Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-26
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correspondence of the Alexandria GaZettci
| COLUMBUS, Neb., Nov 1S.-Thinlsins
many may never have hnd u description OF
| II "blizzard" | send you this. The first wc
knew of it Was on coming out OF Il well.
warmed hall Monday night. When We felt
| ourselves slung in the face with ice.nettles
and saw snoW.iiakes whirling in the light
from the shop windows There had bae
signs OF snow in the clouds all day, but no
one had predicted q BLIZZARD. Our way
home lay due north for three blocks; the
storm was frcm eas.northeast The beard
Sidewalks, treacherous from slcet and miss
ing pianks, had to he taken with Deliberate
care. while your right cheek and ear suffer.
cd death from the SHOW and wind that
stung ard cutlzd you, and inclined you 10
break a"ay and ruH, regardless o.: U;!fA:ls
At length, however, The three blocks we're
done, and he rest of tho way we had the
storm at our backs. At & late he'd tinle the
Kind WAS howling with frtsh Iury and
The snow poiting like hail against
the windows. Next morning showed there
had been 10 pause III the night. There
were huge drifts ut the doors and il was III.
possible 10 sec through the windows for the
snow ana ice coated OH the outside. The
snow was still falling, rather driving, for the
wind was furious, and il was not easy 10
make ont tho houses across The street, Wills
our nexi-Goor neighbors were quite cut OF
sight, ihe distance Of !. garden being be-
tween. There was no perceptible break all
day tHucstayl and at night the wind
hoWled and shook the house and ratified leo
or the panes at rate that made sleeping
very interrupted experiment Wednesday
morning the scene outside was the same.
except that the drifts wera higher and the
wind and snow were coming even faster.
an not good at calculating such things, but
| should say that that wiad was making
about eighty miles an hour There was ~:
creature moving, nor bad any one passed
for more than twenty-four hours es far as
we knew. The snow had worked serious
damage to the kitchen stove and the loan
OF the house being in another nay!
of the State aud blocked up in snow. nc
trains running, it became necessary 10 20
out and get nelp, tae Job icing quite be.
yond feminine strength, so enc Of US two
went. The appliances for keeping warm
out here gre numerous and efCacious. and
it was not such dreadful tning to 90 Just
acrcss the street, though the way Was ueccs-
sariiy cifcutous, taking il Il scramble aloag
the paiin2s OF two yards 10 avoid impasS-
able drifts. 1t Mas Impossible 10 speak 10
the man face 10 face. doors being more than
half buried, 50 the message IVES delivered
through two inches Of ice on the outside of
window. with much shouting and heioo-
ing and losing Of words in the gale tina, was
blowing. In about an hour he came over.
Are you a Southerner, msa?' YES: Tir-
gnian." well, III Just tel you aIe PRETTY
brave for SoutherDer There's not MANY
u-o1ii haya r..t -, ~,
IS you" (Skira pinned up wes:her wise
have Il Juvenile effect that told upon his
judgment, Mr.. Editor.) 'How !oNs do you
think this will last 81
"Th!ee days, miss, is the rule for Ne
braska blizzard, aud this is regular one.
I've lived i'll Canada snd in Michigan, but
there amt anything there half rs bad as.
these Nebraska billiards.. My son, last
night, coming up from his shop four
blocks away, lost his way ard was
near freezing. He couldn't see any light in
the houses, the snow was SO thick, and he
gave up, and thought he was obliged to so.
When he got in at last, about eleven O'Clock,
he was used up completely, and we had to
work on him TO bring him to-
The day wore away, the storm continuing
until about sunset, when thera was 4 com
parative lull, and the clouds in the west
looked red for q few minutes. AT dark the
storm began again, but this (Thursdayl
morning, the sun is shining brightly, aud
melting has begun. An engine is whistling
and pulling, so the roads are at last opened
Persons whose doors are blocked less than
elk feet deep are beginning to shovel away
the drifts, and the public school bells are
ringing for the first time since Monday. If
November brings blzzards, what may we
not expect in February and March. hope
you are faring better in Virginia.