COUNTRY AGAIN SNOWED UNDER

Over a Foot of Snow Falls — Fierce Wind and Cold Temperature Follow.

The country has been visited by another big storm. Snow began to fall Tuesday afternoon and continued for thirty-six hours. The temperature dropped nearly to zero and the wind increased to a gale. Throughout the Capitol district trolleys were blocked, automobiles stalled and shipping greatly delayed. Trains from the west were as much as three hours late in Albany. The worst of the storm was felt along the Atlantic coast from Maine to Delaware.

New York city was coated with ice, rendering traffic almost impossible. In Pittsfield, Mass., schools wee closed for the fourth time this winter, a record for that place. One life was lost at Buffalo.

The local conditions were practically the usual ones: streets blocked, school closed, stages and rural carriers stopped and trains late. No damage has been reported.

Since December 1 over seven feet of snow has fallen in the part of the state, breaking all records since 1888, and coming close to that.

GUILDERLAND CENTRE.

N.J. Fryer is driving a fine new horse.

Mrs. Rouse is quite ill and under the doctor’s care.

New singing books have recently been purchased for the evening services in the Lutheran church.

Mrs. George Moak and Mrs. William Frederick have been confined to their homes with  heavy colds.

Mrs. Raymond Frederick, who has been ill for several weeks, was able to preside at the organ and piano in the Lutheran church on Sunday last.
The Farmers’ Institute held in the Sunday school room of the Reformed church on Monday was a very profitable one. A.J. Nicoll of Delhi, Delaware county, had charge of the institute and spoke at both morning and afternoon sessions. William Hotaling of Kinderhook, Columbia county, addressed the institute on “Farm Management,” “The Orchard” and in the evening on “The Home Garden.” H. E. Crouch, farm bureau manager, was present and assisted in the meeting. The women’s session was well attended and all enjoyed the splendid address and helpful information given by Mrs. Ida S. Harrington. “Home Sanitation” was Mrs. Harrington’s topic in the evening, and well did she discourse upon it. The ladies served both dinner and supper in the dining room of the church. Such days are very profitable to the farmers and all interested in agriculture. The home and everything pertaining thereto never fail to interest home lovers.