Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-13
TO Persons COnnins West,

ting rlcn, not making a fortune, but are Al
tually growing poorer every year. And til
isno fault Of theirs. They are sober, hor
est, and industrious. They work ali da
long, and every day in.the week; and thi
the have been doing for years and years
But competition is all, around them, and il
|every. shape. The population is becomin
-fdens o. These persons are married an
most or them have large families. Their
is an there class, whose fate is darker sti
In all large cities there are thousands G
young, females, who have been con- PEELED
by the Nnnisfortunes Of their parents, to seel
actiye employment for livelihood. Tn,
great massof them earn a scanty and Ereca
Icious substinence by the incessant labor OF
he needle. They earn enough to keep body
ind soul together, and to cover themselves
with scanty hsbilliInents, and that is ALL
/ Is it any wonder that when temptation
comes in the shape of promises of comfort
and ease and relief from life of hopeless
sunless drudgerv,that they take the one
fatal step, and glide by degrees into THAI
abyss Of ahame and .degredation that yawns
forever at their feet?
/ Now, these great evils. may be remedied
not altogether indeed. but 10 a very great
extent, slid at the same time the West will
be greatly benefited. -. ,..ai
There are thousands On thousands Of a
ores Of unoccupied and unimproved lands
lin tie States of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan
Wisconsin, and ether States and Terrific.
ries North and West of us. This land, too
is the most fertile aud productive in the
world. The farmer who in sterile New
England has been accustomed to wrench
with cruel labor from the unwilling and
rocky land ten or fifteen bushels of whea,
or twenty or thirty bushels of corn to the
acre, finds that here, with one quarter O.
the toll, lie can produce more than twice
that amount. Nor is distance from mar
ket any objection. BY an admirable sys
tenn Of railroad, covering the West with
network Ct iron, and penetrating to the re
hottest corner, market is brought to eve
ry mans door. Look at the prices of tar
mers produce now in Chicago. Corn u
cents j bushel; cats IS cents delivered o.
hoard of vessels. Orders here for hun
bred thousand bushels of corn that como
be filled because the grain is not here.77
Scores of vessels lying idle in port waiting
for cargoes Of oats, and none to be had.--
Truly, the harvest is plen teous but the la
borers are few. There is land enough il
the single State of Illinois to raise whea
corn and oats enough to supply the wants
of the whole Union, if the land was but
brought under a proper state OF cultivation
Nor are the agricultural resources of the
West her only claims on public attention
Her mineral wealth is just beginning to at
tract attention. 1t is, as vet undeveloped
but enough has been brought to light te
demonstrate, beyond all doubt, the exis
ftence in Illinois alone Of mineral treasures
to an extent that will make her tht
peer of Pennsylvania in the departments o
of mining and manufactures. The Com
mercial Bulletin, under the editorial charge
, of the proprietors Of this paper, and tha
excellent sheet the La Sale Press, were
the first papers that called the attention
of the public to this highly important sub
iect. Now not little seven y-nine shee
in the State, bnt What is stealing our thun
der, end trumpeting up the inexaustihl(
riches Of the mines Of Illinois. 1t IS vel
;, let it be known to the world, But we
want men to work our mines, and to cul
tivste our unimproved lands. Let the
teenling East send lis their hundreds o
poor farmers, poor, we mean IN this world I
goods, but rich in honest hearts, strong
hands, rand rugged health. Let then
come here with their wives and their chill
dren, their SUBSTANCE whether great o.
small, and if they haye5a poor cousin o.
neice who is wearing her fingers to the
bone in making shirts at 10 cents apiece
or who is filling her lungs with the dus
ola factory, lei' them bring, them along
l with them. Let the toilng laborer, too
who works at IS cents a day, propel west
,iward. If he is honest. and industrious, he
can do better than that on our new. tarms,
or in our mines, and in few years Will
find himself master of a home of his own
There are hundreds OF men coming to III
nois poor, who, by persevering industry,
have now become wealthy, And there is
room here for thousands more Chicago
i News Letter. -.
4 FFPLE TREES BY THE RoADsIDE.-lr
Germany, it is common to line the high
WAYS with choice varieties of the apple
Il The owner marks alternate trees by tying
to them red string, which, in that coun
try, means, ..;If you leave this fruit you
may lave lie rest;;" and we have beer
told, though we cannot vouch for the truth
Of It, that the. public generally keep the
|. contract faithfully. Would it be 50 will
us? We fear not. But have we not ag
riculturalists who would set few Colder
Sweets, Summer Pippins, and some Fal
and Winter varieties, along the highwa
J that skirts their. lands Their childre
5 might not; but rat'ya poor child, who's
parent own no soil, might have deliciou
: fruit without stealing 1t; many wayfare
might regale himself on it; and the owne
would have the satisfaction OF that, in s
81 far he had been henefactor.
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