Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-01-30
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Plenty Of zephyrsfr the frigid zone
W. n. Hobbs, OF Bloomfield was
among us lately.
A. ". Andrews and daughter, from
/ West Cedar, made Us a flying call.
| VIII Kinsey and Dan Hobbs are I'M
I dOubtedly the greatest nimrOds of this
vicinity; they were out the other day
soaring rabbits by shooting ct them
1 few unlucky jacks who ran in the range
/ of their guns got badly crippled.
During the last blizzard a good many
farmers lost some hogs. 1t IS reported
that Mr.. Halleck lost ten head We
have not heard of any horses or cattle
being lost. Mr., Davidson lost fifty
sheep by the snow drifting under his
sheds. We understand that his flock is
/ insured against storms:
Mr.. Frazier had a horse accidently
shot lately. Going down to the creek
after load of wood his horses got stuck
in a snow drift and while he was trying
to eztrieate them son of Mr.. Reeders
who was out hunting, came to help him.
Wishing TO urge one of the horses he
struck il with his gun-it was loaded.
When we heard of the accident the
horse was not expected to live.
Sometime ago Mr.. Phillips, his daugh h
ter and MIR. Mar9uith, went to the
Burg; of course there was nothing
strange in that; but 10, and behold,
when they came back there had been
sudden metamOrphOse Mr.. Phillips
was unchanged but the others came
back as Mr.. and Mrs. Marguith. When
the boys of this vicinity had sufficiently
recovered from their surprise they pro-
ceeded 10 serenade the happy couple in
that aesthetic western fashion, where
the music IS made with the latest i'm
proved rolling cOulters, bells, tin pans,
etc. 1t is almost case of love at first
sight. Mr.. NJ. settling at Crow last fall
as q blacksmith and before many weeks
had passed found himself welded to one
Of the fairies of this vicinity. Thus is
our dreadful winter weather made sum-
mer for the happy couple by the genial
warmth of their loving hearts. Useless
to say that we wish them mountains of
Joy and oceans of happiness.
Mr.. Editor we wish to correct a mis-
take that happened in our last items,
and as there IS a lady in the case we are
extremely anxious it should be done. It
is Miss Mary Dixon and not Davidson
who is teaching on Crystal Greek. As
the young lady in this case is yet in her
teens and has just made her deb"t as
teacher Ga very much needed and use
full class) we have no desire to sec her
name changed so soon, for generally
when q ''schOOl marms" name is chang
ed they quit teaching to assume the
humdrum duties of housekeeping.
We like the beautiful snow sang by
the poets, the kind that IN a still atmos-
phere falls perpendicularly in large
flakes (abOut the size Of a dish rag)
and when later the gray clouds having
exhausted their frosty supply, dame
Luna rising in the east throws q food
of soft pale light over the surroundings
clad in spotless white and fantastic
shadows stretch across the meadows,
while the merry bells Of the light cutters
tinkle gayly in the cold frosty air, and
we find Oursef swiftly gliding with our
best girl behind a pair of spirited bays
through the mystic shades OF night.
Such snow is the UC-DiHs-1iitrn of Our
somewhat fastidiOus taste. But when
the ''pesky'' thing comes down upon
the wings Of arctic simeon and stables,
hay stacks and hog pens disappear I'M
der mountains Of finely pulverized stuff
that we compliment with the name of
snow, and when after several hours of
hard work in order to reach his entOmb-
ed horses and swine until chilled to the
very marrow by the icy breath of old
BOreas. eXasperated by the unrelenting
assaults of the pittiless storm. the farmer,
losing all self-cOntrol and becoming
pitiless, wishes himself in the Kingdom
of his Satanic majesty. For such snow
we have no particular hankeEing.
TAT.