The Republican journal., 1898-02-10
The Storm in the County,

every mall since. AS matter of record we
now give the storm reports from the towns:
SEARsMoNT. No mail was received from
Belfast from Jan. 31st until Feb. 4th.
CENTER MoNTv1LLE. There was no mail
Feb. 1st and 2nd but the mail carrier got in
two trips on the 3d. 1t took the remainder
of the week after the great storm to get all
of the roads passabe.
BELMONT. We are showed in with that
"beauJful snow so deep that we shall have
to wait till "Old Sol'' can get us out. Most
OF the drifts on our streets are from three tc
six feet deep, and we had no mail till Satur-
day.
BURNHAM. The snow storm of last week
was the most severe that has been known in
these parts since the big storm of the last of
February thirteen years ago, when it re-
quired four days of steady shoveing to
make the roads passable in this vicinity.
PROSPECT VILLAGE. The storm of Jan.
31st was the most severe that has been
known in 80 years, so says the oldest resi-
dent. Fully two feet of snow fell and it
was badly drifted. No school at the village
since on account of the SNOW. Many parts
of the road have been discontinued.
HALLDALE. The storm of last week was
one of the worst ever known in this section.
The roads were all blocked full. 1t took
three days to get them passabe for teams.
We received no mail Tuesday. Wednesday
afternoon the mail carrier came through
from Centre Montville on snow shoes with
the mail The roads were so bad he stopped
in Halldale over night on his return from
Freedom.
STANDPOINT. The storm of last week was
the most severe in this town for many years.
small boy visited the Duckery after the
storm and when asked what he saw there
replied, "Snow and ducks.'' That we'll ex-
planned the situation, for the low buildings
were nearly buried in snow. The men
turned out and by the second day the roads
were in fair condition for travel There was
no western mail from Monday until Thurs.
day.
PALERMO. The storm of last week was
one of the worst ever experienced here.
Most Of he districts required three days to
ClodI blO IOduS IOT GCdVSl 1uo TdlTOdu was
blockaded from Monday noon until Satur-
day, and no stage arrived from Augusta
until Saturday evening. When the mails
arrived the village was wild with excite
ment and grand rush was made for the
post office, until every hole and corner was
crowded.
LIBERTY. The weather is all that we can
talk about at present and as there is same
ness about that all over Maine; at least, any
thing that can be said will not be con
sdered as news, 50 we will simply say that it
has been cold and the snow has been as
deep as it is in any other place in the coun-
ty. Travel was suspended by reason of the
snow storms and the cold of last week was
almost unprecedented in this locality, but
the hens continue to lay just the same.
Eggs Is cts,
SwANvILLE. Saturday morning, Jan. 24th,
the thermometer ranged from 24o to 37o be-
low zero in various parts of the town Sun
day was also very cold Monday morning
an old fashioned nOrtheaster set III, and
Wednesday, Feb I'd, the snow was ten feet
uttI III pldCcS IL was al Lltl anu t!tdr,
but we were snow bound. There was no mail
Tuesday. Wednesday twelve men, twelve
horses and yoke of cattle were breaking
roads in our district all day. The greater
part of the way had to be shoveled ahead Of
the teams. The drift near Mr.. j ohm Royals
was larger than it has been there before for
more than twenty years. Some of our oldest
Inhabitants say they never saw such a
terrible storm. We had no mail Wednes-
day. Many of our districts did not get
through at all. There were no schools in
town for two days. The small boy and the
large boy have been meandering about on
snowshoes. W. E. Damn froze his face in
going from the store to the stable Feb. 1st.
APPLETON The storm, or blizzard as the
Boston papers term it, was the most severe
we have had for many years. Business of
all kinds was suspended; shops and stores
closed, Tuesday No mail was received
from Monday noon until Thursday a. m.
Drifts from five to fifteen feet deep had to
be cut through on our roads, which were not
made passabe for teams until Thursdayafter-
noon. One of our neighbors was imprison-
ed in his house and had to call on friend
to clear the snow away from his door Tues
day morning before he could get out of his
house, which, fortunately for him, is near
the street T. L. Davidson, VINO is post
master, and lives some eight rods from his
store, was obliged to crawl on his hands and
knees to his home Tuesday evening. Snow
shoes have been used by many of our citi-
Zens. Bennie Keller, who teaches the North
Appleton school, goes to his school and
turns on snow shoes, taking "bee line from
his house to the school house, up the river
He makes the distance in thirty minutes.
NoRTHPoRT. This town received its full
complement of the white substance in the
great storm of last week-so much, in fact,
that it was two days before the mail arrived
informing us of its mighty scope and its ter
rible effects, upon sea and land. 1t is very
consoling to note, however, that of the many
OF our citizens who 60 down to the sea in
ships, all were fortunate enough to be at
home or in safe harbor. On every hand
large drifts are abundant, and the scene
from an elevation presents to the beholder a
most charming picture of the snowy land
scape Huge trenches are visible every