, 1879-06-21

!hc moro polished diamonds which arc 30 thick
" ttruwn all over tt,e North md Now En1la;d.
settler from tia Nortl' Should tako viii him
some Of his old friends md na!4ht,ors. And,
The moro iamilIcs i!lat aettlc In u,lo ncghawF.
foo<, the creator Will BE- the lcnttlta 70 every
member Of the, settlement. Ten Families are
be better, md d hundred better atilE. for that
implies a population Of 600, which 10 half ~
MANI As the census ahoHa IN some cntire
counties IN West Virginia. Atmost anywborc
10,O00 an.i 20.u0U acrcs. neas to markets and
railway, tAn be bought for less prices than are
now demanded for wild 1ands on tho arid prat-
r!eA of the Fur West. We will suppose thnt
e s1Gn . Ss Y s1ts ] s tpss!eiF e. 1se ~ I
natural meadow, part woodland. ind the whole
undcrla,d with bed OF the richest coal. Witch
tvcrywhere crops nut on the surface. Th|a coal
bed Will afford the colonists fuel for an tndefl-
IAy. HelI for enough to support n Dukedoin.
guch n trart Wo have nov III tnind,-n rustic
Paradise, thlckfy carpctcd witfl bluegrass. aud
aprtnkled with thousnnds Of oaks. pop!nrss and
feet, boxed measure. And this tract was offered
to us, about sixty days aRn, for less than $2.50
an acrc.-one.quArter cash down, and the re-
InaInder At our OVID convenience. eome such
100 acres each, to be, apport!oncd among them,
Al! but tic woodland, which, perhaps, they
would hold and develop la cotnmon,-as well as
600 acres In the centre Of the tract, which they
would set on Into village, whose little church
notest farmhouse on tile property. In this
vllsge tl,ey would lay out ind work few
streets, build church and A school-house, and
tllen auction OF the cholecst lots to the first
comers.. 0nc Of these lots would bc taken by
the blacksmith, another BY tho shoemaker, the
storekecper, ali1 the hotel.man; and one would
be reserved for public library and residing
room, in which would DO found some Of the
wotke q sta,ldard stit,hora, nd I'D mnny Of u.e
would seem TO lie tnishcd; but Il would not b
until the settlers had assembled together, elect
ed Town Council, and passed ordinances pro.
hfbttfng the manufacture and sale Of sptr1tuous
posal Of v!nee-lots to any but actual settlers
who should contribute by some useful industry
to the welfare Of the Young settlement.
And pow we bcg to aek Il We have not sketch
ed modern Arcadta3 but let no one deem It
IN impossible picture. Such settlements, well.
ordered, sell.sustaininR, and independent, Do
1ittcally and socially, could be pIaated IL num-
6eEless localities we know Of all over the Border
States, II tue tired, worn, ot'rdened working
men Of the North would merely put their heads
mud their pockets together, at,l strike out man
fulIy for themselves In some new region. Why
will they live in the fetId atmosphere OF our
Urent ctics or cat tho bitter bread of poverty in
breathe the frcs pure air Of Heaven mt, reap the
aboundIng riches which the earth ever yields to
those who lar their hands lovingly on her bosomf
AhI here 10 bread enough nnd to spare, wliilc
they perish with hungcrt We do not own
rood Of land In ail the border States, and hence,
personally, have nothing to gain or lose bv what
wo say; but VIC entreat the worklngman who
roads this To ponder our words, to gather Ills
friends and Ills nciGhbors together, and 70 with
them to some such region, whcrs he can lind
prosucr1sy for himself and future for biz chill.
dren.
We Will have something more to Say On this
subject In auQsher article.