The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-06

chawed up.r why, therefore, will not Andrew
johnson take warning Eastern farmers cut
cattle; but western farmers lead Their cattle
INTO fhe wintry cOrD.6elds and soY, NOV ahitt
for yourselves.m still, BIKE weli-behaved dogs
that sometimes earn their way into the
masters parlor, the herds are allowed to chew
nbeir end under roof on very cold days. But
The wild prairies, rather than the stalk-delds,
seem to me to be petitioners for the companion
sbtp of the cattle, saying, on every green tuft
VCome and eat me-" Accordingly, blade of
Grass that does not sooner or later get into q
cows nav seems to be looked upon with dis
reenect by the Western farmer. But confess
10 a tender feeling for the wild grass, unbrowsed
Of cattle and unwounded by plough | have
seen hundreds of miles OF fertile lands, grass.
clad that never yet bore crop to human hand.
And vet since the foundation of the world
every sprung has mantled them with green, aud
every summer spangled them with ho wers.
Has such prairie beeu OF no use in barren
world? / like it a thousand times better
than | like the swine that nose and grunt in
il. These un-Jewish and uu- Christian creatures
are like the shallow kind of radicals of whom
Thaddeus Stevens complains: they seek for
roots that lie Just under the surface, not deep
In the ground. A lew days ago was a fellow
passenger on a train of twenty-siY carloads of
these bristled-backed gentry, squeaing at the
prospect of throat. t.cut1ng in Chicago. What
noble army of martyrs have baptized that ancient
CITY with blood tOn what meat doth this our
Caesar Iced that he has grown so great?' Chicago
fattens on ham. You are aware, my Eastern
friends that prairie chickens go by carloads to
the seaboaId at this season OF the year. The
reason of which is that the Western people
don't think prairie chickens worth eating in
Writer and accordingly are glad to sell them
to Eastern appeutes that know no better. On
the other hand, the oystermen OF Fulton Market
send oysters westward across the Mississippl:
and i'm doing 1t smile in the secret cham bers of
their soul to think that anybody is foolish
enough to like the vapid, lauguishlng bivalyes
after their pulp has been iolted a thousand
N Al.
sharp practice usually cuts both ways
--''Shall not take mine ease in mine inn 2r
inquired sir John Falstatf. No, not if he had
been in the habit of stopping at these Western
tayerns. / have found Western landlords so
sociable, so fond of company, so abundant in
hospitality, as to insist on putting another man
in the same bed with you to keep you in coun-
tenance. A friend OF mine IN Kansas told me
that he once asked for a room at a Missouri
hotel, and the landlord replied, Eyes; but a
train arrives after midnight and there may be
another passenger 20 sleep in your bed" VERY
well,n replied my friend, resignedly. Shortly
after midnight his door was opened and in
stepped tall, gaunt, grim bushwhacker who
IN few minutes got into bed with his tro oWsers
on. ''Stranger," exclaimed the unprepossessing
parsonage to the first occupant, did you hear
about that murder in the bayouW "Yesn was
the reply. swell, I'm the man what did the
killn'.' Kind reader, please fancy my friends
feelings, and console yourself with the incident
when next you are the roommate of back
WOOQSman IN u western uOLel!
i believe man never comes to the truest
enjoyment of human life till he is a grandfather.
An old gentleman came into the car this morn
ing with bevy OF grandchildren, of bright
eyes an mlschieVous, merry faces But the hap,
piest youngster of the party was the venerable
man himself. So pleased countenance have
not seen under wrinkles Tor many day.
asked him if he now loved his grandchildren
better than he had once loved his own children
and he SAID frankly, "Yes, / do" 1t was an
honest confession And when the third score
OF human years can look back to the first, anC
make grey hairs the chosen companions of chill
dren, human life has attained to royalty, anC
wears the crown of reverence. But grandfather,
are curiosities in the far West. Almost every
man you meet west of the Missouri is under
middle life. And sat at hotel table in towI
IN Iowa in accidental companiOnship witt
TWENTY-FIVE merchants, all OF whom were perma
nent boarders at the house, not one among then
married, and not lady present 10 lend manners
to the table. 1t was as near to heathendom as
wish 10 travel. The young men of the great Wes
are in fearful want OF sisters and wives. And il
is idle to ask tor grandathers until this prehmi
narv want is supplied.
My friend MIR. Greeley lately made great fur
for one Of his Western audiences by beginning
his lecture in this Way:-"Ladies and gentle
men, believe it is now universally acknow
! ledeed that am the worst public speaker in tn
| United States.n / dislike to accept this view Q
/ the case. and yet ! have not the heart to diss
| gree with so excellent q man. | COngratdlat
/
tune: first, that be has ended his winte
lectures; and, second, that he is not Unite
States Senator. Mr.. Greeley's recent views ar
strongly and deservedIy condemned in the West
but Mr.. Greeley's personal character, great SCI
vices, beautiful unseldshness, and unspotte
integrity won for him a welcome OF lov
wherever he went. He is, on the whole, tn
most famous American citizen now living. Ma
! he live long!
Two years ago, in my first journey throug
these regions could buy the New York dali
papers on all the chief railways. Now they ar
sold, apparently on none, One reason of thi
change Is the absence of the excitement pre-
duced by the war. But another anu the chic
reason is the wonderful growth of the Western
press, and the consequent relaxed grip OF tn
metropolitan dailies on distant sections. l coul
name American newspapers published outsid
OF New York that are well-nigh as good as an
published in it. And now that the civil war o.
the Associated Press Is happily concluded,
would be interesting, if only Tor novelty's sake
to see the Western and Eastern journals desis
from the strife of the white and the red rose
ana no longer pierce each other with mutu6
thorns. happy independent! Be thankfu
that you are weekly paper, and don't belon
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