Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-06-04
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A New York paper, in An article disaA
ding young men, and families from coming
| oot West, sAys:
at takes long while to build up homc'
IN the West. Ii you want to make homes
for your children, go; but not till After many
,e~rs oi hard toll and rrivations will you bt
able cnios any 81 the comfcrts Of life. You
children, not yourselves, will reap all the re-
ward ef your long Years Of hard work and
misery in making farms in the wilderness.
How any man. Gut of lunatic asylum
could pen such an unmi,,R a,ei p,sce Of tons
foclery and fssehocd passes our comprchcu'
sion. Nature itself with her smiling face,
gives him tho lie, our rolling prairies, many
Of them two years ago growing the r.nkes, OF
wild grasses aud now yielding double their
FIRST coast every season give him the lie.
Oar elevators and granries bursting With
yellow barley and heaped up with wheat,
shout its false. The SNOW white cottages
and rsral homes gli,,erins in the murning
sun declare it 4 Islander. our cities aud
villages. springing NJ ike the niAglesl pal.
ace Of Aladdin Almos, ia = night, and draw,
ing TO their nar,s the runners and hagmen
OF The Eastern world proclaim i, u libel on
the brightest half oar jominions. The in
iss;rioas G.rH,au cmi0snt Who brings his
Young frow out West and invests his few
prussiAn dollars in unbroken land, whose
ags, crop places him in Independence, de-
clAres it absursli,y. Why arc Eastern men
auxious TO hold our lands ct frs, hand 2
Why do railways stretch their iron arms into
new and unbrcken locali,icsf Why are ri.
val towns fighting over the privileges Of car.
ring our mxriant crops to the world's NJ ar
ket, if many hard yesrs Of toll must super.
vene before they can reap the 1.-THE Of tina,
which the settlers must 60 through countless
.ions, libellcr Of your country aud then write
no more.-Ddr. Democrat.
The Nashua lbst in an article upon the
proposed Third party movement says: When
the Temperance reformers cut loose from the
Republican party, they have committed them.
selves TO political grave past resurrection.
We SAINT all good men il the party aud for
the party, no. out Of it and against it. We
want them where their voice will be heard in
the councils Of the great Radical and pro-
gressive party, not in its way or barking 81 its
heels. 1t isa fac, beyond cavil. that in,emper'
ance and crime is terribly Oh the increase in
Iowa. aud i, bshooves every good citizen 10
give his aid to any enterprise which tends to
encourage temperance. hut, . separate pol,
itical organization, would in our judgment
do more harm than good. The Repu blican
party owes il to itself TO place none bu: TEN
peraie men in office. and TO 40 thar the party
needs the strong temperance element in its
ranks. A third party would simply draw
out that strength aud leave the party 1t the
mercy OF the democracy. A Third party
formed now on that issue, could not elect its
ticket, bu, it might defeat the Republicans.
and give Iowa 10 the Democrats. Would
that aid the temperance cause? Don't pu,
too many irons in the Ere but watch what
belor q 70 yop. The Republicans rule Iowa
and the Temperance men rule the Republi>
can party. and We are glad this Is so. and hope
they will not lose the power they have nov
il grasping for more!
A CAsS or InPArIENCr.-Mr. Sumner
can't wait a rninuie-not even for Pfes,deut
Grant. The latter should eend for him
sorwith, and tell him this horso story: A
Jockey sold an animal which he duly war;
ran,ed 70 DO bis mile inside OF three minutes.
The PURCHASER took away his property. and
to crafty his foudness FOR speed.
The horse could do no sneh thing as the sci
Ter had promised. Taking him back in
rage, the sold'' party protested in loud
voice tha. be had been swindled. How
so:H inquired the other. with provoking
lack OF interes, in the matter. "Why,"
was the answer, you guaranteed that that
borse would 20 mile inside of three min
MES y wal won't he? what will be do n
. Do be won't make mile less than four.'
The jockey leisurely surveyed the situation,
and, with leer that would have enraged
saint, broke forth upon his victim. wan,
to Know" said no, "if you are in such
ievilish hurry that you can't wait min
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