Connecticut western news., 1894-05-17
HUNTSVILLE and SOUTH CANAAN

Mrs Caroline Mansfield, of Winsted, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs J. M. Page. MT and Mrs 0. Northwsy, of So. Norfolk, were also guests at the same place for little time last week.
 Mrs A. B. Ensign was in Winsted for a short time last week, as a guest at the home of Mrs Irene Ensign.
 Lyman Howe of Canaan, spent last week with his parents, MT aud Mrs Henry Howe. Mir Howe is slowly re- covering from his recent severe illness.
 Speaking of snow storms in the last issue of your paper reminds us of one as given by H. T.. Morse at one of the peat 1t using Mir Morse's own words. II remember it more distinctly perhaps owing to a long illness of my father during which had the entire care of the stock. Although boy of l7, the events of those weeks are indelibly impressed on my memory. Our stock consisted of 70 sheep and lambs and 10 head of cattle. At the time the storm commenced we had less than one half 8 ton of hay in the barn. Some time in March 1857 icicles formed feet iu | length. Father said then look for snow as deep as that I said I thought 1t was impossible for it was So late in the season. Spring opened and we had turned our sheep, lambs, and young cattle out to pasture. We had plowed II acres and sowed our oats. It com menced showing April Is and for days the storm continued without cessation. It was so damp it could not drift When 1t stopped showing 1t was 5 fit. deep on the mountain side and farther down 1t was fit. deep think it was two days the cattle were compelled to go without water, when we managed to shovel path for them so they coul,i go one at time the distance being about 20 rods. The next thing father cent me out to buy a ton of hay. called first on neighbor of mile away. He | had barn full but would not sell 8 pound as he wanted to feed 1t out. He would lend me all I wanted so on went a mile farther and succeeded iu buying 4 tons at $20 per ton. A number oi | people were compelled to empty their straw beds iu order to feed their cattle. I then returned to our near neighbor and loaned ton to use until & road could be broken. In the afternoon we could shovel and pack the snow so that in the morning 1t would hold a horse as it froze nights. This lasted 4 weeks when the snow has settled to 15 inches. I took shovel and went to the 'springy' lplaces where the grass had grown the most and shoveled the snow of spot and let the sheep eat, then l would shovel the snow ba k and thus give them more ground to eat over. The next special event remember was in the following October when I was sent from home by my father ' miles away. he said he could not go but must gather his crops, as & big snow storm was coming. Father had gotten in one load of buck-wheat from a acre lot when 1t commenced showing and this time it came one foot deep. The apple trees were badly broken as the apples were not yet gathered. We harvested 400 bushels of oats and 200 bushels oi buck-wheat. I don't think we ever raised better crops than in the year '57, the greatest snow storm under Heaven This place was on the Catskill Noun. tains on ridge running west towards Gilboa in Conesville, Schohsrie Co. IN Y,