The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01
THE HERD DLAw.

Ed CHIEF Most happy am !. O, King Agrippa
almost together. in the brush country round about
Geary and Donphan. Now, don't blame either Of
these correspondents for wishing the Law enforced
to them, is the bufalo- thing of the past, q mat
ter of history: and may he pardoned for thinking
that they arc in the fix Of the fox certain OCCASION
who had lost his cauda appendage in steeltrap, and
after tried to inaugurate the fashion Of short tails
among his fellows-
This Geary City .Lun- is promising young man.
critic. .Lun' is Roundy bout way tn spell Collin.
II he was farmer, and handled stock, he would know
better. when il changes its bleat into bawl. Our
young friend hasn't reached the bawling period yet.
Ny remark about the Niger in the wood-pie had
no political Significance whatever. l alluded to the
uncertain and unknown relation of the railroads. and
their responsibilities under the new regime As to
the gentlemen composing the Board, without any
cringing. hckspittle fawning about our worthy
County Board" would say that they my personal
friends and men whose integrity respect. and do
not think that personal interest will bias them in this
schoolmaster, and was Jim Blaine. The field of
statesmanship is open wide and fence about it.
n You and your correspondents speak Of wading into
Pumpkin Greek The only 'wade in see, so far, is
lanentable weighed l.. the scales and found want
ing
The County Board and yourself invited discussion
about the merits of this law. Therefore, will pass
"Brush Greek Farmer by saying that have no OBJ
lection to any one knowing my opinions any sub
ject; so use no de plume, and hide behind moth
ing Of the kind. As to my friend Sol. OD., 1 affirm
of him what cannot of all correspondents: that he is
a gentleman and a man of sense. My bowels yearn
wayward ways, and come home Stop running after
rabbit, when there is deer in sight. Now, To busi-
ness
One argument these gentlemen advance is, the shift
less are opposed to this law. Let zee where this
will land them. assert that, immediately after the
County Board blows its rams horn seven times all
these greenback herd law mems fences will fall fiat
You the Of their being in favor is that their
fences are about gone and they don't wan} no rebuild
They are the shifess This tpmbling down of fences
will make our County an immense commons. Men
will ride and drive over plowed ground. and cannot
always be prevented A fence is made to keep other
things in the highway beside cattle and horses.
This talk about Justice is unmtgated bosh and dem
agoguery. II two more farmers fence and improve
say, two quarters, and Ben. Holiday has unim-
tering protest. They have enhanced the value of
his quarter and by grazing do not njure it, but pro-
tect their own fences from prairie pes- The grass is
pershable and would 60 to waste in any event. They
do not injure the real estate part This fnespun the
Ory would make il respass for children to across
this land to school, riding driving upon it. Of
it is wrong for everybody to drive cattle on
and take further The law should be sharp
and make the thing that trespasses liable for DANA
ges 1t is not the shiftless who a1e opposed to the
three years 1t will take full two good crop years to
right up, after the storm. The trouble ia, not
half Of our improved acres have failed to produce their
quantum suffcit.
There is in some minds an organic restlessness-an
would at one fell swoop, wipe away old lnndmarks-
disturb the existing order Of things for unknown
untried leap i'm the dark. Let US he cautious. and
pause awhile.
find on looking around. that the thrifty farmers
have the hest fences and the most of them Herein il
the secret of their and the keynote to their
thrift-they can utilize what would otherwise 60 to
waste. The beauty of steamboat il her moslel and
appointments well kept in trim. So to a lovely
woman 1.-THE Lord take care of us now y in niceft
ting calico tidy apron clean linen collar and smooth
hair ia Just object of admiration: picture the
So with fir-its fences its chief beauty Good
fences and trim. and prosperity follows Fences
not the of Distress but rather it the lack
of them We want more fencing and better. The
trouble has been that have tried to spread our
selves too much land We put q poor fence
around l60 acres when could have put a good
around 81. Let attempt less, and do it better.
Some went into the Grange expecting get 10 pounds
of coffee for dollar, and otherwise expecting that in
stiton to float them into plenty and left their farm
machinery to rot in fence-corners. These men
now howling for the herd law. | would seek TO
into high plane of sOrety and industry This
will ultimately bring success.
Let us sum this matter up. The thrifty in favor
of remaining are. until propitious finan-
cial season. Our Winter pasture, cOrnstalks and
volunteer oats, will than paw interest mort
gage for fencing.
repeat, the pasturage is becomin. circmmscribed.
therefore the most of stock ia sent out west to
herd in Summer.
In few years. these prDsressivcs will find that pas
ture fences cost too mueh all their stock is sod
cept bOl,tail COW, which is hung out by rope to
grass. II is cheaper To buy butter The lone widow
will suffer for milk. Our Outstock is great benefit
to the young timber, in eating down grass. thus pre-
venting prairie fires from utterly destroying it. If the
herd law obtains the next thing in orer will be pc
tition for law restraining geese from the creeks.
millennium dawneth!
More, if wanted. THOS HENSHALL.