The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-07-08


hard wort aud strict economy, perhaps
prisAtion aud lOnsliness- This comes
especially hard on the farmers wives,
many Of whom have grown up in homes
Of comfort and plenty IN the older
states Ask the men what they think
Of Iowa, and they will say that IL is
hne state; IL has many resources and
advantages; there n room Tor develop
ment here; the 10 positions Of
profit and honor are not 50 crowded rs
they are In the older states; n good class
Of emigrants are settling up the state
that on the whole, Iowa has u bright
future before IL. But the women do
not deal In such g~eneralities. Their
own home and individual life Is all the
world To them, and II that Is enconIp4ss-
cd with toll and hardship, IL al tleir
cherished ~longings and ambitions are
denied and their hearts sick with hope
deferred. this talk about the ~undeyelop-
ed resources Of Iowa and its future
greatness has no interest or meaning
for them. In their isolated homes ON
tho bleak prairie they haye few social
opportunities, and their straitened
msans 40 not .,low ,..m ,a INV hook.
a. nI.,n,.. A. ,.I.,.,.~. ~ ,n.g.-
zines, or TO indulge in many Of the lit
tie household ornaments dear 70 the
contain. h..r, Wha, w,ond., lien
!, ,h.,r ave. h.v., w.arv ons.,iooins
,ook as iftbev ware al,yavs searching
tba aat urairs.bor,zon for some nrom-
I.e ar hone M heller days something
fresh and st,mu,at,ng 10 vary the dull
monotony Of toIly
s.There,s n better time canning the
FARMER saws when M get he farm
naid for We will build n nsw house and
send the children 10 town 10 sehool:,
and 40 the slow wears 90 Inv II every
pew country IA not actually fertilized
with the hearts blood Of women. the
settling and development of n none The
lass ~reouires the sacrifice Of their lives.
see many women who have Thus
saer,0ced and ara sacriocinp their
lives Their faces ara vriukled, THAR
b.nds A.. nara with ROUGH coarse work
,h.y 10. Lon, aao ...sod 90 have any
personal ambitions. lint their homes are
cen,sred IN their children Their self.
.hneg,,,on 4. bevond words
Afte, n foo,hold b.. heen yained IN n
nev country and ! home established n
generation. perbaps Two. must pass
away hsforo = fine TYNE M humanity IL
nrod,oa, Tha ,a,hor and mo,hsrs
hava to,,a, sor ~. ac,,,l nsco.s,r,es ~
M. and ga,nsd them The chiIar,n
,ra .,n,,,od w,,h nhys,c.I .o,nfo,,s
p,sn,, 4, soo, and e,.rc,s. !, ,he nnre
.,r .,.a ,ham s,.,.,,r, framos aoo.I
hlood .nd ,-,ors.c, ,n,m., hea,,h Int
g. a. ! hov;n. s,oI;d,,v 81, o,n,ession
On ,h.,r s.c.s s,,g.s,ion ~ tI,.h,n
with tLa elod Thev are bonest-beart.
al and we,,.m.anIo. s,,,,d not ma.
t~uraIlv Inn, hec,,s. their minds h,ve
never heen ou,ckeuea and stimulated.
They grone in n Hind way for better
fliuOa mud WapAar IN lfa mQans m
nore ,h,n h nlow ana .ow ana rean
% v..h. IA .oop .nd asv parhans
ono opt Of every hundred will break
from tbs s,ow,v.ster,,ng ranks and run
ahead IN taste Of the sprinos Of know
ledge reserved for the next generation.
lint tha vast ma,oritv will 90 down 10
their graves without ever attaining To
the r-;neness and svmmetry Of n fully
developed life. THAR children. perbsps
-c.,tai,lv the;r or,ndch,ldren-wiu
attain 4 Gne nbvsicai and mental tvpe
What character shall 7 choose as n
tvn,c.l Iovvanp Not the occunant of
tha large brick bopse with tall ever-
oreens In front which meets nv sight
whenever I Iook ONWARD the country.
An old woman lives tbere alone except
for , servant or tvo having hurled ber
b,sb.na aud Tan childrar She Ia worth
800 o0o INT can ne,ther read nor
wr;te ua, s,rorg common ense and
dean fund N experience suunlv her lack
Of cducat,on ANA one would mot think
wh,,a I-,.tan;no IN b.r that shs WAS
IGNORANT Of letters Her life ba, been
one of toll and sorrow lint her express.
ion Is ona NJ bravo c-heerf,,ness She
and her husband came To this mace