February 11, 1912 continued- February 25, 1912
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But I didn’t start out to moralize on the so-called ill-usage of the day; - when a person commences to moralize he becomes demoralized and demoralizes everyone who chances to hear him. Let let George Washington and troubles go.
Winter has come back. I believe I am the only one in the state who can say that with any feeling of gladness. Such a wild blizzard that has raged all day! Last night, H.W. Weisgerber, voluntary weather observer, had it in the News that a real blizzard was coming, for the barometer had dropped by 1½ inches, which, he said was an unusual thing in this part of the country. Unusual or otherwise, the blizzard came. The dark clouds that drove away daylight yesterday afternoon were the advance guards guards. Close on their heels came the wind. This morning, the storm was holding full sway; and thru all to-day, the wind has never abated tho the snow did. Gutters every where had overflowed to the meeting point, and at the decisive point, had frozen solid, becoming a glare of