The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-07-19
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We received, on Monday, a copy OF
the 81 Louis Critic containing marked
article under the above title, and signed
'-Dud" We 1T once Jumped 10 the con-
clusion that our old friend Dudley Ran.
dali had been found again AFTER being
lost from our know iedge of his where
abeuts for many years. Dudley worked
In THE NEWS Office in 1889 and was
afterwards one oil its editors and pru-
prietoTs for Time IN Connection with
Senator Plumb. Many OIL the old SET
tiers here VIII doubtless remember him.
He lelt here She year vi the great urouIh,
1850, and never returned. As ms article
deals with Intel eStlBg "reminiscences vi
tine early days We copy 1t.
Music hath charms to south tie say
age breast IA ali except the LhuIan, Who
hath NO ear Tor the concord of sweet
sounds other Than the "sofl uote OF the
shotgun and the pleasant scTeecn M the
YIcIIn." lnaI music hath q ChsTmiug,
an ennobllug and controlling influence
upon all civilized mankind IS tuu we'll
known 70 question. l simply propose
ii this connection TO mention u couple
OF instances of the remarkaUle etfscl I'll
music, which came under my Own oh
servatIon.
The Free-State Burdrr-ruffian var IA
Kansas virtually closed III lS56 anu the
spring OF 1857 Witnessed an immense
immigration 10 that territory. The cen
trail point WAS Lawrence, Wntre a dozen
stages and hacks and hundred OF more
emIgrant wagons arrIYed daily from
Wyand0tte, Quinuaro aud LeaVeh worth,
all fuil-treigLted with pioneers from the
east. Around the EidrIdge house every
evening gathered one OF Two Thousand
people 10 listen TO the speeches from
Jim Lame, Governor Itubison, Con
way, and others Among The
audience ohe evening no
| tIced the stately IorIn and
venerable lace vi did John Brown.
III July, 1857, Walker of Mississippi
was appointed by buchanan governor Ol
Kansas, and TO enforce the bogus
| laws, arrived in Lawrence with 200 U.
5. dragons. Walker issued his first
| manifesto, or war bulletin" from the
Big Stranger, halt way between Leaven-
worth ana Lawrence, in which he warn
81 the Frte State people that the laws
must be obeYed.
The immense cavalcade, comprising
3OU cOmmissary wagons, reached Law
| renee in the evening, and the effect
which WAS surprise TO everybody
produced great constellation. Speeches
| were made Oh the street and In the
| churches, aud all was excitement.
The writer oil this at that time was
foreman OF the Lawrence Republican,
| the organ OF the free state party Of Kan
sas. One morning tall, handsome
young man entered the office and IN
quired for work. He wore overalIs, his
| lace was sunburht, and he had IA general
camping out appearance. l gave hIm u
long primer case, and he set up ten
thousand type that day and got his pay.
He said his name was Worcester, IRON
Worcester, Mass, and with d party,
| camPed over the raVine On the west side
of town.
That evening an unusually large meet.
| ing assembled in front of the Eldridge
House TO listen TO an inflammable speech
from Jim Lane. He was terribly de-
nunciatOry OF the administration, and
especially of Governor Walker (who
was present with guard), whom he
warned was threading on a volcano that
was liable any moment TO an eruption
that would sink him To hell" The eX.
element was intense
At the close of Lanes speech, aftel
the cheering had subsidized, brass band
appeared, the first that had been wit
messed In that portion of the Territory
and played Annie Laurie. The lead
er l at once recognized as WOr
cester, the printer 1 have referred
to. He had a silver E-fiat cornet, anC
played "MaxwelkIn's Braes are Bonnie
as l have never before or since heard
He seemed to perform the whole piec
at single breath-risinP and falling tn
! notes like summer winds assigning,
and Annie's voice, 80 "low and sweet,
could not have been more entrancingl
melodious than the music of Worcester
cornet. He repeated IAnnie Lauri
night after night, until il echoed in son
! throughout the whole territory.
The instrument on which Worceste
played learned was presented to hIL
a short time before by the citizens G
Worcester on his departure and resigns
ton of the leadership of the Worceste
band, one OF the finest brass bands {
that time in Massachusetts,. Three {
i the gentlemen who played with hiG
t were the KImball Brothers, afterward
prOprietors of the extensive LawrenC
foundry and machine shops, two {
whom were killed by Quantrell's gan
: in the sacking of Lawrence.
In the fail of 1858 / was on my wa
on horseback from Emporia, Kansas,
, the land Office at Lecompton, TO pr
empt claim, and had for that purpOs
some $500 in gold in my possession.
? Zone Hundred and Ten creek, 11o mile
I west of Independence, situated BAG
!, under bluff some distance from Il
lSanta Fe road, was the only Inhabite
: house at that time within distance I
? many miles. 1t was two-story tram
n structure, partly finished, and inIende
for hotel. Arriving there about darl
sought accommodations Tor the nigh
It 4 tail, long bearded, suspicious IoOkin
man met me at the door, took care
my horse and invited me in.
In the bar.rOom was the hardest loOl
y ing crowd of men l ever met, numbe
ing about dozen, who were playiI
d cards and drinking whisky from a ba
:, rel. | went to bed, but could not siee
; There was no lock on my room doc
Their drunken orgies continued uni
i about midnight, when it terminated
% a general row, in which threats we
G made to shoot one another, and it W
l. evident to me that each one had q pist
e, in his hand. Becoming alarmed dres
IS ed myself and stole quietly down stall
al resolved to mount my horse unObseFv'
e. and ride the remainder of the mig
Of over the divide towards my des
D, nation. AS was passing out of Il
l. hall, by the door leading into the bs
ii room, a sudden silence ensued. as
g. sweet voice struck up the song of ''Tl
v, Ivy Green" The singer was Scotc
/ man who had Joined the party th
W evening, and all had been sent down
IS spectators to slump" and pre-em
10 abandoned claims along the creek. IT
IS song was sung with such pathetic effe
& that tears rolled down the cheeks
re those hardened men, and alter an houl
it singing all retired as pleasantly as q
3 tie girl after saying her prayers. !
IS manned until morning before pursuiI
e my journey. DUB.