The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1886-12-03
OUT IN A BLIZZARD
Fifty Hours in Snow Drift without
Food,

Food.
On Monday forenoon, about II o'clock, Mrs,
Joseph Hazeltipe, who lives five or six miles
northwest Of Sanborn, sent two of her sons,
the eldest Of whom is about IL years, to get
hay for the COW. The hay was, perhaps, one
hundred and fifty feet from the house, and the
barn where the COW was kept was about half
that distance. Afternoon came and the boys
did not return, aud the anxious mother, be-
coming more restless as the time past, finally
threw shawl over her head, drew pair Of
home-knit mttens on her hands, and sailed
forth in search Of her children, leaving two
little ones, aged respectively AZ and 3 years,
IN the house alone, expecting, of course, to re-
turn in few minutes. A hundred feet away
nothing could be seen. The frozen particles
OF snow, driven iuriously before the wind,
made it impossible to face the storm, and the
poor woman concluded to return to her home.
But where was the housep Bewildered, she
attempted to reach 1t, but only wandered far
ther away, and finally, weak and exhausted,
she sank into the tall grass in slough about
mile from home, and with the snow drifting
over her, went to sleep.
The boys, after securing their bundles of hay,
started back, reaching the road, but In their
confusion, and being unable to see anything,
took the opposite course. After following the
tTaill perhaps half a mile, they became tired
Of their burdens and threw down their bundles,
the younger wanting to lie down behind his to
keep out of the wind, but tho elder one urged
him on, saying that ii they could only keep the
path they would 1nd some place to shelter
them. by almost a miracle they reached the
schoolhouse, about mile aud half from
home, effected an entrance through window,
found fuel and matches, kindled fire and
stayed there the rest Of the day and that night,
and Tuesday, about noon, after several at
tempts, finally reached neighbours house.
The boys were, Of course, very cold. tired and
hungry after their twenty-four hours exper
ience, but fortunately neither were very serl-
ously frozen.
Word was sent as quickly as possible TO their
home to relieve the anxiety of tho mother, and
then 1t was discovered that the two little tots
had been alone all this time. Their fire had
gone out and they were trying to keep warm
in bed, having, in the meantime, managed to
get hold Of something to eat. The neighbor-
hood was assQulckly as possible notified that
Mrs. Hazeltne was lost on the prairie, and
willing parties were soon searching in all d.
rections. It was not until about one o'clock
Wednesday afternoon (fort-sx hours from the
time she left her honey that Ed. Lowry dis
covered her 49, nput her head up through
the snowy cq Aber rusby bed. sho was
conscious, 1ie>to speak, and the
first word u ke was to ask about her
children. She said, in relating her experience,
that when she awoke sho could see light
through small opening in the snow over her.
This she enlarged with her hands, SO that she
could put her head up through. Tie storm
had abated, and at intervals, as she had the
strength, she would cry for help. When found
she was almost completely exhausted, and
scarcely able to speak above whisper. She
had tasted for so hours, had walked until no
longer able to stand, with hands and feet froz-
sT;t sha had laid down to die. Her clothing
was completely saturated from the melting
snow where she had lain. + did not grow so
Intensely cold as it usually does during sc,lllz-
zard later in the winter, and to this fact alone
can be attributed her survival Of the terrible
ordeal through which she passed.
Mr. BENZ. Smith assisted Mr.. Lowry in car
rying the unfortunate woman to her home,
and courier was at once dispatched to San
born for surgeon. DR.. Claypool responded
and returned last night. Heefeels confident
the woman will recover. Her hands and feet
are frozen-the toes and fingers badIy-but
aside from this, no serious results are to be ap-
ehended.-Sanborn Enterprise.