The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-26
LAWRENCE KANSAS TERRITORY, SATURDAY, MAY as, 1856

blowing his horn. Before sunset the
news had reached nearly to the Rocky
Mountains.
Extract from the st. Louis Democrat
of Sept. 1st, 1858. -.
"It is now about two years since Con-
gress passed the Homestead bill, and pro:
hibited slavery in the territories. Within
that time more than two hundred thous-
and emigrants have passed up the Mis-
souri, for Kansas. Ten. steamers of the
largest class ply regularly between New
Orleans and Fort Riley, and about as
many more between Fort Riley and st.
Louis, and other ports on the Mississippi.
There seems to be no prospect of cessa-
ton to this emigration; as we hear from
all parts of the North, that still they are
coming. At the present rate it will not
be long before Kansas will outnumber
Missouri in inhabitants.
sit is useless to cali the attention of emi-
grants to our rich soil and great natural
advantages; the answer invariably is,
Missouri is slave State.
"How much longer are therichest lands
in the world, surrounded and intersected
with great natural and artificial advanta-
ges, to lie dormant for want of cultiyators.
Must the sturdy farmer and ready me-
chanic, who would be glad to settle in
our State and thus help business to -four
ish, and thereby reduce our taxes, be for
ever kept out, and our State sink into
comparative insignifcsnce, for the sake of
less than twenty thousand Shareholders
in population of nine hundred Thousand.
What folly! again we ask, how much lon
ger are twenty thousand shareholders to
rule and ruin the State of Missouri.
In Sept, 1860. I visited the valley OF
the Neosho, and found it the best farming
country had ever seen. Coming to a
place where were four good looking farm
houses, built after the eastern fashion
each house situate from eight to ten rods
distance from its opposite. Seeing a
middle aged man sitting on the shady side
of his house, smoking a pipe, | halted
and asked him if he would sell me a few
quarts of corn for my horse?
sNostranger, but if you'll jist gitoff AN
take out your hoss's bits I'll give him as
much corn as he wants."
So away he went and brought the corn.
"Now come stranger sit down on this
ere bench and tell me who We be? Whar
ye cum from?"
I told him my name, and said lived
in Lawrence city.
"Oh yis Lawrence city, that's big
place. Eastern folk say its goin to be
bigger'n Bostin.''
oval ye're the may'r of the city l
spose."
No, am not the Mayor.
i oval then, what be ye, Lawyer, Doc
tor, Minister, or what?''
| I am merchant.
"a marchant; wal do ye sell goods
cheap up thare?'
| Yes, we profess to.
"Yis, ye tradurs alters ses yesell cheep,
but I'll be hanged if don't think ye
stretches it sometimes"
"Wal whare'd ye cum from when ye
cum to Kansas?''
came from New Hampshire.
"Oh Wis, that's the Grannuts State =
that's where they grind the sleeps noses
so as fer 'em to git 'em in between the
rocks to feed"
eye had witches out there didn't ye?"
i Iassured him we never had witches in
| New Hampshire.
"Walwhar've they gone to? My good
marin told me that witches liyedin Hamp.
shire State"
| told him l did not know, unless they
had gone to the Mississippi river, as
saw horse shoes nailed in the boats Oh
that river, and on inquiry was told they
!. were there to keep out the witches.
oval hope the tarnal critters wont
come out here if they cum near I'll Kill
! 'em. Ye know the Bible tells us to Kill
: witches.
"But cum stranger, while old hoss eat:
his grub, an see a leetle of my farm
So he took me to his garden.
"See them ere water-melons as big as
bushel basket-'an them 'are squashes
bigger'n -four barrel-woufd'n mt they
call 'em sum punkins' down east? An
there's my young orchard Just beginnin
to bear I've I'll kinds of fruit that's te
: be growed in this ERE country. In tha
! forty acres of corn, seyenty-fve bushels
T to an acre. An then I'd twenty acre:
} of nice wheat.
ssBut cum go out to the parster an set
r my cattle. There's one hundred sheep il
that parster up yonder. An did We evel
see twenty sich nice colts in one pile al
r they are? An here's my cows would'n
, they call 'em bumpers down to Brighton
: Now see that ARE large barn-some dom
have no barns-but read that the mar
: Eciful man is. marciful to his beast; 'antheI
: they grow faster for bein' fed in winter
t don't ye think so stranger"
i Yes.
: oval stranger see that are fence on
D there"
S What fence?
l "Why them are trees there's strip
: rod wide all around my farm.''
: Well how came that to grow there?
: inquired.
t s.Wal can most the first thing l dit
arter took up my claim, was to plow
: strip rod wide all around it an SOW
T down to acorns. An now in few year
t l shall have wood enough, and timber t
C sell, an fence that's CROWN stouter eve
e ~ day. An then there's my house. its iis
? big enough every way; an its filed Wit
e ali that wife wants; only she seq sh
9 wants one thing-you know wimmel
g amt never satisfed-she seq she want
!; me to throw away that pesky pipe. Sh
e sez she don't take snuff, an / had'n
ought to smoke.
d s.But stranger do now put up you
: hoss an stay all night"
IL No, thank you for your kindness, bu
e ] must be on my return.
J. "WalI spose ye'd like to know wher
2 ] cum from, how cum TO cum here, 8
= how likes-would mt yep
II Yes, l should be glad to know some
s thing of your history.