Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-10
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/ Editor IDsmacru'
News Item. are rather scarce s0 will
send you = copy ~ letter from rrla-
tive Ia lirokcn B0v, Nebraska. The let
ter L. az follows:
| BRoETN Row, Mn. January pth, 'pl.
Dear Uncle u rvcsiVssi your long
| iooked for welcome letter yesterday. IL
la. been warm and pleasant here Ike
Indian summer. nearly all the time. We
have had no rain. On the 1t ~ Noyem-
her and December JOth a little snow that
seemed mOrr like frost than snow, was
.Oon gone. We hal heavy Wind DE
cembsr Jl.t that raised the dust ~ thick
that YOU could -. bat a short dlsiance.
II darkcne,l the sun and the air sas fllcd
With sticks aud straw that cut the face II
not protected. We put weight. on the
slack. to keep them down, bat .tlll We
lo.t about q month. feed. We have
Wind from the northwest once In while
called th. Manitoba wave. II !. soon
over. hut thi. seemed gale.
our cattle aud horses arr all out feed
ing a. they Ike either on the dried gra..
or .tubble, having been taken from the
pasture In very poor condition. They
arr now growing fat. The work horses
are doing we'll without grain, as they
arr also turned 0ut to get their own Nv
Ing. III. hogs are taking on the grain.
". wer. Ia hopes that the price ~ pork
would rice by thl. time bot u !. way
down, two aud two aud half ccuts per
pound Tor extra ones. some have killed
and packed nlce fat hogs, but What they
will do with them In the spring do not
know. our fowl are doing well aud
getting their own living.
Charlie. says be .aw children playing
ball the other day barcbeaded after sun
.et.
N We do not have rain or snow between
now and planting time II Will be of no
use "a put In seed, IN fact many of them
have not the seed Ia put In, but are TAX
log all they raised last year 10 live upon.
The county fund. In the treasury are he
Ing used To provide coal aud food for
the poor. They commenced about
Christms. aud have already expended
$500. What must n De- before springf
There seems Ia b. great distress all over
IA. country west ~ the Missouri on ac-
count of the drouih and failure IL crops.
sheriff. sale. at the How almost every
day. Those having claims on farmer.
are feeling unsafe and are taking what
they can aud selling to the highest BID
der. Everything goes cheap. .harle-
attended q sale the other day. lis -aw
good span of mules sold for 80. n
colt for slO; q good horse for go. lie
bought farm wagon, almost new, Tor
~ aud the money loaner. are taking the
farm. as they can. The farmer. are see
ing their land. passing Into the rich
men. hands and mostly the English.
Their, 4. great excitement. The Alliance
people are endeavoring to pass laws to
protest the farmer.
There I. much talk about the English
money lender. getting the land under
control and educating Englishmen Tor
th. future landlords. The Indians are
actually starving Ia the west of u.. The
government have not done A. they agreed
to do by them. They cannot sit still and
.tarye and II they raise the least objcc-
tIon they must suffer the consequence.
The soldiers (some of them are worse
THAN beasts. An acquaintance al the
Bow had q letter from lady there writ
ing that forty Who laid down their arms
we're told BY the commander To 90 to
certain place aud then the soldiers Killed
them all. An old Indian woman had a
number of grandchildren In tent,
whose father aud mother had been killed
lin the fight. The soldiers came To the
tent aud killed them all, she begging
for mercy with a babe In her arms.
do not wonder u We have q terrible Wal
but II cannot last long unless the lndian'
can exist In the Had Lands where some ol
them are now living on what they car
get by raiding parties.
Your loving niece.
FAR.