The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-06-08
COMING OF KANSAS SPRING.

] Charles Moreau Harger. OF Abilene.
writes in the New York Evening Post:
Touches OF tenderness for the old
/ things back East come out in the most
! unexpected places IN Western lives. Men
who 70 al appearances are wrapped up
1 IN the business OF gaining a livelihood ex-
hibit q sentiment worthy OF apoet
! Gorgeous bit OF yellow We remark
! ed to settler as, when spring had open
/ ed, the earlier flowers in the corner OF
| his garden cleaned in the sunshine.
Yes. sir-dandeHons. Always did Ike
/ en- Liked EN- back in Pennsylvania
and when we come West 7 missed EN- 50
! that sent TO an old friend and had him
| ship me some roots. We planted EN- in
/ the corner there. an blessed If Alice and
I didn't cry when they doomed the first
time. It was ike havin' q biz Of the
! old home here"
| They have spread some
''Au over the neighborhood, an 7 ex-
/ pect il was poor business 70 bring EN-.
but folks don't care-they come from
back East, too
The dandelion and the daisy are sprink-
| led over tie early prairie sod. They
I twinkle amid the green and are among
| the ornaments OF the widespread carpet
| The wild violet is there. too. IN every
| school there comes a day when teacher
I
/ or the unbrOken section. designating.
! They come back weary and sunburned,
/ but with sweet and beautiful burdens.
/ redOlent Of the spirit OF springtime. Near
/ er 10 the Eastern edge Of things, the f0w-
! ers are larger and more abundant, but
\ out TO the FAR Western levels one must
! be content with less.
| Another visit 10 the prairie hills The
/ green has climbed 70 the tops OF the
/ swells Of earth. It IS yet toned down by
I the brown OF the deep grass or the black
1 OF the burned-over portion. AS in human
I experiences, the blight OF winter cannot
/ be thrown of in an instant. Gradually
/ the sod regains its vivacity and vividness.
| On the lower levels the slough grass Is
/ deeply green, and the cattle could find
I there taste OF new pasture on on the
valley Of the Smoky Hi there is a tinge
Of green in the trees-the cottonWoods
/ and the fruit trees that surround the
farmers homes The hedges are begin
/ ming 10 turn from the brown. Wild geese
are flying high in the cloudless sky. out
OF the south is blowing a prairie breeze
/ hiatt makes the wind-miils whir and
would be to the fastener a gale. II
alarms no one. There is something thrill
Inf in a full-faced, bare-headed greeting
OF the pure, sun-fltered wind that has
/ Travelled from the waters OF the Gulf over
a thousand miles Of plain.
The spring storms are bitter and cold.
The DAYS of late April or early May
sometimes find bright fires in the CRATES
and a dismal sky. When It rains there
is water enough for a food. The creeks
and draws are filed Down from the
| high prairies comes the rush OF waters,
sweeping everything before its tempest
uous advance. The farmer corn is WASH
ed from the fields and the surface soil is
piled In heap along the hedge. on the
bottom lands great lakes are formed and.
when the over-supply reaches the rivers.
the papers report disaster 70 track and
road-bed OF the railways, and people
marvel at the visitation. The rain that
might have insured a corn crop If proper
~ scattered through the summer, has
come down in three days. The east wind
that so seldom blows has brought it. The
ground is so thoroughly moistened that IL
scarcely seems possible there viii ever be
drought again.