Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-01-20
KANSAS LETTER.

excused.
find apleGsant country and de-
to lightful winter weather The atmos-
2 phere is dry and exhilerating, /
-, have seen no sickly looking per
sons since | arrived in Kansas
. Everybody appears robust and full
of life and energy.
III On arriving at Atchison, we
found our old friend and Pastor,
T. Rev. Edward Cooper, and were
g made at home, On Tuesday he
and l took a ride on the Central
Branch Union Pacific Railroad to
Pardee and spent night with Rob
J ert Wallace, We found him on
good farm, much improved in health
and satisfied with his residence in
Kansas His wife and children are
pictures Of health, and share his
satisfaction with the climate and
country He has raised a good
crop, and seems to prefer tilling the
soil to selling goods and keeping
the remnants"
"Frlts" Sheets and wife, have
been out on farm during the
summer, where eput in a hundred
acres of wheat for the owner, but
just moved back to this city, and
are also witnesses to the salubrity
Of the climate.
Harry Orr is active and respect
ed in that community He has taken
his place in the Church and is Sec
retary Of the Sabbath School at the
Presbyterian Halls,
Thos. Pinkerton, mother and sis.
ter have each q homestead claim Of
so acres, about S5 miles west of
this place, and are comfortably To-
Gated, and are getting ready to
bring crop out of tie rolling prai-
rie. Such, at least, is the report |
have from those who have visited
them.
find large and attentive CON
gregation at the Presbyterian
Church, and it seemed like old times
to hear the strong and earnest tones
ofthe Pastor. The singing is excel
lent, and all the services were in !
structive and impressive. In no !
way does a stranger gather so cor
rect a notion of the people in a new /
country as at the Sanctuary. Here Q
an intelligent, behaved and v
fine appearing congregation was as Il
sembled, among which | noticed v
but few persons Last the middle +
age; large proportion are young, Il
and hence, the field of labor is an "
one. 1t calls forth the n
energies of the Pastor, who is high u u
ly esteemed as preacher and earn fl
est laborer by united church. hi
The Sabbath School is large, or g
derly and enthusiastic All the ex- p
ercises were full of life There =, ~
were between 140 and $50 schol- Il
ars present, besides large Billie at
class, taught by the Pastor. The Ii
from the "Silver Spray "
was grand and soul-stirring, This v,
school is up to the advanced no W
tons of the age, The fact is, there 81
is nothing like fossil above ground te
in this live city, and hence the lat ei ~
est and best means of bringing out lv
the faculties, are employed. tn
A concert recitation of "the links by
in the chain of prophesies" fulfilled %, %,
in the Messiah, was an excellent fn
exercise, and shows how thorough dl
and evangelistic is the training in WI
this school. nj
A pleasant feature in the school es
md the church is the earnest atten- y,
ion given to strangers and the
prompt and cordial welcome ex-
ended to those who visit the place er
If worship; and this is characters Of Of
ic of the people here. They know m,
low to create q home feeling at pr
,nce. on
Atchison is beautifully situated tin
It the most westerly bend of the gl
is built upon more hills od oI
han Ancient Rome, with its Com tb,
1ercial streets in the valley, ex- wa
ending from the river Westward. is
The stores are large and substah- 20
ial. 1t is seldom that so fine in
street is found as Com Wi
lercial; it is wide and lined with din
houses fornearly one mile, fl,
nd was literally thronged on Sat a {
rday with teams. he
Goods are sold at a small mar oot
in, but for cash, and therefore Of
lore money is made by the fre-
uent turns and the diversified loss
, =. lav