The following was written by MR. A. A. SIMONSON of Bellerose, N. Y.

During the storm Mr. Simonson was visiting in Brooklyn-"South First Street and Fourth (Fourth Street now is called Bedford Ave.).- He was unable to see across the street that eventful Monday, "as it was blowing something awful and snow was drifting mountain high. A brewery truck came along loaded with kegs of BEER, and the horses could not pull the truck. The driver commenced to whip the horses, and up went all the windows, and the people commenced to tell the driver what they thought of him, so he stopped and got down and unhitched the horses and went away leaving the truck standing in the street. Welt, you would not believe it, but no one touched the truck or kegs of BEER."

Mr. Simonson's home was on Staten Island; he made two attempts to reach it. When he tried on Wednesday, he found that the ferryboats were not running. On Thursday, however, they were moving again. "I crossed the Grand Street ferry to New York, and I took the South Street Belt Line horse cars for South Ferry. When we got to Colliers Slip, we saw people walking across the East River to Brooklyn. So out I got and after paying 250 to go down a ladder I got on the ice and walked to Brooklyn and back. About one hour after, the ice broke loose, and down it went toward New York Bay with a lot of people on it. The tugs and other boats got busy and took all the people off, and many of them said a prayer when they put their feet on South Street. Well, I got home on Thursday night all in and was sick in bed for another week and almost lost my job."