The Baltimore County union., 1879-07-05

Lecture by John T. Ensor, Esq.-This
gentleman delivered a lecture in the lecture-roOm
of Towsontown NJ. L. church, on Tuesday even
| ing, subject-"Kansas. Last summer Mr..
Ensor made an extended tour through that
| State and was so favOrably impressed that he de-
cided to frame his ideas, experience, &C., into a
! lecture which he did, and which proved a most
entertaining production to the large audience
which greeted him on Tuesday evening Those
with whom we have conversed who fortu-
nate enough to hear the lecture express them
selves as being delighted not only with the sub
ject matter of the discourse but also with the ex-
cellent manner in which it was delivered The
proceeds of the lecture for the benefit of the
church in which it delivered and the receipts
will reach quite n handsome sum.
We regret our inability to give full report of
the lecture, but will publish brief synopsis, en-
bracng some of the leading points upon which MIR.
Ensor touched He gave history Ofthe Louisiana
! Province, of which Kansas is a part, and which
was acquired from France. This is very i'm
portant part of our country's history and did not
fail to elicit great interest. Kansas, he said, is
as wide as from Harrisburg, Pa, to Norfolk, Va,
and twice that distance in length. 1t is as large
as all the New England States together, with
| Maryland and Delaware thrown in.
The progress of Kansas since its Territorial or
ganization and its admission as a State is sur
prising. Its population has increased to million
of people and its yield of produce is now equaled
| by but few of the older States The churches and
schools are excellent. An army of 1876 teachers
belong to the educational corps. and 81, ,l65,63S is
spent annually for school purposes. The Gov
ernment and State have donated large tracts of
valuable land for educational purposes. which en-
| able the people to have fine school houses and
pay the teachers good salaries with very little ex-
pense to the taxpayers.
| The lecturer spoke of the climate, water, fuel,
internal improvements and all the material inter
ests of the State. The people, he said, are indus
| trious and intelligent most of them being limited
in means. Those who have accumulated for
tunes by their own exertions know how to appre-
ciate worth and merit in others.
In the settlement of most of the States east of
the Mississippi the emgrant was obliged to go in
advance of the railroad and wait for it to come I;
now tine railroad goes in advance and carries him
to his new home with ease and comfort. From
Jan. lst, 1878 to Jan. lst lS79 10000 people set
tied in the Arkansas Valley and adjoining coun-
| try within convenient distance of the Atchson,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, which traverses
the State from east to west. Cereals and miner
ais found on the line of this road were displayed
at the Centennial, which added much to that
great exposition, and the judges did not hesitate
to declare that the products of the soil, both in
cereals and minerals, found on the line of this
road, were unsurpassed by those exhibited from
any other part of the world.
Mr.. Ensor said that Kansas was place for
iders and drones. 1t is necessary for man to
be industrious there here to succeed. The
richest rewards await the man of industry as the
fruits of his labor. The land requires fertl-
izer to improve it it only needs cultivation to
yield most abundantly to the hand of industry.
Still farther out the hills and mountains are filled
with gold and silver and these great inducements
are offered to people to come and develop the
country, and they are going by hundreds and
thousands daily, with every indication of prosper
Gus lives and happy homes.