Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-06
u SNOW CURE.
OUTDOOR Life In Canada a Remedy for
Throat and Lung Affections.

OUTDOOR Life In Canada a Remedy f01
Throat and Lung Affections.
1t is by no means every delicate per-
son who should make Canada his win
ter resort; but it is we'll known that ou1
winters have cured chronic cases for
which Colorado and Florida we're alone
supposed to be beneficial. Every win
ter numbers resort to Montreal, Que
bee, Halifax, and Winnipeg for no
other reason than that for which they
once went to tropical climates. know
of patients who were regularly sent to
Bermuda and the West Indies, and 9th
ers to such winter climates as Nice,
| without more than temporary benefit,
who were completely cured by the out
door life of our Montreal and Quebec
winters. Two years ago we had an
exceptionally severe winter in Mani
toba. Its severity and peculiarities
were precisely the same in Dakota and
Minnesota. / was en- route from Bran
don to Winnipeg, a distance OF one
hundred and eighty miles by rail. and
was caught in a snow-blockade which
lasted eight days and kept us in a sit
uation not likely again to occur. The
storm was so severe that relief-trains
could not leave Winnipeg, and q couple
of us who had the long snow-shoes
used on the prairies tramped to and
from farm-houses a couple of miles dis
tant for provisions for the passengers.
The sn%ow-plows were of no use, and in
a desperate attempt to cut a way
through the drifts, the engine jumped
the track and came to grief. The train
was pulled back from the debris by an
engine in the rear, and the next morn
ing we found ourselves separated from
the wreck by deep drifts, some of
them fifteen feet high. Night after
night passed; the coal and wood ran
short; two of the cars were abandoned
by the passengers, and, to economic
fuel, we were crowded into the two re-
naming cars. The sleeping accommo-
dation improvised was very amusing.
Fancy roosting two in a single seat,
with your knees doubled up to your
chin; or lying like sardines, four in a
double seat; or propped on top of the
back of the seats, which were turned
up and brought together so as to form
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been working day and night, but there
I were too few of them; and at last the
| passengers went to work, and from
nine a. m. to five p. m. pitched the
snow with might and main, and sue
ceeded in clearing the track. In order
to pass the obstacle of the wrecked
engine, we raised old rails, got ties and
| laid a new side-track on the hard snow,
and our car were safely showed for
ward. Shovelers from Winnipeg had
succeeded, with the snow-plow. in
reaching us, and we were soon on our
way. The effect of this exposure upon
the health of many of the passengers
was remarkably good. One cl,rgy:
man who had come out from England
for some affection of the throat, was
determined to do his share of the
shoveling. He had very thin mecca
sins on his feet, and during the day, as
there was a warm wind, they were wei
through. He never expected to see
England again, but that one day:
work cured him effectually. Othel
persons suffering from throat and luns
affections have not since been troubled
One would suppose the conditions were
just those to provoke illness, but the
very reverse was the case.-W. G.
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