The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-29
Tia 1efaio Of Ffeeoon.
Saturday, Nov. %, 1856
a Feast and a PnR

'iiO @iAietf oi hllhu, wear OF Dody, and
peeuniary sacrifice which was required
to sustain free State paper in Kansas,
when we heard a gentle rap at the door.
Rising, we opened it, and met gentle
man with basket filled with several
varieties of nuts. raisins, figs, DE. OF
course we invited him to come in and
be seated The latter he refused to do,
not wishing to trcspass on our time
lie placed in our hand the basket. and a
note which We opened, and hastily read
as follow
LAWRENCE, Nov. %, 1856.
G. W. BRowx-DEAE SIR Accent
the few articles send you, as my small
donation to the fund for the re-estab
lishment of the Herald of Freedom. /
would gladly do more, but nearly all
my available means have 0een swallowed
up in aiding the suffering poor of Kan
sas, and it is with the utmost difficulty
that | can obtain means with which to
carry on my business.
Yours Respectfully, c. STEAnSs.
1t was present from Mr.. STEAESs
Thank him for that present, and thank
him, too, thought we, for the good viii
borne US in his brief but expressive let
ter.
We cogitated on the matter awhile,
finally determined to invite all hands,
p" Devil included, to a feast. The In
Vitation was accordingly dispatched,
and soon after the entire force Of the
HERALD OF FREEDOM office was around
the editors table, discussing the merits
OF our donation. 1.-THE nuts were not
essential to the re-establishment of the
Office, they served an important pur-
pose in rcyiving the spirits of the
workmen, who had toiled until half
past two O'Clock The morning previous,
at the press, so as MOTTO be behind time
with the paper, and disappoiat its nu-
merous readers.
Ere the debris were removed our din
ner bell rang, somewhat later in. the
day than usual. y good cause, no
doubt, thought we, but of no particular
Importance, since we have been RECALLED
so bo0ntifully with such rare treat, one
which expense-paying editors in Kan
sas can't afford to enjoy at their own
cost.
Entering the dining room, we found
the table smoking with luxuries. We
stood aghast, almost frightened at the
idea that those bills should be footed
out of funds indispensibleto sustain the
HERALD OF FREEDoN. Inclined to take
every thing easy, we sat down to feast
on the largest and best potatoes we had
seen during the season. and some nicely
roasted pork. with cucumber pickles,
and suntlry other dishes Ii soon leak
ell out that we were indebted TO CHARLES
STEARxs, the grocer, for that dinner
{" But that nice looking dish in the cen
ter of the table, what is that ~ inquired
we. 1T is a sort of pudding from
corn starch, new dish for Kansas, but
very palatable.' We partook of it,
and arrived at the same conclusion with
the excellent lady who prepared our din
ncr. "And did Mr.. STEAExs send that
along, too?' 81 Yes, and several other
dishes which | had not time to pre-
pare
We finished our dinner in silence,
rejecting that though an editors life
had many shadows, it was intcrsperscd
with some bright spots.
After dinner we stepped to the door,
thinking we would enter the sanctum at
once, and write a pgg for Mr.. Stearns !;
but as we did so, we saw crowd pas
sing down Massachusetts street. Hop
ing to meet with an item, we Joined
in and soon found that we were
making for new stone building, which
has been erected by DR.. HARTIAN the
past summer, opposite the Post Office.
We entered with the rest, and found a
beautiful room, filed with every vari-
city of groceries and marketings, and
Mr.. Stearns was bSlind the counter,
waiting upon his throng of customers.
occasionally suggesting that his "po-
tatoes were of Kansas growth" and his
beef "tka product of free soil" tie
was claiming, too, that he could afford
to sell quite as cheap as anybody eise'
as he was making the provision bust
ness his hobby, by which he hoped to
make small profits, at present. while
money was scarce and provisions dear.
He would content himself to make his
pile when this state of things was re-
versed.
We did not feel disposed "to talk
politics" with him, as he suggested IN
his advertisement, and having no mo-
ney to buy with: in fact, having but
little need to buy, since he had furnish
ed us dinner, we made our way home,
resolved to tell those wanting groceries
or marketings, to go to Stearns' and
buy them; but, on rejecting, we con-
cluded not to do it, as the reader would
think it was our intention to give him
a puff, when it is the most foreign ofany
thing in the world from our intentions
We have subsequently visited the
basement of this fine building, and
found it filed with the coarser articles
of provisions. particularly Vegetables
Dir. S. proposes fitting up reading
room in the rear, as resort for the
.,,orne, where they viii be safe from the