The Republican journal., 1892-12-15

nights later, two blocks distant, another
was shot. | should have known nothing
of either occurrence but for the reading of
the same in the newspaper. | have spent
years in some of the larger cities of Eng
land, particularly London and Bristol. |
have been a stranger in Liverpool, New
FORK, Brooklyn, Boston, st. Louis and
Chicago, and have never been robbed, or
molested in any manner except once
when in London by a drunken person,
whom shrug of the shoulders hurled
from the pavement into the street. [ have
uniformly found the policemen courteous
and kind and ready to give you any infor
nation in their power. When in Brook
Ign few years since, my purpose was to
hear Henry Ward Beecher. was going
in the direction Of the church, but wishing
more specific direction inquired of po-
liceman. 'Will you please tell me the
way to Beecher's church? No. | cannot,
came the reply. and faith if you Il believe
me. | don't know myself" Yet | was
then within two or three blocks of place
known to everybody. | found the church,
however, and heard Mr.. Beecher pray and
preach seldom have | listened to any
one who could. or at least did, pray with
such genuine simplicity as MI. Beecher.
The subject of his sermon was Temper
ance.
Kansas City. as your readers are aware,
is on the western border of the State of
Missouri. as st. Louis is on the eastern.
st. Louis lies east, Kansas City west. The
former borders on the State of Illinois, the
latter on the State of Kansas. Z:}7 miles 5.
W. offs Louis. POP miles S. f. from Kansas
City lies Springfield on the top of the Ozark
range of mountains. Between st. Louis and
Kansas City, going by way of Jefferson City
and Sedali. lies some of the best farming
lands nave ever seen. In approaching
Kansas City by way of the Union depot
you are confronted by bold bluffs. The
street cars. however, impelled by electric
| ity, render your entrance easy. Still, you
meet with hills all about you and you will
| be more fortunate than | was if you
escape without aching limbs.
Kansas City has had terrible expert
ence. Many of her strong men have been
crushed. Many of her WELT do citizens
do not do so we'll as they once did. 1t has
been bitter pill. The suffering has been
more severe in the city itself, and among
her own citizens than among any others.
There is however. | am sure a brighter
| future before her. She has reached the
! bedrock. and will surely. yet probably
Slowly. rise Her natural position is such
that she must rise. If | had money to in
/ vest, | should feel as safe about it, udci-
ously invested at present prices in Kansas
| City. as in any place | know Of. excepting
always Il few places could name in the
grand old state of Maine.
| The weekly visits of the "Journal'
keep us in living touch with interests
which are most dear. | doubt if there is
another weekly paper published in the
country which in its sphere eNcells it,
Maine men are here as well as everywhere
In St Louis | called on Mr.. Cobb. form
erly Of Rocllland, who is in the lime bust
ness there. Here | also met Mr.. Z. H.
Bradbury. formerly of Bangor. In SPRING
field | often meet Mr.. ". l.. Hardy, a
former resident OF Searspolt. though in
later years OF Bangor. The president of
my Board of Trustees. is a Maine man,
whose boyhood was spent in Albion and
VIII" learned his trade in Belfast. How
many more l could find by diligent search
do not know. probably several here in
Springfield. W. H. W.