The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-11-17
WHOLE NO. 1856.

spiruuous sod-corne Let me ereaslr feed
On thy ample uodgers! Permit me 10 isVe
myself in thy wilderness Of han and esyss
Q thou vasty bunker, West, vouchsafe me
tearing big words enoueh TO depict thy lati-
tude.ess excellercies. Enlarge the borders
lof mr. wondering vision that may fully
sakeia Leviathan with my pin hook. These,
Q Big West. are thy extensive attributes %
seen By my little eye: Big lakes, envelopine
| big catfish, and bearing big sseamers, shim-
merirg in the moonshine, Asids.--Big
Dutch women enve.oping big beer, sAimsaer-
Tag Big rivers with big commerce. Big
forests shaken by baimy brcexes. lBig Hoo
siers shaken BY bilious ague.l Big prairies.
/. Big cities humming, some Of them largely
iithographed. tBig mosquitoes hummiuE.
presenting ao-hills for immediate payment.)
Bs crops. Big farms. Big soil. Big eli
mate. Big cattle. Big gals. Big rains.
Big men with h,g hearts and big intellects.
Big babiea. (fact l-bless their big soulss)
Big prospects-hig idsas--big iaaxinstisas
all hig-everything big-big all ro3nd
There. have fully enlightened you as to
the most prominent charncteristics Of the
West? Do you wonder that We fdik biz
when everything else ia on SO big scale ?
Aren't you afraid that when We put one OF
big Capital, where bigwigs most do congrcs
gate, that weshall get too big for our trou-
Isers? The only littleihing We hare is lit
tie Giaat- and he is passing little In those
high moral qualities which form the orowning
glars Of true man. II there are any littie
Isouls left down East, and surmise that such
muSt be the ease. send them out here and
warrant you they viii inevitably enlarge in
the course of time under the broadening
Influences Of western hfe. fl have not
hammered that little word bio to death, is
has not happened for want Of perseverance,;
allow me TO bid adieu TO the subject while
you are in an expanding, exalted frame Of
mind.
For many. many years some folks have
valiantly proclaimed the theory that farmers
are 'sjust us good as anybody else. Ire-
peat that the theory has been often and per-
tinaciously elueidated. tina, farming was ono
of the noblest if no, the noblest profession
in which man could engage, ard that farmers
should rightfully assume the highest honors
of civilized society. But this theory, tho
germ Of most beneficent reform, has shared
the fate of all reforms, for long period
being held morally as a theory devoid OF
practical value. Public opinion has ever
sneered at farmers and drawn odiGus COM
parlsons. And it may tfuthfully be added
however rcpugnant to our feelings, that far,
ners have actually sneered at themselves.
But the good time is surely coming. The
tide has turned, and with joy We watch the
constantly increasing power. The opening
Of such vast agricultural region as the
West; the spreading over its surface of an
army of enterprising eastern men with east
ern ideas =; these have powerfully aided to
invest the farming interest with rapidly
growing importance. Already We feel that
the day is not far distant when this interest
shall possess all the elements that will ren.
der it second to none Of the governing
classes in power, culture, and controlling
infucLce. Farmers hasten the day
PARsoN.