Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-10-26
correspondence
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kAMPEskA AND RIcHLAND.

weather, even for the Dakotas. oc-
Cured here Wednesday night. Thurs
day and the cold wave continued
Friday. Wednesday evening the writ
er peeiIed out 70 size NE the storm
about $50 o'clock and ha could hard
IN tsIl Whether il was October or
January By the feel and look Of ey-
ergiiaS outside at that time TIE
next morning Is one awoEe and Jock
ed out Oh the window everything ap.
peaTed almost as In dead Of the win
Ter. All opera ions aGcId were At q
slanaSi 8be pl0gs looSipE Iks they
were rs far IS they would get this
fail The corn fields not al all invit.
ing IN appearance Wi2at potatoes
YER unfortunate as 10 be left in the
field bade good bye to all hopes of
digging. The cattle in the pastures
called fer help or hied TO the barn
and sheds and other feed
The chickens bumped up back OF
things, or were gathered into the fold.
The hogs arched their backs and
grIIsed their dissatisfaction. The
cats sadly picked their way amidst
The drifts. The horses paved half
Eaaa because OF the cold and storm
and because we slept a little late and
thu declared their feeding. The larks
and swallows took q straight shot for
Arkansas and Oklahoma. The spar
rpxs chiypsd and cusssd as they noted
the stray wheat kernels buried be.
meath snow The mosquitoes stopped
their drilling machinery until 1917.
The stock ny f1nsanest thing under
the skv@ said good bye 10 the old
cow Wow and with q sigh hunted
sp q place 10 die, nobody TO cry. The
grub rolled VI e and the angle worm
dug for the subsoii. The wild fowl
hurried southwark. The thunder
purlpsr sleeping standing among the
weeds and slough grass dreamed OF
Iceland and Greenland and Hammer.
fest, Norway; of fields of snow and
ice and 10, behold, when he awoke his
dream was indeed true and lifting up
his powerful wings like the aeroplane
OF Baxter Adams he turned his rud-
der toward the great lake. the mighty
kampeska, that he might drown his
troubles in an iced draught from her
! tinted BOSOM and wash the snow
and ice from his feathers in the white
capped waves that dashed the rocks
on her border.
The telephones OF the city buz2ed
with orders for soft and hard coal.
The farmers hustled their old horses
onto the wagons and shit the pike
for the coal bins. The country school.
marin tried to start her fire with the
dust and dirt of last years supply OF
fuel, while the nearest director rad
down the road with a hod full in a
gunny sack to help her warm the kid
dies. Old 1eggings, caps and mittens
and coats many were into service
pressed. Old overshoes? All, yes in.
deed, some than had not been used
for years ere found a wading the
drifts on Thursday last.
Yes, mister, 1t hit us hard and sud.
den and for a time looked like win.
tel. had ONT for sure. Some places
in the road to Il little city the
drifts were two or three feet deep
and several places we noted where
shovels had been used to get through.
Fol- considerable of the distance q
bob sled would run tip top. But as
we write. after day OF old Soils
genial smile and a balmy southwest
breeze, the appearance of things has
changed whole lot indeed, and we
all feel that we may have q few DAVIS
to plow still. Sam Dean will yet be
able TO shred his fodder and August