The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-06-13
Ord at the start.

A Wore. at the start.
That the North West IS ''great coun-
try" every one knows. That men of IN
dustry and economy, in a few years acquire
a competency, and make for themselves
comfortable home; that shrewd and ener-
getic men rapidly accumulate fortunes, is
fact sufficiently proved by the history Of
the past. That some are dissatisfied and
unfortunate is no less true. They return
to the East, with dreadful stories of high
prices and speculation. They bear back
dismal reports of land where
"Feyers burn and agucs freeze U.s."
at the commencement Of our enterprise
OF publishing Newspaper, we deem it
proper to say q few words in regard to
this section of country, and our own inn
mediate location. There is always mag
zeal charm investing our idea of s.far
col.tsie- - q issasrzsceesen71ls enchanfment
to the yiew,' and the view frequently re-
fuses to return it. Inthis lies the secret
OF much ofthe disappointment experienced
at the West. The ephgrant comes expect
ing to make 2 fortune by some lucky pur-
chase, sorpsrsudden rise in real estate, or
by receiving an enormous price for labor;
and if he does not instantly succeed, he is
disguised and leaves, or like ''blr. Micaw-
ber," waits for something "to turn up"
forgetting that it is the ''hand Of the dill
gent which maketh rich" The West is
not a "Loafer's Paradise" He can live
cheaper elsewhere. But to the Worker,
whether with mind or muscle, it opens its
arms of welcome and gives sure promise
of bounteous reward. But so many being
engaged in speculation, rs a consequence
speculation becomes holder and more
reckless than at the East. Years AGO
Charles Dickens visited the ''Great West
and in "Martin Chuzzlewitt7 has given
his impressions to the world. When first
reading it we supposed we were enjoying
"faney sketches" drawn by the ininitable
pen of the great English Artist. But
his spicy pages have the flavor of truth
"Eden" has many a counterpart. There
are many real estate agents, Ike Mr. Scad-
der, anxious to do the people good, aud
etill more anxious to fill their own pockets
well. There are many Adventures Ike
"Martin and Mark" who have selected
and purchased city lots from a plot, where
Churches, Schools, Markets and Hotels
were drawn in magnificent proporpotions;
rnd Afterwards found that their valuable
.6S'Asere bought at "wild cat prices, that
the stately pie ed.fces were visible
only to the ''eye OF fa;th,' in short, that
their just-grasped wealth had vanished as
as paper of free tobacco In a
village store. But the misrepresenta-
tons of eager spectators, and the mis-
fortunes of evry credulous purchasers, do
not alter the fact that the valley Of the |
is the richest, and is destined
soon to be the wealthiest and most popu-
ous portion Of the United States. All /
through this valley, large towns and re-
spectacle cities have sprung into existence
with a rapidity which seems miraculous. /
The cabin Of the settler is built, and /
his breaking plough turns its broad
furrow within sight of the fast retreating
Indian. And still they come. Every
mail East bears back letters of invitation
and encouragement, and the fleet of
steamers that plough the waters of the
Upper Mississippi groan beneath the
weight of 'fair women and brave men,"
But in all he West we know of no sec
ton which offers greater Inducements to
The emigrant than North Western Wis /
consin, and especially Pierce and st Croix
Counties. We do not propose to give q /
full and elaborate description of all the
advantages of these counties, but merely
to state q few things ''that.we do know
First as to