The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-06-06

The young man Is coming west, he
comes singly, by twos, in squads, and
oftentimes accompanied by the old man,
the old lady, and the children. Some
times he brings wife, (h,s own wife),
and baby or Two, or perhaps three.
He is fine looking man acquainted with
the ways ofthe world, wears fine clothes,
can talk U. S. fuently, smokes q meers-
chaum, and perhaps takes glass of An
heuser for the stomach's sake. He fills
our hotels, crowds our streets, stares at
us with quizical look on the street cor
ners, smashes the hearts of our young
ladies, takes q front seat in tho syna-
gokue, jostles US on the street corners
and wonders what business the old SET
tiers have in this country, anyhow. The
young man seems to have an abundance
Of small change. He buys farms and
calls them ranches he talks cattle and
horse, looks doubtfully at our noble Tex.
a. steer and prancing Kaw pony, as
much as to say scrub stock His gun
is breech loader, his dog an imported
pointer or setter that disdaius to associ.
ate with our handsome flop eared hounds.
He builds better houses than ours, his
wife rides IN o carriage, Is handsome,
and delights not to hoe in the garden, or
wash the dishes. They talk to us about
poached eggs, broiled beef.steaks, and
fricasseed chicken, and society manners;
just as though fried eggs and boiled
chicken were not good enough for any
body. They fill our wives heads full OF
vain and foolish notions about fash,ona.
BILE bonnsts. four button gloves, silk mix
cd stocking and many other things that
are gradually sending US to the poor
house and o pauper's grave. All these
things are killing us. We are sorry that
We have railroad and wish the c0mpa-
ny would tear up the track. If this
keeps on We will be compelled TO sell
out and leave. We never will consent
to black our boots, shave, and put on o
clean paper collar erery morning. We
have no scissor tailed coat, low-cut shoes
ana white kid gloves TO wear to party;
and more than that We arc not going to
get them. Ii has come TO pretty pass
that fellow who has lived IN Kansas
kansas-twenty-ons years, is
to be treated in this way. Amt We m
old settler! Didn't We 60 through the
drouth and grassbopper raid, and the
wars. Didn't We vote bonds and build
School Houses and Railroads.! Il has
come to pretty pass indeed, that IN
odd settler has to be snubbed and crowd
ed out by tho young man and the young
mans wife who comes west to grow mp
with the country.
We won't stand it; Ne will seli out
and leave the blasted country. Too
much style for an 'old settler In fact
Il has come To such paSs that Ne arc
not allowed to eat our dinner 1t noon.
Dinner ct Il 10 common 'drfsi common
70 we have 10 starve till Eve. on . couple
Of dried apples and . piece OF cheese.
Well, We presume ve viii have 70 put
ap with these things, or leave. We pin
ned button hole bosquss on our cost
yesterday morning and came down town
just 70 zee what fellows would say. An
old settler friend met ~ and tried 70
brush it OF, remarking Of The time thas
70 had dropped fried egg on our coat
,ollAs. We groansd and explaised and
b grosnsd and ne all groaned. Come
10 look be had rubbed the stove black
ng brush over bis boots little ia 'front.'
ssving the heals all muddy. He too, I
res trying 10 sdops some ofshs ssv fan /
risd notions and lad mads . miserable
allure Of it. We oil grososd aGsis.
alphabetically nj coarse. and tben Ne
,arssd. The Young man 10 coming vess
md vs can't bsIp IL We sss DYING By /
sehss. II any Of sbs Old ssssisrs vsss
o 60 % Washington territory. and vii
~ oss vay, Ne will 80 sloag-