Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-09


families to the frontier, with few neig-
bors, and they many miles apart; from
the society OF Il large family to almost
no society; from "A large circle OF friends
TO the circle of the Indian wigwam, for
her callers were much more often RED
than white. Bnt with her wonderful
adaptablhty. she took up her new life
without murmur, indeed, through a
good long life, no one ever heard her say
Alas, it might have been" ders was a
cheerful, contented lite that taught many
anot her to look for sunshine where oily
! shadows were apparent.
| From their eastern home they had
brought some good books, and these
were read and rc-read, for their nearest
postoiflce was Kansas City, and mails
few and many times los; i'll the swollen
streams, but these books kept alive and
iostered her love for study and reading,
which she retained till withna few weeks
OF the end When more than seventy
wears OF age, she was as well or better
posted on current events than many
people not halt her age
The first four years of her residence in
Kansas was spent in Linn county, near
the border; after that, she moved to
their farm in Anderson county, which
she always called home, though the last
few years had been spent in Baldwin and
Garnet. She lived here all through
Kansas strugglt Tor freedom, and only
those who went through that peiiod
know what that means. That she filled
her part in the early making of this
part of The state all the pioneers who
are left can testify. No poor or dis
trrssscd cried to her IN vain. The sick
and suffering looked to her tor relief and
care, and she was never too tired or too
busy to do her best for them. For miles
al ound her home Aunt Sa'lie was known
as one who could and would respond to
the cry for help. To her own family she
was all in all--in fact, they thought her
the best vile and mother that ever lived
To her husband she was a companion
and help mate in all that the words inn
PLY. To her children she was a safe,
wise counselor, whose purity and depth
of mind they could depend upon to di
rect them in the right path To her
neighbors she was ever a sympathetic
friend To all she was one on whose
word they could rely implicitly, for she
never told an untruth-noteven to carry
out a joke. OF her friends the pioneers
who started in with her to help develop
this state only few are left. All that
Kansas now is, and most all we enjoy
iu this beautiful land, we owe to these
noble, high minded, high-soulcd. culti-
waited men and women like Mrs. Robin
son, who devoted their whole lives to
opening and improving this country.
Though shadows frequently came into
her lie, and trials that would have
crushed manv another, she would not
be soured, but reta ned h + sunny, kind
disposition to the end Several years
of sickness and constant pain made her
anxious to cross over to her reward,
which she was permitted to do Nov. 80,
1904. ~.
Following is an original poem written
bv Mrs. Robinson in her sisters (Mrs.
{. E. Lincolns) album, just before her
marriage and removal TO Kansas:
ADIEU TO HOME
All DER my happy childhood home
A sable cloud seems hung.
The wind signs mournfully through the
trees,
Where late the wild birds sung.
Yes still hear its sweet, wild notes,
But there's sadness in its strain,
As on the dear old linden's boughs
1t carols forth again.
This cherished spot now must leave,
In other lands to dwell.
Inscribed on all my idols here
see the sad farewell
The waving grass and golden grain
In saddest accents tell,
and every passing zephyr breathes
The lingering, sad farewell.
My own dear native land. adieu.
| now must break the spell
That's bound me all nv early days.
! NV native land, farewell!
But, why liuger? Now, | haste away.
The swelling tear alone can tell
How sal-how very hard to say
A long. a last farewell.
SARA T. CAKE,
Gambler. Ohio, July 10, 1857