The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-17
Correspondence Burlington Patriot.l
OUT TO BIG WALNUT.

| keft Burlington on Thursday, June 18th, al
2O'clsck P. n. crossed the Big creeks at the
very head Of navigation. and reached CASA.
Walked out after tea and found some large
peach trees, futi Of peaches; big field OF big
corn, and large square, some thirty acres, Of
as good spring wheat as ever saw. Mr.. Gas
away has 4 hne farm and works it advantage
ously.
Left yerdigris early the next morning rolled
up the big hill, and ON TO Janesvsyille p. Q: A
good house in the grove would make Mr.. Hips
one Of the most desirable farms lever saw. We
passed ON up the big hills, over the wide roll
ing uninhabited prai;ies, TO Fall River. Ate
our lunch and nooned in the shade Of q vacant
house. This locality is known as the NOrwe-
giAn settlement. They are not improving the
country much, but they are raising cattle. The
bottoms are narrow here, but the land is good.
In the afternoon wedrove on, up, up the Flint
hills. What q world Of knobs and flint rocks.
We had fine drive from the hill TO Big WAL
nut. It Is almost a level plain down to the
Walnut. From Fall river to Chelsea, a dis
lance Of twenty-five miles. there is but one
man liying-a poor, miserable bachelor Dutch
man. He lives in 4 hole in the ground We
werein Chelsea two days. Mr.. Donaldson has
a very fine farm there, and a crop growing on
it. AcWhorter & Co. are putting up saw
mill with planning and shingle machine attach
ed. They expect their town to go ahead now.
Butler county is filing up It Is a fine graz
ing country, and the people are devoted tn cat
tie; They know more about the size. weight,
and quality OF cattle than anything else.
Monday, June 10Th, we fell back to Backer's,
on Fall river. He has good farm and fine
flock OF sheep. The wolves and cats destroy
great many OF his lambs. He proposes to
feed any man and his hounds a month, that
will chase them out.
The next day we drove down Fail river a
few miles to Mr.. Gleason's. There is large
settlement here. Mr.. Gleason Is a New York
farmer, and is making fine farm. His corn
looks Well. A hail storm destroyed his small
grain.
We drove drove on down to Eureka The
town Is improving some this season. They
now nave hotel, stone school house. drug
store, three dry goods and grocery stores. and
a printing press. You will doubtless see a copy
Of the Eureka Herald before manv DAYS. Our
merchants ought to advertise In that direction.
Why should they not have a portion Of the
trade from Fail river.
We then drove across the country TO the set
tlement near Sheridan post-office. on the Yer
digris. There Is q fine settlement here. and II
will be large one in a few years. They have
the land and timber to make it. Two or three
men With some money and snap could go down
there and make money by laying out town.
and building a mill, and putting up a good
store. don't know Of a finer opening any
where. Here Is a large extent of country,
thickly settled, with no mill nor store for twen-
ty miles around. Let some company that wants
to make 'sspeck' look out.
We reached home yesterday. Monday. nearly
scorched up. 1t was warm when we left home,
it grew hot, and then hotter, and yesterday was
the hottest day Of the season. / never want
TO see any hotter country than the prairie be-
tween this place and Sheridan yesterday.
literally wilted. C.. II. r.