Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-09-11
"RlSE AND WALK
The Best Steam Doctor-Hope for
Cripples.
ByPROF. j. ID. BUTLER.

LINCOLN, CAPITAL OF NEBRASKA
When Michael Angelo had finished a
fine iresco for the Pope, his holiness gave
him purse of gold, saying. The days are
past when the apostles at the gate of the
temple must say to the poor cripple, "Sil-
yer and gold have we none" ''Ycs" re.
piled the artist, and alas the days are also
gone when Peter could enable that same
man TO move about and earn an indeDend-
ence, by his wonder orking words, Rise
and walk !"
But ocean steamers and railroads are now
III place OF miracleS-the former annbilate
water, the latter land. Millions of des-
poudant Europeans have they strength
ened TO rise and walk" They have borne
them as on angel wings, ten times fasteran6
a hundred times further than they could
move in former ages. In 1870, 5,566, SAG
persons of foreign birth were living in the
United States. Four if mot five of these
millions had crossed the ocean by steam,
and large proportion OF them have reach
ed the West-its free farms or cheap lands,
by steam.
Nothing but steam could have given
them power to rise and walk" They
were out of work; steam carried them
where no man stands all the day idle in la
Dor markets. Those born where an acre
costs three years toll, steam has carried
where it may be bought for the wages of
one day. Those brought up TO be con-
tent with meat twice week, it has watt
ed where they eat it three times day.
Those nurtured where cottages are pulled
down because cottagers are possible pau
pers so that laborers must walk an hour
before and after work, steam has conveyed
where workmen can 1--we close by their
labor.
The main tide of American migration,
alike Of native Americans and of foreign
ers, has flowed Westward, on an agricul-
tural belt, the middle of which, is in the
latitude of New York city-sweeping
over Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, India
ma, and Iowa, into Nebraska. Nebraska
has been settled by about equal proper
tions of people from each of these States
as well as from New York though it has
some representatives from every other
State and territory.
The South Platte country is fast filling
with farmers, and the industrials ofevery
name who follow in their train. Accor-
ding to the records of the United States
1ohN O4liOC III t,O4t lOuuCStCtlQ-
ers and 6,100 preemptors had filed claims
to farms there within three years ending
with 1872. while within less length OF
time the Burlington and Missouri River
Railroad had sold along their lire 490, ,9SS
acres to no less than 4,525 purchasers
ON ten years credit and 6 per cent inter-
est. On sales made since last New Years
that company require no payment on the
principal until the beginning of the fifth
year, and then only one-seventh annually.
These terms-the best ever offered
haye ruLg in the ears of many who had
long sat crippled in hopelessness, with all
the soul stirring inspiration Of the
apostles "Rise and walk"
Well may the Brahmin, rounding the
world via the Pacific Railroad, wonder
that the happy dwellers on the Missouri
do not worship the steam engine which
has brought them to all the blessings he
has fapcied to come to him on the car ol
Juggernaut.