| Show I PUNISHED BOTH WAYS At the height of the hot spell in New York last week the Sun as If to comfort people pictured the blizzard that smote the city two years ago last I February It said Snow covered everything from Florida to the Canadian lino Tht temperature was below zero for several days ThJ icy gales swept over tho country leav lag tho most Intonso suffering In their wake Everybody shivered and many deaths resulted from tho rightful cold Overcoats advertised as red hot sold lIko cakes off the griddle Street cars were stalled and passengers were obliged to thrash their hands and stamp their feet constantly to keep from freezing Hurbois wore blocked with Ice and navigation I navi-gation suspended Coal bills were enor mqu One man went to order coal for his family and perished In tho snow on I his way Persons overwhelmed by tho cold were picked up hero and there allover j all-over tho city Hospital attendants I worked day and night to restoro sensibility sensi-bility to hands and feet that wero frostbitten I I frost-bitten Residents of tho suburbs wero forced to wade through six and eight feet of snow to roach their destinations It was necessary to hugthe atpvo to keep comfortable People prayed for warmth Oh what t wouldnt wo havo given then for a broath of tho present weather And what wouldnt we give now for ono blast I of tho blizzard I The article reminds one involuntarily involun-tarily of Miltons description of the troubles of the members of Satans trust when they rebelled Here are a few lines linesTho Tho parching air Burns froro and cold performs th effect of fire I Thither by harpyfooted Furies hald At certain revolutions all the damnd Arc brought and feel by turns tho bitter change Of fierce extremes extremes by change more fierce From beds of raging fire to starve In Ice Their soft ethereal warmth and there to pine Immovable Infixd and frozen round Periods of limo thenco hurried back to fire We think the above Is a pretty good descriptIon of New York city The other place was fixed for those especially es-pecially wicked The ordinary reader will see the coincidence |
