The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-05-05

er drouth nor wet seems to affect this
water supply-It is about always the
same. Close to the town are magnifi-
cent stone quarries, but hardly devel-
oped as yet. The stone are soft and
easily dressed, but become harder by
exposure, and are beautiful cream col
or. Nebraska's population in point of
intelligence is far above the average.
The last census report says that in Iowa
only "a out of every 1000 of her popula.
tion cannot read, showing the least illi-
tracy of any state in the union. Nebras-
ka rates the next highest rs to every
I000not able to read. fnd this part Of
the State represented by about every |
State, and q few residents even from |
Va, and Maryland; though Iowa, Illi.
nois and Ohio, figure the most numer-
ously. had occasion to be in O store |
one day when remarkably tall, gnunt
young farmer stalked in. After he went |
out, bystander acquainted with the
young giant remarked, that fellow
stretches 81 feet and GRowED in Illinois. |
While these Western folks are remark |
ably goaheadative in nature, they also |
have nature to represent everything in |
higb-sounding scale, are apt to citify |
every little town and bigify everything
else. Anything OF q stable is called
barn though horse needn't ''HooF
BACK" six inches 10 trace himself, nor
prick his ears to touch the staole roof,
and though the NOV be outside, in the
shape of a stack facing the beundless
heavens and ropes slung over it with
stones pending to each side to keep the
hay on TERRA FIRMA. Seventeen years
ago while on trip west, in company
with DIR. H. H. Riegel, of Catasauqua
and VIM. H, Gish, of Slatingten, speed
ing along, we suddenly struck along what
was to US a small stream of water. The
DR.. in his usual inquisitive way quickly
accosted passenger near by: Friend.
what Creek is this ?" "CreekI Humph,
why that's the Miami river" The joke
was too good, the DR.. almost succumbed.
March is the customary moving month
in Nebraska, 1t is really amusing to see
the eoVe.ed wagon Fittings "prairie
schooners as they are dubbed here-go
through town, still further westward,
ho! small stovepipe generally peeps
smoking through the cover in front. l
noticed one of these "prairie schooners"
vending its way through town few
weeks ago, en- route, as suppose, for
Dakota. The following novel sentence
was painted in awkward style on the
side: dakota or Bust" was told by
Kansas friend that not long ago he no.
ticed one of these movings travelling
eastward, evidently disgusted with or
had some misfortune further west and
was retracing his steps, The motto on
his schooner read: "Going home to my
wife's folks" Continuely moving to do
better is contagious habit TO some of
these extreme western folks, seeking af-
ter some sweet Eldorado where they can
suddenly get rich with little or no ex-
ertion and have abundance of leisure,
seems to engross very strongly the minds
of certain class of this western popu-
lation. But these migratory characters
seldom acquire the longing of their
hearts, proving over again that "roll-
ing stone gathers no moss" Here is an
instance however of how some people
do hit it and become amazingly wealthy.
Mr.. ----. originally from Indiana,
owned farm a mile south of Blue
Springs. He could not read nor write,
but the @. B. & @. RR.. Co., built their
road through his farm and made q town
site of it, and 10 day he is worth from
500, 900 to 5000, 00O-all within years.
He has learned to write his name within
the last year. He still tries to be very
saving, as be calls it, though others
class him in the penurious line. His
apparel does not indicate any command
of dollars whatever. Wishing to see the
gentleman one day on a matter of busi-
ness, addressed man standing on q
street corner, thus: Do you know Mr..
=" ''Yes, SIR" "Have you seen
him about9' "Not to-day" I'D like TO
see him, but don't think I would recog-
nize him if / were to see him." "Well,
l tell you, he wears awful poor clothes. -
1 went to his shanty of house q short
distance from town, which was about
l4x1S IT,. one story high and the room
divided up with calico curtains, instead
of being partitioned off by studding,
lathing and plastering. His little ten
year old boy, sandy hair and face blotch-
ed with monstrous freckles, strutted
about wearing part of a pair of boots
leaving protruding of all wee ruut to
great toe. MIR. - says ''git" for get
and sax" for ask. He is about so years
of age and wishes he was IS and knew
what he now knows ~ suppose he il
glad he came West for he has struck
''ILE."
The Temperance sentiment here. like
in Iowa and Kansas, is far in advance Of
Pennsylvania and other Eastern States
As a rule people are opposed to the liq
nor traffic, and an improvement over this
nefarinus sy stem in the Eastern States il
that all alcot olic drinks are dispensed Al
saloons only and not customarily at no.
tells. Tho law of Nebraska very wisely
prohibits saloons from placing screens
at their entrances, and the use of stained
glass in the windows, a common prae
tice in the East. The "high license
system is the law in this State-the next
best thing to prohibition. When I wa.
boy 1 studied Geography, my atlas
pointed out "The Great American Des.
ert, what now embraces the fertile states
of Kansas and Nebraska. the now Great
| American farming countrv Tt 10 s;nn,.