The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-04-15
CHARACTERISTIC LETTER FROM
ALP. BURNETT.

Aft. Burnett, who lately visited MS
with his ''unriYaled show" wrote let
ter about Kansas to the Cincinnati Com
DaerciaI from which we make the fol-
lowing extract. AIE met many old
Ohio and Cincinnati acquaintance In
different parts of the State, several of
whom live here. Alfred says:
1 am writing this letter at Emporia
about . handred miles down the Neosho
Valley, the most beautiful ever beheld
in all my life, beautiful rolling prairies
skirted with walnut timber, plenty Of
water, and buffalo within sixty miles.
1 saw splendid buffalo meat in market,
fresh killed, only four cents per pound.
Coming from Junction City, where i
stopped three days, to this place, we
passed through the Kaw Indian Reser-
walton. The painted and red blanket
ed gents of the forest were many of
them ON horseback and gazed upon the
ttiron horse with q half melancholy
look of dissatisfaction at the innoVa-
ton their white brethren were making
upon their beautiful domain.
This city, EmpOria, is the embodiment
of all that is enterprising. l look from
my window, and it is positive fact /
can count over one hundred houses in
4
there were not one hundred houses in
the place. They have two splendid pa
pers here. One of the editors and pro-
| prietors of one is Mr.. Jacob Stotler
who first learnt to "jif" for apples and
peanuts at the Office of the Clinton Re-
| publican, at Wilmington, Ohio. "Jake,"
as he is Familiarity called, is Speaker of
the House has four times been elected
to the Legislature. Mr.. Stotler came
here thirteen years ago, started his pa
per with not more than half q dozen
houses in sight. He has done well, has
a splendid paper, and has just put a
press into his Office costing nearly two
thousand dollars.
B. T. Wright is Mayor of the city.
B. Il. is the son of our well-known cit
izen, Formerly of the GGzette,) Crafts
j. Wright. The Mayor carries on q
hardware business, and is young, good
looking, and highly esteemed by every
body. 7fgt - hf'
Harry Rogers, another Cincinnatian,
"a widOwer) is his chief cierk--in city
matters. 4.eE ia
Ed. BOrton, of Cincinnati, is in the
real estate Understanding money
doing regular land Office business.
Z. II. Goats, of Shelbyville, Indiana,
is Sheriff of the county. He formerly
belonged to the Sixth Indiana Infantry
MIR. Rush, of Nashville, Indiana, is well
known to many of your readers. He
has an extensive lumber yard. In fact
, could go on without end in giving
names of individuals from Cincinnati
, and immediate neighborhOod, and the
cry is, Still they come. The cars are
crowded with the sturdy Woodworking
D.. man, mingled with spectators and
B men of foresight with money to invest
| with hope of future reward. At one
depot saw a mass OF humanity-Ovel
four hundred passengers-lefto over by
trains missing connection. This was Al
4 Kansas city. Among that crowd
e counted no less than one hundred and
twenty children under ten years of age
One woman was the mother of eight
s and the oldest was twelve years old
!. Talk of prolific Kansas Why, they cut
. WatermelOns open here with spade
= and gather corn from q ladder.
There is no doubt, from the industri
GUS class of people that are fockins
t here, that the prospects for this Stats
q | for the future are bright in the extreme
I Everybody is at work, money is plenty
and the people are liberal. wonder
the Yankee skin-fiints of Maine are be
4 ing depleted of their best people. AL
D the intelligent Yanks are coming West
I where they can harvest in one yea
more than they could in the East in five
The State offers the most liberal induce
T ments to all new corners, and railroad
circumvent the State. Every city o
: two thousand inhabitants has its dali,
paper, well patronized, and showing
q, fine list of advertisers. In fact, every
thing and everybody in Kansas bespeak
t enterprise.