Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-02-03
HAD FIERCE TIME.
Old Hill Town Just Heard From
Since Blizzard.
Grafton Four Feet Deep With Hard
Packed snow-Grafton and Upton
Make Hole Through Their Lines.
Grafton, Mass, Feb. .. 1898.

N1fallOlls MASS + CJs 1000
The severe storm which ragged from
Monday morning till Tuesday after
noon left the streets of Grafton blocad-
ed with tremendous snow drifts rang
ing in depth from three 10 eight feet.
More than one early riser opened his
door only to be confronted by a bank
Of snow bearing the imprints of the
door panels from the highest to the
lowest, and then, shutting the door with
some difficulty, made for the snow
shovel in the back room, opened win
dow on the bleak north side, jumped
out and wallowed to where the door
way ought to be and spent hall an hour
or more in earnest shovehng.
superintendent of Streets Frank E.
yinton had large crews of men out at
an early hour, Tuesday morning, and 1t
was 730 in the evening before the last
crew returned from their labor; John
A. Sweetser also had a large number
of shovelers at work and many farmers
turned out with their oxen and horses.
Perley Goddard'S team Of two horses
and two oxen was the first to get
through many of the streets and roads,
the oxen working admirably we'll with
their more alert companions. Wednes-
day a stin larger crew worked at clear
ing away the towering drifts. and the
main roads are now well opened, al
though many Of the remote districts
are little less than snow-bovnd. At Sib-
ley's crossing is one Of the deepest
drifts in town, it being more than eight
feet high In front of the town block
and extending the whole length of the
building was a bank four feet high
nd VT if1er hal ia
monument, which it took several hours
to remove.
The enterprise of the firm Of George
X, Nichols & Son was shown by the
manner in which they catered to the
wants of their patrons, The forward
bob Of delivery sleigh and large dry
goods box making a novel equipment
for susch an emergency; the driver
took his seat on top of the high box
and, strange to say, not once did he
get capsized, although the horse almost
rolled through the deep drifts Messrs.
Whitney and Fay supplied their custo-
mers with cream for the morning cof-
fee at o'clock-in the afternoon. The
less shrewd of the farmers who sell milk
to the Wachusett and whiting compa-
MES were at bay in endeavoring to put
20 cans of milk into ten cans, but the
sharper ones, those who never have but
zone extra can" simply produced those
they had been quietly laying aside for
just sucha day, and at the depots We'd
nesday morning they smiled knowing
smile when asked how they obtained
the extras"
The first train to get over the Graf
ton and Upton road consisted of two
engines and one car and went through
town at o'clock, Tuesday afternoon.
The train due at s O'clock Wednesday
morning, arrived at 3 and returned from
North Grafton at 1915; after noon they
made better time
Forbush & Browns she's shop was
closed Tuesday forenoon, and only few
hands were at work during the after
noon. The public schools were closed
/ both Tuesday and Wednesday
| MAY GO TO KLONDIKE.
If present plans are not overturned
William c. Fletcher win leave for the
Klondike regions within few days.
Mr.. Fletcher has had long experience
in the gold fields Of California and Mon.
tana, and his knowledge of mining in
general will be of great service to the
party with which he goes. Since the
early fall, he has given frequent talks
on mining at the meetings Of the Wor-
! cester and Northwestern Company: in
| Worcester. The Stuart river is the point
Of Mr. Fletcher's destination, and the
ChilRoot pass will be the route taken,
! The first lecture under the auspices
or the Grafton Farmers Club, which
was to have been delivered by A. A.
Simmons, Tuesday evening, has been
postponed till next Tuesday evening.
February s.
The turkey supper which was to have
been given at the West church this eve
ming, has been postponed.