The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-31
DON'T GO WEST |!
Cheerful Advice from a Born and
Bred West Virginian
WHO KNOWS all ABOUT IT.
what1s Needed to Make the "MOun'
tain state" Take the First Rank
in the Desirable Sections of
the UnIon-Rcward Here.
IRON personal letter the IrEL-
LroEScER is permitted to take the
N following exeeIIent counsel: Born

Virginia tnow West virginia) in the
wear 1884, living in different parts OF the
Old Dominion until 1856, cmigratcd
then to the far west, central Iowa. Now,
having spent the remaining thirty.two
years in Iowa as my home, and in Iowa,
Nebraska, Minnesota, Dakota, and, ut
this time, Kansas, inbusiness, my mind
reyerts back to the starting point to
which country have made frequent
visits since the war closed. l desire to
express few thoughts relative 10 my
personal experience and knowledge OF
these countries with the view Of aiding
Dersons Of all classes TO determine as to
one section Of the cOuntry's advantages
over the other.
The decision depends upon the vari-
ons circumstances OF different people.
That time has now about passed when
the advantages were decidedly in favor
of Western emigration. The emigration
fever is wrought TO too high state
Westward. and there Is cessation tax
inc place from natural causes, us well Us
from nm educated standpoint. Too many
NleFNOIh TuHlllllE " OllN HAAI VI - bNtAt wa
ilpsetitand all the passengers will gOdown
together. Thirty years ago such thing
aS n modern "bOOm" did not exist. Now
and then some one, here and there,
would be known to take the courage
and move (awonderful task from Nir-
rinia TO Ohio The people would gather
together for miles to weep and Lament
the saddest departurc-saye death
-of the daring neighbor. Now the surg
ing millions are like the waves -oi the
sea rolling up ut the ioot~h hills OF the
Rocky Mountains, and falling back and
settling on the desoldte plains OF Kansas,
Colorado, NcbrasSa and Dakota. It is
but true to impress upon the minds OF
your readers that change OF circumstan-
ces chauers the character Of people to u
very great extent, and that is more TO be
accredited to Western success than any
other cause.
- EFFECTS or CHANGE.
The spirit Of the times in the West is
TO the spirit Of the times in the East as
the senior year is to the freshman in our
colleges. People walk differently, talk
differently and live differently.
In NV personal ramblcs back among
the hill; and up and down the valleys, |
can see Il thousand things that awcstcrn
man would change in year. Not be.
cause he is from the West, but because
he sees things differently. The frst year
he would have his pine timber cut and
sawed into fence lumber sixteen feet
long six inches wide and one inch
thick, He would build by the side OF
each rod OF wormience straight board
fence. and take up ten inches OF ground
instead OF ten feet; he would have new
Jround wherever, the old worm fence
Stood, Every live Yankee spirit would
have pipes IRON his spring, ii he had
one ON his place, into his house and barn.
know places where women have carried
water for three generations and are do
ing the same to-day, the present genera
ton, fifty yards from spring twenty
{eet above the wash-ToOm or kitchen.
know that my own grandfather walked
thousands OF times overa hill 2OOieet ele-
yation by well worn path, when by
walking ten yards further he could nave
walked aroundit.
WEST vIRGISINs HILLS ASD VALLEYS.
Now, referring back to recent visits in
the valleys and among the various hills,
there arc things there which invite the
cmigrant il he will think \ bushel OF
wheat will bring rs much cash as three
will here. 4 bu-hcl OF corn will bring
a. much ms four will here. With proper
cultivation there need not be q poor
.,cra nj GROUND in all that country, and
while felds have been cultivated Tor 200
year. in many places there, | see the
same stones still lying on the ground
tLot lay there then. We from the West
would nick OF every stone and blow out
every rock. This is the spirit OF the
Wcsi We would consider this only
cnualizing the necessities we are forced
10 sndur, here in the absence Of timber
and extensive coal, and add to these
,,nnvrnicncrs every thing. save 4 rich
sn;I and buffalo grass. We come out
W. Io rli.c timber. and to dig for coal
where it il not to be iound, we come 70
Withstand the winds and billiards and
hail storms, all ior the purpose oil get,
ting rid OF clearing up the forests ana
digging out the stumps.
PICTURE or COMFORT.
We have considered this question care
t,l,v a; this age 81, ncarly,) have de-
,or,n;rrd that had we the same life to
l;rc oyrr Ms to time, our choice would
he hack in the valleys by the ripping
I,,noI,s and under the shadow OF noun
,a;n r,n,,.s. We might not be the own
az oi M many acres, nor would the sur.
,nrndinca be 50 dcnsCly populated anu
rnighLnr. 50 convenient, but when con-
siJrrinr the prolific crops OF apples
,,.,,rLrs cherries uld other fruits, sweet
~ thr sweetest California productions
whom we think Of the animal happiness
az our cattle ~ they stand side by slIc
in their comfortable stalls in well
dilcd barn sheltered from the storms
without: when wc hear the "whip-l0Or-
wills song" at even tide, and the moot,
inc owl nj the dead hour Of night, all
t.n1 10 fiji vacuum in natures charms
thoi We do not realize hcrc. There i
nn,biny 10 prrycut the industries which
nrr undrycloprd there, save spirit ol
nurr aud undryclopcd lazincss. The
inrg. hammers will in time ring oul
JraTu cyrry valley: the smoke from the
coEc beds appear q, pillar 0l cloud D!
day and of lire by night
WORK AyD PLUCK.
We blow the booming horn in The
Wcs, over one steel mandatory n
Pueblo away across the continent anc
rup by Boston men. One, only one
There yun might have thousands. Al
trr man hus lived there twenty year
his name roc- abroad nll over the lan'
II hc has walnut orchard, the tree
having been planted 10y his own hands