Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1894-02-17
TUCSON IN A SNOWSTORM.
a Strange Covering of White Over
AHA Sleighing. Party.

Tucson woke 20 a world strange and
beautiful yesterday morning. Natives
asked each other what il all meant:
why were the streets and roofs sprlnkled
with Falt or sugar or what ever 1t was
Whereat the population from the
rigorous, blizzsrdy east scorufuliy said
it was snOw-a substance white and
soft and slippery Telling from the
clouds Natives h0undered about in
| The masses of white and exclaimed that
il was cold. Then a blow and shock
! would come from behind and they
J would see the imported Nucsonites
packing the snOw-as they called it
into a ali balls, and hurting it. TIE
natives tried the same thing and found
| the SHOW was easily pressed together ana
not dangerous missile.
This sport was termed SNOWFALL
| ing"
sLEIGHING PARTY.
Meanwhile the TuCsonites not natives
had been preparing what they called a
sleigh. They took 2 large wagon aud
placed in lieu of wheels long amooth
strips. These strips were called run
ners. Horses were put on in the usual
strings of bells borrowed from bakery
and milk outfits. The wondering natives
tod 10 get in.
Q, it sas coldI The breath came from
the horses in separate streams, and
their nOstIils seemed miniature ex-
hausts OF engines. 1t was found that
by covering the persons thickly with
the robes the natural warmth was &C
celebrated. and that the cold was scarce
ly noticeable.
"WOnderful," was the instant decision
Of all as to the strange diversion. The
horses were but tAo, yet the pulled
twenfy-seven people like they weighed
TO more than their bulk of the fsataery |
whlteness about. They trotted off
without an effort. The riding was so
smooth il seemed like floating away. |
There Was not jar or bump; it was |
the Lowell est, queerest locomotiOn ever |
known IN the experience OF the par y. |
Away they went, past the wondering |
Oh arng JucsOnltes, past immersed |
market wagons with Flooding horses
Coming TO town with fresh vegetables,
past cottonwoCds in their new spring
headg ar and off to the country with lis
expenses of virgin white.
All was gleeful, except that the boys
had their right arms, all, in sings, from
snOwb- ling, and the girls had glycerine
on their faces from having had them
''wa-hei' with the snow the night be-
fore. these matters interfered material
ly with the enjoyment of the ''sleigh
ride"
THE SPILL.
There came the acc dent. Never was
q sleIghlng party pefect without spill"
said the promoters. So they had it.
On the brink of deep arroyo twenty
miles from town they struck a cactus.
There was the first bump of the day, q
big tip, screams upon screams, an awful
falling sensation and al alIghting on
dOwniest deepest cushion-a drift" it
was call@d-a sinking fr m sight and
but the diminishing jingle of the run
away horses.
The psrty had been buried in huge
snowdri.t
Six hours, six long SIN therinG.
hours they passed. Then
the snow got damp. due to the effects of
the sun or il, II settled, and they found
each other. One by one the whole
party was discovered. The spill was
declared 4 great success.
The world meanwhile had become Of
mud. The gu er snow was gone.
The party returned to town afoOt.