Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-08-02


approachea and began 70 pas that 'as'
expanse Of waters. il was beautiful u vas
sublime. The stream appears to BE- di''a-
"A Al this point. and instead Of there be-
ing one continuous bridge there are '"o-
They arc not covered, and as ihe tram
rolls slowly over, one has 40 opportunity,
standing as We did upon the platform Of
the ear TO take a view up and down she
river E
Just below we're the dark waters stretch
irg away on every hand, suFgius aud dash
ing aud rolling on. no power on earth be-
ing able 10 stop this mighty volume as 1t
rolls maiestically Ownward toward the sea
Here surely is a manifestation Of pow
or here is illustrated stern, inaexiple aud
unyielding law.
As soos as we had crossed 'Ihe Father
of Waters. we dashed into the dark for
csts aud swamps Of Missouri.
Every thing seemed at once to be chang |
ed. Instead of the uplauds and broad
open prairies we had been crossing, We
came into the low lands and dark forests.
1t seemed like coming out Of the light IN
to the land OF shadows and death.
Had il been in troubulous times, and
we had carried a revolver, We should have
instinctively felt for it to see that it was
ready in case it might be needed. But
neither the one nor the other being the
case, after enjoying for while the cool
of the evening, we retired to rest, aud
when we arose found ourselves rolling over
higher lands towards Kansas City.
Crossing the Big Muddy" alias the
Missouri river, we come into the precincts
Of the city. The city seems to be built
among the bluffs through which the r. X.
cuts. The houses appear to be somewhat
scattered but it is an important point as a
r. II. center, and no doubt destined to be
city of no mean pretcntions, and already
boasts of some $4,000 inhabitants. 1t is
built near the line between Missouri aud
Kansas, is already extending over the
line into Kansas, aud one would naturally
suppose its municipal affairs would be u
little mixed. Proceedin up the Kansas
river we found timbered country, clear
-, inp made and few small houses erected
The farmers were at work among the
stumps blowing out their corn and pota
toes.
There are no places Of Importance til
we reach Lawrence, a town Of consldera
BILE size 3S miles west Of Kansas City
> The Il. II. shops of the Kansas and Pacii
Railroad are located here, and the office
of the railway officials, the latter howeve
are now being removed to Kansas City
The State University set on an hill aboy
the city commands fine prospect.
Proceeding from Lawrence up the val
-" ley we come out upon the open prairi
. with the bluffs upon our right, and tn
river on our left till we arrived at Topeka
u the capital of the State, 67 miles fror
. Kansas City, We stopped here for din
. ner and had the pleasure of crossing
dirty street under broiling sun, payin
IL good prices and returning without havin
the cravings of hunger satisfied. We di
~ not receive a very favorable impression {
= the place, but presume we viewed 1t VI
~ der unfavorable auspicies. There are Ii
tie towns springing up along the rsilroaC
- 6, 8, 10, and 10 miles apart most Of thel
- ', quite diminutive in size. The countr
: dees not appear to be settling up very ia
- though there are many fine farms. Niue
. of the land is owned by spectators an
;, held for rise.
" Though the country may be sparse
:" settled, there is one thing that impresses
% stranger favorab!y; wherever he goes
finds good school houses Good, substa
% tial, handsome buildings one cannot b
notice them almost as soon as he ente
the State; beautiful wooden structur
-, PAINTED white and adorned with gree
m. blinds, standing out upon the open prar
,os where the houses are miles apart. VIII
II we consider that the lumber to constru
nd these houses was transported, hundreds
mr. miles by rail, from Chicago after havi
wn been purchased there at no such trihi
Tho expense as those who live nearer the pi
;cb regions receive it; we may safely conclu
that the people of the State pay no little
me gard to their educational interests. Sol
oto ofthe school houses are built of stone, har
led somely quarried and finished up inside vi
The black walnut.
.,,o About 5 o'clock z M. we reached Jul
ton City situated 1873 miles west of X;
his sas City near the junction of the Reput
,,s can Saline forks which unite to form
the Kansas river Junction City is SIN
re- lively place of about 3 600 inhabitan
met encb a p,lace az ve do not exneet