The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-20

Rev. j. McAnulty is preparing to fence his
lot on Main street.
The neat and snowy sign over SuttOn's drug
store was painted by Will Miller, and is II
credit both to the painter and the house. Won't
some or the business men follow the doc
tors example,?
DIR. wamsley has his new house nearly com
pleted.
p. b. Campbell is rebuilding the walls to
his barn ut the factory.
John Gibson's store house addition is euclos-
ell, and will afford him, when completed, one
of the largest store rooms in the county.
Parch, recently from Wisconsin, is about
to open another cooper shop in Americas.
Gen. Geo. A. Gustav and Capt. Amos S. KIM
ball bought thirty-five lots in Americas last
week.
Miss Sadie Heasley is milking four cows and
taking the milk TO the cheese factory, which
brings her two dollars per day.
l.. C. Campbell Is eXcavating for acellar to
his contemplated store house near the depot
grounds.
We have heretofore neglected to mention the
installation Of Henry Heasley behind the coun-
tiers il. Gibson's store. John ID. would like to
have people think it WAS owing to increase of
business that he made this arrangement; but
the fact Isl this step was necessary to prevent
the good looking cOuntenances at Stahl's and
| the drug store from winning away all his lady
customers.
! The u. =. Sabbath school has received new
and well selected library. through the efforts
of its efficient Superintendent. Rev. j. a. Col
Inns. The school is in prosperous condition,
As is also that of the Methodists.
We havchad opportunities for visiting some
of the finest fruit orchards in this vicinity, the
| 9TH Il hos
places, there would some day be more fruit
orchards in the country. VIM. Grimsley's ap-
pie orchard, upon his farm OH Allen creek, is
undoubtedly one OF the oldest and most pro-
ductive in the county. 1t has heen estimated
| by good judges that he will have three hundred
bushels of apples this season. 1t is the hand
soonest orchard we have seen in the West.
| Most of the trees are thrifty. and growing Wig
Orously yet; though few trees were injured a
good deal by last winter, and some of them
killed outright. Mr.. &. thinks it was owing to
the cold weather coming very early. and while
the tops were full OF sap, and the ground at the
! time being covered with snow, the roots were
| kept warm while the tops were frozen. Moth
| ing like it had ever occurred here before. We
saw some large bellflowers and willow twigs
that were certainly rs fine as any country
can produce. This orchard was set out ten
! years ago.
| Last saturday We visited Charles Hnshaw's
| place, three miles west Of town, where can be
seen II nursery that exhibits evidences of skill
labor and taste, with successful results. There
are between two and three thousand grape
vines upon the place, from the this years cut
tings to fine vineyard of four-year old vines
loaded with fruit He has six varieties, but
cultivates the Concord chiefly. Eighty bush
| els Of VoOSeberries were sold from his OremiS Sos
this season, at three dollars per bushel. His
Law ton black berry grounds were the center OF
attraction, the ripe fruit being in great de-
mand, for canning. People were coming from
far and near, paying fifteen cents quart and
| picking them. Several rows of young vines, OF
new varieties, were shown us, and Mr.. IL.
stated he was going to set out two acres of new
kinds, not deeming the Lawton 4 reliable
plant Among the new sorts were few
plants Of the "white blackberry" Mr.. Hin
shaw has also large peach orchard, and is
propagating large stock of the standard va
rieties for sale. We were presented with q
| specimen of the Early York, fully ripe, and
| as beautiful and delicious could be imagin-
ed. In fine, Mr.. Hinshaw is doing good work
| in the way of scientific horticulture, and
ought to be encouraged by liberal patronage.
| This nursery is in what is called the "Quak-
er settlement on the high prairies west Ofthe
| NeoshO. The Friends have demonstrated that
| our high uplands are capable of producing
| good crops. For ten or twelve years a num-
Der Of farms have been cultivated, and we do
not see bat they are as successful as any of our
farmers. As we passed by their corn-felds
ON the highest lands in the township, we found
the growth of corn fully as large as ON any OF
the .EbOttonl' farms. r.