Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-06-07
RE-UNIT
A story of the blizzard, Nov. 18th,
I'm, 1856.

mOnln Oh NONcmDGG. up 10 lnat Time
men worked out doors in their shirt
sleeves and women continued to wear
sunbonnets just as IN midsummer.
But the 10th dawncd cold and gray,
and the wind, which is always astir in
this section of the country, was sharp
and keen. Still nobody expected Il
storm of great severity. as a raw.
cloudy day is not infrequent at this
season of the year, and just as fire..
qucntIy it comes and goes UNDECIDED.
save to cause one TO put on an ex-
ira garment for the day and lay it
aside aga on the morrow when the
sun shines out brightly as ever. But
then, no one n this slipshOd west
ever does expect Il storm ill It comes
on and tindS them unprcparod. Some
way the .dea that the winters are not
going to be severe and don't open up
TIL late is 50 fixed in the brain Of the
average settler. that he wouldn't be
ready for cold weather If it didn't be-
= IL.
il comes and finds Them mann NO
oh, what Il rustlng there is to fix
things up n little for the cold snap.
Done, declare! who'd thought
winter d set in right way so
soon.
The more shiftless never make any
provision for their cattle during The
severe weather unless il be a Straw
stack for them to stand against in ease
Of 2 BLIZZARD. Al other times they
are .xrec,,.l n ru.,lr thrir Iivirr on
the lg,ta,o cra,.. Tpi. = short
wccl. r-.wrI which ! roupr,r,y hn.
N-yrl :, contain an civ ,rlritior.
s-.>.s,r.. ..r ,r- animal. Many nf
lie r..- Creatures j g Of slary.lion
su. ,-.>. which go Dlsn, re. f., mil
.lrys-a r.... 81 noo- d.. .n-.-., that il
lake. .g-,.. f rr-r,I ,ls-.i ,r :,g.,Iar
10 Cas-, q ye,,.c.....f,e shadow
Ga Tia, Iar.iru.ar ,Ia.. il dill NOT
cIyavC a, il VA, e-\lsc,eJ. on The con.
lrar The .auJs Lecame drn,er rs th..
day wore on. the wind ro,r 70 = ncr.
feet yale, and Toward ui0ht = sIcctv
rain set in.
Its GOING IA II, q had ni.,ht mo,h-
er. What Mil we do with Cborry' :
calfg 'Twon't do IN LET il sI,rI ,,,l -
said Julian Ashley comiuv rrrr ,Ln
stable whrrn Lr had be.n '.Inin,r tho
chores " lust At nipb1faII nm tina mer.
CRADLE l6In.
even hayo tn mt il in ,ha hook
room IN ,hr b.n.hau,e fin we c.n oar
a place fixed" REPLIED the motLrr
III come and helm, :
Thnre ,rn ,.ut,l1,. ovoon,io,r 90 .
rule. and Mrs. Ashley WA. ihe eyren.
t on TO the General ru}e Of shjfrIessness
in her nriGbrorhood Her nrirhhors
claimed that this WAS dine IN Lar norL-
ct-bouk beinr better fIlrd th,n mir.
but when did IaZ ness rvnr f,iI IN W.
vent an excuse behind which lo screen
itself? The fact of her uur.e boIuC
LONGER than the r. was dine TO her nroo
Yidiur food and shelter for h.r stork =
which is the greatest ,ourre of rnvcnuo
on a cluim-ihus INCREASING The ou,Iit
and Jojn.r AWAY with tho Ios.es whioI,
IMPOVERISHED her ueirhbors
The cuIf HAVING hrrn .nducod with
many "Sool boss G." "Huay there -
and an occasional twist of it, corJoI
appunday. to enter thn dark Lan-bousn
and allow itself tn hr tied IN tho cop,
ter post, Mrs Ashley took n finI sur
yev Of the animals in tho ,h4Js nnI
stables TO see that MI wern ,s romfor.
table rs ,hcy cnu}I Inc nr,Jr undnr tho
circumstances t|,,n shc and JuIion
each carried in = scurlIr of coal cIny.
cd the door and nnlInJ ,hr rY" hcfNro
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