Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-02
INCIDENTS OF THE DAY.
The Small Boy in His Gory-He shovelled
Snow and Enjoyed Himself.

The storm necessitated the closing of
the schools for the day. Superintendent
Carroll realized it would be impossible
for pupils and teachers to get to their
school either morning or afternoon, and
rang the signals at 7.45 a. m. and 12,45
p. M The holiday was appreciated by
the school children and afforded oppor-
tunities for many little men to earn
some pennies shovelling snow. The
| teachers of schools in the outlying dis
tricts will experience some trouble in
| reaching their schools today.
What day it was for the ''kid." :"
When he rose, rubbed his sleepy eyes
and looked out on the snow mountains
before his home there was leap of joy
in his youthful heart that could only
be quieted by a tumble and a romp. All
sorts of improvised snow shoes were
manufactured during the early morning,
and later the perilous journeys on them
| began. Tumbles, wet feet, blue noses
and cold fingers did not lessen in the
! least the ardor, and many a parent was
red in the face from calling, Johnny,
You come straight inp'
| The practical joker could not resist
the temptation to get in few licks dur
| ing the morning. Tie pad walking
elling all around the house in every
possible place, for the sheer fun of the
thing, he had to vent his enthusiasm in
some other manner. So he fished out big
pieces of pasteboard, tackled them on
sticks and inscribed them in great,
/ black letters: Keep off the grass" and
| then stuck them in the snow banks.
| One chap labelled the entrance to a
narrow snow canyon leading to the side
| M a 70 reIs-
| ous!''
Probably the milkmen suffered most
Of all, and their trips in from the coun-
try were terrible in the extreme Time
and time again it seemed, in many
cases, as if they We're stuck fast and
could neither proceed nor return, but by
| dlnt of shovelling, pulling and schem-
ing, nearly all reached the city and sup
| piled their customers before the noon
hour.
The grocers and meat men started
early to deliver orders, but found the
task well-nigh impossible. Many peo-
pie went without dinners in conse-
quence, and when night came they We're
still waiting the appearance Of the or
der given the day previous Some at
tempted to make the rounds by using
only the front sled and perching them
selves upon it, making very amusing
picture.
Business was practically at a stand
still during the morning. The big stores
were thrown open on time, but the
clerks were very slow in coming, and
many failed to show up at all 1t was
all right, for there wasn't customer
on the street during the morning, and
even in the afternoon there were few
people out shopping who were not forced
to do so from necessity. The scrape or
the snow shovel and the merry laughter
of those engaged in the work supplant-
ed for the day the clang of the electrics
and the hum of the industry.
Enterprising stablekeepers took ad-
vantage of the crippled condition of the
street car service, and at least two of
them put barges on to the street and
carried passengers to points not reached
by the electrics. Harrington & Bro. ran
big barge to and from Adams square
and the city hall, and carried a large
number of passengers The barge will
be continued today and will make hour
ly trips between the two points, leaving
Adams square on the half hour and the
city hall on the hour.
Joseph Beaudry & Son sent out barges
to cover the Quinsigamond territory and
handle the o'clock traffic last night.
The barges ran from the city hall and
proved a big assistance to many tired
workmen who were obliged to fight
case the Quinsigamond line should not
be opened today, the firm will likely
continue it's barge.
One of the Worcester Klondike party
began training for what the average
New Englander expects in the land Of
gold and snowbanks Tuesday afternoon
He purchased a number of supplies at
Rundlett's drug store on Chandler
street, among the lot being a 30-pound
caddy Of tobacco 1t was suggested
that the embryo miner begin to get ac-
customed to his future life by carrying
the box on his back to his residence
near New Worcester.
Just as the man started for home Of
ficer Horgan happened along and gave
a little good advice, gained by his ex-
perience in the gold fields and after
adjusting the pack in the most ap-
proved Rocky Mountain fashion, the
Klondiker was started through the drifts
| toward Webster square.
W. S Sherman, who runs the Liberty
farm milk route, which is owned by
Charles D. Thayer, was one of the first
| men to brave the storm Tuesday morn
| ing He started out as usual at 4.30
| with his load Of milk, the. sleigh drawn
by a team of four horses and preceded
by two men armed with shovels,, which
were found necessary to cut through
some of the immense drifts. The turn
out was the first to pass through sew
eral of the streets of the city, but, con-
sidering the difficulties, good time was
made. All Mr. Sherman's customers
were served as usual and great many
others also secured their daily supply of
milk from him. He was back at the
farm feeding his horses at noon.