The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-03
A BLlNDING BLIZZARD,
A Dreadful Storm Caus Untold Trouble,
Inconvenience snd Woe.

| Yesterday was typical winter day il
Kansas; The wind blew and the snow
fell, or tried to. The snow that left tn
clouds over this city Was hurled and swirl
ed around and over and forward till i
reached the ground about Derby. 1t wa
| awful! The wind and the snow sough
the smallest possible hole and wen
through it, The window sills inside were
covered with snow. Little snowdrifts in
side told where there was the smallest
crack in the door. The wind howled and
whistled and the signs creaked and clat
tered. Men who were obliged tc
be abroad covered their heads en-
tirely, only leaving peep-holes te
keep from running over each other. And
these soon filled with snow and collisio
were numerous, headend and otherwise.
A man would be walking along at rapid
gait and he would reach bit of sidewalk
that was free from snow. Glad 20 find A
bare spot he would plant his feet on it.
His heels would fly up and his head down
Gathering himself mp quickly he would
pass on and the operation would be repeat
Ell by another unfortunate. Women tum-
bled down on the very slightest provoca-
ton. Aud how they would hustle to pick
themselves up. Whew!
The funniest thing would be to watch
men and women get out OF the
way OF umbrellas. A person walking
north would raise his umbrella, stick it in
front OF him. SO that he could by looking
under, see PERSONS feet coming toward
him not more than three feet away. A
person coming in the opposite direction,
D. H. a. s L.
lowing the little narrow pail made in the
snow, would see the umbrella. but nobody
behind 1t. On 1t came. You would watch
it Till it was really to poke you in he eyes,
and then you jump TO one side to avoid n
thrust. The commOtion would frighten
the umbrella and that wonld fly up or to
one side. Imperiling your face a second
time.
Horses travelling along covered with
one place, they shivtred aud shook with
the frigld atmosphere. They slipped and
slid, and tumbled and fell. The equirs
who was stabbed all day looked out from
his warm abode and pitied his kind
who We're obliged to be abroad to held his
CO. laborer, mau. to earn his daily bread.
The street cars came i'll for their share
OF The awful Inconvenience occasiOned by
the snow. They couldn't ruu without
any Other thing on earth but which
is believed to he Fred Sweets private
car, was filled with salt, aud it was
pushed from one end OF the line to tn.
otLer and the whols line salted Tue cars
couldn't run singly, so they run In pairs.
One pulled aud the other pus ed. The
motorneers swore aud the travellers did
likewise.
Little boys hitched their sleds to every
thing in motion. A man feeling some
thing tugglng at his coat-tail, looked
around to tiud Il boy sitting on Il sled
holding on for dear life. 1t was awful!
1t was day that would fit man for
treason, stratagens and spoils," Dark,
dismal, dull. dol.ful. And the racket kept
up AT 2 O'Clock this morning the signs
creak as softly, the wind whistles AS
sweeily, and the minute particles of the
beautiful creep into the house just as
surely as that did yesterday.
But the two or three inches of snow
that fell and covered the ground will
make bushels of wheat, and oats, aud
corn, and rye, and barley. and plenty of
everything, and that will bring prosperity.
happiness.