The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-20
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KANSAS.
A lIighIy.CoIored Picture:. :It
FINN A Former Citizen OF Wheel.

H0" January Goth, 1879. !
Thinking that some OF the readers o
cha ISTEIiIGENcER might take some IN
forest in reading q short sketch Gooul
SKansas" written by one who has lived
in and done business in your Guy ior !
number Of years, | have concluded 70 o.
least make an effort that VIII perhaps III
,erest A fslD Of my old friends
will endeayor to give, rs near as pos
chile n General description OF the State
its resources, &c. need not go back
"ni rcncat Inc difficulties under which
his State iaDored until within a lev
Years AGO, as perhaps most Of your read
Sro ors aware Of the facts that existed uI
~ tho lime Of the breaking out OF the
rcbclllop But lot lis look at Kansas Us
Il il to.day-thc garden spot Of America
the land in this State Is not low, flat
msrslly prairie, rs many Of our Eastern
friends arc led 10 suppose, but II Is rolling
and well watcred by streams, some ol
which are very large, with great many
tributaries, and on these streams and most
Of tho tributaries can be found plenty o.
timber. such as oak, walnut, blackberry
&c. The soil Is the best the world cyel
produced, tho average Of which Is IRON
eight TO twelve feet deep over nearly all
tho State, and Is very productive. The
crops were splendid last season-in TACT
they never were better. Corn averaged
about ninety bushels to the acre. What
would some Of your readers think to sec
stalks OF corn twenty feet high, with two
well developed ears so high that the tall
est man In old Wheeling could not reach
them standing on his tOesT Such is the
case in this county, as can bring plenty
Of men of truth and veracity TO testify
but as q general rule, corn grows from
fourteen 10 twenty feet high. Wheat i
very plenty in this portion OF the State
as nearly all the farmers had good crops
We have oats in abundance. | have
few stalks OF oats hanging in my
office which measures six feet in length
which was raised about eight miles west
Of here, on new.prairie. Sweet and Irish
potatoes are crops that neutr fail. There
i no doubt but Kansas to-day can com.
pete with any State in the Union, as re.
CARDS agriculture, horticulture, &c. Fruit
who has not heard of Kansas fruitg In
fruit growing Kansas deserves an i'm.
mense amount of credit. She has dared
to compete with all the States In the
Union at the National Pathological Con.
ventiOn held in Philadelphia In 1870, and
in Richmond, Virginia, last fall, and what
was the RESULT The result was this, the
"GOld Medal" at Philadelphia and the Isl
Premium ut Richmond was awarded to
Kansas Tor having the finest fruits the
world ever produced, q fact which the
KanSans are justly proud Of, and which is
credit to the young State, and gives her
a rank among the first in the Union. II
gives Kansas worldwide fame, which Is
conclusive evidence that this is no "papeI
State" built up on mere fancy alone, but
with men OF stamina TO back up every.
thing they do. The secret of success be
Ing perseverance, and energy. Apples
peaches, pears, plums, grapes, and al
other kinds Of fruits and vegetables can bC
had in abundance which Is the glorious
result OF energy and enterprise.
Cattle-Over 100000 head of Texas
cattle were driven into this State last
season for the St. Louis and Chicago
markets, but owing to the low price 81
heel in the east, nearly one hall of the
number are being wintered in this State
Texas cattle can only be driven in this
State on what is known as the "Chisholm
Trail" on the sixth principal meridian,
commencing south in Summer county,
and going as far north as Alkaline on the
Kansas Pacific Railroad. This trail is
about 500 feet wide. The laws of Kansas
mSde this provision in order to protect
the native stock" owned by farmers
throughout the State, as n fever generally
known as the Spanish fever, often breaks
out among Texas cattle, which proves very
malignant and destructive. Texas cattle
are only allowed 10 come in the State oil
Of the trail in December. Its q splendid
sight for one 10 visit the cattle trail Ii
May or June, TO get upon bluff, and cast
Their eyes which way they may, up OF
down the trail, and they will sec thou
sands OF the finest cattle in the world
quietly grazing along in immense herds
lis not the men who drives cattle from
Texas who make fortunes. For what they
make oneyGar they are likely to lose the
next. The cattle raiser Is the one who
makes the money in this country. II the
market is poor he need not sell, but hold
his cattle until hecan get a good price, as
Il costs very little to keep them. In the
summer they have good range and the
best grass in the world. In tho winter
all they require is plenty of hay, which
can DO put up at from 81 so to Sc 80 per
Ton, and find it invariably the case that
Tic men who arc stock raisers, arc the
ones who arc our wealthiCst citizens No
place on Gods green footstool Is the coun
Try more adopted for raising stock than
southern Kansas. Should any person
doubt my word, let them come md sec
lOF themselves and be convinced of the
Nlth' know ofno country where a man
with a small amount OF means, and n
respectable share Of prudence, can make
more money than here. Little towns ara
Swinging up like mushrooms, md the
country lar and wide Is becoming dotted
S'n respectable buildings, and mostly
Gcaled by homesteader's, within the last
SIX months. This town Of Eurekais but
!atec years old, and can boast OF four dali.
y lines Of mail Stages cast, west, north
anl south, two fine steam Touring mills
"ne brewery eighteen dry good and
grocery Stores, threcdrug stores, one bank
ana one printing office.
Some very fine cut stone public build.
.oEs, costing about $4,000, are being
erected erect Last but not least we have SEE
Tuted three railroads, viz: The Eureka
augusta " Southwestern Railway, the 81,
lH% ,n, Fort Scott, Humboldt & Eureka
hallway, and the Kansas, Ottawa, Bur.
,,nSLGn " Eureka Railway. We stand on
,leIilth parallel where courses the beauti.
aaI taII river, with Its clear, swift, crystal
Sa!er, filled with the choicest and finesI
" WI, lisA and shaded by the most splendid
mlnOer We have also found stone Goa
aSsF This city, which makes us feel quit,
Iluependent, and in the words Of jim
a %AHe, God made Southern Kansas in ont