Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-07-24
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ave- to feed upon. Her great beauty does not
,IoLTsist in silent and solitary GRANDEUR out 70
nm enterurising and patriot American near -
consists in the quiet, easy and rnPld ti1' me- -.
which she is becoming the wealthy ana HaPPs
home of thousands. Immigrants are pUu't"S
Il, mon ms with almost uneXampled rapldlty'-,
They are securing farms with great energy, anu ~,
mt soul OF them who cultivateS his land, VIII
fail in a comparatively short time, TO become III
denendeDtly wealthy. Thousands OF acres
nrsirie sod have this season, been turned for the
6rst time to rot in the sun, and thereby loull-
dation is laid for future wealth. The fields no"
cultivated promise an abundant harvest Ane
season is propitious. We have suffered ron ~
drouebt nor from too much rain. The summer
showers seem to have been desiSnedly arranged
by the Creator for making this country uIPaSS-
ingIy fertile and pre- eminently agricultural.
Egypt once the garden of the world, whose
soil was unsurpassed aud which supported
dense population and greater cities than the same
area elsewhere has ever boasted possessed her
Nile. and was enriched by the annual overflow
of the waters of that river. But Itrequlreu III
credible labor, unheard of toll to secure iull au
yaptages from the inundation. Trenches "ere
dug, reservoirs constructed, and the whole conh,
try covered with net work OF condulis ana
aGueducts for conveying the water to lrr'gate
the soil Nebraska needs no aqueducts, no reser-
voirs. no water pipes Her Nile flows over her
soil in mid air and almost nightly distils in gen
tie, refreshing showers, her watery vapors anu
leaves the following day, cloudless sun TO en-
liven and invigorate the evening moistened earth.
Here in summer it seldom rains during the Gay,
but leaves the filler of the soil in undisturbed
possession of his fields, certain that as often as
necessary, night will battle them III waters oil
gadness and reward fruitfully his daily toll
In the West the sure road to wealth is to possess
and cultivate the soil That this fact Is fully
understood by our hardy pioneers, is manifest
by their anxiety to secure to themselves and
families permanent aud comfortable homes; TeaL
Jarms.
crowded, so much so as to be unable to transact
all the business before them. There will be n
sale of public lands in about ninety days Then
will be the time for persons wishing to secure q
good investment in Western lands, to forward
their land warrants or money to good and re-
sponSble agents. The lands to be offered arc
the most valuable of any in the territory. They
are those laying in the vicinity of the most popu-
lous an flourishing towns. There is but little
land in this section of Nebraska which is not of
the first class. 1t is unsurpassed in fertility, Is
well watered and tolerably well timbered. This
fall by proper attention thousands of acres OF the
best lands in the Territory may be secured at
government price, and lands too, which in less
than five years, will readily sell for from five to
fifteen ana twenty dollars per acre 4ueFe mas
never been time since the sertlcIrIvT't of this
Territory, when investments in real estate could
be made SO advantagously as mt present Miles
of acres are being cultivated, and what one
year ago resembled vast prairie wild, IS now
blooming with glad happiness; and plenty, ana
prosperity sit smiling over our nelds. Perhaps
some of YOUR readers may suspect me OF eX-
aqgcratiou. but [ can assure them that the story
of Nebraskas beauty is half untold. 1t is i'm
nossible to form an adequate idea of her vast
attractive fields without an actual Inspection OF
them.
niences and luxries Of life, and surrounded by
friends and possessed of wealth and happy
home. would, of course, do well to remain where
they are, and be content with well doing; but
for the industrious poor man, who is compelled
to constant labor to support his family, to him
would say CoME WEST! With sober, honest in
dustry Won will soon acquire competency
will soon possess all the comforts of an indie
pendent home; which you could never expect
TO gain by the most assiduOns toll In the East.
To the moral Industrious, Intelligent, and am
bilious young. man 1 say come. and to the young
lady, il possible for her so to do, say come;
to the business man and capitalist, if you can
not come yourself let your money come, it will
return to you tenfold.
Even so far West as we are, we already begin
to speculate as to the time when the steam horse
is to appear on the banks of the old Missouri
The soil at Council Bluffs, on the opposite side
of the river from Omaha city,will be broken this
fall, preparatory to his welcome on his iron
track, which will be in a couple of years or
thereabouts. This county OOuglas) is to raise
two hundred thousand dollars towards compile
ting the road. The work is to be pushed rap
idly, and soon the Nebraska farmer may seek in
the East an easy and ready market for the pro-
ducts of his toll. But at present, and for some
years TO como his home market will be superior
10 any other He sells all hisprodnce at his
door, at highly remuneratiye prices to the EN-
igrant and to the trains constantly passing
through the Territory to Oregon and California.
L. G. WILCOX.