Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-02-24


record" in the way of storms. They sur
nassed all performances of recent years
with the exception of the great blizzard of
March. 1888. The feat this time would
nrobably come under the head of chop,
Skin and iump''-with the hop on Mon
day the skip on Tuesday, and the jump,
with a landing on both feet, on Wednes-
day.
Mondays storm.
The snow began to fall late Sunday af-
tprnoon. and soon Boreas Embossed him
self The snow began to fall faster, and
the wind increased its pace, evidently try
ING to keep in the race. Both were going
At a Nancy Hanks clip Monday morning
and the span made veritable blizzard.
The mercury became frightened at the
proceedings and tried to crawl into its
boots, and the result was added discomfort
to man and beast whom duty called out
door,
Late in the afternoon the wind had tired
the snow out and for a time buffeted it
about for amusement. But toward evening
tbe wind went to sleep, and about o'clock
tbe sun smiled upon the scene for few
moments. In the evening the stars came
ont with unaccustomed brilliancy and the
air had a crystalline clearness.
The Wind.
The wind came from the northwest in
this vicinity. The velocity on Wantasti-
ouet was 1902 miles for the "a hours end
inc at o'clock Monday night, while at
times during the day it attained a velocity
Of 80 to 90 miles. The total velocity was
the highest of any day since the instru-
ments were placed on the mountain by Mr..
Childs.
Throughout the Country.
Mondays storm began Sunday in Michi-
gan. 1t rushed eastward with great rapid
ity and there was a heavy fall of snow in
New York city Sunday night. The cold
wave which followed the storm covered all
the country from the Mississippi river to
the Atlantic coast. In Brattleboro the
thermometer fell to only a few degrees
above zero, while in New York and Bos-
ton the weather was nearly as cold.
The depth of the snowfall in this vicin-
ity was from y to Is inches. While there
was nothing like general blockade, trains
on all roads were delayed, country roads
were badly drfted and in many plrces i'm
passable, streets were in a bad condition
for pedestrians, and there was serious in
reference with business.
Wednesdays Storm.
When the town woke up Wednesday
morning another storm was raging and
four to six inches of snow had accumulat-
ed The weather was not as cold as on
Monday, and the wind did not attain as
high velocity, but the snow seemed to
pile in higher drifts and the wind contin-
ued to blow until late at night. In this
village Prospect street probably presented
the most picturesque appearance yesterday
morning. The snow was dished out on
the south side of the street and banked up
to depth of five feet on the north side.
In front of A. G.. Barnes's house the road
was filled with solid mass from four to
five feet deep. This street was impossible
for teams. On Brook and other streets there
were bad drifts.
On both days the letter carriers pluckily
made their rounds, the grocery and meat
delivery wagons were out but in one or
two cases it was necessary to unhitch the
horses to get them out of the drifts.
The Stages.
Up to last night at half-past four the
Jacksonville stage had succeeded in max
ing two trips into Brattleboro this week.
No attempt was made to start Monday on
account of the severity of the storm, but
the stage got through Tuesday after a hard
struggle Wednesday it was of course
blockaded again. Thursday morning a
light sleigh and two horses started from
Green River and got in here late yesterday
afternoon. The horses were sometimes
into the snow literelly all over. 1t was
necessary to pull off part of their shoes
to keep them from cutting their legs, and
the driver summed it all up by saying, 81
tell you We had great time"
The Wilmington stage made no attempt
to come beyond East Wilmington after
Monday morning. Wilmington has been
snOw-bound since Saturday, no mail hav-
ing been received from there this week.
Not only are the roads impossible, but it is
impossible to run trains on the Whining
ton and Readsboro railroad. A telephone
message yesterday afternoon reported the
snow-pow stuck fast in a cut just below
the village.
On the Railroads.
The trains were badly delayed Monday
but managed to get through. Tuesday the
snow pillow went up on the narrow gauge
road and got off the track near West Dunn
merstOn. The passenger train that night
was an hour and a-half late into South
Londonderry. Wednesday night no at
tempt was made to take up the evening
passenger train. Yesterday morning the
suow pillow went up the road at I
o'clock The passenger train followed at
=, reached South Londonderry all right,
and returned, arriving here between 3 and
u o'clock. The train left on the return
trip to South Londonderry in a short time
Wednesday morning the "owl' train
from the north arrived at o'clock. The
mail train from the north was brought in
by two locomotives, but was late. The
Io;46 a. NJ. New London train did not
reach here until p. NJ, being stalled al
Mortified. The 2:25 train from the north
came at p. NJ. The o'clock train from
Springfield arrived at o'clock. The 4;3'
r. NJ train from the north did not arrive
until about 10 in the evening. The 1910
laIn from the south arrived at midnight
yesterday the trains were also delayed
Inc first passengers through from RUTLAND
arrived about II o'clock at night.
Drifts IL Fret Deep.
Few teams came through from Dummers
Ton and Putney, and only two or three
nave been through to West BrattleborC
from GuilfOrd and Marlboro since last Sat
uTuay' 1t took five men with the snow