Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-11-10
FROM THE FAR COAST.
$. II. Price Sends In a Good Letter
From Washington.

From Warrington.
Guy, Wash, Oct. 24.-To the FREE
PRESS: Shall old acquaintance be for
The writer made the acquaintance of the
FREE PRESS in 1883; almost ten years
gone and hopes there will never be a
break OF true friendship.
There is nothing in this country to de-
prive one of a love OF life. The same OPP
portunities meet US here as every place;
to live and love and labor for others. The
selfish man or woman is the unhappy one.
The person who forgets or disregardS the
pointed, forcible scripture "Nom man liveth
unto himself. or no man deth unto him
SELF or that other eve are not our own,
but are bought with a price, even the
precious blood of Christ" is the miserable
| creature.
If young men and women would marry
young, found homes and families and en-
gage in some occupation for life suited to
their capacity, not be ambitious for the
unattainable or what is too difficult tor
them, there would be very few suicides.
II anyone has thoughts of assassinating
himself let him remember that self-mnr-
der is the destruction of some one son or
daughter. some ones lover. friend. neigh
Dor: let us remember that each one is a
| part of the state. US patriots. owing the
| state even our lives, il need be, in hcr de-
fence. All. how noble, how glorious. to
| fall facing our country's foes, whether on
| the field of bloody battle or like Haddock
at Sioux City facing the cowardly demon
OF the whi,key monopoly.
| We are sure it is glorious for a christian
to die in any manner or at any time, for
the bible says Precious in the sight OF
the Lord is the death of one of his saints"
| Christ abolished death and brought life
and immortality to light" He that be-
lievcth on the Son hath everlasting life"
Cutting wheat with header and
thrcshing at the same time was not fin
ished here until October, and they say
| there was but little wasted. Crops of all
sorts are lighter here this year than US
ual.
There is a constant arrival OF new COM
ers here, most of them from the southeast.
i Many are from Oregon, Kansas, Nebraska
and Missouri. Some go away unsuited,
others remain and prosper. Have heard
of several from South Dakota who will re-
turn. The climate is mild, but crops. es-
pecially gardens. were injured by frost
every month in the year, September
frosts being no more severe than those Of
July and August.
Except near the mountains wood is as
expensive as in Pierre. Farmers buy
most of their wood in the mountains and
draw it home while their wheat is grow
ing or after it is threshed and sacked.
Grain, except for feed. is never put in
graneries. At Guy are two large ware
houses and one large elevator all full of
wheat in sacks piled to the roof, while
about as much more is ricked up on
boards laid on the ground. Wheat in
sacks delivered at the railroad station,
has sold at from 80 to 81 cents bushels
is now worth 53 cents. Fruit raised here
is not cheap. Grapes, peaches aud pears
worth about cents a pound and apples 2
cents. Plow lands, with buildings for
renters are worth four dollars and over
per acre annually. Contentcd, indnstr!-
Gus people acquire and own good homes
here as in every part of this broad and
happy land.
Well. Brother FREE PRESS. | suppose
we will ali 20 To Chicago next year and
come home quite ColumbuSted.
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