2 On the 16th of March, 1870, while these notes were under review, the streets of Boston were deep with snow, and twenty-four trains were blockaded on the Boston and Albany Railroad between Springfield and Albany.
3 These and many other facts relating to Minnesota are obtained from "Minnesota as it is in 1870," by J.W.McClung, of St. Paul,—an exceedingly valuable work, crammed with information.
