The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-09-03
Little Jaunt.

Last Friday 1 boarded Neitleton's train
for Otter creek. The car was full of
Democratic statesmen who were iollify-
ing over the nomination of Ross. They
seemed to be happy over the thought
that an ex.Itepublican was on the way
to salt river. There were two or three
stalwart Republicans aboard who enter
ed into their joy. Poor Ross.
From Eagle Greek TO Madison we were
in the rain. At Willow Valley we
took refreshments. At Eureka we
left Phenis with some of his Dem
ocratic friends. Here 1t rained again.
On hull between Fall river and Otter
creek the train slowed up" and
l jumped off in the mud and dark to
hunt up parsonage on the prairie. The
parsonage, an unfinished frame house,
was found, and the preacher, G. w.
White, and his good wife, gave me q
hearty welcome. Some of our preach
ers and their wives endure a good deal
for the privilege of preaching the gospel
to the poor. 1t rained most of the
night
Saturday morning we set out, in an
open spring wagon, for q ten mile ride
up North Otter, which took US up into
the spurs of the Flint Hills. The bot
tom lands, not very extensive, are all
fenced, which throws the road out on to
the hills. So our ride was up
and down over the rockiest road have
| found in Kansas. The face of the
country is quite picturesque, and there
are some beautiful little canons running
up into the hills. There are some great
bluffs of rock, unlike anything I have
| seen elsewhere in Kansas. Scraggy PIN
oaks grow out of the great crevices of
the great rocks. Brachipods, crinOids
and other fossils abound in these rocks.
| / captured n specimen which resembles
| a cross between a trilobite and bivalve.
This country has been settled about
ten years. There are some very fine
stock farms along this stream. The
creek runs the year round, has run a
| good stream all this season, The caves
and little bushy gulnhes along the hifl
sides afford fine shelter for stock in the
winter, and the high table lands
afford the best of summer range. The
corn crop is good and there is a world
of hay. There are no apple-bearing or
chards yet, but abundance of peaches.
may say that it rained Saturday after
noon and night, and spoiled our grove
meeting. So on Sunday morning ano
afternoon we had a large congregation
| nuuuleu IN ana around SInail ScnOO
house and endured one of the hotties
days of the season.
Late in the afternoon / rested while I
good brother drove me across the cOun
try, a distance Of twelve miles, 20 Eureka
Here found . church full of Z -sping
sweltering people, who sat p..tiently
to hear one of the hottest ser
mons ever tried to preach.
made both preacher and people sweat
The Eurekans are good church goers
They have good choir, led by DIR
Wakefield. Col. Rizer, of the Herald
manages the bass. Rev. Z. c. Brooks
the pastor, Is e-awake and looks ai
ter all the interests Of the church. w
J spent Monday renewing old and forming
new acquaintances in the city.
Tuesday morning we boarded Nettle
tons train again for home. This tim'
we found the car full of Republican pol
iticians on their way 20 Topeka to nom
mate a ticket TO defeat the Democrat,
nominees. They believe that they caI
defeat all the ex-Republicans in In
field. So they arc happy. ! reaches
home in good time and in good tune f0
dinner. am no Tannerite. c. r. Il.