Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-06

can reform him, and she puts his re-
gard for her against the tug OF the
gravitation of appetite in him, and
thinks that the rushes of love can
stop the flood of desire for booze. She
makes a mistake, that is all; and
when she shall have become convinced
that he is hopeless case, and she Is
wholly disillusioned and cursed, and
hates him for his cruelty to her and
his beastly ways, shall she be CONS,
PEELED to live with scurvy cuss? Not
by a long shot. Give her chance.
Do not chain her forever to brute.
THE BLIZZARD.
[Iowa State Register.1
This is the blizzard-the twin broth
err of the summer cyclone, the air DEM
on of the great north country, an aer-
ial tyrant, born amid the snow peaks
and eternal glaciers, 10000 feet in the
air-a kissing, bowling, seething dead
ly, combination Of cyclone, snow and
intense cold, leaping without warning
from it's mountain aerie and sweeping
over the peaceful plains OF the fow-
lands Just as Italy in the olden time
was overwhelmed by the Goths, Van
dals and Huns, Of the north. Ever
caught in one? WE'LL pray that you
never will be. 1t is calm and pleasant,
and you are going to your home two
miles away. The sun shines; no
thought of coming peril. low and
distant roar catches your attention,
1T is from the northwest. You first
think it is a freight train. 1t grows
louder. On the northwest horizon is
fast rising a dark. misty ridge OF
cloud apparently rolling over on the
ground. Flee, man, If you can; 1T Is
your last chance! On 1t comes with
the speed of the fast mail. In three
minutes it is here. Temperature drops
go degrees and sixty-mile gale fills
the air with broken ice, pulverized
snow and dust. 1t blinds you. You
cannot see ten feet. In two minutes
Won are hopelessly lost. Hair, eye
brows, whiskers, ears, coat sleeves ana
neck are soon filled full. twenty-five
below zero, two miles from home ana
freezing to death. Neither man nor
beast can live exposed to it. Hun
dreds have thus persisted, gently
rounded mound of ice packed drift the
sole indication when it Is over where
death by the blizzard entombed the
unlucky traveller. Not often do they
come. but when forecasted take 10
chances.
OLD TIME BLIZZARDS.
WESLEY Cor. in Algona Republican,
TUESDAYS storm was a reminder of
some of our old time billiards. that the
pioneer settlers here remember took
place in the early eighties when we did
not have a train thru on the Milwau-
kee road for four weeks. Coal and flour
became scarce in Wesley and hay was
resorted to to take the place of coal
for fuel. We remember we'll that
car load of flour shipped from the
Charles City mills for Wesley was
showed in at Garner and teams were
sent from here for couple of loads
of it. Part of one of the loads sue
ceeded in reaching Wesley, the other
was all solt out to farmers along the
way. One teamster said every man he
met wanted a sack of flour He eX-
nlained that he could not sell any, but
everyone took sack and rendered him
the money and he had to let 1T 60
When the railroad was opened our
dealer could not get coal on account OF
the railroad sending it all to stations
west and all our appeals for coal were
In vain. Finally every train that stop
ped here with coal on was raided by
our citizens. The coal was thrown on
into wagons and hauled home. 1t got
so that trains with coal on would not
stop. but go thru at the rate of 40
miles an hour. We shall always re-
member one day there was snow
pillow came running thru to clear of
the track for a train loaded with coal.
Just about when the pillow got to where
Sexton is now it jumped the track and