The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-31
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at their sacred rites, during the night
when the Avenging Angel passed by.
We enjoyed the Thanksgiving din
ner with it's turkey, cranberry sauce
and pumpkin pie, but we ate it hastily
in order to keep the dishes from freez-
ing. Thus we lived till Friday noon,
when the blizzard quieted down and
we became again able to see the coun-
try around.
We started at once for our destina-
ton, two miles away. Things went
fairly we'll till we got stuck in a big
snowdrift, when, crash! the horses
with the front part of the sleigh went
forward and we remained behind. No
danger that the horses would run
away; they were padding through
some three or four feet of snow. So,
after the long confinement in the hotel,
we had healthful walk.
Arriving at the house of. the we'd
ding, we saw some other effects of
the blizzard The house, standing on
an elevation, was all right; but a
snowdrift some ten feet high made
it impossible to get into the barn,
except through a little door in the hay
loft. Our team found shelter with
the nearest neighbor.
Saturday afternoon, during Mass,
the marriage took place. Immediately
afterward we started for our return
trip to Cando. We took a spade along
to dig us out of the snow whenever
it should become necessary. Things
went fairly we'll; a good team and a
strong and sensible driver can over
come many difficulties. We reached
Cando before night. In the main
street, where the houses are close to-
gether, we saw one snowdrift as high
as the windows in the second story
of some buildings. Some youngsters,
always practical took their delight in
getting out of those windows and slid
ing down the snowbank Sunday
morning | said mass quite early for
the few Catholics of the town; then
we started-for Church's Ferry. The
driver had secured a strong sleigh
with tall wagon box, used for haul
ing grain; he got also lots of fur
robes to protect us from cold.
A lady lecturer from some place
East had reached Cando on Wednes-
day, intending to lecture on Thanks
giving day; the blizzard had made it
impossible to give her wisdom to the
Cando people and had also cut off her
expected revenue, but had increased
her expenses; no wonder that she was
not in the rosiest of temper In such
reform women have even under
the best conditions. seldom found a
rosy temper, but this may, perhaps,
only prove my lack of experience,
without being any reflection on the
ladies. This lady, had a special abil-
ity not to get ready at the appointed
time, on her account we had already
lost more than half an hour. Finally,
when she was ready, she insisted on
getting hot bricks to keep her feet
warm, and thus we lost more of our
precious time. Well, this had aroused
some OF my temper, but | kept quiet
and remained quiet when began to
smell the smothering fire of the rags
in which the bricks had been wrapped
Finally the driver also got a Whit of
that smell and quickly extinguished
the fire. I was almost sorry that he
had found 1t out before the bricks be-
came too hot for the good lady.
We drove along fairly well, making
about three miles the hour. Cross
ing bridge where the blizzard had
piled up a very big snowdrift, we had
a lovely upset and the lady and my
self, all bundled up in robes, rolled
down the embankment, heads down
ward and our feet heayenMard. Some