The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04
A WOMAN's LETTER FROM EMPORIA.

i believe the NEWS has no WOman'S
letter from Washington, spicy and piq-
uent, fun of news from Congress and
Women's Conyentions.as that huge or
gan, the I,idependeslt. has so we have
concluded, in order to fill, in some meas
ure, the existing void to send few
letters from Emp6ria, having the assur-
ance to believe they will be acceptable
and accepted. But we shall have to
discuss or rather talk of very different
subjects from our cotempekaries. As
yet we are not the Capitol OF the Uni
ted States, although great many of
our over-enthusiastie citizens aspire to
be, and in all confidence aEeexpecting to
be. When we are the said Capitol we
will write of the appearance of all the
ladies congregated at great assemblages :.
we will tell you of the proceedings of
Congress we will speak at all the wo-
mans conventions and afterward de-
mand the full amount of our wages.
We will, however, anticipate no farther
at present, but call your attention to
your beautiful village now SO destitute
oftrees. Do the little songsters-those
harbingers of spring-swell their notes
of joy the whole spring and summer
one mile ON the south aud two miles on
the, north of Emporia? It must be so,
for where in town can resting place
other than the bare and scorching roofs
of the dwellings be found? "-Tfs
strange, it's passing strange" Are our
people devoid of taste that they do not
surround their dwellings with trees or
are they, what is still worse, devoid of
money? If only the first, the difficulty
is easily met; as to the latter ''deponent
saith not" There is nothing that i'm
proves village so much as plenty of
shade trees. We have beautiful Local
ton for a beautiful city. Nature has
done much for us, but she has left all
the noble, grand old forest trees away
east of the Mississippi. How well do
remember the great ard beautiful oaks
that stood in the old home yard, with
the double row of naples, the finest of
all for shade, running the entire length
of the place. We children were wont
to watch in the early spring for the
birds to come, and delighted when the
building of the nests began, eager to
behold the wide, gaping mouths that
would soon be stretched above the warm,
soft lining of the little house and still
farther did our interest extend, until our
little wards were safe out of the nest
and out of the reach of pussy, who was
always on the watch for the unwary lit
tie youngsters. Here all the little ones
who throng our public schools are de-
prived of such rich enjoyment. Shall
they be ? or will every one acknowledge
that although we have fine town,
town active and fast growing into a
city ofno mean proportions, our citizens
and property holders have been very
negligent i'll this one respect, and at
once put themselves to work to beauti-
fy our city with trees. Do not be so
much engrossed in business as to utter
ly ignore matters of seeming import
ance. Do not, in your great desire to
amass wealth, rush by these things and
repent at your leisure, as you most sure
ly will do. Immigration has already
commenced, strangers are looking about
our streets and avenues" and now and
then, IA few scrawny; broken down stubs
greet their furnishing gaze, very likely re
Winding them of some of the poor, little
half-starved calves and colts, sometimes
seen in the country. 1t is shame and
a sin to plant trees and then let the wind
and cattle destroy them as they please,
because you have put no protection
around them; as it is q shame and a sin
to keep stock of any kind and not half
feed and shelter. them. Last week
heard several strangers remark that
Emporia was very. destitute of trees
The people ought to look to their inter-
ests in this respect this spring. Every
season makes the necessity felt more
and more. We are glad to sec that a
few are already makinga movement in
the right direction. Let there be more
to engage in the good work aH
'"The groves were Gods first temples
~.