The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-01-23
A KANSAS EDITOR ABROAD.
He is Having 4 Good Time.

Bent. Murdoch, of the Walnut
Valley Times, has been "gal-lihoot-
ing" around In the little State of
Delaware for several weeks, and
furnishes his impression OF that
country in the following editorial
correspondence" to the Times. He
writes from Smyrna, In that State.
and his letter is enjoyable. We
suppose, from reports, that the
Times editor has AT least found one
person in Delaware, By this Iin',
who is not so seriously opposed to
Western people, in the singular
number, as she might formerly haye
been:
"Since our last we have had
snow enough for good sleighing.
The Smyrnaites have not heretofore
had the most exalted idea of west
ern people; and we do not think
they have had any cause To change
their opinion since our arrival here.
They b ave q vague idea that west
ern people are heathens-that they
are prone to wickedness, and that
centinuaIly-A kind of cross be-
tween q Modoc and gorilla, aud
that we live on buffalo chips and
sorghum InOlasses, seasoned with
Cayenne pepper and SOD corn
whisky. 81. ..--
Delaware is a great State. 1t con-
tains an area of 20. 600 square miles
about n third larger than Butler
county. Ii has population of no.
COO Dover is the capital, contains
three thousand people-about as
large as Emporia. They Ore not ex-
travagant here. The State house at
Dover is q structure not yet finish
ed and will cost $4,000 when COM
pleted. Kent county-there are
only three counties in this State
has no court house or Jail. They
are going to build one soon, to cost
ten thousand dollars. The Della
ware Legislature contains twenty
one members. AT thousand dol
lars apiece q man can buy his way
into the U. 8. Senate for eleven
thousand dollars, while in Kansas
it takes sixty to eighty thousand
we were up to Philadelphia last
week. This town is in Pennsylva'
MIA. The Goddess of Liberty was
born in Philadelphia. She is an un'
commonly smart girl for her age
will soon be one hundred years old
and her centennial year will be eel
.ebrated with great pomp and glory
tat Philadelphia in 1876. 1t you
should 90 to Philadelphia and say
Won did not love the Goddess Of
Hiberty and were not in favor Of
THE centennial celebration you
would get a dornick heavod al
YOU at once; and they would also
send YOU to iail. To be on the SAT-
side il will be we'll for visitors tC
this city to deposite q cent in the
centennial contribution box and ge
a receipt for the same, and then you
will be all right.
Our appetite still continues good
AT eight in the morning, after be
ing rubbed down and properly
cared for by . young colored boy
we proceed to breakf fast. For tn
information Of II. II. Gardner, E.q
we will state that all well regulate,
DINING rooms in this country hav,
sioe-b cards. Well, after glaHcin
we sit down to breakfast. We gen
orally have q porterhouse steak,
few fried or roasted oysters, qua
ON toast, wafiles, buckwheat cake
and honey. and a cup of strong CO
fee, q bit of ham, fried potatoe
some dry toast, a dab" of sausas
sausage in dahs are more in d'
nnand than those stuffed up gut
soft boiled egg aud glass OF mil
make up the mornings meal. A
ter breakfast we retire to the parl'
where we have prayers. After th
we are ready for the duties of Il
day, which consists in going out
dinner or tea with friends. A firs
class dinner is big thing. "
have q beautiful blossom on the ell
OF our nose and our alderman
proportions suits us to a dot.
But then why dwell on the
things2 We are here and we pr
pose to stay here till we get rea'
TO come home"