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the towns were scarcely likely to turn out in great 

 numbers, even if there were important legislation 

 to accomplish, and matters were doubtless hurried 

 by those who did come. A Yankee will brave as 

 much as any man for business, but going out 

 yesterday on the hills was little short of foolish 

 ness. We suppose this storm was as good a 

 specimen of the blizzard as the East needs to see ; 

 men who had wintered in Dakota said yesterday 

 that except for the intense cold of the real Dakota 

 article, we had the same thing, every other fea 

 ture of the storm was perfectly reproduced. 



