The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-17
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LAFAYETTE CouSTT, NO., Sept IS.
Editors IGtellIgqneer. 49, =.
have already written you two letters
from this part of the West, and I can now
only add that / have not thus far seen any
occasion to change the opinion therein
Expressed US to the impolicy Of citizen Of
West Virginia leaving his native sod with
view ofmaterially betteringhis fortunes
by coming out here. can honestly say
that any young man who leaves the City
OF Wheeling, expecting to pick up wealth
and fortune out here simply for the pick
ing, will be disappointed sadly, as all
have been who came here with such ideas.
Stay where you are, is the bestadyice that
1 am able to give to any and every one Of
your people making inquiries regarding
this country with IN idea Of moving. 1t
is u fertile soil, productive and fruitful
above the average, but everything being
so entirely different from what your peo-
pie are accustomed to q man must unlearn
himself Of his old ways and habits and
learn the new again before he is able to
fall into the propernethod Of doing things
out here. And then when no docs put of
the old and dens tile new, l know Of no
business, or trade, or occupation
that in tho long run will repay his
labors SO bountifully here Us with you.
Hard, wearisome toll, from sunrise to sun
set; seasons changeablc and irregular,
months OF drought like the present. and
weeks Of wet; cholera among hogs, blind
fever among cattle, these are some few
OF the misfortunes that the farmer almost
daily sttlmbles across Go II youwlll in:
to any mercantile pursuit, and you will
find things about the same. 'Tick or
trade" Is the way all branches Of business
are carried on, and with State exemp.
ton law, exempting 81 800 cash and eighty
acres OF land to every citizen i
want 10 know what your success will
be in that direction. Then, again, COM
ppled to rely on a river that Is about Us
feliable for navigation as your Wheeling
creek, or, jumping from tire frying-pan into
the fire, depend upon the two railroads TO
supply markets for your productions, both
Of which will suck your strength aud
aqupege the very SAP out OF you, what
prospect appears from that source? And
then ii necessity makes you q borrower,
how will dose Of interest at tho rate Of
ID and IN per cent sit on your stomach?
These arc no guidc.book figures, but the
regular charge for money, as far as ] pan
learn, oyerthe ontiFp atate westot St. l.ouis.
fou may ho n young man, brought up
in mercantile ways, trudging along on
small salary, who thinks that positions Of
prominence and remuneration are open
Tor you out here. Why, my dear sir, ]
can scare up covcy ofjust such birds as
you, in any direction you choose 10 turn
Young birds, discontinued with the most
wherein they wOro bred, have flown nth.
or in search OF better things, and would
to-day lust as gladly turn their face home
ward; glad for the shelter, frail though 1t
be, fthc mother nest, II they could only
gather the means for returning: It's the
same old story; ono man strikes the mug
got aud thousand till the soil. 1t is the
same old experience drumming risks with
tho odds n thousand fold against you.
Therefore, hottOr far u suro salary, though
it be but u mite, and steady employment,
than running the blockade with breakers
around you and disasters ahead.
know how tempting distant countries
ars to the average mind; how green fields
grow grceneras we get farther and farther
away, and how n halo ofromnnUe seems TO
hang and hover about them, but II you
want 10 got all that romantic, poetic stuttin
knocked out OF your beautiful drcam, be-
fore you get the sleep rubbed out OF your
eyes, come on and sec how quickly It will
ho dispellol. You've likely dreamed OF
beautiful slopes, olud in fresh and lovely
verdurc, running down from mountain
sides with foliage OF every color; OF
deer and hutthlo sweeping by your front
door in playful glOe; Of gens and caverns
full OF gloom and darkness, and streams OF
limpid water trickling down their sides,
and, perhaps, one OF Rennimore Cooper's
wax Indians, thrown in for excitement
sake. Of these Ingredients you've built a
paradise OF dreams, and are ready TO pack
up and realize It. Prop by prop your WIS.,
ion is undermined; your glens and cav |
erns are but mire holes for swine; your
limpid stream Is only q poor sickly, mud
dy creek, and that beautiful verdure Is |
only q mirage. II is always about ton
miles further on. As top your mountains,
please don't tax the brains OF q Westerner
by making himtry to form any conception
Of q mountain or conceive OF anything
above the flat surface OF tile earth.
Pshaw! wOuldn'tgive one good square |
look at your old hills for al tho scenery
between the Mississippi river and the
Rocky Mountains. Therefore, stay where
you are This advice offer asthe result
Of somewhat extended trip over this par.
tipulaT region (tlle host IN the stAtel, and
Of talks with men al good, sound indg,
nent who were Mtssouri's pioneers. And
for the good o. your own State, and your
own personal welfare, develop your own
tieldsof labor, build up your own branches
of trade, enlarge every channel OF your
own business, and some day You may be
thankful for the brief experience in the
Western country, II. W, L.
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