The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-03

H. 7. Pyne. 1t was formerly owned by
Judge McIntire. 1t is being farmed by
Hampton Jones, just from Georgia. He
has 80 acres of corn, the sight of which
would make an Illinois or Ohio mans
mouth water: In fact, the crops gener-
ally would raise the blush of shame to
all Eastern people who have been telling
so many ridiculous lies about drouths
and grasshOppers in Kansas. Mr.. Jones
likes Kansas. He don't want to return
to Georgia, because he can do much
better here. This piece of corn was
planted on the Goth of April, and on the
Goth of June it was six feet high.
From here we struck out over a rough
billy country, and travelled two or three
miles without seeing any improvements.
From Forest Hill to Neosho Rapids the
bluffs run almost up to the river bank,
and what most people term good farm
ing land is a tolerably scarces article.
This land, however, will all be occu-
pied for farms one of these days. a
few farmers have ventured out upon it.
We found n. Bassett with quite large
improvement. His place was formerly
owned by Michael Dumont. He has
comfortable house. and good fences; 20
apple trees which have been set out four
years are bearing some; Is peach trees
are tOlerably full of fruit-bere well
last year. Mr.. y. has 10 acres in corn,
six acres in spring wheat, 10 acres in
oats, and l Z acres i'll potatoes, all loof:-
ing well, except little of the wheat
that was grasshOppered in the spring.
He has 115 rods of. hedge which is
growing finely and looks thrifty. Mr..
Hess, late from Iowa, brother-in- law
of the Myers boys. is assisting Mr.. Bas-
sett in farming. and is also running a
blacksmith shop. We found him iron
| ing an Emporia made wagon. He is an
intelligent and hard working mechanic.
| He will soon move his shop to the new
town of Fredonia, in Wilson county.
Mr.. Dumont is making a new place
| just north of Mr.. Bassett. He clings to
the hills, and is now located on one OF
the most elevated points on the north
side of the river, overlooking the tim
Der of the stream. He says he would
not trade his present location for any
bottom farm. He settled here two years
ago-is not farming very extensively
His wheat, rye, corn and hungarian all
look we'll. Has something over 20C
fruit trees, but too young to bear. He
has one of the most comfortable new
frame dwellings we saw on our trip.
The next farm down stream was that
Of a. b. Ames-30 acres fenced-20 il
| cultivation. Corn, II acres; oats five
acres; potatoes one acre. Mr.. Ames is
trying black walnut trees as fence
saw it tried Sin Illinois years ago, and
succeeded. He has GO rods of them
growing like hedge row. Has 80 ap.
pie trees, too young to bear-12 peach
trees full of fruit.
Here we ran upon Dry creek, a little
| tributary of the Necsho. 1t is quite a
stream, and notwithstanding its name
| sports abundance of water and a con.
siderable body of timber. The first
/ farm we came TO belongs to j. F. Han.
cock, the famous constable of jackson
township almost from the time of it
! organization. He is an old printer, bu
the ''stick" and rule" have no charm!
for him now. He runs to something
wherein he gets more ''fat takes" thai
he would i'll a print shop" He settled
here in 81, with a capital of fifty cent
which he had boarded from severa
years labor in a printing Office. IL
) now has a valuable farm with so acre
under fence, 10 of which is i'll fall wheat
five in rye, IL acres in corn, which Mr.
Ii. assured US was as high as pony
back, one acre potatoes, besides Ito heaC
of sheep, Is horses and colts, nine cat
; tie, ETC., etc. Think of that, ye print
ers who are dragging out miserabl,
existence in the cities. Kansas offer
you "sits" where you can get somethin:
ahead for ''rainy day"
William Stillings owns the next farm
above Bro. Hancock. He was not a
=. home, and we did not go to the house
We found John Jacobs, who rents tn
farm, blowing in the corn, and from
him learned that there We're 20 acres il
corn, which looked very fine, five acre
in spring wheat, nine acres in oats, ant
fine lot of peach and apple trees
which are bearing some. The hous
and Shade trees about it were very at
tractive looking: Mr.. Stillings is ncy
conner from Iowa.
Opposite Mr.. stillings' is the farm o
-
the Center Brothers, formerly belong
ing to Mrs LOOMS. 1t came into tn
possession of the Genters this sprin.
: 1t had been badly neglected, but tn
Genters belong to the industrious Ger
mans, and are rapidly bringing it ''out @
the kinks" They have broken 25 acre.
and built 40 rods of new fence thi
season. They have 50 acres in corn, 2
of which is sod, five acres of fall whea
ID acres of oats, and two acres of pota
? toes, all looking splendidIy. This plac
will soon be in an excellent state G
. cultivation.
: CONCLUDED on THE SECOND PACE
A double white canelia. with 80
Expanded flowers and an equal numbe
. | of buds. was recently exhibited at til