The Osceola times., 1875-11-06

cd 0.ceola year ogo have orcas'on
10 reiur'. at present, ho would DC
struck With the many changes
which have taken place, and the
improvements winch have been nc.
complishcd within so short q peri
cd; and he would be forced To ono
pi Two conclusions That our pee
pie were cnterprising, industrious,
and jealous OF improvement aud
advancement, or that some OF us
possessed an Aladdin's Lamp, With
which we could invoke gcnii omnip-
otent, to plan aud exeoaie. Bat as
the age OF Fable ia a thing OF the
past, ihc inevitable conclusion ~,
that We are an cnterprising and
progressive people. The improve
ments which have taken place is
almost marvellous, when We think
oftbe disadvantagcous clrcumsianc.
rs under which they were accom-
plishcd aud tho small population of
The toNn. Within the last twelve
months some fifteen or sixteen
houses have been built. In a town
having only about Two hundred aud
scYea!y five inhabitants, big, little,
old and young. Think Of il. aud
every one of these honscs are now
oceupied--nci ore to be had--and
houses in demand. And now ms we
write the sound OF the hammer
comes floating 10 us on the breeze
from many directions, saying plain
~ that Osccola is still growing and
improving. Mechanics arc busy
day in aud day OFT, and The monu.
mchts Ia thoir labor are being erect
cI-End exhibited. Men from all
quarters arc tuning their eyes in
our direction, men who have capital
seeking investment, men of money,
men of mind, men oi muscle. With
in The la.t twelve mouths, there
have been three new business hous.
es opened in our midst, opercd by
mon Of stamina, who come to stay
good men who honor Osceola in Sc
leciing her MS place of business,
ms a | lace for the Investment oi
money in legitimate trade. And
the end is not yet nsceola, situa'
ted as she is, backed by such q
country, must grow. The thous
ands of acres OF land behind and
around us, must be settled. Land
such as it is, the people of the Uni
ted States can't afford to do without
The time will come, and that soon
when all these fine lands will be
settled and put in cultivation. Tins
is not snlmjse, il IL truth which
time will demonstrate. We have
been somewhat of m iiinerant oul
rowing disposition has led US TO sc,
parts OF many states. We hrve re
ciined beneath the orange trees
sweet with pure blossoms, or heavy
with their golden fruit, and inhaled
the balmy mir of the gulf states
atocl beside the mcandoring Rec
River, and seen its magnificent cot
ton fields and broad acres oi waving
cane; climbed up some mighty
hill and bcheld the sleeping valley
below haihcd IN the mellow sun
shine OF harvest tine IN Mississippi
and Alabama Rode over the broad
unbrokon plains of the Star state
in fact, from New York TO New
Orleans, and from New Orleans tC
the Lakes N the North. We harl
seen the far famed valley OF thf
Wabash, with its rich harvest ot
golden grain, but we have never
seen finer, more fertile, or more
available lands ihsa thosp which
surround and back up Osceola. II
as true that some of these lands are
subject TO overflow; but n few miles
Of good lesey would protect all OF
Mississippi county; and the time
nil come ard mpsf come whom tins
,evcy riii be built, The lands
North and East are rapidly wearing
away, yearly becoming less fertile
nii less profitable, and will soon
lie weglhless, nl'profi.able. and
abandoned. Then these who now
ii ! them vii beg,n 10 cast abon,
for new hcmes, aa4 the Mississippi
valley will he tho choice, and we
will have our share OF tho emigra-
lien. Already. we have been prom
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