Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-26
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How To Keep Warm when the syind.
of winter are Blowing

How the semi-tropics may be in each
he re in Dakota at least southern Da-
kota. The pioneer settler 10 our praires
thought long ago that he had found the
secret in burning his flax straw, his rosin
seeds and supflower stalks and those to
whom it was accessible the cotton wood
from the river. The writer has passed
his three SCORE years and ten without
haviag other than this except now and
then soft coal with it's smoked deflement.
of the writer as regards to real comfort
for self and family. Through the kind
ness Of J. @. McYaya base burner which
had kept his banking room comfortable
was sent around to my home and put in
position through the hands of Mr.. Gross
of the firm of Dudley, Richey & Gross
and a half a tor OF nut coal from Walter
Deans coal yard supplied fuel for the
flame and believe me we were soon in
clover. 1t brought fresh to memory an
eccentric speech on the floor of the
senate chamber in retort to q southern
fire eater who said 'sthe union has already
dissolved" Mr. Hale replied..he was at one
time in his life q justice of the peace and
a marriage party presented themselves
to have the connubial knot tied. The
work was done to q short meter tune
and the pair were pronounced husband
and wife, yet they stood on the floor.
At last as the justice said no moro; the
groom mustered pluck to ask, sis that
alp eyes," replied the Justice. eff |
had known that / would have been
married long ago." SO said Mr.. Hale.
MIR. Brooks, of S. O., has told us
the union is already dissolved. That too
without social commissions, earthquakes
and tempest and it has been done SO
quietly that nobody knew it. So of this
luxury, had the writer known how the
floral lands OF the Florida's could be
brought to my home in the keeness OF
a Dakota winter I would have supplied
this want years ago if 1 had to live on
the low diet prescribed for an invalid to
raise money to buy this comfort. When
the writer run his reform school in Chi
cago and went ont just On the approach
of winter and had two months to inhabit
with his family and reform school boys
in the Cleayer Packing house on the
lake shore in South Chicago. the two
months of the winter OF 1886 with the
mercury below zero the entire period.
When our new buildings were ready for
occupancy one Of the boys went down
with the superintendent to take some
things from the old quarters for the men:
He went into one of the rooms where
there was q good stove in full blast and
as he stood warming ais chilled body he
said. Mr. Nichols how warm it is here we
shall never be cold again after we get
into these buildings. And this comfort
%ss strong reminder or April I0th.1S6z
harbor on a government propeller with
q foot of snow on the deck which had
fallen through the night, the brow of
the steamer wal turned towards the
lsouth when the broad sea was reached a
few days later we dropped anchor -off
Port Royal, s.. O., where our northern
troops had just gained foot hold in the
Palmetto state The day following we
steamed up Broad river and landed at
q southern watering place, the
town of Beaufort. What q contrast
between New York and Beaufort. Snow
there and here roses in full bloom and
from their ample gardens of the sunny
Fsouth q perfect reservoir oil. fragrance
excluded from the orange and lemon
blossom, p~omgranate and box iessa mine
and rose geraninm 80 marked the transl.
ton that it seemed almost that the fairy
land had been reached. In the small
hours of the night we had to leave our
bed to go out side in the garden 10
lnhale these savory odors. So last night
three o'clock in the morning found us
In our easy chair by the side of the base
burner, Oomfort and as each OF the
family reported in the room where the
base burner distributed it's comforts the
words were uttered, how warm, how
comfortable, this is our first base burner.
Why will You shiyer and freeze when
such a comfort is within the reach of all
and within the means of all. My
ha1 straw, weeds and annHowsr stalks,
why stand by the sheet iron stove and
feed in the dry cotton wood which soon
is dissolved in flames, ashes and smoke
when base burners with good nut coal
can be had. So much we testify to the
comfort of one nights experience with
base burners.
Thanks to him who has furnished this
comfort for the room of the invalid and
thanks to him who has put it in position
ID b. N.
Yankton, day before Thanksgiving.
To the Public.
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