The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-07
KANSAS caMAENT


@s 4sE1E GN3QH OLD DAY 81!
=, there seems to befar more cloudy
than sunny daBesiF, this parts Of Kansas
It's mas been thA case only@more and
more so each year. for thee past ten
Years IN the p5ds days more than 2 8
years ago. nine-1enths of our days
throughout the wear were y-and
the wind blew nearly all the time. And
those winds WenE fierce too 1t was
not uncommon Tor it to blow steadily
~ one direction for a week, ten days,
or even two weeks without letting up
even an hour. I'VE never have such
winds now 1t does not appear to US
mat the wind blows as much here as
1t does in Illinois or farther east. IN
looking over our files of 1880 we found
verse written by our Igo correspond
emf which certainly would not apply
70 conditions as we have them now.
The verse read: g
Farewell Kansas, I must leave you,
Once again, a long farewell;
For / can not tarry longer
IN a land lshaE % osFs3 like HI
And the writer didn't exaggerate the
situation a paEtfcleF How tired we
used to get of the incessant rafting of
loose doors and windows; how a brief
lull would be welcomed with delight
Yes, conditions have altered wonderful
~. Great climatic changes have been
Ia progress through the years-whtch
are permanent we believe. We see less
comforts, though probably the sum of
human happiness has not increased to
US of the older crowd. The passing of
youth will account for that. To the
good as any on earth We used to say
so. but We didn't think it. With the
moderation of1the extremes OF drouth
and flood, with the weakening and tenn
pering Of Old Boreas' blasts we also
have grown to respect this country,
and we praise it with sincerity =
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c. L. Wilson, editor of the Cherokee.
Ok. Messenger. makes the following
comment which is feplete with good
sense: The average man comes very
takirg care of himself You have seen
him wearing a fur cap on his head,
while his shoes let :. in the snow and
water. He wears an overcoat on his
back and nothing but a thin shirt over
his chest. He Is mighty scared about
freezing his fingers While his throat is
exposed to the blizzard and he is often
ailing or thinks he is. It's herb tea,
tar cordials or plasters and cures, until
the balance wheel in the machine
comes to a. top. Nature wants to keep
going, but she can't. He drinks whisky |
beer and. that clogs the wheels; he |
pOufS down Lemonade ,g1ngeFale, but /
termilk, ice water. tea, coffee, and what
not, and then wonders why the llreS |
under the boiler DO not burn. If you
should take an OK and put him through |
a like performance he'd be dead IN 4 I
year. The simplest and plainest- laws
Of health are outraged every hour of
the day by tnef Average man. Ibid I
Adam smoke? Did Eve wear corsets?
Did Ruth chew gunn2 Did the children |
Of Israel make for a beer garden after /
crossing the Red sea? Did RebeceaiE
eat gum drops and 41ce cream and call
for soda water? Adam was the first, /
and perfect from head to heel. How |
long would he remain 50 after eating
pie before going to- bed2 Suppose ne /
had Fslept IN a bed9reQn SKI with 'he
two dogs under ths5axd9s suep6se Eva I
IN tight ahoe5a's sat Up iii Hours Of the /
night eating her fill of trash and siz
z1eagHer hair, VIXEN you eon1este look
at the-way man misbehaves- himself .
you can only wonder he ever lived TO
get there. Colby Free Pass.