Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-04-03

Letter from s. K. Nebraska. III.
did no, mention in my las, one Pc
euliari,y Of our winters here. the like OF
which do not remember 10 have seen in
Maine. Sometime. We have . 'Pell Of
mild. fosgy weather. jus, cold enough to
CONCEAL the moi.,ar, in thick fea,hery
rime. often more than al inch ia length,
on every obj,e, out Of doors. bush, tree.
blade. Of dry grs.. aud old weed stalks.
A tree. perfectly covered. trunk. branch
and twis. With these thick white fro',
plume. is a NOS, beautiful object, and .
ihieks, Of plum brush thu. clothed, 'us-
g,.u the id,. Of . fairy palace. The
scene is no, 90 brilliant A. When the
tree, are covered With ice bat Il ha,
nevertheless. . weird. spectral beauty OF
Ito own.
may al,o add that after our lovely
weather 10 February. With in bare
ground and warm sunshine aud 'insins
birds, We we're ueA,el 10 . second edition
Of winter. "One swallow doe. no, make
= summer" IL u said; and We found
,h., fe- robins did no, make spring
for 10. March came in like lion With
. ,l,e, storm ,hs, hung the trees with
ieiel,., . snow storm ihs, whiiensd the
prairis and cold winds ,ha, mus, have
pinshsd my robins somewhat. even IN
their warm brown coats. Ba, this did
no, surprise anybody who knows the
trick, and ,h. ways aud the manner OF
the clerk Of ,h. weather 10 these parts I;
and think mo., Of 10 we're better able
10 endure IL from having previously en-
joyed such q respite from ~in,sf' rigor'.
At the pre,en, time We AZ. having warm
weather again. with bare ground. blue
bird. and robins.
som. Of my readers may be interested
TO kpo~ how We solve the fuel question
In thi. comparatively teele's region.
We burn cob. and coal The pries OF
.oi, coal range. from FIVE dollars TO seven
and 4. half per ton. according to quality.
Hard coal for bas. burners s some-hai
deafer. Cob. make ho, TIRE. but -
they burn on, quickly. !, need. freqaen'
replsni,hing. A friend Of mine AYERS
,hs, on. must pay the same price io' .
cob FIRE ,h, one pays for lIbsr,y-e,srnsl
vigilance. Ba, one soon gets used to
this. Many prefer to burn nothing else
In warm weather. for the reason tha,
after the meal is got, OF . bsking done,
,h. fire subsidies 90 quickly aud leaves
the kitchen TO cool Of ., once.
Everybody will admit Of course that
there !, no fuel in the world equal to
good seasoned hard wood ; aud New
Eagl.nd woman during her frs, years IN
the west. tha, s in the portions Where
timber is scarce. IL likely to think OF the
old fashioned woodshed with whole
years supply Of nice dry wood 'naslY
piled up in It, a, the I,raeli,e' rsm.n'
bsred ,h. ii..h pot, Of Bsypt Ne, there
are some adv.n,as.s oa our eide. re-
member /, va, no small JOB to prepare
year. supply Of wood; !, took quite
portion Of the winter. hard work =, that,
On. Of our ,ish, or ten horse power cora
shelters will prOdpe. in day q pile oI
eobs that will las, for months. oil read,
fot use, no cutting or saving. 'plli,ins
or hauling. They are certainly prefer
able TO the pin. slab. many families u''
In the vicinity Of saw mills.
The early settlers in this region used
corn for fuel. which barn. somewhat Ike
coal, making . good steady heat, IL
most Nes Englsndsrs, the idea OF burn
ing corn would seem slmOs, wicked; ba'
before railroads or elevators came int
the region to make market for It, q
VI. much cheaper than coal, in fact va
sometimes the only fuel ob,ainsble.
II. T.. NJ. A.
Agnew. Lancaster Co. Neo., Mar 10