The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-03-16

ity was being cut off for the space of four
long days But il was The mora inc
trains from Salem arrived, took on board
the waiting passengers and after much
slipping and putting passed OH ont oil
sight. While We were waiting for the arrival
Of the morning mail from Philadelphia,
news was received that both of the north
bound morning trains were fast in a drift at
q point above Swedesboro The only answer
to the constant inquiries made at the rail
road station and post Office during the day
and evening was that the situation Of af-
fairs remained unchanged. To travel the
highways outside of the Borough in a
wagon was quite impossible in many
places. About nine o'clock the storm
ceased; but the wind continued to blow
fiereely and the piles of snow increased in
size and density. a few farmers tramped
into town and in two words one of them as
he unmutfled his head and ears, said; "It's
awful" He reported that a section of the
fair ground fence bad blown down and he
saw an abandoned buggy in snow bank.
N. r. Lippincoit started Oh Monday morn
ing for the creamery with two horses to
his wagon, but left it in a field before
reaching the town. Edward K Robinson
on his way to the creamery was 50 nearly
hausted, TINT he tnfastened them from
the wagon, turned them toward home and
made his way to the nearest house, almost
persisted.
On Tuesday morning the sound of the
locomotive whistle greeted not our ears
and the railroad agent reported the trains
still fast in the drifts. Charles Carr, boss
of the section gang said: ''We received
word last night at haif-past ten o'clock
that furthur attempt to move the trains had
been abandoned until TODAY. One of the
engines was derailed aud the files were
out. As soon as the main lines are opened
the company willsend shoyelers and engines
to open the branch roads hundred
men and some engines from the main lines
" i'll soon clear the branch roads . The
reporter happened to be called into the
telephone office ON Tuesday afternoon Just
in time to hear the phone boy repeat
the following message from Elmer. "The
Salem train ON the old road is fast mile
and half below Elmer and the engines
fire out and fnel exhausted The thermo-
meter registered 100 above zero at sun
set on Monday and during Tuesday the
mercury stood at 10o above zero. On
Wednesday the temperature rose from 1Go
i'll the morning to 32o at noon, when more
snow commenced falling aad the " ind
blowing strong from the northwest. i
number of the male passengers on the
bloekaded trains fremSalem walked back to
their homes on Tuesday, some stopping at
WoodstGwn, others bound for Salem pass
ing here late in the afternoon. Among the
number snow bound from their homes or
kept from their places of business were
James Gates and his wife, Of Riehman-
town, who were detained at Nineland.
George FlitcTaft, who is eierking foT his
son at Camden, came home on Saturday
and was to 60 back to work on Monday
Alfred Smith and his wife of Deeffieid,
were caught at Pennsgrove and on Monday
started for home in buggy. BY hard
work the party reached Shafptown after
being pitched out into the snow a number
of times and suffering severely with the
cold. Rev. Londerbougb, of Salem, who
exchanged pnipits with Rev d. p. johnson
last Sunday walked back to his home on
Tuesday. He said on that day Salem
would vote for run or no rum and he was
not going to lose his vote for temperance.
Cooper Coles in trying TO cant his milk
10 tie station upset his wagon and lost
about fifty quarts of milk. He didn't
reach the station. Henry Bishop started
to the creamery, hut turned back after up
setting and losing can Of milk.
d. W. C, White and James p. Capper
were storm-b bound ct Woodbury. until
Thursday when they started home on
foot They walked to Swedesboro and got
a conveyance there for the remainder of
the journey. They report no trains rnn-
ming anywhere on the road. Trains run
from Woodbury. to the city as opportunity
ri fol. l.,
schedule. They broasht with them copies
of Philadelphia and Camden papers, the
first seen here since Sunday.
Ia Oldham 5 Township the clerk having
charge of the ballot box resided in Auburn
while the election was held in Pedrick-
town He found it Impossible to get to
the polling place and a ballot box was ex
temporized and the election held. Cap
tain Strobridge was he candidate for
Freebooter but neither he nor any OF his
neighbors could get to the polls.
Ii has been a hard storm, but we sup
pose that fifty years ago it would be
termed light one. Its severity is aggra-
waited to us of this day of newspapers and
mail facilities. railroad travel and tele-
graphic communication, by the sudden
cutting off OF these conyenienees of which
our grandfathers knew nothing.
Farmer Batten residing at Eldridge
Hill lost twelve young pigs and some
turkeys by the late storm. William Clark
half a dozen turkeys Howard Bassett a
lot of guineas. The farmers say that the
drifting snow whitfield into their highest
sheds and the horses and cattle shigered
with the cold.
Our reporter called at the First National
Bank and learned that the interruption Of
communication with the city had been
no serious disadvantage to them; tho oni y
thing they were suffering was the ineon-
yenieuce of interruption of the mails.
The storm played havoc with the town
meetings. In PilesGrove the vote WAS not
more than half out Very few farmers got
in from the country. Those that did
mostly worked their way through on
horseback.
John Parish, OF Woodbury., minister
of the Society of Friends, came to this
place Gu Thursday of last week to attend
the Friends Quarterly Meeting, but was
taken too i'll to go to the meeting house.
We hear talk OF the storm bound pas
sengers on the railroads holding the com
pany responsible fer lost time and expenses
Of board, &c, during their detention in the
snow drifts.
NJ. H. Strattan, ESD, Of Salem. was
among the plueky ones who abandoned the
train at Swedesboro on Tuesday and