. Our country: West. izzard. For those who live a long way from the railroad coal isalmost unattainable, and wood is very scarce, save in thevicinity of large streams. Hence in many places twisted hayis used for fuel. To save the work of twisting it by hand,some settlers have a twister, or machine for preparing thefuel for winter use. Those who travel on the prairie in the winter often use adouble box, in which they ride in safety, sheltered from thewind. This is made by bracing tiers of boards upon a 2o6 PIONEER LIFE TN DAKOTA; wagon-box until the sides are several feet in height. Thetravelle
. Our country: West. izzard. For those who live a long way from the railroad coal isalmost unattainable, and wood is very scarce, save in thevicinity of large streams. Hence in many places twisted hayis used for fuel. To save the work of twisting it by hand,some settlers have a twister, or machine for preparing thefuel for winter use. Those who travel on the prairie in the winter often use adouble box, in which they ride in safety, sheltered from thewind. This is made by bracing tiers of boards upon a 2o6 PIONEER LIFE TN DAKOTA; wagon-box until the sides are several feet in height. Thetravellers sit upon a bed of hay inside the box, wrapped infurs or comforters, and in this way brave the bitterest driver guides the horses with the lines drawn through aspace in front. If a blizzard overtakes the traveller thus equipped, he mayturn the horses loose, and overturn the double box and campbeneath it in the hay and coverings. The snow will driftabout the cracks beneath the double box and bank it in. The.
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