The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-09-14
WILD NOTES From WILDER.

WILD NOTES FROM WILDER.
Picture town of thirtv-fve inhabi
tants, located at the foot of woOde,
Hill on the edge of the fertile valley o
the kaw. consisting of six scattering
houses, two stores, and 4 blacksmith
shop, and you have the main point
of Wilder. Divide the same with thu
iron trail of the Santa Fe X. X.
which stretches westward straight u.
an arrow bound it with corn, clover
and potato fields, dot the hills ant
wales with orchards, whose trees ar,
groaning beneath their burdens o
ripening fruit; and you have all the
points necessary for a pen and ink
sketch of the town in which apple.
AMI potatoes sell readily at forty cent:
per bushel. On the hill above thi.
picturesque place stands an old stone
house, once the residence OF an Indian
chief, long since gone To his happy
hunting grounds. Fifty ponies paid
for its erection in the dim past beside
it there bubbles up from the nysteri'
Gus depths below, u spring of pure
v.,r ,.,,r,s ,,,r, =, hi. r,.a Io,u
long, before the white man placed tn
| his lips the accursed fire water. Over
a. - ,;,,.,. ., lid, ;,s ,..v
>. m. ala ,,,, ON, c.,o. ,.,;.h has
o,r 49,, L., 80. r,.r az . cs,,urv h..p
;,,a s--,o,..,r.a
il. :, a,,s :, in, s,r..,,l.,s up,i,
!, % los, :, IN. valley below eyer
.;,ui,n ,,. I.ur.o,.,s con,
.r,r n.r NAV .o,,. and mon may 20
But go on fore'er-'
twenty-five UT 'h'r's years "so, 'he
river wound It's sinuous way where
the town stands now IL ho"s i'iie
away 10 the northwara' II tihe ever
works wonders II has WORKED theh
mere. Inc GROUND tho"eh 10" u last
hiiing up. anu maghihceht grove Oh
walnut Trees now races the to"h, shu'-
tins OUT al evening the iar-reachihs
rays Of the setting SUM- ana has'en,ns
that delicious twilight h"ur, which
brings the ladies Id their aoofs' All"
gives them once more an opportunity
tn discuss lhniiy matters across tue
street and other things OF general IN
tere-t I" The travelling puoiic.
Mr.. johnson, the proprietor "i the
leading store, IL hepuhiicah; MS Gus
TONERS are Democrats. In the warm
summer evenings when the store Is
well packed with ii-tiess natives,
party spirit often runs nigh. Inc
worthy merchants constant struggle
{" maintain his own, and his party's
principles against such overwhelming
ODDS, has preniaturely aged him. He
ha, lean aud hungry look anu unless
there Is Democratic victory shortly,
the SHOWS ofwinter viii be lying over
his grave. He carries stock of every
thing, which literally TRANSLATED
means Il choice "a nothing.
One dusky eve, a few "f the city
fathers gathered upon the store steps,
and were discussing the WICKED ways
and evil tendencies oi the youth Oh tue
land. 1--WE ought to have revival"
said a tall iank Missourian, WIN
grlZziei heal, lantern Jaw anu
wicked eye; let us have camp
meeting" said the constable who mad
not made an arrest for month, AS he
looked down at his worn out shoes.
yes said the j. r., looking wise:
.the groves were Co.'s first temples,
lets have a camp meeting. There
Is tide In the Affairs oil men, which
Is taken at the flood, said the father
of two tall girls, determined not to be
outdone by the quotation from Bryant:
''let us take it at the Hood
Thus it was settled: The morning
Of tn" day predestined to behold the
great awakening, dawned clear aud
was there promise OF
\ hotter day-or greater demand for
the dust lay tw" inches
deep In the roads; not leave stirred;
! calm and reverent silence rcigned
supreme. The general public began
to assemble in the grove about ten
o'clock; they came from Waseka,
choteau. and Cedar. On the Santa Fe;
rom riblow, Eiwardsviiie, Quiniaro.
IN the X. p, and Monticello on the
L. Is. The elders, and good people
ormed compact circle around the
rood Methodist brother, on the
strength of whose lungs the issues OF
he day seemed to hang. Lovers wan
Tered. in pairs around the grove or
'eated themselves in shady places,
rom whence they could steal unob-
'erved tn the swing, which some
clicked and enterprising sons of Satan
lad erected in an obscure corner.
Everything passed off quietly; the
tentorian lungs Of the minister
proved more than equal to the coca,