The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18
For the TELEGRAPH.
Jot ings From the West.
NUMBER FOUR.

afiDp, tlAnSpAreLl InhsphCre VI Gus Hlkn
rolling prairies of the West. Such gorgeous
suur,tps and golden sunsets have / ever
win ssed elsewhere On cloudless night
: the moon seems TO hang in tho heavens
nkea silver sphere. No ardent Romeo
here need to be calling the attention OF his
Juliet to the cancellations of Venus. She
can scarcely Dc so absorbed in him as net to
SEE for hel elf AMI admire. The transpa-
rency If the atmosphere, and the sometimes
unequal density OF it's upper and lower
strata, often produce strange optical lllu-
sons. Sometimes for an extent If fifty
miles or more, tho whole country will seem
raised up and presented to The e,e in piano.
ramc view. At other times shady groves
beautiful sheets OF water, or jnnbling
traveller, inviting o ref eshment and repose
On clear Autumn dayI have sometimes
witnessed on Lake Michigan something ike
the mir age of the Plains. No country
abonnds more in beautiful streams than
Nebraska. These. am told IRE well stock
ed with fish, and affords fine harbor Tor
waterfowl. The banks are always fringed
with timber so tfat occupying sumo
comm anding view the traveller may with the
eye trace the course of a stream for many
miles. by the emerald fringe ot Its banks.
Que cannot enjoy more magnificent scenery
than In a quiet sail dawn Blue River, passing
Gre, on the B & NJ, r. r. r. Beatr ce on
a branch of the same, and Blue Rapids in
Kansas, one of the NEST superb water
power towns I have sver seen. A grist
mill, paper MILL and wooden factory are
already In operation here. Five miles above
is Waterville. the present terminus OF the
Ccnt"sl anch of the Union Pacific. This
10 a young and fourish'ng town, with
real business atmosphere. The Burtis
| Bros. largely control the business az mon-
led interests of tie town. The present
Mayor,J Bursis, once made lucky excur-
sion Tor unlucky as some cynics bachelor
might ssyOlo Bristol, Wis. by which he
ost his heart, and our esteemed citizen
MIR f. Smita gained q son.in-law. Mr..
Smith however takes the loss of his laugh
ter, as he does everything. phiIosop hcaliy,
and 10 constantly sustained by the ought
that "it might have been worte." At Wa
terylle was unceremoniouely taken charge
of by Mr.. Burtis and wife, who seemed to
consider the least apology for such treat
ment unnecessary. From long habit. Of
g.%o l-;x, IL ~ l.
to have become hardened to it, They show
10 mercy to these who may thus fall INFO
thsi' hands. In fact seem 10 have lost all
computations about it. Here formed he
acquaintance of Ex-Governor Greene and
hts excellent wife. 1t does one good to
associate with the really cultivated and
refined, who while We may feel that they
stand above us, yet do not dwindle US to an
insign fcant point by their awfuI shadow.
Real ability and sterling worth, need no
airs to support them. They spontaneously
assert themselves, There is NO setting for
real talent so beautiful as humility
We enjoy, II drive over Mr. BIS suburban
arm, 10 Blue Rapids, and Swung round
this circle" OF the vicinity. There are near
here exhaustless beds cf beautiful gypsum,
tor grinding which Water vile boasts a mill :.
A fine grst mill 10 also In course Of construc-
ton here. From Watervile to Beatrice
a distance of fifty miles across The country
by stage, we found to be delightful drive.
Al Aarysvilie, quite an important station
on the st.. 10. q Denver r r.. we halt for
dinner. Thence to Beatrice with the varied
scenery along Blue River, and our loqua-
cous driver, we drink in, that which, but
for his the readere of THE TELEGRAPH had
been IN blissful ignorance of. AS our road
lay through the Otoe Reservation we had
some opportunity of studying "Lo'' from u
s 'andpoint of civilization. Tobacco, pro-
family and drunkenness ever FLOWING in
the wake IF "cIvilization, am told are
here at work. After oil even Heathenism
has its compensauous. The Indian never
takes he name Of God in vain until Chris
tanized'' by agents and t"appers. In novels
Of earth, or bark, they seem to doze their
lives away where "Ignoi ancc" Of anything
better sis blles.'' A small patch Of corn
TO splice out the results of the chase as a
subsistence seems to satisfy the a. If there
be pleasure in lazness that only lazy
man knows, certainly e'ysian fields If
enjoyment must be open to hese ''nCble red
men" Lolipg in the shade Of their huts,
or frames covered with bougns as 8 screen
from the odof Of July sun, they seemed to
drink in an enjoyment from the inertra OF
their nat ures. reminding one of the tales
of the Hypsrborcan. The miniature sos
IN natures own costume, whose curiosity
got The better Of their htreG tary Incidence,
cane forward and scanned us as l have
sometimes seen group of prairie dogs,
survey traveller from the mouth of their