The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-31
FAl SElNFORMATlON,


they raise, if not devoured by grass
hOppers or locusts, go to the railway
companies or spectators; the result
is that the whole west is on the move,
must 90 somewhere. For Goa sake,
don't advise any Irish people who can
make a living III the eastern states to
break up perhaps comfortable nome,
to move out on these cold. black pral-
ries. Any man that does SO is either
an enthusiast. lunatic. or rogue.
ANY man taking up 100 acres OF prai-
RE land. say out eight or ten miles
from a railway. is lost to the world.
There he is in a little hut with few
pigs. chickens. etc. and Il potato
garden back of his hut. Perhaps, too,
he has a few acres of corn, and there
he is to live for the rest Of his eXls-
tence.
SO writes a man from Deadwood
City, in the Black Hills, to O'Dono-
van Rosa, and his letter published in
the Irish World will get an immense
circulation amongst the Irish, both at
home and abroad.
luS IIllS-SldUtlllClIl oil z tbllllCoO WV So
surb to notice, yet, in our experience,
reckless assertion frequently finds
ready believers where guarded truth
would be criticized and rejected.
Now, this poor fellow who has con-
verified our western population into
huge army of tramps ION the move
must 90 somewhere. has no notion
to deceive. He has been roaming
about. according to his own state
ment, from Virginia City to Dead
wood City, in the Black Hills, look
ING out for gold, or like Mr.. Macau-
Der, waiting for something to turn up,
he has been in company with gOod
MANY Door fellows IN the same fix,
and soured. disappointed, tramplng
over the Bad lands desert. with its
poor alkali soil, he has concluded
that he knows all about the west. and
in the best of faith, gives his mental
picture to his countrymen.
We have been twenty years III this
great west. we have travelled over a
large portion of it, and yet there is
but one state, Minnesota, we would
take upon ourselves to give any infor-
nation about.
Even in the ease of Minnesota we
have always been cautious and guard
ed in the information we have given
our countrvmen. in the east; knowing
. how difficult it is for one to write
about place he is deeply Interested
in, without becoming partisan. who
can only see its advantages and none
of it's drawbacks.
The description of the position and
lamentable fate of the man who set
ties upon 100 acres of land. in the Yves,
drawn by O'Donovan Rossa' S cores
pOndent, does not agree with our eX
perience; not but that the new settler
without much means. has hard time
/ of it in the commencement and FOL
/ some few years perhaps. but. he does
1 not become lost to the world, even i
| he has settled ten miles from rail
road.
We spent three days last week il
Dakota county. We first visited Rose
mount prairie. Somewhere abou
= twenty years ago a few Irishmen
, with little means. settled on this prai
1 RE not ten miles. but at that time.t
hundred miles from any railroad. |
Ais to-day the garden of Minnesota
howned almost exclusively by Irish set
Alters. who have. from time to time
bought out those of other nationals
Aties.
III On every side one sees splendi
Harms in the highest state of cultiys
Ation. hansome residences. well bull
Nand costly barns and granaries; taste
gfully laid Gus laws: groves and youn
Aorchards.
There is scarcely an exception t
khe solid prosperity, and respectabl
h,osition of these Irish farmers. Will
some of them are comparativel
wealthy.
We know of no people who can Sun
,ass the Irish rs farmers, very fe'
who can equal them. and thank Goo
vhe Irish muscle. pluck and power c
Endurance. that was for SO many year
Expended on public works to enric
fthers, 90 now. in a large measure. t
hrich the possessors. not alone Wit
$ordly means. but likewise wit
Messing far more precious. self II
,ect and independence.
lDuring our three days journe
Trough Dakota county. last week
stopped at almost every farI
buse we came to and we found onl
lree or four that were not owned b