Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-13
FROM TIE WILD VEST.
A DeIaNarean's Experience = A
Former WilmingtOnian In Topeka.

A Deiayarean's Experience =
Former WilmingtOnian In Topeka.
Special Correspondence of Gazette and journal
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, July 3l.-On the
LIST day of May last | left Delaware and
went straight through TO Kansas City,
Mo-, situated on the line of the states of
Kansas and Missouri and part in each
state. The Missouri river passes near.
You can very easily tell when you cross
the line of the two states, as on the
Missouri side the saloons are open and
run at full blast, and in many instances
there are monkey shows and musical per-
formances attached to the saloons ms nm
attraction to lure young men inlo their
clutches.
business hours. Everybody seems to he
in a hurry, and the continuous motion of
the cars i'll every direction impresses one
| with the idea that there is nm immense
traffic going on, but when you touch the
line of Kansas the saloons are all for rent,
ms prohibition in Kansas to very great
measure is u success. stopped in Mis-.
souri, just one month. ! then went on
to Topeka, stopped of few days and
was very favorbly impressed with that
| city MS did not see rum shop iii tho
| place. | next boarded the train ON the
Union Pacific road and went TO Denver
The first fellow met there was drunk
and wanted to show me the town, nnd
before morning | was rohbrduf $50. Tlit
next day went to Peuhlo and met !;
very hard class of people. | soon de
parted and went TO the Indian Territory
and ON through the great Oklahomi
country. IL is really fine. did not SEE
anybody i'll that fine and much coyetet
land except some cattle men, their hcrderi
and their immense herds of cattle, hu
pretty soon after | left the Oklahnmt
line / met lots of very homel,
Indians. They all seemed to hav,
plenty of money, cattle, ponies, &c,
but | did not see one Mt work. They Loo
able enough, but they won't all the same
They are all armed with the very hes
implements of war and handle them yer
carelessly. l will confess l was afraid @
them, SO | could not find much time /
! dwell with them, and left for Kansas.
first struck Cowley county, and mex
Butter county. There the finest lands
ever saw are held Mt prices rangn
| from $40 to 800 per acre. stoppe
over night in Butter county with yer
| Hitltslilt lhflner VINO ntu ~ cnlllfe
whose ages ranged from to l years an
was surprised to learn from him that til
farm belonged to former Delawareal
I J. IL. Stanton, who has 800 acres of 4
a fine land as ever l saw, well improved
and the tenant said he made it all rigl
: there in that county specializing.
In Topeka met MIR. Stanton, who
| probably well known to many people
/ Wilmington, where he used to live. H
/. is now quite portiy, conducts prosperor
: real estate and banking business and
7 doing well. He owns rancho of II, 900 acre
in New Mexico. l went to church whel
: his son is organist, and / never hear
= such music before.
/ Topeka is beautiful city of abol
. 10000 population, covering three tint
. as much ground as Wilmington. III
streets are very wide and well shade,
!, There are many fine towns in Kansas, bl
! think Topeka excels them all. sen
7 best wishes to the boys along the Brand,
: wine. J. s. STEWART.