The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-05-08
Climatic Contrast.

Very few men are so stirred in the spirit of
adventure, or SO u~ntrammeled with family or
other ties, as to dare a ''wild dedication of
themselves to unpathed waters, undreamed
shores." When, therefore, they wish to change
the place of their abode, the crops and climate
OF the country to which they are minded to re-
move are wisely made the subjects of serious in
quiry and consideration. They desire to as
certain whether their new environment is likely
to afford them, not only a sure means of sub
F~sistence, but, also, improvement of cifcum-
stances aud greater prospective ease and com
fort. as regards crops, Dakota has shown.
beyond a doubt, that her productiveness is ex-
traordinary and unfailing. Her cheap lands
and remarkable facilities for transporting pro-
ducts, cause many in the east to think of the adj
vautsges OF settling within her confines. But
one thing deters them-the climate. The pros
poets OF q struggle for existence that means
something more than the merest existence, i'm
pels them to come, and then, some local news
paper puts the terrible blizzard upon their no
tice, and their resolution becomes chilled to the
marrow. OF course, Dakotans smile wonder
inglE at such bugbears, and know themselves to
be fortunate, climate alone considered, in their
CHOICE Of a permanent residence. .Aryone who
has passed winters In the east. ahndderinQIy
recollects the sudden changes OF temperature
that defed all human ingenuity to meet them
with any degree OF personal comfort-changes
that taxed the vitality and impaired the health
An sopen winter'' there means a season OF COM
tinuous mud and rain. The most confirmed
optlnist becomes convinced that, under such
circumstances, life in the country is not worth
living. What a s.cold winters is there may be
inferred. but not comprehended, by those lucky
lily uninitiated from the accounts contained in
eastern papers generally of highways and rail-
ways nloekadsd BY successive snew storms;
while the temperature has not been exceeded in
rigor by that or much traduced Dakota.
Throughout Dakota, the past winter has been
undoubtedly severe, unusually so, but inter.
communication between It's different portions
has been uninterruptedly maintained. Clear
skies, bright sunshine and dry atmosphere are
always constant components OF winter in Da-
koth, and tend to make the season endurable, ii
not enjoyable.
IL is not worth the while to 60 extensively in
to an elaboration Of comparative climathoog
We simply print the following instances 81
winter lingering in the lap Of spring. in New
York:
'sOn the 18th ult., at Canajoharie, the Their
mometer ranged from I8 70 % degrees below
zero, in this part OF the Mohawk Valley
TAT GioversvilIe, the thermometer Registered
20 degrees below zero. Ann Hitchcock, widow
residing alone, was found frozen to death in hel
bed -
Farmers IN Dakota at that date were occupied
with their seedirgs their fellows In the Empir,
State were spending their time digging on
roads through snow drifts. A benign law o
Mature tenes 70 canse man to adapt himself /,
ZAP environment. Whether this process il easie
p'easantar 81 accomplishment in the east o.
1p nakotA, everyone must determine fur him
Ms decide IL favor Of Dakota .-IDakof