Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-03-27


.sins,ion e.n picture. turned out TO dig
path. through the streets In mspy
place. the dissefs bed 10 Gu, through gi'
s.niie drift. In order 20 release people
Who we're imprisoned 10 their o-n houses.
Trmsndog, bill. oi snow were thrown
up In the streets. aud between them we're
p.,h, through which the population ersPi
Along Sometimes thee h.ll. we're %
hi.h that = man would walk for half .
block without bsing able TO see anything
eu, ,h, ,allsn ,iy above him and the
daIIllns wall. on either eide Of him
Hors. we're employed 10 dragging A-.y
the fallen tree, and telegraph poles. Thou.
sand. Of abandoned wagons were dug oa,
and dragged by double teams to places Of
shelter.
But -i,h all the confusing sight, and
.ound.th.,turned New York upside down
aad made people wondsf II ii -.' no, AL
. dream N, most 'pAllins thing va. the
absolute breaking of Of al outside CON.
munie.,ion. The elevated railway train.
had partially resumed work, lni eliiI,n,
could go up .nd doEn .o"n again with.
oa, danger Of fr,,rins TO death ia the
streets, bat no one could sei in of out Of
the city The great trunk lines were bur.
led. Nov and then some pale aud half
dad w.nder.r struggled into the moun-
t.inoa, ou,.sirt. and told dreadful stories
of whole train load, Of pas,enssr i'm
pri,on,d 10 the snow. wiihoai food OF the
,lish,,s, mean. Of escape.
Rs.eu, parties 10 ,lsish' we're sen, ou,
In all directions 70 relieve the snow bound
unfotiun.,s.. Th. railway eomP,nl,,
bl,,l,d hsroie,lly -i,h the snow 10 their
effort, TO pa,h through their trains. All
the sleeping cars in the railway dsPo'
-sr, given 10 the public . hotels. Et-
h.a.,sd men lnd women gladly efep, 10.
TO them 10 ge, warm and snatch fs-
hours of sleep. The sr.a, d,Po,' in New
York aud Jersey City we're crowded With
homeless, strangers. drvsn away from the
hotel. Women aud children lay on the
hard doors and thankfully ate cheese and
cracker. distributed by the til-sy oih'
ei.l,.
The telegraph wire. we're simply raw
.ll,d up into tangled web, that caught
the feet Of horse, and human being. IN
the ,no-. Edition. e.blsd TO London in
hope Of getting new. from Bos;on- The
operators ,lsp, Ill nigh, beside their in
,irumsn,.. ba, no sound broke the dead!
silence.
All wheel u.ftic ceased In the city with
very few exceptions. The jingle of'leish
bell. va, heard from the Battery TO Har-
lem. Russian dro.kia plunged down
Wall street. where fs~ brokers gather.
ed in the almost abandoned stock eI-
change. |, looked like q winter scene 10
81. Petersburg. When q wheeled ,ehi.
Gle appeared i, va, dragged by teams pre-
ced,d by extra horses, upon which rude
position. we're mounted. Sleigh. were
| hired out for $50 aud $50 day.
Mos, extraordinary looking structures
on runner, began TO appear In the most
fashionable part, Of the city. Rich club
men were Glad to drive down town from
their club. in rsm,h.esle grocery 'leish'
Of last century pattern. The insurance
Ere patrol dashed TO FIRE. 10 ,leishs,
Carpenters were ksp, busy making rough
,lsis "a. Of unp.in,ed lumber for the use
Of storek.eper. Moaldy ark, on runners
drew up in from, Of the prominent hotels,
and howling .wells were glad TO ge,
ride At any price.
But not a horse car moved. Houl
after hour the srmie. Of diggsrs ,oiled
and mil. after mile Of shining u.ek'
were uncovered, but darkness came OF
again before = single car moved.
The suffering. Of homeless people cat
hardly be told Ia words. All policemen
were ordered TO look out for these people
and also to arrest al persons who ,ho-st
any signs Of no, being able TO take care
Of themselves. Early in the day the po
lice lodging room. were packed. Msr
Who had money bat could ge, no place
TO sleep In hotels. applied q, the station
house. for shelter. The police ~sr'
fn.ll, obliged to use their corridors Il
save men aud women from Peri'hing ou,
side.
A. the storm increased 10 fury OF
Mondsy nigh, aud the m,reury fell 1--we
and lever The cheap lodging hou"' OF
the Bos,iy were invaded by people VII
had been unable to &c, bed. in the resu
lar hotels. !, WAS inds'eribably funny I,
see gorgeou,ly s,iirsd young men o
fashion humby arranging for cots in III
haunu Of the tramp and street arab
All nigh, The lodging house dormi'orit
were crowded with snow bound dsndie
who scratched and grumbled snd ,osse'
abou, on hard pallets in the il smsllinl
cubby holes. And wondsrfull1 eomieA
scenes took place at the breakfast tables
where walters were psralyzsd viii
ss,oni.hment ., demands for napkin
aud finger bowls. Many Of the ten cen
lodging houses raised their price for q co
to fhy cents