St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-24

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aed sweet p a as e a the ' rose
and violet lie wrapped up
there, resting in security and peace,
without fear of the blizzard, waiting to
be wakened and called forth by the gen.
tie touch and sweet voice of spring.
Don't think the home in the blizzard an
unhappy and dreary one. 1t you will
come in about the time you think it the
bluest, you will find the teakettle sing
ing songs that would delight the heart
of Widow MaCree, and you will be
more apt to run against
A CHAUTAUQUA CIRCLE,
competing for the garnet seal, than you
will anything like sadness and mourn
ing over hard and dreary lot. Chau-
tauqua circles have become so popular
and numerous in DakOta.o that they
organize with only one member. 1t you
were going over the prairie on snow
shoes, not dreaming there was sod
shack around, it would be nothing sur
prising to break though drift and
tumble On to single fellow burning his
midnight oil presiding over circle.
But you may ask, suppose people are
not in this happy condition with fuel,
food and shelter when the storm comes?
What captain would undertake to cross
the ocean without knowing his ship was
well supplied with everything for long
and stormy voyage? The captain on
If he does, he takes the chances of ship
wreck and starvation in his own hands,
and invites his own destruction. Every
one is told in the Bible to prepare for
heaven or they will land in hades-a
BLIZZARD OF FIRE
instead of snow. And the fate of the
five virgins who failed to provide oil
before darkness came on is given as
an example of negligence. How could
a man be foolish enough to expect to
pass delightful winter in Dakota,
and enter into the joys and pleasures
of the blizzard, without preparing for it?
What else has he got to do, and what is
he here for?
When prepared and equipped, Dakota,
as winter resort, lays over them all.
To use the most fOrcible language, and
that of the times-''it scoops the
bakery" When it is winter it is
winter, and you know what to pre-
pare for; and this season comes every
twelve mOnthS-there is nothing uncer-
tain about it. 1t don't come once in
three or four years, as it does in some
countries, OF when you are not look
ing for it. 1t don't come up like
thunder cloud and then blow away and
fool you; leave you to run around in
January to sacrifice your nice fur coat
for linen buster. You don't hear of
any failures in business and going into
bankruptcy because merchants lay i'll a
stock for winter and then there is no de-
mand for it. A certainty in business or
n al fa 10 nx,nrufGinr
You know what is coming; get fixed
only in your lamp, but roll in barrel of
kerosene so as to be dead sure for the
worst and longest. After this organize
your Chautauqua circle. And if you
don't want to take an active part in it
yourself, get some one to read to you,
and there is
NO PLACE ON EARTH
to spend winter like Dakota. In the
course of time all these beauties and adj
vantages will be more fully developed
and brought out, and Dakota will be
the most popular winter resort on
the globe. The idea of people
spending hot summers in the North,
and then 60 off down South and spend
hot winter. Variety is the spice of life.
To have it healthful and just right, the
people South should come North and
spend the winter and reap the advan-
tage brought about by the change of
seasons. 1t would be just as sensible
to have winter the year round as sum-
mer. Only winter would be the most
agreeable. should vote for continual
winter if it were not necessary to let up
long enough to raise something to eat,
so we could enjoy sitting still to eat it.
BUDD REEVE.
A POSTSCRIPT.
am not as familiar with all parts of
the Bible as l should like to be, and as
my wife wishes were-but there is one
story in itas clear to me as daylight. In
fact, was brought up almost entirely
on this portion of the good book. 1t was
she bears destroyed forty-twO children
for hooking the prophet Elisha. This
illustrated story was put in my hands
about the time | was able to talk, and
kept there until the book was worn out
by handling.
There must have been 100 verses in
the whole story. One ended as fol-
lows:
''Some little children Knocked and said,
Look at Elisha's old bald head
The first picture represented Elisha,
tired and weary, approaching the city
of Bethel. Around him was great
swarm of youngsters making up faces
and throwing mud, and hOOting at him.
They appeared to be just out of school
for noon.
The next picture represents Elisha
a little ways off, facing the children,
talking to them, (the book says he was
cursing them). Way in beyond the
children, in the east, two bears could
just be seen coming out of the woods.
Elisha
SEEMED TO BE GOING WEST.
The next picture was striking con-
trast between the punishment of sin
and the reward of goodness. 1t repre-
scented Elisha just entering beautiful
bower. All around were blooming
flowers and beautiful shade trees filled
with singing birds. Elisha quenches his
thirst at clear spring of water and lies
down to rest. But in full sight of him
there is terrible scene in the city of
Bethel. The bears are engaged
in their terrible work of dis
limb to limb. Everybody is out trying
to drive the devouring brutes away ex,
cepting Elisha-he sleeps right along
and pays no attention to them. 1t don't
seem to be any more trouble for the two
bears to dispose of forty-two children
than it would for two toads to swallow
twenty-one flies apiece. The next pict-
ure is a continuation of sadness in Beth
ell. Homes are desolate and many pa
rents are heart-broken because they did
not know how to raise family of chill
dren any better-while Elisha is repre-
sented as passing on his empowered way
followed by birds singing; and just be-
yond him, in the golden West, is flood
of silver sunshine.
You may want to know whether 1 be-
lieve this Bible story to be true. most
certainly do
BELIEVE EVERY WORD OF IT,
and [ could believe more if it was told
there. And if the people down East
don't quit hooking at Dakota, and
making up faces, and telling lies, and
will G,,I