Daily Republican., 1880-03-03
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The question is often asked "woult
you advise me to go West" The an
swer is, can tell something ahou
what has been done by others, ant
what you can probably do in the West
and then let you judge for yourself. A
wise man once said, "Go West younJ
man." but l, not being so wise, would
say, stay at home young man, if you
can do SO comfortably, and cultivate the
acres Of your ancestors. II you are in
telligent, honest and industrious, You
are wanted where y you are. Yet there
are many cases where people could bet
ter their condition greatly by going to
the new settlements Of the Western
States. Hyou are paying q high rent,
or dragging out miserable existence
under heavy interest, with but little
prospect OF ever bettering your condi-
tion, to such l would emphatically say
$50 west"
To those parents who have family
growing up, that they would desire to
see settled around them, but can never
expect TO see their wishes gratIfed
while remaining in the East, to such l
would say 60 to Western Iowa and pur-
chase from six TO ten acres of land for
each you now own, which will pay two
or three times the first cost Of it in al
most every crop that is put on it.
found one family in Iowa, the parents
and FIVE children, who left Chester co.,
Pa, several years ago, with but small
means, all living within circle Of q
few miles, owning over one thousand
acres Of land, and having a combined
wealth of from fifty to one hundred
thousand dollars.
Many similar instances might be men
toned Of persons who assisted in form
ing the early settlements, who IN few
years have grown up to affluence and
position, and at present constitute some
VI the leading characters Of the day.
II you do not wish to 60 yourself,
perhaps you can furnish your SONS with
small amount Of capital, let them set
tie near each other, and they will soon
attract around them copgenial COM
munity. This Is far better than send
ing them to the city, like some that
could be named; they may flourish for
q time amidst corruption and dissipa-
ton, and finally end in crime, disgrace
and ruin to themselves and their fam
lilies.
To the young married man Of steady |
habits, without permanent home, and
having little money at his command,
| would say, 60 west, but dc not 90
without means unless you have friends
to 60 to. Finally to the self concelted
young man, who thinks he knows
everything, who likes to hear himself
talk, whose voice Is heard among all
others in q company Of older people;
who thinks there is nowhere such &
good judge Of live stock as himself, who
considers himself the Nestor Of the
neigh hborhood, to him would say: Go
west young man and you will learn
. lesson that you will never forget.
The conceit will come out OF you nearly
Is soon as the gas from an exploded
balloon. Many persons think that by
moving west they are going out of civ
lation, that they will never again ses
my Of their friends, relatives or &C.
Luaintances.
To such would say If you steal a
lorse or commit any other disgracsful
ct, that you would want to hide from I
j! that might know you, don't f
o west, for in all probability you will
meet some neighbor before you are :
ware, and who most likely has heard
( your disgrace before he left home. /;
Iearly sixteen years ago took a drive d
n Eastern Iowa, over the almost un- j.
roken prairies, here and there lone !,
= building, and few groves just =
tarting. The first settlement was
made by an enterprising individual, a q
member Of the society Of Friends, who Ii
,rmerly worked at cabinet making in q
Vest Chester, Pa, but afterwards re- "
ided at Salem, Ohio. After establish.
ng his residence in Iowa, he induced -
number Of his friends to settle in his
eighborhood. They now have two a
leetipgs in that section and number !
yer three hundred members. :;
Last summer l attended one of their Il
lsstings and was surprised to find a n
Of one hundred and fifty ,
} two hundred people, exceeding any
ning Of the kind had ever seen in g.
10 older Quaker settlements of Chester !,
ouDty, unless 1t was a quarterly meet
,g or some otEer extra occasion. They =
Ime in double carriages, in buggies,
! horseback and many in farm wagons. Il
hey all live within a few miles I
the meeting house and many have
buses and barns that would be credit
Chester or Delaware Counties. A ..
eater prl ;-uss. ~ ;;uo iasI il underI :
lltivation than is found in the older ii
ttlemen.s Of eastern Pennsylvsuia. =
They raise grain and feed hogs for
ls town market, make butter and -
.eese for New York, and fatten cattle Y
ID sheep for Liverpool. took dinner
ith pioneer friend and he gave me
story Of the settlement. Similar set
ements can be formed again, and in
uch shorter space Of time, owing to V
o increased railroad facilities. In
'estern Iowa there are numerous fine O.
cations for formiag just such settle. "A
snts. -
Nebraska also offers many similar sit Y
.tions, but the land in Iowa is equal. ia
as good, the travelling facilities are
uch cheaper, there is less wind and
ore rain, and it is much nearer to tho Y
eat produc markets Of the world.
lester county has many representa- g, co
res in Iowa, and natives Of Della ware W."
ID Bucks counties we're found in Ne Y
aska. The State Of Delaware is WE'LL \
presented In the West. y er