Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-25
DELIGHTFUL DAKOTA.
THE CHARMS OF THIS FAVORED RE-
GION ARTISTlCALLv DESCRIBED.
The Garden Spot Of the Continental More
Than Royal Eealm-An Enthusiastic
Song of Praise-A Modern
Eden Described

God Pat DOMAIN to Philadelphia Clover Cubl
Dikota Is the newest, worst treated and
gran est of the territories of the Union,
ui garden pot Of the continent, TIE imperial
" ga, belt of the globe Ii is a more than
loyal realm. which ten years ago was Unex-
ii, r,i and almost unknown which but five
years ago wa, almost wholly a region Of
r nance AM of fable 1t is a peerless but
modest ian |, that never sounds the iiShhorn
oi II own fame. L. IS the worlds true won
Grs.anl, where no storms and tempests ever
bl ", and where all the breezeS are trained
TO sing palms in tunes in pianissimO style
AMI IA evel better Tina and rhyme than the
r Hderins OF The Order Of Full Moons |
heard jut now
Our widest billiards, as unenlightened
dowu-ea>tsrs sometimes term them. are used
b. gentle moihel, 10 lull their babes to sleep
Tae sun shines over with mellow splenior
that ,al, TO mind the far-famed Happy
Valley Of "Rasselas, AM there i, Just frost
enough in our winters to turn the elm ieaves
gol len No summer drouths winter floods
spread devastation over the fields and hopes
Of cur hu,bandmen- No army worms or
grasShoppers sweep those fertile plains and
valleys with nibbling deso!ationL No hail
st4rms rattle their destroying musketry upon
oil that elysium-sxcept now and ten, just
enough to furnish business TO our ambitious
young home hail insurance companies.
Bananas bloom in November, aud Young
oranges are picked the day before Christ
mas. Raisins, striped stick candy, tin
horses ami india ruboer dolls ripsn always
jju.t in time for Santa Claus pedler wagon,
with his reindeer team and his little round
stomach that shakes when he laughs like "A
bowlful of jelly Pinespples and figs grow
spontaneously on Canada thistle bushes
everywhere, while the cottonwoois and dog
fennel trees yield bro ok trout, nectarines ami
persimm Dns. OF large SiEs and favor, a
canIiboat-load u tae acre. Spring roses
bosom on the plain, gentle Annie, for New
Years Iosies, and pstaioes grow as big as
beer kegs at the roots of every tuft
Of prsIr.c graSs. Cabbage heads Of
full con .ressIonal and senatorial size
give forth the fragrance of the jes-
samine and honey suckle to EummIng.
birds large a. canvEs-lack ducks and
clad IN all the pr,smaac Gl0rles OF the au-
FORA borealiS We hatch our own viii
gee-e OF such dimtn ions that ten er.eet
IRON PennSy wanna. for instance, are Liable
10 stake them for wJlgel hippopOtanll On
lakes of neyer-freezing rosewater and GO
iocne.
Ri zztrls tempe E. tornadoei and rascally
political hreezsS come 10 that modern Elem
only as dlmly uuiersto Il wallings from dis
tant region. and Peoples VINO 10 not know
"a ,u., IL find th-.r WAY to the sole Remain
ins quarter section u. paradise III all the
western worii- There no wave Of troubl-
ever rolls acros> the PEACEFUL breast AMI
the prosperous people VINO ralse intall.bly
from twenty-five - seventy-tve bushels 81
y ! Lard wheat to the acre OF land, that
/ them nothing aal get SIS bushel
Tor it, can calmly smile at Satan's rage and
face frownLns, because less fortunate,
woril