The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1888-05-09
LES IN MINNESOTA.
Pleasant Ecrn'nsscenoes Concerning II
Cool Shady Climate.

Pleasant "reminiscences Concerning Ia
Ccoi, shady Climate.
Nv attention has been called BY some
thing I have seen in the papers to the
cool. shady climate enjoyed BY the State
Of AIinuesota during several months Of
the year. spent the early part of my
life in the State, ard listened many
thousand times to the statement con-
ecrninE the dry aic. Perhaps my earliest
remembrance is Of the doctor standing
over the cradle and looking down at
me. "Of course, said the physician.
''he is squint-eyed and red-headed in
+ the extreme. but our fine. dry atmos-
phere win bring him out all right"
The people of Minnesota have never,
as class. lost their enthusiasm on the
subject Of the dry air and the imPossi-
bility of feeling the cold. Some indi-
viduals have. of course, lost some of
their ardor, but the people as a whole
remain true. Irefer above particularly
to a man once saw get up in public
meeting TO speak in eulOgistic terms Of
the dry air. He had just opened his
mouth TO begin, when a long, gray
streak of it happened to como in the
key-hole and freeze his mouth open, so
that it was necessary to put MS head in
the oven to thaw it out.
This booming the dry air is discourage
ing work, bus still the hardy Minnesota
pioneers keep on. Nothing daunts
them. A member of the Legislature
rises in his place to introduce a bill de-
claring Minnesota a winter resort, only
to find his teeth frozen together. But
the bill is eagerly seized by the nearest
member and passed, and becomes a
law.
They know no such word rs fail The
rugged Minnesota editor sits in his
Office, and while the dry air whistles
around the corner and blows the old
pair of pantaioons out Of the broken
window-pane, he writes an article on
Cool. Dry. Minnesota Weather versus
Southern Rain and SlUsh."
There, amid the roar of the crisp, dry
blizzard. surrounded by the howl Of the
! business manager for more coal on the
fire, hemmed in By the harsh rasping
of the surgeon saw as he amputates
the frOst-bitten right leg Of the city edi-
tOr-tlrere. l repeat, with an ice palace
10 the right of him and tObOggan slide
to the left of him, and amid the squeak
ing OF the mercury in the thermometer
as it sinks 10 still lower depths, sits the
vigorous Minnesota editor writing an
editorial on Frost and Health, as OPP
posed to Malaria and Death"
Several years ago 4 man by the name
of johnson came out to MinnerOtG.
He had never had any experience with
billiards, but the people all assured
him il he was ever caught out in such &
storm he wanted to hang on to tree II he
could find one. There were so many tree.
growing up in the country now, they said
that the storms had lost much of theil
force. They told him anybody could find
his way in storm if he could only
get 20 some trees. Shortly afterwards
while large biuish-graY blizzard wa:
tearing about the country, this mar
had occasion TO - 80 n neirhbor' 5 place
a mile or 50 distant With n calm
childlikc faith which twas beautiful fc
see 1Ir. Johnson cnt down a couple o.
/ small f.U.. trees. TOOK theu under hi.
arm, and walked outia,o tie unknown
tracbless storm. After he had wandered
three days and three niyAtsie ran onto
m aren't for nursery frozen stiff and
with over hundced trees in his wagon
Then Mr.. Johnson lost faith in trees
and lay down beside the AGENT H.
CaTruth ig Chicago TribuEs.