The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-05-17
A HattEe orLxon Counry.

One Of the Pleasantest drives In Lyon |
county may be had by going out by Ply |
mouth, then cross the divide to the Neosho, |
and then up Allen creek, cross that eight
or ten miles above the river, and then /
come down Dow creek. We saw on this |
route last Saturday, in the course Of
drive with MIR. N. F. Spencer. splendid |
wheat fields, which will be ready for |
harvest early in June. One of the best
40 acre upland farms in Pike township
is that of Geo. Johnston, ex-member of
the Legislature, and q prime citizen
Calvin Lewis, to the northwest Of Mr..
Johnston, came here from Tennessee II
years ago, and his farm is one of the best
improved and most productive 80 acres
In the county. Friend Lewis sets long
and substantial table, and we damaged
one end Of it with q perseverance that
was complimentary to Mrs. Lewis Gulf
nary skill. In the way Of trees and vines
Mr.. Lewis is splendidIy rovided, and
his farm shows what tree planting can
accomplish on upland. Near Plymouth
Milton Lindley is finishing one OF the
handsomest residences in the county.
Mr.. Dillon, just south Of Mr.. LIndley, has
80 acres nearly full Of fruit trees, and vines.
He located there and made fruit farm
about seven years ago, thinking that Ply
mouth would grow, and wanted to grow
up with 1t. His farm has grown, howev-
er, ahead Of the great demands of that
lively burg, and he finds Emporia his
best market, getting 80 ceuts per quart
this season for strawberries. We return
thanks to one OF Mr.. billions daughters
for generous sample Of strawberries, for
Strawberries are strawberries this year.
Plymouth is q pretty place, and we sup
pose that there is not, taking everything
into consideration, better lot Of people
in Kansas than the population Of Pike
township. Coming toward Judge Rug
gles' model farm on the Neosho, We found
that enterprising granger taking in an
other 100 acre tract and putting it under
cultivation. South OF him, party from
Plymouth is opening up a very good
quarter section of prairie, Mr.. A. F.
Spencer has fenced in 300 acres Of as fine
a piece Of upland IS the county affords,
and Mr.. Edmonds is improving an ex-
celIent tract adjoining him. The 10y,
Greenlea. Haver and other farms across
the Neosho, are in their glory at this sea-
son. UP the lane leading across the NJ.
X. & T. railroad, one comes to an ordina-
ry looking poAd, which those unacquain-
ted with 1t might venture to insist on
making their horses wade, but the dis
Greet wayiarer will take down the bars
! and go around. One of the improved
) farms on Dow creek is W. e. McCreary's,
and the next time we go out there we are
going to fool around until supper time.
The McCreary tract upon the hill com.
1 mands one Of the finest views in the
county. The road from there down as
: far as 10. Peaks has some grand fields o.
q wheat We saw dozens of farms well
worthy of mention, some Of the owners
of which haYe paid up in advance for THE
NEWS, and soma. sad to say, are not paid
q up but ought to be. We will be liable
|. now to 60 out to any part Of the county
II in good weather, and while there is moth.
:, ing fnnlcky about our appetite and
. digestion, we expect to increase both be
fore next winter begins to howl aroun
and freeze little pigs. Lyon county Ger
q tainlY affords hundreds OF as fine loca
r tions for pleasant and prosperous farm
- homes as any place in the world that W
have seen or expect to, and all that new
corners have to do to decide on settling
d here, is to go out and see how the Ian,
= lays. Another ride, in the cheerful RAJ
: of last Tuesday, cannot be treated of II
Is this issue for lack of room. Lyon count.
deserves to be written up, however, and
we are going to take along big memo
?, randum book after this.