Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-13
THa GLORIOUS sNow,
Il tiss Come and the Weather Clerk 10 rcr-
given Tor Those AwtaiIy Windy Days.


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Tho "aiways behutIfuIv was more benc'
lcial h q ever, Saturday night and yes.
terday, as II fell to the depth OF eleven
inches In this vicinity, for the people saw
more than beauty Of the flakes. They saw
the green grass that will spring up, every
where the white mantle fell, and the
risky lambs, well fed sheep and sleek
cattle that will certainly result from the
precipitation. The snow was far better
for the country than IL would lave been,
had it fallen as rain, as It now gradually
soaks into the ground. AS nearly as THE
OPTIc can learn, It extends from Kansas
down as far south as Cerrillos, and is re-
ported to be very deep at Ration and near
the Ration mountains.
The Sunday morning flyer was stalled in
a snow bank beyond the tunnel, In the
mountains, and was compelled to run back
to Trinidad. This train is scheduled to
arrive here this evening at $3.50 O'Clock,
ana will be closely followed BY the other
belated west bound trains.
The deep and unusual now may not
have been very pleasant to the passengers,
but to New Mexicaus it seems like an
especial dispensation Of Providence. 1t
means thousands Of dollars and a prosper
GUS season to this Territory,
The snowfall in the Glorieta range was
about six or eight inches in depth, and just
aIver it ceased showing, yesterday after
noon, the sky became clouded with dust
clouds which left a yellowish deposit Of
fine dust on top Of the snow, giving it a
very peculiar appearance, especially where
tracks were made, exposing the pure,
white snow beneath. 1t is not known just
what caused the dust deposit. 1t may have
been from a sand storm in Arizona, but it
Is feared that trouble has finally actually
broken out at Las Cruces and that "the
~colonelsn have been snortin' and PAWN
up the ground.
SNOW LAKES
The street cars have been well p~atronized
to-day.
The snow plows did timely work, y~ester-
day morning.
Millions in it for New Mexico, the north
ern part, at least.
The value of this snow cannot be esti-
mated in dollars and cents.
Overshoes have been in demand; also,
new shoes for the school children.
Snow.balling has been largely INDUCED
in by the hopes and joys, to-day.
The snow has melted away, even more
rapidly thar it fell from the heavens.
Isaac Flood has. been freighting down
from the hot springs in the mud to-day.
The merry jingle of s~leighbells was
heard on the streets Of Las Vegas, yester-
day.
All nature will soon smile, aud every
body breathes easier, particularly the in
valids.
This providential snowfall will start The
grass to growing and bring out the lawn
mowers.
Such sloppy times as these, even W. H.
Shupp prefers the sidewalk to the mi ddle
of the street.
More moisture and less "forty rod" is
what New Mexico needs to bring her out
in her true colors.
Everybody was showed in, yesterday
Just as the democrats will be showed I'M
der at the November election.
There were an even eleven inches of the
ieecy stuff on a level in Perry Hogsett's
front yard, yesterday afternoon.
1t was the fourth snow of the season and
it will amount to more than the other
three, in the great good done to the coun-
'ry at large.
Poems on the beautiful snow are now in
order in these parts. THE Optic has some,
held over from last year, but they were
thought to be too far out of date for an up
to-date newspaper In a progressive city.
The church people who waded through
''the beautiful, ankle deep, to attend di.
vine worship, yesterday and last evening,
ought to receive special mention In the
pastors annual reports at the close Of the
conference year.
The trains from the east have been
since Saturday evening, re-
minding old time citizens of stage-coach
days and the eager watch that was kept on
hill for the appearance Of the
rattle trap stage carrying the u. s. mail.
ALBUQUERQUE OPERA COMPANY.