Show GOOD TIMES COMING I 1 the story of thomas A Edla Edi ond sons first check Is a very entertaining one and it loses none of its interest by being true he hoped for but would insist upon 2500 anyway for the invention which lie he first offered for sale but in the confusion of the moment told the man he was dealing with to make an offer which abe latter promised to do next day on call ing at that time the wizard wasal moot upset by the offer or oi he nervously signed the agreement took his bit a check and went wens away like jike one in a dream tobe to be changed from obscurity and poverty to prominence and prosperity to in the t ot of an eye Is in a performance which everybody could not undergo and be as sound after as before but eason stood it as he does everything that befalls him with a little outward seeming but notia jog IOK more he is a truly grea man it would not be very surprising it if the career upon which it seems we of this state are about to enter resulted in some such manumissions manu missions before it from every side aide but more particularly from the west and south cames comes a daily report of the new discoveries in the min mineral 0 pa 1 del field d so some m 0 already accessible others waiting for the railway to reach them and bring their heir products into the open markets of the world and the work is but just begun As the season advances great strides forward will be made which are sure to mean immediate wealth to a few and a general improvement in the condition of nearly all it is not however the mines alone to which we look for this happy consummation powerful as aa their contribution to and influence upon the situation must be it is to be brought about in part by the opening of new fields of industry by enlarged communication with other communities end and by the increased demand aub improved prices for labor of all kinds skilled and unskilled these great assistants to prosperity operating co and continuously for some time are sure to bring such a change in temporal affairs hereabout as is previously spoken of we have passed our darkest hour we firmly believe and the dawn which it precedes is in at hand that we may make abe most of it and establish not ephemeral but enduring aad profitable prosperity should be the desire and we the aim of all our people |