The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-31

ganiatr. The march of time would npces-
Sarily purge and purify the deserving from
the bad. the wheat from the chatf. and OPP
portunitltS would arise where ambition
would be gratfied by those who sought it,
TO accomplish all this. at that time the
now popul0uS western states. were then the
frontier of a vast territory of arabic, agri-
cultural and stock raising land. Thousands
and tens of thousands of farms were to
he had for the taking. So what was to
hinder an ndustr.Ou man-and only those
are worth any thing to themselves or others
from obtaining II good living at once.
and handsome competence in the near
future.
l have no intention to rulogize the menu
DRY of the eminent man who gave to his
cuuntrA's youth the advice quoted. for
could not if | would. But what he said
twenty hVe Years ago is uSt as great Il
truth to-day. The teeming mlltitudeS of
young men seeking employment that pays
Scaut wages at best. Is astonishing. when
their time can be so much better employed
for their own good on hundred and sixty
acres of free virgin sol in the beautiful land
OF The west. 1t can be accounted for only
from the fact or at amy rate the extreme
p Obabllity. OF desire to wear pol sh'
UoOts in preference To Il pair of stogie>: 10
u'lN TIC IclllS vi Il UtlSSN IolSt rainier IMAM
those of a team attached To a wagon loaded
with wheat or vegela ble>: to Use the pen
rather than the axe: to have seat in the
theatre in lieu of view of Scampering
horses. the bleat of the sheep. the musical
tinkling of bells on herds OF grazing cattle,
the smell of the new hay and the bloom of
roses and vegetable flowers in the garden.
'All very fine" says the young man. but
how am to have all these without mOneyo"
| ito not say You can have them without
little money TO which must be added
your time and cheerful industry
Stop buli ing cigars. beer and peanuts: cur
tail the amu>ements and fine frippery you
are wont to indulge in and the little money
will soon show itself. Then 90 to some
of the many land Offices of the government
and select your land. shoulder your axe
and pack and 90 to it; put up the regula-
tion houSe-ten by twelve feet-and you
have good beginning. And all this time
YOU have the cheering announcement that
every stroke You make you strike for you.-
self; and the results which will loom up to
your view in a few short years will amaze
you.
| we'll remember the time | first saw
M:nneSOta-twenty years ago. and it seems
but yesterday -Whtn a farm could have
been had at a very small cost where now
is the buStling activity of dozen flourish
ing towns within a radius of thirty miles:
and consider It the greatest mistake of
my life that | d.d not do it. Land will
stand by you when all else fails provided
YOU stay 10y it, The man whose >agacIty
and foresight prompts him to avail himself
of the royal right to Il homestead which the
government gives to all who desire it. and
who stands by it at all hazards through
UnOu and evil times will rApHlr him >aIf
lasting benefit during his own Ilir and
when his course is run. and the flowers
bloom over his grave. al those whom he
leaves behind HIM. his nearest and dearest.
will rise up and bless him. In all SINGER
ity, therefore. young man. lose no muIt
time than Is actually necessary to Go
WeSt', and add In il ..takt, Iaud :, /