The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-03

storek.erer 60 whom he carries u part, will again retain
a part with which to pay his taxes On his lots and store.
Debts will he paid with them, and every man through
whose hands they go, will keep >ome to %liquidate h's
{ xation account with the t'wn. In Illustration Of the~
f.cts, we would state ina, in the Town If Prescott, Wi.
c,rs;n, during the year 1897, in provcments were mac.
to the amount OF 1, ven thousand dollars. and ~ the .r
& the year the towr found itself ,areu,v .hrer drhoys j"
.ifM.
IL conclusion, we need only attract the attention OF
our readers to the communication mentioned in the
report Of til. proceedings of the Town Council IN AN
other column, in which the storckeepera and business
men Of the town express their willingness to sccept the
Town Orders a. par. What better exhibition of public
| spirit could be asked?
Nlnlnger 1yCeunl.
There was another large gathering 90 Monday even
ing TO hear the adjourned debate on the question Of
the Immortality of the Soul. 1t lost some Of ITS inter
est on this occasion, as the speaking was confined to one
on each side notwithstanding this, however, the au-
dience endured the sitting atmosphere Of q wxrin and
unventilated room until near cleveno'cloek, when it was
abruptly terminated and given to the jury, thus prevent
ing others who may have desired, from participating in
the discussion. The jury gave y unanimous verdict ia
favor Of the affirmative.
An election of officers was held, and the following
gentlemen were chosen J. Il. Case, President J
Beswick, Vice President Caleb Adams, Secretary /;
Henry Calea, Treasurer.
The question for next evenings debate is relative to
the Legislative power to prohibit the sale Of ardent spir-
its as a beverage.
GDOsxex.
81
W. notice close by +. McNamara's, under the bluff,
the commencement Of a new house BY Mrs Q linl N,
Who has just moved into cur town from Hastings. Also
near J. Il. Whites we found yesterday the carpenters
at work busily engaged in commencing a residence tor
MIR. Agnes, lately living near Mortified. This is pref
ty vel! for the month Of March, With the Thermometer
considerably below the freezing point.
We also learn that the Cool Templars' Of this
place, a large and worthy association devoted to the
Temperance reform, are taking the preparatory steps for
building themselves a Hall. We wish th IN every sue
cess in their good undertaking.
The Rev. MIR Greasy, in conjunction with some Of
our citizens, is busily employed in starting u B'pti<t
Church. We think it is in the hands Of one who will
not Lee the enterprise sleep.
Mr. G. II. Knight, we learn, also commences next
week the construction Of quite "a commolicus residence
and store in the business part Of the town. Mr. Knight
SApCCso OtCAIuk 0IO VuotuCHS CAtCuSAsCJ ~ u oP'AuS'
The architect is Mr.. David Philips
Truly the ball is opening What other town can pre-
sent such an array OF enterpri Q at this early period
Everything betok.n MS the most prosperous career for
Nininger during the present year. Our citizens are
s~anguine our Town Council energetic; almost every
f miIy expects some addition to their number by the
Spring emigration and if the opening Of navigation
is to bring to the State a period Of revival, there is u"
place will be better prepared to take advantage OF it
than Nininger City.
Public spirit.
Vital force alone creates superiority The breadth If
the muscle is nothing to the vigor and the vehemence
hat actuates it. Success depends upon the internal
power, not upon the external size. es
A town to succeed must have the spirit and the de-
termination within, to go ahead and to krrp g"i"y uhe"a
1t should adopt the motto of Robert Give in India,
{ to stand still is dangel-to recede is ruin When
once it ~hesitates, when once it falters, tits lost. When
ever that moment arrives that its momentum leaves it,
it had better at once part its coat-tails and sit down
quietly i'll the dust. Rest, in this great age and country,
is destruction and oblivion. The great waves roll over
all that cannot ride them.
Nininger City has had a marked career. 1t was not
the chance offspring Of emigration AMI accident,
"A beggar brat on bulk bcgos,'
dropped endwise in the wilderness. It was set deliher.
ately close to the fifth rib of one Of the most rapidly
growing communities in America. And it grew. 1t
grew ia the teeth Of contention, abuse, and obloquy. It,
grew in the teeth Of the panic-it grew through the
panic, and it still grovs,-and what shall stop it from
growing?
'To thine own self be true,
And it will follow a. the night the day,
Thou cans, not then b. false to any one
Our Town Council have charge Of our ship Of State
Let them not be deferred by the suggestions Of the
timoroas from going straight forward. The town Is
with them. Let US here record a prophecy made BY one
but temporarily a soj"urner among US. After witnessing
one Of our large, intelligent, energetic and harm ,nious
meetings, he said, | ON convinced that if this town
continues to di.p!ay the same qualities it now possesses
it can make itself second only to St. Paul
The Town Council must not hold back. One dollar
expended during 1859, will be equa! to two dollars ex.
pended in 1859, OF three dollars in 1860. There
is a tide SC. We should prefer to see all the taxes for
the next three years crowded into the present year, and
thereby me destiny Of the town settled forev,r. The
Council have commenced fight-let them 20 on, unhes.
itatingly and un6inchingly. They have the people
with them. Everything must give way to the necessity
Alarge portion Of our present number is taken up
By the interesting lecture On Encouraging Emigration,
delivered by Ignatius D"nnelly, Esq (our .ounsman)
before the State Legislature. on the 18th ult. The in-
portance Of the subject had been regarded by our Leg
islators for some time, and various plans proposed and
discussed, without eli ;iting a%nything satisfactory. Mr..
Donn.lly being in st. Paul at that time, Was invited
to deliver an Address before them, aud present bis views.
1t is a matter Of pride to onr town, to learn how
satisfactory this was done, both to the august body that
invited him, and to the public at large the cun,mep-
dation Of the press being especially aattering. We give
it to OUT readers as q valuable document, the arguments
in which may be %usefally employed to sustain the high
reputation our State holds among its settlers, in all the
characteristics so ably set forth III the Address.
CHANGE OF oRs The Handyside House,
in this town. passed into the hands Of Joshua Kemp,
ESQ on the Lat inst The gentleman uhn a orna