, 1879-07-19
WESTERN WAYS.
AN tNTKlIrs ttNu LITTER.

tn fht ls|R1f u TIE TrlhHHa-
FoRT Scorr, Kas., July fG.-nofofo 0atl
Hamilton cntcrod tho political arcna, st,c wro,c,
oucp upun time, book well worth reading.
Away out h tic country, far removed frorn the
hsrfo and turmoil Of towu ltfe, 30 iar removed,
indeed. ia,at also ~as "twolvo miles from a
lnnlon," she wrote good book. / llavo been,
during Tho last wauk, fourteen miles from n
lemon, at1d eau npprcclate the situatton to A
certain degrees. navet realized bcfNu TIC
possibility Of beautiful l,oiac-lfo IN plates 10
l,staH. IRON the cs,.srcs os civilization. peopo
who live In fno houeet, w1Jn arc clothed ''tn
pt}fb1o mud tino liucn," ansl who faro sumptu-
ously oyery day. cannot understand how others
wi,ose daily existence Is bare of every luxury
and nany necessities cnn live earnest, intellect
ual lives. I nm converted 10 hrltef In Wcas-
ern homes. II thu hundreds aud thnus1ntla of
ilIy-pald clerks aud mechanics who find their
incomes so inadequate to their needs wero pos
scssors Of few acree md little l,omc hcrc,
they would he l,ealtncr a,' l!arpicr than IN
think that shercts no suitable society IN tho oat,
not considering THAT every ySar t!ere
! Jug to these Western wIlas. s'' bnIi1,
temperance md literary sucicIea, md ciccrinl,
intellectual, though l.astl-TnsKnE cocnnttnls1ea
To bc sure, there Ia tho unpleasant alc TO this
knd of lifc. .as to al others; but in many H.
stancc. the dIsagrceable lIupponsnEs nra 20 worry
unlike old waJa md custo,ls, AO entirely tn
iorpn> nnd NATURAL tint their almpficltY tvlchcs
the heart, and their od1ttyEroWs tnioKrotce1Ic-
ncBs.
Many OF Tho Home writer's f,ayo been giving
tfc1r views Ut t1.c heavenly state during tlln
last few weeks. It was my privilege last Sun
dav evening tn htar Second Advent preacher
rive his ideas upon the subject. nH tho manner
I{stLS fFt ff1l
cc.vcl illustrates the funny part OF Wostcsn ex-
pcrfcncca I will nut try to tell you ut tho
speaker, OF hfa strange appearance, and bis yot
siranRcr speech, ! eannot do lustfca to his
hs Fsc - Ffsases nan. or hs
country eehool-rooln nearly llled wiz, tlu most
nondcscrlpt- people Imaginable, people
who listened very quietly To tlt rantlng Of Tho
AfiiIarftc prophet, hut who took pity on their
thu preacher ccastsl not preaching; nn',
unstraopnE various nillowt, quilts, and
eaimiy ci" Prepared t'u IL. tntants for III:
ssion s MD for tho nsht: ~ % tna TING a.at
children vera lying peacefully l'pon their oil.
lows bestlc parontat fcct. nttd rs thu "amcn' u
sounded, and the t,nreQts commenced to poko
tnir unronsciotIs offspring with tl,esr feet and
ah.aaa from seventeen tnfantl!e mouths sHfuscd
my ears, escaped 10 The scllool-llot,so porch,
md watched ncdItntyely while t'e fathers MIL
motleFs Of tho seventeen Rus'lnucnt chornt>s
guided to tllr hoine-goifI, wagon the struggling
Bq,lad U{ Inn0conts, while tho siatcrs md other
fell,luc relatives followed she,n lntlcn With nil.
lows nn btushca at "tllo tuolllrssh Of tho
youths WHO are Insisting upou their right to
assist tho hcgtra.
1t is very sentimental 10 quote poetry, atn
awnrc. bnt q little yetsr t!Iut WINS once Wrttton
IN my nurooranll.alba.n rings In my nlclnorY
whenever tlIiak uposi ttlcse kindly. hospltable,
Ehrstan proptc, who arp CEristfMna oftrut1inpt
IN 1uardcr, deeper. trller susso than Christians
of Chat's definition nrt.
Aud With this versu closo .ny Rambling little
letter, anil subscElbo myself Tho llonlcltcs
0bedlcDt scryalk:
"'rieru Is nuyur decd that In kind and truc,
Ur n word for tne si.lll oulrnl9;
lsAs h added Up yoMdeg, teyuNI the blue,
Iu tho beautiful aonE unaunr"
HELEN GILBERT,