The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-02
THE lola REGISTER.
FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1893.
A Trip Through the Country.

EDITOR RECONSIDERATION attend
ing the preparatory services ON last
Sunday and hearing the splendid SER
mon preached on that occasion minus
the eulogy of old John Brown we
started for visit to Allen Center and
vicinity, and through invitation we
stopped for dinner at j. l.. Browns.
Mr., Brown has beautiful home, a
splendid family of boys and girls, and
a wife that Is like himself, the very
Embodiment of hospitality. Mr..
Browns dwelling Notwithstanding he
has placed it back on its foundation
and made the necessary repairs,
still shows many signs of the recent
wind storm that wrecked it. After
dinner Mr.. Brown hitched one of his
trotters to the cart and we started for
the Center school house. 1t is won
der what little time and industry
rightly applied will do. 81 and 8
years ago we frequently rode over
this same part of the country and
with the exception of a little brush
along the creeks there was not a
shrub to be seen. Then there was
scarcely a decent dwelling house in
all the vast country; and the little
shanties were miles apart. To-day
this same territory presents the APP
pearance of timbered country.
There appears to the passer-by to be
more timber along the little creek
than there was twenty years ago.
Nearly every quarter section and in
some cases every so has good sub
stantial frame house, good barn and
the other necessary buildings while
there is scarcely dwelling but is
shaded with lovely grove of various
kinds of shade trees, soft maple, pre-
dominating. And fruit orchards
there is no end to them. Apple.
peach, pear, and plumb trees may be
counted by the million. We also saw
many fields of wheat on either side of
the road that promise an abundant
harvest that are just begin
ming to bloom. Among the
most promising of those L will
name that of our friend, Web
ster johnson. Webster and his sister
live here all alone, tits strange that
there are some people in this world
that cannot be matched. There is
also some splendid wheat on the Run
van farm, and by the way, l believe
this to be one of the best prairie farms
i'm Allen county. Mr.. Davis and his
family occupy the old Runyan
dwelling, the old gentleman having
built a new house further up on the
corner for himself and wife. The
next place that attracted our atten
ton was that of our friend, the Coun-
ty commissioner. Mr.. CrOwell has
fine place, splendid farm, good build
ings, orchard, etc., but we think he
has over-done the thing a little in the
shade tree business, his residence be-
ing literally covered up with shade
trees, but he has lovely home.
We hear the bell ringir g at the school
house and will jog along! We met
many old friends here, and through
the politeness of the Superintendent
of the Sabbath school Mr.. Treadway,
were presented to many friends that
we did not know. We spent very
pleasant hour with these people, had
many invitations to sup with them,
in fact we were induced to promise to
return some time and stay week
and visit all of them, tits pleasant in
deed to meet with SO many friends.
These people have splendid Sunday
school here, and the best of order pre-
walls.
The thousands of acres of growing
oats and corn we saw while on this