Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-23
on THE TRAIN.

NltlH or LIE GREAT BLIZZARD.
''lt's no use, ladies' and gentlemen. we
can 20 no farther We have done the
best we know, said the conductor in
tones that he meant to be ordinary and
commonplace, but which had an ill-con
ccaled rng OF apprehension in them, de
spite his effort. ''lou can make your-
selves as comfortable a you can, and ia
tWo or three houIs an engine will be
started from the other end OF the road 10
help us out. he continued, and passed on
to 'hc engine.
lhls was provoking. There was a
whole tram load of people, fully ten miles
from bennington, on a little branch road
IN Ne" Jersey, stopped by the snow
At the conductors announcement. some
OF the men arose from their sea 5, and
leis1lrely walked out after the conductor
with a look of intense disgust on their
faces. Tn" lady passengers shivercd as
they looked out of the windows at the
swiftly flying snow. and declared it was
too bad Each expressed his individual
OPINION to his nclgthor, and seemed to
east his mind IN 50 doing, some com.
plalnngly, some langhingly. the great
majority good humoredlv. and irving to
make themselves as comfortable as pos
slhlc. settled down to wait, how lone
they did not know
1h" conductor went ahead to the en-.
CINE and climbed up into the cab
'Woll, i'm. what the outlook. Can't
you drive old seventy three through il =,
No, George its no 60 the hank
ahead Is fully five feet deep and there is
no odouht hut that there i fully tftrcn
| feet Of snow III the cut, amt were in for
1t and no mistake 10 back out is ont Of
the question, as the til>t car would be
| or the track before it had gone hun
dred fe,t, the storm j. increasing every
moment and unless they miss lis At the
other end Of the road and end out help
there Is no knowing when we will be
out of this
''Nety well. Inn well make the hest
We can Of II. this i not a> bad rs a
smash up Blow the whistle every tey
moments, SO If an engine should be on
F.! the road looking for us they viii not run
u down Ill 20 back among the pas
enger>
p, he threr coaches Of the train proba-
I bly, contained 80 passengers. on their
way from Flemlngton t. Bound
I Brook .Nhout thirty Tive OF them were
young ladies on their way 10 $ hool and
/ Their lively chatter. with thor frequent
bursts Of merry laughter. ~hsw.i that
they were not very sorry thar the tram
/ Wa stuck IN a great. nasty. Coll snow
! init The hours wore Stowly alpn. AMI
the >totm N wAs lnCr. a>ing II furry IN
/ stead et ahatlng. ani the wlni, terrihIy :
4 cold, he'd increased 10 blow cat, The
/ hour of noon came an1 went. hat n
assistance fer the >noNci N travellers.
some one asked I'll. brakeman to IN,
more coal n the fir, Il, 'ht ar na- get
ting cold The hrukeml shook his head.
and III m 4stic To the pa~~cn- -ff saIi that
The coal wa> nearly all gone The CRY
for coal came # III all the cars. and >oor
the last bit oi coal Mas gont. The @uua
tion began 70 look ir~pe.a e. and tie
men gathered N the baggage e.fr 10 tall
II over away from the women - a. Mt L
arouse their II. any more than possible
All suggestions We're qu OK Il proven i'm
praCt3cahle. ther, was no NAY ouf i
/ last spm, one said, well wt need no
freeze L. death We are standing IN til,
woods. get axes and I'll h. one to :,
ont aui cur wood un1 another party II
G. in search Of saine houe where We ca,
ct food 4 search through the ira !,
brought 10 light two l>es and "a latry .
five started out into The wosd>- tvl
worked al cutting down. wiIle n othe.
dragged the wood 10 the train, IL II.
way the fires In The cars Wcge seYO .oaUj