, 1866-03-03
THE TERRIBLE CALAMITY IN MIN
NESOTA.

AHIec AoUH@ s<Tts ffh3en ~
fcrtp.-fferoj.m OF a Little 10Y.
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we nase ai1eauv printed g. ofte1 aceoul't u
the melancholy event narrated In the follow
ing sa ou. ~ We ass suse
~ r.r,,cn,ars fnrnisbc,, hv :, r.n,,er,,n WIN
nI 20. rE"m.-, "'No
visited Inc scene OF sauerlne'
CuArS LACE CENTRE Aian.' fea. II. lsod-
Editors st. Paul Press:
Let me bring to your notice distressing
casualty that occurred In this place last Week
On Tuesday evening, tho 18th inst, seTen
children boys and, three gisi~eetween
the agcs Of ten and seventeen. years, belong
ing to the families Of Messrs. landaker and
Prcstler. Intended singing school, two miles
distant from theif parents residence. The
thin1y settled Before the school closed, the
wind counmeuccd to blow hard, and filled the
atmosphere with snow as fne as Tour, that
had fallen, five Inches deep, q few days before
Hearing the wind blow, The children soon
started for home, with their OK team. Alter
and lost tGcir way The wind now became
violent and the cold intanse, After WANDER
Ing portion Of the night. the oxen stopped
in large snow drift. The children now pro-
tected themselves as weli as they could IN the
| open wagon boz on the sled. One Of the
ElIlS StGt0eA III Luz lutGuSa GUlu Htlll kCU<E "
death Morning c3me ; but It brought no re-
lief to them, for the wind blew as bard as
ever, and the air ~as 80 full OF snow that an
| otlce- eoniu not ee seen Ing uistanee
o. rod 1hey paSse1 INC day N ano around
me sien nox. 5nss oetoIe hisnt lu1 Mm0 +
Parl1aliy sno;iaeo, 90 tnat : omlalns,
neliese. con!u be seen from thelr po3hlon
While smother house was not more than one
hnnafea teds Hsian.; ~, ta1 !he ooys wefe
probably asleep, ana 1id not take,aa oosesTa.
Ion. Inc sccoHu nlsat-tIc co10est u1s o.
inc season' t4ltJ -oGsIees psnM 1elutoset. , Ha.
took them. Two g1sts Toze 70 death tnat
nle n Eafly ln,usaay morning me ooys
Oldest and the youngest, Ten years Of ase.
undertook to start the tcati1 The oldest boy
begged OF them MOI 10 Aaiioo: Us II Wouiu DC
81 no Use, Tor they mHst all perish here.
NO. says one o. thc ooSs, We shall Set
be rescued" and 10 s,1s S1a"lea TO inc nont nNl
still, wiped Oh the ice from their eyes, SO
that they could sec, ana Slcked their legs I'LL
they bled, and then by desperate hallooinss,
the uaen put forth ths.r strength and moved
the sled from the d1iit. Gong haii n1ae' ~
tnSS came upon upon as, sWel! On tna pFaasae; Inc Inc
father SAW them aalt1ug mi!s o1- Al once
be deW to their Eellet. lae sled wa
brought 10 the aoor Or the parents
house, containing the frozen bodies ,o1
the girls, and one OF the little poys,
1 tnsensthic, aud tne otncts baulY frozen. ine
limbs Or the tWo OLDER boys were frozen ap.
parcntly sola nea1ly TO the Knees, While tnc
hands AID arms OF ono were more badly
frozen. The hmbs OF one OF the little ooya
| were frozen even nbovo the knees. The Other
little boy Is not frozen much, though be was
| more thjnly clothed than the others. He had
! no mittens for his hands though he wore a
| blouse, the sleeves OF which came over bis
| hands.
1havc visited these suffering families, Il
| w.s sad sight to see thoso three girls, mid
| on enc bed, in the same condition they were