The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08


savage infested and fever sln,tten wilds
of the Ohio, not in the isolated and
drcary backwoods OF Canada that your
life is to be worn and wasted. No, you
have come to land whose soil needs
only TO be ''t ~
TICKLED WITH A PLOw
in order that II may laugh with a harvest.
You have come to land whose inspiring
and delightful summers and dry bracing
winter cause the heart to bound with
fresh warm health giving blood and the
brain to tllrob with new ardor and ener-
Ky. You have come to land which has
already clothed herself with golden
robe, and whose bosom CLOVIS with
that latent heat which is soon to burst
forth in ten thousand furnace fires. This
is the land. yes, it is your land-youn by
adoption, yours by faith and hope, the
latest birth of time and the
HEIR OF ALL THE AGES,
the inheritor of the worlds best and
latest trophies, the banner.bearer Of
progress and the center of attraction to
millions of wistful eyes. Do YOU tell me
that this is mere bonbast, and that while
1t may have seemed true two or three
years ago. no amount of fancy can make
it appear true now? Do you tell me that
change has come over the spirit of the
dream and that enterprise has fled at
least from this portion of the Northwest.
1t is an i'll wind that brings nobody good
and they are hard times indeed tina:
bring no benefit with them. II the
whole army of land jobbers and adver.
tisers are aggrleved, and lftl,ey are forced
to seek pastures new, We may console
ourselves with the reflection that their
room is better than their company. By
faith l can see through thecloud. 1t will
soon pass and the night will be followed
by a day whose splendor will surpass
any one that We have yet seen. And
now young men remember that every
privilege is accompanied by a cores
ponding duty. If you are hasing your
hopes upon the country, remember that
the country is basing her hopes upon
you. Do not then be 80 selfish and mean
spirited as to take all and give nothing.
Do not be grasping, stingy and close
listed. Don't get down on your knees
before the almighty dollar thinking that
is all in all. Remember that manhood
is more than dollars and that a good
name is better than fortune. DOM
then be so mean as to shirk your obliga
tons and hide from your creditors. Meet
them with true honest face and hear,
ever remembering that the name and
reputation you are making now is the
one that will stick to you for years t.
come. You cannot afford TO be mean OF
dishonest in the slightest particular
Therefore when you put your name t.
paper see that it is honored by you il
order that it may be honored by others
Remember that you arc no longer boy,
and that it is time to give up all boyisl
folly. You own land and ii that doe.
not make men Of you, you never will bs
men. Straighten up then and take you
proper place in the country to wl.lcl, yor
owe your services. 1t is your duty a,
good neighbo,s and good citizens to take
an active interest in the public good
Be public spirited. then, and show your
selves men by taking your share in al
burdens that are necessary to securing
public improvements. In new country
especially, the public spirited man find,
a rich reward. Be quick to embrace tlil
splendid opportunity for advancement il
station and usefulness. Resolve to grow
up with the country and in your leisure
hours cultivate knowledge of publ,
affairs 80 that you may be ready to tax.
part in every cool work.