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the mercury was down to thirty degrees below zero 
out there. Just think of that! It’s cold enough 
here for me, and if I move at all it will be further 
south. In Dakota the winters are so long that it 
will take all a man can make in the short summer to 
support him over winter. Have you thought of these 
things? ” 
“Certainly; I have thought of them all. This is 
no sudden notion of mine. I have been thinking of 
it for years, and all that has prevented me from going 
before is that I did not know where to go. I have 
investigated the matter as carefully as possible, and- 
weighed the pros and cons with my very best judg- 
ment, and believe I can do well in Dakota, and I am 
going there the coming spring. 1am not afraid of 
the cold winters. 
NOT EXACTLY A PARADISE. 
“T don’t expect to find a paradise in Dakota. I 
have no doubt it is a good deal colder there sometimes 
than it is here, and the winters are longer, too. I 
have been watching the weather reports from there, 
not only this winter, but for several winters past, and 
have noticed that the mereury does get down pretty 
low at times, and if I could have everything just 
as [ would like I would prefer a milder climate 
and shorter winters. Butif I should go where those 
conditions prevailed, [ would find other disadvantages 
which I think are greater than those of the severe cli- 
mate of Dakota. And, besides, people who live there 
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