Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-03-28

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shosr flraf ~ - ~ life sos,th n tho aeypnth
porall1ls - eractfx ia. ana thia comprises the
hulk az mortality for the Whole az I)ukotA. for
the reason that IN The north half the storm came
III the nlvht DR. exrly II the mornInp. while In
the youth half It came In the Afternoon, Of a warm
pleasant winter day. the first since the new year
md too when nearly $4,000 peopsc were away
frosn their homes. ut the store. at school. and on
the prairie going to Of coming from market,
hauling hay, caring Tor stock. etc. The storm
WAS scvere and awful Ia it, destruction Of life.
That lbs human beings. many Of them school
1CU4I0fe0 0u0U1U PERISH IN the SHOW ana Storm. Is
/ ia catastrophe ana We an hope neyert to know
or til ike again. But why an editor Of a paper
whose mission above ali things il should be 70
ten the truth, should put at the bead q It's col
usnns IN big letters, "a Thousand Frozen TO
Death In Dakota Blizzard, and keep 1t there IL
past nnding out unless we believe in the doctrine
az total deprayity. ..Dakota's Blizzard" for
soothl Every Intelligent person knows that that
storm was one general iii III character, extend.
ing over the greater portion OF the Union, from
Tie lakes to the gulf, and from the mountains TO
ne atlantic coast: In so,ne localities II was
worse than In others /; here, owing to the many
favorable circumstances 1t was worse. Dakota
Il no more the mother Of Billiards than Is Maine
the mother Of presidents. The southern editor
crawling out Of the wreck OF his once after the
cyclone has passed swears the thing came from
Dakota, and the eastern editor after being dug
out Il j snow blockade and thawing himself out
writes to his paper. ..Great blizzard In Dakota.
One thousand froze to death. Eastern residents
will do well to think long before exchanging the
comforts Of the East, for the ice and snow Of
the Northwest And therein lies the meat Of
the nut. The wonderful progress and devotion.
ment Of the Northwest in general. and Dakota in
particular has excited the jealousy and envy Of
the sl0w-going dcnizens Of the barren East. and
with f~slsehoodthey seek TO harm the object Of
their Jealous hate. Buf il will avail them not
In spite OF falsehood and instrumentation in
spite Of bitter partisan opposition and maliciou.
detracttou. proud and prosperous Dakota vel
continues TO be one OF the rrandest gifts OF All
the gods TO men. II is agreat, = grand and MAJ
nincent country. Inhabited by AN energetic. In
tellircnt. sturdy and prosperous people
instlv prond ~ their adonted country and an