Great Falls tribune., 1890-01-11

10 one or another OF the four new west
ern states. Nany of these are famil,
men and will have on hand :. big lot of
household goods of all descriptions, to say
nothing OF plows, harrows, reapers,
mowers, wagons and other farming i'm
p!ements. They must either dispose of
all these goods and chattles, in many
cases for a mere song, or. else, charter a
car or two and bring the goods to the
new country.
.NE VIEW u IT.
Some will say to themselves, well, we
have broken up the dear old home: we've
burst the bonds Of kindred, old friend
ships, old associations and are about to
enter il land new to us: We shall have 10
| begin all over again; learn new ways.
make new friendships and even perhaps
exchange many Of our present ideas and
ways Of thinking for newer, broader.
more liberal and more comprehensive
IDEAS than i is possible for Us 70 hold
nov, bouna SIS We always have been 70
the comparatively narrow sphere Of New
1 England life. Seeing that we must make
all these changes and that we must tear
away from these sacred ancestral ties
why, we'd better leave everything behind
but our clothes and household goods and
stait quite anew in the home before U.S.
Mark you, reader! Many do think and
act on just this line and in the average
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THE OTHER VIEW.
Othere there are who do not think
exactly in this wise, but say to them
selves, we think we can do better out
west. We are going to try it. 1t Will
cost us a great deal to get there. and
from all We can learn it will cost us l;
great deal to live there, at least until we
are we'll established in the home we have
yet to find. All kinds Of implements and
tools are even more expensive proper
tionately than food and clothing. Wen
have to sacrifice a great deal in every
way by going there; but We'll take all
our goods with us and be sure of having
something to start with when we arrive.
Their plan in theory sounds very wise and
full of forethought, hut the man who
leaves all behind and begins to aecumu-
late from almost the very beginning again
usually comes out the winner. Why
this is so We'll see later. Again there are
other men fortunate enough to have re-
liable friends in the west to advise them
what t" leave and what to bring; but it is
not for the benefit of these favored ones
that this article IS written.
GOOD ADVICE.
ln the first place.. friend, if you intend
coming west, don't try to bring your
house and its contents with you; no. don't
even try to bring the bulk of its contents.
Bring only what you know will certainly
be needed BY your family the first few
months after your destination is reached,
that is if you are a poor man, or at most
IN but medium circumstances. You
might bring clothing, blankets, sheets
and other linen, table ware clocks not too
long to he packed in a trunk, a few of
your chlldren's toys, the choicest Of your
books and pictures, but not too many nor
too bulky. BY the time these are selected
and packed, yon will have enough to
make you sweat before they are finally
lodged in the new house on the farm you
have yet to find. Bring no bulky furni-
ture of any kind. Storage rates are high
and storage often insecure and further
you are likely to be unable to find a place
to store your goods in till you can build
little home of your own.
Moreover, pray do not bring any of
your farming implements, unless you
have some fine horses and cattle to bring
and will have part of car space un-
occupied, because such things are apt to
be burden to you and cost you more IN
worry and expense than it would take to
replace them by new implements in the
west and the new will be better adanted
to the work here. If you have any really
fine horses or cattle, that is, females, or
registered males, bring them along, for
they will bring you much more in the
west than they would in the east during