Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-03-02
IN THIS PAPER ONLY.
ON A BLOCKAOED IRAN.


Young Lady Tells Reporter Row
it seems to be showed In.
A vivacious young lady student of the
University OF Vermont, who aighted in
Burlington Thursday at | o'clock after an
Is hours stay on u blockaded train ia
vored FREE PRESS reporter with an &C
count Of her experiences on the central di-
vision of the Central Vermont railroad, as
follows:
1--WE realized by the way it was showing
that there would be some blockdding, but
didn't think wo were going TO be the unlucky
ones until shortly alter we left MiddeseX,
when the train began to 20 slower and
slower. Finally we stopped, and then we
could tell by the spasmodic whirring of the
engine wheels that they were trying in vain
to back US out OF the cut we had got into.
This was about & O'clock Wednesday
night and as soon as it became evident that
we were there to stay, the gentlemen pas
seugers and trainmen got or and walked
back to Middesex, where they said they
would go to the hotel and bring back q nice
supper for the ladies. Well when they
came back they had flour sack full of
| crackers and three cans of corned beef 1t
seems that there were three trains behind
| US which had got stuck about the same time
] we did, and they had hustled into Middle
sex and cleaned out the hotel previous to
our arrival. But the crackers aud beef
were speedily made into sandwiches and by
the way that ravenous train load of 30 peo
| pie won't for them you would have thought
it was a spread at Delmoncos.
1t was pretty dry, but when we heard a
report that there were six trains stalled be-
tween us and Essex junction and that the
people on them could not get dlVhtuq to
eat we We're perfectly conteuted with
our fare. Well, the evening wore on, and
as there was no sleeper attached to our train
we finally began to arrange ourselves at
some angle with tho car seats which would
i allow US to sleep. The man with red
! whiskers dropped Off with one shoe on and
one hand hanging out into the aisle clutch
ing necktie and pair of cuffs. The man
who complained of the heat went to sleep
in big bear skin overcoat, and Tue rest OF
us were getting drowsy when sound
like distant thunder began to come from
| one of the seats over by the stove The
| thing was contagious, and pretty soon there
was wicked sounding medley of snores
and groans. When the wakeful ones could
stand it no longer the took turns going
| around and shaking the worst offenders
In this way we all got few hours of sleep.
About q O'Clock the tralnmen went out on
another foraging excursion, this time to the
farm houses The people who lived around
there were very kind and sent hot coffee
sand witches, doughnuts meat and potatoes
enough for all of us. After we had dis
| posed of this man came in with a whole
lot of buttered toast and coffee, and finally
the brakeman appeared with pan Of Gus
tard pies. Naturally our spirits rose with
this style of living, and we were just max
| ing up our minds to settle down contented-
| ly and make the best of it, when,
about 10 O'Clock this forenoon, the snow
plow came driving into that snow bank in
the cut and cleared it out in a hurry. We
pulled out right away and at last | tel
you we were pos lively glad to see Essex
junction. We got into burlington at
O'Clock. Fun to be showed in Well yes
but not oftener than once a year for me, il
you please.