The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-02-26

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I MFssss, Eptme> Ngrel swing ~,,,-
laauisaticn insn nsochan,c in your paper,
complaining abcat the misrepresentation II
m,crs,s,i parties ia the IVES, 10 indacc me
ehanies to emirntc thitacr 10 iwrase the
easac q tli''ir prorvi,. Ac,, nieaiicaiag Chi
cago ~ particular Allow nso 10 say thai,
Chlcage i a sii, containing e,cr one hun.
,insi Thousand Inhabitants, AMI Is increasing
al an ngsAa,er.e,l ra,r consequently thou.
S,nds Il mechanic an thew seeking en,
p'oynsni, ah when the sap,Jy csc~ds the
demand, wages m,ist h,.l iui Is Chicago
| the e,dy kkiormio IN the West. l.1k al
the prosperity cf Wisconsin and Minnesota.
NcWr tstN' in the history o, human migra-
items did such aooi of population poar
inin an equally tavoci c,nnir, No man
can cNr'aim, Il ann tco late. 'l'ie hand and
the saw an, both hefoN him: the o,s iuvi
ting and The Other pnptu',ing him. ,ht land
anii'','l and un'enant,sl asking ior fields,
snSs AMI inhabitants the law STRETCHING
cNr him is sn'pk shield II presumption.
placing him, psinlh~s thoash he may b.
upon hh own hnad acrs. anil giving him
ifcm iho-e very acr~ the rich results tina,
will secure them ~ him nrevef. Proper,
tirns,. "a the population lhcw mus, lw
towns, and th,~c ,owas must give business 10
mechanics In build them. and 10 all kinds Of
ira,isinrn Ia support ihrm. Thew must he
storckoirrs. druggists, bakers. taylors, shoe-
,makefs. and rope ~ almos, oil imdeN.
Where men an wanted and men arr scarw
t,,L
Gus and composition gnAi, rs is IN the ease
In larry cities, wages an brought down to
such ppiut as Ia enable tho laboer 10 live
and no mor'. Look al the millions of acrv
OF unoecpieI Government lands In Mime
sofa and Wisconsin waiting To hc I,re-cmp,.
vi. \ ps-,r man eau take ny farm Ct ape
hnniNsl aud sixty arrss. When this h sur
ycyM h. ha. only To pay the heavy sum II
81 % psr acw. (t;oycru,ncn, price, or give
a land warrant and rcsie his ,lsssls from
the cnltcl States. can t~tib as to the
quality II the Land Of Minnesota and Wis
cousin !, is ihe finest in the world The
first crop generally pays tor land, labor, &c,
Besides. e,'ors an rapidly taking up the
anoccupi'sl lands uud railroads are incrras
ing their value mor every yrar
Was much struck with these facts and
tho wonderful chances oiii-rei 10 poor mcu
10 sc',lc in the northrrn part Of the State OF
Wisconsin, AMI PARTICULARLY ia the town u
Superior NJ lhr head Of Lake Superior,
while On Vii, there last summer. Two
and half years ago this town was laid on,
IN dcnsa forest. now Il las some thre hun.
,lrvi buildings aml over twelve handrsl iu-
habitBnts. clNfclo~, pi,rs, warehouses. h0.
tcls. nrw sTapf. Ac laboting incn anil une
ebanics were very .carc their. in fact hard
TO get al any price buildings had TO wait
sometimes lof weeks bcfore thry could b.
pins,ercl Good carpenters wu'ive rom
81, so 10 $3.50 jst day masons the same |;
girls al hniscwork 81 To 81 per week, in
hotels AMI boarding houses a..
A mechanic could have bought building
lot for frum $50 10 300 IL IN eligible part
~ the town IN creIit, and pfssempied a
farm within iew mills Of the iown. with
the certainty ,ha, before year roll~i round
his building lot AMI inrm wU !, have dou.
blsl IN value Some may ssy ~r can g,t
these wages at home what Is the usa Of
going VEST Ny friends. how long would
IL tnka "a nnor nan ,,r mechanic IN nuo "A
,our ~, M f,ru, n ,,' L.ra,.., 80 -
acr,s Inr;mc La, i, a.. ,aiahiash.oJ =,
Ws.hipr,ony 4, ,h,. ,,,,.~m, IN. os w.
~ un.l Inc nr;cr M E,lns co,a he do I, IN
= Us,,Ir.e, itn.w ,n.n ,,nunr., rcr, 4, tho
na,ohborbo.,d ~ the town NJ Sn,.,,a, ~i,h
farms Of Que hundred spl sixty acrv, cost.
Ing them original, hut land warrant
non,b. f,o,, Tho da,e ofen,,s Wh, il ,.o
ar ,hrc YEAR mi, i.,J MI. town ine,sa...
a. !, no. ,lons .i,e.,lv wiIl y, ,h.an =, sln
m, ,rr. This xmjd l., .,av E,,L, a.,
Inn. .,.,, e., n,ech.nI, Az mas, .o.,ia
m.Ie ,nn,,,,r M, us..na l,o.,i - -. ,...'
nal I,i.. ,,..,s, r,'a ~. ~ -. i
sns;.;,,,,. III as a. $50 ,,.,,a.
,..r,, ,',''. r. 80, - a., 80 -.
ma ,Lc;r enan,rD ho,.s =. ,Ion, H. ~,
1ld., 81 WV '' '" WV
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s,r H. ,'a,s.ti,. =. i1,l.., 4. .'s.'
.,., ~ 80 80, ,xa ~.t,. H.. =,
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,hs =, pa., Ch,e.rn .,d ,.hc, "A. ~.
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male ,Ln ,o.n 81 s,,.,,nr H.. sh,,,,',n, ,.n,,
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