The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-04-08

W hi'i)loFCN.
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
The spring term of tie BonlIomme Co
court has been adjourned till June.
A Chunaman from Omaha is preparing
to establish laundry at Brule City.
The Spring field land Office will close
April 10Th, and reopen at Wa,ertown
May lst.
A lorge hotel is in course Of consruc-
ton at DeSmet. Timber to be used in
building it was hauled from Volga.
A catfish weighing one hunrded and
thirty pounds after being dressed, WAS
recently taken from the river at Bru!e City.
Emigrauts are pushing their way into
Gary and settling in large numbers lhro'-
ont Deui 90 AMY
The prospects for big mining year in
the II ills were never better than at the
present time.
The Deadwood schools are necessarily
closed, owing the shortness Of funds to
continue them.
Miss Amy Sexton, q fav orite variety
SlnUcF III tiWObtt lifsS OEC'.hS ihSapS.
1t is hoped that it is only temporary.
The Deadwood News gained ffty-ninc
new subscriber in one day last week, aud
the lis, was increased one hundred within
the week.
Chris Dilger's building in Scotland,
used as residence, saloon and store, was
burnet, on the 29th. Mr.. Dilger estimates
u: q "a
Charlie Collins ciaina that Bfnle City is
the handsomest and most picturesque spot
for a town il all Dakota, and that is say
ing some.
Pat Donan, Of the Black Hills Pioneer,
In summing up the beauties Of the land
scape, and the general characteristics of
Dakota's people, remarks:
son all tho beauteous, pendent globe,
no farer, richer reami untol1s itself to
tempt the angels down. No mlghtier
treasure houses of royalty ev er real their
| proud heads heav onward in any land or
zone. No greeaer pastures, no more fer
| tile fields, ever feasted the trolicsome colt
or glaidened the heart and pocke: of sun
Drowned husbandman with hundred fold
haryests No bluer skies bend their sap
phre arch above the far.fatned, begger
hemmed and flea girt bay OF Naples, or
the lake Of Como, on whose enchanted
shores lay the bogus ranch of Claude Mel
| nOtte.
No softer moonlight bathcs in floods ol
silvery sheen the orange groves OF Anda-
lu5ia, or lures the gushing gozlng to
amat Dry squash swapping with hisadored
and dorable Nancy Jane No balmier
breezes sigh over Araby the blest or the
| gardens Of Gul in her bloom, than the
sweetness surfeited sephyrs that lirger in
] loving dalliauce amid our rose beds and
Chinese pig-styes, japonica thickels, hon
eysuck'e k'e-arbors and tailings. soaked gar
bage piles.
No sharper, nober, wide awaker, long
erlegged, bigger booted, straighter tobac-
co spittings more whole souled, entcrpris
ing, generous and true-hearted men than
ours ever left their stoga boot prints on,tlle
sands of time. And no brighter, dcarer
lovelier creatures ever fitted through
oriental poets raptest dream Of paradise
than our little Glml,y ducklings-oul
home made calico seraphs, our patent in
fla,a5le gunjun .rubber-bustled darlings-
our wee,hearts, wives, molhersinlaw
srandmammies and Cousin Polly AIMS
| fully as our chickens or Spoons.
/ We find the following practical sugges-
tious in The Brule. City Times. We COM
mend them to all those who contemplate
moving west:
| rWhat articles of furniture, farming
utensils and the like ought an emlgrant to
| bring west? becomes question worthy oil
4 NJ hC 20
'ssell out, as completely as possible; tol
everything needed here can DE pnrchased
! lust as cheaply in Dakota as it could be
imported by the emigrant coming west
Besides many of the implements used up.
an an eastern farm might not be suitable
for service in the west. 1t possibly will
not pay TO take along farming machinery
and heavy household goods Except some
| light articles and family heirlooms Moth
ing should be taken. Farming imple.
ments. stove and furniture being in gener
al demand, are shipped here in large guam
titles. aud can be purchased as cheaply in
Chicago. with tue item ef freight added :.
Cattle. horses hogs and sheep are generally
cheaper here than they are in the east,
while wagons and machinery are almost
IA cheap. Clothing, bedding table linen,
books and other light articles ought To be
brought. while graded stock, good horses
and good breeds Of poultry may be brought
with advantage. People ought not to
come poverty stricken. Young, unmar
tied men may safely depend upon their
labor ssar living and working women are
in good demand but family who expects
ro settle ON land ought to have some mon
ey, at least $500. When in their new
home they will readily see just what tn y
want. and little money applied to the
the purchase of Just the things needed
! IN ~ eor rnoye nseftrl than a nuan nifty al