The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-01
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upon a journey 70 the obi Bay Stat
would he Of interest T. your readers.
Starring upon The midnight train o
May 1G. I found Il eroxaeti with repro
sentasiyes from many of our westeri
states, most of them going back to theii
old homes 20 visit-solne merchants ane
iradesmen and very few leaving tlls
west IN disgust Their reports from
the west were generally very nattering
arriving in Kansas City, found much
10 interest me in her crooked streets, in
Vulnerable hills and Democratic appear
anee. A person can realize before bis
visit is ended how Jesse james could Sc.
crete himself under The very eyes of the
police
! found a faithful corps o! teachers
trying 10 instruct over-cfowded schools
in buildings whose exterior appearance
would better suit some retrograde
eastern ioSn than a thriving western
city.
The crops Of Illinois are several
weeks behind those of Kansas on ac-
count of the heavy rains and cool
weather. Corn planting was unfinished
and the fruit trees were coming out in
bloom. felt out of place in Chicago
wearing my summer clothes, but was
fortunate enough to secure convey
ance direct to the Baltimore & Ohio
depot | Immediately entered the car
and watched people through the win
dows, marching briskly up and down
the streets in their winter hats and over
coats. AS night came on our car
quieied down and everybody seemed
f''",n~sed 10 sleep. Twisting myself up
j.. Il. SCAT to the best of my ability, 1
had just decided that the most i'm
portant thing toward good health
was sleep aud was just passing
the line when a noble yeomau
from Michigan heGved a long, broad,
deep sHore that woke every
body in the car but the man himself. 4
baby, dancing party, a young married
couple and a noisy brakeman finished
sleepiess night, and at four O'Clock day
dawned and we had our first view of
OHIO. Hills, rocks and
yellow clay, with here and there grove
of trees or an interior farm house, sur
rounded with ten-acre pastures over
stocked with cattle and sheep, made up
the scenery. / confess 1 was disap-
pointed in Ohio, but it was far superior
TO West Virginia, where we entered the
Jack pine region and a more hilly
country. / noticed one man cultipating
a piece of land that must have had a
forty-fiye degree slant In fact l pitied
him, for l expected him 10 fall off. His
team was composed of an old gray horse
and COW. y single shovel pillow, and a
harness made mostly of ropes, complet-
ed his outfit. He was plowing crosswise,
too, while his wife was hoeing up and
down the mountain. His log house, as
are many, in pllce OF being perpendicu-
lar, leaned toward tue mountain to such
an extent that extra logs had been placed
in the outer side. New school houses
dot the hillsides in every direction, and
many watering places and summer re-
sorts are scattered here and there among
the hills
The scenery in the Allcghanies was
splendid but was disappointed in their
height. We stopped sometime in Har-
per's Ferry ard examined the Arsenal
and fort made famous by John Browns
raid. Nothing but the ruins of the
remain and on one of these
an cnterprising patent medicine man
has lettered the name of his medicine
Washington cannot be described in q
hastY visit. found Senator Plumb one
of the hardest if not The hardest working
man in the senate The heads of The
different departments seem TO look upon
strangers as office seekers and treat
them likewise. Thanks to Sena tor
Plumb however for letter of introdnc-
ton and for his secretary and guide and
spokesman, 1 tecared many favors
which l hope will benefit the library
ana museum OF our city schools. Lis
tenipg in the United States senate is like
eating corn meal without water, so after
running through the Smithsonian
found il was train lime and started for
New York. Arriving in the city carly
in the morning l walked up and down
some Of It's principle streets and had a
fire view of some of its
beautiful buildings. The stores not being
open came again about O'Clock and
found what were comparatively deserted
streets in the morning now packed full
Of human lite. say packed, because
we have no better word. The
sidewalks presented two streams of peo-
pie, one going up and the other down,
while the street was such medly Of ev-
cry describab!e conveyance that fail 10
find words TO describe it. Bergh has a
grand work TO do IN New York yet.
From New York TO Fall river, Massa-
chusetis, two lines of steamers run.
They both leave the harbor at the same
hour and every day sees more or less
racing. Saturday evening was very
calm and quiet, giving them splendid
to show their relative pow
ers. A race was the result. Down the
har5or, past Biackwell's Island and out
at He'll Gate we ran, each vessel trying
by all the maneuvers the narrow chan
mel would allow to take advantage of
the other until they emerged abreast
into Long Island Sound. For over an
hour l watched them exert themselves,
each striving for the mastery, when
they beth s!ackened their pace and l
turned in, determined on having good
nights rest was awakened Sun
day morning by the fog whistle, which
blew every three minutes. Dressing
myself, went ON deck and stroye in
vain to get a glimpse of the New Eng
land coast through the fog. We soon
made the hsrbor, and short trip
brought us to historic Boston-the
cleanliest city, with the croOkedest
streets, the brainiest people and the
"Hubbiest" ideas OF any city in the
land. People are just planting corn,
potatoes and flower seeds here now, and
spring has hardly opened.
But have exhausted your p.;ience,
no doubt, and l will throw a curtain
over historic Massachusetts, until anoth-
er time, and settling down in New
fishing village, enjoy clam
chowder and baked beans. F. K.
From the Normal.
TUESDAY, MAY 30.
The Rev. Dr. Munsell, of Council
Grove, and who was president of the
Wesleyan University, located at Bloom.
ington, Illinois. for a number of years,
made Us short visit today and in brief
address dropped some first-class thoughts
that 1t win well pay those who are so
soon to go out into the world to teach