Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-03-17
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We have 70 chronicle is ;he E,es. .lss
Of life 90 the Northern pac;acs
branch railway tha, runs. walks
TO and from Linton. During the
blockade a snow-plow vas e. al
work on the branch. |, was Of the
rotary brand. When it go. a-going
real lively it began tossing up what
were supposed to be old ties that
had been taken out and lef, along
side the track. Closer examination,
however showed that the supposed
ties were frozen men. They had
started to town during the deep
snow, and could only travel along
the track, for which travel in these
parts the public-spirited and char
liable railway people make no
charges. A few were returning from
town. As the poor fellows fell in
the snow. overcome by the cold.
which for week was 93}. degrees
below Cairo. they were quickly Gov.
cred with the white mantle, and
there they laid until discovered in
the startling manner above related.
One poor man with q sanity smile
on his features held with q vieelike
grip piece Of paper which. on ex-
animation, proved to be a Record
receipt for subscription year in
advance. He had just paid up, and
was, with clear conscience, on his
way to his happy home. He now
has the most ornate harp and the
safest and best-feathered pair Of
wings of any among the angelic
band. Peace to his ashes. We will
hunt him up first thing when we ar
rive. The bodies Of the folks who
were SO suddenly and wholesalely
frozen are piled up at various points
along the right-of-way. and as soon
as they are entirely thawed they will
be cremated. there being semi
annual appropriation made by the
legislature for the purpose Of de-
stroying the many frozen bodies
every spring, so that there may be
no epidemic of typhoid fever and
SIGH as the result of decay.
Where there is from seventy to
eighty feet Of snow on the level each
nter-this statement is also ION
the level unusual methods are
required to keep on top Of it, and
much curiosity prevails in the east
as to how 1t is done. Every farmer
has large number of jackscrews.
When the first snow falls. along in
the middle of August. the house and
other buildings are at once lacked
to the top oft. and in this way after
each succeeding snow fall. The
same is true Of rural roads and ur-
ban streets. They are lacked up to
keep them on level with the
houses. Take Broadway, the prin-
cipal avenue Of Linton. for instance.
A month ago, after frequent appli.
cations of the immense power Of the
jacks, the street named was much
higher than the telephone and tele-
graph poles. In midwinter the
houses and streets are an astonish-
ing sight to eastern visitors. When
the snow melts in June the Jack
screws are not required. as the
streets and structures promptly set
tie as the snow melts. Would that
delinquent subscribers would take
their cue from the structures and
streets.)
Another drawback of the winter
weather is the effect it has on the
output of the blind pigs. To the
man from the etfete or four fee,
civilization of the east, who has beer
IN the habit of pulling his inspira
ton from the neck Of q bottle. i
seems odd to go into a speak-eas!
and purchase his conversation ex
tract by the pound. Yet that is tn,
usual form in which alcohol. brand
and whisky are handled in thes