two weeks or longer.
]. Henry Knipple, of Silver Run, has sow
which recently farrowed sixteen pigs.
Before closing this report we cannot refrain
from mentioning class of men who have to
endure more hardships and suffer more physi-
cally and financially than any other class, the
hucksters. On Monday morning many OF
them were out early, while other men were
hugging their stoves to keep warm, they were
forcing their way through drifts of snow or
shoveling out their teams. Many of them
returned home unable to reach half their
customers