The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-06

the hateful hog, especially the fatt,
sections, but now 1t tasted sublime
could have eaten candles with en-.
thuslasm Then the household con.
uensed itself and gace us a sorne,
TO sleep in. No Thanksgiving oln.
bursts were ever so sincere as mine
when turning into that corner. with
the howl of the outwitted storm
Sill heard outside. Thought of the
audience that had gathered over al
Sta.kweather, wondering where was
The lecturer but | felt no regret
II was so much better in the warm
lair Of the Russian than frozen stiff
IN lone snow bank.
''We had gotten about half on
the way, and wandered miles out of
the way The next mocning we fol.
lowed the railroad, driving between
the rails after finding it, and got
ahto Weaver, catching Great
Northern train to Lakota, This drdv.
ing on the railroad is the pleasing
custom of the snowbound traveller
IN this section, and is, am told.
pumshable by fifty dollar fine
learned that the night before
while we were shipwrecking. three
men driving on the track north of
here were struck by a. train from
the rear only one escaping That
man | met on the train the next
day. Notlhnlg ever happens me, that
could not be worse.
And the refinement of exaspera-
iuon came over the wires when
F, got in call of Starkweather. The
500 train had gone on to Egeland
the Farmers train had waited three
quarters Of an hour until II arrived
wanted on me. Had | staid on that
train, all this would not have been
"ritten'But learned the great les
Isoh-a proper appreciation of n
Dakota winter and the great fact
uhat there Is no place like home
Se IL even Russian cottage. These
nihe hours of hufferng were passed
IN weather twenty-five below
"Let me complete the week. The
next might, Saturday, was at North
wood. The coast Great Northern
train to take me there got so late
II was called off somewhere I'm Mon
tana. / could Iget TO Larimore at
seven in the evening, and be with
in fifteen miles or Northwood. I
had quite enough of driving and
called up the Great Northern SUI
perintendem at Grand Forks, laid
the case before, him and asked for
an engine to run me down from
Laldmore He said it would be inn
possible for them to do that al any
Trice, owing 10 the road blockade.
but 1t was 50 short drive that
could get there with a team I
phoned a Larimore liveryman who
said he certainly could get me to
Northwood in an hour, as the
roads were well broken, as the deal
was made for him to meet me from
the seven train.
"And again the liyeryman and
superintendent hadn't figured with
the weather. Thirty minutes out
of Larimore the liveryman lost his
way, lost his nerve, and turned
around to go back and give up
the trip. Then my wrath arose. 1t
was too much to miss two consecu-
bVe dates. He stiffened up, faced !
about and then went into a DRIFT
with a bump hat proke off the
tongue connections This repaired.
we felt our way house to house
bhe houses were closed here, and
got into Northwood after ten O'Clock |
The audience had sat waiting since
eight o'clock and the reception they |
gave me and the way they listened
to midnight lecture shows the
warm hearts and the colossal endur-
ance OF the Northwest population
"As | write this the Thermometer
outside stands at fifteen below, the
sun is shining, 1t seems like sum- |
mer has returned, For this cold is
not the damp cold OF Ohio One does
not shfver here. The abr is so drv |
the ordinary cold is bracing. It I, |
The melciless, cutting wind thai |
kills.
winter Is sen,ous business
along where we touch the Canadians |
You first go outdoors and the feel |
Of the air is agreeable. You look
at the thermometer--a Thermometer
Is one OF the main front-door dec |
oraulons, and II reads twenty-five
below. Surely there Is some mistake.
1t feels better than an Ohio zero |
A square down the street one ear
cries out. Two squares down your |
nose gets an awful squeeze as II |
caught in the door. 1t plugs up and |
you seem TO be inhaling hot vine |
gar. Then you turn corner and |
the wind hits You. One blow and |
You hand in your resignation. If
you don't seek shelter and rub that |
nose It soon quits hunting, but 1t