The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-11-24
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faFESsf ID 4he 7Sta&gsVoH .ysbzS9ss
aInaadditi6u to tEie tltstiiss slEeadiy stii.
gested. the farmer ewes = debt which I
am sorry 10 say, Is TOO oEtea unpaid. Il
is The idVty of rnaking happy a0d Pleaar
ant hemeIors himself. bis Wis and ebiIds (,
,len.. Our Cons titption guarantees 70 sg.
cry farmer aquartsr section OF land as 4
homestead. The design OF this benSfiS p
was to assure tOshssbusso9
b sndnan and his family, IbsYOpdl the poy I'd
sr,ofr misfortune, q spot, where shonld 3,
ceater the holiest and best feelings of his
nature; a place where, year after year, be
might ad@f6gA6d be8dtifv his AH6de5 with
mo fear Of lhsmoFFoW; where his sifs aaEh d
children might train che rose, and sRses 10
odored f1werss the purple grape, With \
the fruits Of Che garden, knowing no
stranger could ever wfesr their homes
from them. ut incitestthe sfarnSeFtO erect d
his enclosures, builAs his ibagdsp till bid |
fields, Llant, his, orchards. eultiEats tbs. a
vine yards3sbieid his house from win,
ters's blast aud summers heat. with 7
'doublsi and4iiblez rows of locust. c6tioHo q
wood. WGlnntz and maple. and makes that
house commedious and confortahle With Il
z,
well, cistern, and whatever is necessaF r
~ TO comfort aud enjoyment. 10 do 'AIl
thisassu,ed cha. dolblass of qoFtaas shah
bow 50 Ridel5ass toidepFiBe him oG ahAinssi
'SG13 a the iH-2it asiqp.s HoM isitaas weEsdy q
Think, yourselves, Of fcopfe Etlsss, leAky, i,
bleak houses, all over our prairies. ihhsbs
tied, not by poor men. but by 'fafnsFs :
worth from three 10 twenty thousand dol
rars. .BhI18AUT aaO1A9 q
I,cbide no man. whose dcmicile is - :
good as his means allow, but I rsproach !.
the man with a failure Of His duty. Who, <
year after year, wells his gaI6s, ihGFeAsU
es abe number shdAmouuts of, his usnssF
ftious notes, seplarges his. farm by new
purchases, and seemingly acts as though,
! be, would be satisfied only when heiis tie
owner of all tie lands' that join his own.
and ) ct all The willie doomedhis wife lOslG !
cabin in whose single ROOM skey e0eks
meals, receives company, spreads iii
family beds, and endures the trying pan.
of maternity. No tree casts lie gfateial L
shade nacf6ss the threshold during tbs
Summer solstice, nor lendsef the cutting
winds of Winter. No moss. covered bucket q
ljs there 10 offer its tressuEeto thirsty lips;
but the, family wants are supplied from
the brackish contents of a BARREL 6lfed a!
a nsigh boring slough, drawnao the door
| on sledsor the nugainly1 fork OF "a. tree. 2
Every Surrounding is cherries and for- d
bidding. Oh! farmer. do you remember ;
how, ten, fifteen. perhaps thirty years
ago, stalwart and strong armed, you
sought the conn relationship Of. one whom g
your glowing fancy Invested WiIhjmored
than ca: thly charms; do you remember
what words you poured into her WilIiny
ears; that if she would go down LIES,
VALE with her hand ia yours you would .
love. aud cherish bsr, add make her abode ,
a delight, and her home place of beauty
and eontentmeDt. sYonder log iiouss,
desolate and fotlbrns attsstsl uhoWio sadlyis
you have fulfilled, your, youthful WOW. 4 !,
plead for the women of Kansas, who are
wasting away their lives in cramped. un-
healthy cabins, and whose husbands are Oh
yearly growing in wealth and sabstsEi6e.
II plead for the children of the State, sshod
areg growing up with no 1eEes6f uh0uiG 8
whose young affections, instead of seiinR.oi
( Ing to thelspot ~wherethsy FIRST learned
1.-THE words, father, smotheE,i brother and
sister, ara chilled and rspUessSd; who o.
Fillign upsntOh manhood and, WomaR-.U
hood y with HosmemOrissI of a. glad and o.
Joyous childhood; who will think of th Siru,
Dung days 9ithIal shuddsrI and Iaraisk
sheiEfather's name With the theught thAsen
be loved better To- increase his q 1oks andoyf
his herds, hiaifsldsi of cgrsin,alaAd ihis,
broad acres, than 10 make q happy hons a.
pfor his wife and children .sn Nsy, moFs; ?,
my plea IispiR behalfaof the State itsslf6 -
stranger. passing by such anahods IS .
! have mentioned ,l;WoUid ever conclude 3,
that there lived q man. satis6ed, content !
to make this land his home for i life
Surely. Nhougb9Fhis country is So entTsnc- ..
fing- tPothe eEeuhe Wilirsay theFs must Be- -
some hidden defect, else this, man. WhOs
evidently bad liked here for years, and
whose fields and stock Show so macy 4
I'sigps of5thrifs Wsuldynot live as ,gbough. ~
Fhe was aasojourner for day,rsK bae o7r
Such homes repeE thsstEalger, aud cast d,
dark shadow With9utyl az we'll as within az
Next 10 the magical beauty Of OUR land a.
and which man, with all his neglect, i
canrot destroy, no grester attraction can
!, be presented to thessekeEsofa new home.
Than well titled fields enclosing comfort
able and we'll arranged sabodss, embORI
cred amidTtrees and orchsrds, Asd, kae,,a
!dens redOleHt with The psrfgms of flow.
ers. Could The large majority Of homes
answer to- this ldsscriptiou9, those VINO "a
come from aiaroto spy cut OaiF landp would
never go back saying 9ws found jtdaais--
ingIWith milk and honey inbut WA SAW, T
people who had been tbere. for years, dis
-coptented and sour, and iIviSSee e
though they had pitched their tents q
for the night only. entreag you, farm
ers, inlaks good homes for your WTiTes4nd
your bright eyed ochiBdres5I ,barustl iuao.
one viii mistake my neaaipgorlD sbt is,fi
The farmers cprse77+sud q good hopss snd
a heavy debt, is far worse ihsn, 8 poor |,
house and Independence. No man shouid s.
enbsfasS himself with liability hAfdIE6oa
meat IN Building a. Tcomfostable5dh onsa2
n either do I disRarsgs1lis humblesscsb,ijs
IN IN the land, ifil is the best its owner can
aford-an angel could do no more. T.
seek only to iurn the ambitious thrift 6fif
r. IL. ~ ~ a Z