The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-06-03
A Little Trim.

DEAR REGISTER: / was again
rambling through the east and north
east part of this county last week, be-
ing employed by one of my neighbors
to help drive some cattle out to q pas
ture in that part of the county. We
think that our own homes over on this
side of the river are the prettiest
homes in the world until we go abroad
and see the thousands of beautiful
homes of our friends. We never go
over to the east part of Allen county
but that we are enchanted with the
scenery. Surelya prairie home, when
well improved is the prettiest home
| in all the world, and if Daniel Boone,
of historic fame, could but have seen
this lovely country as it is now, there
would never have been half so much
said and written concerning the
beauties of the blue grass regions of
old Kentuck as there has been. One
of the grand features of this part of
our county is the great quantity of
fruit that these people are growing.
We noticed hundreds of nice thrifty
young apple orchards growing all
through this country and the time
will come when thousands of car loads
of apples will be shipped from here
every year to the south and west.
This one industry alone will in the
future make these people an independ-
ent prosperous people. We also found
first class set of people in this part
of our county both kind and Hospital
BILE, their latch strings hanging out in
old Virginia style. We dined at one
Mr.. Edwards some eight miles east of
lola. This gentleman is pleasantly
located and pleasantly fixed in all re-
spects. Has splendid dwelling, a
good barn and the biggest hill in AL
len county. Mrs. Edwards is very
pleasant lady. They have two sons
grown up but we saw no daughters.
And among other first class things
that we noticed in Mr.. Edwards par
lor was a lot of first class books. None
of the trashy novels or fairy tales, but
good substantial matter and all well
bound books. Mr.. +. fed our horses
and we also dined from q well sup
piled table, and there was no charge.
1t reminded us of our boyhOod days
when it was thought a disgrace to
charge a fellow man for meals Wet
uals. But we must move on. The
people in this part of our county are
away back with their spring work as
ourselves, owing to the extremely late |
wet spring that we are having. How
ever we saw many fields of fine grow
ing oats and flax, but the little corn |
looked cold and yellow. We saw
some lovely hedge fences on this trip,
many miles of which was trimmed as
true and even as it could be done. |
These hedge fences are an ornament
to the country when kept nicely trim
med and are the best fence in the
world but it takes work to keep them
down.
We stopped over night on our re-
turn trip with Mr.. A. Vandegrift.
We found this old gentleman and his
family to be very pleasant people. In
fact they are a people after my own
heart, as they never meet a stranger,
being of that kind familiar turn that
makes one feel at home on first sight.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. appear to be a very
happy family and willing to serve
both God and man at all times and
under all circumstances. Mr.. Van
degrift lis fine hog man and keeps a
good supply of both the Poland and
Chester white stock. His hogs are as
good as ever saw, and Mr.. V. knows
how to keep them so. If anyone
wants some of the fine blood 1 would
say to them, go and see Mr.. V. and
his herd. I. +. KELLEY.