The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-05-13
SEDALIA.
What Q Fort Scott Man says
About Il.

Last week . party Of gentlemen came
IRON Fl. Scott to Sesiali. on business. Upon
their ,esnrn one Of them wrote the follow.
ing letter for the Moxis@:
We had occasion TO witt Ss,lslis. 6rst
mined ''S~dvilIe. . called now by some the
''Que<n ot the Prairies," on Tuesday last,
and in company With our Mayor and COM
miiiee Of the Ci'y Council ws took the early
morning train, AMI arrived at our desiina-
tion about > O'Clock q. 40. We hsd not
ar~n S~d.lia for about ak wears, and were
sery much surprised AZ the vast improve
ments and increase II population in 90 short
. time; especially - il had covered the
PERIOD Of the greate-t depression since the
beginning II the late var, period during
which most towns and cities have retro
gsded rather than increased. This city. on
the contrary, has almost doubled in popcla-
ton IN that time. has extended in all direc.
lions, and there are evidence Of thrift and
prosperity IN every hand. Not yet twenty
years Of age, ~ ve know, having acted ~
clerk 1t the 6r.t sale Of lots, in June, 1859
she i sa;d to contain population Of twelve
thousand ishabiiants. We have not seen .
city in the West Of le~ than twenty thous-
and inhabitants that equals Sedalis in the
beauty, taste and cost of her private resi-
dence~. some OF them cost 1000, and
even the cheaper aud len coetly residences
and grounds exhibit the taste and culture
Of refined PEOPLE in their architectural
arrangements. Great attention ha. been
paid to ,rees, shrubbery, dowen anil grapes,
and the noted Broadway will compare Ia
vorably With any street in city of hun
dre6 thou.and inhabitants.
We are naturally led to inquire n to the
cause Of this thrift and prosperity in our
neighbor,ng city. She has few, II any, Of
the many natural advantage Of our city.
Coal. which r. cheap here, and forms one
most valuable articles Of commerce, - dear
there, and besides, ve have cement, miner
al paint, and superior building stone to
hers. and plenty Of water for all manuiac-
turing inierrs~ in the stream which runs
through Our city. in which she il deficient.
Our locality in regard to rival towns Is far
superior to herr. Then Why u it that she
ouistrip ~? We cen ZEE several potent
reasons. She hss made the railroad. her
friends. and they work with her Tor com.
mon interest She IL made the headquas.
ter. Of the v. X. 4 T. KY Co, and they
have established the general Offices there,
and have erected repair shoI- filled With
machinery and buy hands. Thi., in our
opinion. il what Is making her prosper
Ous and growing city. She has only one
more railroad than ne have, and that is
branch, only one OF the two main lines
that Pass through here. We had little
time 10 call on old scquainiancss: and in
passing along the streets few familiar fsces
we're noticed. We took time to call on the
founder Of the city. and found the family
intact leave the mother under one roof,
~ il Vas II years ego, At the old county
seat, about four miles distant, where my
father settled in bis house juss across the
street from them. When be first founded
the city, he had all the bitter feeling Of op-
position naturally engendered At the form
er county seat to fight, but he has lived to
see all opposition die out, and his must
s:nguine expectations realized. When
prejudices and political animosiiies shall
have paced away, history will in Justice
make him the grandest character Of all the
pioneer Of the central portion Of the State.
He va originally Wing, and later Re.
publican, and although generally With the
minority, he hiss Tough, fearlessly for hu-
man rights, and human progress. In 1856
he fought, At the risk Of the safety Of his
peFson, to prevent the sending Of armed
bodies Of men into Kansss to vote in vio-
lation Of Lac, and earlier We remember that
ve stood be.iie him On the Court House
fence 1t Georgetown. while be wss address.
ing mob. urging them to let the Law take
Iis couse in the case of 4 negro. when mo-
other man in the county had the maral
courage tn say sueht sgainst the summary
proceedings contemplated BY the excited
populsce. We met Col. Jsyne~. Who is
one Of the mo~t public spirited citizen. Sc
dsl,a ever had. and Who mas done much to
promote her general prosperity. We think
our neighbour may veil Be proud Of their
city, and Ne only hope in the future IN be
able 70 follow her on the highway to pros
periiy. The city. year or too since, fund
Cd her Indebtedness BY Issuing new bonds
u par. running thirty years at Eve per cent.
interest, and since that time her lisb,lities
have not troubled her. nor intesierrd With
her prosperity. There j. unity Of action
there-snd every man seems TO work for
the interval Of his town; tho~e Who are
able build and improve. ard those Who are
not paint and clean up their eround.. Let
~ profit By their example. II ve can do
no more, ve can vhiiewash our fences, and
tighten the lone planks in the sidewalk.
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for Travel.
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