Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-02-20
A Drop in the Weather-A Rise
In the Hay

that the weather would be 0ad,
bad, cold, cold, we have had a
leaky, sloppy soft sort. Warm
though-so warm in fact that the
birds sang songs of spring and the
good old summer time," and the
grass had half IA notion to spring
forth. the buds to swell forth and
the sugar trees to run forth and
some of our wisest weather men
had begun to have very damaging
and slanderous talk against the
ground hog and Hicks and said that
they half believed the winter was
broke. 1t was all a dream though.
we are here up against the stove to
say, for Monday, noon with the
mercury at so in the shade. the
prettiest, wettest rain. the self
same kind. that had been falling
since ground hog day, was coming
as straight and wet as it had be-
foretimc, when to the close obser-
yer here and there among the g!is-
tening rain drops appeared beau
tiful snow flake. As if they knew
of their beauty, as if they knew
their season and their place, On, Oh
they came, thicker and thicker and
thicker, faster and faster, until
they were 1T" decidedly and the
rain drops had to wait, for probably
they needed rest ANYWAY.
Tuesday morning it was seen
with ease that nine inch carpet
of snow had been stretched and
tackled, and with equal ease it Was
felt that tumble in the tempera-
tare from 80 above to 2 above had
been quite, dexterously executed in
~ hours and up and up went hay
Now all are eager to exclaim, "The
ground bog is onto his job"
Wednesday morning-As high
an estimate as We can place on the
registration Of the Thermometer this
morning is 5 degrees below zero
As the day progresses so does the
wind and with the snow in a blind
ing continuing whirl. It's decid-
! edlv the worst dAv of the winter
and those who have plenty should
see that there less fortunate broth.
ers do not SITTER for ;fe'S necesSi-
ties.
MeSSers Cross and Hoax. on the
Stanton mail line reached West
Augusta about one o'clock, and ow-
! ing to the wind and binding snow
were nearly frozen. Two new men
were placed on the line to carry the
mails to Staunton and Monterey
from that point.
THURSDAY mornipg--It dawned
clear and still and cool, decidedly
cool--l0 below zero, and As the day
rises the mercury does net but lit.
tie. Mr. Jack SwattS brought the
Stanton mail in on time Wednes
day evening. VIM. Doughert,
made it as far As Pisgah church or
the ring route, from which point
he returned. his horse having fall
en- breaking bis vehicle.
Mr. Allie Ervine started on triT
to Durbin with Bishops team. Lief
wagon on Allegheny and turned
Wednesday with horses.
! Mr. James Snyder Of Mcdowell
came to the Commercial Wednes
dav evening with badly frozen feet
Some of his toes it Is thought will
have to be amputated. He walked
from Cass over the Allegheny Tue!
day. When he came to Dir Hull't
place he was so nearly exhausted
that he had to be carried in thu
honse. When the ice was knock
ed from his shoes and they were
removed. it was foand that hi
socks were frozen fast to bis fee
so that spring water had to b'
used in removing them. Wednes
day he was assisted to Monterey by
Mr. Arlie Ervine and Thursday hi
was taking by the mail hack to hi
home at Mcdowell.
Mr. SNYDER will not be able t.
work for many days and it is or
his daily labor his large family lie