Year: 1879

graf, OF Hagerstown, NC, we were
gratified 10 find that somebody was
thinking of Kansas besides ourselves,
and risk their fortunes upon the plains
of Kansas Mr.. Snyder also brought
with him some specimens OF Jersey cat
tie, which are q sight to the people of
our community, We hope that he will
do well in the hereafter. Mr. Updegratf
is a printer by trade, having been con-
nected with the Hagerstown Mail, we
hope he will do well in whatever busi-
ness he may undertake. We hope these
gentlemen will like this country and do
well in their respective undertakings.
We will do all i'll our power to make
them like it.


Our schools are now in very excellent
spirits, we are now having examination
which are the most thorough that l er-
er had 10 undergo; our teachers had Ill
vied the parents Of all the scholars, and
everybody else that chose 10 come, thus
Won understand that we always have
visitors, our teachers cordially invite pa
rents TO attend the school any time they
may seem fit TO do so; this invitation Is
through the paper, this is something
that teachers in Va. should do, thus
getting parents interested in the pro-
gression of their children. This free
school system is one of the greatest
blessings that has ever been bestowed
upon this State. In Kansas you have
at your hands an education for your
sons and daughters, tree Of charge; If a
person would not come TO Kansas for
anything else but school, it would
pay YOU friends just for that; you can
90 TO school in Lawrence, at the State
University, for 800 dollars and pay
your board and tuition, and il is one OF
the best colleges in the west. There
are several institutions of learning III
this State, a Methodist High school and
college at Baldwin, ALI Agricultural col
lege at Manhatten, and several others
which probably less important, but all
are good schools.


| will say before l close something
about the dress OF the people OF Kansas,
you and ali other persons know that 1t
is in order TO dress neat and respecta-
ble the world over, but in some places
il is carried entirely TO extremes, not so
in Kansas, the people dress in very
neat and respectable manner, not being
carried to either extreme, OF course
there are exceptions to all general rules.


Sometime ago couple young gentle
men were going from town, across the
prairie.it was after night 1T was also snow
ing very fast almost binding, they
thought they were going South and
thought they were going North,
they lost their way and wandered about
on the prairie from nine o'clock until
twelve wheL they happened to strike,
by chance fence which led them TO
the house of friend, they were almost
frozen 10 death, their pants were frozen
stiff up to their knees. / have told this
little incident just to warn any one OF
you that should ever happen to be
caught out at night in binding snow
storm, il does not make much difference
whether it is settled country or not.


l have never got lost yet on the
prairie but came very near it one night
while out beyond the usual hour for
staying When l got lost it put me in
mind of llat old piece Of poetry, "Har-
ry and the Guide Post" for we just
thought we saw things of every kind,
there is no doubt but what we were
scared, and it reminded me of verse
of poetry which goes something like
this: "Now, in thickest darkness plung-
ed, We groped our way TO find; And
now, We thought we saw beyond, A
form of horrid kind" You see it will
not be very pleasant to get lost On the
prairies.


/ will now say something about the
Court of this county. have been TO
the court once since | have been here
aud that was while murder case was
pending, our lawyers are very good and
more of them very fine gentlemen, the
ablest lawyer we have in the county is
!. &. Murry, a very fine gentleman, and
a ripe scholar, understanding as he does
every phase of his business, he ran for
county Attorney on the democratic
ticket but was defeated, Kansas is so
radical that they cant even elect coun.
ty Attorney, a democrat any more.
Kansas has even come 10 this in poll
tics.


l will give you description o: our
own storm, it commenced on 18th Of
December and lasted day and half
showing terribly fast all the time; it
stopped on Saturday aud on the next
week it showed nearly every day, some
people in town had hardly enough fuel
TO last over Sunday, we had hardly
enough wood 10 last until Monday, some
people were out of corn, and could not
get any, our mails were stopped aud
things were in very bad condition for
the people Of lola, this was the condition
OF everybody, everybody had plenty but
they could not get 10 it; in the northern
part of the State the snow was tremen-
dous, stopping the railroad and every
other communication; this is the first
storm OF the kind that has visited this
section for years.


The railroad land in this section is
now being sold little higher than it
has heretofore and in my estimation
now is the time to buy, but some day
this land will all be taken away from
the railroads aud sold by the Govern
ment at the regular Government price
Sl25 per acre. don't .hink this time IS
far of, but any person wishing to look at