Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-04-01

'o"t "hu SoAiPuIcS Ncll Hltit our
best hotels in Yankton.
The denizcns Of Scotland nre not suf
fering any 30 far, but if the blockade
should continue much longer they would
be out Of fuel, oil and groceries.
MIR. Frenzy, formerly an employe of
the Press and Dakotaian, is running the
Scotland Citizen, and is meeting with
good success and giving full satisfaction
to the people.
tuesday morning We left Scotland for
Mitchell ut seven o'clock n. M, our cloth.
ing dried. and feeling well. The wind
came from the north and was very chilly.
the thermometer being down to six de-
grees above zero. The ground was frozen
very hard. We reached the railroad
crossing in . few minutes, and the driver
Thought that the ice would be strong
enough to pass over. But our luck was
that the horses broke through and laid
IN four feet of water, aud one of them
got tangled in the tongue of the sleigh.
We had to unhitch the pooranimals, and
IN order to help them out. had to go into
the water. The water reached my watch,
and l had to put it in my coat pocket.
After half an hours work VIC managed to
get over that bad hole, and kept on to-
ward Olivet. [ shall not worry you by
detailing all the accidents we had be.
tween Scotland and Olivet, which is only
seven miles distant. Suffice to say that
we arrived at Olivet, pretty near frozen
to death, and suffering terribly. We got
i'll Mr.. Whites store, and dried our.
selves the best VIC could. There part
Cd with my companions, they going to
Mitchell, having business IN Memo,
six miles distant from Olivet. 1 succeed
cd in inducing Sheriff Douglas to take
me over. The road between Olivet and
Menno was reported good. We left at
l0:D q. IN. and went along all right,
without any mishaps, until We got with
III one Thousand yards OF Memo. We
had to cross small gulch. and as it
seemed like if there was very
little watar III it, the sheriff put
his horses to full trot. As soon
as>they reached the middle of the stream,
both horses fell down, and prayers, men,
aces,whips, nothing could persuade them
to move. MIR. Douglas had to jump into
the freezing water up to his breast and
unhitch them. After a few good appli-
cations of tue whip he succeeded in get
ting them across, and I then proceeded
to walk the tight rope over the wagon
tongue. got over all right, and only
wet my legs up to my knees. We then
pulled the sleigh over, and after hitching
up started afresll. Two hundred yards
from the gulch we came to creek, which
was about 1GO feet wide, dbeing scared
we concluded to tie our horses to the
wagon box, and walk over to Memo. Sc
after covering our horses with blankets
and buffalo robes, We walked to Memo
going round a quarter of a mile in order
to get to an unfinished bridge, which
permitted us to cross without getting ir
the water over our heads. We reached
Memo at about one o'clock p. m.. ant
hurried on to the first store we saw in
order to dry ourselves. But disappoint
ment! No fret and we were informed
that we couldn't find any in town. Every
rlace where we went, we found people
with overcoats on, and their coat collar.
turned up. 1t looked to lis so cold there
that AS soon us l got through with my
business, we turned back without getting
dinner, for there was no wood to cool
any with. We found the horses chillet
and shivering. After hitching up, W.
discussed the question OF how we wer,
going to recross the gulch where we 90
stuck so bad. Mr.. Douglas thought tina
as the horses had broken the ice, the,
could cross over al! right, and was of til,
opinion that we should go full
speed across the stream. J. pro
posed to unhitch before crossing
tie the lines to the tongue OF the sleigh
throw the other end across the gulcl
and push the sleigh as far as We could il
the stream; then drive the horses, singl,
across. and after that Jump in the sleigl
and walk over the tongue AMI Jump o,
the other side of the stream. as l ha
" done the first time. then draw the aleig
; over with the lines. But the sheri
thought that as the ice had already bee
broken we would get through all righ
. 40 said, swim on, And so we did swim
, As soon Us the horses stuck the watt
J they went in up to their backs, and &C
tangled and helpless. The water got i
, the sleigh about six inches, and o,
blankets and buffalo robes got complet
ly wet. We both jumped in the strean
i water up to our breast, and unhitche
q tho horses. We got one of them aero
|. oil right, but the other one worked dow
G in the snow under the water, and ,
i couldn't get her out. | understood
! experience why the poor brut. conldn
r get up. There was about three feet
h snow under the water which stuck
d your legs like sucking fish. and it W
.s but with the greatest effort that con
u cxtricate one leg from hole to put it
D. another. The water was so cold, that
,s took our breath, and it was very In
Ii and painful to handle anything. n
te Douglas worked in the water up to
,r breast, for fully half an hour, trying
L. open passage for the poor animal. AT