Daily Times [Leavenworth, Ks],
September 8, 1861
We received a call on Saturday last from a man named Orr, a refugee from Missouri, and formerly a resident of Vernon, a small place in that State. He left to avoid being impressed in the rebel service, he preferring to fight for the Constitution and the Union. The rebels have a novel way of getting along. When they want a wagon cover, they enter a house–it making no difference whether the occupant is a Union man or a Secessionist–and empty the feather beds–taking the cloth for their wagons. Whenever a Secessionist meets a farmer who has a good pair of pants on, he appropriates the same to his own use. They leave nothing undone to carry out their designs, or to place themselves in comfortable quarters. He states that a large number of the people of his section have left taking with them their horses, cattle, etc.–Olathe Herald.