Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-07-17
FROM KANSAS.

GRAssnorpER FAILS, July Q, 1867.
FRIEND WAIToN :--Encloscd find three dollars
which You will please place 10 my credit ! re-
ceve the Waterman regularly every week, and
read it with much pleasure, especially the local
news ! ieel that am really citizen Of Mont
pelier. and take deep interest in every thing
that pertains to her welfare, and Of course | hail
the Waterman as an old friend There are agood
many Nermonters settled in Kansas, several fam
lies in my immediate vicinity. Our Secretary Of
State is native Of Vermont, regular Green
Mountain boy, one Of the heroes Of Wilson Creek.
Kansas is fast filling up with the right kind OF set
tiers; in few years she will be one Of the wealth.
lest states in the Union. You know that since
1884 the settlers have had much to contend with,
aud many drawbacks but they never ialtered or
became discouraged. They felt that God made
this rich, beautiful country for the abode If civil
lied and free men and women | believe Kansas
is the only State in the Union where the rights Of
women are fully recognized Here the married
woman has the absolute control Of her own proper
ty aud earnings, and should the husband wantonly
invade her rights, the law gives her ample protec-
ton. They now have the right to vote in school
meetings. and next fall the people will give them
the right TO the elective franchise generally; so
you sec Kansas must be a paradise for women.
The Temperance cause is on the advance here.
We have no prohbitory law, but our restraining
laws are very stringent. Before license to keep
u
get R majority Of all the men and women in the
township to sign bis petition, and give bonds in
the sum of two thousand dollars that he will keep
a respectable house and not violate the provisions
of the law He has no right TO sell to minors, or
to married men without the consent of their wives,
and is made answerabe for all damages that an in
toxcated man may do, who gets the article at his
shop He is not permitted to keep open on Sun
DAYS or the fourth Of July.
The homestead law is quite liberal, giving for
a home. one hundred and sixty acres There is
exempt from taxation from fifteen hundred to
two thousand dollars Of personal property
The past winter was long and cold for this lat
tude the spring wet and backward besides we
have had the grasshopper plague; but notwith-
standing, our prospects for abundant crops are
Aattering, The grasshoppers have mostly left
they have taken northwesterly course, and will
no doubt prove destructive to some Of the more
northern States The grass crop will be alum
dant Kansas is fine grazing State, none bet
ter sheep do finely here, well as cattle horses,
and hogs In few years Kansas will rival Cali
fornia in grapes all kinds of fruit do well here
Timber grows rapidly, much faster than it is con-
sumed, and many of our farmers are planting wood
lots on the praries. We are having fneshowers
and everything looks encouraging
The Indians are very troublesome on the from
tier; they will have to be exterminated. They
do not mean to let the Pacific Railroad pass
through the buffalo region. Government soldiers
are OF but little use in hunting Indians. The pi
oneers will have to do the work and ii they take
hold the work will be done eflectually.
Congress is now met TO teach Andy johnson
the law. His attorney seems to be a Daniel come
TO Judgment
see Vermont has held her State Convention
The nominees are good men and true. am glaC
TO see Gen Thomas name You know | have
liking for the old Jackson Democrats; they ar,
not apt to be copperheads Kansas is as radica
as ever, and at all times can be relied upon. Hor
ace Greeley has not increased his popularity il
this State by becoming the bondsman Of jeff. Da
Wis. | see the Mexcans have shot Macmillan
Crowned heads stand poor chance in Noul
America, but some think there is premium OF
treason in the United States ! am not one of the
grumblers. The world moves, and whether jeff
Davis is tried for treason or not will make but
little difference. Probably the sun will rise ant
set as usual and the South will be reconstructed
at proper time, and Andy johnson will retire Il
the shades of private life to inulge in such uxurie
as best suits his appetite.
Yours truly A. S.