, 1877-12-05
Comfort and Plenty in the Agri-
cultural Districts...Sufter-
ing in the Cities.
Farming No Longer the Drudgory It
Was Few Yeara Ago-~-1ln-
proved Implements.
Concluding Letter on tho Labor
Question by "I'lio Tribune"
Missionary.

.ftcr having reached the s'sxtcenttly'' Il, their
.-,ors .cYr accustomed to cltsn will, ttprac-
se'A'. 1| ..,.,tSnt,,,,, =,
teai appt'e"s'o".
Though my letters 10 HE TRIBUNE may ''asc
become as tedious to It's readers a. tl,usc scr
mons uscl tu 10 to their hearers, MN still
.s.,.1 IN c,o,n viii, mn nn,,,trotIo,, rhs n,nin
teupsea ~ f.. s.' va 49," T.,
1atts ucse'o,eu ~ Mt eo'ne"''as e".e"ost "
yc.tfGations harc been: that there arc almost
unlimited quantities Of cheap md fertile lands
,btauable on casy terms by tl,o actual settler IN
. rauVa Of c,lmnte from tin. OF the Gulf States
1anso ~ ~. ,,,. ssS ...'s.', s,ss,ss
pm tue soulu ~ .A!uussota oa tHe Io't!'s tapnoie
ot producing II! tbs cfe,'t a1'ltatural ss"plc.
and the keeping Of all kinds Ut 1.-Two stock; that
these lands only require occupancy aul c,.tl-
.t =. .or,.i III. ,,,.h,,,,,r, . ,,,tt, rr,ro~,,,
'a'lo" " .'...."..a ..e ,s,.a .t.s'
crops, "l''ea o1,hH tefn"heFatse ptlees ~ t''o
producer While In oil our cities nnd larger
r,est ,,E,tress and suffering. CONSEQUENT ,,po,I
s.,..as.. aa1 .,'ero 49,, .,a,sa,,.,.
'aek ol en'pio!'asn'' a'.u 1nt,o ue tnusaus ~, a
Of honest, Wc'la'sposea people WHO Will nave
to be supported bT charity during tho wt'ster,
throughout tho agricultural districts there Is
eoln'y 49, s ;..,,,,,,',
a'S S, m ~. s. g.;ng os t NJ thran" H.
t9 Nno" ~" o W. st eo'uT u w"r H.. r 'm9
xlL.sI. No' ~. LIN ~ w.. "ess ~" ,t... an
lndspe''aent' 5t,,, III tneS "eae Mt ,nifn, msin9
uhusI sutu s,, s'.as ~ su ,, ssaenssa' M s.
n'c,l hy thrir fgyn t,;,aiIrd efforts: and mn
txycc,iinkiy tics!ruus ti.at those WHOSE conditO
ana @ stm. cnpnso ,s,,a,' Witt H. ..'c sae
ptosoataon h, sl.etaG ",si !. t.a.t3 asu ..uw
IN r,.rre honeftl tircu,nstnnrcs for thn futttrea
The flush times during and succeeding the
Var: thc Incroasel slc,nani inr aii kifMis al man,
rfatturrd rooIs: tho fortunes mails in tratI,
md sfcculaiion Of ali kinds, from corn to cpr.
mr. itts: fhe hltji,linV, cnu[nmcnt. anil running
nj thnntanda Of ,niics uf 1ey raiirnaIs and tel.
nrsnf, Inns. fic rchi,Itliur ri hnrnt Chlrovo
snd Tho crfensfon ~ 0thcf t,y,Is anil rft ica ,rs
etcd a demand ior la!pr of all grades,
eountry.
FARMING WAS In plsnEpurE,
and Was regarded a. TOO allow aud u!s,-fogr m
oeeuoation for tl!is advanced nge. its SLOW and
of q "corncr in wheat - or sales Vi garner luts.
The yo,i,y NM, VIII, hati Vnnn 10 I'm .ity nnti
Secured employment In raiiroad Office or store,
Fl tnne. Wan tie admiratipn nt,I envy Of ali lila
former nssoeiatcs. each Of whofa resulyetl
Ia cmanciuntc llu,self from thu druIrcry
Al farm.iifs nj thn carl,c,t r,o.sibie n,nmcn}
Th.1s Wa. ron,rpf sr.c,,,on ~ liz sa,.s IT.
r." icnrno1i pr,,fs. ..inra mi n,,r tnclirni nn1
Inv schtuis weru crowded viii vntimr ,,e1,
Who threw down the pitclltork nnd foysook tt,e
rlov I'M" for a hiehcr rarecr IN NE. Fys,, stnif
tnustantIai farmers eot ti,ejr hentis turt,sd an1
snld thesr far,ns mn, rsn;,, to th .itv IN cnvnrc
IN bnsiness nnttl mnkn n fnrf1nc' Ali viii
sriruminvIy Til tha .,antc str,,rE u.. whsn
rhano" rsine o,cr tbn sntrit ri their tlrcn,n
f3ra.,nat,v. h,1t s,irclv. thn sounezinw ;,rowss
hss iern 3tni,1r m iii many srhencs nuf rntrr.
nsjscs lin mi ftt,e wills n.n rsro 81, III,
Id promis,nT' have been iiterally soucczct ,lry.
and wo havo awakened to The :act lint Wo have
: iahorny 1,np,iation Of aIl nraales-arI in.
e;uin in thts Iii Tho sniaria,i ciassca-tyy,cc ne
lnrys ne ia nncucti for Tic work 81 tho nrcseni
tnss nr ii;cly to te ,,eetic,i for sou,a vcars r.
enmes The re,it ia ti,at iarre nt,,nhrrx nro Wiz.
mi INV rnnoS,ncnt" flticrs mt nnIv ,x~asfnnnI
mi tcIrn,rory ,pnrr nd nthrrs stiii rc.nrs -,
ali kinda ri mateshtfts tn srcarc n iivtnv.~pn.
ine about viii so,nc nrticle to scil or soliciting
: a1 1 'thsr ,Htn.. HE ". ovrs, a',a
Il mrntinn. whi,c thotn In reY.,iar cmnlnS,n"nts
sTc m snIa1es iarrciy rc,imrr1 frt,i,, tortner
ttncs md insrs,;risn, for tI,r ro,nfnrsahlo aim,
nnrt II III trm'r,ves "r IN thcr ~ fan'iitss' NJ thrp-
H. nr n,ans ~ wnrtlmrmsnis orccnisatt"n.
~ nor s,nte. ron rnn.'%v tiIs s,ete ~ t1.tmn.
Eothin,, shost of rim ,i,st vii mnta ans
tsvs. worr nroyiiin tuIi nav fnr t~n ,,sn vii vii