The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-19
DOWN THE NEosHo.

Six o'clock in the morning is an early
hour for an editor to find himself aboard
train of cars, or in any other place
save stretched upon downy bed where
on balmy sleep. tired natures sweet re-
storer, holds him in her soft but un-
yielding embrace. Yet we find ourself
on this beautiful Tuesday morning, at
this early hour, seated comfortably in a
car whose wheels are rolling southwark
over the from arms of the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas railway. The sun is
shining resplendently, and as we look
out at our window, and see waving
fields of wheat, and the tiny blade of
corn drinking in its first draughts of
air, and resolving its first touch of heat,
and prairie flowers bending gracefully
in the wind, we are reminded very
forcibly of how appropriate to time and
season was the unfamiliar title to the
little poem, sent us the other day for
publication, '.Spring has Come" With
drawing our eyes from this interesting
outdoor scenery we become engaged
in wondering what our fellow passen-
gers are thinking about. Not much is
being said. They must be absorbed in
thought. A mother with three year
old boy in her arms is evidently think
Ing of the husband from whom she has
just parted. She is going on q long
journey, and the fearful eyes too plain
ly tell how 10th she is to leave her leige
| lord behind. In vain she tries to salts
| fy her little one who cries to know
why papa didn't come too" a neigh.
Dor of great corporal rotundity, beaten
ito that shape, perhaps, by the big
heart that throbs in his bosom, soothes
the child and bushes his lamentations
with q handful of nuts and some candy.
A dandy of fellow with long hair and
big ring is watching a comedy maiden
who refuses to return his glances. A
| gentleman in spectacles, from the State
of Illinois, is asking a Kansas farmer il
he dosen't think this a mighty uncer-
tain State for crops, and is answered
that IL is not nearly so uncertain foI
wheat, oats, barley and fruits as the prai-
rie State from which the gentleman
halls. AT Burlington Mr.. and Miss
Couldock come Sboard. They amuse
the company by a series of inandiblt
readings. We take it for granted the
passengers are amused-at least inter.
ested-from the fact that they keeT
their eyes very intently fixed upon the
distinguished personages. To look a
Mr.. CouIdock is enough to amuse any
one. At Humboldt he and his daugh
ter leave us. After leaving this point
onversation becomes quite brisk. A
gentleman who has been resident o
Kansas,fov fifteen years gives his opin
ion in regard to the comparative fer
tility of different portions of the Neosh'
valley. His Judgment is that the vale!
is richest between Humboldt aud Conn
Gil Grove. South of the former place
although the land is beautiful in ap
pearance, il is, for agrieultpral purposes
much inferior to the rest of the valley
1t will produce none of the cereals near
Inv SO well. "Hard' pan" abouHds. III
soil, lighter in color, is poorer in quail
ity. Grass, however. grows luxuriaut
Il ly., 30 Tar as the character VIZ sPtiti
and winter wheat and of oats is con
cerned in different parts of the valley
his testimony is good. The best whea
between Emporia and Parsons is seel
| in Lyon county. We valued this man
opinion all the more highly from tn
fact that he is a resident of Labett
county.
But we have arrived at Parsons, tn
} most purely railroad town in the State
We get poor dinner for good pfie
} and hasten ON to Fort Scott. And now
dear News, we have become tireS
scribbliagy on the. cars, although W
have said nothing to tire us. We in
ltend TO stop at the fiheipal toWaznpoi
our return trip, and shall have some
. what to say of them. Meanwhile adieu
II 2ssrk sSZ - W.
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