Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-04-16
[Tor the SHENANDOAH HERALD
MEssRs. EDITORS /:

MEssRs. EDITORS
Some of your many
readers are DESTROYS to knew the where
abouts of the party who met at harper
Ferry on the 4th, inst, TO emlgratc 10
the west. We propose to give them
few jottings by the way the party con-
sisted OF twclve.a counted. Or the mum
Der was VIM. Widney aud family, form
erly of Va, Dan'l Sibert. son oil Got
]. H. Slbert, of Mt. Olive, and others
with the writer. The destiny OF the
party was Clarendon, Donley county,
Texas. The object is to build up the
Christian Temperance Colony, estao-
hshed there one year ago by Rev. L.
II. Carhart, P. E., Denison Dist, Dr.
Fowler, Revs. w. A. Allen, Parks. ana
other parties. The route of the party
emigraiing, lay, in the first move, from
Harper's Ferry to Dodge city. Kansas
via Parkersburg, Cincinnati, st. LOUIS
Kansas city, Atchison, Topeka, En-
poria to Dodge city-a distance OF over
1850 miles by railroad, which brought
the marty within 225 miles of Clarendon.
Texas. the seat of the colony, whlc'l
was to be travelled over land in private
conyeyances. The party reached Dodge
city IN four days, and proceeded Imme-
diotely IN purchase an outlit-a very
large business is being done IN all the
cities and towns from Kansas city west
ward. Wagons, horses and mules are
kept on sale in large quantities, to meet
the constant demand of daily increas-
inc emigration in quest of new homes
onr marty found enough Of all kinds OF
Quitting to choose from, and in two
or three DAYS bought a full supply ana
were ready TO join in the trains moving
South. We followed the military road
from Dodge city to Camp Supply hrst'
and then on via Fort Elliott to Claren-
don-our party now for the colony num-
bered some % persons, with teams
other parties going elsewhere joined us,
Our way lay through an unlnhatlled
country. except herdmen and their
cattle. The ranches Oh the cattle men
were generally bull. of small logs set on
end-the cracks were daubed with mud
These ranches when near the road KEEP
whisky and some few supplies at double
rriccs We had tents and supplies suill'
nient laid in at Dodge city, aud on Tues
day 18th, inst, commenced our march,
Near a week was required to bring us
ont Of Kansas, another week through
tbe Indian Territory. and five days Of
the third week we travelled through IN
inhabited counties OF Texas, reaching
Clarendon. Donley county, on FRIDAY
night. %. inst. The people OF the Colo
nv received us with almost enthusiastic
creotinos of welcome.-a great supper
was in waiting Tor us, spread in then
now church. because no other building
in the place could hold the people,
After supper the tired people were soon
retired to sleep to await the morning
LIGHT. TO see the lay OF the new city, OF
tho surrounding farms which was pros
nocted as their future homes. Some o
the city lots are very fine, and much o
the land is perfectly rich, while some
tracts are too high aud others too 10"
to he desirable. The climate is CRANE
and invigorating, hills, gorges, an'
gulches, springs forming rivers an'
creeks enough to prevent the level lane
from being painful vast to the eye tina
must ever gaze over it. The question
will he pressed upon me know wheth
or all homeless ones should not co. a
once and secure unsurpassed rich homes
IN such healthy cline and among Chris
tlanIpeople, if must answer say no
The following persons should mol 80
first the lazy man should not 80. Their
&c no supplies to be had under dis
lance of 225 miles. The industrlon
ones have no difficulty in procuring sup
Il niles until they can grow surplus Which
will sell for remunerating prices. Ih'
man who INDUCES his Imagination, AM
supposes he can get rich with out tn
nse Of means should not go, he Will b.
harmful to himself and others who hea
his IDLE theories. The talker-the maj
: Of talk. talk, talk, is not needed there
They say there is TOO much tax ther
already. Workers could be multiplied
: hut no more takers. We think we ar
safe in saying that there has been n
falling off in the quality Of land in gu
travels up TO date. We found prlm
land as soon as we reached Kansas
We passed over some 400 miles of in
babiled lands in Kansas, and perhap
100 miles of uninhabited, with an aver
age of good land in both. Then cam
the Indian Territory with as good a
average as Kansas. and now here is tn
Pan Handle or Gano, Estacanda"
Texas we look out on warmer elm
and very heavy grass.
! Yo1rs trillV