The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-02-20

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and spark sieses
Il hsd been showing and blowing al
usgli and ihs storm WAS increasing
TheT weru Aboal dofou passengers
and among ihem were some wohcn
and children The old engine started
~ lite q foaRderrd horse. rather aia,
boz spon warmed 80 b the wofk sud
ur rocked. Owed and lurrhci along
lhe crooked. warped rails lad over Ties
three feet spAtt and without hAilssi.
soon the snow gfr~ deeper and deeper
and Ia cut. 4 wAs almost impossible y
RS ihruugh We bad started about :
O'Clock ia the morning expecting 70
reach North Creek before noon, bal Al
3 O'Clock we werc not half way and -
10th wood aud water were getting low
NE finally by bard work aud much
sboycling ~, ,hrough deep cut aud
out onto a siraigh, track clear from
.now close 10 a small creek Here we
carried wstcr IN pals and filed the
water tank. ran the old engine up aud
down the clear place 10 pump Der ~,
and then made dash 81 the next snow
bank hoping 10 get through 10 big
wood pile by small way station, but
the old engine did not 10 much more
than the length Of the three cars into
the snow before We were again stalled
and bad 10 shovel out, and finally by
backing up managed 10 get start and
plunged into the snow again and that
time the old engine bobed up and came
down of the rails aud we were stalled
for good The river was on our left
and high cut bank on our right; our
wood was all gone and the riekeiy old
ear was getting cold. so up the bank
some OF Us went and tore down
board fence which We broke up and
made fires 10 keep from freezing. From
the top Of the bank we could see the
little station about mile away aud il
could also be seen that one half the
way was deep with snow and the rest
blown clear and also large tressle
bridge 10 cross.
Nothing daunted -four Of us started
for relief before il should get dark.
We wallowed through the snow and
trotted over the clear track and bridge
and soon reached the station where we
found a cnsty old crank for station
agent. He telegraphed both ways for
help but would not give us any help
for the women and children who must
stay in the ear all night
In the station were some sweet cook
les in box aud we made the old fel.
low sell us some of them and some salt
and pepper he had for his own use, for
he lived IN part Of the depot, and for
which We paid him literally. He also
let us have some tins and pals and we
got back 10 the train just at dark. In
the express and baggage ear we found
five gallons ofoysters and case of gin
two dozen quarts for old Uncle
Downs at Ghestertown, and better
man never lived. His hotel was the
home OF all of MS when we went up the |
psssn soso from thurman ,tHuon, so
we made bold to appropriate some of
the oysters and few bottles of old
Holland, and some oyster crackers |
leaving with the baggage master full
price for the same. While the four of |
us had been gone to the depot the rest
Of the men and train hands had gone
mp the bank aud found some wood that |
had been cut up for stove use not very |
far from the edge IN n maple grove and
this wood they hauled 10 the bank on "A
light one horse sled they found there
and threw II down the bank thus get
ting dry wood enough 10 keep us warm
and TO keep the old engine from freez-
ing up. The stoves in the ear had |
grddles on top and into one Of these
We put pail half full of water and
soon had cooked oysters. The tins and
had appropriated at thedepot.
with the dinner pals of the
train men, supplied enough dishes to
go around and we ate, drank and were
merry,
The children slept on the seats with
the women near one stove while the
men told stories at the other end Of the
FAR and every half hour or oftener
some one would go up the bank 10 see
i We could see help coming. The head
light, over which the engineer had tied
his red handkerchief, showed red light
over the snow in front and red Ian.
.ern tied TO the top of the last car
showed red down the line. Just after
daylight we heard the whistle OF mn !
'ngine and the lookout came down aud
laid a whole train load of men with
novels were coming down from the
taiion where another engine was
tandiug, aud before noon we were
hoveled out, the engine lacked up and
,ui back on the rails and wooded up.
When we had passed the down train
" stopped ut Thurman and took the
tage up TO Cheslertown and stayed 9
yer Sunday with mine hest Uncle
Downs and helped him finish the oys.
IRIS and sample the old Holland. We 9
,ayed nearly week before the roads
rere opened on TO Schroon Lake.
81 CLONE.
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ANTI-SAWDuST DECISION.
jumping II Into Streams Held 10 Be a