Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-06-30
Letter from Kansas.
TOPEKA, Kansas, Ju

TOPEKA, Kansas, June IL, 1856.
Mr.. EDITOR we have been having nice
rains that about insure our corn and oats,
but our wheat VIII be a short crop, II IS not
yet fully estimated, however, farmers that
have threshed their wheat say il is turning
out better than they thought it would The
first car over a new railroad came in yester-
day. Two others are building, and prom
inent Topeka railroad man told me last ev-
ening that they are surveying an air line to
road coming here, We feel jubllant. This
party tells me the A. I. aud Santa Fee rail-
road Las four thousand miles Of road and
viii build eight hundred more this summer.
They now connect with Galveston, Texas,
that means cheap freight TO aud from New
York. We soon Will be able to reach Phil
adelphia and New York with as cheap
freight rates - you Junia;a people, and we
are as near to tae old world markets as you.
The Il. II. L. K. L. pays out to employees
Sl23, 900 a month ia Topeka. When We
came here the road was built eighteen miles
west Of here. They bailt right along every
day, hauling OF tue track dining cars and
sleeping cars with the constructing train so
that their lodg dgings and ealing places were
always up TO the place Ot working. They
drove their beef cattle with them among the
buffalo, the cayots, wolves and so forth.
So metimes the herd OF buffalo was SO dense
that the cars were stopped. The Indian
COW will soon be an animal OF the past. To
see them on the plains as | saw them, you
could not think they could ever be de-
stroyed. 1t WAS not the thousands that wero
killed. 1t was the crowding of them. They
are like the Indian, and cannot live confin-
ed, they must have plains 10 range or roam
over. To see tame buffalo gives bat an
imperfect idea. When they run they raise
both fe et OF one side at once and rock back
and forth, and do not appear to be gong
fast, but try 10 catch one with horse and
fast as a horse can run. We are still on
boom in our town as strangers all say that
visit us. We had a call from Uriah Shuman
and bride aud Lewis Gillilen this spring,
but they did not stay long enough TO even
see the town. A word to the young men.
The saying is, the further west the prettier
are the ladies', pure air and lots of prairie to
run over to gather button-hole boquets.
S ONE of our young men play sharp on Un-
Gle Sans generosity. They engage girl,
then they go out and each homestead l6O
acres, and a timber land claim of 100 acres,
and take in a section of the old fire side
land. 1t does appear that is abusing his gen
erosity. He had almost to give all his chill
dren a farm, but his domain is getting small
yery fast. Cheap land will soon be thing
of the past True, these immense tracts will
be divided up. Oh, what pity those Eng
Iishmen are permitted to come here and buy
millions of acres. Why does Congress per-
mit it3 We will some day have the Irish
land lord system over US. Why not stop
it3 They will be worse than the Indians.
Fourteen miles northwest of US there Is
so coo acres held by the PotaWattone In
dians and no Improvements on it. ii 1t was
not for them il would be cut up into l6o
acre farms. If you have any Of them at
Carlisle. when YOU send them home they
VIII law in the shade just as others do.
hive been among them ever since L left
bone-thc Juuista valley-and went to In
| diana. There is no use in talking, a iuil
blooded Indian will not work. must STOP
goodbye. l. D. iHoAFsoN'