The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-03
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the workingman to organize 50 large
colony as the. one we have outlined in
previous article. Often not more than 81
OF eight, OF, at the most, ten, families ca
be got to emigrate from one nsighborhoo'
What shall the intending settler do I
such circumstances? Simply go with I
many as he can get together; buy small
or tract, where more land can be ha
hereafter; and make q nucleus aroun
which other newcomers will gather /
the future, aud so form q larger settlt
ment II not more than five or six fam
lies can be induced to go In company,
may be well to buy 500 or 1000 acres i
some older locality, where schools, an
churches, and some sort Of society ar
already established, Most Of the farmer
In West Virginia own about ten times a
much land as they can probably cult
vate, and, being "laud.poor," they viii
gladly sell large portions Of their too ex
tensive plantations at reasonable prices
And generally they will accept a casl
payment Of one.iourth or one,third OF
delivery of the seed, and give three, ioul
or five years upon the remainder OF the
purchase money. This remainder the
settler can reasonably expect to pay, from
the product OF the land or forest, ut Inatu.
riIy.
But, il the newcomer settles in an old
neighborhOod, let Us beg OF him not to fall
Into the idle, shiitlesS, unthriity ways Of
the native" resident. You may emulate
MS honest kindness, ungrudging hospitali.
", and general openheattedness; but do
not take him for an example in matters oil
TASTE, comfort, or economy. your new
nome, though OF logs, be the reverse OF his
bare, cheerless, unsightly, and often dilap.
dated "double.barreled cabin" 1t is not
necessary to be rich to make ones home
attractive. The humblest cabin Of logs or
cough boards, overspread with vines. and
shaded by wide branching trees, Is often
more beautiful object In Landscape than
the rich man sstately dwelling. Surround
your home, then, with fruit and ornamen.
al trees, cover 1t with vines and climb.
ing plants, and inclose it with neat pal.
ng or well set hedge, which shall give Il
z comfortable and homelike appearance.
Have near 1t well kept garden, In which
plants shall grow and towering shrubs
'hall bloom in their season. Thus will
you render your humble dwelling attrac.
i've to your own family, as we'll as TO
strangers; and your wife and children will
look back to their old home without re.
gretiul IemembranCes. II more sorlid
motive is needed 10 stimulate you, be as
sured that beauty will "pay." It will
iouble the value OF your farm, and come
back in solid currency If you ever want
to sell your property.
Bltone oil the wofkingmen for whom
ehis Is written has sent to US, asking
s.gi HOW TO GET UP A coLoXY. n.
he says: 81 am mechanic ia large
city, and in the small circle OF my acuuain.
ances i do not know ten men who know
anything about the Southwest, or who can
1pare the money to go there TO investigate
he country. How can 1 get at the men
Who want TO 60, and how learn OF n good
location for asettlementH
~ sSu0Ah ahoheI W LQe6e QueSuO06
IS, Where there is will there Is q way"
md, il man sets himselfresolutely about
nything, he can usually accomplish what
70 undertakes. But we may give the in
luirer some useful hints il we tell him OF
the course pursued by an acquaintance OF
Iurs in similar circumstances. He was
oaker, in a city Of about 100000 inhabit.
ants. One day last summer he rode IN TO
Iur home in the country, and said to the
writer, Mr.. Kirke, i want to get up a cal.
ony to so to Texas. You know ali about
he South, and ] want you to make a
speech, describing the advantages OF emf.
grating there, toa meeting / shall call to
get up companyof settlers. j am sure
you would like to help Us workingmen, II
e costs you onlya little time and no
money! We assented to this last re.
mark, but tried to dissuade him from 20.
ing to Texas-saying that the ''northeTs"
there would be the death OF him, and, be.
lore he had been in the State six months,
he would be shivering over roaring fire
In the middle OF May, and bewailing the
lay he had left u colder civilization; but a
mirage OF sheep with ileeces weighing
twenty pounds, and Of horned cattle that
would command 81 per hundred on the
hooi, was before his eyes, and my remarks
made no sort ofimpression.
To be brief, we declined to deliver the
public address, and thereby become re-.
5ponsible for inducing Northern men to
emigrate to Texas; but we did consent to
write out some remarks for the worthy
fellow to read at the meeting-stipulating
only that he should tell the honest truth
about the ."northers." Well, he hired a
public ball, and then announced in the
daily papers that meeting OF working
men would be held to consider the sub.
ject OF emigrating to Texas at o certain
date-to which ten cents admission would
be charged to defray expenses. Four
hundred and ten intelligent Workingmen
attended the meeting; and when We arriy.
ed, q little late in the evening, We found
the baker mounted upon the rostrum, and
Iaboriously attempting TO decipher the
manuscript we had prepared for the coca
sion. With flushed face and an i'm.
patient manner, he stammered over our
work for q few minutes, and then, tossing
the manuscript upon the desk before him,
he stepped quickly to the front Of the
platform and said: "Mr. Kirke has very
kindly written out an address for me, gen.
tlemen, and in It he has told me all about
Texas-not emitting TO say that the
'northers' there will go through man
like dose Of calomel and jalap; but the
TACT is, he uses 90 many highfalutin words,
and his handwriting Is 30 Internally poor
that for the life Of me | can't spell It out,
II any OF you think you can read 1t, you
are welcome to come up here and try your
hand at the business"
A general laugh followed, but no one
volunteered to read the address; and then
turning up the cuffs Of his coat, our friend
the baker, made one Of the best otf.hand
speeches We ever listened to, He pictured
Texas in plain, homely words, but as viz
idly as II he had lived there a generation
and closed by saying: "Now, gentlemen
] have told you. all I have been able Il
learn about Texas from reading and talk
ing with those who have been there; blu
III don't stake my money on any mani
eyes but my own, and / presume the mos
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