The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-07-15
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or use of any kind comes from Chicago
l wonder what poor old ST. Louis is
doing?
The character of the people here can
be better understood by the statement
of the fact that in this place of three
thousand Inhabitants, and in all Lyon
county, there docs not exist orc grog
shop. Border ruifianism is n.ore prcva-
lent in Ohio day than mere, and more
men have refused even to smoke with
US when invited than ever met before
in the same length of time. l am
ashamed of my own bad habits.
In stroll on the outskirts of the city
we met o rough looking man with a
saddle and bride on his back, dressed
like jayhawker, of whom we made an
inquiry about strange looking bird
that had attracted our attention. He
answered our questions intelligently,
and followed the subject with quota
ton from Aristotle that surprised me as
much as | would be to hear of the City
Council of GAINESVILLE expelling the
filthy old grunters that perambulate ouI
streets with such freedom.
A superior class of people have found
there way here, and are building up the
city and the country in u way that
should and viii attract the most desir-
BILE emigration. t o. aas
There are children here, as we attend
ed Sunday School Union and saw
them. The teacher told the now and
original story of the three boys who
had each received a cake. One ate al
of his, and as a consequence had pain
| in his stomach soon afterwards one
put his away in a box, and the mice ats
| it up; the good boy called III his mate:
and divided it among them, and after
wards fed a poor old blind man. This
was all right for the children, but so fan
| as have seen, no grown up represen-
| tatiyes of the good boy live III this
country. II is my deliberate conviction
that most people prefer to follow tho
first example. The speaker compared
| his audience to 4 drop in the buckle
when referring to the human family
which / object to, as one of the audi
ence, as being unworthy of this grow
ing young State. The simile is worI
out. | should prefer drop in tub, o.
4 hogshead, besides it would be mucl
more truthful and respectful.
| The people here are wide awake. A
boy telling me of evening prayers, CAV,
me the following Kansas versions:
| pray the Lord my soul to keep,
l. Ii should die before wake,
| Pop goes the weasel
| Every place has its old Indian, q relit
of the past, who fingers to take glanc,
at civilization in its more advanced
state, as it slowly absorbs the coveted
hunting grounds. The one here, one
n great chief, the Twisted-TaiIed-Sp
led Fry-in-Pan, is the wonder ofvisitor
and the admiration of children witt
eyes the size of bullets as near as can b.
on the top of his head, with less eX
mn 7 haI
| an OK, is single and wants n wife
Now's your chance, girls. Who will b
| Mrs. Fry-In-Pan?
| A graveyard has been started near tn
place, but SO far few have found it ne
cessary to go there, and from the bleal
| appearance of the few monuments visi
BILE, / should think it quite n Ionesom
home. No one has expressed any desir
to be added to the number. L hav
some fears that the pride to excel amon
all classes of residents here might sug
gest to them the idea of dcpositing som
of the visitors, who come here to rul
away in few days, in their grounds t.
increase the number and give their cit,
more metropolitan airs. i have nevc
suggested the idea to them and hop
they will not think of it till we ge
away.
We are making preparations for
two hundred mile raid in the direction
of the Indian territory, and may dis
cover few Indians never before see
by man. This would be q terrible in
Fiction on the Indians, and we may nc
greet it before we return. When LEI
| home / prepared good sized batter
. of artillery, but so far all has been S
peaceable that | have been ashamed t
unmask it. OLD BACH.