Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-12-25
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Kansas is such 2 young country that
we are apt to think all It's inhabilant.
are young; in FACT, 10 does not seem &
long Tine since such was the case sineS
the time when, looking At a Kansas au.
diences there was scarcely q white head
70 be seen. In fact. the writer does no
remember TO nave been impressed with
the idea that the SHOWS OF time haC
been falling till he looked over the peo
pie gathered in the opera house IN TO
pek& 70 celebrate the Kansas quarter
centennial, on the 18th of January
1886.
There are old people in Kansas now
and generation rapidly growing old
IL Is not uncommon now TO see in kan
sas papers the obituary notices of me1
ana women Of eighty years or more,
A lady died at kirwin, not many
months ago, born near Marietta, the
oldest town in Ohio, who attained Z
century. We may expect centenarians
TO be common hencefOurth.
In view Of these conditions, We must
consider since even Kansas people
must grow old, the art Of preparing for
old age in this latitude, and growing
old comfortably and gracefully.
In building his house the Kansas man
has not heretofore taken into account a
I permanent residence He has been con
tent with 3 dug-Out, a sod house, q
'tshake" house; cOnfessedly temporary.
like q prairie dogs hole or a bird s nest
He has not built anything as yet that
he would not ''trade'' Tor something
else. Now, since old age is Overtaking
him, he must look beyond ciapboards,
he mast build him a house where he
may remain until the closing scene,
and leave a strong and sturdy pauimO-
ny 70 his children; a house 10 tiJtingly
shelter ''grandfather's clock"
In building he should pattern after
ancient things; what has endured we
may reason viii endure. Take the
COthOlic church; that, IN the way of or
CARNATIONS, which have never. as news
papers say, "missed an issue - is about
the oldest we know. Let the Kansas
man observe how the church builds.
We took a trip through some Kansas
towns the other day; COncOTdia, BelOit.
down the Union Pacific, through
Solomon City, and so on and noted
the constructions of the Holy Roman
church. Here at COncOrdIa not long
ago was the solitary church of Notre
Dame des BOns SecOurs, where on sun
day you may see a congregation like
one in Normandy, though their ances-
tors have been on this continent since
the days OF Cartier and ErOntenac and
Champlain This church was built of
stone, and now there is a great group
of buildings, all built Of brick or solid
stone; built to last for ever. So it is
in the other towns, there will be hall
a dozen little churches, with steepies
like pin-cushiOns, but always one
church is built of brick and stone: built
as cOnscientiously as NUtre Dame in
Paris or st. Stephen in Vienna; even
though they stand in new town in a
country where the tracks OF the first
emigrant wagon have hardly become
ObhLerated.
As the old church builds so the aged
Kansas man should build. Why should
he draw on Wisconsin 70 build him a
house of pine, when Kansas ships stone
TO NebraskaP The Kansas sun and
wind hate pine and paint. Nothing
Withstands their enViOUs teeth but brick
or stone.
Having built this house from his own
soil, 10 speak, the Kansas man may look
for length of days, not in senility and
mental weakness, but after the fashion
OF the best of the old men of the Nine
teenth century. Somebody has discOV-
cred that America Overmatches England
and The continental countries in the
matter of OctOgenarians of perfectly
sustained powers Of mind and body.
So the Kansas man approaching the line
Of three score and ten, instead Of being
apprehensiye that s'time'' is going to be
called on him, should make up his
mind that from his comfortable retreat
he is going to witness at least twenty
years more OF the wonderful progress OF
his State. He is admOnlshed TO think
OF his countrymen. Senator Morrill,
who made a speech on the tariff the
other day, and yet he is old enough to
be the father of Senator Edmunds; Rev.
DR. Hopkins who made a great speech
in the Congregational Council at Des
MOines, and yet is past 80; and OF Gen g..
Simon Cameron, who is full of politics 8,
and takes one thousand mile trips on
the railroad at 80. This list might be
strung ont for a column. Kansas is
getting ready to excel these examples.
--AtchIsOn Champion.