The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-26
FIR tie Herald If Eheedo
Letters from my Cabin---No. 1.
COOK CREEK, K. T, MAY "a, '55.

90ISSAS ~ AAJ ScO444----4SSs
COOK CREEK, X. T., May "a, '55.
DEAR C-:-You would smile could
you see me here seated at the door of my
cabin with my portfolio on my knee, and
pen in hand, scribbling to you. To the
north and west the wide prairie lies be-
fore me covered with grass and sprinkled
with flowers. On the south the timbered
land, hiding in its bosom part of the Wa
karlisa river, while stretching away to
the east is broken country of bluffs and
rayines. There is nothing startling or
romantic in the scenery around,-all is
peaceful and quiet enough to the view
and yet there is kind of grandeur, too,
in the aspect of the prairie before me
looming unbroken as far as the eye can
reach. 1t reminds me of the sea By its
space and solitude, and the sky arching
to meet it in the distance.
My cabin is homely enough, with its
rough logs piled up one upon another
some nine feet high ; and yet tits comfort
able. and answers very well for present
purposes.
i live alone, and sometimes look visit
fully around as if expecting to hear a
gentle football, or the murmur of soft
voice belonging to one now so far away.
AS ! lie ON my rude bed at night listen
ing to the wind as it sweeps wildly by, or
watching the stars through my window
shining SO calmly in the sky,-a feeling
of loneliness steals oyer me, and my
thoughts take refuge in the past. Then
dear familiar faces appear again upon the
glass of memory, and many scene long
since enacted seems real again, and ]
feel once more the hopes. and joys. and
fears that then controlled me. Forgot
ten is the present,-my whole mind con-
centrated on the past, Memory and I'm.
agination create another life and lift ma
| up from this. Am | homesick ? No
so; for though I dearly love my home
and those that make It such, I am conten
to bear the separation, for my faith j.
strong in the future. Yes, strong, and
with reason too, for does not Kansas
hold out inducements fair enough to build
it on With her climate and soil, and
the natural advantages she possesses.
what a fair prospect for the future is
spread out before the settler. l care moi
what few weak disheartened ones may
say, who shudder at the first rude blast
that strikes them and pause and turn
back at the first obstacle in their path,
for want of courage and faith in them
selves. / heed not their complaints, OF
mind their murmurings. Kansas speaks
for herself. The fertility of her soil
warrants an abundant return for the la,
Dor bestowed upon it. Her climate woes
with It's balmy breath the long, winter.
bound farmers Of the North and West
while her location is advantageous enough
to induce a rapid settlement. Here is
encouragement for the capitalist, the far.
mer, and mechanic and room enough foi
a multitude. To those of capital. it en-.
sures the smiles of fortune; and TO all
of stout hearts and industrious habits,
good home and the comforts of life,
True, for q time there are some bard
ships to be borne and privations endur-
ed but eventual success will compen-
safe for all this. Gire Kansas, then, q
fair chance let her resources be known,
and every possible aid extended TO the
honest settler; join together heart and
hand for her prosperity cultivate heI
soil. defend her rights. and in few shor'
/ years another glorious state win be add
ed 10 the Union. G. Fl. G.