The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-04-26
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BY PRcT. j. ID. BCTLEE..

LINCOLN March 25.h 49,.
Nils Nysten is cSwede.-anG was 30, o,,oera
his forefathers, even to the years OF 10 .p, con.
erations, had beer content with "cnly .,lso,o
nothing more -
. To draw nutrition, propagate 40 j ...
He aspired higher,-bat so low wss tsli,-n
and so strong the barriers around HI n .,s, ba
was three-score Years old before he( o-,a vorl-
his passage to America. Two yet rr sc, 10
reached Iowa with his wife. and pam .i.s., -
ping first in Mount Pleasant.
While working there at his trad 90 ,,,cc,
masing, me became convinced th q. re 20.
means Of further advancement VA ,,o s..-~,.,
Nebraska Homestead without delay 7-,5a
OF m2ldng this boon lbs own. is yo-.,, .s..,.e-
TO encourages tbe others.
Eow re DID IT.
re walked trom h.s hometo yv ~
miles along the track o. Ito Blr..,,o..,.
Missouri River Bailroad. Ilis iorr,o, 30 49,.
complshed in about ffteen day T.. rs-.,.,,
he found shelter in the lrini -rq.. .
building provided by the b. 4 ' p.,-os., o.,
where land hunters may ode AMI I've -..,-.-,
charge, while seeking farms.
Looking az the maps of pal d, l,,l. .,.to
nited States Land OAsce tLst .nat-7..., ,.,.-.
county to afford the most dcsr ,s,l, homo.
lie therefore walked on thitb -savsr.---,..
further Having picked ont tie rs~to -,r..,,
suited hm best OF al those sill va..,,. .-.
turned to the Land Ofice an 3e.aa III. .,,..,...,
i, september 3D. 1872. pa' -.n- +13,r teo.
His homestead consists Of Ja-.es ja .,.e..t.,
section OF the 11th townsl o 10 t..- . .-.,
west, OF the G:h principals .er.d ~
WAT TIL y.
Repairing again 70 the ar,l a. LIS -. ,e
made sundry irprovemoz "a fora -..,... 40
finished him augout AZ 81, Lad ~. .,.....,.
Of wild hay
us purse v1s nov sr Ipyy. save exc ..o.sr
ana a ha.f, out lie va lked 70 Linco. and
thence home. az no hGt wz.tct l..lr.. .slv
laying behind nim abou twenty miles
soon after reaehia; home. e. rio crt!,.a
eeye4 hundred mile s.s ls leaned -..sf la
hay sacks had bseat l1ae. by a r1a.Iio j. re-
having no lioU, he "A . been unable 20 ,oa.sa
tre-6reas around u em. But throughc, ,n.
he seemed TO ha79 lost 1othing cf he,.- o.
hope bnt to have smsned O.. io,,y ae us7.
Tlpley IN Chuzzlls It
through all the-T inter he worked as r,...soe
! sometimes legR1 ing his tolls q: two o.,o..
! the morning. ! hus lie snisbee tfyae God
wagons.
Two he tr@a ID of, for a mule and haress.
lhsh putuhSH board his wife, a barrel of pork.
harrow, ri Of wood. made by himseig, and
some other eedments, he drove westward, py
me same ro'S he had last fall travelled On foot.
lie took lth HIM three Other Scandinavian
homesteas hunters as,h WITH wagon. and
his family n l..
lie an ved in Lincoln in due tine, r.sted
little anS ing the old familiar hospital, iee 'or
strangor ), afforded gratutously by the T. Nj.
Railrot< Co.. through the vhole-soued Keeper,
John rost, and on the 21sr or March, n spite
| OF an equnoctiLl wind, set bis fsce towards
his hs mestesd. His journey thither can hardly
reqts re more than three days.-put as ho must
| need be there before the first day of ADESl, OF
be lgregiously Apnl fooled. by forfeitlng h!s
fsr a. he resolved 10 make ass-rance doubiy
81 re. Hence be has taken time by the foreioch.
Nils Nysten Is sixty-tvo years Ole. though he
declares himself only forty-when JUS, shaved
lis example shows what others can Do u
shames many faint hearts that are weeping Ike
women, for lack OF a farm, which they have
the privilege Of seizing, lie -aez. bad :hey
only manly pluck.
Nils Nysten's homestead saz ore OF 9s22
which had been entered in the Lincoln In Ted
States Land ONCE before last New Years. Tho
number there entered since New Yeara d, snl
The y. d VI. Railroad Comp any have sold
351.7O5 acres to s,2ss buyers, on zen yoas
credit and six per cent interest.
NOTICE To HEAR CLAIMs.-Jn p,oha,o
Court, Van Buren, County.