Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-03-22
'THAT BLIZZARD. #"

lNr. E'dit0r-I was not greatly
shocked, but little surprised, to
read that communication Of J. w.
Psrmley, County Clerk AMI Register
Of Deeds of Edmunds county. Of
course / am quite sorry that my let
ter on the "Bizzard" should so
"startle" him. He seems much CON
cerned for the honor Of Edmunds
county. 1t is right be should be.
Most county Offices in the territory
are fat things, and County Clerk aud
| Register Of Deeds stand at the head
of the list. lie thinks [ exagger-
ated; we'll that is but his think.
The story of the death of n teach
err and sixteen pupils was not taken
from some horrid eastern paper, but
from one of our local papers, and it
came AS a tele-raphic dispatch from
Aberdeen to our county. We are
very glad il was incorrect aud that
the teacher and scholars are alive
aud well. So far an the mum her of
cattle lost in our county IL con
cerned took the statement from a
county paper. But, the loss be what
il may, it was not on account of bad
shelter provided for stock, az Mr..
Parmley seems to infer, but because
they were away from shelter, and 80
we stated in our arucle. | don't
know just the character of the biz
zard Ia EdmundS county, for | war
not there, but | do know the char.
acter of the blizzard in this county,
or AT least the part of it In which |
live Mr.. Parmley calls Ia question
my veracity when | state that the
ine snow cut into the skin wherever
exposed. With a statement of The
care am willing thar the readers
of the TRIBUNE shall decide wheth
er | Uffrnded truth or not: Persons
az worthy of being believed AZ Mr.
Parmley state that III twenty mlu-
utes after the blizzard commenced
the thermometer stood at 0 degrees
below zero, but il continued steadily
To fall uuiil nu the morning follow
ing 1t stood 81 degrees below zero.
! The signal service office at Huron,
Beadle county, stated that the wind
wa, blowing at the rate of forty
miles an hour. The atmosphere for
some hours previous To the blizzard
war quite humid. The blizzard wave
changed that humidity into frozen
PARTICLES of-suow if You please.
but not soft snow, but snow AS hard
As ice. II IL true the particles were
very fine, hut still particles. Now
force these particles against the skin
at the rate of thirty or forty miles
an hour aud | am willing for any
man that has had experience la
storms to judge whether they will
cut or not.
The previous condition of the
weather in Edmuuds county might
not have been quite similar to those
here, consequently the storm itself
would diffrr to some extent from
the storm here. But should de.
spire myself if called in question
the veracity of another individual
because his statement of the biz
gard, one hundred aud fifty miles
from me, did not agree with my ex
perience of it. Rev. Clough, Of
Waterfowl, Dakota, stated in the
TRIBUNE that the blizzard came
from the southwest aud that the
snow was soft. did not doubt his
statement at all but know it Was not
like what we had. The storm came
10 Us from north northwest. II re-
ports amount 10 anything the biz
zard came 10 Minnesota from the
south west and changed 10 the north
west towards the following morning.
Mr.. Parmley seetDs t. think that
| he made a "ten strike" when he
ridicues those who attempted to
brave the storm, aud refuses TO ex
cuse those who have not Ordinary
intelligence 10 stay Indoors for
twelve or fifteen hours. Untortu-
nately for hundreds they were not
indoors when the storm came. Some
of them were from few rods To
miles from any house. They could
not drop INTO neighbours house for
il was not there. Aud If within a
very few rods of neighbours house
v hen the storm struck they could
more easily miss it than hnd il
Perhaps Mr.. Parmley would not
1aye done what ! did 10 get home,
and l certainly will not quarrel With
him for that. But, Mr.. Editor, | am
not 4 "teuder-foot.n | came 10 TINS