The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1901-02-07

| that the farmer is able to enjoy fresh
fruits and vegetables of nearly all
kinds that are grown in a temperate
climate. The Sentiners article follows:
In the past few years no fewer
than 800 people including men, wo-
men and childSen. have gone from
the vicinities of Roam and North
Manchester, ia Mama and Wabash
counties, to seek new homes in North
Dakota. Many of the people who
went are Dunkards and there is now
quite : colony of people of that faith
in and around Cando, N. D. Among
| the first to go were some eighty who
left Roanu On the Oath day Of March,
1896. This little colony included a
number of families who took their
household goods and everything
which they possessed with them.
Dakota had been pictured to them as
a land of great promise, where in a
few years by industry and the prac-
tice of economy they would be in
comfortable circumstances aud fully
equipped to take life easier than they
could ever expect to do in Indiana.
Everything went we'll enough for
year or two or until thers was q fail.
ure of crops and then many wished
Themselves back in Hoosierdom.
The letters which now come to
friends from those in far away Da-
kota are vastly different from thos,
which came for several years, whel
good or fair crops we're raised. A
young lady living in Perry township
recently received letter from for
mer schoolmate and an intimate
young lady friend who accompanied
her parents to Cando. The letter
states that nothing was raised last
summer and that many would freely
give up all they possessed 10 get
back to Indiana. Many would come
| back if they could, but they have not
the means to purchase transportation
| and will therefore DO compelled
| to remain there aud make the best of
it until they can raise another crop.
another letter just recently received
| at Roam states that there is now
] more snow than there was in 1898
when they had their terrible blizzard.
The weather is very cold and the
snow is piled up as high as the houses.
The writer Of the letter says that
about all they have to eat are pota-
toes and that he did not raise enough
on his claim last summer to pay his
taxes. Such are the sad stories
which are told in the letters which
are now being received by the old
neighb"rs and friends who were con-
tent to remain in Indiana, which,
| after all, is about as good place as
/ can be found anywhere on earth.
There resides about one half mile
north of Roam a well known old
gentleman by the name of Joseph
John. Mr.. John is q member of the
Dunkard church and naturally feels q
deep interest in the people ofhis faith
| who have gone to Dakota. Like
others he did not think that Dakota
was just what it was represented to
be by the agents who came into In
diana to work up colonies. The
most of those who went from Roam
March "a, 1896, were members of his
church aud in order to give them en-
couragement be composed the follow
ing song, suited to the tune of
"Beulah Land" which they took with
them and sang for time in their
homes and while about their work
on their claims:
The twenty-fourth Of March prefix
In eighteen hundred and ninety-six
! At Roam town, the sight was grand.
Where hundreds met in q gazing
, stand.
Chorus-O waiting land, fair waiting
| land,
When on the turtle mound we stand
A view across Dakota's plains.
With pleasant smiles we take our
our claims,