, 1879-06-28

nddreas. md thereby 1,ccomc respons.t]c ior In
aictnE N1rthcEn men to emfgrate tt, Toxins: but
thc worthv felIow 10 read .. DC mceiing.-stip-
Uniting ony that !,u should tell The itonrat truth
abnnt tlu ''norlhcrs." Hc1l, Ac Hired pubiu
ilnll, md then announced In tho daily paucfa
that . neeting q worktnEmen would 6a held
Ut II certain !latc,-so. which 10 ccn:s
admission would bo charged to deiraY
expenses. Four hundred and ten Intelligent
workingmcn attended the meeting: aud ,whcn
the baker ',nlnted ,lpon the rost.ust, anil Ia
toEfous1y attempting 10 dccpEcr the manuscript
We han prepared for the OCCASION. With a
flushed faco and an impatient manner, he STAN.
mercd over our work for few minutes, and
then, tossing tho manuscript upou the desk be-
platform and said: MIR. KIrhe has yrry kindly
wtittsn on oat ~ sdarca; TOR ms gentlsmcn, n,!d
ting to say that the 'northers' thcrc mill 70
through d man like dosc OF canine! md jsiap;
but the faet Is, hc uses 10 many highfaiutin
words, aIf big handwriting lsso Internally poos,
any OF you think ,ou ca', rcn'l It, rou arc well
come TO come up here and trF Jour hand At the
business"
4 70 neral laugh followed, hut no ono voIun-
up thc cuffs ot bis coat, our friend. thc bakcr,,
made one Of the best of-tsns1 speeches NC over
l!stened to. lie pictured Texas in p'atn, hotnclr
words. but as .lyidly ns II Ito had lived thctc a
Gentlemen, hare Si ioid you u iii hnyo bcen G a1i
to learn about Texas from reading and taixIng
with thong who havo been there; hut ! don't
stnke my money on nnI mans. cycs but my
cn cc"n md nd I, nfesamo p y @ the most ct yoa ~o
honest dollar, arc Of Inv *ar Of thinking. You
mean to look before you leap,, anil uierc you
arc raEht-everv time. Now. am going to pro.
yose to cverr one Of you who wants to know what
Inv fan1ir II NUT l.x lin hoft t,s
condition By golng there, to somu up here n1!d
pit hts mama down for to!lar. Illcn you can
yvto wso shall 70 out and examine the country.
cau gct halt.sate tickets from the peunsyl-
son can go; 4 f1o0t Is out uown. two Call go:
aud so on. You tan send Just as many as you
like; aud, when they get back, We rttl call
anothcr meeting, un1 hear what they have 10
what, Without any humbug or hichfalutln.'
Some aN put down tnctr names. and many Of
them pat1 tncfr dollar gu the spot: and, in the
COURSE Of week. committee. consulting Of
plorIlig expedition. They soon returned, maua
report that was satisfactory to los Of The suu-
scrtbets, and, within three months, That nus1,-
her, headed by tho baker, were on thciF way,
| organized Il settlement On plan similar to thu
one outlined In our previous article, und, nt thu
date OF our last alriccs, the most Of then
| WcIc--sblverlnE over d rouslng Gre III the
ever went 70 that '''northcr'-swcps, aeuc.rtddca
| country. II they had followed our advice aud
| gone to West Virginia, onc.half ot them would
| nun be sitting out Of doors In the mild May
| weather, reading the weekly news, and smoking
their o"n. uativc tobacco. But, be that as #
u'ay, our friend, tic baker, bus shown every
| worIsinIman wfl0 reads tbls and Is disposed to
| try his fortunes in now country, hoH hu eau 60
| to work to Get up colony.
hon TO sEtKcT 4 LOCATION,
Flf-. t1-I,u
settler Gun fully trust to selecting location for
! his ncw home except bis own eyes; but, to
rightly use his optics, lie will needt to be sofnc-
| what guided by those wto arc more familiar
| thai he wtl, the character and resources Of tho
| country. But hhnrks arc to be found iu eouth-
ern "a vol as In Northern ATTITUDES, mud, a. he
| values his small hoard Of swcatbeacKed green
backs, let the bettter glyo wide berth 10 Ger.
tain class OF lnu1.apocutators and rral.estate
shysscss, who, re are sorry to say, arc to be
found eTen in the virgin wilderness al West
Virginin. The minority Of these men arc plaus-
iblo scoundrels. vino will descu pour man With
no .nuro eompunctEon than they would g,izxle a
I Jug Of whisky. Let tile newcomer bcwuro ot
theu,, aud consult, instead, soac old settler Of
character and standing, wllu bas no land to sell,
md, consequently no mottVe to mts'eaa an III
qaircE. T.
IL ,chat Fart Of The State settler had bitter look
tcndcd occupation; aud about this 1t is possible
| re may be able to give him some gr,srat TIL
formation. We are to'crably familiar with rari.
ons Farts Of the State, aud what *c 10 bot
know Othcrs do, and to them We will refer him
for aaylcc and direction about particular loca-
tions. We bcteva thnt the une who helps another
TO help himsclf Is doing him the highest kind Of
service, mil, nt the same time, is casting upon
days, seady-bultercd to Ills orn dinncr.tnble.
! Therefore, my one tpny npply to as freely, md
We will checrfully give him auch guidance rs we
can; and. II VIC eau do nothing else VIC can re-
3qr hsn to some one atno9E q score oi our Hes;
him to save tic whole State fru,n the doom ol
| SoiOnl At!l GonorTall.
But let tic applicant for onr advice remember
to iucloee STAMP for return.postagc. This a
small matter to apeak nbout, but Wo arr told
''not 10 desptae the day Of small things y: md
tifty letters in q dav would cost this present
writer precisely $L50, which Is morn
than 10 may, realize from the time nttd
Whut would our friends who omit to
inclose etnmps for Tcturn-postage think Of q
churrhgoer who, in addition to occtpylng q
pew free Of rent, should require the preacher to
nay HIN for tho troublo he was at III listening tu
! his scrnonsa
GETTING THROUGH THE FIRST xRAR.
The arst year will bo the most trying pcrtod
to tho neT.settler. Ills expenses will b.
heavy, his lneoulo light. 1t will require tfme II
get tho bearings Of Ills new location, anl to &C
custom himself to tta new conditions. liz will
nuke uistakes and failures, sud by the end ol
the year will be wiser, and 1t may be saddcr,
man.
Du. let him not be discouraged, Energy,
m bs gsst a'J es 10 sdc
beginning; aud tho settler must not expect tc
attatI IN onu year NIL the results tl'at 10 moulu
like to accomplish. Ho cut ''nlake tho wll,cr'
| Msss To tiussoni ~ the fose." but not tn DAY
nor In ten days, nor ip ten months. Silcnt nnL
allow Is tle wnY that Nature operates, bnd man
must imltnte Nature II ho would impress ad'