The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-02-03

make . home upon a hundred and sixty
acres of land. the emigrant from the
comforts and conveniences of eastern
life must not expect to find IN this region
large and con1modioas hotels. with tables
loaded down with the Injuries of life
Ii he does, he viii be very much mistak-
|en on his arrival. But be must come,
bringing tent along with him, and pro
visions TO last for season until he can
look about, and select for himself farm,
He must be contenied to live in tenl
until he can get enough logs cut, and to-
gether upon his building lot, get some
one to help him put up bis cabin then
he must rive his boards for roof. from
the largest oak IN the forest. put them on,
and with prairie mud and lime stop W
the spaces between the logs, making hi:
house tight and warm. Then cut a hoit
for door; and if he wishes to be LITTLE
extrayagant, another hole for window
White cotton cloth viii answer for q dool
and window, until something better car
be procured. Get stone enough to built
chimney and fireplace ; build them a
one end of his cabin. With a plenty o
wood and provisions together, he can 81
down contented and happy. If he has
no wife, he must do his own cooking.
washing. and mending; and then be car
retire within his humble domicile as 8
monarch ofall he surveys He mus
rise early and lay his hands to the work
of improving his land, and in due time
Nature, his mother, ever kind, will re-
ward the hardy husbandman with an
abundance of the golden grain and othel
valuable products of the soil.
He must bring with him stout hear
to overcome every obstacle, and willing
hands to work out his own fortune in his
new home on the beautiful and fertile
prairies of this western world. Here he
can possess the soil, acknowledge no mai
his master; for his labor and time are hi;
own. He possesses the refreshing and
stimulating winds which fan his brow
and without stint he can inhale the salu
brious atmosphere which surrounds hin
on every side. No longer is he compel
led to breathe the poisonous atmosphere
of the small workshop or the crowded
street of populous city. If temperate
and industrious. he is free-the land i,
his own from the very center of the earth
until it is measured upon the surface
under him, and the air above he is the
undispu.ed owner of it all. The me,
chanic of the eastern cities is aboring
day after day for another who claims the
right to take his time and health from
him, and if money gets scarce, the right
to discharge him at once; and then the
poor man is out of employment. But a
different master is here. 1t is no other
than Nature, who rewards an hundred
fold all who labor in her gardens. The
farmer is man, and not machine. con-
trolled by the viii of another; and thus
it is of him who makes virtuous and
happy home for himself and others on
the prairies of the West. How many
there are who do not appreciate the ad-
vantages of farmers iife some have
been excited and carried away with fan
ciful idea of this country, and with mis-
taken notions they have left New England,
and travelled two thousand miles, until
they saw the sun rise over the soil of Kan
sas; and then the ideal was gone the
reality of pioneer life burst upon their
minds; they became disheartened and
after pronouncing curse upon Kansas,
they turned their faces eastward, and
travelled homeward, without remaining
in Lawrence long enough for the hands Of
watch to measure an hour of time. Sc
it is of many; they make great dis.
tinction between the ideal and reality o.
life; the ideal pleases, the reality fright
ems them.
We hope none such viii come here al
present, but wait awhile. But let those
who do come, come with an earnest pur-
pose, and firm resolve to do all they car
10 establish themselves as men, and those
institutions of learning and freedom which
will prove a blessing to the Territory, and
to do wha. they can to make Kansas a
State impersonate-she great democratic
and American idea, ''that all men are
created free and equal.'
Encouraging.
We are informed by gentleman who
has recently returned from visit to Su-
gar Greek. which is nearly 80 miles south
of this city, and about 40 miles south oi