The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-09-19

ARKANSAS CITY AND WINFIELD, !
September 18th. 1873.

Il
ed the weeds make q second crop, and
are the highest and rankest that ever
beheld. It would seem that more
profitable growth might be secured by
the farmers. Acres upon acres of vel.
low sunfowers rise aud daily turn
their faces toward the great luminary
as if"with an eye single to his glory"
These sunfiowers are really quite lit
tie tree, making immense aud daily
attircd groves, breathing a pleasant
aroma upon the atmosphere, aud af-
fording almost as secure q shelter
for horsethieves and other wild game
as the mountain Businesses of the far
West. The vehicle in its meanderings
through these groves frequently de-
capitates the flower, and we have 1t at
our feet, or upon the vacant seat,
smiling and fragrant, as if it could not
realize that its glory had departed
forever. It's one eye, like Homer's ia
bled giant, shall no more be lifted up
on high; it's yellow-bordered cap
must be trampled in the dust,-the
fate of flowers more aristocratic and
beautiful. The sunflower belongs to
the vulgar herd at last. We smell it
and admire its structure for a moment,
and cast 1t forth to its future destiny,
exclaiming: "Such Is life"-in the veg
etable kingdom. 1t is said (by whom
[ do not know that this plant absorhs
a quality in the atmosphere that other
wise would propagate fevers aud pest
Hence. 1t is well to speak no i'll of the
variety as long as we know no evil,
aud it is such pleasant looking weed
that one is disposed to treat it with
favor. Perhaps this flowers daily PEE
titions to the Father Luminary may
have kept the yellow demon at bay,
BE that as it may there is much sick
ness of minor nature in this. region.
This is not the case as far as most sea-
sons are concerned, as there is no ap-
paren; reason for its being an an
healthy country. But the exception
is very general, because of the fearful
hot summer. Vegetation suffers death
and decomposition while yet green,
causing an unhealthy atmosphere.
Peaches and grapes in this portion of
Kansas are the sweetest that l have
tasted east of the Rocky Mountains.
The former have been scorched until
one check is covered with large dark
frcckles, which would otherwise have
presented the usual beautiful blush.
The Irish potatoes are excellent and
the sweet potatoes very large. Ar
kansas City reminds one Of the declin-
ing mining towns of the Golden
State" Ii is not now what it has
been. Perhaps railroad or some
streak of luck will put new life
into the place again. 1t has good
class of people, its population being
mostly bachelors, of course. 1t seems
to be the fate of your humble servAn.
to find more bachelors than any othe.
class of men. | notice upon furtt GER
acquaintance that one will occs SION
ally speak of bis wife or daught ers. or
perchance, his mother-in-law and |
am losing confidence IA the ycracity of
the man who proclaims hir self a bach
elor. There are critics in Arkansas
City as well as in mere prctentious
places, critics in phil ology as well as
veraciiy. l used tho word "boughtcn"
and was corrected. Will now advise
all persons against making past tense
to the irregular verb .'to buy" in the
shape Of 'boughten." A woman or
man who pref Jnds to scribble for the
newspapers deserves to be harsh
ly dealt Will for such presumption,
womer. particularly, for it is possible
That she may get out of her sphere,
and that would be dreadful. was
telling an old lady how the grain was
harvested in California : the men took
their blankets and slept beside the
stacks. GLOW can they sleep beside
the stacks said she, "while the grain
is in the shock before il is stacked ~
"Well," said, .'that was only figure
of speech that they could sleep out in
that climate if there had not been
stack within a hundred miles" She
sat perfectly silent, looking a, her
knitting with her mouth pursed up,
and | do not think that she put Que
bit of confidence in what related to
her after that, nor had time TO stay
to see her confidence restored. People
who travel have always been looked
upon with suspicion by those who are
located. If a person travel ten years
it will take le or she the remainder
of his or her natural life to atone for
this deviation TO the local neighbor-
hood. a "long primmer" livery stable
keeper of Arkansas City said 20 me
that he had travelled a great deal, and
that his morals had not been improved
thereby. Ii occurred to me that his
morals were weak constitu;ionally.
to commence with. This man, by his
course of reasoning, admitted that the
reason he was not getting living by
stealing horses instead of letting them
was that the weeds in that locality
were not tall enough 10 hide his prince
ly proportions. Verify, man in his
logic may be defective, as well as o.h-
erwise eccentric. The morning / left
Arkansas City the weather was cool,
bright and glorious. The driver had |
confused his drinks upon this occas-
ion certainly, for after driving out two
miles it was discovered that he had
forgotten the mail. The horses were
wheeled suddenly round aud tic road
retraccd. | being the only pa ssenger,
put my head outside and inquired of
his "highncss," the driver, if we had
taken the wrong road mo- he said,
'only forgot something" The sharp
crack of the whip, which really closed
the sentence. contained q world of
II occurre 4 TO mo that he
had secured only q female (passenger)
"a mere side issde, for this was the |
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