The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-03-22
SoMEsToRM AFTERMATH.
incidents Amusing, Pathetic, Vex-
atious and unprecedented of the
Recent Blizzard in New York.

The folowin; extracts from the first
New York papers that have been received
since tho storm will further convey to the
Northwest an idea OF how King Blizzard
storme,l the Atlantic coast when he mar
ehalled his two storm centers in the longi-
tudc and latitude OF the metropolis. The
efforts OF the public school teachers aud
scholars to reach their homes in the after.
noon we're attended with difficulty and
exciting incidents. Some little girls, who
had evidently read the story OF the perils
through which some OF their contempora.
ries in Dakota had gone, were observed to
clasp hands in a row when necessity CON.
PEELED them to venture into some particu.
larly serious drifts. Once in u while the
and teachers and scholars would turn
their backs to it's fury and drive like leav.
es OF autumn, scrcaniin ing before it.
where an !, anyhow?:' shouted out one
driver, after trying vainly to decipher tho
names OF the streets upon the lamp posts
as he passed them. Said gentleman:
"Well, that's certainly remarkable. The
idea of New York cab driver on Broad.
way not knowing his whe reubouts at any
time. What better evidence do you want
than this OF the fcarfulness OF tie storm?'
II resolved to walk down town. says
Henry Guy Carleton. "a phila nthrop;c
cabman offered to take me down for SIS.
barring accidents to the horse, which noble
animal had icic:es IL foot long on his tongue
and was already in n comatose cond j.
ton. The cabman said rs n guarantee OF
good faith he would request pay.
ment in advance, with the understand.
the worse we could both sleep in the cab
together, but l declined. laughed a
knocking. hollow laugh. and plunged on
ward through the storm. will not mar
rate the tempestuous passage. bat only q
few OF the thrilling incident. At Broadway
and Eighteenth l sat down. had no
special reasons to sit down at that point,
but did SO. At Broadway near Seven.
tenth l sat down again. and with such
violence that jolted two gold fiji! ngs from
my teeth. both OF which are a dead loss.
While crossing Union Square everything
suddenly grew dark and ascertained that
had wandered into u drift
SEVEN FEET DEEP,
where as had no pocket compass l wal
lowed Cor half and hour. On Broadway.
just below Fourteenth, suddenly lay
down with dull thud and spent n few
moments studying astronomy. Several
other persons took advantage OF my pros.
trate condition and fell over me. becoming
more or less abusive az they did SO. A
block below this ran into thick set Of
telegraph wires and electric light wires.
which detained me for some time clingins
to my neck and le,s and getting me in
trouble with minion OF the monopoly
who was up the pole trying to cut the
wreck loose. On Broadway. near Twelft h
street, q man was shovcling snow
off roof. and managed to get one ava.
lanche down my neck, looked up and
caught another in the eye, and then lay
down and lapsed into deep swoon while
he shoveled snow on my carly grave with
great activity and glee. The police then
ran. up an ambulance"
'ItIl cost you $3,' said q clerk OF u
messenger Office to man who wanted
message taken from Thirty first
street to Fi!ty.fifth street. The regular
messengers have not shown up, to-day,
and these fel'ers (pointing tosome ten boys
in uniformly are specials and won't go out
Tor l"ss than 49,"
One man was ready to give 500 il tho
Western Union could guarantee him the
Immediate delivery Of telegram to Uar
lem. The company could not do it.