West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-13
REALLY COLD.
Talk with a Canadian About the
Weather in Manitoba.
How tho Farmer Dresses-whnt lie Eats
His Daily Life-The Intense Heat of the
Summer-Neeping Warm
In Winter.

Cold" said Canadian from Win
nipeg to a representative of the New
York Sun, during the cold snap few
days ago. "Cold! Why surely YOU
don't call this cold. Up in ny country
it is occasionally so cold at this season
of the year that the cows give ice cream
when they are MIXED. | tell you that
there can be no trilling with the cold
up there. Look at the way we dress.
In winter we all wear furs. The police
men at Winnipeg have buffalo coats
down TO their heels, and every man.
rich or poor, in the Northwest must
wear fur cap. have known the cold
10 penetrate the skull of man who
went out one day with nm ordinary felt
hat, and brain-fever carried him off in
three days. The streets Of Winnipeo
just now are full of men who move
about like animals in menagerie-caoes
You see nothing but beaver and otter.
and Persian lamb and seal, and mink
and raccoon, and marten and muskrat.
and all the furs that ever adorned the
GOths or Ostro-Goths. who first brought
the choice furs of the North to Southern
and Central Europe. And the slei0hs
are covered with black and brown bear.
and grizzly skins and buffalo robes.
while an occasional Astrakhan gives
evidence of luxury and costly furs.
Without furs we could not live in win
ter up in that country. We not ONLY
use them as articles Of luxury. as the
Chinese use the ermne sable or the
merry fox, but we are obliged to use
them As articles Of necessity. And ey-
cry piece Of skin is utilized. The hardy
yOyageurs and COurcurs du bois dreS,
themselves in bucksin with head-drcsses
of wolf, lynx, badger or wildcat hides.
while silver and blue-fox furs NAV be
seen on the heads Of the rich. A man
must be very hard mp in Winnipeg who
does not own fur coat. cap and gloves
or mittens \ walk through the streets
may be turned into a lesson i'm natural
history by those who read a they run.
In fact a great many people buy more
expensive turs than they can afford
winter Is our season OF extravaganza.
and IN our attempt TO possess costly
turs we often 90 ruinously beyond our
means.
As for the cold" he continued. ait
IS severe. but we do not feel 10 as much
as YOU might fancy. We are dressed
Tor II, and our houses are built 10 resist
IT, All our houses have double door.
ana double windows Fires are. Of
course, kept going night and dav. We
are not much out of doors iu winter.
ana yet nearly every body gets frostbit-
ten 81 times. When we see man ON
the street with q white spot on his
cheek or nose we stop and point 90 the
afflicted part. He viii understand at
once. II the weather is very cold we
can speak 10 each other very well
Tor our mu-taches freeze 10 our boards
and form crust Of ice over our mouths.
We must thaw this of before we can
TAX. ON the plains, sonnet mes. n man
Is frozen 20 death but this does not Oft
rn happen. j. Is no joke To- be caught
~ blizzard ON the prairies IL hap
pened 20 me once 70 little north Of
Medicine Hat II wa. ir Jarrarr
and the thermometer was about five de-
grecs below zero but the wind blew at
the rate yi thirty mile. an hour I wa.
travelling with haIfbroed guide and 20
upg sleigh we upset The sleigh got
the dogs and ourselves under if as well
a' we cou.c. wrapped the f1rs around
u-, and i"' % blow away Tho SNOW.
soon piled over %, until We had ar Ir
regular wall quarter of % mile LONG
ana ten fec. high ON each side of d.
next morning wbeI Che blizzard abafod
j hs may surprise YOU. bat a mound
SIX inches high Dr. enough 90 enable the
snow TO lodge and pile up until 81
forms a blockade five miles long on the
Praires a. for the dogs we fed them
ON Dish. Wa uarr each drcs d. o. 90