The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-07-09
Western Correspondence.
AMER1oUs, LYONS Co., KANSAS,
June 9th, 1879,

COuubly anu uCSlIO JOuE
to let my friends in Perry county know
how am impressed and to give them some
substantial ideas of this country. Imet here
.nany former Perry county people--in fact
Americus and its surroundings might be
almost called Perry county settlement. And
SO far as can learn they are pleased with
their Kansas homes and well they may be.
,Americus is near the centre of one of the
finest counties in the Neasho Valley, and
is a point on the M. X. & T. r. r. The
town site is on the north side of the river,
about one mile from the stream and on the
view Of one of the finest valleys imaginable,
and Ame~icus township contains more good
land than any other in the county. All the
land for miles around the town are first
class. The country is well watered and the
water is good. There is not so much tim
Der as many Eastern people would desire
. but yet good cord wood sells in town for
So 90 to 81 90 per cord and the best arti-
cles of Oak and Walnut. post can be had
and orderly, and the people moral and ell
terprising The assessment of property
has just been completed, and l have been
furnished an abstractof the statistics which
will show just what the country is doing
Last year this township raised 1,109 acres
of wheat yielding 1888 bushels; 1854
acres of Oats yielding 31,2O4 bushels and
81 acres of potatoes 55,075 bushels. The
above figures are very nearly double those
of 1870. There are 909 horses and 25,057
head of cattle in the township. Nearly
one third of the land in this township be-
longs to the Kaw Indians and is now in
market and is being rapidly settled by
whites. There are some fine streams in
hispart of Kansas with gravel and rock
bottom and clear water in which are abund-
ance of fine fish, The prairies are cover
ed with luxuriant grass, and from my OBJ
servation so far, I am prepared to believe
this to be one of the finest stock countries
in the world. Americus is a dairy town, a
large cheese factory is in successful opera
tion in this place and is now manufacturing
nearly 1000 of cheese daily and of the best
quality. 1t sells higher here than Eastern
cheese. The cheese has been sold so far
this season from IA to 20 cents wholesale
The Prairies are everywhere dotted over
with herds of cattle and in the evening
some 400 COWS are driven into town and
"Corrilled" to be MIXED for the factory,
besides many farmers in the country bring
milk to the factory. One man in town
runs two teams hauling sixteen large cans
to each wagon which contains each night
and morning about as much milk as its two
wagons and teams can easily draw. Amer
icus township contains about 100 inhabi-
tants and the village about one half of this
number. There are two good Hotels in
town and the one am stopping at the
Goddard House, only two blocksfrom the
depot corner of Broadway and Maine
streets kept by T. ]. Crouch New York
State man is an excellent place to stop at.
Everything is clean and orderly and its
people are most kind and obliging.5 Good
land improved and unimproved can be
bought close to town or back on its creeks
at reasonable rates. have seen some rich
so acre farms on it's creeks with timber and
and water at 81 500 to 2 900 each, tolerably
well improved for new country. ! would
recommend all my friends visiting this
county to call on r. W. Randall the only
Real Estate agent in this place who will
show them the country free of charge. He
is posted as to all the lands, and perfectly
willingto give reliable information.
The United Presbyterians have erected a
fine brick church in this place at cost of
$4,000 and the Methodist one, costing So 900
both well established. Besides these there
is Methodist formerly Methodist Protes-
tants) society and an Evangelical association
both in good shape. There is also Mason
ic Lodge, an Ancient Free Templars Lodge,
and Good Templars Lodge. a first rate
School House and School class of peo-
pie that for intelligence, thrift and good
morals, cannot easily be surpassed. No
saloon, no gambling Or carousing, as is
often found in other towns. In fact, it
seems as if some Of the best citizens of
Perry county came here and Joined in with
the best citizens Of some other places, with
a determination to make this one of the
best and most desirable towns TO live in
surrounded with the finest country, and
they have succeeded.
Now for Old Perry County friends -
Samuel 10y, Esq, who moved West years
ago, by cutting loose at that time, has now
the pleasure of seeing all his children set
tied down around him and doing exceed