Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 27, Number 26, Jasper, Dubois County, 17 April 1885 — Page 7

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INDIANA

A SPRING POEM. The ete mau Mt lit theiftmlHH chair, furlBir. Hi.rtiiir. lMnUfu! hnnR,

Hl littt 1 Oil, Ml hW Hf hi w iar.

VaVuuiut b Tniuwr. it make him WMP.

Ami ah oh he falls Ih a eahfi. deep I1S gprlRK. Hprinjf, ttoauWul 8rhT. "The early waup hath r vtcioHn look, SprliiK, Bpniw. beautiful BprlHK Ah he whhhIi out of hit w nsarV hooV, giM-lwf, BprltMf, tHSMMtlful tfprltiir. 1I Moth the oM man's MUhv iwta, Awl vriM eye irkwmii with h deadly bate, Sprlntr, aprlmf. beautiful Spring. Ixnitlly the oW man norea In the sun, Bunwr. Sprinf, beauUful Spring. Qtilokly the little wasp hies to the fun, . i'- t5 I . illf.il VTltit

Tie sub Mm down w th a fiendish alee. And troea 'or that head with a one, two, three, SpriUK, Bpriuif, tK-autirul Spring. YeJU of "murder" are heard around, SprlHK. Bprlr-tr. boauUful Spring; 'The oM man rte with a terrible bound, Spring. Spring. U.-aiitlful Spring; He HiraiHT tiirco feet and came down hard, jiHd hence- tliiKMig by a Bprlngtlde hard, Spring. Spring. UtfE VfW.

Mae of the building ewld ernUr be

Walkla around tm house we

oa km to a door, careleesly fastened, and

were sxm able to eater.

We

ent, for

longing to my

Km awe to eater, were saved, at least for the pr earl recognised the oaWn a be. c to my friend, 'Freaoh Joe.'

cooked their own food and slept a

night. Wken they went away ta the

fall, they ml their simple lurniiura m their hut, confident they woald find It Mtfe upon their return ia the spring. The people wore honest lu that locality.

House were loo lar apart w wan aui, tramps in visiting it, and the value of a herdur's outfit was so small as to be

hardlv worth stealing.

It may seem that I am a lone time getting to my adventure, but the facte I have related ar.e necessary to a full understanding of what ocotirrud.

I was much interested ia the lonely life of the herders, and often visited

them, where 1 was aMajtf welcome.

One of them, a CatiadianTHio went by

the name of 'trench Joe.' waa an In

terestiiir character. Most of his life

had been spent in hunting and trapping in the roat Northwest, ami his atone

of advonture were always eagerly list- j warm. i.v in. 1T win now an old i "wo were vorv faint with hunger,

man ami no longer nt lor ine cuasc, m uu mo h av i..mft V vuC lu ailontd the easier and more nuiet fresh ourselves with our lunch. itn-

ife of h hcnlcr. In selecting a place out stopping to consider that wo might

for his little house, Joe had been wtoc. be kept prisoners for several days, we

twits situated just at the foot ot a I were so improvmenias to whuwnj

PERSONAL. AND LITERARY. It k sakl that the late wife of Jaawa puaeell Lowell wae the ritfe whom he mout lMeded in hie literary work. It ia well to remember that while

the worst of all oriUoa sees only the bad,

SinkiBg down iukw the floor we rested the lmd entki sees only the good, while

lor a time, and then, bjuom rwrwntw, m eoou oniw

isuerary n er. -Judge IL H. Emerson. United States Judge of the Fiist Dietrict of Uuli. hae resigned, having completed three full terms of four yeaw each on the Utah bench.

llev. fiaorre IL Hepworth, lor

commenced to examine into the sanation. As our eyes became accustomed to the semi-darkness of the hut we could that very little saow had penetrated through the walls. Nestled as it wa at the foot of an almost perpea-

dicular bluff, it was protested from the

storm, which swept harmlessly over it. nuiny years pastor of the Church of the

uiearir, so lar as protection inim i Disciples, lately unuer tue paewrate oi

wind was concerned, we were sale.

Thus shielded, we became more comfortablo, and, bv exercising at a lively rate for a few minutes, soon grew

A WELCOME REFUGE.

.An Exporienoo in a Genuine Iowa "Blizzard."

Earlv in thu wintor of 1883. Jl was

traveling through Northwestern Iowa,

and stopped ono evening at a well-kept

hotnl in Fort Dodsre. a prosperous ami

"beautiful little city.

Upon arising the next morning, and

looking from my chamber window, 1

saw. a furious snow-storm was prevail

ing. It had evidently been in progress

for some hours, for huge units were

-piled in front of the house, which was

hwrn thomoninir before, was now thick

lv covered with the white drapery of

winter. Driven before a strong Wind, .!ntiil of snow swept down the street,

almost veiling tho buildings upon the opposite side from sight. Ilnrm icnalrintr. to tho office, I ascer

tained that I would not be able to leave the eitv that dav. and. in fact, 1 would

be fortunate if I wore not detained for a number of days. All the railroad lines

were blockaded with snow, and while

thnf,torm continued, any attempt to

clear them was useless, as the cuts would

fill again at on o. I found I should have several companions in my unforced captivity. There were two or three commercial travelers ami nther vHirsons like mvself, de

tained by the storm. But our situation -was not unpleasant. The hotel was -warm and comfortable; tho table was well supplied with excellent food; and all wo nred do was to be patient until the storm ceased and the railroads were again opened. In our company was an iatcslligcnt young farmer, who had come to town the day before with a car-load of cattle, which ho had shipped to the Chicago markets. A gentleman remarked that ho supposed the storm was what is termed in "Iowa a "blizzard."

Th'.' vonnsr stock-raiser said no. It

-was merely an ordinary snow-storm. Said he:

'If vou should be caught, as I once

-was. in a srenuine blizzard, vou would j

understand what the term really I

steep bluff, which surrounueu n on three sides, leaving it ojien to tho east

Upon a level piece at bottom ianu no

iatl uuilt his corral, ami a wiuc crce.

with steep banks, formed us eastern

boundary. It was twelve miles ditant

from our place and seven miles from

the nearest house.

In the fall, my cousin. Charlie llray-

ton, came from tho fcast to maKe me a visit. He was sixteen years old, an en

thusiastic hunter and an accomplished

shot Wo passed many happy days

hunting for the countrv abounded with

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small game, and deer were irequcnuy

soen.

Charlie had been with us two months

and was to return homo soon, when,

late in November, we fctarted for our last hunt together. We took an ample

lunch with us. expecting to bo absent

nil dav. and honinsr to cet a deer or

two, which were reported as being

quite plenty. The day was beautiful, chtr and cool, with a crisp snow covering the ground and a bright sun overhead. We hunted until nearly noon and had killed same small game, when we sighted a deer and started in pursuit We followed it several miles, but could not get a shot, and finally we lost sight of it It was two o'clock in the afternoon ami our long walk had given us good appetites. Wc were just about

to partake of our lunch, intending, when it was linished, to tart at once for home, when a few Hakes of snow struck nus in the face. The day had byen so

bright and clear up to this time that tho possibility of a itorm had not entered our minds; but it was now evident that one was impending. Looking to the northwest, a dark and heavy cloud

was seen, whii h, while we gaaed upon it, rapidly increased in size and soon spread over the sky. veiling the sun

irom view, xnu uuuiup i " threatening shadow over the landscape. It seemed onlv a minute or two until

the fowl we had brought with us. e still had the game we had killed, which

consisted ot a halt a dozen quau, prairie chickens and throe rabb'ts.

These would sustain me ior some uiuw.

so we had no fears of starvation. c

then nroceeded to make an examination

of the contents of the hut, and found, to

our delight, that it contamed-quite a number of articles likely to be of service. There was a chair, a bench, a small table, a little piece of salt pork, a bunk containing a few blankets and a tick filled with 'hay, an axe. and, best of all, an old cooking-stove. A long rojie wh.ch Joe used in lassoing cattle bung on the wall. A further search revealed about a peek of pop-corn, a sack of coare salt and a little corn-meal.

"The weather had grown so cold that the hut was no longer comfortable, and a lire was the first consideration. We

had matches, the bench was split in pieces, and a fire was soon roaring in the old stove. As wo would need more fuel, I took the long rope from where it hung, knotted it around my waist, and, bidding Charlie take hold of it and pay out slowly, 1 started for the corral, only a few yards distant. 1 found it without much 'difficulty, and, guided by the rojie, made a number of trips from it to tliA hut with entire safety. In an houi

or two we had ra'ls enough in the house to keep a lire for a week. Chopping them into Ihe proper length occupied

us until darknese came on.

Kev. J. I. Newman, in New lork, has been appointed editer-in-ohief of the New York IleruM, David Woodruff, of New Haven, Conn., who went to California thirty years ago by working Ills passage on a steamer, returned to his old home the other day a bank President and worth 12,000,000.-Hartford I'M. Kev. Edward lleecher, 1X1)., who was ordained in 1826 the same year in which the American Home Missionary Society was formed is now serving as a home missionary at Parkvillc, L. I., though he is past eighty years of age.

One of the longast courtships on record was happily terminated with a marriage at Harnsouv lie, N. T., a few days ago, the parties being Hiram J. Cheeseman, of that place, and Miss Eve M. Thomas, of Clayton. The

COIipiC liau Uecn "K.EUJJing tumjinuj continuously for twenty-eight years. A. J. Tribune. The President's wives now living are Mra. Polk, at Nashville, Tenu.; Mrs. Tyler, at Richmond. Va.; Mr. Grant, fn New York; Mrs. Hayes, at Fremont, O., and Mrs. Garfield, at Cleveland, 0. Of these, tho widows, Mrs. Polk, Mrs. Tyler and Mrs. Garfield draw from the Government pensions of five thousand dollars a year enclt. Chicago Time. Mrs. E. D. Rice-Bianciardi. who died recently at Vevey, Switzerland, was a daughter of Caleb Rico, the first Msvnr of Snrinsrlield. Mass. While

voung she Dsgau writing anonymously 'for tie Springfield Jtcftuwican, but her identity was soon d.scovered by Samuel llowlw. who encouraged her and gave her all the aid lie could. In later years she tceame a contributor to the Century, yrtrh'r's, tho Atlantic, and published a book of poems. In 1870, after

the death of her lather. Miss Kite went

married

ulirnul wlinn she met and

"During the night wo took turns in j Carlo Hianciardi. a professor in one of keeping up the lire, each sleeping for tUo eUucgtional institutions of Florence.

X. Y. Sun.

we were standing in the midt of a driving storm, which each momeat increased in violence. The air grew perceptibly colder, and, although warmly dressed, our teeth were chattering with cold. "I had heard of the dreadful storm

called the 'blizzard,' which leaps like a

two or three hours at a lime m tnc

bunk. Morning came, but there was no cessation of the storm. Wo dressed our game, and breaktastcd from fried prairie chicken and pop-corn. During all the time the stove was kept as hot as possible. So intense was the cold that this was necessary. "Not to weary 3our patience, I will pay that we lived for thrco days in this

HUMOROUS.

A prominent clergyman calls the face "the play-ground of tho soul. Then a book-agent's cheek must be a prairie. A". K Journal. Canton (O.) capitalists are going

m trv ami make susrar out. oi uisei..

manned the storm continuing all that time, proving to be the longest am 1 A most severe ever known in that portion " wtiwu-..

out

CUfS

of the country. We melted snow to get water, and used the corn-meal to make pancakes. "When the storm ceased, the morn-

- , , . ,. , iui Ui. wic lui.ivu v, V"J I

nger irora lis iair, n u. ... j had bMQ eftUm Wo were g,aa w

iiain, iiuu a Mien .ivi..v... ...... . bo able to start lor home.

wirn !n the mklst of one. All I hail '

learned concerning them flashed through my mind. I rememlKired that a stage-driver had frozen to death and

found sitt;ng upright upon nw

I knew that a farmer going

It required

Haifa, dav to cover the seven miles

between us and the nearest house, which we reached shortly after noon,

Letter.

Must Re Very Merry I laugh," a woukl be wim raan crlwl, 'At every one who laughs at me. . Good toad." a anoorJavr triend remk-d. "How ver- merry you must be. Ardent Lover "I have called, sir, n set vonr nermisuon to pay my ad-

.iwwirvTto vrftir daughter.'' Old Gent

FAM1NE-STRIOKEN um OM4tttoM mt th rfUt la thm auk CwmOm( Wrt Vlrtlnla WT

1'iTTSMuaoH, Pa.. April 7. Mr.

Ml W. Wall, a tUC eorntspeadeat of Um PUtofcar Ttmt, it leturaed treat a weeka tour ef the fawine-striekea atatrlot 1 West Virginia, Iwyoiid the liaea of railroad or telegraph ooHuaaaloatiea, tella a atory of hia personal lavatttljeatioa of the terrible suKerinst In that State, thrilling as a romance, principally aaoaf the re-ldeats of Calhoun, Uoaae, WW, Kltchle, Plcasaat, Doddridge, Lewi, GUwor, Broxtoa, Upshur, Webster, Kiolas. Clay and Jackson; also, parts et many counties adjolalag, who are saull farmers owning small plats of land. Last year there was a Urge Hon ot this class of people from Ohio to this State, all their money belag expeaded In the purchase ot their horaee. The district outlined experienced a droath l&at season Mtch aa was never kaowa la the history of the SUU. From Jaae natll November no rala fell; a hot wind blew continuously from the South, baf

fling efiorts of larawrs to xoree taair crops. VegeUtloa was scorched to death, and scarcely a fifth, of a crop waa garnered. The beginning of a severe winter found all these people with barns aad larders bare. Unable to feed their cattle, . they have died by hundreds, aad the people have in many Instances been compelled to use the carcasses for food. The people, la their dire extremity, have existed for months on corn meal mixed with water, whlsh was cooked on gridirons that have not been greased for months. The mortality among ohlldrea and aged people recently baa been unprecedented The people have become desperate and. demanded relief from the authorities. In answer to these cries Judges and Coaaty Commissioners of Calhoun, Wirt, Upshur, Clay and Baxter counties have parchased supplies of meat and meal, which have been distributed. In response to petitions to Representatives at Washington, several counties had beea supplied with seed, which, arriving in the middle of winter, was used as food tey the halffamished people. As a coaseqance, althe entire Donutatioa in the mora

isolated districts, where county aathorlties have not supplied relief, are without food and without seed, and what is left of their stock are too enfeebled to do any kind of work. The roads are still in aa almost iatpassable condition. Relief can oaly be. transported on horseback. The horse have also become so exhausted aad starved that even small quantities constituted a burden. Great fears were expressed that the mortality among th cattle rosaltiag from eating the buds of. buckeye, the earliest that revive, waloh: are deadly poison, will sweep the couatryj clear of cattle. The authorities, while acting la ta.

matter, are very loth to confeee that th distress is as great as it really Is. Basl-1 uess Is pratically stagnant Owners oft mills have nothing to grlBd nor tha; money to purchase. Batchers' shops awl other places of trade are closed fer Um same reasons.

ENTOMBED ALIVE. Ttm VeatHiylraala Mlaera Eateaabed germ

IlHndred Feet Below the aarme ww fr Hundred Feet ef Dbrla Abev Them Ne Hepe el Kecne. Siikxaxdoah, Pa., April 7 The Cayler mine, at Raven Run, was the socm,

a ... u r

means. .a ? I fmlI1 h5f5 ,louse to his bam-only a few

fierce a.s a

hurricane; the air is so full of anowthat

one can hanll' see a foot before his j lace, and the cold soon becomes so in-; tense that life can not be long maintained by those exposed to the full fury of the gale. I have seen several of these pecul.ar storms, and came very near Icsing my life in ono of thorn." Being pressed to relievo tlie tedium ot our detention by the relation of his story, he readily assented. "Tou years ago," lie said, my father was Mirving as cashier of a bank in one of our larger Kustern citlos. His close devotion to business had imEa red his health, and he was informed y his physic an that he must seek cmIloynient less confining in its nature, lo'had saved sullicfcnt money to purchase a farm,, i n I tho following spring

we removed to Iowa and located quite a distance northwest of this city. "Land was cheap, and my father bought several thousand acres, intending to engage extensively in stock-raising. 'To me. just from a city, everything was strangu and interesting. The prairies, carpeted in living green,, and stretching away in the distance as far s eye could reach-the limitless expanse of earth and sky, relieved only hero and there by a growth of ti roller along some stream- were an impressivo, sight. I have never to this day tired of the prairie landscape. It grows more be.uitiful to mo with each recurring year. At that time it was tho custom to aend vast herds of vounff cattlo from

tho more thickly-populated portions of the Stato to be pastured through tho summer in the region where wo had located. Very little land had been improved, most of it being virgin prairie, upon which 'the nutritious upland gras jrew luxurantly. Men who made lerdlng their business had charge of thews drove. They came as early in the spring as possible, and remained until the fall frosts had rendered tho herbage uuilt for pasturage. At night tlit herders gathered tho cattle in large yards, called corrals, which wo made of posts and flat rails. The men live in small houses of the rudest description built clotio to the oorrabt, where they

' rods had lost his way in ono ot these

Ktnrm. and was found dead within a

few feet of his door. Only the previous winter, four men had started for their homei from a little town, while tho weather was mild and pleasant, and never reached them alive, having been overtaken on thc5r way by a 'blizzard.' I was not certain just where we were, but I knew it must be several miles to the nearest house. While I stood thinking of these things and trying to decide what we had better do. thu storm had grown po violent that I could hardly see Charlie, who stood trembling by my side. 1 hurriedly explained to him tho natura of the storm and our dangerous situation. Clearly, our one hope was to keep moving. To r.min when wo were was to die

MM'edilv of cold. Wo took each other bv tho "baud and started, keeping tho Wind at our backs, one direction offering as much hope as another, it being impossible to face the fur ous gale, lor an hour or more we stumbled blindly onward, going we knew not where. We talked but little, the roar of the storm lieing so gwat that our voices could hardly be Heard. The snow soon grew so deep tlmt it was dltlicult to get through the drifts. Our strength was ranldlv failing the cold was so severe

I that It penetrated to the bono, and tho jfurv of the tempest increased with

every moment What hope could there bo for two bovs lost upon tho trackless prairie in suolt a storm as this? Charlie soon grew so much exhausted that ho could scarcely move, but to

atop was certain death. I urged him

onward, aitnougn my ownsireiijciu also nearlv gone. At last wo halted, unable to proceed further. Wc rejted a few moments, when I took a few steps forward, dragging my almost senseless companion after me. Suddenly the ground vanished under our feet and we shot downward and struck upon what seemed to be the roof of a house, from which we slid to the ground. The abundance of .now prevented our being injured by the fall. When wo recovered from our umr s and looked around

we found we were standing by the side

nf a littla house The wind could not

reach tw where we were and the out

much exhausted from working our way

through the drifts. Here we were fed and cared for in the most hospitable manner. "We reached home late in tho evening, and were received by my parents

almost as though we had returned irom

" rC'X,. .im? vMterdwafteniooii, of a horrible taUa-

I PO III IS w Jink uum j v w V- I .... t . .lr sir. lljro are tronhe. bv which ten poor IellOWS HWt a

I.Va VtlUUIIil, ' - I 1 - - ...

the bills." He gave one glance at them and fled. Miladelpkia CalL Mv dear." said a husband to his wife, "f am unable to get any sleep. I have tossed ever ince I camo to bod. I vf ish vou would get up and prepare

little laudanum." "it s naraiy

hope of fimling tts alive.

"It was certainly a narrow escape. Had we varied a few feet in our progress through the storm, wc would have misled the little cabin where wc found such a welcome refuge. In that cvit nothing could have saved us, and I should not have lived to tell this story.

"Mv father gladly made good the damage we had done Joe's corral anil furniture, but when he offered to pay him for tho few provisions we had consumed, the kind-hearted fellow would not permit it " 'I am glad,' said lie, 'that my little house saved tho bovs' live. They am

raoro than welcome to all they had. Eugene 11. Masting, in GMch Days. He Got It. Boss," he whispered, aa he leaned over the counter, "de olo woman wants some tea mighty bad, an' I hasn't got any monev." Can't help that, sir." was tho reply. "I'm giving away more than I can afford to without takingon any new

applications."

"'ARCliy, DOSS -1 presume au. please give me your full name." "John Y. Blank."

" An' dat of yer pardner." HU name is William J.

What do vou want of our naraos?"

"Wall, IdKint get tie tea, urn, ju used me like a gamftcn, an' bein' as we

has got twin in our lamuy i ae gwma to name 'em artcr you an your pardner'." Oh! you said tea, eh? Why. yes, I'll b happy to putyou up half poundGreen or Japan? Twins, eh? Hope tho mother is doing well. Say, if you want those boys to make smart men givo 'em smart names, If I were you I'd call 'cm Washington aad Jcfferson!" Dctmt Free I'rcs.

Boss,

Jones.

-,Mrs. W. V,. podge, of New York,

ts worm i.uw.wv. w . money ia missionary work. -A. Y.Mil. j don' knew." Mrp s

ing her watch; "it s almost time to build the kitchen-fire." Then he same into a quiet restful slumber. Ar. JSun. -Grocer "Strainers coffee-strainers? Whv, no, Mw. (iabb, wp don't keep them: but our coilee don t need straining if vou know how to make it. Customer (testily) "Oh, don't you worry yourself about my cookiu . I know how to make coffee a big sight bettor than you do. My coflco is as clear as cider." Then what do you want a strainer for?" "For jour sugar." nitmlelpkia toll. A rather shabby-looking raan applied to tho chief of tho Galveston police for a position. "Have you ever had anv experience as a dotective?

"Oh, j'es, was the comment ic. "I once arrested a man who did some killing." "So vou arrested a man who

committed a homicider - os, n was a sort of a murderer. He was not a homicide precisely. He was a suicide; killed himself, you know." bijtings. "Father," ho said, as ho came running in from school, "did you ever drill an oil well and inake 60,000?" "No, my son, 1 nover did." "I was in hopes you had, for 1 wanted to brag to the boys." "Woll. you can tell 7ora that, although I never drilled an oil well and made $60,000, tn oil broker

once drilled me aad made o,uw. whioh is about the same thing, I gitoaa. Hru Street Kcm. Natural Gas." How does it happen, Bridget, that there are as many feet of gas charged for this month as last, w..cn Mrs. Blossom and myself have been out of town three weeks? ' " Sure an' I can't tell. Kir, savin' that whin tho gintleraan came to luk at the mayther there waa six fate of coal an wood on lop of it, an' lie obarved that I needn't Iwther wid it. He'd tak a Ink at the pracaydin' figgers. Maybe lie

added the six fate of wood an' coal,

of

fate than which nothing could be worse.

No one seems to be able to aoooaat fer the disaster, aad certain It la that nobody' expected It, aad as usnal, la such casea,

in nrst-class order. But despite this, about hall past three o'clook there audden crash, caused by the

enllatwe or cavlaz la of one ofi

the eanswavs. There was great excite

mnt when the news apread, aad it waa

some time before It could be ascertained,

lust what the full extent of the disaster waa. As soon as a correct list could he! made, It was shown that the following miners were entombed alive: John Cav-; anaugh, Frank McLaughlin, John Aader-' bou, Michael Ilerrity, Nicholas l'arne, Henry Mervlne, Bernard Smith, Benjamin Maurer, Daniel Kerry, William Anderson.

so HOPE. The entombed raea all have families, aad the cries of wives and children lUed

itn Mir. KvnlorlHsr parties report ia

mine a complete wreck, aad all heae

the imnrlsoaed mtaers alive

been abandoned. The slope is 700 feet deep, and Is divided into foar lifts. The tea men now la the mine were la. the lower lift aad the place Is closed to the bottom of the first lift 400 feet above. There were three openings to the mine, an air hole and two slopes, and all three are doted below the first lift. The dangerous wndltloa of the mine not only prevents resculnz parties from doing any work, but forbids even a thorough examination of the workings. The concussion cansed by the fall waa so great that the Bine cars at tlw feot of the first lift were forced up the slope a distance of fifty fest. Miners acquainted with the worklugs declare It doubtfal whether even the bodies of the mem emtombed can be recovered. The colliery nranlovod from ISO to 200 raea, hat

fortuuately waa not la operation yesterday, or all the men woald have been lost. flentUth Murder. Ashrviluc, N. C April 7. The hoase ef J. P. Joyce, situated sear here, has been robbed of 18,000, the family murdered and the house Awl. The bodies of all the Inmates were ooasamtd. The

victims were J. V Joyoe, aevemy-ave years? Ma-garet Joyce, nlasteen jeara;

Charles .loyoe, two jwrn, m Xto, forty years of age, ine perpetra

tors have act yet been oaptnren.