St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-03-05
Emigration.

Judging lIolH aCCOullto III thS L"''
ern papers, the emigration from that
quarter to the West will be greater
the coming season than was ever
known before. Our Eastern readers
will naturally turn to the Intclligenccr
for information concerning this par
ticular portion of the Great West, and
for this reason we will say, what is
universally conceded, that the Cedar
River valley in Iowa is one of unsur-
passed fertility and loneliness. 1t is
here that nature has done her work
to perfection, and it is only necessary
that man shall take possession of this
Eden garden and improve upon and
enjoy it. We anticipate great ac-
cessions to our population the coming
season, and can assure all good citi-
zens who may come that they will
be cordially welcomed. We want
more farmers, more tradesmen and
more mechanics of every kind.
In this district between one and two
millions acres of Government lands
will be offered for sale next May, while
lands at second hand can every where
be bought at from four to fifteen and
twenty dollars per acre. In the vicin-
ity Of St Charles good improved farms
can be bought at from eight to fifteen
dollars per acre. All kinds of farmers
produce bear a good price and farm
ing is profitable. House lots in this
place and adjoining towns can be
bought at from fifty to two hundred
dollars each. Day laborers and me-
chanics command wages of from two
to three dollars day, and the demand
is always greater than the supply.
St. Charles is village of scarcely two
years growth. 1t now numbers some
fifteen hundred inhabitants and enjoys
facilities and convenicnces beyond
most of the towns in this section of
Iowa. There are already here two
large hotels, good Touring mill and
one saw mill driven by water power
two steam saw mills, eight stores, ono
livery stable, two blacksmith shops
two tailor's shops, one shoemaker, fou
painters, three banking houses, 81,
land agencies, two clcrgymen, eigh
lawyers, five physicians, one dentist
two harness makers, two cabine
: makers, three architects and builders
twenty-five carpenters, five brick-lay
ers, two stone masons, five plastcrcrs
one millwright, one matchmaker, one
gunsmith, one newspaper and .jol
printing establishment, two tin-platc
workers, together with one county
liquor shop and one county seat which
certain envious persons declare to be
on wheels!
Besides the call for all kinds of nc
chanics i'll this section of country there
is a great demand for farm hands, ant
at high wages. In view Of this fact
there is great encouragement oflcrc'
, to young men loafing about Eastern
cities and villages who are willing all
able to undertake farm work, to com
West. We can assure them that farI
: hands will be in demand Throughout
this region. But do not come with tn
anticipation that light work, such a
clerkships, &C., can be obtained in tn
towns and cities, or that money can b
picked up at any business without il
dustry and steady perseverance. Th
fancy editions of young men, gilt edge
and morocco bound, issued by easter
shops, stores and parvenucs, for Yves
tern circulation, generally lie on tn
shelf when they reach us, in the al
sence of any demand. But those ed
tons got up in practical form, capabl
of standing rough usage, and whic
seem at home in the farmers HON,
. stead or on the bench of the mechanic
/ arc quickly snatched up without niue
t regard to price, and made to fill thci
legitimate sphere Of usefulness.