The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-30
Some Interesting Spook Rappings.
Spook, So. OAK,
Dec. Goth, 1909

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You maylconcludes
from the above addressIthat / have.
| crossed the river Styx and am now
confined to the abode Of the shades
and. .lestI yons should be thus misled
I will endeavorlto explain, for do
not want to so.Igood man as
self 90 wrong. Spook is the
latest of Uncle Sans repositories
in this vicinity, and though it may
produce a nervous shock hence
forth please address your paper SO.
The name must..snot suggest the
characterIof the communitylfor we
are all members.' ofithef flesh and
blood brotherhoodiand as hale and
hearty as.anyI bunch of honyokers.
The post Office bears the name
of the creek upon which it is locat-
led. Just why or whenlithat body
Of water was!iso s.christened is
matter of prehistoric interest that
might be referred to Doane Robin
son though fear his historical acu-
men would be baffed in the attempt
to solve the problem. Atsany rate
the post office is a great accommo-
dation to the body of homesteaders
in the vicinage as it brings the ont
side world nearer by from eight to
fifteen miles and that is a matter
of some Importance on a stormy
day.
We landed here in a prairie
schooner on Oct. 25sh, having made
the journey overland from Rapid
1 City-a distance of 125 miles. We
had no mishaps and with the ex-
ception of one or two stormy days
/ found the journey very pleasant.
/ We carried camping outfit with
us and pitched our tent every night
but one when we found shelter in a
road house.
h / had come UP here in August
and erected sod hut SO we soon be-
gan housekeeping in the little old
sod shanty on the claim. The first
/ two weeks after our arrival the
weather was as fine as could be de-
sired. We were getting things shap.
ed up when without any warning
there came blast from the north
west and before it had blown itself
out about seven inches of the beau.
tiful was lying on the sod. 1t was
like dropping man into barrel
Of ice water in dog days But no
sooner had we caught our breath
than the south east wind took up
the strain and deposited few inch
es more of white water crystals and
since that time until the last two
days the storms have alternated
northwest and southeast with only
day or two of interruption.
Now you can imagine what all
that meant to poor simple folk who
had been living in the midst of all
the conveniences of modern civil
zation and yet strange to say we
were never healthy as we are at the
present time. The simple life seems
to agree with US amazingly. 1t GER
tainly is simple matter to get out
when the mercury is Is or 20 below
and draw up load of wood or hay
but somehow I failed to read ol
that in any of the books or periodi
} Gals that print glowing tales o
homesteading. However we are
heresand can't get away so we are
making the best Of the situation
and can conceive conditions tha
might be infinitely worse. From
f reports such as I read in the Citi
zen Republican we are not having
it worse than in the eastern part of
the state. None of our trains havt
: been tied up and there has been
:, no interruption of communication
: because of wires being down. w
+ may have some such troubles an.
d other year but at present we ar.
# free from them. We have had n
d blizzards and while the snow fal
9 has been unusually heavy for 8,