Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-03-01

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pos1suion 81 t,e beautiful prairiea
| of Dakota, for among the settlers on
|pataic lands may Be found many
aspiring and spirited women.
Young ladies not yet out Of their
tssps 81 Esildie-sgsd and elderly
ladies, N demonstrating nG only
Their equal tight % the public do
main, but their equal ability % i'm
prove and profit BY the settlement
thefeon. We do-not allude to this
because II il remarkable, but as an
illustration q that true spirit Of ad-
esentute which has ever charncteri-
| red ths Jairef tex ID their highest
best estAte. We egotistical men are
very opt 70 forget what we owe to
woman. II was.a woman who in
|;au9umsed the first immigration
movement that we have any history
of either sacred or profane. But for
the bold, resolute and adventurous
spirit Of Eve, the mother Of our race,
for ought we can see, she and that
body 81 IN Adam would have re
NAMED in the garden Of Eden to
this day, and instead Of the untold
millions who have, and who still in
habit this earth, we should have had
only Adam and Eve, two innocent
babes, xix thousand years old, wan
dering about the flowery groves Of
Eden without even ! fig leaf to COW
their nakedness, or q knowledge that
decency required them to be cloth.
ed. Adam was a. contented in the
garden as q native in a banana
patch. But Eve was uneasy. She
wanted to know something. There
stood the tree Of life with its tempt.
ing fruit; 70 eat Of II was knowledge
with all its cares and disappoint
ments and failures, and nil Of the
| joys and victories and great opportu
mites, for lofty genius and towering
ambition. 10 refuse it was TO re
main an animated cipher. stagger
ing down the ages without history
or q posterity. Adam after consult
ing his fears would very likely hav'
decided to stay in the garden AMI
run naked and pick posieS and sc
his board for nothing, but not Sc
| with Eve. She thirsted for knowl
edge, for q world TO explore and sub
due, and SO she reached forth ant
boldly plucked the forbidden frui
and ate oft, and handed it to Adam
and babe hin hold up his head lik'
q man and take his share Of it; ant
for a wonder he plucked up tn
courage, or else lacked the courag
TO refuse her, it is not clear which
at all events he ate of the fruit, ant
| we read that tho proprietor Of tina
summer resort called them to al
account for violating the rules Of tn
place, and Adam after skulkin,
around for two hours trying to hid
among the trees and bushes, cam'
forth and to his everlasting disgrace
be 1t said, tried To lay all the blanl,
Of the apple-stealing to Eve, but hi
plea was overruled, They wer'
both bounced, and then and Their
commenced the first emigration
movement. During all the centu
ries that have interviewed between
that day and this, the steady tramp
Of the emigrant has been heard, ant
when woman has not been at tn
front pointing to the haven ahead
she has ever stood beside her hus
band or. father or brothers, ant
while sharing with them every la
Dor and sorrow and danger, she ha
whispered words Of comfort and EN-
enlargement without which man
mission uponsthe earth would hav'
proved . fathomless failure. al
honor to the brave women who
single handed and alone, are build
ing up homes in Dakota. A te,
years Of patient battle with the pr
| vations and discomforts If pionee
life will place them beyond III
reach Of want during the balance G
their years.