The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-01-04
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trcrzipg must he p. tcar,j, ..lc and you .aid i,
WAS pheasant"
"Prrci,cly, that j., ,n.r . ~ mant." said
! ruslpr >. & .pccr,rlr. tr,n m, ,,,sr 10 the
Ton Of nv head. "a death nrrlInr i, pleas.
ant can, he otherwise - tr,, mt the re
Ilimin.ry ar urru,o,iio,y .,rn ~. strictly
I.praking. t.. called plc..y.n. f.. c,,d at first
produces pain, then n.mha".- inca Il ,unuO,.
en-, condition follows. u.,i afrritat lrath-an
easy, peaceful, painless dr.,h like going 10
sleep on II bed of down. Nau, prr>ou, nave
suffered all the pain ,',,, death hl iI"t2 II" can
lproInrc and more. ,u, he arlir = " urn again
is often r.r worst part Of ,L ono. passed
through all rur ,ta-". n..r .l'"krn of,rNrcrt
that did MOI quite die aitIrIgjt % reflection,
| it was really quite nII.',o r,r .pr'
"Why, how >ou cats. Dnro.." qunrh rhr old
! mdy-thal l., m"ab Lin. my "ltt-"Nou
must he drr''nIng, yen never said anything
about this hro'.
VERY tru". IA, dear. an, yet It i u tact,
npvr,theless."
"Oh, do tel ~ al ah"u I, papa" says the
children, tel IL thc Dry"
well, there j. MT f. u'L of ) ry o ma =
rate, hu, ~ II may IN. est you An oss ~
afford lesson az i've. | W,n al lou he" it
happened: Whoa Was hey. anour fourteen
wears old, INV parents gay. me permission to
spen IL week or t, . onr Winter win an incl"
who lived in O,wcgo, Say tN,ntJ.four miles
distant.
! "Thc first On, went =; I ut miles and stopped
to call on my brother G., ,rgc aud spend the
rest Of the dnl ard III" night with him
The next morning v,,v .a-ly was lrrgh,
but bitterly roId: lie I'm dId mon slime no
warm and clear a, !, nfrn doe. IN winter I'm,
seemed to be- ,mriiollv vriled Will, the cIoud.
lorkpd ,hrcaIrt,ir,r overhead. fulI Of snow. NV
| brother SAID. ~ he yaIuly attempted to induce
me 10 remain with him. Bat | would no, l,e
persualed aud started ON foo, to % sixteen
miles, expecting to find plcni, of teams on the
road and pc, n chance, ,o rid. AT least half of
u, WAY had not gone more than two mile.
when i, began 10 snow a, frs, there were Int
y few tea,b.rv flakes crac,tu,,r ,s;ling md
mi. WAS only finn fpr me fur I ALWAYS euioved
h.iny ont in - SNOW storm The cold how.
ever grew more ana, more intense md found
il NECESSARY to ruh nv ear, vipnrnusly To
s,,mn my feet and thrash mv..,f ,ronnd the
n ,Lv with b,,d. and arm. .,,I .,op felt moro
c,mG,r,able
9Th. snow t,,l f,s,rr and faster mill within
and Lour from III. time # h.v,n it WA. 20
,hick tim, I c,uld .c.rc,I, .ee ten feet h,fore
M. il wns , f,rious snow s,orm surely one
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an win meyer n ,boucht Of d,nycr ar amy.
,binr else scarcely .ycer, 10 r,ach NV de-.
,i,,tion which u,s hound ,o do !, .ni,. ,f
cnld ,r snow
"Of coursa no ,,ams were ON, nm sucb 81 day
ma, u,.r,. ,o, .,,.y,,,so,h.ir ,or,.. ,nurh
,..s ,h.n,..Iy.. T., ,h,. mar ,ri y,rious or,,
I'm, ,,,, o,l. ,n,,,, ho,, and u,,roht !,
,,, allan. ,,irnu,,,
the last deepening snow, and at noon reached
u small hamlet, where, instead or going into
the tavern ~ ought to have done, | went into
IA saw.m:ll 10 warm, for by this time | was
thoroughly chilled and suffering greatly from
the cold. The SAWYER, kindly gave me good
warm place. at least the warmes, place ty their
stove. where renamed for \ half hour and
then started again. But now the cold WAS al.