New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-11-20
Geo West, Young Man"


ley has been the but of many a joke.
And yet, if it had been taken in its true.
spirit, as expressed and intended by one
who had worked his way from obscurity
and poverty to one of the proudest posi-
tons on earth, its full significance could
be better appreciated. The history of the
West is full of illustrations of the wisdom
of the advice; and our mind is now call
ed to this subject by the marriage of 3
couple endued with the old spirit OF
enterprise. An energetic young man
married one of the women described in
the last chapter of Proverbs. She is
truly what God said, in the second chapt-
er of Genesis he would make for man.
help-meet. She can work all day, dance
all night, and be as cheerful and happy
as bird the next day.
Shortly after their marriage they col
lected together their worldly possessions
and loaded themselves and goods into ,
two-horse wagon and started for Ne
braska to locate homestead. They will
camp by the way, and we will guarantee.
that their wedding tour will be as happy
as that of many fashionable couple who
marry in opulence and spend their honey
moon in the most fashionable resorts,
There is scarcely a county or township in.
Iowa, but what can be found old couples,
and their respective families, who came.
to this State in the same way, and who
are now the wealthiest and most respected
citizens of the neighborhood. There are
several now In our mind, who married
the noblest specimens Of women who
have proved to he help-meets in the true.
meaning of the Scriptural word. .Help-
meet means companion qualified, suit
able, adapted to the position, help a
comfort, and solace. That is what God
intended when he SAID he would make q
help-meet for man. But, nowadays, too.
often tax, a burden, an expense, which.
q man cannot support without large for
tune. They have perverted the objects.
of their creation.
Work is not degrading. Faithful at
tention to household duties is pleasant
and enrolling, where the right senti-
ments are entertained. IF a wife does
not strive to make her home pleasant by
cheerfully performing all her duties, but.
disdainfully looking upon the work and
care of her children as drudgery, her
marriage VOWS were not spoken from the.
heart. What more noble reward need a.
woman.ex pect or desire for her life's great
labor than in ripe age to know that there
have gone out from sher example and
training noble and earnest workers that
are honor1ng her, and are beloved, by God
and man?
There came to the neighborhood of
Melrose Farm twelve years ago q young
married couple who had not exceeding
five hundred dollars in goods and money.
This money was all spent in buying g.
span Of horses and few farm implements
to cultivate rented farm. He was not
of that class who study for an excuse for
going to town and who frequently 90.
without al excuse. He attended faithful.
~ to his business. His wife is scripture.
help-meet. Watchful, earnest, intelli-
gent, devoted. This couple to-day are
worth $15,000--made by close attention.
to business and not by speculation.
That couple who took up their line of
march from Grundy lately have an apun-
dance of examples to cheer them. Let.
us take two examples from the West.
The Nebraska City Meas says:
Mr.. j. B. Wood resides three miles
west of Syracuse, Neb. Eleven years ago.
he arrived with twenty dollars, and took.
up homestead of 16O acres, and traded.
his watch for land warrant, with which.
he acquired 40 acres more. Since that,
time he has been a worker, and now he
owns one of the best farms in the country
"a little paradise-with 100 acres
under cultivation. 40 acres hedged off
for pasture, plenty of fruit and shrub
berry. During 1877 he sold 5000 worth
of cattle, and has on hand herd of
forty. Mr.. Wood is independents the
work of eleven years.
And the same paper gives another
"Mr. G. Warner came to Nebrasks
poor boy, but he started in the right way.
He did not wait for fortune to come, but:
started in pursuit, and ne has been sue
cessful in the chase. He obtained q,
homestead where he now lives. and hia.
farm now covers $50 acres, and his resi-
dence, barns and out buildings are as
good as will be found on farms east. Ia.
his orchard he has $500 apple trees, 400
cherry trees, and pears and peaches in.
bearing. Mr. e. Andrews is a neighbor
of Mr. Warner; he brought a little but!
not much money to Nebraska, and dur
ing the eight years he has been a residen--
on his farm he has been thoroughly sue
cessful. He now owns and farms 500
acres; his buildings are excellent; he has
Is acres of orchard. five miles of live
hedge, and he is fattening this year 100
head OF steers and 100 hogs from the corn
be grew in 1877, and he estimates that he
wi have 9 OQn hushala For hi- ,,;e.a In