Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-09-20

SOTetcllng aS II Olu lar toward Inc I
west, where the sky dipped and
kissed it in cool and shadowy em-
brace.
THE ENGINE PUFFED
and Kissed and Numbered along
and III an hour or two brought us to
the Union Depot of the great city. |
l need not tell you anything about
st. Louis, as your readers arc, doubt
less, somewhat acquainted with
that big town. | left it at go p. m.
for Pueblo, Colorado. Arriving next
morning in Kansas City at Il:2O
O'Clock, We changed cars. and struck
out for
THE GREAT WEST,
taking the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa/Fe road. AS we moved aloag
thi#inighty country began to un-
fefd itself to our view. The wide
and boundless plains spread out be-
fore me, dotted with cattle grazing
upon the finest uncultivated pastur-
age in the world.
Beyond Topeka we entered the
great valley of the Arkansas river.
Here the vastness of the plains be-
gins to impress you. You look in
vain for something for the eye to
rest upon, beside the grazing cattle,
the green line of cottonwood follow
ing the river, an occasional adobe
headquarters of the ranchmen, and
the sharp outline of the horizon in
all directions.
The monotony of the scenery be-
comes wearisome; and is relieved
only by the interest you may take
in watching for herd of antelopes
or the shy little prairie dog.
THE BUFFALO,
which for thousands of years had
been grazing upon these plains, are
gone, having left unmistakable evil
dence of their presence in the past
by the bones of their dead yet bleach
ing and scattered everywhere.
THE INDIAN,
who hunted them, still follows
them. Thousands are yet to be
seen in the parks and west of them.
But in a few more years they will
be as thing Of the past.
L think it probable that before the
lapse of another century, that this
great valley of the Arkansas will be
as densely populated as the valley
of the Nile was in the time of the
Pharaohs.
WANT OF MOISTURE
may be regarded as drawback to
immediate development, but the
rainfall is rapidly increasing to-
ward the west; which is known,
not only by the reports of scientific
observers on its meteorology, but
also by the more luxuriant growth
!, of all vegetable forms up to the pro-
crossed line.
THE NEGRO AND KANSAS.
: In passing through Kansas, 1 saw
a few scattering negroes, but none
of them at work. / give you the
substance Of a long conversation
had on the train with a gentleman
upon the subject of the negro anC
Kansas. He was a citizen of this
fine country, having been a resident
, there for the past ten years, engaged
, in farming.
IT WAS HIS OPINION
that the negro exodus to his STATE
, would not be advantageous to it:
agricultural interests, if the scheme
was carried out as designed by The
: parties who originated it for politi
=, cal purposes; but would result only
in misfortune to the negro himself
his certain determination through
climatic changes, as well as through
the great difference between tn
. field of labor to which he had beel
y accustomed to operate, and tina
, which would be forced upon him il
> his new abode. "Why," he said
81 was born in Kentucky-I know
- the negro; he is naturally indolent
to you have got to
e WATCH AND DRIVE HIM
It to get anything out of him. u
u take yankee farm hand, and he'
1t do more work in one day than
e large majority of negroes would d
in three, and do it better; yet tn
d negro wants his $1,000 per mont
t. and grub, just what we pay the rel
n able and energetic yankee. Sir,
d he continued, che won't do fC
" Kansas
r, THE COTTON AND SUGAR FIELDS
/ of the South are adapted to his pr
culiar characteristics, and there h
should stay; and many who hav
e. come would return, if they coul
l. get back again. Why" he contil
N ued, "the poor creature thinks til
Government will hand him over
t, farm all stocked and ready to ope
" ate as soon as he gets here; that b
1, will be fed until he can produce
H. cropI and all he's got to do is to i
al by and take it easy in his new par
:: disc, where crops come without Il
t. Dor, and sunshine and summer al
ut always in his pathway. He ha
/; better stay in his own sunny soutl
in where he'll find all the condition
a. necessary to the preservation of h
in health, his happiness and his futul
1 welfare. We don't want him here,
Sc thought there was a great de
W of truth in what my old friend salt
I and | only regret that | did not g
~ his name, as 1 might have referre
ht to him in substantiation of what
is have written, but he left me une,
re pectedly at Burlingame, tow
~ some distance beyond Topeka, an
/ saw nothing more of him.
re PUEBLO.
After two half-days and night
run liz a sleeper, we reached Puebl
/ in the Centennial State of Ool0rad
of This is an old Spanish trading pos
We and is located at the crossing Of Il