Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-03-23
and Then IT SHOWED
King Winter Makes His Final Strug-
gle Before Passing Into the
Dim and Misty Beyond.
A Blizzard RACES, Whose Violence
Creates a General Suspension
of Business.
Snow Drifted to. the Depth of Six
and Eight Feet, And More
Coming.
Trains Blockaded in the Railroad
Yards, Telegraph Lines Down,
Other Damage Done.
Gentle Spring.

Gentle Spring.
King Boreas and his promising son,
Mr.. N. D. Blizzard, took charge of terres-
trial affairs in the vicinity of Bismarck
Wednesday. Their rule is undisputed
there is no one to offer them any op~
position. Spring, which tripped in so
gently a few days ago, and took up a
presumption, has quit the claim, and
fled, shuddering, before the fury of the
The e%xu]tation of Boreas is
echoed by his companion, Blizzard. The
tears of Spring, sorrowfu], are particles of
ice and snow, under the influence of the
chilling breathings of the storm kings.
The air is filed with flying ice particles
and snow flakes, as it is whirled and
swirled and twirled by the n~ever-ceasing
wind. 1t is winters expiring effort, and
winter is making a gallant struggle 10
regain the supremacy which Spring has
menaced SO t~hreateningly.
From the standpoint of him, who sees
beauty in any extraordinary effort of
nature, the storm would be termed
grand. Its %ferceness, it's wildness, it's
complete supremacy, all conspire to rem
der it magnificent, in a certain sense.
But to those who have encountered such
storms at the rate of one or two each
winter, the storm loses it's aspect
OF magpi6cence. It resolves itself into
a decidedly cold, raw, unpleasant,
lnconvenient blizzard-nothing more,
nothing less. A brief five minutes
battle with the wind and snow, and it's
grandeur fades away with a startling
rapidity. In >e language of Chappie,
it is wonderfully more pleasant to sit
within a nice, warm, apartment, and
think how much more pleasant 1t is to
sit within a nice, warm, apartment than
it is to be out in. the storm, than it is to
be out in the storm, and think how much
nicer it is to be a nice, warm, apartment
than it is to be out in the storm.
The genuine blizzard beggars de-
scription, as we'll as nearly every mar
who has to buy fuel. It will bring about
9 greater change in the appearance
of the outside world in one
night, than the w%orkingmen of these
United States have secured unto them
selves by the elevation to power of the
democratic party. It has an energy
which is only rivaled by that of a light.
ming rod agent or a book c~anvasser, and
a depressing effect only equaled by that
tired feeling which is at once corrected
by a bottle of Sood's Harsapariilla.
Although, in the midst of a storm
such as the n which may be discov.
cred by a careless examination of the
rather conspicuous outside, it may seem
altogether immaterial to delve into it's
private life or it's, family history, yet it
may be Of interest to those who have
made its acquaintance, to know that it
came from the west, having originated
in a region where the temperature was
slightly below par. The storm proper,
is composed Of several kinds of weather,
which have been blended into
what might be termed a sort of biz
zardic perfection. 1t is travelling east
ward, but seems just at present to be
lingering in this vicinity, perhaps await
Inr a oroifton1 M Fr1p, lo-oo .rtr-a..r
In a lighter vein, it might be ventured
that the storm is drifting" eastward.
This one statement goes a considerable
distance toward setting forth the whole
situation.
People who have lived in the city for
fifteen or twenty years, and who, in that
time, have been present upon the occa-
sions of several SHOWS, say that the snow
has drifted to a deeper extent, and more
rapidly than they have seen it drift prev
iously. One citizen, who climbed out Of
his window at an early hour this morn
ing, and passed a small number of hours
in %excavating q tunnel through the nov
which nestled comfortably and closely
up against the front and back doors of
his house, says the now drifts came near
keeping him isolated from the rest Of the
world. He said, further, that he had
never seen so much snow and isolate be-
fore.
Aside from the glittering generalities
Of billiards., as set forth in the proceed
ing lines, there are a number Of Incl.
dents Of the present blizzard, which are
worth a passing notice. It has had d
very depressing effect upon telegraph
wires and poles, and has also put a
damper upon the making Of fast time
by railroad trains. Some of these latter
were in the railroad yards at this place
for several hours this morning, princi-
pally because the depth of the snow de-
tanned them. One freight tram which
was sent out from jamestown with sum-
mel clothing on, occupied the period Of
time from 8 o'clock until 10 this morn
ing getting stuck in the yards here and
getting out again. Probably the most