The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-03

lsSe9tsasf Wv ~ wv early part VI A4hgI nAl
bewailing the day they ever went 10 tina
"notther swept, ague-ridden country, |
they had followed our advice and gone Il
West Virginia, one.halt Of them woult
now be sitting out Of doors In the milo
May weather, reading the weekly news
and smoking their own native tobacco
But, be that Is II may, our friend, the
baker, has shown every workingtnen who
reads this, and Is disposed to try hli
fortunes In new country, how he can q
to work 10 get up colony. \
/, HOW TO sEAEcT A LOCATION.
\. The baker was right, there Is nothing
the settler can fully trust In selecting To-
cation for his new home except his own
eyeet but, TO rightly use his optics, be will
need TO be somewhat guided BY those who
are more familiar than he with the char:
acter and resources Of the country. But
sharks are 10 be found in Southern as well
as In Northern attitudes, aud, as he val.
ues bis small hoard OF sweat.bedswed
greenbAcks, let the settler give d wide
berth TO o certain class Of land.speculators
and real.estate shysters, who, weaf0 sorry
to say, are to be found even In the virgin
wilderness OF West Virginia. The major.
ity OF these men are plausible scoundrelS,
who will fleece poor man with no more
computation than they would guEzle Jug
OF whisky. Let the newcomer beware Of
them, and consult, instead, some old set
tier OF character aud standing, who has no
land 70 sell, and consequently no motive
to mislead an inquirer.
IN trhat part 0f.Lhe State a setLler had better
look for q home; will depend very much up
on his Intended occupation; and about
this 1t Is possible We may be able 10 give
him some general information. We are
tolerably familiar with the various parts OF
the State, and what we do not know others
do, and to them we will refer him for ad-
vice and direction about particular loca.
tons. We believe that The one who helps
another to help himself is doing him the
highest kind Of service, and, at the same
time, Is casting upon the waters bread
that may return after many days, ready
buttered to his own dinner table. There.
fore, any one may apply to US freely, and
We will cheeriully give him such guidance
as we can; and, II we can do nothing else,
we can refer him 10 some one among
score OF our West Virginia acquaintance
who would not mislead him TO save the
whole State from the doom OF Sodom and
Gomorrah.
But let the applicant for our advice 70.
member TO inclose a stamp for return.post.
age. This Is small matter to speak about,
but we are told mot to despise the DAYS
Of small things"; and fifty letters in day
would cost this present writer precisely
81 30, which is more than he may realize
from the time and thought be has given to
this matter. What would our friends who
omit to inclose stamps for return-postage
think Of church.goer who, in addition
to occupying q pew free Of tent, should |
require the preacher to pay him for the |
trouble he was at in listening to his ser. |
mons?
GETTING THROUGH THE FIRST YEAR
The FIRST year will be the most trying peri.
cd TO the newsletter. His expenses will be |
heavy, his income light. II will require
time TO get the bearings Of his new toca-
ton, and to accustom himself to its new
conditions. He will make mistakes and
failures, and by the end Of the year will
be q wiser, and 1t may be sadder, man.
But let him not be discouraged. Ener-
gy, pluck and perseverance are sure TO
conquer in the end. 1t will be vast deal
to have made beginning; and the settler
must not expect TO attain In one year all
the results that he would like to accom-.
plish. FHe can make the wilderness TO
blossom as the rose" but not in day, nor
in ten days, nor in ten months. Silent
and slow Is the way that Nature operates,
and man must initiate Nature il he would
impress additional beauty upon her beau
titul features. Let the settler plant his
vine and his fig tree; let him water them
with patience, and tend them with care;
and, our word for it, he will vet drink Of
the wine and rest himself under the
shadow.
CLOSING WORDS.
We have thus glanced rapidly and i'm.
perfectly at the character aud resources OF
this "Wotkingman's Paradise, West
Virginia. We have shown the richness Of
its soil, the excellence and variety of its