The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-25
''THE KANSAS PACIFIC"
TIE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND SAN FRAN
CISCO

THE coaches" on this road are vastly
more comfortable than 1.-The street cars
of Damascus. as Mark Twain found
them. In fact, we may glide over the
seas OF prairie with scarce a Jolt we
may settle down in a velvet cushion. hang
our head out of the window and gaze at
the most beautiful landscape Imaginable.
and. without hyperbOle. eXclaim. all the
world 5 farm all the worlds a flower
garden. Travelling and sight seeing are
pleasant on road like this.
On this journey you pass over lands
once known only TO the red man. the
buffalo and the prairie dog. Now poor
10 like his companious-buff aud
prairie dOg-have rgcgtcd before the
march of ''the pale face" and cfviliza-
tion. And that figment of the imagina-
ton, the Great American Desert -
where Is it We've been looking for il
have had our geography on cur knee
and carefully noted and compared II
with our latest maps 10y authority of L.
:. Survey, but that desert. like the
baSeleSs fabric of a dream. g" doth not
appear, The parallels of latitude and
longitude run through and bound luxur-
liant crops of corn. rye barley. oats and
wheat, and totally put To flight even the
idea of a desert.
The opinion too Ocommoulyeutertaiu
that the cultivation OF the ground meets
with scanty remuneration. compared
with other occupations. * altogether en-
rOne0us. 1t is true that agricuituri~ts.
for labor. do not receive as high wages
as are sometimes paid 10 first-rate artf-
zaus, and particularly confidential clerks
and accountants in large mercantile
houses, banks and insurance Offices
But then II should be remembered lhat
while here and there q person receives I'd
large salary for personal services. sever
al hundred receive barely sufficient 10
meet their personal expenses. We viii
not institute any comparison aS To- vital.
each class feels neceSsitated 10 expeud
for living and comfort. Owing 60 the
uSages of society the primary lslDrinr
farmer, however. has been known To Law
up more mOney-though receiving Iut
two hundred dollars a ycar-tlau
clerk in a city who Is receiving six hun
dred. We may not change these usag.s.
however we may oppose them. Each
class has its haTdsIips Clerks and
merchants are often bankrupt and OH.
how such changes test the moral courage
OF these how they destroy the physical
energies and mar the social affections
We are too well acquainted with such
scenes. Let young men III rural life.
inclined to be dissatisfied with their
condition, think OF all this before they
resolve To change their occupation.
The Kansas Pacific Railway is the
Grand Trunk Railroad from Kansas
City. on the Missouri river TO the citv
of Denver, at the base OF the great
Rocky Mountains. 1t Is ia miles the
shortest route between the two cities
mentioned the best line to the san Juan
lao f4--a.-i+a ,-.r4+r nj 3d..
iSt. and Is also the connecting link of
the most pleasant of all rail routes to san
Francisco. Ithas opened up one of the
most beautiful and fertile districts on this
continent. the development of which. bv
the sturdy agriculturists. is unprece-
dented. The hduSos Porifr Homestead
Is very interesting paper. giving statis-
tics and other valuable information
about This country. and can be obtained
free 10y addressing :. !. Gilmore. Land
Commissioner, S3lina. Kansas.