The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890, 1884-05-02

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Among all the regions Of the earth
thlS young Dakota land is in many ra.
SpectS without a rival or a peer. in
|aH'heSS OF area, variety and exhaust.
( leSSheSS of resources, inyigoratinr
qualities of climate, intelligence, en-.
tfSy ana enterprise Of its population,
ana development, it is without an
"0'"tt among the States and Terri
tories of the union. 1t is as large as
/ all the New England States Now
ork, New Jersey, Delaware and half
| 0f PENNSYLVANIA combined. 1t is AS
/ Tar IN straight line from pembipa
on It's northern boundary. to Yankton
on II" southern boundary. as from
,h'cago TO Memphis, from Ontario to
dSllngton, OF from New York To
! haIelgh, \. c. From its northwest
ern to its southeastern corner is as
! lohg journey as from st. Paul to
| New York. or from Burlington to
New Orleans. In this mighty, breezy.
sweet and lake-gemmed domain lie
the greatest Wheat-lields. the largest
/ gold mines and the greenest pasture
lands upon the face Of the globe. Its
/ climate Is better than all the porous.
/ plaSte!S, liver r-preambulatOrS and lung
! balsamS that quack S or chemist i skill
ever invented. Its merry 2ephyrs.
which untutoreu harbarlans Of the
outside world sometimes oecry as
hlIZZards, sweep all miasma and NAL.
aria away from It's rich soil and beau
teous valleys and plains, and al SLAM
ders about the arctic triglalty OF Its
winters, may be sllenced Ivy a glance
at any reliable map. The norther-
most line of Dakota is hundred
miles south Of the southtrmost line of
| England, and Pembilla, on the Man
ltoha line IS in precisely the same lat
Itude rs Paris.
Crops, ideas, people, fortunes and
everything else grow So last that 1t
makes a doWn-erster 5 head vim like
fishing cork in a maelstron to watch
them.
1t Is not strange that the dwellers
in this ,realm without Il parallel
should be somewhat different from
the commonfolks. Nowhere else be-
meath tie sun WAS there ever gathered
such a pioneer population. No hick-
ory shirts and hob-nailed rawhlde
boots: no log cabin and coon-skln
caps, no numbering old OK wagons,
full of .ow-headed brats with a half
dozen hrindle dogs trotting along be-
tween the wheels, no coarse home
spun hog hominy. Our pioneers
come in palace cars, reading the
latest novel, or Longfellow $ rhythmic
twaddle about The land of the Da-
kotaA 5, which always reminded me
Of a two tailed dog with a tin can tied
to each. Their costumes tell of
jaunts to Saratoga and Newport and
their wives are.up III all the mysteries
OF Worth, Demorest and Butterck,
and familiar with the newest agonies
in opera airs and dance steps. All
farm WORK is done by machinery.
The ground is broken by sulky ploWs,
the sowing is done by buggy seeders,
the golden grain Is harvested with
self binding reapers, and threshed by
steam. while the engine feeds itself
with straw for fuel. Our grangers
farm with tallormade suits. with kid
gloves on their hands and diamonds
blazing in their shirt fronts, While
the dainty cambria handkerchief,
with which they carry on gentle fir
tatlons with the soil, give forth the
soft fragrance of new mown hay. Wild
rose OF Jockey club.
such opportunities. such advan-
tages. such bewildering chances TO
combine labor and luxury, profit and
pleasure, fortune and fun. could not
long escape the notice OF the working
millions III other and less favored
lands, and the growth Of this far
northern elvsium. this modern para
disc legained, has amazed the world
until its eyes stick out snall-faSh1on
past its hat-rm. 50 that you might
rake them off with stick. All the
tabled power Of Aladdln's old brass
lamp. made of politicians S cheek. has
sunk to feebleness, and its miraculous
tricks have grown tame and common
place. All the tales of oriental
magic. all the Jonahs sourds and
m,Ishroon-lke castles and palaces
builded by enchanter spells IN the
dtufall of night. have dWlndled to
beside the every day re-
alitles of Dakota progress.