Year: 1866

sAAAAOSACN ohu OOeJOu l6uO5 along Gno Nc66QO
were overAowed, and the other streams and
rivers in Kansas were swollen to the same ex-
tent. The Neasho river has a narrow but
deep channel that nature has made expressly
for it to run N, but it overlesped this and
spread itself out in some places till it's width
exceeded a mile, and in some places even more.
Some most excellent crops were spoiled by
this inundation. One poor negro living in
the timber had a large field of corn, one of the
best we have seen, utterly spoiled. 1t had
cost him his summers work and was his win
ter's dependence. He is attempting the for
lorn hope of planting it over, but we can give
him but little encouragement at this late day.
Many others have lost their all. There must
have been heavier rains out on the plains at
the sources of the river than we had here, as
the river continued to rise long after it had
ceased to rain, and it remained up for nearly
a week. A week ago last Tuesday it began
TO fall. few days before, my brother and 1
rode down 10 Neasho Falls, about two miles
and half from here, to see the river in it's
might and glory. We found the water up to
the horses sides with pretty strong current,
before we reached the river timber, 1--WE call
all woodland timber " here). little fur
ther along we met negro men, women and
children mounted on ponies with all their
household effects, trying to find place Of
safety. The water they said, had entered
their cabins and overfiowed the ground all
around them. One man had all his hogs, OF
which he had large number, drowned, and
| a woman had lost all her chickens, because
she could MT keep them out OF the water.
She had taken them into the house, but the
water found them there. At the mill we
found the water had reached the roof of the
engine house, and much anxiety was felt lest
some large tree should drift down and take il
from its foundations. But we we're spared
that calamity. The mill stood the food, and
is now IN running order grinding our houl
and saving our lumber as usual.


Since this freshet we have had weather a:
dry and hot as we could ask for it. 1t ha,
come just in time to secure our wheat. Those
that owned reaping machines have had all th,
work they could do at their own price, anC
not enough of them could be found at that
| Our wheat crop appears to be coming il


with most excellent yield this year.


have 1t heard of single failure except wher


it was overhowed, and much of that was saved
Farmers that put in large field of whea


last tall are in luck. The most of the othe
Western states have failed to bring in gooC


crop this year, which will undoubtedly keel


the price at respectable figure. Wheat


now selling here fox TWO dollars bushel, an,
i -four is eight dollars per hundred. There ar


some as splendid crops OF wheat up and dOe


this Nessho Valley this year as can be seel
anywhere in our country. Stout, heavy straw


with their long well-tiled heads, covering ines


broad fields is sight which should deiigh


any farmer TO see.


Our corn crop also bids fair to be OF the best


Ii has good stand, and far has goo
growth. Much OF it is far along that
can hardly fail of yield under any conceiv
able circumstances. The chintz bug that die


so much damage last year, have not mad
their appearance yet. We would be quit
willing to bid them an everlasting good by
An unprecedented large Immigration
pouring into the state this year. | saw it Ell


timated that at the present rate it woult


amount to from $780, 900 Co 200 900. Thi
would more than double our population. L


Neasho Co., just south of this, upwards of l6
900 emigrants have settled, and there is q cor


tinual stream of them pouring In. Let ther
come Uncle Sam is rich enough TO give then
! all a farm. WILBUR.