Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-28


men were a whole day behind on the
doings of the peace commission and the
women suffered untold agony until the
papers arrived in the afternoon, before
they could tell what changes In fash
ions the week had brought forth.
At 10 o'clock the men who went to
the station Tor their papers learned
that the paper train due in Portland
about Z had just arrived in that city,
and it would be noon before 1t would
reach this city, and it was after
O'Clock before the train bringing the
Boston papers did arrive. Those who
had been waiting for the New York
papers went home in disgust
The carriages and Decent teams did
a land Office business as no one who
had dime in his pocket thought of
walking The Electric cars struggled
all day long, and the conductor and
motorman on Car No. 10. with the yes
Thule front considered themselves
more fortunate than the man who had
struck it rich at the turkey raffies be-
fore Thanksgiving. No attempt was
made TO run the snow plow and as the
result the cars We're stuck on every
grade So much difficulty was expert
enced that il was necessary 10 carry
shovelling crew on every car. Even
then the cars had no regard for time
tables and the latter part of the after
noon the struggle became so hopeless
that the cars stopped running.
Travellers arriving on the late after
noon trains reported that the storm
was great deal worse west than In
the eastern part OF the State. One man
who arrived in this city al $50, said he
had never seen the snow piled up so
in the Union station in Portland as 1t
was. yesterday. The same man report
ed that in Portland there was a rumor
that an English liner had gone ashore
at Portland Head. Whether or not
there was any less of life could not tell.
He further reported that four schoon-
ers had gone ashore in Portland har
Dor. Other men reported that there
Was feet of snow in Boston and still
more in New York.
Everything seemed To bear out the
reports that the storm was worse west
than east of Waterville. The morning
train for the west was only Is minutes
late in going from Bangor to Water
Vile, while all the trains coming from
the NGSl were several ItUfS ittt
The wires around town worked fairly
well and there was not the slightest
difficulty in talking to Lewiston by
means of the telephone. on the other
hand the telegraph wires worked bad
~. One of the operators tried for an
hour to raise Boston without success
while there was but slight difficulty IN
raising Portland or Bangor. Even
with those cities called up the tongues
Of the saunders We're as difficult To
handle as that of a man who has ceie-
brated a victory.
An attempt was made during the
afternoon to start out the city snow
ploughs but the efforts were rewarded
with no more success than had an at
tempt been made to plough so much
water. The letter carriers struck out
in the latter part of the afternoon to
make their collections from the boxes
and when each one arrived at the post
office he looked like Santa Claus.
No one went out who could stay it,
Darkness arrived several hours ahead
of scheduled time and at supper each
housekeeper repeatedly cautioned
the members of the household about
using the cream Tor fear that there
would necessity for drinking cafe
noir in the morning. The youngsters
alone were happy. Their happiness re-
suited from the thoughts that there
small likelihood of there being school
on the morrow. with an abundance
of sliding in the near future.
When the majority of the people.
wearied by the unusually long day went
to bed, ii was still showing and with
but small prospect that a break in the
weather would come before morning