The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-07-29
The Crash and the Crisis in the
West.

The Crash md the Crisis in the
West.
The crash has arrived in good earnest
throughout the entire West. In this city,
in St. Louis, in st. Paul, Dubuque, Mus
catine, Davenport, Milwaukee, Rockford,
Freeport, Rock Island, Keokuk, and in
fact, in every city, town, and village thro'
out the entire North West, there is q
crash-a most tremendous crash But
we expected it; for the wise men Of the
East have predicted it for long time
But we arc happy to say, it is just the
kind ofcrash that we Western people like.
i Hank! we hear the crash now. Those
twenty workmen are crashing away on
the top of yonder building. There!-
there is another crash !-softer and mild
er. What is that! Oh, it is the iron
front in yonder building, which the busy
workmen have just set in its solid bed of
stone and mortar. There, again, upon
your honor, goes that impudent crash
right along over our most public streets,
in broad daylight; but it is only the crash
of about one hundred teams laden with
every imaginable articles of inerchandize,
manufactures and building MATERIAL =
What an awful crashing sound they make
Hark! We hear another. crash away IN
the distance. What can that bes Oh,
it's only one of the ono hundred and
twenty-five trains of cars that arrive and
depart daily to and from Chicago. Here
again we hear another crash. What
sharp, ugly, screeching, crashing nose !!
Whist crash can that be? We see; it is
one of those abominable little tug boa.s,
towing into the harbor of one of the thous-
and Lake vessels that bring to this city
| MILLIONS upon millions Of feet, Of. lumber
each year; and that other industrious 1T
tie fellow there, that is putting, splash
ing, crathing, and making such noise
that is tug too, pulling away at that
large vessel that it laden with wheat and
corn. and bound for Buffalo.
Well. we do not know what we shall
do: for this crash has the impotence to
stare us in the face everywhere in this
CITY, and the great trouble is, it is no bet
ter anywhere in the West. For if we
start out on some one Of the railroads,
/ and think to get to some quiet little town,
away off in the interior is will be the same
thing, we fear. .aa
We will, at all events, try it. We
start-and the first thing we know, we
are crashing and rumbling along the rail
road. We arrive at our destination, and
here likewise, they are crashing away
building houses, making fences, &c. and
farmers are crashing along the roads,
with their teams laden with grain. 1t is
all crash, noise, hustle. We stop day,
but the impudent crash continues. What
shall we dos Well we will take trip up
to Minnesota; that must be q quiet S at,
way off up there by itself. We start, and
we crash along the railroad until We get to
the Mississippi. Now we think we will
get rid of this abominable crash. We
will Just step on board that splendid
steamer and have such a "niee time" ad-
miring the beautiful scenery along the
river: for we know Mr.. Crash viii hardly
venture so far away from his friends-tho
wise men Of the East. Oh, but we are
mistaken: for here he is on The boat
Yes, and there he il at that new town on
the bank Of the river. We go Oh a!.t.ie
| further. Here be is again. Confou,
the fellow. We. fnd him ST every po n
of any note. Arrived at ST. Paul, and
upon our word, he looks almost as large
and just as impudent and just as inpcrl;-
nent as he did either at Chicago or ST.
| Louis.
Well, we almost give It up; ana our
candid opinion is, that the only way to
prevent the great crash in the West is for
tho Old States to keep their boys and
girls at homeland some of Their old
mon and women too-because th.y viii
make noise, and behave rude and naugh-
| ty too, when they get SO far away from
their old homesteads. Well, the wise
men of the East must bit upon some plan
to keep their people at home: for it is
those folks from away down East, and
from the Middle and Southern States,
that are entirely the cause Of al this
ciashing.
There is another thing we noticed in
connection with this abolninable crash,
that is giving the wise men Of the East,
so much concern at this time, and that is
the Crisis-for he keeps company with
Crash. There is no joke about the crisis,
for it surely has arrived in the West. The
crisis has arrived in the We t. where thou
sands Of the best citizens of the. older
States are making their homes. That,
| we think, however, more of crisis for
| the East than the West.
The crisis has arrived in the West when
the who,e country west of the mountains
is being rrn over with net work of rail
roads, and dotted with cities, towns, and
villages. The crisis has arrived when the
mighty West can stand up and declare
her strength and greatness equal, if not
superior, to any other section Of this vast
republic. -.,s.s b. $500.
Fear not, ye wise men of the East
The West will take care Of herself, and,
in spite Of your crisis and your crash, will
come out all right Chicago Real Is
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