Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1909 — REAL WINTER AGAIN. [ARTICLE]

REAL WINTER AGAIN.

The mercury took a sudden drop Friday afternoon and a few inches of snow fell, while the wind blew almost a hurricane all night long and Saturday. Friday night was about as wild a night as is often seen here, and Saturday morning it w'as freezing cold and the snow blew’ in gusts and was piled up in places making it difficult for teams to get through. All the four rural mail carriers started out of Rensselaer in the morning and hll made their rounds except H. B. Murray on Route 4, who only got as far as Albert Beavers's. There were not many farmers in town Saturday, nobody venturing out much unless it was a matter of necessity. The mercury Sunday morning was almost down to zero, but rose considerably during the day.