The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-02-05
CORRESPONDENCE.
LETTER PROM TOPEKA.


ropKxA February 1874
EprTo3 CHRF If we can't do ms We want to- We urs,
do and can I know of NO better placc %
put this motto Of good old pennsyivania Duchrsn than
here.
sit here on the evening Of this glorious Ground hog
Day to record mighty events The past week h. been
pregnant one, and II is safely delivered.
At the close Of my last letter told you that Mr. Rip
ley of the Northern part Of the State seemed to be
the coming tBy the wav wonder II bis proper
name isn't RPkssome relative Of old Joseph Ripka the
famous Philadelphia Quaker who manufactures domestic
fabricsD Mr. Ripley came here some ten DAYS ago. He
engaged the Tef and literally took things BIZ
storm Had the ballOtting commenced then. he would
have gone in with rusb l, ,ba ,,crcrnariss ,h bra
and the vultures surrounded him and tried to drag
him down into the pool of corruption As was coming
up street evening met pipey h1s,ening in the op-
posite direction.
"Wither fast ?" inouir.d
Back to my old boarding house he rrplied just Won
go up nv rooms in the Tetft and ,.e what crowd
One hundred ty member, of the Legislature had al
ready arrived and pledged me their yo;r. and more were
coming Bat thsy wanted me ,o buv tbem with an ovs,sr
supper amt no such man eft them there to go
ont and order the sunp.r I'M, I'm gns In bed and =,
Midnight I'm off Hone ,bsv,l b,vs ,ood ,;no ofi,"
Invent and sure suousb saw -oob a crowd "a w,rId
| have eaten n comuo, ,,;,,;n; o, ~ h,. rd -
| They looL.l bupsr, and 80 ,;,;r a. I o.,,,a ., az.
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=. 90 ,h r;.,. :, e.. -, 80 nun
| aud i,f,n, h,n,;., +, tr;e,a - p,., - =.
with him ~ -''''e
y,
ers will com. over % p,rn,,, 'uIpO.u
follow suit Thi, will; ,iye plnmh h.,, -. -. wa.
inc ten IN ,,,l. w. r., a; .N.. S 'o''' ,'A'
Refor,ners in tL. Ler.I,,prr, w;r H.. IN, 'o-u
can command ten tbous,nd aor,,r. g. -. = -, we
vo,.- W ''s'uie 'e" "oie
Ten tbou.spd bu,, r.,,;a ~,
will SELL tI,t,s wba, ,hy ara so,'. .
ing an election Tbev,re wai,i.v f-
along and bid But dom, make a A t, :, -
20 and offer them n tbousand J.r,r. -, og .a.
twenty-five dollars and they'll ,birL a.. Ii; Ii ii
take It; but 20 to Offering them sv. hnnsrod 81,
sand dollar, and they'll, tbi,l ,h - -, -. y
and will 20 to putting nm the pri.c ~ -,
But for some reason IN. cou,,,,,;r. .u. -. su,
ell and the fight grew an hitter th, !, -, -
sill. S,,ur1av sf,o-ro,r ,., G.. 80 - - r
how IL was ~
.W.u" bo anil .1 L.-o o,,,, -,
as IL ,v.r. .s !, -. I;, ~, -, " -
and tI,,, we're f,.i,;ve ,r;,L . pr;aa .
At tbis mom,r, h,r,or.d ., 80 ~, ~, -
friend y,rk s,r.,.. -, r.. - - y '
d.rk .vos II. h.Lonad 1no ,d T,, -.
me IN a .eat in , corner h, sid
..yor .osr, 90 n. ,h. - -, ,.
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l.sds b,ve me-, ,,,,aa en-. -, -
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- - -, -. - pP''' nave 'e0uieu
mn, ~, roaarasd -, 80 ,s" ueu
,,I - So - nA" :" 'I"0 ,""' mas Aioeu
for. M, ,oorI. =. t,r,.u -. 70
=. ,t, ba.d 81 no,, pasa.- -. -, 'H
L,,o hars,od 60, H. Ia y
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haEe yo" ever uieu sneinei lasked
W, "e '"uuueeu' am disappointed ou' not dead
Vs. IN! INC NeP.ON'n party snaii oe
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-, = ,' - -. ila ny '"iiuien
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NV 'OA "ei'' ioiH, '~'a' want thls 'mhg
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q. ,,,.,.,-,,a a., 49,, ,,,. ,I,., IL '
- h,, ,,,loD. mean, ,o,hi,, 1.o-.onaI I....,
nayu nina 10 y,,,hs,r,, ,h., =, e,o g. a. -,
ury and spend n few wear. sb-o.5 nn,; -, = |
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