Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-10-28
Life i'm Kansas..HOw People
cGet OM,' Out There.

n correspondents vi tuc NuiSSOuFl AeVuO-
ican, gives the following racy account of
Kansas life as he saw and experienced it.:
went into sort of tavern in Kansas,
where there were stout big, fat men lay
ing upon sorter beds, shaking with the
ague, while in an adjoining room team
sters were hugging and kissing their sweet
hearts. who sat ON their laps, and the OK
en- lying down by the door sill, resting
The dogs, cats, hogs and fowls all seemed
in partnership, enjoying "squatter sover-
eighty" I lighted my pipe and took a
stroll among the bipeds, quadrupeds and
family group. In one place sat once
good looking lady, with little child in
her arms dying; in the yard was an old
mattress, quilt and blanket airing, and the
varnin,s running off them to hide from
the sun; in an old wooden bucket, close
by, was some mouldy, half cooked bis
cult, and lots and siivers of dirt piled up
here and there, in the corners of the room !;
the sun was hot-the thermometer stood
at 80 in the sbade-everythi sought the
shade and was glad-dust and sand was
flying in clouds, and the mosquitoes, real
gallinippers, came down in swarms. l
looked outside, inside, upward and down
ward, all about me, saw nothing pleasing
except the girl sitting on the fellows lap,
who, whenever he squeezed her right smart
ly, would cry out, :. Oh! dont-odd-rot-
rot you, man! Ireckon as how yon never
had a teHow feelin' Of you."
Old google eyes came up with his new
boots on, "right straight" all the way
from Cincinnati. He was on visit to
see his son. Next came that fellow from
Milwaukee,; he wanted to get away from
"them pesky railroads that were ruinin'
our country" them internal Improvements
going on in Wisconsin was breaking up
"squatter sovereignty" "a right smart
chance" who were emigrating TO Kansas,
working in tayern-but be had eaten a
green watermelon back on the road, that
gin him lbe cramp collie, and he wanted
some whisky "powerful bad" -.
A pretty good:sort Of an Irish girl, who
had been out to Kansas, came along in the
stage, to get back to Illinois; she was tired
of Kansas-bad seen enough of it-had
shook with the fever and ague until little
was left of her. Dinner was announced,
and such another mess-(d (dinner) never
mind-sl,ut your eyes and go 1T blind, flies
and aA-a IS fresh meat anyhow. One
tel1ow hauled ont his bottle Of bald. face
to keep the stuf dam, another paid fifty
cents to be let of. Everybody comes
when the bell riags-the ID take tile
hindmost, and such another pulling and
hauling, the grease aes IN every direction
the old dame hands round her muddy
cofee-brings IN the frying pan from off
the fire outside, crying out, "help your-
selUes, gentlemen, to the truck" 1t had
no ',anae, and as for colors, wQs as earl
oats as the rainbow. One half of the stage
passengers have not got out of the house
or tavern, before the driver is of, while
those behind halloo at the top of their
voice, "stop, l am passenger, don't leave
me here" These little huckle-berry tav-
erns, are strung all along every road, and
entertainment for man and horse" chalk
ed on board, meets the eye. Some Of
Adams old hens are here cooked up, call
ed "cbickens," but they are SO tough a
knife will not cut them, nor ones teeth
penetrate them. I saw many of them,
grown grey with age, that some people,
not acquainted, call "grouse"-they are
some Adam left, and found very thick
along the road.