Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1879 — SIGNS OF THE TIMES. [ARTICLE]

SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

A Denver distpatch says: “Ths oily and Stats are swarming with toritts from all parts of the world.” A floating item says “there is a rush of tounsta to the St. Lawrence.” All the European steamers that leave New York are crowded with- passengers. All the watering places and seashore resorts are full, excursions are moving tn all directions, thousands of persons are seeking health and pleasure among tbe lakes and rivers of tho Northwest, and yet enough sre left st home to carry on business and keep the wheels of trade mbving. All this shows that we are a great and populous nation, and that a very largo proportion of our people areablc to travel a little while each year. No people in the world travel as much as the Amercans. Tho result is seen in various beneficial ways. It helps to keep money in brisk circulation, brings people fiom different sections of the country and different lines of business into contact with one another broadens and liberalises the ideas and strengthens the sentiment of nationality by practically obliterating State lines and geographical divisions. All these are desirable results. The unusual of travel this year is also an unmistakable sign of better times, and a revival of that spirit of enterprise which always presages an area of prosperity. —[lndianapolis Journal. ' .