Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-09-21
THE NEW NORTHWEST.

| EXPLORATIONS ALONG OUR NORTHERN BoR.
DHR-NoT ALTOGETHER A "HowLINa
| wILpERNEss'-s SOMETHING ABOUT THE
COUNTRY, ITS PEOPLE, GROWTH AND
| PROSPECTS,.
Special Correspondence.
BISMARCK, d. T., Sept. IA, 1883.
The eyes Of the world have Of late been
fixed upon Dakota as one OF the chief re-
liances of millions upon millions Of that
surplus population who are constantly
chasing after the star Of empire. The ex-
treme fertility OF soil the in6nitude OF
lakes, rivers and streams that afford an
abundance OF the clenrest and purest water
water that even exceeds in all its quail
ties that for which Minnesota has become
renowned; belts Of timber comprising |
hickory, oak, walnut, bapswood, maple,
pine and cedar, all seeming to be exactly |
adjusted geographically TO the wants and |
necessities OF the settlers Of the boundless
prairie, there would seem to b, everything
TO induce the immigrant hither 10 make
this his everlasting abiding plaoe-and he
Is coming. He is coming by train and
by prairie schooner, and by any and every
conceivable means Of transportation that
pioneer ingenuity can devise. He is com
ing in such numbers that he adds 10000
to her population every twelve months
and from the handful OF people who were
here when your correspondent frat visited
the Territory In ls7S she can now boast
Of a population greater by far than either
Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Nevada, Ore.
gon, Rhode Island, Vermont or New
Hampshire. That is the way a Western
State grows. This population ia composed
of the ambitious portion OF those who have
met encouragement in agricultural pur-
suits where there was no agriculture to
pursue, as IN sterile New England whose
, horny handed yeomanry make up II por.
. iion Of the hest stock OF this new country.
Aud New York and Pennsylvania have
forwarded their thousands who have been
A accustomed for n generation to the viciss-
!, imdes Of farming upon less fertile soil
Wheat.growing Canada pours her tens Of
4 thousands upon us, armed with the expe-
/, rience and nrmored with the acclimntion
a That welcomes the coolest ot the northern
i, billiards..
:. What the population of Dakota viii lie
II at the time Of tue next census, no human
Il being can surlnse, because there is no ba.
20 sis for calculation. The towns that
spring up rs il by magic on every hand,
f. become populous cities ere one can make
up his mind whether il were prudent to
invest in the chances forIts future Every
where the newspaper, and the bank, and
IN the church, and the schoolhouse, and the
e. railroad, and the telegraph, and all the in
as dicstions of American civilization are he
In ing instituted, and the vast region COM
Mt prising what is known as Southern Dakota
n presents every indication oil an old settled
ny State. The exhibits of the grain, vegeta
ses BILE, and other products OF Dakota made BY
nd the Northern Pacific Railroad from yea
to year at the Chicago Exposition, form
il one Of the most extraordinary attraction
Is for the public eye, for there are stalks O
Ib- corn thirty feet in height; wheat who's
is kernels are a marvel OF plu,npness an
lit? produciveness squashes that kick tn
OF beam at 250 pounds each ; potatoes, sue
as no one ever saw either as to size @
TO- quality, which are yielding thousan
this bushels to the scre, and so on without en-
re- as to the miraculous power of this new an
of virgin soil. The Territory may be said t
has be practically exempt from every speci,
all of malarious influence, and the percenta,
nse of mortality shows the best bill of heall
to be found this side of the Alps. Y
ecn there seems TO be a need of doctors,
ing there is demand for lawyers and the 9th,
pu- necessary evils of non-producers. Thr,
OF the Saw-bones hang out their sig
hat right here in Bismarck, and if they i
ent. crease Ms does the population, next ye
ned ne shall have thirty additional. OF lay
we're yers there are any number, but they a
generally engaged in the real-estate bui
our ness as side issue, and all of them a
val. getting rich Many of the best and shrew
est of the cloth who resided at Yankt
and have removed here, anticipating IN the
to green fields and pastures new better retur
ille and fatter fees in exchange for making t
of worse appear the better cause.
den One Of the first settlers in the vicinity
the Bismarck was clergyman of the UnIve
salist denomination, who had retired fro
noil the pnlpit, and practically from religi
3 of also. He went into the real estate bu
him ness, made money so fast that he did
hut know what TO do with it,; and now, nf
rom gathering in his shekels by the millio
the he renounces again the world, the file
iden and the other fellow, and has gone
mes, preaching sgain. The scripture that
marks something about fellows inabl
g H. to serve two masters, exempts this mir
rom terial Shylock from its operations L
in the principal business thoroughfaie
roli- Bismarck were held at what might
tent called fabulous figures so long ago as Is
, of but what would a poor devil who desire
.ome business corner think now II he should d
, but in and be informed that $500 a front
$500 is the lowest possible figure, and tile ow
pop. would rather keep il for rise anyho
loon, This is trhe higher than corner lot
poor Clark street in Chicago is held but wi
fer 1t doesn't prove conclusively that Bisma
,atp is the largest city, it does prove conc
sively that the real mania in
wn. newly-built Western cities develops SO
most unconscionable fools.
amer. What is wanted here, and may say
,n of lhe great crying demand III all The lar
last towns and Villages in Dakota, is soiheth
mis- npproxmnting TO n first. class hotel
bnt an ornate building, with elaborate faca
own and filagree pilasler#, and that sort
bui thing, but place where one can get so
Some thing to eat. With ham and potatoes
from breakfast, shoulder and ditto Tor dim
han and bacon and more potatoes for sup
ined. with The monotony unbroken for weeks
rian. time, don't see how people can ST
lbree ii, or stand up under it. Yet you
torres. charged good beef prices at every hosis
nthly without seeing morse, OF sir,o'n. por
stab "o"Se, VI iouhu. Noi uo We hnu Ihe 81
tion. OF cooking IN 'hese hahh-houses such al
eeded, hhu anywhere else III Chrislendom.
york. seems az IL me slaft'hg oil new towh
'lony Voiveu .hs necessity oil aiSo inaugural
was new system of serving up victuals,
half 10 serve lhsm up ~ such way as to
.nded how much the human stomach W,
stand without revolt. If 1 leave
n the place alive am sure il will be with
terial paired health from this forced diet.
sell which bacon gravy is the prepondera
villainy. Dom PEDR
,rrys.
9 and But u Few Yet Remain.