The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-07
Col. Pat DOMAIN is worth a big sum

Col. Fat Donan Is worth q big SUN
to Dakota. He never allows the horn
of that country TO rust from lack of blow
ing. He was sent as a delegate to the
Episcopal Centennial at Phila., and
fired away like this
..On what ground do youask the con-
vention to grant YOU a diocese and a
bishop of your own
..On every consideration of right. eX-
pediency and need. We have by tar the
largest and most important territory in
all the Union. Laid down upon Il map
Of the United States. Dakota would COW
er every foot OF land and water from The
st. Lawrence and St. Johns to the Sus-
quehanna and the Schuylkill. With her
1884 600 square miles of area, she is as
large as all six New England States.
New York, New Jersey and half OF
Pennsylvania. with Delaware's three
little peach orchards and two toy II
tors thrown in. She is 10000 square
miles greater than all Great Britain.
with the Isle of Man and Mrs. Langtry's
Jersey to boot. She is nearly as large
as Pennsylvania. Ohio, Indiana and IL
linois all put together. and. spread out
in proper shape, would almost cover the
whole vast region bounded by the great
lakes on the North. the Ohio on the
South. the Mississippi OF the West and
the Alleghenies on the East. And all
this mighty domain is rich in agricul-
tural, pastoral and mineral resources.
The bonanza wheat fields of Dakota are
| the wonder and admiration of the world.
The greatest gold mine on the globe is
in her borders, and she has 5000 square
miles, whose every crag and rugged
peak is ribbed with gold and silver, cop
per, iron, lead. tin, zinc and coal. Her
horizon-fenced plains. which fed mil
lioas on millions OF buffalo. will pasture
a nations tlocKs and herds. Her popu-
lation has grown from IA, $50 in 1870 to
l35, 600 in 1880, and $50 600 in 1888.
aud it is daily and hourly increasing at
such a rate as was never known before
in any region of earth. All the tales of
enchantment become commonplace be-
side the everyday realities Of Dakota's
progress. Last May a town was laid
out in the wild prairie grass on Devils
Lake One log-cabin and a sod stable
were all the buildings it contained six
months ago. To-day it is a busy little
city. with fifty or sixty business houses.
five or six hotels. two iourishing news
papers, car shops, steamboats,, and all
the accessories of metropolitan life. A
daily newspaper outfit has been shipped
in. and electric lights for the streets and
public buildings is projected. This is
not an exceptional case. Fargo. the
principal city in the territory, has been
almost wholly built within the past four
years, and hosts of your people who
have visited us this summer will admit
that. in many respects. it is almost as
metropolitan and cosmopolitan as Phil
adelphia. We have in Dakota 1000
miles OF railroads i'll operation, and hun
dreds OF miles in process OF construc-
ton. We have at least 100 thriving
cites and towns, scattered broadcast
over the pasturirg places of yesterdays
buffalo aud a~nteloi e. We have over
$50 daily and weekly newspapers, which
compare favOrably with any in the older
regions. 1t is but seven years and three
months since Custer and his battalion
were massacred by the Sioux"
n. B.-The convention. became ON
WINGED and gave DOMAIN a real live Bish-
OPP for the territory. But what puzzles
US is-how the gay colonel can belong
TO church, and run an advertising
agency!