Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-14
Another Interesting Epissie on Current
Topics The Weather. The
sersan; Girl Question.
And Chambers.
Jack Frost nips Everything but his
Appetite He Sheds Tears
And Wants q Wheel
Barrow, Etc.

lLLUsTRIo-s SIRs: - We have
been enjoying q spell of weather up
here since nv last, which was very
touching indeed; Yes, it touched a
number of my toes, a few fingers
and my nose; the mercury fell in the
well, and have not been able to get
it yet; it must be drowned by this
time. The wind playeda very mean
trick on the Hired Man by hiding my
wagon and load of hay under about
ten feet of snow, but / got even; I
just took a shovel and threw the
blasted stuff away.
A couple of Norwegian friends
dropped in to see me a few days ago
and that We had a jolly time goes
undisPuted. 1t Was very cold. so |
urged them to stay all night, and
they did, Have got but one bed. 50
We three bunked together; one of
the boys snored by note while the
other one dreamed that he was at
home talking with his wife. As l
said before, the night was very cold,
and as they snored and talked great
%icicles formed on their moustaches:
so when they arose in the morning
they broke off the icy pendants and
cast them TO one side on the floor.
Imagine my surprise, after my visit
ors had gone and | had stirred the
fire and the room had warmed up. TO
hear some talking and snoring going
on over in the corner. | looked
around, and there were these cast-oH
~icicles just thawing out and coming
to life. | put the fire out as quickly
as possible and opened the doors and
windows in order TO save as much of
the freak as | could, and now have
what was left in cold storage with a
view to exhibiting them, along with
my whiskers, in some set in the
sweet bye and bye.
Am very glad there are no can
nibeis in this country, not thatssI fear
they might pick me up for a holiday
roast, because if | was to be rendered
out now there wonldn't be found fat
enough to grease the hind wheel of a
Waterbury watch, but | am afraid
they might mistake me for a walking
toothpick with whiskers, and that
would be awful.
Had some very bad luck the other
day; put a pair of shoes in the over
to warm and forgot them, and they
baked Am not easily overcome,
but this latest affection was too much
for my poor souls TO bear, and dear
friends | am mortified to tell it, but
l broke down completely and gave
forth a yell that Jared the stove pipe
down, causing the room to ell with
smoke, and then l just did cry, /
couldn't help it; and it is such a re-
lief to know that loving friends are
ever so ready to condone ones little
weaknesses, you know.
This living alone isn't a bit pleas
ant, and if | had taken a dear friends
advice, given last year, | might have
been doubled up now, but | didn't,
and now the girls gone with another
man. However, | have turned ever
a new leaf, and it is a gilt edge leaf
too; it is about played out, this mend
ing old clothes and turning dirty
buds inside out.
The last supply of goods sent me
foom town was: a sack Of -four, a Jug
Of kerosine, six boxes Of sheol on
sticks, a pound of coffee, two pounds
of smoking tobacco, and a quarters
worth of sugar to sweeten with, so
you see the Hired Man lives high for
all the hard times.
Ny every day menus will average