The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-06-03

seven from Hartford. believe that it was
once the county seat of Madison county; the
county has been swallowed up by Lyon and
Greenwood, and the town is dead. CIR.
OUR HoLIDAY.-Thursday of last week was
the jOlIiest day OF this year. Everything
and everybody, so far we saw, was happy.
For ourselves, We were OF duty, with q pass
through the guard lines-at liberty to follow
the bent Of our own inclinations, and no enemy
to our peace AMI comfort in the neighbOrhood
to ..molest or make us afraid" A reTn clever
gentleman loaned us his horse and buggy, and
with our better hGif and babies we passed in
triumph the limits Of the city. We crossed
the Neosho, the clearest, cleanest, sweetest
stream Except one) in the world, and we were
glad to see It LAYING and tickling the feet ofthe
green hills to make them writhe and laugh in
excessive Joy with long grass and thousand
flowers. Then We assembled the hills, going
where we intended and bringing up where we
didn't want to. but that is q matter that con-
Germs only ourselves, and nobody will be bene-
fitted by asking any questions about it, For
an hour or two we wandered about between
Plumb and Taylor creeks, admiring the rich
landscape and the magnificent view OF Emporia
from the summit Of the divide, passing along
dim roads, where TEA T.. -Eg III.
'the fields were grassy deep,
And lea1ness and noweriness make one abundant
heap"
we halted, finally, at the farm Of our friend
Coleman Hoops, n young man who, with his
young wife, lately came to Kansas from Lancas-
ter county, Pennsylvania, and located on a
splendid little farm on Taylor creek, three
miles north Of Emporia. We congratulate Mr..
Hoops on his success as farmist For the
benefit Of some OF our eastern readers, we will
state that Mr.. Hoops came from the desk with
no experience Of farming, and although he had
much to do in getting ready for work in the
spring after his arrival, his spring wheat, oats
and corn look as well as any, much better than
some, of his neighbOrs', and will doubtless
yield good crops, while he is as tanned, well
satisfied, and dispenses, together with his lady,
the hOspitalities OF his house with as much
cleyerness and grace as the most venerable
yeoman in Kansas. We shall remember his
strawberry beds, too, with lively interest.
Mr.. McCreary, the father of Mrs. Hoops, who
has suficiency of Kansas soil to supply his
children each with farm, has been here for
several months to see three or four of them
well established in prairie homes, will shortly
go back TO Pennsylvania for the remainder of
his family and return to spend the evening of
his life in the homes Of his children. We wish
that his paternal sOlieitude may be gratiied by
the success and happiness Of all his progeny.
The fall wheat we saw is very short, but as
we have had a number Of rainy days lately,
and more in prospect, we may expect to see it
I'LL well and hope FOR something near an aver
age YIELD All crops are backward in conse-
quenee Of dry weather, but are now growing
rapidly.
Our visit to the country ended with the DAY,
but its incidents and infiuences will continue
for many days TO make us feel better and hap
nier..