The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-06-15
Letter from Kansas.
Horton, Kansas, June 10, 1899.
Mr.. GEO. W. WAGENsELLER,

| DEAR SIR AND EDITOR:-NC
doubt you will he surprised to re-
ceivc Il communication from Horton
Kansas, but your very interesting
and special edition of the "Post" o
May llth, giving such glowing
account of the thrift and enterprise
as well as the likeness and sketch o
SO many men with whom | am per-
sonally acquainted, is the principal
reason why I write this letter
Through the kindness of one of YOU
friends, (my children callher grand.
ma). | received your paper, and al.
though it is over a month old, ant
in all probability forgotten by many
of your readers, yet | can assure
YOU 1t is new to me and affords mt
very very interesting reading. AnC
why should it not be? l. itnot tn,
: home of my childhood? Well d,
| remember old Beaver Furnace
The crack of the whip as the muI'
team would leave the coal sheds on
a dead run tor the barns, will always
ring in my ears, and how can | tor,
get the many trips, lonely as they
were, over the Middlecreek road, fol
we did much of our trading in Mid
dleburg with &. Alfred Schoch and
the Wittenmycrs. And as 4 read
"Des Oldt School house" and explain
it to my children, (who are always
delighted when l read this German),
the recollection of the old red school
house which stood close to Davis
Gifts house, is fresh in my memory,
and the words of "Dart here were
unser shooting greekt," are very ap.
propriate. The local history of old
Snyder County and especially Mid
dleburg will always receive our at
tention. 1t is now nearly twenty
years since | took Greeley's advice,
and while lam trying to he an active
supporter of every new enterprise,
and one who never loses an oppor-
tunity to encourage anyn industry
in this, The "GardenSpot' of North,
eastern Kansas, | am more than de-
lighted to see this same spirit still
manifested by my old father, and |
know his little support for your new
and promising industry isvery graf,
flying to me, and will only make
him more loyal ~ lis town. lknow
you will not regard this in an ego.
tistical way, for l am told by gooc
authority that old as he is, he car
keep step with the music on Me
mortal Day, and takes great pleasure
in closing his life's duties as an ole
soldier, and shall | say sometimes
weeps like Alexander, because he
can't keep conquering another ma.
ton? 1t will be remembered by
many of your readers that Brown
County, Kansas, the Banner Corn
and Stock County OF the Great Cen
tral State, is the home of number
of Pennsylvania peopleand especial.
ly of Snyder County, and l would
be more than pleased to give you a
full description and account Of Peer
less Horton, the best town in the
best county OF Kansas, if at any
time you care tor it, and coming
from one who knows, it is not vain
fancy, nor misleading for the pur-
pose of encouraging emigration.
Allow me to say to your capital
ists, farmers andmanufacturers, that
this is a good field for homesand in
vestments. A year ago one of your
representatives graced our home for
three months or more, and know
she will take pleasure in vouching
my statements. Well, not knowing
how you will take this from astrang-
er, will concludeby inviting j. w.
Orwig to accompany meto the Paris
Exposition to challenge the world on
quoits, and we will take Gabe Bea-
yer along to round up on checkers.
Wishing you abundant success
with your paper and especially your
shoe factory, l remain,
Yours very resp't.,.
G. A. AYERS.