The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-08-28
FROM KANSAS TO MISSOURI AND
BACK


The Castor Bean-Archibald McDOugal and Arch
ibald MeGregOr-Sheriff A. ] Bahney-Lead
and COal-Carthage and Springfield, Missouri.
We observed on the Kansas Pacific
railway some fields of the castor bean,
though on the Fort Scott & Gulf road
these fields were quite common. The
crop is said to be profitable one gener-
ally.
Singular meetings occasionally happen
in travelling. Soon after leaving Kansas
city we observed gentleman in another
part of the car, and after time he took
seat by us. We were soon conversing,
and soon gave each others locality, &c,
his being Bloomington, Illinois, and a
Presbyterian minister, not now occlpy.
ing his pulpit on account of throat trou'
BILE. In speaking of our trip to Colorado
and the extent of our great country, the
distance from Kansas city to Denver,
$50 miles, we said it was considerably
more than the extent of Great Britain
from Lands End to John 0'Groat's. In
reply to a remark we said we were born
in the north part Of the island, and be
spoke right out, here too. )"
Thereupon we quickly asked-whar
ava monP And in guild broad Scotch
he gave his native town in Dumfrees.
shire, remarking his name itself would
tell being Macdougal.
Well, we said, ours was as Scottish as
his, being McGregor, and he said let's
shake over that. and we took the first
shake.
On remarking that our first name was
Archibald, also Scottish, he burst out
again, here tool"
And so Archibald Macdougal and Arch.
ibald McGregor took another hand
shake
We learned he was twelve years Of
age when his parents removed and SET
tied in the State of New York-that
Gen. Macdougal, late member of Con.
gress, and now United States District
Attorney of the northern district of New
York-is a younger brother. The r5ver-
end gentleman had business at Fort
Scott, where we parted company, with
another hearty shake, and, fare ye wee.
Having to change cars at Columbus,
and no train leaving for Carthage, Mis-
souri,, till next day, some ten or dozen
passengers found good quarters at the
Lagonda House. Columbus is the coun-
ty seat of Cherokee county, the south
east corner county of Kansas, and hence
bordering on Missouri and the Indian
territory. 1t is prairie region, but un-
derlaid with coal of fair quality, which
is mined considerably in the northern
part of the county. Al Bahney, form
erly Massillon boy, and son of the late
Jacob ]. Bahney, is sheriff Of Cherokee
county, having been elected on the Dem
oCratic ticket. He is one of the three
Democratic sheriffs in the State of Kan
sas. We are not sure but Kansas is just
the State where the negro exodus ought
to locate. 1t might tend to work a cure
of that hysterical political malady that
prevails in Kansas.
Sheriff Bahney discovered our name
or the hotel register early in the even
ing, and at once had the landlord show
him up. The evening was put in qnite
pleasantly, talking much about Stark Co..
and old friends. Our train not leaving
for Carthage till about II a. m, Sheriff
Bahney took US round the town, which
is not very large. The county officials
are of both political parties, and the
town has two papers, the Democratic or
gan being the Star, published and edited
by Mr.. James Wilson. We also met Mr..
Mentzsr, formerly a Canton boy, whose
mother still resides in our town. He is
citizen of Columbus, and is engaged in
the real estate business. Lead is found
in the lower part of the county, for Cher
okee county joins Jasper, the great lead
producing county Of Missouri.
A ride of an hour and half landed
Us in the thriving town Of Carthage,
Missouri, the seat of justice in Jasper
county, just in time for one O'Clock
dinner at brother Malcolm's, who was at
the depot to meet us. Carthage has i'm
proved much since we were there in
1875. In fact the county, owing to the
lead mining, has become one of the most
populous in the State, last fall being the
third in its vote. Until two years ago
the county was Republican strong, but
then and since it has gone Democratic,
Missouri presents in this respect quite a
contrast to Kansas, the latter State seem.
ingly bound, hide bound, in the fetters
of that rule which recognizes the prinCi.
pie Of doing evil that good may come
believing that a bad treewill bring forth
good fruit; that we can gather figs from
thistles, and that damson plums will
grow and lusclously ripen on mullen
stalks. 'fI
Democrats believe in no such nonsense
but recognize the plain principles of JUS
tice and common sense, as the safe way
to run public affairs, as we'll as individ.
ual matters. Recognizing not only the
right, but the capacity of the people for
self-government, Democrats believe in
local, or "home rule" that is, States
rights, and also National unity, as pre-
scribed in the Constitution. The scheme
Of central government, absorbing all
noWar uainO the Stataa oa nonnnarad