Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-02-15

pcrilous2 ?" continued. "Thc storms are YER,
severe, the snow blinds one and the cold il in.
5 tense" Brown had said to me that Oh, some oc
casions he had seen his hands turning white will
freezing rs he sought to kinde fire ON IA,
J plains And l.owdon said that sometimes h,
could not start fire ut the mail station FROM VERY
numbncss "rhen," said he, 81 started oul
and plunged into the deepest drifts and wadcd in
them, till got warm by activity Did you
ever get lost on the prairie ? " Yes" How
did you escape D." kept tramping, tramping
on, till came in 1t was pretty hard work, but
felt that had better die trying 10 get out, than
dropping down and freezing" " am told you
cannot see in these storms,' said l. " 1t is true,
you cannot see the heads of your horses The
plains are trackless the snow and wind blind
you travelling Is dangerous. II you get caught
| by storm you can safely trust the horses to
bring You into the mtil station When | can
not guide, can not SCI: can not tell the course to
safety, ! leave it to the horses Once ! did this
and the animals brought me to the door Of this
very mail station When the sleigh stopped, |
got out and found the heads Of the horses were at
/ the door of this station. The instinct Of the
horse is ercr than the reason Of man in the hour
ofpcril, though the facilities Of man are kindled
to the iutcnse-t actyiy by the Consciousness that
his life is in jeopardy The man is impotent !;
the horse marchc. TO rest and security for both.
" Were there some men frozen to death on the
road last winter ?'' | inquired Yes, replied
Lowlcn and he tod me this incident Of
THREE MEN FREEZING
Sergeant Blake aud priwtes Owen and
Wheeler were discharged from the service at Fort
Iotten. They undertook to walk out 10 Aber-
crombie. They came down to sbcy's we'll
enough. They started from that station with me
had a single horse and jumper, which is a
light sleigh, Just large enough to carry the mail
and my mtions and blankets They walked on
! 20 Lake Elliot, which we passed The storm
came on and Blake gave out and could walk no
further Owen and Wheeler continued the Jour
/ ney ! came through and reached this station
cooked my supper and went to bed. In the morn
/ ing, when was getting my breakfast ready, there
was an alarm at the door, as il some one was en-
deayoriug TO get into the house. On opening the
door The soldier Owen, stumbled into the house
stiilencd and numb with the cold lie could not
speak, but mumbel lie .ignifed by signs that
he wanted nj. mocassins removed found them
va '''' ""' "'''o N'o "nA'os. cui
them Oh and found both feet and ankles frozen 50
that they looked just like polished bone '
Owen wanted to g1 to the fire, but lowdcn
would not let him do so lie filed a pail with
snow-watcr and placed Ovens feet in it 50 he
tNaWel him OUT. Is som as Owen could talk
we'll L2wien asked him where he had been and
"N'tc w heeler was owen told how Blake bad
"i'en out Wheeler and be had kept on. At q
CERTAIN point W heclor had turned of and he had
"'' 'ee" MN since put las tracks could be found
"l'u l'no"el' owen himself had continued on
u" u'lA' lie reached point IN sight OF the
mau station, but he did not know 1t. He then
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I"E INTENSITY OF Tns COLD.
Nu'''y every 'oft IN that region has cases Of
n'e1"s every winter some men are frozen
l'''' some l'se i''hp'' ana some are only badly
''o''-o'''en' Great care IS taken to protect the
,'en Ia tue n''ury service. Buffalo o'ercoats,
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