New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-30

or Ia any Eastern city AT Memphis the mercury was
OF soldiers frozen to death at Chatta1ooga. -
little north Of 40 degrees, and in Jlinois Ia eas
longest and hardest, and whore frost is most ntonss
1t Is the great Zahaa OF tempest and d Passengers
8 going North were stopped at Ccntraua and had to
who demanded q train or they would tske ons--t was
given them and they worked th sir way rough Trains
going Eest or West were smothered Ia snow drifst
they could 20 neither way the vast wilderness Of ts
Grand Prairio was around them In sonc ceses they
borned Up the seats and part OF the TO keep frn
freezing. Vast numbers Of fat hogs In the oars died
oongealng OF tho frosty sir IN their midst Sheepia
large focks also died; ope man in Senganoa County
After l.pse OF zen days they ere beginning TO nd
travellers WHO left town for another and oven farm
srs with tfeir girs and boys who thoughh to reach
settlements and neighbors few rIiles distant They
are frozen ssild And ye! In very few places u tAe
ground beneath the snow frozen ut all
Ono yonng nan had Como to attend school ct the no
beet OF oil Western institutions tho Normal Una
vsrify at Bloomington. Attempting 10 ride short dis
t1ce he wore three coats two shaws and two pair u
siyf enc 20 ,Ioxe s nnssrs ana tes ana nose =
OF ,he building would be rolled in tho wind Ike barrc
Among 4W Students. there more frozen limbs
thin sound The mercury , deg. below zero.
Frost remained sll day the heads OF nails tho floor
within two feesof red hot stoves. lessons sus-
pended. Theirs seemed little too m1oh Of whit Lord
Broagham called pursuit OF knoWlsdgs under did
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TIE man who IN previous years had provided Tor
some such evsDsa involves the West mis- Winter sees
his emily suio-. a considerzbe property, and many
consequences absolutely are required to make family
oarsly comfortable even they bring al their mems
each days labor produces Il brought &c great straghts
and sometimes death ends the struggle.
In the Southern region OF Illinois and in almost an a.
Missouri and l1iGna, there has been ltils scarcity Of
fae except whaA has arisen from want Of help obtain
/ t. f'r timber sbounds in many families. however.
Eiere the young and husbands have gone 10 tlls
n ~ a h.Eg a.. vi
WOOD as best thfy Women living IN lo0e places.
With no wood on hand when the storm commenced.
frozen food perhaps build fire Of sticks cook ta
eD return to bed aud lie through the long frosty days
and the Longer frosty nghs the snow sitting into their
faces and TINS tine passed TIL some nsighbor vailed
through the h relieve them-Or IN some 10
make preparations for their cold funeral
know OF rome little boys, ten twelve yeGrs cid,
Who would start with and cctie fcx the woods i'd
the morning, and by hard manful work drag up and
chop wood enough tokeco fire. while 1haye also seen
their bele feet their poor shoes likely enough
pair Of mons old beOts. wading 10 their knees
around tree top and with an az. cutting on sogn
houses Dirt frost rags and dogs on every hand;
perhaps thsy had bedstssd. know Of eight women
and children who sleep IN one bod KNOW OF a man
AID his wife ond six Children who sleep one bed On
the floor which has craohs three inches wide All thg
have to e3: L corn bread with itus seTy lean meet
luck and. instead OF being few In nlac tboy can he
res koned By Thousands. They ore the famous poor sats
- n
On ire other hand, know OF many soldiers gone 70
the wala who have 8it their families with good
homes months wood has been provided al cut sd
dried. ara they regularly send home their moaos.
Therp Is OF soldier living the prairie who
bought tHeny cords Of good wool, three miles from
bOrs and in she timber but vnep the snow came the
mar who had been hired TO hsn il had not kept his
promise, snd they had on Hev-Ieer's Day Only fey
stieis while the snow came down m wbiriwinds. The
family consisted Of three grlsthe Oldest si1tecn-aid
no boys nnd tho raolher. The nearest neighbor was
two mites distant About noon on this dreadfaiday,
The edes. girl and her sister two years younger yoked
up the oxen--wh.oh thoy bad reyer done bcfore-pM
them TO the sled and dressing themselves In thick
strong garmon.s having on tho outside old overeoats
trackiess pIaEie. Providence certainly watched
them for hte after dark they back with nice
load Of WOOL and thcr cheeks a. rosy rs roses them
selves.
Fuel Il bard TO obtain on many or the prsiyias Evea
in November noticed that they kept small ires and
TIE dsDpcp or nut In another stick M very " wpov
places wood. ut that time. from six 70 ten dollars
cord aaa SSsl IN PTSRsT,Ss Few can siod to gsy 20
wood hand started with their for the timber.
at distances Ringing from tueo 10 ten miles. and in
some cs5es much hrher The following l. related esq
hard csse man NOT having stirk of xod had to q.
seventeen niles aud 10 cut hs WOOD for which he paid
three dollars cord standing. lie had With him boy
fifteen years cd vho nearly frozc and he returned the
second day with tneefourths OF ceid keanwhila
bis family had burned three bushels of FOR which
he bed paid eighty cents o bashsl 70 keep from
freeEhg. L. .-.. LII
Ii IA % be said however that the majority OF farmers
have prepared themselves for such times and tibet il 10
only IN towns where wood Is mosI scaFoei aud even
here u railroad they cen get coal stu the prsi-
rirs VIII always be terrible places IN cold weather I'LL
they plant the white willow largely not onlJ iar flei.
hgi also for wind breaks The railroad companies, too,
should psut each sds Of their tracks prevent dr
ing. by the Wa!. SEQ that quite recently tue leading
EaslsTn Agricultural papers have found out the Naioe OF
the white willow. end yet than rear ego. your
readers told IN this correspondence all Gbeut it.
IL Is good thing 10 learn time during ones life
AS matter u curiosity LEI Us hook Ia on families VITO
really Al well oithag IS. Who are out OF debt and
whose prosprS. The fros:s OF last Fail were
pecers oi persons and destroyed the ccrn Of fore
handed farmers well rs of poor ores II TIE damage
haa been confined % hundred niics square, 10 would
have boen little consequences but SO extensive was
the ruin tia, Al suffer
Mos, OF such families werc Hstonshed that the fosa
houses n'tbo woman her girls did the cooking,
they declared IL Impossible ~ keep warm IN tue lchea
tho cooking stoIe gave cut 30 Little hca Beside, every
thing woud freeze PIT IN tho buttery. Frost
got INTO OF the oiars and tho only way " save
tie vegetables 70 carry down kettles Of Goals. The0
The men hnd 10 be of cattle ami sheep perislns
hay had BE- hared from distant stacks tie Little chl
rCn required constant care aud the yearold baby
red and dired 80 Geld face while its hair stood np
straight As result. thousands OF kitchens eban
dored. ana whatever required for the table was
brcugbt into sitting roor or the paroT the questioA
beii,S which is Werrlest The cooking is TO Be-
none the one hole o. the stove and though things
arc cralpod they easy ~ ind One sees bread end
uf the window whore flower Used
10 stand pans VI milk, with Little Ia them, stand on the
bureau snwe hangs on the same nGii with nue. PIE
re md faw eggs Kept Hnder the stove either to
s, out or saw from freezing. Or, the hnery of the
parlr Dul In basket old carpet is spread over the
nice one the family from the marble center table,
and ON the piano cod potatoes iAs oi sausage In
Dan a Little dish ct nour q pound or Of butter.
'penpd can OF peaches oysters the knife aud spoon
box aud many other things never seen In such pscs
before. Tho bread constantly Is frozen shd has 70 %
thaWed slice By sce and when II Is cut on one side
4 n Ile other halt lfuZeu.