The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-31
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

,ubsOy, 1hs
ON THE cABoosE.
We left Emporia, on Thursday
lst, on the coal-train, headed for
Washington, the Philadelphia Con-
ention, the mountains of Mary
md, vallies of Ohio, etc. We left
n the coal train caboose-DiDgus
alIs 1t a caIabose-because we were
eady to start, and did not want
o wait till next morning. Our rule
9 to go when we gel ready. We
annot bear to get ready for trip
md then "put in the time" for a day
II two before starting. 1t is a very
sort of feeling to get
IN your tgood clothes" if you have
my, Hthe which" we haven't, and
hen have everybody say, "Why, I
you was gone" So soon,
ls our little errands were through,
md we had kissed the children and
well, that's of no consequence
we got on with conductor, Isaac
and were of. There were
four or five of us, and we didn't
haYe such bad time of it, if it did
take from II 90 p. m. to 8 80 p. m.
to make the sixty miles.
SWALLOW AND HIS LITTLE BANK.
We made good time to Usage
City. There we stopped an hour or
more. We reported Immediately to
friend Swallow. He is located in a
little eight-by-ten, one story room,
without plastering, and without a
safe as yet. This bank is rather
primitive as yet. But a new brick
building will soon be erected, fine
large safe and vault will be put in,
and the Usage City bank may some
day become as important as its big
brother, the Emporia National,
which we remember began in
small way and few years ago.
Banks do well in Kansas soil. Gree
ley ought to come west and start
one. We did not see our friend
Dodds. We were anxious to see
and to remind him of them clothes,
which he wagered on a certain re-
suit, which did not "result" worth a
cent. Come and see US, Dodds.
Usage CITY
Is growing more rapidly than any
point between Topeka and Wichita.
New frames are erected almost
every day. Whether this is to con-
tinue long of course is not known.
/ believe it is now the largest town
in Usage county. Mr.. Swallow told
me his bank was doing a large bust
ness, all things considered. Money
is scarce here as it is everywhere in
Kansas. The coal and stone bust
ness causes tie growth of the town
A company will soon commence
the manufacture of brick on large
scale, with the expectation of ship.
ping. 1t is understood that clay i:
abundant, and that other facilitie:
exist to make il a good point fol-
this business.
WOMAN.
Our crowd of four or five wa:
augmented at Arvonia by the add
ton of q lady passenger. Women
are everywhere. They are becom
ing universal. Did You ever make
a trip, dear reader, that you did no
have a woman in the crowd? We
seldom did, and we always rejoict
to see them. They go everywhere
but to the ballOt-box, and we are
not fully persuaded that they ouShi
not to go there. If we can do moth
ing but sit and look at her by the
hour, that is better than Staging
it, SO we have no objection to then
riding in caboose with US, not
outstanding it is rather uncom
Portable. She refines US and keeps
us serene.
CARBoNDALE COAL MINES.
After awhile we reached Carbon
dale, and here friend Sherman in
formed us we must stop for an hour
to run up to the coal bank. We were
about to give an impatient exclama-
ton of some kind when he invited
us to ride up. lie and Jake Brown
the whole-souled engineer, made il
pleasant for US, and we enjoyed the
ride and the look at the mines. VIZ
declined look six hundred feet
underground. That's little further
doacn than our curiosity goes. Rid
ing over TO Wakarusa with Jake or
the engine, which we enjoyed huge
Iy, we hooked on an excursion cal
and run q happy crowd of young
folks into Topeka.
NEW SETTLEMENTS.
On all the route to Topeka. new
settlements are being made. After
the cheap lands Southwest are all
taken up, the fine prairies between
the Arkansas and the Neosho will
be settled. They are as good as
any in the State.
LAWRENCE.
We took the early train from To-
peka to Lawrence, where we re.
manned till night. There is very
little wheat in the Kaw Valley, and
the corn has a sort of q "drown-out'
appearance. Lawrence is still i'm
proving. A fine three-story bank
building, to cost straightforward
dollars, is being built on the corner
north of the Eldridge house. And
speaking of the
ELDRIDGE HOUSE
reminds US that in this hotel Law
renee has something to brag on. 1t
is the best one, by all odds, west OF
st. Louis. Kalloch & Co. are de-
termined to keep its reputation up
to the highest notch, and they are
doing so by satisfying every guest
that stops with them. The clean
beds and rooms, the well swept
halls, the we'll cooked variety on
the table, tho prompt and gentle
manly officials and walters, all COM
bine to render a visit here one OF
pleasure, and the desire to "call
again" irresistible. If this 'little
sketch" as one of our correspond
ents would say, will satisfy Kalloch
s. Co. for the three 1000" which the
clerk handed us on little slip of
paper when we asked for our bill,
we viii give them another on the
same terms next time we stop with
them. One thing we can say con-
fidently, and that is no man, woman