Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-03-16
THERE Is A BETTER DAY COM
ING

There has been general cry of
"hard times" all over the country,
and especially in the county of Mar
shall, for the last three years. The
people have had good reasons for
many of their complaints, we grant.
Poor crops, heavy taxes, little mon
ey, many failures. big crop of
chills-all these would tend to make
any people blue and bilious. But
then a better day is dawning and
win soon smile gloriously upon us
if We will only unite and drive this
wolf, "hard times" from our doors.
There is not county in the State
ripper for rapid growth. than Mar
shall. The county seat is soon to
be one of the great railroad centers
OF Northern Indiana. i'm fact IL is
now equal to the best. There is
not a richer soil, nor more of it in
any other county in the State mo
finer timber anywhere. But all
these things will avail us little if we
sit still and cry hard times" and
do nothing to develop our resour-
ces.
"Well," we think we hear from
hundreds, "what can Ido?" You
alone or individually can do but lit
tie; but altogether can do much.
The town of Plymouth is waking
up and making some moves in the
right direction. Let the smaller
towns AMI all the county heartily
second the move. Let US get ready
for grand fair next October. Let
us flood the Eastern States with
facts and figures, showing our unde.
veloped resources, our fine timber,
our many openings for profitable
manufacturing, and our productive
soil; and soon capital will find us
and prosperity win crown our
efforts. Don't say it can't he
done" Work for it. Talk for it.
give your money to put it through.
Let no one wait for his neighbor,
but join right in and bill your
neighbor follow Only last week
we met farmer frou OHIO who was
hunting a place to invest fifteen
thousand dollars! Ee said he could
sell his farm in OHIO for one humid
red dollars per acre. He had been
offered a farm here he said for forty
fire dollars per acre,-better land
and nearer market than his farm in
Ohio. "But," said he, "you have
such poor school houses, poor
roads, no manufacturing, and gen
eral want Of enterprise in inprov-
ing your stock, fruits, DC. And he
did not like the color Of Yclloc riv-
er. He feared be would be sick.
nov all this hue and cry that Yaller
river breeds ague and our marshes
send out more malaria than other
portions of timbered lard in the
State, is all mistake. Marshall
county is just as healthy as any
county in the State, as the statistics
of mortality will show, and as many
old people who have lived here for
thirty yea rs will testify. And the
country will grow more healthy as
it grows older. We OILY need to
learn how to ward off chiHs and
hilliousness, and we shall be as
healthy here as any place. Just let
the people learn to take care of
themselves, and be temperate in
eating, drinking, and sleep all they
need and at regular hours, and
clothe themselves con fortably, so
as never to become chilled by the
sudden changes, and keep the skin
clean with frequent additions with
pure water, and the monster chills
will depart forever. Did you ever
work all day in harvest until your
clothes were wet with sweat, come
in at night, sit out in the dew or lie
on the groud till you were chilled ?
II yon have, you should not blame
Ydlzer rirer if you had chills.
Do you want to sell your farm
talk for the county start public
improvements; give freely, and
soon you will get your price, and
the man who buys Of you will
double his money in five years