Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-04-30

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bune has IN article, ve take it, writ
ten BY NJ. Greeley, which contains
advice that \ worth thinking shout
1t least We are not Of those who
think every man should Be- . farmer.
bat We heartily agree With the state.
ment that few kinda Of property ars
% secure and furnish % good I snps
port in adversity - does real estate {:
We hold that every adult raticaal
human being should, il not already .
landowner, become one at IN early
day: not because Ill mea should be
farmers, Of even gardener, but be-
causs land, owned and paid for, ID he
ssrest barrier yet devised against ths
evil day that may come to any one,
and, sooner or later, comes 70 nearly
all. Scarcely one in . hundred Of the
forehanded cas truly say, ~ sm se-
cure agaisst . reverse Of fortune =
no amount Of money Of stocks o.
mortgage u - absolute safeguard
against disaster and consequent want
but the thrifty, wealthy. besy citizen
who has bought . ssue Aomestsad
and had it properly deeaed 70 hi wife,
and asother, Il be Be 49,, - hi child
or children, has laid sn aaohor %
windward which vill enable him to
ride out almost any tempest Of ll-for-
tune.
We urge every one Who hes means
to secure . homestead, even though
it Be but log cabin and gardes- patch,
or . few acres Of primitive forest.
Buy . city lot, if yoa will; buy ~
acre in the outskirts Of some thriving
village buys piece of IN Southern
plantation, . quarter section Of w sstr
ern prairie, or . nsok among the Ale
ghanies !; bay in WisconsiS; in Mis-
souri, in Tennessee, or Arkansas %
you ses ct {; but, If you have . few
hundred dollars that You can spare,
let not 1859 pass away without ses-
ing you the owner Of at least . ffac.
tioa Of the surface Of Mother Earth.
Speculation may promiss fhr larger
returns; business may b ever 20 in.
viting but nothing b - ss1vs to
afford : refuge In the day Of adver.
sisy - the purchase Of land Sde .
home.
Business 10 likely to Be dull ard
hazardous for the ssxt three o. four
years. A majority seem bsnt-in
our view, msdly benton grsdsal ap-
proachss 70 resumption, instead Of
taking the pluage at once and being
done with Il We have made oos-
siderable spprosch toward speeis
payments siace Grants election b.
osns morally certain; /; and - ass
quite likely to 70 farther on that road
directly. This involves lower pri-
ces, slowes sales, dull trade-in Saort,
hard timeA We shall probably in-
port les, trade lsss. spcad less, ws0ks
lee, il The three ysars snsnis9 than
10 The thsse last. Old and respect.
able HOUSES will fail; CLERKS aud othes
employees will be thrown oat Of busi.
ness, mechasics may havs les vssi
than they have had changes unwsl'
come 70 III, but bsarln6 especially
hsrd On Our densely pespesa citiea
Happy hey uhe shal( - sbls. i
tArOwn ont q bssisess II sitise, 70
rally "a their own humhle homesi
We beiisvs h productive industry !;
we bslievs i ssls fer any mas and
best for most msa 70 engage - H;
ve believe the Farmer vocstios hap
pisst and best for It last thrse-iourtns
Of the human family. We viea enc
half thoee Who ars trying % hvs ~
lraflc. = 0Dce, or speculatios, Ueeso
reeslve Nstk.with % b fas01so =
sardesssa /, We ars snrs they we1ld
do hetaer. and their shildrsn - ~
Weather and happier for = We
regard the coil Of this coank1Y -, n
the average, the chsapeet eopesty
that sells for monst 0A eefth : W64lsh
there were twioe - uno9 oD0ose 0f
il. With . large inctuaea Of 1nDsovsra
and cnltivators. The nost tAal "
can do toward electin4 4hls = 70 o.
hort every one the e1n - - tlkh.
out running into 1ebe - eaeare e6sth'
with > paos of gsoand lbs ~ lanlss