The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-08-09
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A LOOK AT KANSAS EXILES.
REALITY VERSUS ROSE COLoRs-ON TIL
LINE OF TIE LEAvEHwORIH LAWRENCE
AND GALvEsION RAILROAD-THE PROB
LEM OF EMIGRATION-MORE To COME
Especial Corresponds noe OF the SentLnel.I
On THE LINE, July 80, 1S76.-Twc
reasons induced briet sojourn of the Sen
tiners wes;ern correspondent In the state
of Kansas. The first is found ia the
heavy contributions which Indians has
made and still is making TO the population
of Kansas by emigration and the other
reason arises out of the well known wide
circulation OF the Sentinel in all parts OF
Indiana rescbi1g every hamlet and cross
roads postOffice throughout the state and
imp )slDg a corresponding obligation to
furnish it's many readers with impC rtant
facts bearing on the subject of emigra-
ton.
HARD NUT To CRACK.
1t has always been, aud, perhaps, will
ever continue to be most difficult task to
get az the true status OF affairs in a new
country. The current of opinion runs
to OK parte accounts in favor OF the new
place as naturally as wa'er runs down
hill, and The most extravsgsnt stories are
seemingly all the more readily accepted
because they coz trad ct every exp rience.
he WSs not an alt 1gt ther useless chsrsc-
ter with whom the trite story acq lsints
Us, who, upon a return visit 10 his
old hOue RECALLED the Flooding old fOgies
with the most sggering accounts of The
new land he had found, describing deer
with horns measuring seven feet from Zip
10 tip inhsbiting forests whose trees were
i've feet in diameter and not more than
two feet part. To the question by his
sstoDished listeners as To how the deer
managed to pass between the trees, be
gave the resoy answer: "Oh! That is
their lockout, not mime" While some
what excelling for vigor of stat
ment the average Kansas historian
the chief diff renee consists in the
superior skill ri our nsrrator
In Extracting himself from the difficulties
OF cf Jss-e Examination. To tell big stories
abou' new countries Is, as Hamlet would
say, easy as lying" aud the sssump-io ion
has been done in the name of Kansas al
any section of our country siucs it was
dlscovereL by c lunbus,
THE NUT CRACKED.
There is, however, an explanation for
the one-sided and exaggerated accounts
referred t., which in part rests in the fact
that no one is particularly interested In CIV
ing the other side of the emigration que
ton, while the rouse of travel is literally
lined with tbose who have q sort OF pro-
prietary interest in the rapid set
Element OF the countTY, and
therefore have personal motive
to advocate the inducements to settle and
a corresp )nding personal interest In an
swering all objsc ions and supervising any
facts which might adversely impress the
emigrsnts. In ordinary trans 4cGions OF
life those VINO have mt with dissppoint-
ment will cOnsenB to give their friends aud
relatives e. benefit OF their mistakes, but
this matter OF emigration must be So
down 81 an exception TO the rule, whether
1t bs simply another realization Of the old
proverb
MISERY LOVES COMPANY,
or whether it be from that natural prid,
which is ever 10th to acknowledge a mis-
take in judgmeD'; the ruth remains that
movers seld, m lOcst~ upon a spot OF earth
80 barren auu fOrblddiDg, but they will
counsel their dearest friends even OF kitb
and kin, TO follow. These tendencies to
cover up ubsightly tsG Is on one nsnd and
to magnify the least agreeable features Oh
the otner are not given as pe culisr TO K an
sas. They are fresks OF poor human ma
ture the world over. 1Dey are the false
fiDger-bosrds of life-cslcul4ted to mis-
lead, and belong TO the will and tue
wisp, jack o lsn'ern, ignis fstnus class
of ills tor which there Is no remedy
and they must be allowed To go
in to fiil up the cups OF human misery
until they OF Over-iullness flow bsck in
streams OF sad experiences t. warn the s
ing general ons. Such streams of expert
ence in di-sppOIn, ment lost estate, rui
less search, and wasted energies, have
macy iOus aims IN this part OF Kansas,
which is by no means so popuICus along
the line Of the Lesven worth, lawrence
nd Galvesfpn railroad As IT was some
ears ago. Not few, out many, settlers
have "Jolded their tents, like the Arabs,
and stolen silently away" lesv-
ing farms which they have la
bored years TO open up. deliberately
abandoning them To an exorbItsnt tsxs-
ton, which they have fsiled To make them
family support. Sucn cases OF abandon
ment are not fe~ hers and there 10 be
accounted for by Incidence and mismsD-
agement. but, on the contrary, the In
stances are m sny. In spite OF industry and
and would succeed again in snyl hing like
an equal rsee tor livelihood. An orator
on the last Fourth OF July at the county
road, In recouDtine tine trials sDd nard-
ships through which they mad pas ,ed,
and the number who had fed the
that any cre0it they mig0t take to them
selves Tor bzviug stuck TO tie state you'd
be dOubctully assumed, inasmuch as
not half OF them would be there
If they had been able TO get away.