Eureka Reporter | 1905-03-31 | Page 6 | Man Froze Fast to Fence

MAN FROZE FAST FENCE hit was there to stay and had to be sawed loo e it ceded 1 atle argument to convince residents that they face to fitce with the worst cold snap that has comi here this year says a dispatch rom anaconda montana A peep at the thermometer was all that was regu red in the mo ning the mer cir registered somene ere around the degrees below zero mark out of tie cit it was caldei than that re ports brought in from the vicinity of S iver lake claim the thermometer went down close to 50 degrees below zero and then to work over time several citizens had experiences they I 1 ill remember for some time to in th vicinity of the foundry a belated pedestrian clung for a moment to a tenet and froze fast to it he was there to stay and was freezing boards harder every A few friends to come along and they tried to pry him loose some one suggested going for ar ax and another tho ight an ice be the proper caper by this time the man aga ast the fence was ready to take an oath that his was the frostiest he had ever fro zen on to the trouble was finally overcome by sawing away a part of the fence and the man went home with a new tangled kind of a box plait finish to his coat