Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-06-10

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The cold winds swept TIE mountain i,1i heieh'
And. mid the cherries hours of night,
+, mo,mJf w. ,riftsd snous e sha dressed
The babe was sleeping ON her breast
And colder still the winds did blow.
And darker houfS OF ,I nlgnt e., came .,, on
Her limbs were chilled. her strength gone,
az i'U must nersb ieg save W. ,ny rbil5'
Cha. s.ri,,,o, ,,sr mantle fran, nor nr.os.
And barred her bosom to the storm;
I Hnd smiled to fhink har chii5 was warm.
With one cold kiss one tear she shei,
a She 6eT law b el%gt'T n SNOWY yei.
The frost Of death was in her eye
The babe looked up ana s"'eiV smiled
In December. 1921, Nj. and Mrs. Har-
rison Gray Blake, who lived in Arlington,
started from their home in sleigh to VISIT
MI Blake father. who lived on the
MARLBORO south branch Inc mo'ier hau
an infant ID her arms me ROAD became
impossible and the morse was unhltched'
and the three proceeded on horseback
Night was coming on ana lhe Ialhei'
leaving MS wife ana enid Win the morse
hastened on loot TO seek assistance HIS
cries were heard at house IN the noun
talns, but owing TO mIsapprehensloh on
the part OF the family That II was another
person whom they knew TO be ont and VINO
ana not need their help, they dld not re-
spond' In the morning MI and Mrs
Blake were found. he was lying in the
snow but few hundred yards from his
wife, his feet frozen, and so nearly uncon-
scious that he could only mold up his hand
10 lnulcaIe thal lhere were oIher sufferers
Mrs blake was found totally unconscious
ana frozen IN every hmo' Out the chlId
was awe and sleeping wrapped IN the
clothlng winch the mother mad taken from
her own body to preserve its life. They
were carried to the nearest house and re-
storatives applied. The mother died in a
few minutes.
The spot where the tragedy occurred was
in Stratton, two or three miles beyond the
present location of the post-office in that
town, and Just beyond the place where tbs
great political meeting OF 1910 was held,
when thousands gathered from every
quarter TO hear Daniel Webster speak. II
= Was-thsn nine miles through the woods
called inc n1ne-hile woods, from the
last mouse on the road from Arlington tC
Inc lorrey place where the meeting was
held' ana "hlch was the hrst house neal
the road IN Stratton' The Blakes got tC
"lIhlh ABOUT TWO miles OF the Iorrey place
ana MI blake got ABOUT nan mile fur
theI' anu was hearu Dy Ihe boys OF MIR
maze n'lns away from the road whose
VIE was Ill IN me night In the mornin!
MI hale started LOT DOCTOR and on hi
way tolu Johnson Richardson, whose
laIher hau started over the mountain
what MS boys mad heard. Richardson
went 10 see Il the one heard was hi
'ather' ana 1ouhu MI Blake Or. Johl
l. warren OF Wardsboro, afterwards o
Chesterheld, NeWfane and Brattleboro
was called 10 the assistance OF the sufferers
Inc heroic noIher was buried IN tn
cemetery at ooulh NeWiane'
harrison GRAY blake uIed IN Cleveland
Ohlo' IN May 1865, and was buried in tn
west SIDE cemetery OF that city. Afte
Inc oeaIh col MS vile on the mountain h
was twice married and his third wife
sun living at haIilsViIIe' y. H., IN the per
son Oh MIS- AIce bradley VINO IS 50 year
oiu' MIS- bradley was married to MI
DlaAe III december lSoo' ID Cleveland.
MI p."Ae n"u TWO proIhers-I homa
blake' HVlhS III worcester, and Benon
blaAe' HVipS III Ne"1ahe' Inc year ate
MIS- bradley S marriage TO Mr.. Blake the
came East and visited at his brothers il
Newtahe' MIS- r. D. Wilcox OF North
nelu' Mihh'' a longtime subscriber Of Tn
fh"hIA' is daughter OF Benoni Blake
MI WILCOX oldest brother, d, ID. Blake
was member of the firm of Houghton 4
Blake in Brattleboro about 80 wears AGO.
Mrs. DeGroate's brother Harrison q