The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-12-07

that class ofpeople who 'are never happy III
less they are miserable" and who will want t
move on" after they once get settled i
heaven, There will be something the matte
even even in "fhat land Of pure delight"
Men who came here, expecting to launc
thelr barques with LITTLE trouble and to tioa
Joylully out into the stream which leads to tn
narDor OF success, have often succumbed t,
| the winds and squally weather, and are nov
unhappy Those who came expecting to bea
tnelr way through storms, and to escape ship
wreck only by hald labor and eternal vigilance
are better OF than they dared hope to be, ant
nave no desire to change
SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, sc.
IL Is not so very long ago that the hearts O.
the people IN the East were moved to gener
oslty by the strains ef a Sunday school hymu
Which ran like this:
..s4 'Far out upon the prairie
How many children dwell,
W no never read the Bible
Nor hear The Sabbath bell.
II is hlgn time for a revised edition." il
that Is sllil ringing through the school-rooms
IL used to be specially applied TO Kansas but
hahsas has no claims upon its sentiment now.
Withln the Stale there are one hundred and
Tour counties, twenty-three of them vet unor-
ganlzed. There are within the State limits.
WIN population OF OF million two hundred
'housaha,
EIGHT THOUSAND scBooI-HousEs
Tothese.must beaded the colleges and SEM
lnarles and the schools under the direct care
OF the Catholic Sisternood. 10 the towns and
cl,les the public school buildings are substan-
llal connections and frequently elegant and all
through The country al e scattered little white
Clean looking knowledge-boxes, where The nr-
Mu young lucas may De taught to Shoot.
80, oohoois an maintained Tor The same
ions.n VI tlnic .ney aie III tne Eastern States,
- 80 ny o1liiuio u VI 'Ae eiuisi rant VINO COM
henooe " Noiie upon sou winch mas never felt
pio" nave as sooo opportunities as were
leiI pen .irit IA a ONO ana seimont
fy.'' "o'o % o''e y @ee geI"'yunaents
'1 l0Oor y e"s3T~st0" " A4"SttS.
ne sosernh,ent donated 70 the State one
" az JUG ianu .ol SCHOOL purposes,
Sor "naon naxe oeeh auuou tnree hundred thou
1 1ena "Iies sian.eo the otate as indemnity tor
lahuS iost III INC Indian reservations. The
permanent school fund created by the sale of
tnese lanas amounts 10 S2,oo0, O0O, with nearly
wv" w. hllllion acres YET uhsold.
Inc mucn aDused railroads nave contributed
no sllaii amount Toward the school buildings,
anu arc constantly heiplhg IN The support OF
VIC schoois; II coHes' oi course, IN The way
Vi eaAes; al tne iahus helu ny the railroads
paying heaVy taxes, as they are rated with
lands held py non-i esidents, and the policy of
inc people OF hansits Is " TAX land held In
That way, SO that the owners will either sell it
Or come ana improve IT, Hin PEASANT, permit
me TO remark IL is very poor policy, and one
calculated 10 Keep people from coming hereas
Inc natural supposltion is that If on an unim-
proved quarter section the tax is so high when
'he necessary improvements are added it will
oe more IMAM the pace is worth
do not know whether Aansans have ger
'ymandered as Cailfornians did, but found |
plan IN that State where, in order to get as
much out OF the Southern Pacific Railroad as |
a school district was laid out extend |
ng 1lfLeen miles along the road, and not over |
'Wo In width, with other districts hitched on |
1t each SIDE
OF course, the different lines of road IN this |
state own large amount OF valuable land |
Ind hear the usual amount of grumbling be- |
cause the Government donated this land to |
ne companies which built the roads. 1t is |
90 bad that 1t had to be done, but it might |
nave been worse, for, ii the roads had not |
been built, these people wouldn't be here to |
grumble. Kansas could never have helped |
herself on 10 her feet without the aid of the |
I ~ morse, anu w secure tue good, one has
bling gets to be chronic; though NO doubt
here is plenty to complain OF, Tor railroads are
quilt and operated to make money. not to act |
N the capacity Of missionary societies. and
most any of us would be glau to connt one IN |
he 'tgrinding monopoly" Wien the dividends
ire paid. Other people are not SO much wick
,der than we as we suppose The nrincinai
allied