The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-05-11
For the EAGLE.
Letter from Park Township.
PARK, Nav Z, Is

PARK, May Z, 1876.
EDITOR EAGLE: Look at the map
ofSedgwick county. All that part lying
between the two rivers constitutes
Park and Eagle townships. 1t is a
level plain; as level as an old-fashioned
threshing floor. All first bottom, a
rich, deep sandy loan, and is nearly
on level with the old river when ii
has its back up, which it always has
during the warm weather of summer.
That is why crops have never failed
since its first cultivation, only once,
when devoured by locusts.
Wheat, rye and oats promise all that
could be desired. One more week
will about wind up corn planting.
Ground in fine order. The boys COM
plain that it is hard farming for the
weather is SO habitually good they get
no time to rest. There will be but a
light crop of peaches, cherries, plums
and goose berries. Mulberries and
black berries are promising. We have
a few apple trees old enough to bear,
but the soil is SO rich they grow to
wood and do not fruit young.
Schcolmarms are busy in most dis
tricts shooting young ideas. Oranges,
since they have been purified, are be-
coming more and more fraternally
bound, and justices Of the peace are
resting upon the honor of their office.
Our artificial groves near our dwelling
are dressed in their loveliest green,
and are literally alive with birds of all
colors, singing their merry songs all
day long. The most noted among
them is the Thrush or Mocking bird.
His notes are the first we hear of
morning and in the evening he appears
TO join with the children as they sing:
sLovely, lovely May, ever welcome ever CAV:
Fragrance rare fills the air, lovely May!
O'er the meadows swallows fly,
Lifts the lark her voice so high,
Naught can with thy beauty vie,
o, lovely May.
Fresh the morning air;
Oh, how lovely all things are;
Bindings sweet, all so fleet,
o, lovely May,
Buds and blossoms, fresh and bright,
Leaves so green. enchanting sight,
Naught but joy from morn till night,
o. lovely May ~
They appear to love singing, and
how they will chatter and twit around
as they sing:
A pleasant maasion in the west and prairie
Now smooth as pillows all at rest, or rolling
There bloom the flowers in splendor bright,
There shines the stars in glory light,
Serene upon the lea, the prairie lea:
Serene upon the lea, upon the prairie lea.
A few men come to this delightful
valley and stay short time when you
will hear them sing:
wood pile, [wedge, |
Where often l worked with my beetle and |
A trying to whack up enough to last a good |
While, ledge. |
And swearing because my old ak had no |
They harness old Dolly and are gone
10 the land of their childhood, but
when there they still remember breath
ng the fresh. invigorating, soul in
spring breezes; enjoying the almost
sunshine, the free and ex-
;iting life of the great plains, and have
frank of the clear sparkling water, and
rave felt its inspiration, which we
eel but cannot describe. Thus he
links by day and dreams by night,
Until he is enabled to gather together
enough to bring him back to the val
ey of green fields, fruitful soil, spark
ing water, fresh air, pleasant sunshine,
rowing homes. expanding farms,
God schools and churches and all ;the
money we have produce to buy. So
e comes back, poorer, but wiser,
nd we wish we could say better man.
Enough for this time. IDA ORE. /,