From the Chenango Union of Norwich, NY
Thursday, January 9, 1879

   Rough Weather - The storm which prevailed so generally, reaching into the extreme southern stated, was very severe in this section, although we have less snow than has fallen at points north and west of us. Commencing early on Thursday morning, the snow fell at intervals, during the day, accompanied by high winds, which increased to a hurricane in the afternoon. Thursday night was one of the roughest ever experienced by the "oldest inhabitant", the wind howling fearfully, throwing the snow in immense drifts in all directions.

   Friday morning was bitter cold, the mercury having dropped several degrees below zero, and the storm of wind and snow still raging, which it continued to do throughout the day. Roads were badly blocked with drifts, in some localities more so than at any time within the past twenty years. Railroad travel was checked, particularly north and west of us. The train which left on Thursday afternoon, on the Auburn Branch, reached DeRuyter, where it remained at last accounts; that from Oneida, due on Thursday, reached this station on Monday; between Oneida and Oswego the Midland is blocked; south of here the trains on that road have run quite regularly, as they have also on the D.L.&W. road. We inquired of a neighboring farmer, who has been one of a party engaged in breaking roads on Saturday afternoon, the average depth of snow in his section. "From four to seven feet", was the reply; and that is the "average" generally.