The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-06-29
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ToNGANoxIE, Kan, June q, 1876.
EDIoR TINES: 1t has been q long time
since have sent you any items from Ton
gano1ie have been away from here for
nearly two years, but have nov returned
to remain permanently. am anxious
that our little city should be heard from
occasionally through your valuable paper.
Tongano1ie has probably stood the pres
sure brought to bear upon her by the hard
times, as we'll as any town OF its size in the
State, although, one year ago, the people
were nearly destitute, in consequence of the
destruction OF the crops by the grasshop-
Pers and chinch bugs; yet, since the first of
last August, there has never been such
great abundance of everything. There
were few farmers who suffered last sea-
son by the ravages Of the grasshoppers
and chinch bugs, yet, take il all in all, this
part OF the county has never raised such
crops as they did last year. Until this
spring, there has never been any corn
bought and shipped from this
point, but this last spring
there have been q great many thousands of
bushels Of corn bought and shipped.
Messrs. Gamble, Linton & Metz inaugurated
the thing, and once started, they not only
bought thousands of bushels, but other
people learned We had corn to sell, and
sent agents here to buy, and the result is
that good price has been paid, and the
farmers are happy.
We are now in the midst OF one of the
most bountiful wheat and rye harvests that
We ever had. There is much of the wheat
that will make twenty five to thirty bushels
per acre. Mr.. David White, Mr.. Rice, Mr..
j. &. Kirby and Mr.. Lacy all have some Of
the best, and a consequence is that harvest
hands are in demand. Our loafers are
pretty we'll thinned out, as the price paid
induced them to leave the dry goods boxes
on the street corners.
Mr.. Orerman, of New York, il running
the cheese factory. He is quite gentle
man, and understands how TO make good
cheese.
Messrs. Patterson and Metz are each
doing good business in the gro
Gerry trade. Messrs. II. W. Price and
james Mckeehan and son are doing we'll
with their dry goods and grocery store.
The Messrs McKeehans have engaged con-
in the corn trade. Miss Carrie |
Osborn has just closed a subscription school
I've having no public summer schooD in
which she has given excellent satisfaction. |
Mr.. f. ii. Linton and family start for |
the East tomorrow, and will visit the Cen |
during their absence.
Mr.. T. F. Kirby has abandoned school |
teaching, and is now in the drug business |
having bought the drug store of Mr.. Eggles |
ton, and, although he does not sell 80 many |
ten cent prescriptions, he is doing a good |
business, having added TO his dru gs, clocks |
and hardware
We are expecting to have a grand CEN
tennial Fourth of July celebration. The
are now about perfected to |
have one of the largest crowds and the best |
time the people Of this vicinity have ever |
seen in this part of the country. Mr.. |
Thomas, OF your city, will deliver the ora
tion Of the day. Also, quite number of
the prominent men of one hundred years /
ago are expected TO be with us then.
We are having very warm weather, and
corn and oats are growing finely, as there
has been plenty of rain to moisten the
ground.
Quite a number of our citizens were,
lew weeks since, badly taken in by q tramp,
who preached and lectured to full houses,
and knew seven different languages, and,
the most interesting of all, an agent for a
colony of Pennsylvanians, who proposed to
locate here. Hence, the preacher, the lee
turer and the agent was carried around
On a chip-so to speak. He bought farms
the trade to be completed when the col
,ny arrived, which should be in about
.wo weeks; bought mill here
N town, and engaged parties to run it for
him, but alas, he was humbug, and the
many fine castles built out of his money
to the ground. E. ID. F. p.