Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-02-12

INDUCEMENTS FOR COMING
WEST COST OF OPENING
s "A FARM

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ss,s'Die 8sna 1ahuiu article en'1'iea
[ inducements ior colh'ns Y'ess, Ia
80 i'oa4 ~ o1o"oe" oo"''f'' y WHICH
VIC ''''''o ''e a''e','tol' OF VINO ara
.'sS''"''"ss a ' 'he poiicy % cunning 20
Niin'iesoea
many persons al me east VINO corr
'e'np'a'a moving 70 our territory, u ny
50 oo'is 'hey can oe'er 'hef c'rcun~
stances, are asking information respect
ing thss country, net only as 10 It's re-
sources ,os3lr its climate ana lis son, out as
10 ING expense OF getting mere, ana the
capifai required 10 opening q farm 10
EglyessuGn inforsnation 9throueh the col
uinns o. me Courier, from time 70 time,
\ we shall ever be ready ana anxIons to
do, always IN the spirit of candor, and
iin accordance with Il discriminating an
I aysis OF, our observations and expert
ence +
! It seems to us, that people Of years,
who are comfortably situated in he east,
with we'll stocked farms, with good
buildings and orchards, can have but
few Inducements TO pull up and remove
to country however rich in natural
hoQntIes, yes too new to supply the CON-
forts to which old age is Justly entitled
Two years at least are required 10 make
q productive farm, and 10 surround
ones self with the requirements Of d
comfortable living and from six to ten
years must be born without apples or
other fruit, save what grows spontane~
ously. With these facts n view, we say
we can conceive Of no rational motive
for such persons. so situated, to sell out
at the east and remove to the west, ua-
j., less it may be to so invest their means
. as t, leave TO their children an inhsrl-
lance Of greater value. When this 10
:, the consideration, the drift Of the argu-
q ment changes, The best gift a parent
:. can make to a child, after an education,
:, is farm and he parent who does this,
at the sacrifice of comforts in his old
= age, is worthy the best memories of his
!. children. 4 farm OF hundred acres
at the east which has STAINED the acem
Of its value. NAV sell for enough IT,
transport q family TO Minnesota. aud
purchase six times that amount Of land
y Then an OUTLAY Of 4 few hundred dollars
= will fence aud break a large amount Of
Al prairie which, upon the second yeor,
" will produce more than sufficient for tho
Il lamiv's support, The third year
y croDD;or will nearly. il not quite. repay
1t all MONIES expended. Thus, after three
,, years time. the man Of family who
'e has the VIII to do il, can see q property
lit yrowinu 10 around him unincumbered.
Of and with sure prospect Of having
c sometime TANGIBLE to leave his sons
e. Something which will place them at the
I'd outset, on a footing for usefulness and
NJ Climate wealth. ...
We can see in this motive for &
tn man advanced in life, beyond even the
I'd per,oa OF greatest strength. to come
he west. The deprivations to be endured
IL are easily borne when the cause is pa
he ternal soicitude. The society and as
RI sociations Of lifetime can be ex-
r.. changed for others when the exchange
Of is sure 20 rebound to the good Of those
,,ho,, v,o ,,,ve
r. But il is to the middle-aged and the
no young that The west holds out induce