, 1883-02-22
An INDIAN STORY.

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 mind's
eye of our mechanic here and his whilom
bosrders. The future looked glowing.
Broad fields, waving in remunerativs
crops, rose before the imagination. Va
cant quarter.sections were peopled, lines
Of highway were established, bridges
were constructed, school houses pro-
vided and fourishing settlements es-
tablished upon those awaiting prairies.
Well do we remember those gorgeous
word INNINGS Of our ideal artists. u
sounded 10 one, not in the spirit, vision
ary like wild dreams Of those bereft Of
their senses.
d, whom We shall make o prom
inent feature in this sketch, had 0
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 feasted his eyes ON those
gorgeous landscapes, he built up aproud
future i'll his mind for the then broad
Territory, and came home to iniuse into
tho minds OF others somewhat of his
own enthusiasm and faith.
A party emigrated from Corning 10
Minnesota in the spring OF "a. Well
do we remember the partings-the good
hys, the tears--but above all shono out
tho confident hopes.
A MINNESOTA HOME
A hundred miles up the Crow river
there is q new home. 1t il the homo Of
the same industrious hands, warm heArta
aud hopeful spirits whom We met last
year in Corning, thousand milea away.
What broad scene spreads out before
the eyes from this doorstep. To the
Amth the Crow river meanders, skirted
by thrifty groves Of dcciduous timber.
To the ves, and south stretch the prai-
rie-the material of which American
farms are made--ready Tor the tread Of
the labor saving machinery Of the pres-
ent day.
The vision OF home, formed and
talked over in the old home u. Corning,
is.bere beginning to realizo. The land
haa been selectej. breaking has
been done. Grain has been
sown, house has been built,
The road has been k,,l and The house
fronts it--a fence marks Its outlines and
handy gateway makes ingress and
egress convenieut. Labor is gradually
developing the home, according ~ the
plan. Such homes form communities,
few communities fotm II county, n few
counties form State.
An interval OF few years passes.
The child arc grown, the plan is YET
more fully developed, tho rvod before
'"a u NO har'mes b-Ptsn 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 Aock 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
mill, the store, the Ahops. the poetofice;
the vision is being verified, the grain.
stacks are abundant, the hay hcks stand
waiting their season; all betokens pfoyi-
dent thrift Our heroes Ere working
their vision, their hopes, into reality.
In their revsrd tbey ere hsppy aAA
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