Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-04-03
immigration to iowa and the Western Stage
Company.

ImmIgratiO to Iowa and the Western Stage
Company.
The spring immigration to this State has
commenced. Already is to be seen the emf
grants wagon moving westward. The first
one we noticed, vas some three weeks ago
since then, more or less, every day have
passed through this place. A number Of
coaches arrive and depart daily, loaded with
passengers. From the appea"a here and
what we can gather from other parts Of the
State, we would conclude that the Western
Stage Company was doing fine business
This Company appears to be doing all in
its power to accommodate the travc!; and if
it can succeed in doing this the coming sum-
mer it will have done great work. This is
an old company, and it knows how to meet
the wants and demands Of the times. 1t first
existed under the name Of Moore l. Co., and
run its coaches on the great National road
through Pennsylvaui right well 20 We re-
member the nice coaches and fine horses it
used to drive through western Pa. Railroads
drove it into Ohio, and there under the name
of the Ohio Stage Co., it reaped a rich har-
vest; until threads again drove on through
Indiana and Illinois into Iowa. And now We
hail it as the Great Western Stage Co. Here
it will remain but short TIM, when Iowa
railroads will send it on, with many curses
and hearty goodbye, over into Kansas and
Nsbraska--yss, right out her in from of my
window, is a coach labelled, "Nebraska"-
Ere long we will hear of it crossing the Rocky
Mountains, backwards aud forth, like Of old,
when its coaches rolled over the blue old AL
lcghanics. The crack of the drivers whip
commingled with his curses, will soon greet
the ears Of the astonishel inhabitants on he
western slope of this continent. IL some
one would write the history Of this company
tell the many scenes through which it has
passed-the lives lost, the hearts broken
the runaways, the hair breadth escapes tell
Of the drunken drivers, their bitter imprcca-
tons on the fine noble horses they drove, the
curses heaped upon travellers. mail bags, bad
roads, and small pay--rccount the many
beating hearts borne away from friends and
home never to return, the firesi es made hap
py by the late arrival Of long absent dear
frends-the disappointments and regrets,
the happiness and misery created it would
make book that would sell and out-rival
Barnum.
We hope this Company viii remain with us
just until we can better ourselves. Wewant
its services-we are willing then to call it's
good, clever felows--aad we know
they are willing to be called such as long rs
we have money and travel to give them. We
want them to carry over our State the east
ern denizens who are seeking home in the
west. We are not ashamed to be looked nj
Our soil, our Climate, our resourc 4, our |
inhabitants will bear inspection.
Thousands and tens of thousands will |
lock TO our borders the coming year-we bid |
hem welcome, there is room for ali. aud IL /
hey will only come with strong minds and /
wiling hands to work, atw atsoever seemeth /
good. they will, in the end, be abundantly |
blessed and rewarded.-[M Mt. Pleasant OBJ
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