Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1898 — WHERE HARD TIMES ARE NOT KNOWN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WHERE HARD TIMES ARE NOT KNOWN.

Described by a St. Paul Paper as the New Star of Liberty.

A oorres p ondent, in a communication to this pa per, says during the past feAV months so

much has been said and Avritten of Western Canada, aud the ucav provinces forming it, he lias been led to give the subject some inquiry, and he has been shoAvn letters written to the Canadian Government from delegates seut out by friends to inspect the country.. One of these delegates avlio Avas sent to Western Canada says: “In undertaking to giA*e a description I fear I shall not be able to give it justice, for I hardly know AVhere to begin or when to end. For a plea for my judgment, I will assume, for an illustration, the experience of a man avlio went from place to place in search of a Avife, and finding so many of good qualities and attractions, Avas unable to determine which- to choose, so in looking for a home in Western Canada I like the country well, and tAvo of my boys are going this fall (they have siuce gone, and each has a homestead), where I am satisfied they will do well. The lands which 1 have seen are far superior In every respect and beyond my expectations. Lakes and streaihs to be found in all districts abound witli innumerable kinds of water fowl, while fish ar6 very abundant. On all sides avc see Innumerable stacks of grain, proving beyond doubt the fertility of the.soil. On either side of the track can be seen in addition to the grain herds of cattle, horses and flocks of sheep. I have traveled over a great portion of tlie Western States and I have seen nothing ,to compare with, this country. One (hundred and sixty acres of land are given free to actual settlers, and I s:nv (cases Avhere ns high as S2O per acre had been cleared in one year. I do not wish to advise anyone, but. as for myself I shall leav T e as soon as I can arrange my affairs.” The agents of the Canadian Government are now at Avork organizing excursion parties,* and the Department of the Interior at OttaAva, Canada, will be pleased to supply the information to those avlio are not within reach of au agent. *

Under the Mosaic law of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, the regime was practically carried out. and the old-time executioner numbered forceps among his Instruments of penally and torture.