The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-03-03
A SIGH FOR THE SUNNY SOUTH.
A Louisiana Lady In Dakota ssHome.'s

a welI>known Louisiauiau with bis
family left homo aud settled In Dakota
Territory some five years ago. The
Item Is permitted to make the follow.
ing really touching extract from let.
ter recently received from the gentle.
mans wife, written on the 10th inst.,
to relative in this city:
"Dear-There Is sgaiu q prospect Of
letter reaching its destination after tt
Is written. We were made glad BY
the sight Of a passing train this morn
ing. So much Of the time during this
awful, d,JW winter the roads have
been blockaded for days and weeks at
a time. The feeling Of isolation from
tho outside world ts such . dreary feel.
ing, and will bring on the blues In
spite of good resolves to the contrary.
You would never realize the feeling
unless you could experience II. AA
not cruel enough to wish you might.
The sun, too, is shining out so bright
aud warm the snow has thawed con-
siderably, and to-day we eau eco =
small patch Of ground here aud thsre,
instead of dirty snow. The contrast 10
decidedly pleasant and cheering.
1 try TO school myself Ia this country
not to look ahead, but to live only In
the present, making the most Of the
little bright spots which one can always
tind II she will. But this winter has
certainly been the severest test my
courage has over had. So long, 90
dreary, aud oh so bitter cold (!
You no doubt got full accounts of the
blizzard that visited US as we'll q 20
many other prats OF the country. II
was mtd-wtnter cyclone. Nothing
else describes 1t we'll, for It camo Up
Just rs sudden aud with similar roar.
ing noise, only II lasted so long. The
carly morning was mild but cloudy. It
had stormed all the previous day and
furtousiy, the wind being In tho south
and not very cold, but showing con-
tinuously. In the morning everything
was quiet, mild but cloudy. In the
west the clouds had peculiar lnky
! appearance. About IL O'Clock this
roaring noise was again hoard, and al
most instantly the storm burst, bring
ing all the snow blown In ths opp osiss
direction the day before, back again.
The wind coming now from the
northwest, 1t began growing colder i'm.
medialely, and before night, TO leave
tho house, meant to battle for oue's
life. The snow was so binding, and
being frozen hard, stuDg 40 kesnly that
one would lose his bearings, aud m any
got lost In Just going out to the barns
to look after the stock.
1t fully equalled any description va
have either read or heard of OF former
bliZzards which we thought so greatly
exaggerated. No lives lost imme-
dateiy around us, but II large number
in the territory.
We have II great deal Of wind most
Of tho time, sometimes blowing for
several days together. We shall smile
to hear them called '.blizzards' here
after, We really have lost all desire
to see a,l0ther."
TO give n proper conception OF tho
winter conditions described, II must
be stated that tho writer Of the above
enjoys all the benefits Of fine home,
supplied with heaters from the cellar
up, and lives in populous town,
What, then, must be the sufierinHs o
the isolated farmers and immiRrants
not posse ssing oil tho modern appit,
anccs to comfort?-N. O. city Item.