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Show would have others come to you. Talk up your towu if you would feel hu interest in-terest iu it, and have its people feel hu interest iu you. There is uo better way to do it. And ninny n time one little word of unpleasant reference to something that does not exactly suit you aud not particularly coucern you, as to that uiatte will turn a good man's influence away from your towu and may even drive him away. At your own fireside, talk up your town. Among your ueiglibors, talk up your town. When you come in contact with Hlraugers, talk up your 'town. Es. Why Some Towns Grow, The reason why some towns grow is because there are men of push and energy iu it, who are uot afraid to spend their time end mouey to boom their town. They erect substantial buildings, organize stoak compauirs and establish factories, secure rail roads, work for public improvements and use every means in their power to induce people to locaio in their city. Wherever they go they tell of the advantages of their city ; they write about them in every letter ; they send circulars and newspapers to all whom they think thay can g3i to visit the towu, and, when anyone visits them, treat him so kindly that hefallsin love with them and their town at once. It is enterprise and everybody pulling together that makes a progressive town and don't let the fact escape your memory To hear everybody saying some thing pleasant about its people and its interests is the surest, quickest and easiest way to make a town attractive to a stranger. One of tha beet ways to make a town attractive with that Bort of attraction that will draw other people to it is for every man and 1 every woman to have a pleasant word for the people and the town generally. ' Talk up. your town is you would have it do well Talk up your town if you |