The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-03-06
(St. Petersburg independently

COlupldlut, uiu uOt dASSe snoSV IVA
sons who come from northern New
York, for up around Oswego the ru
raj carriers are delivering mail In
bird houses because regular mail box
es are buried deep in snow, accord
ing to the Oswego Daily Times. A
winter visitor from that section
brought the Independent Office yes
terday a copy Of that paper in which
appeared the following news story:
County Attorney William M. Gal
lagher arrived in town today for the
first time in couple Of weeks in
ternment out in Cleveland, which Is
adjacent to and AUDITING on the win
dy shores of Oneida lake. Several
persons remarked upon the absence
Of his smiling countenance for the
past several weeks, whereupon Will
liam spoke as follows:
what, me come into Oswego dur
ing these blows? Men, you people
don't know what snow storms are
up here in civilization. You only
caught the tail end of that blizzard a
week ago Sunday. We got 1t all and
didn't worry very much as we've had
couple of others just like 1t before
this winter.
IF you want to talk about snow
just come down and give Cleveland
the once over. Last week our VII
lage board had to pass an ordinance
making it misdemeanor to shove,
any more snow from the paths. Last
Wednesday two-thirds of the people
were late to business because their
breakfasts were late. The snow was
piled so high anyway that when Tho
people shoveled out paths through Il
to get down to the last beaten tracks
the banks they piled up simply GU
off all the wind from the kitchen
stoves and they would not draw
enough to cook our breakfasts. W.
were afraid IL any more snow wa
shoveled It would cut off the draft
from our heaters and we would al
freeze to death.
why, only last Friday MAJ
came into my office and asked me t
take case for him. He wanted t
sue another man that lives a coupl
of miles back from the lake. MI
would-be client bought woodlo
three or four weeks ago and Wednes
day he put on snowshoes and Wen
out to have look at it. When b
came into my office Friday he was 81
mad he could hardly talk. He want
ed to sue for false pretenses, or mis-
representation or something like tina
because he claimed that when h
looked the woodlot over all he coul
see in the ten acres were three o
four little bushes about four or fiv
feet high. The fellow who had sol
the place was a pretty good frien
of mine 80 before I took the case
thought I'd look into 1t a little NOR
carefully. l went out that Afternoon
and all that was the matter was tn
wind had piled the drifts so deep ov
err that piece of woods that only tn
tops of three or four of the TALES
trees were sticking out and the
looked only like bushes. I coaxed tn
purchaser to restrain action until
thaws next spring and then / thin
he'll be perfectly satisfied with hi
purchase.
All this snow does make 1t lit
tie inconvenient for us, OF cours
with the lower floors showed In tn
way they are we have to use light
downstairs all the time. When I com
home / keep going until / recogniz
the lightning rod on the top Of m
house and then I sit down in tn
nearest tunnel and slide right int
the front window. II puzzled the R
F. R. carriers quite bit for a fe'
days as to where they would put tn
mail they were delivering. OF cours
they haven't seen mail box 70
weeks but last week they reached a
agreement and now when the peopl
want their mail they walk right owe
to the peaks Of their barns. TIL
mail men are all leaving 1t In til
bird houses
Just at this point in the narrativ
someone said they had just seen job
Wilson of Redfield coming into tn
building and Mr.. Gallagher decide
to stop before he was overheard by
man who comes from a place wher
they really have some snow to tai