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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1907)
- Historic . Canol1chei , "House of Tragedy , " Will No Longer Be flame of Spragues I " ' " -v. - - - - . . ml BAI a - A l1tOllIY 1M- iF pro'lel' c9tnto lit Nurrnrl1nA"tt ! Pier , n. I. , COllsl9Ung I"IC ; 1.,1) BCrt'lI ut 11\1\11. with IL hN\lltirullY rurn- IIt1 cl' rnnnslon. IIllon whkh nnt' the " lbl h"1'eCI1.houAI 1 amI otlwr hulllllnJ ; , Ill/out $1.06o.K.'u hrLlJo hC'Cn cxpondcll. Thth l'rt'IICl'11I ' JII hllllorlMlly Ino\vn liS "Cnn- unt 'o4" ' lho palnlh\1 homo which Kntll Chlu" , SllrnJu ( dl\uhItJr lit Halmon P. ( 'lillo'Hi ) hulll I\boul 3i ' ( 'nrtl 3/0 / l\t th ! ! l'oaL utnte" . So runs U10 clrculnr-tbo hOUDO ue trl1j0I1T bOeR undm' lhe hammer I Who wanls to Imy It ? You llIay hl\\'e It , with ho swry at t hc IOTeB and hat)11 ot 1I10n nnll wom. ( ' 11 uf n bate century ago. With It go memories ot other lIa 'II : or eluols nnll dlvorco : of eloII011\ont8 , suicides , Rcan. dala I1nd law sultn without number. . Hero Hoscoo Conklin ! ; was onCH an honored guest : RlIlI here law , dllllo. macy nml 1I0lftlcni strategy were made nndIIunac1o , Blalno , Garfiold. lleechor , 'l'lIdon , Den nutler , Greole ' , Dana , Grant. were all honored 1I0St hero. Ita rooms nnd ImllG are rCilolont with memor1 to.day IlS they were three da- cnlt J ago. Who wants to huy ? Nanle your luice. Ctlnonehet , once the handaomeat. es. talc 011 the Atlantic coast. , hi ror sale to the blghest bidder , It 10 on the mar. lrot IJOCIUtSO n. girl chollo to' defy her parents-Jnez Sprague hUR ololleel with . the Hon or her grnneIrathor.1I blltereBt enemy. As lwt ot the dIrect line or the SllrnIl , she Willi to have Inherltod thIs bl\ronlnl est.\to , worth nt lenRt $1- 090OO ( ) tooday. Dllt. "hu broke her en. It\ornent ! wIth J , Harold Wlnllcnny , of Phllndelphln , atll 'ed In seclusion a 'ear nnd then elolled with H:1rry : WII. Hama SUness , son of JUdge Stlness :18soclnto justice or the supreme court or IUlOde IsllU1e ! . ! Cln Never ForgIve Her. "Ho lJld his utmost to nccomp1lsh mT Omnncf.1 ruin , " dl"CI:1r : d'IIlI:1m SlI UO. who wn.s war ! ; 'Overnor ot Rhode Island when the north and sonth 4edd'A to discuss their dlfler. enccs at tbe ctnnon's moutl1. "r can novO ( ' fOl1ive her. " ' 1'lto SOTernor and 11m Sprauc. ( bls uccond TICc , reUred to Canonchet to mnke tJleltans. . In order to gain tlmo tbCT s.l1d ! not n word hon it was assorted that they b:1d fOTblvt'n the clopln ; ; bride and that she and the brld groom ' \1\'Ould \ be wc-com : d there , IUld Ui:1t. : e.cntua.lv Iob vonld I berlt Ute h u ( ; ( ) or L-a ; ; dT. tl1e borne oC a tboumlDd memories of bTbone days. But Utolr silence did not mean con. /lcnt. l < "or when an theIr Jlans 1xad been formu tctJ. Gov. and Mrs. SllrAUe Instructed their lawyer , IIcuryVclllnton Wnck , at Nev. ' York , to nr111nC ) for the sl110 of the hlslorlc relate , just as It novo sl.-mds. A great Inheritance has been torfelted beca"use n ) 'OUnl ; { ; Irl saw tIt to make a shop- 'ping lHp to Provldenco and then sud. denly m ko up her mind to set mar. rlc . Fall bnck 44 yenrs nnel march alon ! ; with , UlC events C the limo , 11 time when Uncoln hn that able and am- . _ - - . - - . . . - i etlroot povort . , lIer only aon lies In n , slllclclo' cmve. IIf'r dl1ughters trIed the fltngo , hut did nothing ot conso. quenco. Bllt the IIfo of "Gov , " Sprague , as they cnll hIm stili In Ilhodo Island , 18 n9 ovcnltul to.duy as It was In the tlmen ot war. WIlliam Sprague's momhorshlll In the A. & W. Sllrauo ; : Manufacturing CQlllllnny , doing huulne9s In all Ilnrts or Now l ngland In the slctlell : , aITord. cd him In wealth the power which mndo him at the ago of 28 the gov. ornor of H.hodo Island , This wall In 18GO. Ills advent aB such and Ill ! com. manller.ln.chlot or the Hhodo Island 110ldlery , ( lut him Into the eye ot the country as a uubject altogolher out ot the ordlnnry. 'rho civil war was on. Sprnuo ! was a mere : routh , and one of the hcnds ot business entorprlses Involvlns the employment ot 22,000 worlcmen. FIla shopa , mills nnd foun. dries becloudell the Blcy with their In. . . dustry , unlll It was Raid , " hencycr ' 'ou see slllolco In RhOdY , Il belon'gs to the Spr/'IUell. ! " Ho was sovernor--tho ) 'oungest war governor. As chlot In command ot the stntc's military torces ho Insisted on laking the field In'llerson , 110vas always dashingly bravo ; RO said his soldlera. ' 1'110 masscn halletl him all : tholr hero : others loolwd on In won. , der. Ho went to the Ulllled , States selll\lo I 111 18G3 Ilnd served 12 yearll. I Brllllan Kate Chac , : ' Whllo United States senntor he m'ar. ! rled Katherine Chnso , fametl ns Knto' ' ' Chnse , the b9autltul daughter oC Sal. mon P. Chase , Llncoln'K secretary of the trclIsury. With thlK brilliant mar. rlnge began the Roclal career which sent the name ot Chase.Sprague to the ( ; reater snlolls of Europe nnd America. Kato Chnso In that day was account. cd the m03t brilliant woman In the BO' clet1 ot her OWll country , She was beautUul , she was a diplomat ot mar. velous methods , the homage of the greatest statesmeu ot that limo waG hera. sbo was the queenly leader at Washington's Roclal and official life. And what was her (1IIcst ? The oltler generation will recall the plot and the IntorplotUng oC UlOSO 'earg to maIm Salmon I' . Chase presldont ot the Unlled Stlltes. The fact that this great amblUon ot It daughler was never grate lfied was probably the precursor ot that ad\.erso fate which has relent. tessly purDuelf and gnawed th9 heart ot eveo. Sprab'11o ambition felt since that time. Early In ber marrlodllfo Kate Chase Sprnsuo buill Canollchol. on an estate ot 350 ncrcs nt Narraganllelt plor. The "houso' was lit that tlme the grandest mansion on the coast. It. stands on the Cavorlte camping ground oC Cnuonchet , chlet ot tho' Narraganselt trlbo of Indians. It cost a million dollars. Its furnishings were brought from the stores at many countries. It Is a 1Ulnce within , strangely. voluptuously featured , a labyrInth of hallll , nooks , salons , _ . , I , , . . , I . , ' . , , . (4ZJPRAI7 . & bltloun man , Salmon 1' . Chase , In biB cabinet as Recrotar . ot the treasury ; n thno when Kato CllUse domlnnted Wnshlngton soclol . and InfiuCl1ced h"r rnth t'a omlnent assocll\lc by tLo forco' of ber beauty and lhe Iplrlled : brllll neo of bOr wit , T en lu d there William Sllrngue , Ii dIwbin'g young toltotronl ! thodo I Island-Ita civil war Jovernor and lnlo tta United Stntos sonntor--brave , Jia.11 dso me , clover , entered Ullon n ca. Tcorvl , ch makes fictIon aoom tame and tragedy commonplnco. " . Ita : ChlUlo Is do"dho dhid In the . ' . J , > J . - . " _ . _ _ . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ \.v , . , , , . ' _ . . . . . . , . \ , v pPy' / SJ7Pg chambers , towers , eerlo dens , a UI ( ater , IIbrnry-GS rooml : ! In all , It hall $40,000 worth at hand carvin In the dlnins.room , and other appolnl ments of a , 'slmlll1l' o : < lrnmganco. I Rlunda to-dat , dark butllroud ; holr c Its hospllallty to the dlatlngnlaho mon and women or two contlnenll Horace Greeler used to "Is It there an loaat biB shins berore the IIbrur Il'alo : COllltllng's nnme la Indellbl IItam110d : upon the place and time , un the man whose memory goes back t the ( ' rh' sovontles will recull the hll ; jlnks and the Sprngu ChasoConklhl . * , , ' 3plflOtowhl11 ( cnlmlnate'elln Conkling's flight from the governor's run by wnl oC a window nnd a barred nn'd tJDltetl boudoir e1JOr ! , Spraguc's BusJneso Cownfall , It WRS In 1873 that the political nnd Roclal forces nt worlt to ruin Senator Sprague nuccccded In nccompIlRh'inJ ; lholr delgn ! , It Boon becnmo evident that the fate ot the A. and W , SprnSlle concerns , ostlmated fAI he worth $60 , ' 000,000 , would lie destruction. The Spra/ueG / had been ambushed. When lho concerns Called In 1873 , with more thnn $30,000,000 In nclual nssets nnd less t111\n $11,000,000 ot IndeblednesJ : , lho state of Jlhodo tsland waR almo t ( lrofltrntoll. Z. Charteo W111 ! appointed truRteo o [ the estale. The courls wrestled with It tor moro than 20 yearn , anel enlorprlseR which olleo In. volvod nil or Hhodo Ialanll wore laid waste. Domestic dlflcord and estrangement now Intervened to madden the Ilrln. clpnls In this dramn. The three daugh. tero or Gov , Sprague nnd Into Chase were bolng educalod abroad. "Wllllo. ' Sprague , I\S ho was called , the enl . son , a atrango composlto at gonltl\ ! nnd Impulslvo youth , was still at homo. Rohert. Thompson had been appoint. cd trustee tor lhe pernonal estate ot ling lis cr.stnls to the Idle after.dln. ner chat ot n surtelted company. It. WI\A October , 18J0 ! , amI the nlghl. . was ohlll when this sotr.absorbed vnrty sUddl'nly learucci the news ot Wlllio Sllrnruo's death. Ho bad shot Jllm. fielf In a Inborer'fI tent 111 the suburbs at 1'acomn , 'rho sign ot blood wns again upon the house ot tragedy , A few daYR thereafter , when the pOOl boy's wasted body Willi being brought home , a filial letter which ho had ad. dres8ed , to his fnther eamo to light. It. . hnd been written 111 a tent aS81gned to young Sprague aR ono ot a gang ot road laborers. In It he recited S,01110 ot his hnrdshlplI. 'rho' boy com. 111alnetl at the coarse eIuality of his breakfnst thnt day. 1I0ro the lettm nbrullty } termlnatet ! . . JUs body wae tound beside the barrel OIl which ho had wrllton his fllrewell. Fate's Relentleas PurDult , A few yenrs aHo. . ' Utla , EtheJ Sprague , ono bt the daughters of Kale ChMo , ndopted the stngo. Arter a ahort tlmo she quit the proresslon and , marrying , went to live In nnltl. more. Meantime , Canonchet hnd again been slartled by an elopement. In the nutumn of ] 8J7 ! Mrs. Inez Slrague ( , hllvlng atudled grand operl\ WIUl some ot the beat Prench anll Itnlll11malllers , apllellred. In Doston I . ' " " , II I I , I " - I ' .irAm C/UJ' J'P.E. { OO.E. f J " I I his mother. On November 6 , 13S : ; WlIIe ! was arrosled for shooting at ' 1'hompson ns he attempted . . . ) yfslt Cllnonchet. The boy was larcely given lo ImlJ1llse all hll1 me' . A court Inquiry - quiry resulted In his discharge. Separated by Divorce. Meantime , Kate Chase brou ht her sensallonat suit Cor divorce. Gov. Sprague filed counter charges. Society - ciety glutted Itself with gossip ot the caso. A c mpromlse .was finally cflect- cd 1.1) " which both these charges were withdrawn and a cbargo at cruelty In- terposed. On May 27 , 1882 , Kate Cl1asa-Sprnsn got the decree ellvorc. Ing her and glvlnJ ; her the right to resume - sume her maiden nnmo and the cus- ! totIy of the three daughters , Ethel , Portia Rnd Kitty. 011 March 8 , ] 883 , the governor mar. rled hlB present wlCe. She V.'US Dorn Inez 'Vced , ot Virginia. She wns then 25 nnel Gov. Sprague 63. The ' Imme. ( lIntoly wont to Canonchet , where Mrs. Sprague hall since reigned as Its chnt. elalno. I'or ! a while this romance seemed to wo'rlc revival of the governor'l : ! olden IOWer. ) 'rho ndepondont state convention - vention nomln'j\ted him for governor on March 14 , 1883 , a few days after he had como north with hili bride. On March 21 , the Democrats 1l1so 110nll. nato(1 ( him , and It looked as If the lIlUo war tovernor would retrlevo his tor. mor llll\ce. Soon aCter the governor mnrrlell his present wlCe , his 80n , Willie , married her slstor , AviceVeod , of Wllmlng. ton , Dol. The governor then hecamo his sun's brother.ln.law , nd Wllllc's wlto wall n the same time his sister. In.lllw and his daughter.ln.lnw , and UIO governor's wlte wus 'VUllo's slater.ln. law and stepmother. Meantime , Kate Challo Imd rotlreel to Washlnglon with her three daughters. There was a hot campaign. nut the o1cHhllo war so\.orno wa9 not rcelect. ed. It almool broke his honrt..lle. go\'ernor oC Rhode Ialnnd In the civil wl\r , lender of her troopu , United Stales senator for two terms , detelltcd. Unfortul1nte Wlilic Sprague. Atter 1\ few silent and vathetlc ) 'ears ( lawn there by the sea , the household ot Sprague was again lllsrupted. Willie Sprague had again come under the In- nueneo of his mother. IIo became a reporter on a Wllshlngton paper , then shltted to II. similar position In Now YOrk. A beaullful girl was born to hl wlCo-Ino % Sprnguo-Ilnd the present h-II. Sprague became Ilt once an aunt lIntl n grandmother. Willie's wlCo procured a ellvorco rron : him nnd married Gorrll S. Whe ton :1 : wacomo suest. at Canonchot tOI hrco yonrn. Wheaton \YIlK mllUon alro : WllIlo Sprague wns nn erratIC , ; enlu , at times excoptloni\lly brH Uant , :1lwaya Impulsive , loving unll at ecllonato. Canonchet wns having Its house var -.loa and the 11l111s wpro" nglow wlU nlen iI splondor. ! l'bo I < 'lorentint ountrnn ofl the dlnlng.room WIU > trick and Cl\de ber debut. wltb lhe Dos ton Symphony orchestra. Among other nnmbers she sang the suicide rla from the OIJera "Gloeonda. " Boston crItIcs caused lrs. Sprague fa quit heIlroposed tour and relurn .to : France. Deteat lay In ambush wher. eer a Spragup. ventured torU1. Tbat same year Mrs. Kate Cbase died in voverty \rashlngton. . There was , for Instance , the case ot Oresles Alvord Weed , brother ot Mrs. Inez Sprague and her sister Mrs. Gerrlt. S. Whealon , who , In 1J03 ! eloped with Miss Iatherine D. de Roulhac , ot New York. Last year ) 'ouns Weed wns found dead at the Grand Union betel In New York from morpblno polson. In . His young widow and two handsome - some children are all that remain of his muo housebold-a lJOusehotd Couneleel atter Inany alfalrs ot the heart In which young Weed was the debonairthoro. . Plve ) 'ears aGo Genlt S. .Wheaton died nnd lort , bls large Interest In Standard 011 to his youn widow , sis- ler of Mrs. Inez Sprague , one Umo \VICe o [ Willie Sprague , 11.1111 mother of Inez Sprague Ute socond. The latter - ter was a booutltul girl. And she has JURt blaalcd the great hopes ot the "lIttlo war governor" a.\d his wife , by eloping with Hnrry 'Williams SUness , son of Chief Justice . , ohn H. 9t1ness , Sprafiue's imlllncabto enemy In the Rhoda Island supremo- court , between wboso family und lhe clan SlIrague a. feud llas existed since 1874. , - . Marrlagc Promhed : Much. Many hud courted the Iirl. Finall ) ' lust 'enr , whcn she was 21 , she ba- came engagce1 to 'otmg , , 'lnlHmny , , member or a 11romlnent Pennll'h'anla . ramll . ny tbls marrlnge , the Wheaton tortune , coupled wllb Canon. chct Gnd Ita acres , might ) 'et make the Core even between the Sprnguea nnd tholr enemies. Bul fate was against It. One day last spring Miss Inez an. nounced the breaking of her engago. ment to Mr. Wlnpenny. On a day In Juno she left Canqnchet to go shop- pl g In Providenoe. There on June 21 , at St. Stevhen's churcl1 , she mnr , rletl Hurry Williams Stlness WlUlOUt i previous announcement. Rev. lIer , bert Darker performed tbe ceremony , I W. C. Uhoattos and Wurst White wcr ( wlt.nosses. The S'l1lrlted young lad was not to be bothereel WIUl the formE I n.nd trills of a convontl nal marriage It In merely n mutter ot theory thai I U10 acquisition of a husband on hel aho11plng toUl' wall the Item of chle concern to Miss Inez , . There was r now hat. tor Insln.nce , And ' because of It Cnnonchol geol under 'tho hammer nt on ct' . The Spra 1IC8 nre to quit RhQle Island ant . .America forever. ' Pay Women Small Wages. About SO tons of woolen rags art collected annually nt Smyrna ane shipped al1leO . to England and France ' 1'ho . arovorted In Smyrnn by women who got 23 to 30 cents a dn ' , , "orkinl . rro dawn to sunset , ' I SO MEVEAI { POINTS COMMERCIAL CLUDS SOMETIMES MAKF DLUNDERS , ! STARTING NEW ENTERPRISES , , , DonuDcs Often Given and Llttlc Bene- ms Gained by thc Towns That Give-Protecting Etabllohed : Indu trlc& . Within the Jlast few 'ron ; a com. morclal club organization fovur ) m3 taken hold or mllny towns In UI0 "Iest- ern country. H Is n Idnc1 ot good tever to 11:1ve , but qulto uften , 111te other ot the lesB 11 rmlcsf:1 : fevers tl1at amlpt ph'slcn1ly , passeH nwa ' : md doesn't malto JUuch dlfrereuce1111 the our general healtb. 'rown.bulleUng Is much Hke erecting a good hrld e. 'It Is esuentlat that 1\ good foundation be laid. Natural con. dilions have much to do with it. CIties J\nd towns sprIng up , , 'here there Is a good cause for their exlstenco. Artl. flclal moans mn . be employed for' ' "booming" 111I11108eS , but unless there be samethln IIlIbstantllll nnd l 3t1ng , nIl the booming that can be done will not result In the accomplishment ot pennnnont. good. 'l'he average rural town receives Its principal slIllport trom the business given It by th can. tIUOllS ! territory. ' 1'he trade at n 11m. Ited section , of country wllI sustain a comparative number ot business es. tabllshments. It n town Ilossesses natural advantages , location , etc. , tor certain JInes ot Illn.nufacturlng , 150 much the better. It would be toollsh , as have been del11onstratc'd 'in a umn. ber of. western 'towns , to' commence the manufacture ot cottons , or sUIs , or furniture , when the raw material must be trn.nsported trom a great din , tance , n.nd also UlO fuel for power , sUit , If n town asslimo any greal proportlono , there must be Industries to glvo the people occupation. The judicious Investment or capital In cannlns factories , In Impel' mills , in glucose worls and a tew other enter. prlses , 11 these enterprlscs arc rightly conducted , might prove a valutble ! factor In wmo or the western towns. When a commercial club Is orga. nlzed , generally efforts arc made to secure some Imlustry tor the town thnt , Ill , ph'e Hs people emvtoyment ; and which will hrlng new residents to tlte tov'n. Quito orten bonuses arc of. fered concerns , which r re located In other places to relocnte. It Ims heen tbe bencral oxperit'nce ot towns which have made efforts along these IInro tllat. a concern that aalts very much encouragement In the way ot read ) cash , Is hardly orth bothering with and Is IIlwly to Jlrove a failure. Anolher thing tiiatthe average com. merclal clllb ( lees not wlto in consld. eration is that it Is better to I > uild up Institutions all'eady located Hmn to encourt'\ge now ones ot donbtful success , A manufacturing concern Is only vatuable to thc town asa menns ot placing a greater amount at , money In circulation. The greater the pay 1'011 , the better for the town. nut It matters not how big the amonnt Is that Is distributed among worlcers on a Saturday night. It results In little seed to the town Ir it Is pent : ! to some ther town tor neec1ed SUPIIUCS. Commercial club members should I Ieep In mind Umt It Is far better to clo1'lso means ot ttcevlng money earned by farmers and laborers from I being Bent to large clUes for goods , than It Is to have new concerns start. cd. It there be a few lumdred doUnrs a day Bent from the place to mall-or. der houses , it would be far better to ItrOVent this br : devising means for having It SIlent In the town , than to encourage the location of a factory with a ) I:1Y roll ot a 11I < 0 amount. It should be the first dub. of a com. merclal organlzattCm to protect Its home IndustrIes , and when strangers see that this Is successtul , they will be more 1II\Cly to seelt the place as suit. able for the stlllJlIshment of some l business enterprise. D. M. CARR. Homc Trade Idea Not Ncw. Day alter day the llooplo are awnlc. enlng to the tact that the only way the evils of trusts can be comballec1 Is by an adherence to the home trade dCXtrlne. : , It III noUdns now. It was the sentiment that promllted the fpunders ot our government to sound the clarion of I.lberty from the sum. mlt ot Bunker Hili. Tben , It was the I torclng of a tleOlllo dOllendent on another - other ovcrnment to lIay an unjust tribute for necessaries of life. To. : clay It Is ono class ot people ot n nn.I I tlon. and the grt'ntest nation on earth , . to compel U1e other classes to pay un. I just trlbuto In a commercial wa ) ' . The wrong W&3 righted by blood In the I first case : t11C 'wrong can bo righted In UIO present case by the , people with. out resorting to serious trouble , by merely exercising their IJrerognlives , and the means that 110 In their power I to 11rovent the eoncentrntlon ot great , wealth In the bl finnnclnl centers b ' I ItCelllng their surplus earnings I\t . home. It Is the dralnln the dollars. trom the country to the largo clUea that "ISlst In building up the great combines , the Jreat lrust ! ! , which are manl1JUIated to the deterlmont or the people ot the conntry at large. It docs not requll'o special legislation tor UIO' tanner to buy flout. made In his home mill' : to ulle othor' Jlroducla made In his county or stale , or to patronize the merchaRts ot his homo town. Value of Good Roads , Good roads lending to a town Indl. . cate the Jlrosresslveness of UIO 'cili. zons ot the community. Invariably poor rends mel\n Incllrterenco and lack of contldOMo In the IItnblllt . of th < < , > town , . - - _ _ - t--- : . . . . , , . . , . TO THE FARMER.BOY. His Chancen , Are Best In His Homc t Town Rather Than In the Dig city. . , My bo ' , the farm Is nil rIght. Some. " times rou mny feel thnl Its C1nlrons are tbo narrow for you , Ils life too much at bumdrum , and tha.t. YOI1 I would preter to be one ot Ureeltl nl:5 : ot tbe 1IIS city or town. 'rIlCrc haT" be n llUndiotls and thousands of oth. ers just like ) ' 0\1 , nntl with just BUCR ldeno. They bavo started from the farm buoyanl with hope , nnc ! alter 1e4rs JII1.VO regretted lhelr ) 'uthtul reRolntlons. Others Jmvo sncoecdcd : have won taurols in the profcmlionnl field , In buslncs9 , In ntntesmnnsbJp : but the few who have succeeded thuR are 50 small In number compllred to the army at failures Umt there 1s lit. tie encourngoment ror the mrctul thinker to leave tllnt which promlneB sccurlt.y from want and Independence for a lIfo time , The farmer is urcly U10 most Independent of all workers. - I Ho Is sure to receive a grentor re- . wnrll for his labors. Is his own man- I nger. Ilnd tr he w1ll strive dIlIgently can asplro to a place In the 11ubll(1 es. tlmato thnt tow can attain In the Inrgl ) towns. Ot course there nro Umes when you , think there Is almost an unbcarab1c dullness about exlslence on the rorm. Were you a rosldent of tbo city , there would bo tlmes when you would long I for the quietness and the pleasure that I the fnrm affords. I10urs of work maybe bo l ng riding tbo plow , or barvcottng tbo gra.ln , but far superior is the work I than tbat the great majority of the ' city ) 'ouths are eompolled to follow , and how mucb greater the compensa. tlon ? How would you lIke to land behind tb dry seeds or grocery coun. ter tl'om morning to night tor , the small , wages Umt the city cleric reo celves' ? Year nttel' year lbe laborer 11'es In cheap boarding houscs and raroh' save rmfficlent to engage In business. His Is a mere subsl tence , and n constant struggle. The best years of lite are wasted In mnkIng money . for othcrs , whUe the tDdus. trlou.s farmer la working tor hlmsolf. saving money ) 'ear after yenr , and when the time for rest comes It cn. abies 111m to take It. CIties are overcrowded with clerk holp. An advertisement In sorted In uny dally paper tor a clerk to fiU n.ny position will bring bundreds of reo sponscs. The array or unemployed and these Beeklnt ; to better tbclr con. l' . i > cUtlons Is always Inrge. ot late years ; )1 larse clement ot worltCrs from clt. les ure looking toward the farms for employment. They reallzo U1al the . . farm offers more permanency of owu. Jatlon : and greater Independence than . like efforts In the city can possibly afford. Defore you concentrate your altentlon on employment In clt ) or town , weigh every matter well , and then nct according to what reason dIc- tates. You will be very likely to can. clude Umt Ule farm Is a teed el1oll > ; h ptace for you , 'and that your own lit. tle home town Is preterablo to the oVCl'.erowc1 d city. Remember. that your grellost ; Interesls eentor in ' what .ou call your "home toWn. " Do ' . all you can to assist In Its imtrOT - I. . ment. and make It a better buslnes I place. D. M. CARR. I OPPOSED TO LOCAL PROGRESS. Journals That Hclp to Concentrate Business In LarDe CIties. There are thousands or so-callcel ng. rlcultural papers published in 'tho ' United states , all ot moro or less merit. Yet few arc nil that they ahould be. There Is an Inconsistency about them that Invites careful study. While they arc supposed to represent : the , beat Interests at UlO great clnss of workers whom they gain support from In the way of subscriptions , the ma. jorlty of tbem allllarenlly work against the prosress oC farming communitles by becoming the medluma , part of the .machlnery , which drawn from country towns the support. which they . . . should bave. U Is to be regretted that man1 ot these so.called agricultural papers are merely published for the purpose oC circulating the advertisements of con. cerns which seek to secure trnde from residents ot farming districts to the detriment ot the homo towns. These establishments take money trom the . , rural communities to the largo finan. clal centers. 1'he thoughUul mnn or woman can see how InjurIous It Is to the Interests ot the farmers to take awny the surplus earnings which represent the wealth or the commu. . nlty. It requires but lIttle observa. tlon and study to underawnd that tea a great extent farm values are de. pendent upon the importance of the t near.by town , and thnt any BYstem tbat takes away Its llUslnesll , will reo suIt In a decrease of arm values. t 'j Such papers as advise tbo tarmers to ' , . pntronlze other than home InltIt tlots and which advocate syaleme that are opposed to the up.bulldlng ot Indus. tries In agrlculturnl dlatTlcls are not ' t worthy or sUPllort. , Education. Inlelllgence la the distinguishing mark between the savage nnd clv. \ I IIIzed man. Education Is ono ot the grentest or God's blessings , and Ig. norance n. curse. In Amorlca there ex. Ists no valid reason why every man , woman and child 'ot 1lOrmnl brnln 6bould not have an education. 'fhere Is no phase ot lICe wbero knowledgn ' , ' , Is not necessnry. In tbe most progres. ' . slvo communities Is wbore the supe. rlor schools are found. Uohl nlong your town and llClp ulone education In genoral. 11y nrtordlng your chll. dren a chance for a good Cllucntlou , you olfer them rlchell that cannot bo 'r ; : destroyed ; It Is ready cash In hand , nssols tbat one cannot bo robbed or enl ) . b . act ot Providence. \ - . ' , I ' . . ' . . \ . .
