New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-03
Il DISAGREEABLE DAY.
WEATHER OF TRUE MARCH CHARACTER
ISTICS.
DREARY SCENE IN CENTRAL PARK-BETTER CON
DlTIoNs PROMISED FOR TOD


DITIoNs PROMISED FOR TO-DAY.
There we're two familiar quotations which arose
In the minds OF people when they awoke yesterday
and saw from their windows driving rain sweep
ing over a desoate-loosing city. The first was IN
the form OF prayer, Come gentle spring. etherea'
mildness. come" and the second was In the form
o. a fact that Spring comes slowly up this way
1t is hardly possible TO imagine more disaGreeaoie
day.
The rain turned to snow at noon and the hrs'
downfall OF had a suggestion OF hall IN IT,
II was not the spring day that would bring a
'livelier iris" to the wings OF FURNISHED dove
or make the young mans fancy lightly turn 10
thoughts of love-, but II was day which maze
the young man turn up his trousers to keep them
out OF the wet. and made the FURNISHED doves
wish they were made into pigeon pies.
The snow stopped falling in a deprecatory man.
ner in the afternoon as II t felt ashamed OF itself,
and the sun made Intellectual attempts to break
through the clouds There were mud and siush
underfoot and there was drearness overhead.
Happy the who did not catch pneumonia or
the grip Yesterday for the snow water got through
the best and ,hickest shoes. and general depres-
sion OF spirits the result OF the day
Better weather Is promised for to-day. 1t WILL IL
the prophecies OF the experts come true. be clear
and somewhat colder. After this little escapade of
the month of March-just enough to keep up Its
rcputa tlon-beter weather may be expected; but IL
must still be borne in mind tnat the worst STORM
New York has ever seen, probably since the days
of Hendrick Hudson began on March IL 1888
When there Is a dreary, wretched day Ike yes
terday II one wants to find It's true Indebtedness
he ought TO wander through Central Park. The
thaw had set in with vengeance ana every now nov,
and then the thick ice that has formed on tne oiB
lakes gave out a sound like rne-shot as a rift was
cracked across the ice from shore to shore NO.
body was on IL, of course. save mere anu tIiere d
watcr-rat who. released from his ice bound nome
had come up in search OF some garbage 70 MI an
empty stomach with The squirrels tred 70 nna a
some dry spots where they could make search
for nuts and pertnacousy dug away AT the
thawing earth to hnd roots that had peen her,
metically sealed from them by the long lrost o,
the winter The birds were miserable except
those OF the duck tribe. and SO was man OF
woman who wandered into the PARK on ornl-
biological thoughts intent Not only ga me nousns
they giving up the ice they have heid IN theif
crevces for the past many weeks . r, 49,,
The paths in the park were execraoe: We mar ar
frost has shown with what wretched asphalt the
pa MS have been paved on almost every rev 1ee'
of this expensive pavement are now TO De seen
patches OF small graduated pebbles supposed 10 pe
now forming a moraine at the foot OF every decline
i'm the asphalt paths in Central PARK SHOWS ina
the asphalt largely mixed with smaIl stones
Trinidad asphalt. with which the paths OF the
park were supposed to be paved. has no stone IN
rs composition. The writer has seen the great
black lake and can vouch for that. l.. ,,,,,or
An amusing incident was witnessed by nufnoer
Of people who happened TO be in the vicinity OF
CIV Hall Park yesterday morning While the ram
storm at its height two OF Commlss93ner " a.
ings men were engaged playing hundreds OF gai,
Ions OF water from a hose attached TO hydrant IN
NaI-st upon the snow which had been piled upon
the green Realizing after half hoir tnat there was
no necessity for IT, they stopped. As usual. curl
Gus throng OF oilers and passers, by despite me
storm, watched the proceedings with ;nterssI put
those whose duty forced them 10 use the ADJOINING
raths We're not pleased for a food of water fully
an inch deep ran across the sidewalks