The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-03-02
For the EAGLE.
Letter from Sunny Dale.

EDITOR EAGLE: All quiet on the
Chisholm, not q wave or riplet dis
turbs the bosom Of our noble stream.
The glory has departed from Ephraim.
Our singing and spelling schools have
closed for the season, and the Sunny
Dale coal company has absorbed our
literary society. There was a strong
effort made to organize a coal compa-
ny; several meetings were held, and
the citizens were apparently enthusi-
asticly in favor of Immediately boring
for the carboniferous deposit, but
when the books were opened for the
reception of subscriptions they did
not enthuse worth cent, and their
enthusiasm soon petcred out, but your
correspondent has not given it up as a
lost cause, and if indomitable perse-
verance will accomplish any thing, be-
fore the Centennial year is closed, we
will have coal mine in successful
operation.
Prof. Valentine closed his series of
lessons in vocal music, at Sunny Dale,
Tuesday evening. The progress has
given universal satisfaction, and his
pupils have made rapid advancement
under his tuition. We had great
deal of first-class musical talent lying
around loose in this locality, but until
the advent of the professor it was very
crude and undeve,oped. just before
Mr.. Valentine delivered his farewell
address we were favored with a mu-
steal treat by the Valley Center Giee
Club. 1t was the more welcome as it
was unexpected, and was well appre-
ciated by our rustic citizens. The
club contains the best musical talent
of the village of Valley Center. TIE
soprano and alto was done superbly,
the tenor was nearly equal to Mario.
and the basso profundo-I cannot DE-
justice to that artist. | imagine nov
the tones of his voice still reverberat-
ing in my ears; and still see his wrapt
ecstatic gaze fixed Oh the beautiful
soprano. as he rolls out the ponderous
notes. They sang some of the latest
and most popular songs OF the day;
such as ''Nelly Gray" "The. Granite
State, ""Little Brown Jug" etc.
The boys organized base ball club
last Saturday afternoon. 1t has twen-
ty members now, and some of them
are no slouches at our national game,
and after little your city club must
look sharp or they will lose their lau-
rels, for the Sunny Dale Infants are no
snoozers.
We think, from present indications,
that our friend, w. s., OF glue celebri-
ty, is going to commit matrimonny.
He has built bran new house on his
claim, and is furnishing it in Splendid
style. He has also been taking music
lessons, and we can hear him practic-
ing Oh the most difficult staccato and
bravura passages. with an infinite
number of falsetto accomplishments.
at all hours of the day and night.
We had the pleasure of attending all
old Fashioned husking bee at Mr.. Jes-
saphs, over the Little river, few
days since. About five hundred bush
els of corn were hushed, and at night
we had a cotillion party. Among
others that were present we noticed
uncle Bobby Duncan tripped as light
and as fantastic toe as those of more
youthful years; also limb of the law
from Sedgwick, who for the nonce laid
aside his Doe VS.. Roe, and entered in
to the spirit of the thing with vim.
Mr.. Grismore, the purchaser of sec
ton two, Grant township, has recent
ly arrived from Douglas county, Illi-
nois, with his family and commenced
operations on his farm. He expects
to have two hundred acres broken by
next July.
In noticing the proceedings of the
we see that w. p. Hack
ney, the young Representative from
Sumner, is taking a very active part.
He is an old companion in arms of
your correspondent, and right nobly
did he win his captains commission
ut Allatoona Pass, when but boy of
nineteen. PETE ROLEUM.
Sunny Dale Feb. "a, 1876.