Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1920 — A FOOT OF SNOW FOR EASTER [ARTICLE]

A FOOT OF SNOW FOR EASTER

Weather Man's Wires Got Crossed and Christmas Snow Came. The weather man certainly got his wires badly crossed when he put in the order tor Easter, and Instead of receiving the kind % of weather we had a right to expect at this season of the year, we got Christmas weather —nearly a foot of snow and the worst blizzard of the entire winter. In fact, It was a record-breaker for April, and the railroads ■ were almost completely tied up all over northern Indiana and several of the western states. <d)own about Frankfort and farther it is reported, they got a deluge of rain instead of snow, but Rensselaer and Jasper county got nearly a foot of heavy, damp snow, almost completely blocking travel on the country roads both Sunday and a part of Monday. The rural mail carriers made only a small part of their routes Monday, some of the carriers not even attempting to start out because of it being a plain case of only making a few miles and getting stuck in the drifts, which in many places were three and four feet deep. The snow thawed but little Monday and Monday night the mercury dropped to about 15 above zero. Yesterday a few flakes more snow fell, but melted almost as fast as it came. The weather prediction for yesterday was “cloudy and somewhat warmer, followed by rain or snow in north portion” (of state), and "colder Wednesday.”