The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-09-28
Fron Kansas 10 IndInna.
FRANKLIN, IHD., Sept. q, 1877.

EDITOR NEWS:
According to promise write from
my first resting place since leaving La
Belle Emporia. Seated In my brothers
studio, Franklin, Indiana, / am looking
backward over the track Of 500 miles,
and call up the fact that business and
pleasure led your correspondent to ask
his 'soHieial board' for the privilege of
the popular ministerial vacation, which
favor was kindly granted, together
with the ReedfaE to make the trip
pleasant. Recreation, or recreation,
is one of the necessities of this hurried,
busy age, and the query may well
arise, "does 1t pay ?'' After thinking q
moment, we are of opinion that, with
the brevity of our lives, anything that
''lcts up on strung up nerves." must be
beneficial in giving renewed strength
for further duties. The anxiety of hur-
Eied preparation for a months Vaca-
ton, is often followed by relaxation
that leaves one in q half regretful
mood, when looking at the sober side
of all the facts In connection with such
Q visit.
After hurried preparations for a
family of i've, and through the favor
Of one of your popular railroad off,
Gals, we left EmpOria Thursday morn.
ing, 18th inst, over one Of the best
roads In our State, and were safely, and
con time," transferred to the Cars oil
the T. w. & W., at Hannibal, the next
morning. A few minutes delay, and
we are away at q rapid rate for Bluffs
then on to Danville, where we again
change, and by 6 o'clock, find our.
selves In the Union depot, Indianapo
lis. Another change, and by O'Clock
we are safely In the home of my broth
or, pastor of the n. e. church of thil
city. AS an enthusiastic Kansan,
may not be able sufficiently to dives
myself OF prejudices to make fair com
PARSONS. Passing through Central II
linols, to my mind the most productive
portion of the State, could not Blu
admit the beauty of the situation, bu
II
how quickly came up the thought, Civ
US half the number of years in Kansas
and we will surpass all this. Entering
the old Hoosier State we could no
help feeling, we want no "ysller ella.
nor stumps In ourn," and spoke enthu
siastieally of our rich prairies, until al
old HOCsier looked at US as much as t
say shat a'er feller e crazy"
The corn crop along the 8. w. & w
compares faVorably with our Lyon CO
crops, but wheR we passed into Indi
ana, we looked upon the frail stalk
and nubbin ears with which we wer
familiar In other years.
Some Of the towns are rapidly as
suming city proportions, while the vii
lagos look antlquated; but, of course
none through which we passed coul
compare with home. Franklin ha
had some 10 years of growth, but to
day will not compare with our city c
Emporia, save in the matter of churc
buildings. Three splendid church ed
ifices, costing on an average $2O,O 90
each, grace one of the principal streets
In these old towns the enthusiasm c
our Kansas business men is wanting
They run in the old grooves of thei
fathers and have no such elastic re
bound from difficulty and disaster a
Is found with US in Kansas. This is tn
city Of q terrible bank defalcatioI
which has sO-utterly paralyzed every
thing, that 1t is questionable if the
ever recover from the shock. It enter
into every department of life. Nc
only business, but public improve
> ments, the churches, the beneYoler
orders, all the way up to the commar
derry, feel the shock, and have not u
recovered from the effects, while
bank failure in Wichita, of nearly til
same magnitude, was scarcely observ
able 9 week after the disaster. Th
cry of 'shard times" prevails here wit
more of q reality than with US in Kar
sas. Two hours spent in the stores tn
morning, elected many inquiries abOr
Kansas, and many are looking to OF
State for future home. G.. w.