Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-02-18


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During his late visit 10 the west, Hon
ACE GREELEY wrote rs follows among 9th,
er things from Prairie du Chen, dating
the 22d Jauuaryi
There will be more acres broken, more
grain sowed or planted, more calves rear.
ed, ard Of the season be fair) more pork
made, ii lie Free West in 1860 than il
any former year. au assured that more
Lead Is being dug this Winter hel9aIoti
for many Yeas past. Those who
have put money into Western Railroads
must lose a good part oft; but the Coun-
Try potts by their mistakes; and even
the city lots, now SO dead drug, will in
good part be wanted about the year | zoe,
aad it Is sn excel ent thing for all bat tie
lol-0wners to have our future cities so well
laid out and mapped that.thcv can never
grow up mere huddles of dwellings,, like
Boston. some Of The older portions Of New
York, and (more emphaiically) the smaller
cities Of Europe. In spite Of present dis
cauagemenls, matters are working right.
The Free West is producing many things
adapted TO It's own needs that il would
have continued to seek abroai but for hard
times - nearly all Implements, Malasses
from Sorghum, Broomcor1, Tobacco, &c
And whoever will come here TO establish
almost any kind OF Manufacture, may Ee
sure Of a warm welcome anywhere, and
can generally buy or hire cligibly located
buildings adapted to bis needs at very
moderate rates. Judge that thonext five
years will witness an immense develop
ment Of Manufacturing throughout the
West, especially if the Tariff shall mean
time be modified in the right direolion.
And | say emphatically to The industr
Gus and frugal, WHO contemplate migration
from The East to The West If YOU can
bring a moderate amount Of ready means
with you, the inducements for such migra
tion were never greater than now. r
judge that, in good hands, $500 will to
day tuy more lard, or q quarter section
With better improvements, than $1,000
would have bought two or three years ago.
With $1,000 cash in hand, you can buy
pretty fail far,a il any State west of Ohio.
There Is q great abundance Of land still
held at absurd prices, but there is enough
that will lie sold--indeed, much of il nanSt
be sold-at reasonable rates. Go little
way from the railroads and the Villages,
and you can buy good quarler-sections in
almost any county for the fair value of the
improvements already made on them
No reasonable man ought to wish them
lower.
AS 70 hose who can bring stout arms
only. do not thipk the chances are now
80 good as they once were. Wages are
not SO high as they have been. There is
much less digging, brick making, building.
DC, than there recently was, and there
ought to be far less numbering, but eus.
pect there is not; for numbering is like
gambling: whoever once gives himself up
to either can never afterward resist the
destinations of its chances. but pla1s away
SO long rs Re can get anything to play
with. | could not advise poor man to
come West in quest of employment by
which to earn bis living aud that Of bis
family as a hreling for believe he can
do quite as well aud find quite as steady
work at tho East. And yetif poor man
Who has any clear idea oflhe requirements
aud privatous Of pioneer life can raise the
wherewithal to take his family clear into
the wilderness, beyond the desoatirg
sweep Of land speculation, whore he can
sqnat upon aquarterseclion of public land,
] shall not discourage him from doing SO.
Lethim file his claim TO pre-emption, which
secures him two years peaceable possession
Of any quaFter-section alleady exposed for
sale; and before the two years can expire,
we shall have the Homestead bill through
Congress in some firm, and he willthence-
forth be bis own landlord for life, and his
children may liye and die in ragged indie
pendence on the soil which bis courage
has made theirs. ! would advise no man
who can.pay for land thus to struggle out
Of sigh, aud hearing of churches, schools.
mills, stores, &c.--asay even from roads
and brieges.-fo for | think any one who has
$1,000 can do BETTER and keep almost
within sound Of railroad whistle; but
better plunge into thu unbroken wilderness
Cor while than 10 live aud die other mems
tenants ard hirelings.