Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-11-29
NEBRASKA BOOMERS.


From the Mirror and Farmcrl
A few days ago a man came TO Manchester
bringing a small carload of immense posters.
dodgers aud other literature, descriptive of the
the city Of Lincoln, Nebraska These are we'll
gotten up, Illustrated with cuts of elegant blocks.
tine residences and beautiful streets and parks,
and the reading matter is q collection Of facts
showing the rapid growth. sir and business Of the
city referred to, with statement that men of va
uous calngs, merchants, mechanics, and, In
fact, all kinds of capitalists and labOrcrs are
wanted to supply the demand At noon this man,
who is an agent uf the Lincoln board Of trade.
drove through the streets distributing the posters
to everybody who would take them. while small
boys scattered the dodgers among the people on
the sidewalks. We suppose similar work has
been or will be done in every eastern city that is
supposed To have men and money that can be-
drawn TO Lincoln. OF course such an undertake
ing Involves great expense, so great that the mere
thought NJ it would paralyze any eastern board
OF trade. II shows how they do things ont West
how the men who are Interested IN the develop.
mcut and growth of even the most suhstaul i1l
towns beyond the Mississippi east their bread up.
ON the waters, how freely they spend their money
how far they reach and with what push and per.
sisteucy they work to boom the places IN which
they are located aud do business The suggestion
follows that little mulruf this klud ~ enterprise
at home would pay just as well as II pays ont
| West, for the men who are making this outlay
| have long experience in that line and would not
long continue the booming business unless il paid
They know that the result will b, large influx of
people, who will add tn their trade. increase the
/ value uI their property ana give them "a rltN re-
| turn for their expenditure. II this can hc done
for Lincoln, why not for Manchester Lincoln is
| the best aud most substantial city tu DE found hr
| tween the Mississippi and the Rocky mountains.
| pNcept Omaha Ii claims tu have 30 ON people
| and probably has about lOOOO 10 is the state cap
| ital aud the centre Of large wholesale trade II
| has suue of the most costly business blocks aud
! the worst streets We ever saw. II has grown rap
! idly and will doubtless continue 90 grow. but it
! can offer NO induccment to "A man seeking q new
! location, unless 1t be- to loan money In, that can
! not he found right here. Wage, are uo higher
! and the cost Of living no luWrr As q desirable
place to live IN II bears no comparison toauN New
! England city. II has neither good water nor pune
! air. It's winds are terrific aud its mud is detl
| aud nasty beyond description. Its drainage b.
! poor aud many Of It's unpav"i streets are impaSS
able or the comforts that Manchester lHnilN
| enjoys many cannot be- had for love OF money
/ Then why should any one pass Manchester hN
| aud 20 to Lincoluy They will do it, but WhN
| should they Because Lincoln is hpourd auo
! Manchester isn't. because l.uculn's hoard OF
trade will do more Dragging and more advertising
over the erection Of "a cohbler's shop than Man
chester thinks is warranted by the building OF
three cotton factories any one of which Wuuh
hold all the machinery IN Lincoln.
The above is the Manchester ~ H. Mir
ror's comment on the work 1T the Nebraska
boomer, who has also been IN Brattlrbor,
during the past week distributing his Lin
coin pictures and literature 10y the ariniul
The remarks are rs applicable to brattehp
ro, or any other lively Vermont town, AS e
Manchester, the only difference being thu
size and manufacturing Importance OF the
places. There is more comfort and salts
faction in living in Brattleboro "A month
than in Lincoln the year round We don
expect TO see the western boomer method
adopted by any Vermont town, hut there
IS, nevertheless, suggestion here of a splr
it Of home enterprise which, # given prop
er expression, would call public attention t.
our own advantages and opportunities, am
teach our young people that there is a
much chance Of success and more 10 live
for right here in Vermont than in the grea
West which brags itself into a chrom
hoarseness and keeps its corps of artist
steadily at work with vermiion paint pot
aud brushes