The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-08-10
One of Saline coun,y's best Farm.


SALIVA KANSAS Aug :.
On lat THURSDAY, a cool and lovely
summer day, | made a visit 1, ihc
Gypsum creek country aud spent four-
teen hours with NV pleasant, prosper
ous and h"spitablc friend. Mr.. Jon
athan Tinker who lives eighteen miles
southeast of rSalina. SIR. Thinkers
place consists of 30, acres of smooth.
rich and excellent Ian that rise, br
a grt iual ascent from the valley OF
the main Gypsum into broad aud
lovely PLATA with an elevation %
twenty ar thiTty feet
On this mo I"rlJc elevation, COM
man ling view az tine entire farm.
is situated the rr-iiencc Of Mr.. Tiuk-
Jerome of tie finest dwelling houses
in Saline county. sIrrlIa let by large
barns, granlrics and other buildings.
all painted aud trimmed in uui; un
elegant style, presenting the appear
ance To an apprpIcain. visitor. al q
small country village. The large barn
* Of the Pennsylvania style, "fX.D
feet, and hls ii the stone bI-rmeuI
thirty-siX stalls sur horses and ratti..
The second story l. IT sufficient hpi-G;
To holisiXty ton %. has. About fits
yards east of the u.lrn, ard nu . :. t..
higher grand, l. UinI mia -panr
that s4pl.s-- from un elevated ItuE.
tie dwelling h2g-", barn and deer
PARK with water, through UNDER
ground pipe.
The deer park consists rf oi-.l. acres
III which We iiud bursting forth from
;Hc ground and -yr-iiug onward
through tn green .-ra-s IKE "a ussIr.t.
spring, an artificial C1Iatun of spurs
ling water. I'm ,h.Sra.s are exc deer.
two antelope and tbga- itruus anon
whom there are 300 m.ina.lie~. now
ever, nut nj liz i,wu together -s did
the lion and Iamp iI Il. ul-sor., hpu
crs al oar primitive Eden.
The farm la- S-rt.... uIlar .II.i.
walton, rjsltv-iigc sr which w,-. ia
wheat lH.- year ana yielded -551 aI-..-
els Of NJ ! wa.l-. she r.s-,u avugl,-
ing thiF;y-.iyc bushels tp the a,.c,
and Amber twenty even.
Last spring Mr. iuE.er =awcI
thirteen acres 81 oats, pIt,iN- four
bushels on each acre. intending lu
mo" il Tor htF a. o.. :l,IE1. 60 g8g.t
be TOO thick ,h"ti. To h,- surprise,
il turned oul t. be- oats instead Of 'ggw
and yielded So bushels. aha.t sixty
five bIshei- per acre. Mr.. +. claims
that ii cn,t> ten cents per bushUi fr
deliver wheat IL Saiiun and, there
fore. intends holding his until next
spring, selling at a much better price
and shipping it by the +. =. * ".
He has large orchard that Yields
all kinds Of fruit that this climate
afford. His place is supplied with
comforts and convenience that .at
few farmers eujO' even in the Older
states. He has a bright and interest
ing family of children, kind and
pleasant wife, and l am pretty sure,
has no skeleton i'm his closet.
During my sojoUrn with him. L-
thu deep and cool rccesse- of his e.
clone retreat, a hard, dark substance,
the lower two-tiiiT,is of which was
cylindrical in shape anI aboIt three
inches in diameter. The upper third |
was about five inches long and con-
sisted of cone whose apex tegmI-
mated in cap of tin foil. Upon close
examination this cylindro.conicaI fl
ure seemed 10 be hollow, ssiui-traus-
parent, and contained a slightly vi-eid |
amber, col,rci iiIi l.
Mr.. VIM. Tinker lives in this same |
broad and fertile valley, about two |
miles south ofJona;han' place where !
he settled about ten years ago. AMI |
like his brother has grown rich In |
Kansas
A great deal of thresbing has been |
done on both sides of main Gypsum, |
aud 50 far. twenty bushels per acre |
Is the smallest yield reported and |
forty, the largest. The corn crop is |
good, although they have not had the /
of rain that we have. There |
is something absolutely inspiring in
the gorgeous beauty OF the panorama /
that bursts upon our view when We 1
behold from the crest Of small hill /
the coEtluent valleys of the Gypsum /
with their golden fields. green mead
Dws, waving earn and thrifty farm |
houses. whose door yards are fiecked
with flowers and adorned with shrub
eiy.
For once, ] was seized with a 1t Of
and led to believe that
the vast extent of country that reaches
from where the wild surf beats the
crags of the orient, 10 the far of spark
Ing waters that kiss the shores Of
The golden State, contains nothing to
,urpass the valleys OF Saline county.
Earth may nave fairer spots than
this,
In tropic chimes or sea gist isle,
But not for me. my greatest bliss
Is here away my days To while.
J. W. DAILY, NJ. d