Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-08
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his land, on the morning of Nov. %.
Unloaded the Car and took the mules.
cattle, and poultry to a man living
near Doering's property and put up
there until Dosring appeared five
days later.
The thermometer registered about
80 in the shade, 1 think that the
day l struck MANAGES, and for three
or four weeks after 1 arrived there
was some pretty warm weather. Near
Christmas however the weather grew
preceptably cooler and one could not
wish for nicer weather in any CLINE
at any time. Several mornings be-
tween Christmas and New Years the
thermometer registered as low as AZ
which brot it down to only IL above
freezing. One morning during Jan.
l found that the mercury had sunk
to AZ above zero. During my first
weeks stay lea MANAGES I slept and
ate in a shack built of poles covered
with palm leaves. For some time
after Mr.. Doering had brot his family
and everything to his new farm or
plantation we lived in a large tent.
l slept in this tent during December
and the most of January. During
that time you people up in South
Dakota piled on all the extra covers
and quilts you had on your beds 1
suppose and kept the hard coal heater
red hot all the night along. On
Christmas morning before sunrise
l took a bath In a tub outside of the
tent where l slept. Did any of you
people up around Canton take q bath
out doors last Christmas morning? I
frequently took a bath, either In the
morning or In the evening, Some
times If the water had been standing
out in the open air over night and It
was decidedly cool in the morning.
Many mornings and evenings a coat
or sweater could be worn to advantage
and II n tired to get along without
putting on a coat or some such outer
garment q would feel quite chilly
and uncomfortable. Tho 1t may not
please land agents who are booming
Cuba as offering good opportunities
for homes for Americans from differ.
emit States, l will say that Cuba has
nothing to offer to the average Ameri-
can except a fine climate. A man
with good or even fair health, who
can withstand the rigors of the cold
winter Of the North can not better
himself in Cuba. On the other hand
II your health is poor, IL you are
troubled with chronic troubles
such as rheumatism cataarh,
asthma, neuralgia or any de-
sease Of that sort, I believe that a
permanent residence in Cuba might
help you. A cool breeze blowing over
the Island from the North West or
North East nearly every day, all the
year around tends to cool of the
atmosphere which might otherwise
become uncomfortably hot at times.
or course / have not been here during
the summer months, but people who
have lived here both summer and
winter, and who l believe spoke the
truth, told me that it did not get
much warmer during summer than In
winter that there vas more rain dur
ing summer, and that the rain showers
had a cooling effect on the athmo-
sphere together with the cooling effect
Of the breeze from the sea.
l might go on and write a lot more
about Cuba and some of my experiences
here this winter, but I I'M getting
tired Of writing and you my dear
readers are tired Of reading, SO l will
| bid you Buenas Noches Y Hasta La
Vista Thorsten Hotter.