The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-17
ALL OUT OF SEASON.
Touch of Midwinter Blots
Out the Budding
Spring.

A damp, damp, disagreeable day.
This is what a genuine down-easter
brought to Worcester, and the memory
of the Oldest inhabitant runneth not to
the contrary when the 18th of April
was ushered in with so bad grace. A
snowstorm in the middle of this month
is unique in itself, and from a several
days enjoyment of the gentle zephyrs
of a late spring, the storm as usual
caught the people in their Easter suits
and the undertakers' smile.
And the weather prophet has lied
again. Yesterday it was predicted that
Sunday, April 16, would be blessed with
fair weather, and warmer winds, but
it was only chimera of the weather
mans brain. The deception became APP
parent with the early morning. The
heavens were dark and sultry, with a
threatening look everywhere. The
faithful followers of the church who
donned their raiment of many colors
regretted their vanity, as drop after
drop of water playfully played about
them. Half muttered anathemas were
wrung from many a tortured heart,
ana Ilen the worse DeRdu
At u o'clock it rained; at 1920 o'clock
it showed and rained and at 1.20 o'clock
the white flakes that never grow weary
fairly flew. From that point the storm
had full sway, and swept through the
city with uncurbed spirit. Men swore
under their breath, and women sighed.
The snow had such an insinuating, in
sulting, patronizing way about it, that
no one, either the grand dame or the
grandee was secure. In one moment it
would proudly and with all defiance
strike in the face, and the next go
crawling in a servile, supine manner
up the ear, as if ashamed of its pneu-
monte career. Undaunted by rebuffs, it
descended to the streets and played
with the mud and dirt of yester year.
Slush overspread the streets and ave-
nues, and travelling was slow and pain
full. The lady gracefully lifted her
skirts from contact with the mongrel
mixture, and the inevitable pepper was
blinded by the snow, too, and every one
was miserable.
In Worcester the storm maintained
it's rigor throughout the day and night,
and the snow with its fiery escort of a
grim northeaster, continued its mad
dance. The street cars were not de-
layed in their regular schedules, how
ever, and no branch of the Western
Union was affected. The Associated
Press came through with flying PEN
nant In Bridgeport, New Haven and
Hartford, communication was inter-
rupted for several hours, and the dam
age by the storm in this direction will
be considerable Suburban electrics
coming into the city were coated with
snow. and resembled fairy play houses
gliding along with the wind.
81 foil A mn ~ tod
according to observations of Govern
ment Weather Attache Ralph w.
Knowles, was IL inches, the precipita-
ton for the day being 7-1O of an lnch.
One remarkable thing about the storm
Is that the snow contained so much
moisture. The early part of the day
the wind was in the northwest, but
after s o'clock it shifted to the north
east 1t originated on the Maine coast,
and has been more violent on the coast
line than in the interior. The tempera-
ture at its maximum was A and at its
minimum but 81.