The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-12-24
OF the Upton Advertiser
NEEDY KANSAS.
W1Ao spread Dossisuti0n.-Why
and HDW 1e has been DentCa
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Facts
IN Tie Case by Ono whO Kn0ws
them.
SEpGw1cK, HARVEY Co., KAN,
Dec. 7th, 1874.

SEpGw1cK, HARVEY Co., KAN,
Dec. 7th, 1874.
Mr.. Editor IL see a letter in the
last ADvRRrlsER from Albert Du-
boise which seems to require some
notice. Some men who undertake
to write for the papers think they
must tell something wonderful, and
that it will never do to tell the simple
truth. Mr. Duboise's statement
about raising such large crops on .
dog-town is decidedly 6.hy. have
bsen in Kansas 1 vea,s and never
yet have known good crop raised
on . dog-t og-towns here
generally bear about the same rela-
ton to our better lands that Mr.. Du-
boise's old farm on the Cedar Bluffs
bears to the prairie farms of Cedar
county.
But the point | wish to notice in
Mr.. Duboises letter, is his general
fling At the agents we have sent east
to ask aid. He admits that those
agents bear proper credentials, but
makes the broad assertion that they
are the mere creatures of . ring, and
will steal oil they can get. Now, if
Mr.. d. knew of any case of the kind
it would certainly be commendable
to put the public on their guard
against . swindler. But to make
sweeping assertions Of that kind
without foundation and without
evidence is simply monstrous. He
is evidently judging others by him,
self. There now! know nothing
personally against Mr.. Duboise, but
If he is not villain, his letter bears
the wrong ear marks. He is most
likely trying to kill two birds with
one stone. That is, he is trying to
keep up the impression that this is a
good country and secure . purchaser
for HE dog-town, at the same time
that he secures the means Of living
another year, regardless Of how his
reckless conduct may affect the in
terest of others no better off than
As an Offset to Mr.. Du-
boise's letter l send you . letter
written near Topeka, which | clip
from the Cincinnati Times, as follows:
TOPEKA, KAN, November 20.
It is we'll known to you and your
many readers that Governor Osborn
convened the Legislature Of Kansas
last September, for the purpose of
providing for the destitute of this
State, and in his message to that
honorable body he informed them
that, as far Is be could learn, "there
was no cause for ALARM" that al the
counties Of the State, except . few
Of the newly organized counties of
the extreme western portion of the
State, could get through until an
other crop was raised. Those coun-
ties were provided for. Now, there
is one Of two things-he either knew
better, or he had not informed him
self - to the true condition Of our
people. There are within the sound
OF the church bells Of Topeka huu-
dreds Of persons who will suffer be.
fore spring, if they do not get aid
from some source or other. There
are . great many families in the
great and glorious city Of Topeka
Who live BY what they can beg, and
one butcher says that Eve families
live from the ofal Of bis shop. Sew
eral widows with families Of small
children have applied to the Mayor,
Maj. Bar,ling, for m order to enter
the County y-house which he has re.
fused to give, and they are still liv-
ing from whatever can be got.
Look for . moment At the condi-
tion Of the farmers. Within rs miles
of this great city which supports 45
ministers and priests and half rs
many 6ns churches, not one-sixth of
the farmers had any wheat At al
within this scope Of country, and
there were hundreds of acres planted
to corn last spring, from which there
was not On ear Of corn gathered.
There was but little before the grass
hoppers came, and less when they
lek us. There were hundreds oi
acres in Shawnee county that would
not have made three bushels to the
acre II thov had never seen 4 "hop.