Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1896 — Reports Unfavorable. [ARTICLE]

Reports Unfavorable.

The North Dakota colonists continue to send back accounts of their new homes which are anj thing but flattering. Water appears to be the main source of their troubles, which combined with other natural causes, unfavorable to agriculture, renders the country anything but desirable. There is an effort on the part of some to return to Indiana when they are able to afford the trip and the general tone of all their missives, would suggest the warning advice of the old adage, to “look before you leap.”— Delphi Times.