The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-10-19

fact that must do good to themselves and
to thc1sapds Of observere.. ,1ns%.-, ~ I.
a lBae.h this the only way to attain the
dollars year, In the fading show Of pub
lie professions, to prove our love of Cath
olicity and Irelandf
Suppose the Irishmen of New York, Chi
cago and Boston, determined that instead
Of paradipg on next st. Pstrick's Day, they
ing in their cities Of 81. Patrick's Hail,
or the formation of Catholic Library
would not that DO more lasting proof
Of their Catholicity and love OF Ireland
than the other 8 Would not the stones of
the Hall be as lasting 9 sign Of both as the
tawdry scarf and the flowers that wither
as they are carried
A few weeks ago we had an article on
"Westeen Farms" treating of the fruitful
State OF Nebraska, from which We repub-
Iish the following -
The State Is rapidly filing up with an indus.
tas0Ts R0p1iatiiSn, and presents many induce
The Burlington and Missouri Railroad tr :
verses the State from East to West, and all
along its line the most valuable lands are Of
most favorable terms. The Government re-
serves alternate sections to be given to act
nal settlers, and though these are being rapid
y taken up, yst there are plenty left for those
!
fof some time to come ,- -, fs.,.--- .
| It costs only fourteen dollars to enter an
eighty acre lot, and four dollars to complete
the title after o residence Of five years so
that for eighteen dollars q poor man can see
IRE very good farm of eighty acres. Any
where outside the twenty mile limit of the
located on the same terms Each adult male
in family is entitled to 100, acres. Persons
having the means, and Wishing to locate near
the Railroad, especially in districts where the
choice farms, from the Read on favorable terms
Several emgrant settlements have been
formed in different parts Of the State. Two
Nayaower Colony. in York Co., and the Ply.
mouth Colony in Clay Co. The Welsh have a
Colony in Jefferson Co, called Gswallia Deg.
Co., and o Swedish settlement in Fillmore Co..
Recently, too, the Russians have purchased q
large tract, and contemplate settling in large
numbers. The settlements already made are
delightful. The atmosphere clear and dry,
and consequently epidemics are scarcely
known. There are no swamps ia the State ex-
| are free from malari. -
The Welsh, the Engliah, the Puritans,
the Swedes, the Russians-ail those who
need home, have gone to where it can
be obtained. No Irish Colony. SIT costs
only fourteen dollars to enter an eighty
acre lot" and next St. Patrick's Day the
rades the price of one hundred townlands
We offer q word Of timely suggestion to
our Irish and Catholic societies. Can
not the money spent on parades, at least
for twenty years. to come, be. better ex-
pended We ask our temperance societies
individually-Have You good reading
room, open every; evening In the year, to
ihduce young men to leave the bar-rooms
| and the streets have you the papers and
the magazinea'7 Weask the State Temper
ahce Unions and the National Temperance
| Union-:Would it not be more creditab!e to
form a Catholic Temperance Colony in a
Western State than to spend your hard
earned money in magnificent demonstra-
tions 2" We ask the Hibernian Secieties-
Have you library and reading room such
40 your brethren in Springfield. Mass,
mean to have And We ask ali our. socie-
ties collectively to think over this matter,
and to bring IL forward for. consideration.
Perhaps next St. Patrick's Day we shall
have the happiness to report that, " The
Irish Catholics OF O dozen cities have voted
to invest their money in halls and libraries
instead Of spending it in street process
oions." OIL e'a.vi @'Ft '...- &C. - - H.