The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-07-12

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III poEADo, BvrLER Co KASsAs July is,, is79.
Ca,rs.J.a..as.ss IsisrsE -is-rnal &c.,
Il has becp the good fortune Of your cores
pondcni 10 receive every Rnnber Of fhe IN
TERROR JOURNAL and to note with pleasure
each improvement from its first wee wall to
the present, aud he never secs a copy Of il but
he is seized with a big desire to use its fair
print in fulfilling the thousand and one prom
ises he made 10 the friends at home to write
them about Kansas, the Ettlc Uorid away beyond
the Mississippi; and although scarcely accli-
mated as yet, he thinks he can satisfy any
reasonable soul that there exists such thing
as Kansas, and that it is just about the most
rapid bit Of territory under the sun. With
this abrupt introduction into your snnctr'n
-rna@1m, Messrs editors, wouldrespcctfully
"RIsE TO EXPLAIN"
That Kansas has from her cradle had many
and most serious difficulties to surmount at
every step in her onward march. The days Of
the Border rufian warfsrC" are yet fresh in
the minds Of the youngest men Of our State
days that gave us a name all over the oonti-
ncnt, but the name was repulsive one All
the terrors in the world seemed concentrated
in the name Of Kansas, and every print in the
country sprcad her out before the world as a
field Of blood and refuge, like Texas, for the
outlawry Of the world. We have had earth
quakcs to sit upon, hurricanes to wrestle with,
raunt famine for our bed-fellow, and we have
always been called "Drouthy Kansas" IL has
always been the motto Of our Eastern friends (?)
to "kiek her out kick her out" and the kick
ing apparatus has been a good one, the two
magic words "Drouthy Kansas" Notwith-
standing all these trials and tribulations we
have in the shortest time on record risen TO
what justly term a proud maturity, and
"Drouthy Kansas" is now dubbed the garden
Of the continent--a monument OF industry
and enterprise and an example for all future
empirssl Her rolling prHiries, her wooded
slopes, her fertile valleys, slanting into clear,
crystal streams, her huge corn, magnificent
fruit, Buffalo, long and short horn cattle, and
her "cusscd" sauciness are the admiration Of
the stranger and the pride Of the jayhawker.
ENTERPRISE.
Do yuo know the meaning Of this word :
A great portion Of the inhabitants Of my ma
tive State think II means a stone fence, good
barn OF a blooded bull, but only very few Of
them ever know the full meaning Of the word
until they pass Estate Line" and have their
locks gently lifted by Kansas brce1es. There
is something in the very air that smacks Of
electricity. Who ever heard of kansan
riding 10 mill ON a sack Of oornf IL is moth
ing but sterling enterprise that has made Kan
sas what she Is to-day. II is true, she has
some natural advantages, but they are very
few. Some States are built up by capital,
money capital, but this can never be said OF
Kansas. Her railroads are comparatively few,
but they traverse about three times as many
miles as Kentucky railroads do, and there are
no mineral resources here. Had Kansas the
mineral resources that Kentucky has, Il would
be perfect net work Of railroads. pande-
monium Of steam whistles.
Our first legislature were endued with the
true spirit Of enterprise, as they showed by
their 6rst act, that Of adoping dc hissO'ri STAT
utes eiliiys rittoui debate How is that for busi-
nessH Everything Is on the rush, even the
wind occasionally gets In hurry. No one
ever heard Kansas man say "how long will
you he absent" Il is invariably show soon
will you return" Whenever you see man
who is not in hurry you may safely conclude
that he Is from Kentucky or that he is going
to pay debt.
EDUcATIOsAL
Now, il might be thought by many thai 80
young State wss deficient in the proper edu-
oational facilities, but can say with pleasure
and pride that the Kansas Public School sys-
ten bas the reputation Of being the most par
ivct syslom wes, Of Cincinnati. Every sis'