The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-09-03
GET LAND.

Inc advice given by the Bishop of ST.
John, n. B will apply with equal force to
'he denIzens of our cities. We COPY from
the Freeman:
Inc Bishop Of st. John epoke again at
ene SathecFal on Sunday last of the great
gooo those who have to depend on precari-
Gus EN- mployment for the means of eupnort
"ouio 40 themselves and their families if.
lGstead OF ciingipg to the cities and towpa'
eoey YOU'D go into the country and settle
TW. 11 well selected farms in any good locality.
,Wllnin 1he previous three weeks he had
'oei on visitation of parts to the diocese
6rnaad ~ h'ngs county-and he had con
nrmea eleven hundred children at tho.e
places, IN which be gave confirmation three
years before. Tweaty i've years ago. when
ne visited those same ssttlementa as
priest, lbe settlers were few and in verv
u co'neTeht circumstances. Then they had ~ |
-al .asin housF7' and but few farms then the !
roaus were almost impossible, and in n |
great part OF Kings county there was bnt
one wagon fit TO ride in. He was oblioed
1h one occasion to take the owner of that
wagon with him through q great part of
ne county. The people were then in many
ases respondent on account of the difficult
les winch surrounded them; but they ner
eVered, and to day they are independent
"ners OF hne farms, well etocked, and of
ontortaole houses, well furnished and =
oundantly supplied. They had greatly
creased IN numbers, too. Their children l
q no tnelr grandchildren had grown mn
oout them married and settled near than Il
nd were now their pride and comfort. He
wv In those settlements many whom he
81 oaPtzed now respectable men and uo Il
On. Ihelr churches were now crowded 4
nen ne Vlslted them, and the comfortable
agons and hne teams in which they drove ~
church may be counted by the h1udred "
ow different is their position from that Of n
. mag 'rlty of those who remained in the e
"ps' sometimes earning good wages, but l3!
zen out OF employment aod unable to urn ~
re Che necesssries of life, crowded in DO
ny Ianee ana alleys, in garrets and eel "a
8, working in mills, at the wharves in 10
sewers and trenches harder than The per
ners ever work but never attaining an en- en-
dependence ; while in many cases their -:
loren, allowed to run Oh the streets in 81 S
sness, were destroyed body aud soul, bag
. 70 Uoo, TO IL cir parents and to society, $,
scattered as they grew up, leaving their Asi
ents helpless and comfortless in their Y
age. lie had confirmed six Thousand for
uren IN the Cathedral since he became Bre:
loP. Where are all these nowf The Bisc
1'er mum Der of them are gone from ST. Sc; seI'
o. scattered all over the world Few of Go
are TO 0e seen in respectable position 70 ~ IT.
"nere. How different is the case of the powt
cement he lately visited, where the 4OG t
1g men and women are settling down Raisi
eenteoly, . because they know that after Citro
years hard work they will be inde. &C.,
lent. He would not ad wise any one nuts nut
was comfortably settled to break mn POI
ONE, but those who depend on their s. sSTsD SS
toooF Would DO infinitely better IN Eco
IaTms than they can ever do in the zoe sso
They would in few years be indeo to 1iSo g.
ent. God would 80 bless their laboTs s5 50
DO matter what the state of the lumber NOTE 1TS
OF or any other market NAV he tbey Cow
always have plenty, and what ia Of for H2s Gi
eater Importance, they would see their Wax
rem grow up arOuDd the,, anco.oS = Dbl
r. indnstry c. o"i o"i enSaSeu ID Mos
laf removed from the Black
anu temptations of the cifv Tbo,, Woo
d go on the land, occupy and own Il 81 6P6t to =
emselTes and their children. It was Dry II
eir SAKE and still more for the sake C0096II C06I
IT children, who are exposed to such - III
re re IN the cities, that he so often nJ IEoN
~ OUT 10 them all the advantages toflo d Flon
. 0S9ers nd S mad secured by settling on the B4ao
ana which they can now secure even yard S,T ;s,
certainty and easily if they choose. NAvG
ROsin I