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spirits, and fun-loving natures, I beliei e we should all freeze to¬ 
gether. As it is, there are many things to provoke a laugh even 
amid the discomforts, and a little warmth remains. We think 
such weather as this can only last a day or two; for last year, at 
Christmas, people sat with doors and windows open. 
The cows and mules, wandering about without shelter, not being 
able to get a nibble for themselves, look at me pleadingly, as much 
as to say, “ Why don’t you feed me ?” while many of them find 
their way into our barn and help themselves. 
2 bth. — Cold, bitter, stinging cold ; not so windy as yesterday, 
but the cold more intense. Thermometer ranging between twenty 
and thirty degrees below zero. The water freezes in the tumblers 
at breakfast, and everything eatable, or intended to be eaten, is 
frozen hard. The bread can only be cut as we thaw it by the fire, 
setting the loaf down and cutting one piece at a time. Potatoes, 
squashes, pumpkins, citrons, and apples, are as hard as rocks. 
Several glass pickle-jars, filled with ketchup, are broken open from 
top to bottom. 
26^. — It is no warmer yet. What will the poor settlers do 
who have no floors in their cabins ? — and there are many such. 
Will their hopeful, cheerful spirit, which has borne them through 
the dark hours now scarcely passed, sustain them against physical 
suffering, it may be actual want ? The sacking of their grana¬ 
ries and open houses will cause untold ills. 
Now, when New England hears of the destitution of her own 
children, fighting her battles, trusting their all in this dangerous 
strife, will she put her hands into her well-filled pockets, and 
send of her fulness for their necessities ? Hungary, yes, poor, 
bleeding Hungary, sought aid and found it here. The nation’s 
heart responded. Greece stretched forth her hands not in vain. 
Shall the imploring cry of destitute, starving Kansas reach no 
pitying heart ? 
Gov. Shannon has been at Lecoinpton for some time. He did 
not come to Lawrence, as he proposed, and it is said he is soon 
going home. The glory won here in his famous war will probably 
suffice him for the remnant of his life, and he may conclude to 
retire upon his laurels. 
