Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-05-12
oYpslEs IN JEOPARDY.

| r.hs sufferings of bweiierS Ah t~""
nurlng ahe Late Terrible storm
"A City IA the Night"
UIf you,ye any compassion In your hesrh
Mister, give us the use OF your static tonight
for our horsesl The blizzard was hard enough
ON us God knows; but this weather Is nearly
as badrn
swarthy, wrlnkled and tanned with the
heat of many summers was the man who male
this ptlful appeal 10 Lodi farmer last
Monday evening. Immediately behind him
stood two BOYS guarding string OF horses.
An around we're snow and slush, and the
lowering sky belokened impending tcmptuons
weather.
''Whatl You gypsles here al this seAsonf'
exclaimed the farmer lean, rugged, elder
ly man, after he had closely scanned hls petl-
TONER'S face by the aid OF an old-fashioned
dark lantern. "WhT you must be mad.
You surely don't mean TO camp out 10 lhls
stormi"
For reply the dreuchcd nomad pointed to a
wood at little distance, and there Ia clear
ing the farmer saw the blaze OF huge IRE
and heard the buzz Of many voices, aud al
once he knew that the gypsies, true to thelr
traditions, we're Drawing the tempest 10 the
omen air which they love so well He said
nothing, but drawing his slouehed hat well
over his face led the way 10 his stables, foi'
lowed BY the gypsy and his companions
An hour later the gypsles had nnlshed their
supper and were sitting around fires Ia the
tents. telling their experiences during the
late blizzard The ground on which they sat
was Uttered with straw aud Was comparative
=. av4 hsu We VasAiR AT
stagnant water aud beds Of treaeherous slush
which no device could render passahle. The
women and children lolIed on the straw
or sat on the shaft Of the wagons The tents
themselves were soaked with rain, and
steady dripping was heard 10 many places.
Altogether, 10 spite u ths ieaping flames, the
place looked TerJ comfortable and unhealthy,
aud one used 10 the shelter Of an orthodox
house could not help pitYing the apparent
wrctchedness OF the wanderers
But step inside aud listen few mlautes 20
their conversation. Unele John, Or Pop as
he Is familarlY called, Is the spokesman.
"Yes, I'm pretty old nos." he says and
never remembered such blizzard. igeaughs
US 10 East Newark We had only tent aud
a rigging Of lumber b~tseen Us and H. il'a
cheaper 10 live that wa ID vinter than 10
So a mouth. But as | wss saying when The
VI zzard struck us Il piled IN suoW al all sides
II the tent, and fur Lwn Whole days VIC Wereu't
ab 9 to 20 TO the stBgr fDF gOpl. Pretty hard
90 the children, ASST iti When We did gel
out YOU can bel wc came loaded.
"What about that Az ful ery you heard one
night PUpf asks a rotnrly toHpg W1fnsn,
Whose dark facs Was hnriy st 81 b. n eriHi
SOL shawl wHicn vas ElciuFesGuFly prapped
around her hraL Al The osusr4 prick W
thelr ears AZ bier WnEds aud gashrr eiusrit
around Pop. Evidently The subject i ons "
Intense Interest % them
Az. that was hUrsible. horrible saws tbr
old mao, win a slruilrr. s'ani II I tvr 10 ihs
age 81 one huFdr-d llt never f1rgrE Il. I
WAS irving 10 srt v Ok u sleep bat awful
NuudA Ht us Whrn 81 denlf, ab1Ta tbs raar
Of The storm heard i1uf mlln ~ azpag
snd then 10 help started up srI
listened. AgAtn the erl esfns i5airg aal
With mHFs despair 10 IL. | kh bs VI CO
then. II va thLt - rW pi mA7 shpta {
knew we'll. I ~ 81 hard 10 HgEI tuF NE %
HIM q rpIgh the blludlna supw. a. n rs no
u-e. Beslrs. he gave q D cry NJ alter q hle
sud no r0s n rsFtb FauEi hayr f1NHsi hIml
In q N IN ~ search rHs mad but nllh.
ting cams mE 10, anil, ~ 'pr - sunut b. otl
man Ia Z u bura1 HnStsr 3 sBGw dr H. ills
name, believe ~. G1Ha o. Ug scanueli tue
o. me- biz wa aim " jut n .
frnbah 80 - gss III Hrylca W-re more
exPassd - De FFent 81 kzari fhsa IN ihea
Han.lS who are Enuwn a. fyrafra art almost
eertttUis non sufF stsi = from b rIrtgt
Of n This tuay 80 n s,fa1Er, bot 10 nuHr
thr less tru. EEatt, hos many gypa E.
wee 0tt Ia a1Ow driir4 will no spt arvrr
b. kua rs Gnibu ltlly there y some 10 .
Of M Even allowing tina he mainfEf had
not YET srlt tltlr winter glsFFsrs ts 4 certain
that man. tad brg gun q { r sRaah migration.
and TIE chtur aFs that not . feW w. 10
caught In III. n zxufL But The d., era Ia
tents, s0rrlg Inc nv uisncrl % Lh.v were did
nut suffer ns musft ~ khy dWsllpFs 10 frame
an brown atnHp hOn8aA
Fall ~ re'1rF - the dpisI The stbrrp
aud when u b aup lts worst 10 them wsng
On their vas ~ tiHrutrsrne Nv ~ Fvsr. Thslr
little children and VEIN Col lacked f1ai
shelter and DRY cloth ne. ia their stnrig
health WA M whit impaired On that arc1gns.
Injured 10 hnrishir4, they smlr at All trraAs
Of the wralhFr. UHiv hsu alIah aHd rain
are abundant ~ they wrrG this week, a.
they complain % their los aud sigh f1r th~
Enphlr DAYS ~ summer Api when The ann.
neT comes - The thousands whu Sigh fsy 4
now. and they aAk one another. 'sNhrrs IL
Uncle 40 AMI 40" OF .iiaw dd tie Oh man
weather tie now laAs sintsrt' nad thr an.
sWrr comes The blizzard carried hifn ~ u
then AMI then only. will theY knnw how
many pf their number are thr Hutimrr Y Vie
Tins Of the terrible storm. Asg fgrk HfgaA