Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-02-26

PAo LII tlle caSLeTu Stalcs cVITy ychI, eS
pecially where the objective point is far
distant and in 4 new country. 1t re-
quires considerable resolution of charac
ter and sacrifice of personal feeling to
tear away from the friends and associa-
tons of the early aud large portion Of
lifa time and push out into an unseen
and almost unknown country, to make
new home, form new acqualntances, con.
tract new associations, adopt new Gus
toms and endure the necessary privations
and unaccustomed inconvenience for the
time being incident to new and unde.
veloped country. There are attachments
to the place of one's childhood that can
not and should not be forgotten, and few
there are who ever d. forget them or
cease TO revere and love the home of their
childhood. Some call this a weakness,
but those who do not have such feeling
for The scenes of their childhood are
waning IN some of the highest and no.
blest instincts of humanity.
Every hill and knoll, every rill and
creek, every tree in the door yard of the
old home, be the home ever 80 humble,
every associate in play and industry, is
tie which must be broken when the fami :
ly packs mp and sets out for a new home
in the new country Of the west, and these
ties cannot be broken without pang to
the sensitive heart Rather than break
these ties many live and die and their
children after them in condition little
above penury and want. The great
struggle is IN starting, in the first stroke
to sever these early and strong ties. Once
on the way, or at the end of the journey,
new scenes, new life and new world en-
crosses the attention and gradually the
pangs of separation from the old home
diminish IN poignancy until the former
home becomes thing Of pleasant reflec-
ton for leisure moments and the energies
of life are absorbed in the new.
The colony plan of emigration obyia'cs
one Of the strong objections to removal to
the far west by old and early associates
and acqualntances going together, carry
ing with them their home associations,
home customs and home habits. Asso
citation is an instinct Of all animal crea-
tion, mankind among them, and this Is
perhaps one of tho strongest animal ln-
e.;r, .s,--Ia-,--.--A-~.,'- rve,.aiut auYautu
ges 20 colonies of emlgrants, and especla1.
ly Month Dakota, where large bodies of
unoCc4pied land can be obtained, Which
is essential to this plan of settlement In
North Dakota entire townships of land
can be had in bo ly unhrokcn by a soll-
tary settler, not far distant from a pres
ent good market, and on the natural lne
of future railroad building. North DA-
kota offers advantages in this respect to
colony settlements that cannot now be
found IN southern Dakota for there the
best lands are already t.ken.
In another column we publish An al
ticle from an eastern paper IN reference
to colony Of soldiers being formed IN
the state of Vermont. Some Of the gen
tlemen whose names appear in the ar
tlcie as being the principal movers in the
scheme are personally known to Mr.. }. j.
Flint, of this city, and he informs us that
they are men of enterprise and prom
inence, and the colony being formed by
them will no doubt be composed of such
men and families as will be desirable
acquisition to any part Of the ter. itory ir
which they may decide to locate. Tho
committee will be out here in few
weeks|and We believe Stutsman county
can offer them as good location as any
part Of the territory and in many respects
better.
A large audience, in which the ladle
appeared to be in the majority, assembled
at the eiBaptist chur.h last night to hea
the discussion Of the question of womel
suffrage by Messrs. W. E. Dodg, and s
L. Glaspell, in the affirmative, an,
Messrs. A. c. Mcmillan and L. T. Ham
ilton, in the negative. The time was lin
tied ofifteen minutes each which shu
both Mr.. Dodge and Mr.. Glaspell off jus
as they begun to warm up to the subject
they both made good and logical argrl
ments and were loudly applauded L
cllnching their strong points. Mcmillan
made good argument for a side of tn
question that is without substantial foun
dation. Mr.. Mcmillan seemed to fee
that he was pulling hard against tn
stream Of public sentiment and progress
Hamilton brought down the hous
with poesical quotations which he varie
to suit the OCCASION regardless of the rep
utaton of the author. Mr.. Dodge wa
given five minutes to close and was raE
ped down at the end of fifteen when b
had got we'll into his speech.
) A lady writing to the Jamestown Alel
on woman suffrage, makes good poir
when she shows the Inconsistency of Ii
two views so often expressed by conserYs
: tives; first, that women influence the vol
! of their husbands and sons, hence don
need vote themselves, and second, tn,
: women don't know enough TO vote ar
v way. This view Of the case puts in ratl
er an undlgnified light the husbands an
/ sons aforesaid, whose votes are controlle
@ by creatures too ignorant to control vot
of Their wn.-Mandan Pioneer.
d Those who have hal their own priva
r wells pumpted dry to supply the fire el
d g,nes with water, are kicking against
d The city has several public wells whic
}. the council fails to keep In repair ar
e these parties object to having their priva
y property appropriated to public use III
It der such circumstances. None of the
Y would refuse water when needed for in
:. mediate use, but they do not like the i'd
!. OF the city depending upon their priva
If wells for ammunition for their fire G
paratns.