Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-24
BIG BILLIARDS..
TWO OF THEM IN ONE WEEK, AND
NEITHER AN INFANT.

who are popularity supposed to know
all about the rigors of New England
winter, experience such week as this
has been. 1t bad scarcely begun before
liberal supply of weather manifested
itself, Up to date there have been two
genuine blizzards, and the week is not
ended either
The first storm set in some time during
Sunday night. By daylight of Monday
the snow was coming down in abundance
and the wind was blowing so miles an
hour, more or less. At any rate. people
had hardly awakened before the side
walks and roads were filed. The stages
from surrounding towns were all late
and the railway trains were sadly
mixed up. AS usual, the road over the
mountain between Rutland and Bel
lows Falls was closed. The mail train
which left Boston Monday morning
reached Middlebury at 30 Tuesday
morning. The storm was general over
New England, but was most severe
in this State and in New Hampshire. 1t
was compared in the daily papers of
Tuesday morning to the blizzard of
1888. Roads were blocked all over this
section. OF the $50 or more pupils in
the graded school here, less than 80
could get out Monday morning. School
was closed for the rest of the day at 10
O'Clock, as there were scarcely enough
pupils IN some of the rooms to keep the
teachers from getting lonesome.
THE SECOND OF THE PAIR.
On Tuesday the railroads and the high
ways were gotten into fairly passabe
condition, only to be again blocked on
Wednesday by much more severe storm
than that of Monday. The second bliz-
zard opened its performance about mid
night of Tuesday. By morning the air
was a mass of snow, and so it continued
till after dark. There wasn't a let-up
all day. At times the snow came so
fast that one could not see the outlines
of a building 80 rods distant from him.
Lorg before noon all the sidewalks, which
had been laborously plowed out on
Tuesday, were full again. No attempt
was made to havea school. Many OF
the business places closed and the few
that kept open had no customers. The
morning trains were about on time. The
was reported 10 minutes late out of Bur-
lington. 1t reached here at 4 o'clock
and proceeded on its way to Rutland.
1t followed big snow-plow. The out
fit arrived at Rutland at midnight. 1t is
reported that the snow-plow stuck fast
IN a drift at or near Salisbury station
and that the flyer ran into it, somewhat
demoralzing the locomotive driving the
pIow. There was a train up from Rut
land Wednesday afternoon, but il
brought no mail. Wednesday mornings
New York papers got here about II
o'clock yesterday forenoon. Below Rut
land toward Bellows Falls there was
complication of troubles. The mai
: which left Boston Wednesday morning
was showed IN at Ludlow at an early hou
2 yesterday morning, at which time tn
! flyer that passed here Wednesday after
: noon was fast in drift at Proctors vile
: 1t was thought by local railway mel
yesterday afternoon that we might posi-
s bly, get mail from Boston way some tim
e during the night. Nothing has com
: through from there that left Bosto
: later than Z 80 Tuesday night.
+ The wind accompanying the snow pile
e it In huge drifts. 1t is not rare to fin
y housessin the village with drifts half wa
!. to the tops of the windows. There is
pile atileast eight feet deep in front {
i Chapman & Co.'S store. Little news {
It the situation has come in from the sui
{ rounding country, but that little is to tn
e effect that out toward the lake there
l. even more snow Than here. Only one
e the stages out of here attempted to 9
u Wednesday night. That was the one f'
n Ripton, driven by Mr.. Pierce. Postmast'
Stewart allowed him to start at o'clocl
q 1t was 80 when he reached East Middl
"A bury, five miles away. He succeeded
t. getting to RiptOn and in coming back ye
ls terday morning. The Bridport stas
v man and Mr.. Bingham, who runs to We
Q Cornwall, left home Wednesday NOR
t ing and managed to reach he
~ some time in the forenoon. Meth
" hal been home yesterday afternoo
re but were waiting to hear what tin
mail train might be expected. The
hoped to be allowed to del art befo
nightfall. The Weybridge stage man h
not been seen since Tuesday afternoon.
u u, The roads and walks in the villai
ne were totally obscured yesterday NOR
It. Ing. The two village snow-plows we
ed started out seasonably by Trustee HaI
e. mond, but they could proceed only wi
lie great moderation. No scholars got OF
st so there was nothing to make schC
he of. IL nothing happens today the you