The Ottawa free trader., 1879-11-29
TRIP TO KANSAS.
TN on n Boom---Kansas City.

for and will not be comtortcd because we nat
never counted its value until it slipped ou
rrasp forever We looked from the wlhao"|
ot ST. James Hotel that dark and stormy morn
mo watching the muddy rivuets OF water me
andering over the streets and thought no"
much more resigned to the lncvl'aoIe We
micbt have been had no tantalMingly Doaull
ful dream of the cloudlc5s sky OF yesterday
aitted before our vision. We listened most
d;soortentelly TO the soft dash Of the rain on
,he names and wondered how poets couIu una
anv music in such discords, for every crop
seemed to add certainty to our gloomy cohVlc-
ton that IT would he impossible to g" down
town unless we were willing to face rcFlOU
tion in the shape of draggl"d skirts, camp
shoes and possibly serious cold Ncremeh''
bered. and there was bitterness in the memory,
that no woman has ever possessed the sublime
gift of managing her multitudiouS d!aperleS
with grace or her umbrella with ease, and with
this thought came the distressing reflection
that traveller without The useful aid Of
his pilgrims stick must of Hecessity look over
city with superficial eyes.
Our good fairy came to US III The shape OF
roomy, substantial carriage under the charge
of rentlemany driver who answered our
manifold questions with aiiability, and gave
us uaasked a great deal of valuable iniorma-
tion. Asir in answcrt to our tervcnt wish, the
ram drops which with the exception otan occa-
siOnal ourburst Of pettiSh fury had grown to
he few in numbers and far between, troubled
us no more and for the next four hours We
rode up and down the steep asccnts ana dc
scents of many streets looking with eager in-
terest over the business houses the public edl-
fees, and the homes Of the yourg and wonder-)
fully energetic city which has redeemed It's
dwrllnc place from the Businesses Of the
hills" and built for itself strange throne on
the border line between two great states
"S,yen cities claimed the Homer dead
Through which the living Homer begged his
bread
Kansas City is somewhat in the predlcament
Of the famous poet IN regard to rival claims
though it is hardly probable that she will soon
sink into his condition OF ofpiiable want, or that
her sister owners will be forced in thGnea future
Kansas on the plains, and Kansas City, Mis-
souri, on the heights are two distinct existenccs,
one life; two marked indlviduahtics, one wed
,Ied life and alas unlike the ideal union, some
what marred by conflicting interests, by indi-
vidua efforts and needless jealousies. Kansas
City has personality all her own, not Dor
rowed, not copied from anywhere else. Proud
" she has arrogatcd to hersclfthc title of"lhcl
New Chicago" and though the clam is an eX-
travagant one, it is true that portion OF the
mantle of the queen of the American CONT
nent has fallen upon her shoulders She
hates stagnation. Life IS ever throbbing
through her streets reminding you of Chica-
go's great thorough ghfares-State, Madison and
Washington.
She has redeemed her foothold from rugged
hills and steep ravnos. She has cut down the
stubborn clay, She has forced the iorbddlng
morass out of existence and lifted It's low bed to
thedignity of respectable soil in proper position
for the substantial foundation OF street or
home residence All nature was against her
all nature said to her, "Your abiding place
shall not oe mere DuI sne ohly an9"oiou' i"'''
stay" That answer dcciocd hef ocS''hy al"
set her feet hrmly upon the PAIN 'hat lcau'
toward victory lou ieei more VViuy per
haps than you ever felt before what a glorious
thing 1t Is to struggle for and conquer as you
lool, mn to those formidable walls and columns
,oi,s';... ,,,i.,,, ,,r,,. ,,,,, oi,,,,,,, So,
o' clay ioo'h'hS u'"V, 1"'y "''" ''5"y ''''
above your head-coId, defiant, naughty IN
their marble hardness, and remember that
Kansn, C,tv has wrcsted almost every foot or
,,...,..,. w.
Aer territory from INC grasp oi Such zoe
The plucky men who have rocked this city
in the cradle Of her infant poverty watched