The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-28
The EMigfaqt.
Hints to E,nigrants.
BY A co-woRKE

BY A cow oRKER
Should you 60 West. no doubt you
would have domestic animals around You,
but keep as few as possible, and keep an
equal number of each sex, two and two,
as God or nature made them, and evil
IDENTITY designed they should remain so;
for, in any way interfering with this law,
produces discord and disease. See. the
terrible fghtings and diseases among
horned cattle, horses. hogs. dogs, cats,
and even fowls. Hydrophobia, too, that
most terrible of all diseases, is, no doubt,
caused by this very Interference with an
imal instinct. We are very much shocked
at the idea Of the unnatural, abominable,
and pernicious practice of polygamy.
when applied to human beings, and well
We might be; then, in merey's name,
do not let us force it upon the poor
b:utes for like causes produce like
effects and we cannot violate single
law of nature and escape tie penalty at
tached to it. And whatever number of
animals you have around you, see that
they are well supplied with their natural
food, particularly in winter; for, singu-
lar as 1t may seem, l have seen hun
dred-fold more starva ion on the prairies
of the West than ever did East or any
where else, as incredible as it may seem,
right where any amountof hay could
have been cut from June ill October, for
nothing. Do you ask why this is so ?
1t arises partly from what l have before
stated-trying to do too muc!,-and
from vari JUS other causes: one is the
long pleasant falls. Persons that lave
been i'll tie country but short time
think that the winter will be short, and
the spring open early; bat, as general
rule, You must supply an a5un lance OF
food for your ock ill the first OF May.
| know there is great deal of plea ant
wea her through TIE winter, but .he frost
has killed every green thing, which
makes it necessary to feed your cattle
re ,ularly. | was on the point of saying,
another reason why there was SO much
sta. va.ion and suffering among brutes,
was stiff lessness OH the part of tiIeir own
ers; but l fear | should give wrong
impression, as you know more wide
awake, stirring set OF people than those
who 20 West, are difficult 20 find. S i'll,
it must be admitted, tina. great deal of
time is spent to but little account, in
hunting wild game, hunting for horses,
cows, logs, borrowing wagons. teams,
farming implements, &c, DC. This
one item of stock-hunting (horses. oxen,
and COWS consumes great amount of
time, where they are permitted to roam
Tree, over the prairies and through the
forests; AMI | do think i: matter of
economy Tia. all who keep such animals
should have pasture for them or keep
them up; AMI generally. too. they are
great annoyance, by breaking into fields
III the fall, destroying grain, dc. And
it does look somewhat like injustice to
allow any 5 ock to run a. large. 1t Is
self-evi lent tia every man si.euld keep
his own brutes on his own dominions.
1t certainly eanno be right that you, a
poor man, owning but small place, and
not being able, or willing from princi
pie to keep brutes, should be compelled
to build strong fences to keep those of
your nei5ibors from running over and
destroying your crops.
In building your house. see that you
have south AMI north openings, espe-
cialiy the former, as, in tile very hottest
weather, all the breeze we get is from a
southerly direction ; and if your rooms
have only east and west openings, you
viii sometimes find them insutfelable on
account of heat. And unless your loca-
ion is such that you can easily dig
drain. have no cellar under your house
/ don't know thai cellars are particularly
unhealthyif dry. and kept in order, but
where you can not lave them SO, you had
better dispense with them, as you can
make top ground cellars that will answer
all purposes.
l would again urge upon the consider
alton of persons going West, the import
ance of settling permanently on one spot.
as have seen and experienced SO fully
the evil of change. am well aware OF
many OF the reasons why homes AMI bust
ness are. changed SO of.en in The West
bu. let me tell you from an experience of
some twenty years there land about as
many moves, that those persons who
have lived the most uniform lives az one
place, are the heafthiest, wealthiest. AMI
probably happiess people there. A few
years residence in one place (if ones
own, with a reasonable amount OF indus
try and economy. viii build up a nice
lislle home. with a greas va iety OF COM
for.s and conyeniences thai are not gen.,
orally OBJ aimed in any other way, such
as fruits, flowers. shrubbery, yards and
walks; nice little house just as You
want il; good large cis.ern OF pure
rain water, Just at your back door, with
a good tight curb 70 il. When the earth
is tolerabay dry, and not SO sandy as 70
cave in while digging, you can plaster
with cement rigat on TO it; bu, in the
first place you should arch ever the top
with good hard brick, leaving eensrai
opening large enous % go in. OF course
You should have the earth oae or TWO
feet thick over the iop. so as to keep cool
in summer, and away from frost in VIM
Ter. Put your square spout down as
Sian ing as youcap throu sh- the side OF
your-cusb, and, IN that spout, before Is
en- ers the curb, a sliding gate or cutoff.
with hole Just above it. 50 that you can
turn off the wafer until your roof and
cutters are well washed. or when your
cistsrn is full, and then to keep out all
vermin and insects. By thus construct