New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-04
SOME WAYS OF THE WORLD.
THE BLIZZARD OF SO RECALLED BY
THE RECENT STORM
DaAwYNo-RooM CHARM IT is ASSERTED. DOES
NOT SHOW OFF OUT OF DooRs-soFT-
NESS AND STRENGTH ARE
RARELY COMBINED.

TIA part,es assembled at the various country
houses near New-York for Thanksgiving festVl-
ties found themselves snow bound Wheh '"vs
awoke on Sunday morning. All night long 'he
blizzard had ragged. and when morning dawheu
the haNsubmerged houses the huge drifts ana
the interrupted communication with the OUTSIDE
world recalled wildly to the older members OF
,ha nar,ies the never; o. be- forgotten experiences
Of March 1885 whe1. for days even people Oh
wealth and resources living within short as
lance of a great city were cut of from all COM
munication with the outside woTo.
How this reminds me-" said the fair cha'eIaihe
OF one Of these house parties. as she poured out
tho nna,utinal but milkess tea and coffee at
breakfast for her guests. who had Noluif'ee''u ~
turn out with shovels TO help the men servants
dig a path Of communication with the s'aoie' VI
the wild March morning ten years ago. "heh We
suddenly found ourselves literally imprisoned Win
a DAYS allowance of food and scarcity OF coai
IN the cellar Although we lived mile from 'he
main road the tradesmen came every DAY anu
we never dreamed If any necessity OF mahlns
provision for contingencies. AT hrst we ulu i'o'
realize the situation at all. OF course. we kne"
that there had been great storm, ana 'ha' VIC
could not go church tina; Sunday but our place
is so far out on the Sound that II was wind swept
and. although there were great drifts blocking up
the stable door and along the driveway, we were
quite accustomed 10 that sort Of thing and thought
II nothing unusual
THE next day was MONDAY, ana my nuSDdHu
had a sick headache. and said he would not go to
town. and sent word TO that effect TO the coach
man. never dreaming Of the bitter irony Of the
message The morning wore on. and no tradesmen
appeared and at luncheon time the cook came 10
for orders.
There is only steak left for dinner ma am
she said little thinking how luxurious such fare
would seem day or two later.
1T is certainly very odd" exclaimed indig-
nantly that the grocer and butcher should not
make any effort 10 come even If the roads are
bad no idea having dawned upon me of the real
conditions. and told the coachman to drive over
TO the shops ind out the reason. He harnessed
one of the horses and started. but In five minutes
NO human being could go through those drifts,
he declared; ii IS as much as my life Is worth
TO attempt It.
Still / thought the matter exaggerated, and
when husband was better we both bundled orr,
selves up and started TO prospect. and then ana
only then. realized that we were absolutely ana
completely isolated from the world huge drifts
like precpices blocking up every means Of exit
The coachman and butler were the only men on
the place besides my husband. ana aIthough next
day the three men attacked the d,iiIs win c9ur
provisions began TO run short On MONDAY
evening the last biz o. meat Vas consumed' On
reduced 20 a box OF macaronL which was provi-
dentially IN the storeroom. and on Thursday a
famine actually threatened In the mean time
the coal and wood were exhausted. and IN orde: 10
keep warm We had 10 chop mp old furniture that
fairs could ppen in the family of a comparatively
rich man within fourteen miles of the Grand Cen
driving distance OF two railroads seems almost in
comprehensive but ii is literally true.
BY Thursday morning every one was alarmed.
and the coachman volunteered to take one of the
horses and. expressed it. get somewhere
him founder into a drift and disappear. and
finally struggle out on the other side only TO he
him All dsv we Waited for his return. The cook.
who was his wife was In Mysteries. firmly con-