Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21
Horses and Mules Fall in
Showers and the Veteri-
narianS and Horse Shoers
Are Busiest Men in City
TROLLEY CARS RUN ON
TIME, DESPITE FREEZE.
Telephone System Is Not Dis
turbed and All Wires Are
Working WeII--Coal Men
Reap a Regular Harvest
Suffering snow shoes! Such a sleet!

Suffering snow shoesl Such a sleetl
Scrambled weather on the half-shell.
Uncle Sans weather bureau has evil
IDENTIFY gone into the department store
business, and stands ready to hand out
any old kind of climate that the public
doesn't want.
Far be it from the residents OF Atlanta
to cast up, or to raise the baby howl be-
cause the sun fails to shine once in awhile
or the breath of the perfumed breezes
grows cIammy and chill. but when the
man who hands out the daily dose wraps
up such tempestuous package as thaf
which was dumped upon the devoted
heads Of the populace Sunday, then IL ds
time to arise and tell the dopester what a
weather-warped, slab-sided, hard-hearted
pessimist he really is.
Everybody knows that it showed Satur-
day. First fall of the year Then the
weather man announced that it would be
bitter cold Sunday morning, but clear ana
beautiful as an arctic dream.
DIVING SUITS SUNDAY.
What the people needed Sunday morn
ing was diving suits and submarines.
During the afternoon OF Saturday every
body who could find his ticket was busy
as a cranberry merchant getting his over
coat and ear muffs. Sunday morning in
stead OF being clear and cold, was cloudy,
clammy, and disagreeabIe. with pene-
trating rain coming from every direction
and the kind of temperature that just
sinks into ones bones.
Later on it began to freeze, and the
trees, wires, fences and practically every
thing else out of doors was soon encased
In coat 'of chilly mail
All day long the unpleasant weather
continued, although the streets cid not
begin to get dangerous until quite late
Sunday night Then the weather mans
delayed cold began o make iteslf appar-
ent, and the rain froze as fast as it fell.
A BEAUTIFUL SPECTACLE.
1t was beautiful sight-though cruel
withal-that greeted the people of At
lsnta on Monday morning. The storm
clouds Of the night before were all gone,
the air was cold, sparkling and clear as
the crystal stream of a mountain spring.
Sleet covered the entire face of the city.
The streets shone resplendant as the
frozen surface of a wintry lake. Even
piles Of sand took on new and attractive
form, looking for all the world like huge
mounds Of brown chocolate encased in
transparent icing. &c
When the sun broke through the
mists OF the morning, the spectacle was
brilliant. Every leaf every twfg, every
bare branch, clad in their armor of ice
shone, and sparkled with the rainbow
hues Of a million diamonds. The air
was perfectly still, and the whole scene
presented the appearance of vivid pic
ture, idealized a thousand times.
SHOWER OF MULES.
The streets were a veritable skating
rink, and a heavy shower of mules and
horses fell before the ponce got busy
and stopped the teams from going into
dangerous places.
Some OF the early morning catastro-
Plies were pitiful. Veterinarians were
kept busy ministering 10 the poor mules
and horses that slipped and injured
themselves in falling. Heavy team traa-
fic was early stopped on Whitehall and
Peachtree and Broad streets, and no
teams were allowed upon the Whitehall
street viaduct, where the steep approach
rendered footing very uncertain
Orders were issued by the chief or
police that all teams must be rough
shod, and the bIacksmiths Of the city
were kept busy ministering to the needs
OF the teams that the patrolmen sent
to them.
The mercury stood at rs at o'clock
in the morning, and there was no az
preciable rise during the early hours.
COAL DEALERS BUSY.
Coal dealers had their own troubles,
for the people, confident that things
needed warming up, literally swamped
the coal yards with orders. Every coal,
wagon in the city was trying to deliv-
er three loads at once, and this, to-
Gather with the insecure footing, maGeM
things pretty steep.
The sleet was not heavy enough
DELAY railroad trains or street cars,
the telegraph. telephone and cleo
wires stood up wen under their lq
OF ice.
The Georgia Railway and Ell
company report that their cars
the regular schedule all day
and started out Monday morn
their usual runs.