The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-07-09
FROM NEBRASKA.
Scenes and Occurrences IncideD-
tai to Travel In the West.


To the Editor Of The SENTINEL:
Continued from last week.
The Sunday after my arrival at
Hemingford being Children s Day,
we made ready to go to church.
did not at all want to go as it was
extremely warm, but my sister-in-
law seemed to think | must not lose
tae opportunity of going to church
in sod house. My little niece was
to take part in sthe exercises made
another reason for our going. We
were little too early as we thought
the exercises were to be held at two
and the hour was half-past two.
However, | was well entertained by
what / saw from the window, ar
irving early giving us the choice OF
seats, we took one by window. AS
there are only four windows in this
church, window seats are very de-
sirable. The first thing that at
tracted my attention was a bicycle
race. l could only see the start; do
not know about the finish. Next
was a horse race. Three horses,
with young lads, started off together.
One came to grief. This was fol-
lowed by a bicycle and a boy running
along together, The boy was doing
nobly when they passed from my
sight. But to me the lstrangest
sight of all was man on horseback
driving 'goodly bunch of cattle :"
along to church. He left them out
side to Craze when he entered the
church, sitting where he could watch
that they didn't stray away. ! was
told that this was no uncommon oc-
currence.
The exercises were very good in
deed, tho my attention was some
what divided, for sitting near the
window the gnats apparently found
me tempting bait, nibbling my ear
constantly, tho was continually
numbering them.
The air is very hot and dry and
oh, so windy! I've wandered into
the cyclone cave to find cool, quiet
place in which Ito write: this morn
ing was in the granary, but when
/ went this afternoon | found
strangers there getting wheat.
The farmers in this part of Ne
braska nearly all live in sod houses
which are Familiarity called ''soddies.
Indeed l do not see how one coule
i've at all comfortably in farm
house in these dreadful windy
prairies or tablelands. These
''soddies" are not at all the poverty
stricken places that the name i'm
plies; but cool and comfortable il
summer, their thick walls maxi
them warm in winter. Being bu
one story in hight they are Otter
spared when taller frame hous
would be blown away
The other day my sister came in
to my room to see if didn + want
drive over the prairies. I,of course
said yes. While making hast.
preparation, the horse ran ava
with my little niece in the cart. NJ
brother caught the wheel, holdin
on until she managed to get on
under the seat of the cart. We ra
out from the house just in time t
see each of them getting up fror
the ground in woeful sort of way
while Bess was madly runnin
around on plowed ground. 500
the lines became tangled around tn
cart wheel which stopped her ma
career. After repairing the damag
we started again, only this time tn
little girl did not go. Over tn
prairies we went, the sky black froI
horizon to zenith, being lighte
occasionally with vivid flashes
lightning. There was an occasion;
low rumble of distant thunder. A
the storm was near we did not at a
try to check the speed of the fer.
nervous horse, but went on as fa'
as we could 90, our object being
bring in a young calf before I'll
storm came When we found it
climbed out rwhile my brother a
tempted to put the calf in the car
He had tried to bring it home
Bess back about half an honr befol
to which she had objected so stron!
ly that he was forced to give up ar
go after the cart. Now she objectt
strongly again, rolling back her ey'
in spite of my firm hold on Il
bridle. She MANAGED to see Il