The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-10-15
MORE ABOUT KANSAS.

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23d ult., contains long account OF
here. and the opinionslhe formed about
our State and people, are so9wen set
forth that we cannot forbear publish
ing few extracts
Well, we have come at last to the one
great objective point-kansas. The
State is so large, the soil so productive,
the room for remuneratiye employment
so immense, the range for investments
so varied, the climate so perfectly glori-
Gus, and the general ''make-up" brewery
thing so inviting and encouraging, that
l am quite at loss to know what to
mention, and what to pass by. OF the
twenty odd States that have seen and
lived in, have no hesitanoy III giving
the preference TO this State, over and
above any other, for home, and aplace
to spend, not only a season, but the re-
mainder ofmy allotted time, be it long
or short.
If the public generally, and the farm
ers in particular, of your and other old
and ''played OUT regions, to say moth
ing of the Old World, could but know
the truth about this great American
Eden; the emigration in 1870 to Kansas
would eclipse anything of the kind since
the landing of Columbus. There are
two great and prominent openings in
second is stock raising. There is no
question that eventually both of these
branches of business can and will be car
ried on" on better terms" to the produc-
er than in any other part of America.
Still there is room and wide range, and
great demand tor capital in many 9TH
er branches of business, for men OF mon
ey or without (prieel money, provided
the latter are willing to earn money by
10 60, Inn of ol y
considered disgrace here). Let me
again say, men ofcapital, sell your bonds
/ and come to Kansas, where you can loan
/ your thousands at from TO II per cent
on as good security as you can get any
where. This demand Ior money is not
because anybody or thing in particular
is going to ''bust," but simply from the
| fact that business of every kind is
spreading out, and hence the want of
funds to more fully develop this new
and great country.
1t is generally and most universally
remarked and believed by many persons
that have never been far from home,
that to come to Kansas is TO leave friends!
bid adieu to ''society u and is to launch
out into a perfect wilderness, inhabited
only by wild animals, Indians, ruffians,
horrible things.
1t is true that we have not that cold,
formal, deceitful sycophantic, "fiapdoo-
die" kind of society that is so prevalent
in many older places; but, for the true,
genuine, virtuous, social and profitable
society, / will put Lawrence, Kansas,
against any place on the continent. AS
| for the men, have travelled in Kansas
some 600 miles, been in the State alto
gether about month, attended the State
fair, where there were some 5000 per-
| sons, during all of which time l have
not seen as much drunkenness and row.
dvism as can be seen in GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
in five minutes of almost any Saturday
night. They are not only sober and free
from such, but almost universally clever,
sociable and agreeable everywhere and
on all occasions.
And as for the women, the true and
genuine ladies of Kansas, if ] thought
they needed any praying for, would
say, may the Lord ever continue TO
bless them; but, as / do not believe it
worth while to say anything in behalf
of such a noble and sensible class, l
will merely say that l have never yet
seen such anywhere else. I have not
seen a long, peacock-tailed dress yet,
nor have l seen gaudy, or what fash
ion would call ''well dressed" woman
in Kansas. / saw one on the streets to-
day, said to be worth many thousands,
} not as highly dressed and turned out as
many chambermaids that are to be seen,
on Sunday, in GAINESVILLE. So you see,
it is not for the want of means, but it is
their good judgment and sound sense
that dictates to them q different and a
wiser course. 1 am not much at des-
cribing dress, but, in the first place, they
are generally so clean, fresh, sound,
plump and healthy-looking, and withal
so naturally beautiful, that it would be
a waste of time and money to go to the
same trouble and expense TO fix up" rs
your ladies do; and what is still better,
they have good sense enough to not let
their loneliness spoil them. Their style
of dress is different from yours. They
do not get so far through or ont of their
dress, 4. e., a lady's dress, here, comes
lull up TO the neck, and stops at the bot
tom just above the ground, some made
plain, and others ruffied and trimmed
in various ways, but always neat and
clean as when the goods left the counter.
In short, the general makeup" of a
lady here, is, l have no doubt, very near
what was intended they should be at
the beginning. 1t makes all the differ
ence in the world, here, whether wo-
man is married Or not, as regards the
matter of raising a family; that matter
is lett entirely with the married ones
and their respective husbands. Yes,
that is whats married man, here, is CALI
ed by his wife, ''my husband" and, in
return, she is called, ''Tny wife :" never
have heard my man" or my woman"
, here, yet. So you see, we do have to
get used to some strange things "out
here in Kansas"