The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-09-06
MlisFeAaneons.
I'VE publish the following at the re-
quest of the recipient, and knowing that
it will interest our readers


FyieAd R.--As it is too hot this aiterN
noon to hunt antelope, | thought this
good opportunity to fulfill my PROMISE
We had very dusty and tiresome ride
through Indiana and Illinois, but not so
bad through Missouri and Kansas, as
there has been considerable rain here of
late.
We arrived at Ellis on last Thursday
morning, four hours late, coming to
land slide that washed the track away
for a hundred feet or more, and in
places 25 feet deep. 1t was discovered
during the night by parties who built
fire longside Of the track as a signal OF
danger Had it not been for this we
would have had young Ashtabula, and
our car first; as the engine. was in the
rear of the train from Abilene, and we
were in the front cara smoking, or
rather first class cattle car--just such
one as suited us. for they stop at ev'
cry station along the road, and have
very poor beer, and you know it ain't
best to drink too much water while trav-
cling. After the train,stopped we raised
the windows and soon learned what the
trouble was. Presently, a few Indians
were seen climbing down the banks.
Oh, my only imagine our thoughts. !
tried TO make myself believe it was a
dream, but no good. Poyser yelled out,
Where is my hat, want to go home.
After we arrived at Ellis and had
breakfast, we got ponies and rode out on
the prairie for twenty miles or more,
passing several herds Of cattle, one
herd having over FIVE thousand head.
This was a fine sight to US. THERE'S a
herd forty miles farther west of eighty
thousand head. We aRo saw herd of
one thousand FIVE hundred ponies that
were driven here from Texas, selling at
thirty dollars for choice
On Friday morning we came to Hays
City and soon found Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. J.
B. Millner, of Abilene, (now land agent
here), kindly offered us his coach and
we drove out six miles to where Hunt~
ington Bockius and Brosius were at
work building house for the latter
Mr., Brosius has very fine tract of land |
soil'from three to five feet deep, and any |
amount of stone within three hundred |
yards of where he is building. They |
bore into the rock with common inch |
wood auger, put in powder and blow
them out in large blocks. They saw
them in any shape they want them with
a crosscut or large hand saw. The
stone are very white and saw much
easier than wood, soon become hard
after they are quarried, make splendid
and much cheaper building than wood,
The boys have all got nice farms of
high rolling prairie. They have splen-
did water. Mr.. Brosius has well of as
fine water as l ever saw, at a depth of
az feet. The boys are working hard.
They want to get their houses up and
their families here this fall They all
look we'll. Ofcourse they are little sun
struck. Mr.. Huntington says, he never
was as stout and hearty in his life as he
is now, We went out with them again
on Saturday morning, taking with us
two shot guns and a rifle. After strollN
ing around little while we lost Shana-
felt, who saw an antelope and followed
it more than six miles, but fortunately
for the antelope. We killed a good
many grouse and plover, few Jack
rabbits and a prairie dog. When we
came in at noon, Mr.. Brosius had for
our dinners, among other things, buck
ct full ofnicely roasted game, consisting
of prairie chicken, grouse and plover
that Henry Bockius shot from the wagon
on their way home the evening before.
It is fun to hunt here. You needn't be
afraid of running across little sign
board which says, No hunting on these
premises.
There are a lot of wealthy English
south of Hays who own large tracts of
land. They hunt the Jack rabbit and
the antelope with horses and grey
hounds. thought liked antelope the
other day, but don't know whether | do
or not While at the dinner table | re-
marked that this antelope was very nice
and tender. Poyser said it was not an
telope. Why, of course it is; notice
the peculiar taste answered. AT that
a red headed brunette, or rather an Airs
can blond, who overheard our dispute
stepped in from the kitchen with No
ut amt it's a. ole sheep The boys
took lemonade.
The climate here is fine. Ed, Correll
has been here two months and his health
has much improved. He doesn't look
like the same man. l have met several
persons who say they have had asthma
for number of years before they come
here, and since they live in Kansas nave
never been bothered with it. The facts
are. it is so healthy here they had to
shoot couple fellows to start grave
ward with The only persons who die a
natural death are horse thieves. lhey
are found with rope around their
necks hanging on the railroad bridge
lust out of town. Fourteen have been
found there within few years. This is {
considered natural death forA them in
this country.
An excursion from Abilene to Denver
leaves this point at three o'clock to-
morrow. We would take this in if we s
hadn't made arrangements to join
narty tomorrow for an antelope hunt.
Shanafelt says he will kill one before he (
goes home il it takes all summer. l
HAYS City has as good a courthouse q
as Canton, but not quite so large. They a
also have large two-story school house {
built of magnesia lime stone which is S
found in fnexhaustable quantity, and of 7
which houses and barns are all being t