SNOW STORM.

Marlborough Press, Volume IX, Issue 607, 2 September 1868, Page 3

SNOW STORM.

The weather for the last week has been very unsettled, and generally very cold. OuMomlay last, it was extremely cold and continued so during the night. ; and yesterday morning, although still cold the day broke with every appearance of being a very fine day ; but, about 9 o’clock it became overcast and looked likely for snow, and was much colder. At mid-day it was very thick, and shortly afterwards the snow commenced to fall thick and fast in large llakes, and soon covered the hills surrounding the town. It continued falling, and at 4 o’clock the town was also thickly coated to the depth of about two inches. A kind of sleet shortly took the place of the snow, followed by a slow' thaw, which made the streets in a very unpleasant slate. Such a thing is a'novelty to the people of Picton, as the oldest settlers say they never saw snow settle on the ground before, nor yet such a heavy storm. Snowballing was the 'order of the afternoon, and old and young seemed to enjoy the sport; and it reminded us of many a fierce battle we bad at snowballing in the old country. \Vclear, should tne storm have been general, that we shall hear of great losses of stock and human life in the southern provinces.