Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-11-02

her young life her cons and daughter,
will in the years to come rise up and cal
her blessed
LAND INVESTMENTS.
Prof. Wilbur is a gentleman who wa
formerly connected with the State Nor
NAL School of Illinois, and subsequently
L believe, geologist of the State. Having
been unfortunate in business operations
with firm belief in the future prosperity
of the West and having desire to be ric
of the confinement incident to his profes
sional life, he crossed the Mississippi
River three years ago with only a 800
in his pocket. He purchased section O.
land on the Hannibal and st. JOSEPH
Railroad, on ten years credit, for which
he paid 800 per acre. The land adjoin
ing it similar to his has since baen sold
for $35 per acre--a rise in value of $15 in
three years. Last June he purchased q
section of land in Nebraska of the Bur
lington it Missouri Railroad, situated on
the Blue River. He paid at the rate OF
$40 per acre for the land, and the day ]
saw him he had refused $l5 for it--a rise
of So per acre in four months. This may
be an unusual increase of value end it is
not probable that all land in the State
will rise with that rapidity. Yet the
Professor proposes to see the time within
h., Lo 10
$40 per acre. met gentleman who is
land owner in western Nebraska. In
reply to my inquiries touching the pur-
chase of Nebraska lands as an investment
be replied, TWENTY-FIVE years ago I went
to Illinois which YVES then mainly as IN
developed "a Nebraska ia now. [ saw
settlers coming Into the State, though
not as rapidly as they ere now taking up
the lands OF Nebraska. I have seen the
rise of land there and I am watching it
here. You can shut your eyes, purchase
any land west of the Blue River, at the
price asked for it, and calculate almost to
a certainty that what lies on the railroad
will in FIVE years be wnrth $50, and that
situated ten miles from the railroad will
be worth $50 in ten years"
Nat. Erwin, from Virginia, now lives
on farm near this city, for which he
paid SO per acre. His first crop paid
for the land, 2lso for the tillage and 81 A
per acre besides. Hundreds of men in
Nebraska will add sequel to this story
within twelve months-nen who in the
crowded East might have struggled
for years in utter penury.
EMIGRANTs AND EMIGRATION.
The emigrants to Nebraska and the
West are not all fermors-neither are they
oil men of little means. They are, how.
ever, apt to be possessed of but moderate
capital. But there are few trades or pro-
LESSONS in which the average of men do
not get on faster, more successfully and
more easily than u the East. The term
settler" ought P operly to be applied to
he banker and butcher as we'll Is to the
farmer. It is gratifying to see the cordial
welcome which is extended to Eastern
men of the right stamp and also the
generosity exhibited by the Western
people in rendering assistance to those
who need it. There is hardly week
hat emigrants do not arrive in this city
without food or money. But there are
always ready hands to supply the defici-
,ncies and send them rejoicing on their
Quincy. At Burlington and Lincoln the
Burlington and Missouri Land Depart
nent has provided free lodging accommo-
cations for those who are too needy to
Jay. They also give free passes over
heir road to purchasers Of land. At the
land Department here all needed infor.
nation can be obtained, and trusted
agents render every assistance that can
)e desired. The tide of emigration is |
greater than is imagined by those who do
lot star here on the line and see it pass |
Almost every nationality in the werld is
epresented. 1t seems to me that l have
cen every species of humanity except a
Turk. Mr.. W. H. Hayward, who is an
agent in London, expects, be
ays, to send six thousand land buyers to
Nebraska during the year 1872. On my
rip West | met on board the train
IRIS, Jarrett from Cambridge, Eng, with
wo small children neither of whom could
Walk. She was not only an intelligent
voman but a perfect lady. Her husband
few weeks previous had purchased land
n Dorchester, and she to join him bad
raveled all that distance alone with those
80 small children. There on the prairies
hey are now building up home. Hav-
ng heard, probably, all the old silly
tories about Indians, bears and deserts
he had no doubt prepared herself for the
worst. When she alighted from the cars
asked her jokingly chow she liked it,"
0 which she simply replied sit is better
han expected" I could but admire
er courage and good sense.
I" BUT WHERE SHALL FELLOW COZ"
I have heard that question asked by
theirs as many times as have asked it
lyself. A gentleman inquired of west
m man some time ego where the chest
ro'" >2 ae in the wts- His answer was,
why, my dear sir, its all spot" and it
!. A man cannot well get into bad
spot" west of the Mississippi The
hole country calls for men and money.
here are openings in every possible d.
ection, and there is no need to be idle
ing. If you are unwilling to relinquish
1e habits of life to which you have been
ccus.omed, go to Burlington. Here is
Ity of twenty thousand inhabitln's, sit
ated on the Mississippi river, the center
seven railroads, and bound to double
] population and wealth during the next
ecade. Here you will have the old and
1e new together-the quiet comforts of
ne east, and the young, busy life of a