Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-02-14
Ice aud Stew Ecund.

Ice and Stew Bound.
"The Oldest inhabitant" is now having
an inning AMI "reminiscences of the winter
Of ~ are often recounted for the delecta
ton # inquiring youth. From what we
have heard, we have no doubt there was
then something Of "a cold snap" AS to
the present spell, we know there are no
flies on it." Since February 1st, The snow
fall measures Q inches and in places the
drifts are nearly as many feet. Roads and
lanes ~ inning North and South are impass-
able, and up 10 Wednesday evening no
Baltimore papers have reached Leonard
town since Thursday, the 18th instant Ice on
Brition's Bay in fron: Of Le0nardtown
wharf is >! inches thick aad persons have
walked on the ice from Blue Sow to
Leonarltown.
Despite the hard weather we have heard
OF no suffering in the county Wood is
handy and mode: ate supply of "hog and
hominy" seems come-at-able for all. The
charitable should, however, be on the Look
out for those in need and If any be found. a
word To these who have, will always secure
substantial aid. II is the proud boast of
st. Mary's that no one has ever been al
lowed to suffer here and, we believe, no one
ever will if their need be known.
Amen; the winter Of 1857, the follow
ing are reprints from the BEACON OF jan
ua*y 22nd, Of that year:
The Weather.-Winter has commenced
in earnest and the experience of living
people is at fault for parallel case of equal
severity and duration to the present spell.
II commenced on Saturday night last and
Thursday finds the storm in full blast. All
social intercourse is interdicted-the mail
is in quarantine-the highways, byways
and doorways are blocked up, and wind
and snow are EaOnarchs of the hour.
Blessed are those who have hot fires and
feather beds, and twice blessed are they
who remember such as are without them.
The Storm.-We learn from gentlemen,
lately arrived from st. 1nigoes, that during
the storm Of Sunday evening last, barn
was blown down in that district, Gripping
a valuable horse, and also that several
chimneys were blown off in the same gale,
in one case greatly endangering the house
from fire. The roads are represented as
impossible for vehicles. and in no condi-
ton tC tempt even hOrseman from home.
Mail.-We have had no mail here since
Friday night last. We all feel this as a
great deprivation, but we cannot expect a
mail carrier to accomplish impossibilities,
and from what we have learned of the
condition of the roads, we should regard
the arrival of the post here at this time as
a feat worth mentioning in capital letters.
The BEACON of following week [Janua-
ry 20, 1857 says the storm did not confine
its devastations to the lower part of the
county. hut blew "chimnneys from the
dwellings Of Messrs. G. Pain and F. Floyd,
of the Patuxent section" &c. The same
issue contains the following:
No Mail Yet.-No mail from Washing
ton up to this wednesday, evening. The
Newport mail is in regular communication
with our office, but no city letters or papers
are received by it.
The issue of February 5, 1857, announces
the arrival of Mondays mail on Tues
day." reproduces an account from the Alex
andria Gazette descriptive Of the splendid
skating on the Potomac in front of that
city, and also prints the following:
4 Cool Spot.-It is stated that at Oak
land Station on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, the thermometer, on Thursday
last, stood at 36 degrees below zero.
The BEACON of February 12, 1857, says ::
The Iee.-The mild weather of last week
had the effect to break up the ice in the
Potomac, Patuxent, and Chesapeake, and
thereby 10 release The many vessels which
had hpon blocked nm tharain From Drrm