The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-02-15
The Snow.


Far above our heads-several hundred
yards. perhaps c Hiie--sriy lost Monday
morning, small particles vi vapor began to
crystalline In the ICY air. Aud as they crys-
tall,led they fell, aud as they fell they gath
cred into little bunches, AMI by the lime we
saw them they looked to US like little
whl.e piece oi Cotton, and We called it u
haSs 1t was snow. Ihere were mauy,
many crystals IN each flake. Some having
one shape and appearance and some another,
Bnt strange to say while there might have
been thousand different kinds they were
all alike in one thing they were ali nexago-
nal or six sided. But that is neither here
nor there, they were white, ami cold anu
frozen. That's wnst We noticed. AS they
fell and the shy Looked dark and lowering
the ehl,dreu capped their nauds win de-
light, and running among them would en-
deayor oil in vain to cslcn the rest.ess flakes
waited by uncertain winds. How beautiful
thu flakes as they iaIl. Low beautiful the
snow as it lay BY smoothly at our Ieet, the
VI puhhJ. NV ehS Sh''N'
So thought ,hc msn. But the man thoughts
did not stop here. lie looked a. the CLOUDS
and thought OF what was coming.
Zine sn0w, the snow" said the young
lady of wealth, Now won't have q Time
sleigning and skating! How nice Is thu brao-
ing air wh.cu forces one into turs and cloaks
and blaukels," n
"More snow" sighed the poor man WIN
had spent his money. Il don't know what
we will do. Who would care to haul wood 10
me iu u snow, and that without the cash?
And how shall bo sole to get sonnet hing TO
eat for my sick wife and baoies!'
With the business man who has q comfort
able home, plenty 10 cat and plenty Of hre
It's "How you like thi,:" when he meets mis-
neignbor. y 4
wha, weather We have had Business was
almost entirely suspended MONDAY and
Tuesday. The factories ran as usual, fvr
what oun stop u factory, unless something
ureaks? The printers also rstt,ei their type
as usual although there was little news ahoat
But those who worked cut Of dours auu
the merchants and the clerks mai o rest.
To some it Was nice, no douUt; those who
had plenty, and those whose needs ure sup
piled by other hands, aud those who had
no loved ones depending on the lubor OF
their hands. But TO others, aud they are
many, 1t was anything but joy. There
labor is there life aud the life of the,r family
Sometimes we feel that the snow anu es-
pecially the s.ush after 1t is very disasrcable,
but If we could ouIy realize the am.unt Of
suffering, real suteriug that it causes all a.
bout US, our feelings Of disgust AT the s,ush
would sink into mere insiguiiicance and we
would despiSs ourselves for ever havin Z
thought complaint.
At your leisure sit down aud count the
COS; OF q snow, in money, aside from the
physical suffering. Just think Of tho wages
lost to the laborers. Or ceurseit does not
amout TO very much with one or two, but
how many are there who are thrown out 10
day or two? The merchants profit Cease
also and many Of the manufactures. Inter est
however remains in stItu quo. The dead
loss to the United States caused by the re-
cent snow and cold wou,d no doubt amount
70 many millions of dollars