The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-05-30
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WICHITA, Nay 10Th, Is

WICHITA, Nay lO.h, 1873
EDITOR TINES: Your correspondent ar
rive in due tine al Wich;ia, the me,-opo-
lis III Sedgw;ck county.
The train winch arrived here was loaded
with immi grsnts-old men with bundles
AMI wives With boxes and babes. big and
their bridal trip, lunchins on fragrant
cheese and cracker; tail bachelors locking
askance at hardened maiden faces, and
young mea yet in tine /" din " oi youth,
plastic and imprtssble, smiling sufly on
bewitching dams l., making love over FIVE
cent oranges, or their equivalent in pea
nuts all bound for Kansas, earih's best
Eden (,ince the fall for men Of education,
energy, tact and talent; for industrious
men with hveiihoois 30 gain; Tor sick men
with health TO restore-here there is a place
Tor everybody, land every body should be in
his place except the lazy man, the China
man, and the designing dead-beat. Let
such men have the terror OF the grasshop-
per, the drou;h, the plague, and the mill
III" before their eyes. lest they come. We
have enough such; let them Reguiescat in
| Pdce-but woe unto those who desire TO
come 1t shall, indeed, be bleeding Kan
Is To them.
| sEDGWICK COUNTY
contains an area of 6i5,lZ0 acres almost
every acre oi viii. h il tiliable land. 1t is
we'll walered and easy Of access TO market.
The Santa Fe l.. X, passes near the north
ern limits OF the county and 4 branch Of
the road runs from Newton To Wichita. The
prospects of a direct eastern connection with
It Louis within FIVE wears are good.
Wichita reminds one Of "Jonah's goard" il
came up in night, but unlike that it has
grown and grown until it is one the most
attractive places in the west. seven years
only counts this prodigy seven years we'll
spent, as it proves to-day. husiiing aud
growing tearing down aud building better
keeping up the majesty OF city law, justly
proud OF her churches, her schools, her
banks, her business, her society. Wichita
with her population of over five-ihOu>aud
and gaming rapidly the fith ci,y IN siz,
in the state, il first in cuisines. pro-I.eriI,
and enterprise. = Ven year, ago people
NJ irly lived out Of doors la NichIta, n1w
her brick blocks, her beautiful HOUSES, he
shrubbery and flowers are even wonderful
Now let me say that during my stay %
nearly two weeks, no pig (rcsardiul oil hi'
right
PUSHED NE From THE SIDEWALK.
I ~, .rI l.
bled up the lovely geraniums, anu tner
made his relentless way 10 the yegerabl,
garden, where peas, lettuce and radi-he,
followed the more aesthetic idols. Let II ID
said for The glory OF Wichita, that not on,
solitary hog beast, mean,) roam.d it
streets of its own ''sweet wall; )" no COW lever
l in this "catsIe" town. unbidden entered bacl
gates and recklessly wrenched off blue gras
from the lawns, or promen died. tue side
walks We SAW whole yards with flower
and shrubbery growing innocenily 10 la
sidewalks edge (guilIless Of ienceD, unmo
Tested and untouched When ''rougl
frontier town" 80 called reaches that stat
of perfection that ii uphulds Its own laws
e and takes such measures as will advance it
: own interests, morally, it takes a rapi,
stride in civilization which ought 10 slim
ulate some other towns (which are older il
wears but young. in good administration
To nober acis and deeds of valor.
RI When your correspondent arrived here h
was oonfideniialIy told by our mutual frien'
that this we're town was drummed 10 death,
e and il wasn't much uSe. We started on
, ''faint yet persevering," and whether it wa
. through the merits Of your inestimable pa
=. per OF the august and
IMPOSING PRESENCE
o. your humble representative We "lough
nobly," and were well repaid Suffice 1t /,
say that Wichita was not least among tn
cities in its contribution TO your missionar,
I fund, or in lis appreciation of your paper
There are three good hotels here-the Ire
mont, the Douglass Avenue and the Occi
dental. We stopped at the fremont nea
the depot, opened since last October, an,
here let me say that no better place Tor
wayfaring man could be found. Mr.. Dem
ing (who does the honors of the house, is
gentleman in every particular. He has hac
!. a large experience as landlord, and a
more indefatigabie one was never found
he is always busy looking after the want
OF his numerous guests Il has never beer
our lot to find a better IOoked-after hotel
neat from attic to cellar;
CLEAN BEDS,
, clean napkins, clean cooking and clear
everything There is an old saying .'tha
he that, by the pillow, would thrive, himself
, must either hold or drive" 1t must be ;,
with keeping a hotel, and Mr.. and Mrs
Deming seem equal to any emergency. The
. cooking is the hest, and Messrs. Deming 1
Baker fully deserve the large patronag,
they have and will continue 10 keep.
The crops in this section will he enor
|. nous: the wheat fields are whitening fol
the harvest, and will soon be ready. Peach
trees are beginning TO yield quite a bounti
full harvest, and grapes this year promis,
to be quite abundant. Our thanks are due
many friends in Wichita for favors ant
patronage, and our visit there will lons
time be a green spot IN our memory. Blu
your correspondent (beins mortal mus
rest his weary bones, ready for his stag,
ride to Winfield, Wichita's rival ''out il
the country Yours, &c,