The Topeka state journal., 1921-03-19
THURSDAY.
BY HARRY ROOT.

BY HARRY ROOT. 4
One of the interesting sights in
northwest Kansas is the Garden of
EdenI" which is the home of the
owner and builder. 1t is in
Lucas, and was built entirely by a
man named Dinsmoor,y who is now
past 81 years of age. He is hale and
hearty and well read. He commenced
working with cement twelve or fif-
teen years ago. His first work was
named it the Log Cabin Home. Some
of the stone used is twenty-five feet
long, and the ends project as they do
in log houses. Cement is filled in be-
tween the stone, and the gables are
built of cement the imitation of hewn
logs. Most of the furniture in the
cabin is made by hand. There is a
table of eighty-four different pieces of
wood. The legs are built of blocks
sawed square. about efsht inches in
form. The house completed. he went
to work and built cement fence
around the yard, which is a unique
design, and pretty. He then built
cement grape arbor and a stump OF
tree At the head of the-grape arbor
he built two large figures represent
ing Adam and Eve, which are about
seven feet high. Adam wears a Ma
sonic apron designed from cement.
Several cement trees surround the
house, about thirty feet high, with
limbs On one of the lower limbs he
built a scaffold with Abel lying on it.
Above this is Cain with an uplifted
bludgeon. Behind them stands Satan,
with his dart raised. Then follows the
| different preys of civilization. First
is a girl standing with outstretched
hands for a soldier who has his rifle
aimed to kill an Indian, who has his
bow and arrow raised to kill dog.
| The dog is after a cat, and the cat is
after bird, and the bird Is after q
| worm that is on a leaf of the tree. All
| of these figures are made out OF ce-
ment. There are two cement rags
| IA by 5, made out of sand of diff
| ferent colors. He has completed the
| mausoleum. In the upper crypt ne
expects to be placed in a cement cof-
fin that he has made. In the lower
crypt his wife is placed. The entire
garden is lighted with electricity, in
cluding the tree tops. which gives 1t
pretty effect at night. This Garden
Of Eden has been visited by hundreds
| OF people for several years. 1t has
given Lucas a good name abroad as
we'll as at home.
One of the first settlers to Phillips
| county was key Buswell, a YER
monter, who located on a homestead
near Kirwin. in the early seventies.
He still lives in a little shack on the
/
Hermit" He doesn't seem to farm.
but he rents a few acres, the rental
! from which he seems to subSist upon.
| key" as he is most generally known,
| is an enigma, as he never associates
| with anyone He lives all alone.
When he comes to town he is always
in hurry, and after he gets thru
| with his marketing he returns to his
dugout half a mile from town. He
has no neighbors closer than mile.
J. T. Reed, of San Diego. Cal, be-
lieves there are other localities than
the Pacific coast where one can sue
ceed in business and have good health.
He was a former Smith county boy,
and served the Fortieth district in the
state senate. He was, too. one of the
prominent members of the bar in HIS
section of the state. He drifted to the
i coast several years ago and tiring
of that country, and liking the old
home and friends best, he has return
ed. and rumor says he will open law
Office in Mankato. The writes of these
notes has known Todd" Reed since he
wore short pants. and in all these years
he has met with success. He left a
large law practice when he drifted to
the Pacific coast. His return to the
old home end among scores of friends
1t is already predicted he will at once
enjoy a law business which will place
him among the leading lawyers OF
northwest Kansas.
There was an exodus OF colored
people from eastern Kansas to Phil
lips county in 1875. They were under
the leadership of colored preacher
. named Henrie. who also was the head
of a family of four girls and three
: boya With himself and children they