Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-04-27

From Kansas.
MILFoRp, Riley Co. Kansas,
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MR.. EDlTOh - LUIS 10 a." W. .s'y -
with us. and have nothing special TO dot
| will try to write a few lines in praise OF
Kansas
In Vermont when a rainy day came we
would 60 to the barn to handling hay or
perhaps to the cellar sproutlng po-
tatoes, (after sprouting them few
tunes we would give half of them to the
hogs, anyway we were sure to find some
thing to do in wet weather, and the most
rest laboring men could get was nights
and Sundays.
Here we are not troubled much with
large barns, and with most men rainy days
are days Of rest.
suppose that in Vermont you are just
fairly under way making sugar. l would
like some of the sugar, but | am glad that
[ don't have to wade through the deep
snow gathering sap; if there's anything
that | hate it is deep snow.
We have not had much snow here this
past winter, Though we have had several
hard storms) but although we have so
much changeable weather yet we DO not
have many lung complaints. Last Thurs
day in Junction City az miles from here)
little boys we're running around barefooted
and some of the women were carrying
parasols. l woudt no be surprised if be-
fore tomorrow noon there will be six in
ches of snow on the ground, though this
storm may pass off without any snow.
Business is not very brisk here, though
it has revived some within the past few
weeks. Crops were poor last year and as
matter of course the farmers feel poor.
In the western part of this State over a
section of country as large as Vermont
Though not near as thickly settled) the
crops were very light, in some places al
most failure. The season opened fair
but we had SO little rain that the crops
did not do much. We also had few
days of hot, dry winds that hurt the crops
great DEAL,
The soil here will stand drouth as well
as any soil | ever saw, and it will also
stand great deal of wet weather.
Some of the settlers got discouraged
and left, (either abandoning their claims
or selling them for what they could get),
some who left would be glad to come
back now if they could. And there are
emigrants coming in all the time from all
States of the Union, in spite of the poor
crops, Indian raids and other drawbacks.
Some come here, stop few months and
if they cannot have all the .conyeniences
of Eastern States they go back and tell
all sorts OF hard stories about Kansas.
But most men who come and 60 to work
like men can get along, and in the course
of few years will be far better off than
if they had staid away.
Hero is a good place for young men with
limited means to begin life. They may see
hard times for few years, but in a short
time they will have good home to re-
ward them for for their trouble. A man
with capital can find plenty of chances to
invest it where it will be sure to pay him
WE'LL Some Of the richest merchants here
started with but few hundred dollars.
New England, and especially northern
Vermont is very well represented here,
and still they come, and we are glad to
see them. If they don't find all the luxu-
ries of eastern life they will not starve,
and they will not find snow six months Of
the year, but may perhaps find some mud
in place Of the snow during January and
February, though the quantity of mud is
not near SO great here as in Illinois. The
foreigners here arc mostly Germans. The
Germans as a class are honest, peaceable
and Industrious, but if "lager'' is plenty
| do not think that Good Templars'
Lodge would prosper among them.
As to Indian troubles, we are far from
the /" seat of war;" but look on with much
interest. Last fall the redskins came
to within seventy-fve miles of this point,
but we are not in the least danger here.
The "nnble red man. is cunning, active,
cruel and trcacherous, but is not brave.
Aud he will not fight if he can help it,
unless the chances are greatly in his favor.
The Peace Commissioners" sent out last
fall were Generals Sheridan, Custar and
some others, and think that they with
the men under them will make the Indians
cry for quarter. Already they 1.-THE In-
dams have been whipped in few battles,
and think that the redskins will soon
sue for peace that will be both lasting and
honorable.
The Indian war was car ried IN verv