Daily Republican., 1881-12-05
TRIP TO KANSAS,
what . Now Castle County Man
saw on = vistt-His Comments,

influential Delawarean, just home from
a visit to Kansas:
After three daya and nights of tray
el over as many Railroad lines we
found ourselves at Enporia, Lyon
County, Kansas, and the guest OF our
old friends, DR.. Thos. ArmOr and wife.
We found them still hale and hearty
though twehey i've years have elapsed
since they left our little State for the
then far West, and the Doctor is still
quite active In business, being now en-
gagged in building new Me e,chant
Mid in town to supply his store with
flour and feed. He also takes a hand
in the political affairs of the country
having built the county buildings some
years ago, and in an election for coun-
ty commissioner, few days ago, was
defeated by a dozen votes This much
for the information of his Delaware
friends. Empo ia the capital town of
Lyon Co., is now city of eight or ten
thousand, situated bet tween two streams
the Mosho and Cottonwood, and is a
stirring active place. Not so much for
manufacturing purposes As for mercan-
tile pursuits, 1t isa market for the
country for miles around.
! The school buildings are good and the
educational interests ar5 of high or.
der. There are seventeen churches
which fact might argue either for or
against the morals Of the place; for the
citizens either are 80 re.igiou,ly inclin-
ed to require seventeen church build
ings to accommodate them or are 80
averSe to reii lion as to need the efforts
of 80 many to keep the morals of the
place up to good standard. am in
c.ined to the former view, however, for
q person under the influence OF liquor
or any other will influence 50 al to be-
disorderly is something rarely seen in
the streets of Emporia. Toe city is
strong for prohibition; the citizens be-
ing determined to keep a good recort
for order and good conduct The lead
ing ho.els never did keep bar but loft
the sale of rum to the saloons. Now,
however, none IL sold except by hirec.
ton Ofa physician, and the consequence
is a great reduction Of crime and conse-
quent court expense, 80 VIGOROUSLY Is
this tnat IL is said not il single case 10
now in the county Jail awaiting indict-
ment for any criminal otfense.
The State of Kansas seems much to
be prefer I'd to much of the laud be
tween here and there. 1t is good
State, and rich in its own resources, al
most every aroicle of utility found any
where is is be- found there, and the
state produces its own materials for
building and improving purposes,
abounding in stone lime, brick and
lumber, sand alone being scarce and
high. Bituminous coal is plentiful
along the line of the Atchi5ou, Topeka
and Santa Fee X. L. west uf Topeka,
and found but few feet bc,o Y the sur
face. This Is n gr at benefit to the peo-
pie for fire wood is aluost unknown
over thousands and thousands of acres
and this soft coal is burned in every
village and almost every house.
The processes of agriculture there are
quite different from " hat they a:e here.
The farmer depends principally upon
his corn, cattle and hogs, and goes to
the prairie fer his pasture aud for the
hay for winter use; scarcely any cult
vat, d grass is being used. The herding
and fatting cattle and sheep has be-
come great interest there. The abun-
dance OF pasturage and small expense
Of herding making it profitable and
the cattle men are making money fast.
Many Of them now however are buying
up large tracts Of land, especially such
as are convenient to water, so as to
have their own pasture free from tres
pass and encroaChment from others. 1t
is prominently a cattle country; he mild
climate and natural grasses promote
their growth anil improvement. 3
year olds there ale as large as year
ods here.
They say the state is fast filling up,
and people from every where are con-
stantly coming in and making their
homes on her fertile soil, and mild and
pacific climate; but it looks as if it
would take at least another century to
populate her numberless acres to the
same extent as the East, and to fully
de ;o!ope her vas, agricultural and
mineral resources.
there is much to attract one to Kan
:, who has large desires; who grasps
Ter big things, and wants large farms,
Arge fields, large stock and plenty of
room. 1t is certainly to be preferred to
southern Illinois and part of Missouri
over which we travelled. V. q. f.