Sharp County record., 1885-02-12
REALLY COLD.
Talk with a Canadian About the
M Weather in Manitoba.
How the Farmer DreSses-What He Eats
His Daily Life-The Intense Heat of the
Summer-Keeping Warm
in Winter.

"Cold!" said Canadian from Win
otb nipeg to a representative of the New
lou4 York Sun, during the cold snap a few
opp days ago. "Cold Why surely you
don't cal this cold Up in my country
a, az it ID occasionally so cold at this season
''' Of the year that the COWS give ice-cream
, b. when they are milked. | tell you that
Ondl there can be no trihing with the cold
e up there. Look at the way we dress,
In winter we allwcar furS. The police
10y men at Winnipeg have buffalo coats
V ed down to their heels, and every man,
,cer rich or poor, in the Northwest must
nOSwear fur cap. | have known the cold
VS. to penetrate the skull Of a man who
e went out one day with an ordinary felt
'T hat, and brain-fever carried him off in
three days. The streets of Winnipeg
just now are full of men who move
about like animals in nmenagerie-cages.
sE You see nothing but beaver and otter,
and Persian lamb and seal, and mink
n and raccOon, and marten and muskrat,
and all the furs that ever adorned the
0' G0ths or OstrO-Goths, who first brought
~ the choice furs of the North to Southern
e and Central Europe. And the sleighs
)thI are covered with black and brown bear,
YG and grizzly skins and buffalo robes,
rs while an occasional Astrakhan gives
rd@ evidence of luxury and costly furs.
a u Without furs we could not live in win
ter up in that country. We not only
gtL use them as articles of luxury, as the
"a Chinese use the ermine, sable or the
rs fiery fox, but we are obliged to use
pv them as articles of necessity. And ev-
Ur cry piece of skin is utilized. The hardy
vs voyageurs and coureurs du bois dress
themselves in bucksin with head-dreSses
riS OF wolf, lynx, badger or wildcat hides,
,ess while silver and blue-fox furs may be
Ii seen on the heads of the rich. A man
rpl must be very hard up in Winnipeg who
a, 4 does not own a fur coat cap and gloves
,ys or mittens. A walk through the streets
70 may be turned into lesson in natural
sop history by those who read as they run.
tbs In fact a great many people buy more
,p pNiDl'N lhdll tICN Cdu
nd Winter is our season of extravaganza,
,Ot and in our attempt to possess costly
R, furs we often 60 rlinously beyond our
's means
'As for the cold," he continued, sit
he ls|severe, but we do not feel it as much
asyou might fancy. We are dressed
"a ior 1t, and our houses are built to resist
It. All our houses have double doors
M and double windows. Fires are, of
+ course, kept going night and day. We
M are not much out of doors in winter,
"a and yet nearly everybody gets frostbit-
co Zen at times. When we see man on
si the street with white spot on his
i cneek ornose we stop and point to the
" ali icted part. He will understand at
. once. If the weather is very cold we
:. EspT Z oPc,K 10 eaCn OJner very well,
y Eor our muStaches freeze to our boards
- lnd form crust of ice over our mouths
W I'VE must thaw this off before we can
lalk. On the plains, sometimes, a man
frozen to death, but this does not oft
;. M open. 1t is no joke to be caught
y Wizard on the praries. 1t hap
PO3 Wto me once a little north of