The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-05-21

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West.
Twenty years ago, the movers wagon
was the type of emigration. A jsded
yoke Of oxen, battered wagon, a few
hickory-bottomed chairs, an old plow,
and spinning-wheel dangling out be-
hind, were the symbols. "A little girl,
probably, rode straddlcback on an old
gray mare, and drove along the old
COW, and in camp at night tho squatter
looked up bis rifle, or solsced himself
with shabby fiddle, while his better
half braudished . fine-tosth comb.
These types are not altogether ,bol-
ished, but have become more rare.-.
They are crowded out ofsight by a new
class that travels by rail. If you meet
one Of them, and could get at his in.
most soul, you would find ho has serious
misgivings cs to the stability of the
"Constitution." This Glass;: like the
bee, used to keep "between the Indian
and the white man." With them, soft
soap and coon:skins were legal tender,
and "ten acres ! [of fenced. clearing]
enough. :>.:: .':: i: g.
The common school in some West
ern States entercd into a treacheroua
conspiracy against them. =. Their. chill.
dren, aud their children's children, are
not like unto them: A: few managed
to preserve their integrity intact; but,
painfully conscious Of their inability to
cope with more active race, they
shrink into the secluded hooks which
"isms" and patent churns have not
penetrated.
1t is estimated that Is per cent. Of
the new emigrants to any country 60
oack-or would if they could. As Gu.
rious is it that three-fourths of these
returned emigrants again emigrate to
the laad from which they fed in dis
gust. !! The great cause Of failure is a
retusalof the emigrant to adapt himself
to his circumstances. Nor is the or
deal a light one. Agricultural emf,
grants have to maintain themselves at
least year before they can producd
anything from their new farms. In
making farms, they must create prop:
erty, aud beside maintaining them:
selves, draw heavy drafts on the future:
They are laying the foundations Of fu-
ture prosperity. More than half Of all
their efforts are, Of necessity, not for to-
day. When they have the nerve and
selfdenial to 60 through all this, it is
well.
Many emigrants are disappointed be-
cause they expected too much. They
seem to have believed that orchards,
and gardens, and cultivated farms, aud
barns, and vines aud fig trees to "sit
under," should spring up at an "opcn
sesame that they could be made opt
of nothing in the space Of few days,
"and all very good"-- that prairies have
a natural predisposition for potatoes
aud parsnips, and that broods Of chick
ems and turkeys caa be conjurcd up by
a handful Of corn.
They forget that all We prize on earth
is the fruit Of toll or sacri6ce-that the
very difficulty Of obtaining adds to the
value Of anything-that without trial
comes not happiness or success.
While immigration has been the
handspring of.American progress, an.
other feature, rapidly developing the
country, is the tendency to aggregate in
large cities and towns, The indcpen.
don't spirit that carried men into the
country is to some extent on the ~aue
1t may bo one Of the problems Of ou,
rapidly increasing population. An .ir:
tifcial life is growing NOR. temptipg.--
"Hot and cold water" bakers bread,
gas, the theatre, and the strcet-cars, are
seductions that 60 far to make. up the
sum total Of life, Tired before it i.
fully comprehcnded. Boarding-houses
too, hotels, living without home, with
out its cares and comforts, indicate the
tendency of modern taste. 49, " 80
Away behind all these is the coun:
try. "God made it." , Tic: "towq'
may have its allurements. Long val
leys, with independence and health
whispering among the oaks or pines
speak Of a more vigorous race.
As yet, We have scarcely a science o
agriculture. Our agricultural period
Gals are IN their green and tender leaf
filed with mere recipes. rather tha,
science reduced to mathematical exact
ness. Our Agricultural Colleges are
as yet, the most complete failures Of hi
ages. Our Department Of, Agricultur
has been q vast gratis seed. store, from
which descending NJ. .C.'s indus
triously launched forth innumeiabl
little bags, full Of peas and squash!seed
at tho heads Of mon who wanted collcc
torships and consulatcs.. The public da
main il, day BY day and year BY yea1
voted into Che hands of great corpora
tions, BY politicians who rose to powe
| from preaching that it should be for tn
settler. .'.-.'<'' ID u. -. /"
In spite Of all, migration goes on
Year BY year, beef aud bread gro,
dca,cr. Tint which the farm produce
is constantly worth more. In q fe,
years, the public domain vill ihav
found owners. There win be Ieithe
Indian lands to steal by treaty. nc
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