The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-06-05
Ar.,n.rhroush the Country.

yesterday, June the LIST, through the
east part of this county, and 1 am 80
impressed with the beauties and pros
perity of the country traversed that 1
cannot resist the temptation to write
this article, so that those that have
not lately visited that section may
not make a mistake when they do
chance to pass that way and come to
the conclusion that they have missed
their intended route and entered Par
adise or passed from the terrestrial into
the celestial country that we read and
talk about sometimes on Sundays.
We there were others with mel
passed through lola about O'Clock in
the morning, and it was not till we
got about s miles east of town that
we saw anything specially worthy of
note. And the sight that attracted
our attention was three ladies gather
ing straw berries by the road side.
Their pals were about full of the red
ripe fruit, some of which appeared
about as large as hens eggs. We
tipped our hats to these fruit gather
ers and received in reply a hearty
bold good morning, gentlemen. This
bold good morning reminded the writ
er very much of old times when ladies
could look up at strange men and
salute them when they CHANGED to
meet each other and not tuck their
heads down, grin, and pass on as
though they had met q hog. But we
are now out in the west edge of the
league country as it used to be, but
we consult our time piece here and
find that it is half past eleven O'Clock,
and we inquire at the next house for
something to keep us in a good humor,
for you know a hungry man is always
a mad man. We were informed that
we could be fed. Soon the gentleman
of the house came forward extending
his hands to us and we soon recogEiZ-
ed i'm him the features of our friend
William Baker. Mr.. Baker is good
congenial fellow and a splendid talk
er. We were introduced to his wife,
Mrs. Baker, who seems to be a very
pleasant but rather quiet lady. Mr..
and Mrs. Baker have a very pleasant
and productive home, at least it
would seem that it was productive
from the appearance of the splendid
dinner we partook of. They have
two sweet little girls that We noticed
in particular. One would be surpris-
ed that was acquainted with this
League country a year or two ago to
visit it to-day While there are yet
thousands of acres lying there that
have never been tou ,hed by the
plough share, we noticed great
many new farms being opened up in
different directions, and many nice
new dwelling houses here and there.
We can truthfully say that we saw
more pretty homes on this one days
Journey than we ever did in any one
days travel before in our whole life
time, and we have visited IA States
of THU American Union and 1 must
say that when all this league land
becomes settled up and is put into a
good state of cultivation that it will
undoubtedly be the most beautiful,
the most productive, in fact the grea
Eureka of these United States, surely
10 other part could be so pretty.
Notwithstanding that the crops are
late owing to the cold wet spring,
there are hundreds of thousands of
acres of growing flax and oats and
corn. Many fields of corn we notice
that tine rows are a half mile long,
extending clear through quarter
section of land. $50 acres of land and
the rows so perfectly straight that
it seemed that If line was stretched
clear through the field that it would
rest on every hill of corn in the row.
While this was the case In some fields
we saw many others that were so
crooked that fear that if the owner
was to chance to trade off the horse
that laid the row that Ii would be
difficult job to get another that could
follow thom. How much nicer it is
for O man when he gets up OH his
planter to plant his crops to set few
stakes and lay his rows straight than
to carelessly have them so crooked
that a snake would get lost while
crossing the field. But word about
the fruit of this section. Every tree
and bush of all sorts appears to be
loaded down with fruit and especial
ly is this so in regard to the peach,
plumb and cherry families, and in
fact nectarine fruits of all sorts could
not be more abundant. We noticed
thousands of cherry trees of the early
Richmond variety that were loaded,
and are now ripe and present lovely
spectacle as one rides by. We also
noticed two beautiful new churches
recently built north and west of Mo-
ran. The east one they call Wesley
Chapel and the other bears the name
of the Protestant Methodist. The
Methodist Is wonderful denomina-
ton and is working its way into every
part of this country. But these new
churches are nice, and credit to any
I would love to write many more
things that I saw OH this days jour-
ney, but my letter is now too long.
II. +. KELLEY.