The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-09-26
FROM SEA TO SEA.
,,n FOR cHRIsT's DOMINION.
TaImsgc Learned On His
r,,nscontincntaI Journey.

A.. anu =
ss ,,,o seas are referred toi Some
WI" that the text meant that
rlgh, - 10 reign over all the land
on. The Arabian Sea and Caspian
ttNeen between the Red Sea and the
-; .oa-.,ean Sea, or between the
felln'es fn &c and the North Sea. No; in such
bsN -. ,ert would have named them. IL
tsse nii -, any large body Of water on the
nesnn' - across 10 any other large body of
ate And 80 | have right to read IL:
sa'e,' N have dominion from the Atlantic
~ s .a the Pacific Sea. Ny theme is,
hrsl,I hr'a., consider the immcnsity OF this pos
TN IN II IL were only small tract OF land
rS.his Of nothing better than sage brush
al ,.i,b ability only TO support prairie
ind T's sshonid not have much enthusiasm in
oss. .,a, Christ TO have IL added TO his do
vsnse vlaAn But its immensity and aftiuence no
nn',sr .a, imagine unless, In immigrant wagon
ons..'-s zach or in rail train of the Union
q .se or the Northern Pacific or the Can
- Pacific or the Southern Pacific, he has
tla.rs,d n Having been privileged six
.ls.s h cross this continent, and twice
" W. simmer. have come 10
ZEE spprecistion OF its magnitude
c.Tlornia' which 1 supposed in boy
fro,p It's size on the map, was few
rs.across a ridge OF land on which one
~. walk cautiously lest he hit his head
80 the sierra Nevada on one side or slip
~ the Pacific waters on the other, Cali
s..-i, the thin slice of land a. | supposed IL
W. IN b,vhood, have found IL to be larger
~, an the states Of New England and all
" Work state and all Pennsylvania addel
,'-e.ber. and II you add them together their
- miles fall far short of California
y,r,b and South Dakota, Montana and
w,sh;nstop Territory, 10 be larnched next
,.,ter into statehood, will be giants at their
,I.,b let the Congress OF the United States
-, a mint and soon admit also Idaho and
Wvorine and New Mexico. What is the
r.' teeping them out in the cold any longer?
h. ne have the whole continent divided into
|s,a.es with Senatorial and Congressional
REPRESENTATIVES and we will all be happy
|,ose,her. II some OF them uc'e not quite the
|rrluiSte number OF people, fix up the Con-
|..,ution 10 suit these cases. Even Utah will
|...,sr Monogamy has triumphed in parts Of
|i'ah and will probably triumph at this
I'm election in Salt Lake City.
|Tun all the Territories into States and IL
|,ome Of the sisters are smaller than the elder
listers give them time and they will soon be
Lad large as any of them. Because some of
h. daughters Of a family may be five feet
IN stature and the others only four feet. do
H. let the daughters five feet high shut the
ior In the faces of those who are only four
H., high Among the dying utterances OF
In good friend. the wise statesman and great
su,hor. the brilliant orator and magnificent
spul $. $. Cox, was the expressed determin-
tou 30 move next winter in Congress for the
kanference Of other Territories into States
But, saws some one, sin calculating the
~ our continental arraana
bnus, remember that vast reaches of our pub
D. domain are uncultivated, heaps of dry
md, and the bad lands of Montana and the
kreat American desert" lam glad you men,
toned that. Within twenty-five years there
Sill not be between the Atlantic and the
Pacific coasts a hundred miles OF land not
Reclaimed either by farmers plow or miners
trowbar. By irrigation, the waters of the
kyers and the showers OF heaven i'm what arc
|Alled the rainy season win be gathered
.hto great reservoirs and through auue-
nets let down where and when the people
Fsnt them. Utah is an object lesson. Some
)arts OF that territory which were so barren
pat spear Of grass could not have been
laised there in hundred years are now rich
3 lancaster County farms of Pennsylvania
q Westchestcr farms of New York or
tomerset County farms of New Jersey.
Experiments have proved that ten acres of
5round irrigated from waters gathered in
reat Neurological basins will produce as
fuch as iity acres from the downpour of
PIN as seen IN our regions We have our
feshets aud our droughts, but in those lands
fhlch are tO be scientifically irrigated there
fil beneither freshets nor droughts. As you
PIE pitcher and get it full of water and
Pen set II on a table and take n drink out of
when you are thirsty and never think
drinking pitcherful all ut once, so
ontana and Wyoming and Idaho will catch
Feralns ot their rainy season and take up
the waters Of their rivers in great pitch
r OF reservoirs and drink out of them when
per they will and refresh their land when
per they will.
The work has already been grandly begun
the United States Government. Over
Elr hundred lakes have already been Off
My ARen possession of by the ma
|on Tor the great enterprise of irri-
Pilon. Rivers that have been
Pllns Idly through these regions. doing
S'hing on their way TO the sea, will be las
r. ana corralled and penned up until such
me as the farmers need them. Under the
ne processes the Ohio, the Mississippi and
lhe other rivers will be taught TO behave
enseNeS better, and great basins will be
nae 70 catch the surplus of waters in times
Hsshets and keep them for times of
ousn, The irrigating process by which all
s Sld lands between the Atlantic and
rculc oceans are to be fertilized is no new
RerhImelt' h. hii' 1t mas been going ON success
II AZ dNuhureds 1 OF years, in Spain, in China,
About eight hundred millions of neonls ~
earth to-day are kept alive by food raised
irrigated land. And here we have al
~ 70 lie waste, given up TO rattlesnake
=, UaL n aud prairie dog, lands enough to sup
"nDle nations of Industrious popula-
4Ie work begun will be consum-
Here and there exceDtional
ua Sl may be stubborn and refuse 10
il any wheat OF corn from their hard
9ut II the hoe fail 10 make an impress
'Ae miners pckax will discover the rea-
G " ana bring up from beneath those
ksIuc'I'e n surfaces coal and iron and lead
PPer ana silver and gold. God speed
es9ssts and the surveyors, the engi-
Ei,sIi.t,. i.t 'he senatorial.commissions and the
'iiails's ana the new settlers. and the hus-
llnen who put their brain and hand aud
Rtnentl '"'''ii VI 'ie ALierlcai
4 Nv ,ise miile speak Of the immensity OF the
l must remark it is not an i'm
- vi monotone or tameneSs. The
keId ,e re countries are, the worse for the
a.. nls continent is rot more remarka-
sur ls magnitude than for its wonders of
uuellon vsn What pity the United states
4. 1ignt Tni,9 dld not take possession of Yose-
H., Staluornla, as il has of Yellowstone.
So,ai.s' niiss' ana OF Niagara Falls, New York
IN SI"'Ss WI ana the adjoining California re-
tb., no that has seen them can think
without having his blood tin
"a o,d rees rec now standing there that
toia Gna when Christ lived These monarchs
sG any re brs'gned before Caesar or AIexan-
bitter tbeir next ne1t thousand years will not
coptiron.s .scePter They are the masts OF