The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-09-08

grave Of fogyism. Capitalists from abroad
heard the noise, the fence was broken down
and they entered in. A Wooden Yarn Fac
tory was started, new drist- mill got ander
way, the old Woolen Mill was enlarged, and
then came strong company which put up
an immense Coal Oil Factory, from which,
We believe, the village is supplied with gas,
and which, no doubt, has greatly aided in
Illuminating the world Is to the really grea.
advantages and resources Of this location.--
Two other coal.oil factories have been
started, --one is already at work and the 9TH
Or soon will be,-the old Distillery has been
torn down and is now coming up again in
brick and in very large proportions, alas
for the brains and stomachs Of frail human.
ity), other improvements, such as business
houses, large Hotel, &c., are naturally fol-
lowing, and ! am informed that every house
in town is occupied.
], Such 10 the natural result of productive
Industry. Notc the railroads are an aid
powerful levers in the hands OF workmen
who understand their tools they are no
longer wings for capital, traffic and popula-
ton to fly of on, but they are veins and ar
teries by which the life blood returns to the
heart in steady and health. giving fow.-
So il always is. II you travel with your
eyes open, you will see hundreds Of towns
in the New England and other States which
have sprung up right along side Of track,
qftev tho completion Of track and because
Of that completion. They are built to pro-
dace, and they thrive because they produce
valuable. By the rails, their pro-
duotions are quickly. carried to . market, and
The proceeds quickly returned in the shape
II money, food and clothing, or raw ma
'erials for new productions. You will see
'thsr towns in other states through which
The rails have passed like . sharp knife
through the heart. Their LIES blood has
been drained of, and they 60 to grass. The
people sere not smart, at least not wise.--
They thought, psrchanoe, there was nothing
10 do but to get the railroad built, and then
Il would build them up. Foolish expeeta-
lion! Happy the people who know from
The irss, or discover at the last, - the New
arkers have done, that the railroad is
only an incidental though powerful auxi-.
iary, and that il they would be built up at
all they must build up themselves they
must produce, manufacture something USE
full or valuable, and thus add to the real
wealth or exchangeabls values of the world.
Cannot our follow.sitixens see q useful
moral to this lessonp The making Of for
tunss by the rise Of property is dono with
for them. That bubbls--so expanded, 80
with prismstic huos, 80 bespanglsd
With innumerable rainbows Of glory, at the
snds OF every one OF which were sacks and
piles OF gold and diamonds, has vanished
into thin air. The dazsling career of fancy
operators, who, though quite ordinary NOR.
'als at night, would wake up grandly rich
% the morning, very suddenly reached it's
'limsx. And now we are brought back to
'ugged contact with the realities OF truth
md nature. Shams and Gctions will no
onger answer. Fence raids around 9 we'll.
cultivated potato patch are found to be
letter reliance than acres upon acres Of open
commons ct 81 900 per acre and the rails
,oing for fre-wood at $40 per cord! Yes
We only had those rails back again, around
hose now POOR acres, enclosing laughing
elds of corn, and pumpkins, and potatoes,
,ade such by honest sweat Of brow under
email smiles Of Providence, would not the
respect for next winter be little brighter
We'll the practical deduction il this
hoover owns lots in Keokuk will End his
ltimste and very great profit by giving
way every other or every third lot to who.
'evcr will take them and build up on them
: by means Of them sny kind Of useful man.
features. That's fact. Publish il to the
orld that you will do 80. Also, at the
anne time, publish to the world the exsraor-
mary advantages Of Keokuk for manufao.
airing, its inexhaustible fields Of coal, iron,
nd other minerals, it, facilities for obtain
ag cotton from the South, iss large and in
rsasing trade with the Des Moines Valley,
Missouri, and . portion Of Illinois, |
nd, thereby, it's intimate relation with |
ure intellectually Of great magnitude
nd rapidly incressing--for oil the staple
nd useful. and very many OF the ornament
i products Of human ingenuity and indus
~. You real estate holders, JUS. quit sue.
ne each other, cease mourning over the
.reat collapse and awful shrinkage, wake up
rom the stupor produced BY that grand ex-
'losion, engage at once in the work above
Indicated with the energy that once wac and
till il yours, and you may soon much
ooner than you think for-have occasion to
ejoice in your renewed activity.
was talking about Newark, and l have
more to say about this county Of
licking, but enough for the present.
The Foot OF n Horse.
1t is marvel Of mechanical ingenuity,
which no mere human inventive faculty ever
Gould have devised. Often hos the human
land been taken to illustrate Divine wisdom;
'ut whoever may examine his horses foot,
sill find It scarcely less curious. Though
vi its parts are somewhat complicated, yet
heir design ia a;mnle and nkvsnns d..