Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-06-07
AN INDIAN STORY.


Our story opens in 1854 in the beau
tiful village Of Corning, N. Y. A me-
chances home is in the center, and about
the hearth. fire there was frequent canvass
Of the question Of emigration. Minnesota
was then Territory. Wide ranges Of
prairie, as beautiful as the sun ever shone
upon, invited settlement--invited the
hand OF civilizing improvement, fashion
ing and development The pictures Of
what were imagined TO be possibilities,
probabilities, and. by dint Of industry and
labor, realities, fitted before the minds
eye of our mechanic here and his whilom
boarders. The future looked glowing.
Broad fields, waving in remunerativo
crops, rose before the imagination. Va
cant quarter. sections were peopled. lines
of highway were established, bridges
we're constructed, school houses pro-
vided and Hourishing settlements es-
tablished upon those awaiting prairies.
Well do we remember those gorgeous
word Innings of our ideal artists. 1t
sounded to one. not in the spirit, vision
ary like wild dreams OF these bereft OF
their senses.
D., whom we shall make prom
inent feature in this sketch, had a
beautiful home. He was prosperous at
his trade, his wife was an industrious,
helpful woman, and two beautiful child
rem blessed his home and his hopes.
Not content with these, he visited
Minnesota. He trod those blooming
prairies, he feested his eyes on those
gorgeous landscapes, he built up proud
future in his mind for the then broad
Territory, and came home TO infuse into
the minds of others somewhat of his
own enthusiasm and faith.
A party emigrated from Corning to
Minnesota in the spring of "a. Well
do We remember the partings good
bys, the tears--but above ell shone out
the confident hopes.
MINNESOTA HOME.
A hundred miles up the Grow river
there is a new home. II is the home Of
the same Industrious hands, warm hearts
and hopeful spirits whom VIC met last
year in Corning, a thousand miles away.
What broad scene spreads ont before
the eyes from this doorstep. To the
north the Grow river meanders, skirted
by thrifty groves Of deciduous timber.
To the west and south stretch the prai-
rie-thc material Of which American
farms are made--ready for the tread Of
the labor saving machinery of the pres.
ent day.
The vision of home, formed and
talked over in the old home at Corning,
Is here beginning TO realize. The land
has been selected, breaking has
been done. Grain has been
sown, house has been built,
the road has been laid and the house
fronts it-a fence marks its outlines and
handy gateway makes ingress and
egress convenient. Labor is gradually
developing the home, according to the
plan. Such homes form communities,
afew communities form county, few
counties form State.
An interval Of few years passes.
The children are grown, the plan is yet
more fully developed, the road before
The house becomes beaten high
way. The marks of iron-clad wheels
IN beaten parallel lines are seen for miles
In the hither and the thither direction.
. A fine flock Of cattle and numerous
horses are peacefully grazing upon the
open prairie, comfortable Independence
Is smiling upon our brave heroes and
they are realizing their dream. Yea,
verify, yonder is the school-house, the
mil, the store, the shops, the postoffice;
The vision is being verified, the grain
stacks are abundant, the hay ricks stand
waiting their season; all betokens provi-
dent thrift. Our heroes are working
"eH vision, their hopes, into reaiity.
IN their reward they are happy and
content.
THE ALARM
IL struck like tornado-the alarm.
Faces blanched, red lips whitened,
strong muscles weakened-trembled.
Twas but a word--one dire, awful wort
The Siouxl +" What where ?-Oh
no. 1t cannot be! They will not blast
such scene--spread desolation and
want where now is such plenty
What agonizing moments between the
p's' note Of alarm and the first pattering