Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-06-15
ON THE TRAIN.
"A STORY OF THE GREAT BLIZZARD

A STORY OF THE GREAT BLIZZARD.
Its no use, ladies and gentlemen. We
@can go no farther. We have done the
pest we KNOW" said the conductor in
tones that he meant to be ordinary and
commonplace, but which had an iIi-con
'cealed ring of apprehension in them. de-
spite his effort. 'You can make vonr-
selves as comfortable as you can. and in
cWo or three hours an engine will he
started from the other end of the road tn
nelP us out, be continued, and passed on
to the eng ne. 0N
1hls Was provoking. There was a
Hnole Tram load of people, fully ten miles
from lexington, on a little branch road
IN rs" Jersey, stopped by the snow.
AT the conductors ANNOUNCEMENTS sooo
OF the men arose from their seas. and
leisurely walked out after the conductor
with look of intense disgust on their
races. The lady passengers shivered as
they looked out of the windows at the
s"l1tIy hylng snow, and declared it was
Zoo PAD. Each expressed his individual
opinion to his neighbOr. and seemed 70
ease his mind in so doing, some com
Plalningly, some laughingIy. the GREAT
majority good humoredly, and tryin0 to
make themselves as comfortable as nos
slble, settled down to wait, how lone
bLiey QIu HOC Know.
The conductor went ahead to the on.
gre and climbed up into the cab;
''Well, jim, what's the outlook Can,+
you drive Old Seventy-three through ito'
mo, George, it's no 90. the bank /
ahead is fully five feet deep and thee IS
no doubt but that there is fully fifteen
feet of snow in the cut, and we're in for
1T and no mistake. To back out is ont of
the question, as the first car would be
on the track before it had gone hun
'ored feet; the storm is increasing every
moment, and unless they miss us at the
other end of the road and send out helm
there is no knowing when we will he
out of this"
VERY well, Jim, We'll make the best
we can OF it; this is not as bad as
'smash-up. Blow the whistle every few
moments, so If an engine should be on
the road looking for us they will not run
sengers."
I he three coaches of the train nroha-
bly, contained $50 passengers on tboir
way from Pennington to Round
Brook. About thirty-tve of them were
young ladies' on their way to school and
.helr hVely chatter, with their FREQUENT
bursts OF merry laughter, showed that
Chey were not very sorry that the train /
wa SIuch IN great, nasty, cold snow
orIt. Inc hours wore slowly along and ]
the storm was increasing in furry in {
stead OF abating, and the wind. terribly !
cold, had increased to blow gale. The s
hour OF noon came and went, but no I
assistance for the snowed-in travellers. 5
Some one asked the brakeman to mt 7
more coal on the fire, as the car was get i
ting cold. The brakeman shook his head I
and IN an aside to the passenger said that G
the coal was nearly all gone. The crv S
tor coal came from all the cars, and soon a
he last bit of coal was gone. The situa- s
lion began to look desperate. and the v
men gathered in the baggage car to talk v
t over away from the women so as not to a
arouse their fears any more than possible I
All suggestions were quickly proven i'm a
practicable, there was no way out. AT h
asst some one said, well, we need not s.
reeze to death, we are standing in the t.
woods; get axes and I'll be one to oo Ii
'ut and cut wood and another party can d
70 IN search of some hou. e where we can b
ret food. A search through the ira n f,
brought TO light two axes, and party of n
we started out into the woods: two a
worked at cutting down, while the Others tt
ragged the wood to the train. In this fl
Tay ne f.es il the cars were soon ooiu.e o