The weekly standard., 1870-08-17
How People Live in Kansas.

If the whole aim and object of existence
is to make. money, regardless Of how or
where one lives. then doubtless q man does
far better to come here than remain in cold,
sterile New England. True, il is not every
one who makes a fortune here "The poor
ye have always with you, !" is not less true
here and now than when and where it was
spoken, as ALSO as every body knows, there
is an irreprcssible class OF men who would
make money some how, even if pent up in
rocky side hill sheep pasture in Vermont
To speak IN general terms, a poor man with
large family to support, can do it more
easily here than there, because in this COM
paratIvely PRIMITIVE state of society the style
of living is such that what are deemed .ss-
sentials to comfort there are decided luxu-
ries here and not to be thought of. The
staples which 90 to sustain life are usually
raised here in such protuslon that bread is
ALWAYS plenty to put in the cllildrcn's mouths
and though it may often lack the butter, sor-
ghum is cheap and eminently respectable. A
young man with small capital cannot per-
haps do better than to invest it here; but
let the middle aged man who has good
home and surroundings ID one of our East
ern States, and can afford to stay there, think
| twice before he throws it aside for chance
here. New England society, privileges, and
| comforts are yet a long ways in the future
here and many of them, TOR insuperable rea-
sons some distance farther off than the mil
lenium, SO that the man who comes here to
live need not hattcr himself that it will be
like his old home. He must resign himself
| to things as they are, and wait patiently the
| Il Il of w
| here have never looked at the subject in that
light, and their disappointment and home
sickness are consequently great. About halt
the people one meets here have come for the
avowed purpose OF making money enough
to enable them to live comfortably elsewhere,
and are staying, not from love of the country
but to accomplish that end. Doubtless, how
tbs maiqHSity 2H 9fthsm will Rssems acs1s
Eastern family who come here fro.kr.ssLa
spacious roomy b"use, supplied with every
Convenience, it looks at frs. the helgnt o'
barbarism for whole family OF may Dc
Iozcn. to live, move, and have their being
I tbrouqh summers fiery heat and winter
fierce winds, in one-roomed, or at most
two roomcd cabin. as are three tourths
establishments in this section. Yet as tih
!. masses on they become accustomed to 1t, an'
pornnallel Mt first to live so far from tn
.oarc;,y of means to do with and the pric
Of both labor and lumber, they come D
degrees to consider it all risht, anu me lls
worth their thousands will go on III Una
stvle for year after year, because their neisl
bors do. and who wants to 1--we oetter tna
other folks Women will gravely tell 20
e that a large house is great trouble, requ
ring so much work to keep it clean In
!; one roomed house everything is SO hano
u and a dirt floor is the very best to have, II
q it needs neithe, sweeping nor moppin
g Indeed. speaking in general terms, II Easte
ss neonIc would live and dress and deny thei
y, Selves as they do here, they might lay
IL money rs rapidly, but who does 1t or Wish
y ~ Since we have but one life to spel
y, here. whv not make the most OF 1t; a
~ nroTn IT with comforts, instead OF alwa
AZ stsryino the mind and body both, Tor
as soke of the pocket In all my ramDles h'
es 7 hayc not entered Il half dozen houses u
Of, 7 would think could at all live IN, and
ID notions of comfort are by no means 100 10
so for common use. We often hear complal
or .,,.lc of neoplc who do not live within II
ne ncans but there are more here who VIII
~, live nm to their means, and often iecl
a - dignant for family OF children WHOSE
~ ~ rents still cling to the cabin OF ouso
t.,o a when amply able to have petlcr nolne .s..
~ 'ne is one of the curses OF this money-SSe''
gu country; but when you are with tne
,ic' mans YOU are quite apt to do as the ION
ier' do especially when it is so advantaSeou
,!h, the pocket Kansas Correspondent ep
'iso teM (lfass Republican