, 1874-04-11


KEPT ~ ''DAcHELons HALL"
in ts most primitive state, doing their OWL cooK.
ing baking and houBc-cleaning; and doing !,
we'll. They preferred this to hotel-llfe, ano
were greatly the gamers by it, not only IN purse,
but in public estimation. 1t ia not stinetness o.
lore of money that makes them live in this Way
but they tind it the custom Of the COUNTY, auu,
as they started out to gain succesa, they ZEE"
thev m1st "do in Rome as tho nota"ns 1t..n
do" They wcro reared IN eseiy inauty' III, y, =
Init their sound common -sense showed taen Ing
fooliahnega of their c1ty airs in land OF sano'
sace-brush, and savagos. Such men as tnese
nrore blessing to any country, but more espo-
ciaIly to young aud growing one. iholt plnch
aud energy have goou enece VI, eue inot'1'
crowd who are their neighbors; and, IN the end
eeerninrly without IN effort, they have influence,
friends, and fortune.
a ereat deal Of misery often arisos to whole
families By the premature breaklng-up OF honse-
holds in tie Eaat and immigration to the ta5
West. While so much land remains unoecuPleu
in the Western States, it is only
FOOLISH AND RASH
in small farmers to attempt to better their con-
dition in the Territories. Flaming ADVERTISE
u,euts may sl,ow the land to be far cheaper; but
HE uncertainty of ctops the danger, not only to
property, but life, as we'll as tie scarcity and
high cost Of transportation, have proved to
1uauy who have tried it that it is moro than e1-
pensire in the end. Owing to the scarcity OF
lumber, it costa moro to build PLAIN
it would take to buy o good-sizod farm,
partially cultivated and with some improve
ments, east OF the Missouri. Men used to pro
ductiye fields and running streams cannot take
kindly to barren tracts, scarcity OF water. and
short Seasons, where irrigation keeps them cou-
stautly employed, and they then find that, for all
their time, labor, aud expense, they have but
about one-third Of an Eastern harvest. 1t Is
tr71t, that sometimes few passablo acres asa
found near ulining-camp, whose proper cu.tl-
yat,on enrichcs the owner; but such arc the ex-
ceptions. as mining region is seldom an H1rl-
cultural one. --...
COLONIES FAnE NO HErTET THAN INDIVIDUALS; !;
and those best known, and with tho create
names, are no exceptions. Owing to the htgh
price OF labor, and tae enormous sum requislto
for the proper irrigation OF their ianus, y VIII
be some years before the amount invested can
be returned; and it cannot be otherwise than
poor prospect for farmer to know that he must
pay for every acre watcrcd by artltcla! means ;;
that hereafter his work must be NOR OF scton-
tific than practical characters and that tho Wis
ionary theories held By Agricultural College
Professors are to be put in operation by him, as
lie is one Of ioint-stock company. to which he
bears the relation Of being part owner in, and
q slave to, at one and the same time.
There are spots scattered throuBhont 1ne faf
West, which, for agricultural purposes, will rival
spy in the East, but their distance from civil
ization renlors them, at tina present time, inn
practicable for cultivation and dangerous Tor
settlement. Time will give them occupants but
not until it becomes necessary Tor 1arn-laoor TO
look for homes and occupations outslda OF tho
Border States and as they can, for years, offer
better Inducements than the Far West, We cau-
not expect it soon.
Tho very reasons that go far to keep small
farming Improbable provo to be favorable to
the man Of capital, but only in ono way: he
must invest in
CATTLE. HORSES, OR SHEEP,
and piya h:s time and attention to them. Money
aul Ea'o .. ua ~ :; :; ranu;ra5 ~ hni1I rauci,ea
ahu pteney " ~ ~ i;ra : su;ciant number of
stoch lals, + at.a LIZ ,t.sci[ 10 athar whita ~
ho1defs 70 p1o1nut Any al,aen - esi = aa,,
REQ iHeses. 1uoae ,a Tn,snd t1.t ia For
Mnptf aeptu' 1H - 1aoat o<o nnon;nFr for sneedv
Nes1 anot1s, @ y. aeas. o"o ,!, .o;i ~ reasry
lolsuue. luo Pa1e' st' IL .r;nsa,,r; aI;ni,
1he "hoie c9unGY ness ~ A4o eo-;an1t,,ra' n;rna
ploeI9 ~ LSnroo ~ .t-on, ,ond nrassoa
growth to an aounoanee VI seioaS. eoJu sAaassa, a
o. sucl eeIeeo. ta1, H. rosr ro,,n5 Tl,
H's anu iatten " euen LIZ ;saa e@-o +rot,
short seasons anu sesete t c.na'o co tIo aiein
with all their nutrlmont intact, on tne % stalk'
thus making tne pess ~ 4mIu' my sa,.s ~
ing fine winter grazing; me aeoP canons all1
high bluhs G1Ee snelter i.on tnu lol1oo1ea ta
snow-etofns' ~n1cn are nosnlus s.ta'Ss t iy;tis
Rams oven uu!ln5 tao nuinu7a !tone. "n ..
alt these natural advantages ssocA-ia0'is eA"-
not but pay. -.--..
"Ir TAKES MONEY TO 3lAEE MONEY,
the world over, but more particularly At fhe
present time in the far Nest. !ne 5ooa ola
days Of placer-diggiugs and pan-1nlnlpS are near-
ly ut an end, and to make either gold or silver
mines roHuneratlVe tnkeB the Dest or macnlneIs
and the cheapest Of labor To obtain good,
paying mine. already opened and IN working
order, will take more money than would buy .
whole country Of the best Land IN Kansas,
whilo to turn prospector and discover
claim for oneself will soon eat up the
value Of good farm in Ohio; and, IN nearly
every case. the search must De gwen up, every
available foot Of laad has been already explored.
Tho wages paid to laborers IN MINES averages
from - to IS per day, ana II IS only men VINO
thoroughly understand their business VINO CON-
mand the latter sum- The high price OF all
necessary food, clothing, and shelter, when
taken in connection with the daily pay, does not
Justify tue Immigration o1 any QUO "no 70 1oIceo
to become worker instead OF the owner OF
mine. - ....
rRADEss1ES AND MECHANICS
fare better than any other class,-the1r Taraons
ayocations being always in demand, not only IN
the principal towns. but in every minlng-camp-
There Is no scarcity OF work Tor builders. stone
nasons, blackBmiIhs etc. and they are Fald far
tary posts scattered throughout give employment
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