The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-04-24
From Kansas.
the Editor of the Standard:

To the Editor of the Standard:
1t has been a year and two months
since l moved to Kansas, an entire stran-
| ger-was cordially welcomed, and at once
became deeply interested and attached
to its citizens generally. They all appear
to be friendly, clever, and want to help
newcomers. Since that time have been
asked so many questions from good old
Ohio, that it would take sheets of FOOLS
cap to answer them all so l deem it
proper to answer in your most excellent
paper, as it has quite large circulation,
my friends can all see what l think of
Kansas
The questions have been How do you
live, what do you make your house out
Of you stables, granaries. pigpens, and
what do you do for fuel, and great many
other questions that l will try to answer.
Some build houses, stables, cribs, pigpens,
and all other buildings, out of lumber,
same as in Ohio; some, less able, build of
sod. My house is built of sod and lum-
ber, thirty-two feet long, by eighteen
feet wide, three rooms, one story high,
plastered inside and out, covered with
sod. Ny joists, or ribs, are lumber, s
inches wide, 2 inches thick, and 16 inch
es apart 5 windows. doors, all on top
of ground. l did not dig in the ground
any, although some do. We make no
fire. places, we use stoves, and burn corn
stalks, cobs, and stone coal. 1t takes
very little fire to keep our houses warm,
they are SO tight.
Our fall wheat looks tolerable well, but
not SO good as last spring. There is a
large acreage of spring wheat and oats
sowed. We can not tell yet what it will
do. Some corn has been planted, though
not much.
The families that left Portland a short
time ago are here all right. John John
son, John Jenkins, Anderson Corn, and
their families are here. johnson and
Jenkins are settled on farms. Corn is
renting till he looks around little. l
was giving Corn few in my joking way,
when he said Uncle, don't tell me what
l have done, but what l can do. (He
was here once before) / know l acted
foolish for going back when 1 was here
before" They all say we have come to
stay. They appear well pleased with the
country. There are others of my neigh
bors from Scioto county here, and we'll
pleased with Kansas. Persons from 9th
er States are settling here Government
land is pretty well gone here, although
there is yet school and railroad land that
can be bought cheap, from two dollars to
six dollars per acre, owing to quality and
location. l must say, taking all in all,
like Kansas so far as l have seen it
Wild plums is in bloom. There are plen-
ty of wild plums in sandy places. The
trees are of small growth, but the plums
are large and very thick on the trees, and
have very healthy appearance.
Grass is coming now, SO we can stalk
our cattle or horses out and they will do
well without feed. Gardens are growing
very nice, owing to the dry weather. We
have had very little rain, and no mud all
winter, but plenty OF snow. We are hay
ing some rain now. Politics nearly one
sided Democrats scarce here, and very
little to say.
Prices Wheat 60, corn 25 oats 25, po-
tatoes 60 cts. per bushel horses, mules,
cattle. and in fact everything cheap, ex-
cept farming tools, lumber and coal.
They are high. WIN. j. YEAGER.
April 10, 1879.