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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBANY, OREGON.
VOffloo In th" Court House."
Su2tr.
W. G. JONES, M. D.
Homoeopathic Physician,
ALB AX Y, OREGON.
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t. A. UITI. I. " SMITH.
Cervallis. Linn Co.
CHENOWETH & SMITH.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Cervallis, Oregon.
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PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS
ALBAXT. OREGON.
OFFics-On South side of Main itwt, over
I Jiytou't store. v8uxr.
A. W. GAMBLE, M. D.,
EBISICIAX, SUKCEOX AXD iCCCUCDEUB,
ALBANY, OREGON.
Ofn and resldenc two doors east of Mea!y's
Furniture Rooms. First strert. v8nai.
T. W. UAKRXS, 31. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
ALBANY, OREGOX.
tcr- nffin nn Main mwL over Turrelf Wore.
tlpsid-ne on Fourth street, f.Hir blocks w-t of
Court House. ""''
W. C. TEKALE.
DEALER I!
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS.
Tobacco, Cigars vA Yankee Kotioas,
ALBAXY. OREGOX.
T ill strive to kwn on hands the best of ev
erything in my line, anil lo merit public pat-
J. W. BALDWIN,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW,
. , ... , u
Will practice In all the Courts in the 2d, I
j,;. i.m.i inurirti: in the HuDn-me t
Coart of Orwm, sud in tb faM Sua 11-
trtct aud CirGuii Court. Office up-stairs in front
roo.u in Parrislis bn.-k block. First St.. Albany
Oregon. oulvl.
GEO. R. HELM,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
Will practice in all the Courts of this State.
OFFICE: ALBAXT, OREGOX.
Xor. II, 18T0.
ST. CHARLES HOTEL,
CORXEB FROXT AXD WASH1NUTON STS,
ALBANY, OREGON.
N. S. LUBOIS. - - PROPRIETOR.
This house is the most commodious In the
tty. Table supplied with the best the market
siflorda. Free coach to the house. Sale for
-valuables. Office of Corvallls Stage Company.
vSnJAf. .
C. BEMJeEB. TBEO. BOMESTE.
BELLINGER & BURMESTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
No. 89 First Street,
FOBTLAND, - - OREGON.
Special attention gien to matters in Bankrupt
cy and all business la L oil? d btates loan.
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G. F. SETTLEMIER,
Druggist and Apothecary,
DEALER IX DRUGS, MEDICINES, OILS,
Paints, Window Glas, llyes tuffs. Liquors,
ncy Soaps, Brashes, Perfumeries, e.
FrtieriptioHS Caxefslly Compounded.
All art eles and Drugs in oar liae warranted
f the best quality.
First street, Post OSes building, Albany.
jull5rSn48jl
COMMERCIAL HOTEL.
OPZBA HOUSE BLOCK, SALEX, OBEOOS.
MRS. A. J. KIELY, Proprietor
This house will be kept in first class order, and
with attentive and obliging servants.
No Chinese Cooks Esmployed.
T mm nromml to furnish eood accommoda-
tTons to the traveling public, and will use every
endeavor to merit the patronage of the public
Regular boarding at very low rates.
Tree Coach to the House.
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ALBANY BATH HOUSE 1
THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT
fnllv inform the citizens of Albany aad vi
cinity that he has taken charge of this Establish
ment, and, by keeping elean rooms and paying
strict attention to business, expects to suit all
those who may favor him w.th their patronage
Having heretofore carried on nothing bat ; .
First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons,
lie expects to rive entire satisfaction to all.
3Childien and Ladies' Hair neatly cut
end shampooed. JOSEPH WttJBit&Ji
T3n33tf.
SOMETHING NEW IN DENTISTRY !
DR. E. O. 8MIT1I, DEXTIST
HAS LOCATED IX ALBANY
and baa the new invention
in plate work, which consists in
inserting teeth in the mouth without covering
the whole roof, as heretofore. It gives the
wearer the free use of the tongue to tbe roof of
the month in talking and tasting. It is tbe
Smith k Purvine patent.
3EfTeeth extracted .without pain.- Plates
mended', whether broken or divided. Office one
door east of Conner's Bank, up stairs.
, v7n45tf.
DENTISTRY.
GEO. W GRAY, V. D. S.
-W-0ES- ALL WORK IN THIS
II line of his profession in tbe
latett, out and atoet ' approved
methods. "
Anaesthetic agents ased for the painless ex
traction of teeth if desired.
Particular attention given to the regulation of
children s teeth. .
Dental consultations and examinations free,
fUiisfaetion e-uaranteed in every ease. , Call
mk hi. nfflne and examine specimens of his work.
Charres moderate. Office in Parriah's Brick
Blek, up-itairs. vSnltf.
VOL.' VIII.
AT THE FOOT OF GENTRIES' TRAIL.
"When I was at Harvard, my room
mate and bosom friend was Charley!
juespara. lie was 01 very good lami
ily, but not very well oft', and when
our college career was concluded, and
I took my seat in Bates & Blog'a of
fice to court the Goddcs Themis, he
went off to push his fortune in the
Golden State.
Charley was a queer sort of a fel
low capable of great exertion, but
deplorably lazy, always making good
resolutions, and never carrying them
into execution; without an atom of
vice in his constitution, and yet al
ways getting into scrapes. Alter he
went to California, we corresponded
Fretty regularly, and from his letters
learned that ho was experimenting
in a new business every other week.
Now he was in a soft goods store in
San Francisco; then he ran a paper
in Denver; then he drove a stage be
tween Auburn and Forrest Hill; then
he was a billiard maker in San Fran
cisco; and finally he told me he was
in for a big thingjin gold mines at Green
Flat, and inclosed his photograph to
show how he looked in his working
clothes. I could scarcely recognize
my ntty friend of former days iu the
lanky figure pictured on the card
board. A slouch cap perched on the
back of his head, a wLsp of handker
chief tied around his neck, while hir
suit appendages of Samsonio dimen
sions covered and encircled the place
where his face ought to have been.
But his big eyes were there, looking
out just as true and honest as ever,
and so I knew it was Charley, even
though he did wear big boots, and
carried a six-shooter slung at his skie.
He stuck to the mines all epriug
and summer, and his letters were full of
hope and radiant with success, until at
once they stopped suddenly, and
nothing more was beard of him. I
was wondering what had become of
him, whether be bad come to grief
ana was asnamea to- write me baa
news, or whether a worse fate bad
overtaken him in the wilds of the far
West, and made inquiries of some of
his friends, but none of them could
tell me anything about him, so I was
fain to sit still, hoping against hope
that he would turn up.
One evening I was all alone in my
room, watching the flickering light of
the fire play over each familiar article
of funtnture, too lazy to get up from
my chair to light the gas, when I
heard a violent ring at the door, pres
ently a figure stood in the doorway.
At first 1 did not recognize my old
cbDm, but wnen 1 neara tne accents
, . , i i i . n
of 1ms voice mv tears ana doubts all
hum, but when I heard the accents
r i j v and I welcomed him 9
anea aw ay, any A w eicunieu aim as
one comeback from the dead
"Why, Charley, is that you? Where
mve you been? How's things in gen
eral
Yes, it is me. Got in from Cali
fornia this morning. Things is first
rate."
Wbv, what a swell you are. "Why
didn't yon come right here ? Where
have you been.' 1 know there
something up."
"Guess tou re abont right. Hit it
thar, pard. You bet."
And then he relapsed into silence,
and demolished a lavender kid glove
in trvinz to lake it off.
wWrhat's np. old man ? Let's have
it. Go ahead.'
"Well, I ain't right sure what's op.
I ve struck a lead, and it lotiked no
end of good, and now when I take
the dust to the 6tore it won t sell.
"I lease to interpret; and bear in
mind that I am not so learned in min
ing lingo as yon are."
"Well, then, here goes. Hat it
didn't go."
"Hard np? You don't look like it
"JN o. liot half a million to my
credit with Clews.
"Woman V
"Yes, and she's the best little wo
man :n tne wona at least I inoogni
she was." And here the other kid
glove burst up in a most decided man
ner.
"Now, see here; yon have come to
a professional man, and if you want
solace and advice make a clean breast
of it, and tell me all your story."
"Well. then, von know mv last let
j tf ti
ter to you was from Green Flat, tbe
one with the photo.
"xes, I got it. I here yon are
over the mantle-piece, in the custom
of the period.
"That mine turned out a real good
thing. We washed ont about twenty
thousand in two months, and then we
got rid of the concern to a r riscan
company at a million and a half, bo
am pretty happy that way."
"Glad to hear it. But about her
ladyship."
"Well, when tbe thing was done
and the money was at tbe r irst Nation
al, we all went off to the bay, and
Irish Ned got shot one night. He
lived just long enough to make his
will, and split his share between me
and old Tom Norris."
'I regret the untimely departure of
Irish Ped, but 1 congratulate you that
be was able to dispose of his property
satisfactorily. 15 ut tbe lady (
"I'm a comin' to ber. There was a
lot of legal l'oolin' after Ned's death
about the inquest and the probate o
his will, and I got tired of loafing at
Frisco, so I made tracks np country
and bad a look around the Flat. That
was rather worse in the way of poi
Bon, so one morning I went and took
Bucker out of the corral, hitched him
np, got on top, and set off for a slash
ing gallop. All of a sudden I took a
notion TA never seen the Yosemite
valley, and, as it wasn't much of a ride
from tbe Flat, I went right on. Bucker
and I got along first-rate, and we
were down to the foot of the Gentries
trail just after sundown two days at
terward."
"Here the romance commences.
Go on, I begin to see fight."
. "There wasn't much to be seen
there, I can tell you. Those big
cliffs and those big trees cut it rough
on sunshine. Why, I nearly rode
over her before I saw what I was do
"Ilcr?"
"Yes; she was laying in a bundle
in the middle of the road, and only
Bucker snied or we'd have given her
hoofs and no mistake."
"Her? Who? Intoxicated Injun
squnw ?"
Here Charley burst into cursory
remarks which I shall not repeat, aud
then went on:
"No, the dariingest, dearest little
atom of feminine humanity that ever
claimed the assistance of mortal man."
"Bravo! Knoorel So you did not
pass by on the other side, like tne
man who fell among thieves?"
"No, I got off and tied Bucker to
a tree, and then picked her up."
What did she say? ihis is be
coming dramatic."
"Mio dulu t say nothing. Nie was
in a faint, and all over mud."
"I pardon your grammar. But
what did you do?"
" ell, I took a chaw, nd then I
went down to the river and filled my
hat with water, aud splashed it right
in her face."
"What did she say to that?1,
"She said 4Oh!"'
"Don't wonder much. What next."
"Will, I thought she might have
got too much water, 8oI poured some
whisky down her throat."
"Spiritual consolation for temporal
misfortune. How - did she take it?''
She coughed like fits, and then sat
up straight and looked up."
" bat next?''
"She said 'Oh, dear,' and tried to
get up, but she couldn t do it, and
then she screamed and fell back.
"Pleasant. How did you proceed ?"
"I talked civil to her. I'd almost
forgotten how, but my Sunday-go-lo-mefting'
manners came back wonder
fully, and I tried to persuade ber I
was not a Hoodlum lot."
In which I presume you suc
ceeded."
Yes. After a while she put np
her hair, and then told me that she
had tumbled off her horse and sprain
ed her ankle, but didn't know bow to
get Hutching' Hotel."
"Charming situation, l ou enacted
the role of ministering angel ?"
"loo bet. V hipped out my nowie,
and bad her boot, and stocking in tat
ters in two minutes. Took the
sleeves of my shirt, and bound a cold
water bandage on. lben kicked
Bucker in the ribs, and when be was
getting his breath hoisted her up, and
so we proceeded along the trail until
we got to Hutchings, where we found
the house io a muss, and papa awful
skeered."
"So there is a papa in the business?"
"Yes; good old fellow, too; was
tremendously obliged to me, and of
fered me some com.
"The reward ot merit."
"I got riled at that, showed him
my six-shooter, and asked him if he
wanted to insult me, whereupon he
apolorrized like a gentleman, and we
all had a drink."
"Including her ladyship."
"No, confound you, the women
folks had taken ber off."
"Proceed with papa."
"We had another drink, and got to
talking, and I found out that be was
Tom Kemble's father."
What! Tom that was in our year !
That delicate little fellow you used to
make such a pet of :
1 bat a about it. l'oor 1 om bad pe
tereI out, and the old gentleman and
his daughter had taken a trip West."
"I he family acquaintance facilitated
friendship t
"I suppose it helped. At any rate
I stuck to them, and we went aronnd
together, and Nellie and I (that's her
name, Neuie Remble) got nuts, and 1
spoke out to the old man and showed
him my band, and told him hearts
were trumps, but that I could spot
diamonds if I'd a mind."
"What cards did he call to that!"
"He told me to come to New York
and he'd spe about it."
"Provident paternal. So you came
up, accordingly?"
"Got in this morning. Went and
got fined up 6quare, and started right
off to Gramercy Park."
"To be received with outstretched
bands, and open arms ?"
"Missed the po&t that time. Sent
up my card, but they'd gone to a
matinee at the opera."
"Where you followed without de
lay?" "Straight off. That fellow at the
office owes me some change, for I
gave him a fifty, and didn't wait for
my stamps."
"Prices are high, bat not so bad as
fifty." (
"I ran around the bouse until they
wanted to put me out. Said I was
mad."
' "A conclusion uncharitable in the
extreme, but pardonable under the
circumstances."
"We were having a talk about that
when the people came out, and they
let me go, and I watched to see the
crowd pass, and Jack, when she and
her father came along, I felt all ot a
heap, and stood still and looked right
at them, and she's forgot me, and Pm
going back to California." Here poor
Charley ' covered bis face with his
hands and broke down.
"Hold on. did you get shaved to
day?" "Pretty much all over."
"The tonsorial operation may have
altered your identity."
He lifted his face up, and a gleam
of hope flashed over his features. I
took down the photograph and led
bim to the glass. . .
"See there. Look on this picture
and on that." , ' ".
"I donH think I shall go back
to the Flat to-morrow. What shall I
do?" ... . , - ,:, - :
: Interval for reflection. - ;
; "Was your address on your card?"
"Yes, St. Nicholas.",- .-. ;
"Just . you stay here . to-night, and
we'll have a chat, and see if tbey don't
cali to-morrow or write, Perhaps
there is a letter there now"
- "By Jove, you're righti Let's go
and see, right off."
in i iff i u ii m in m ii 7 u
ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL -4 .1873.
"Do tako it quietly. I don't ex
pect any such thing."
"But I do. Will you come, for if
you won't I'll go alono."
Up he got, and nolens volenti, I was
obliged to accompany him, for I
feared that he might do something
rash in his frenzy. We arrived at the
St. Nicholas, and sure enough a let
ter awaited him with N. K. mono
gramized on the fold. He opened it
and read ns follows:
"Wednesday evening, Gramercy
Square My Dear Mr. Despard: I
am so glnd you have come. Could it
havo been yon I saw at the Academy?
It was not a bit like yon. and yet I
think it was. Please call soon.
Ever yours, Nellie Kemmle."
Charley yelled, "She signs herself
'Ever yours,' " and wanted to shout
for the crou d ; but a happier thought
struck hitn, and before 1 knew what
he was up to he leaped on the box of
a carriage and went up Broadway in
the same stylo he used to steer his
team among the stumps and boulders
of the California wilds, I followed
him in another with the coachman,
aud in due timo found Charley's trap
in charge of an axtoinshed darkey at
the abode of his lady love.
I came away then. Ueiow you
have the latest news from the scenes
of action :
Dcspnrd Kemble At the resi
lence of the bride' father. Jan. !(!,
by Itev. Geo. Newton, D. D., Charles
Denpard, late of Green rlat, Cnl., lo
MisH Nellie Kemble, only daughter
ot Ilionias Kemble, of Gramercy
Park, New York.
A NATICK NCAXII.IL.
A Wronged Ilnabaud Assisting Ills Vrnll
Wife In I'lnplnif with the Man
f Her Choice
About three years since a man
named A. W. Cox settled down in
this community. He was about 25
years old: single roan, or so reported,
and quite stylish in appearance.
For a year past he has been on very
friendly terms with Mrs. Bell
Daniels, tbo wife of Mr. S. O.
Daniels. The intimacy wan carried
so far as to excite rommeut in tbe
community, and finally Mr. Daniels
became suspicious that the friend
ship was being carried beyond the
bounds of propriety.
A few days since Mr. Daniels
home for Boston, informing
wife that be would return on
left
bis
the
morning train, but changing
bis
mind he returned ut about 'J o'clock
iu the evening, and arriving borne
found the gay Cox and his fair young
wife enjoying an hour of mutual
entertainment at his own fireside.
Cox retreated in good order, and
Mr. Daniels thereupon charged bis
wire with infidelity, which ohe at
first stoutly denied, but subsequent
ly withdrew the denial, and informed
the husband that she loved Cox with
all ber heart, and that henceforth she
would livo with bim and follow bis
fortunes.
On Satnrday last Mrs. Daniels
proceeded to make good ber threat.
She packed her wardrobe, and re
quested a brother to take her trunks
to tbe depot, and the request was
granted. She also asked the brother
to trive her five dollars
The brother informed tbe husband
of the request, Mr. Daniels gave ber
$25, telling ber if she ever came to
want to apply to bim for aid. Mrs.
Daniels left on the Boston train, and
it is presumed that the guilty Cox
and tbe frail woman are now in com
pany with each other. Mrs. Daniels
had a pleasant borne on "Walnut Hill.
aud the husband, who is doing a fine
business as a druggist, spent money
freely on bis borne and young wife
Mrs. Daniels is about twenty-three
years old, tbe pet of a large family,
and tbe young couple had a large
circle of warm friends who will grieve
over this rasn act.
lbe last sad step was taken m
spite of tbe remonstrances of hus
band, family and friends.
Tbey have in Ohio a woman's club,
at which they discuss at their weekly
meetings such questions as the fol
lowing :
1. Tbe making and baking of dif
ferent varieties of bread.
2. Cake, in all its varieties.
3. House cleaning that is, how
to clean a bouse with the least con'
fusion, the least destruction of prop
erty, and with the greatest expedi
tion.
4. Can practical house-keeping be
reduced to a perfect system?
5. ilow should cows be fed and
watered, and how should milk be
taken care of to make the best quali
ty of butter?
b, 'What is the best method o;
canning: fruit? .
7. The making of pastry and bak
ing of pies. .
8. How to make and keep pickles
both sour and sweet.
Toe following was written
father to bis son in college:
by a
"My dear son I write to send you
new socks your poor mother knit for
you by cutting down some of mine.
Your mother sent you ten dollars
without my knowledge and for fear
you would not spend it wisely I have
kept back nail and only Bend you
five, lour own mother and I are
well except that your sister has got
the measels. which we think would
spread among the other girls if "Tom
had not bad them before, and he
the only one left. I hope you wil
do honor to my teaching, if you do
not you are a donkey and your moth
er and I are your affectionate par
ents." . : r , . ; .
A Michigan clergyman wrote to a
lottery agent: "I do not approve of
lotteries; I regard them aa no bet
ter than gambling schemes. My eon
bought ticket No, 5 in your drawing,
but if it drew anything don't send
the money to him send it to me."
The clergyman will probably feel re
lieved to learn thai the ticket didn't
draw anything. .;
AHTOKIA COIlBIChlPOADKNCIS.
Astoria, March 22, 1873.
Editor Democrat:
In my communication published in
your paper of February 28th, I at
tempted to show how tho farmers of
tbo valley can save some ten cents per
bushel of the valuo of their wheat by
delivering it themselves at warehouses
at Astoria, through the aid ot a trans
portation company, owned and con
trolled by themselves. It will be rec
ollected (see that communication) that
placed the total capital of such
transportation company at 8-00,-000,
to bo invested in warehouses at
the proper landings along the river,
boats barges, steamers, etc., and a
wharf and warehouses at Astoria.
The ten cents per bushel saved on
2,000,JOO bushels (the estimated ship
ment per year) makes up the 8200,-
00') ; so that the money invested in
tho business of transportation by the
farmers would all be returned to
them in one year's saving. Upon
thin showing it might be a fair basis
upon which to ask subscription to the
stock of such com j.any, that each far
mer subscribe 10 cents per bushel on
lis estimated crop this year. Thus
ic would save the amount of his sub
scription in one year's operation, and
isve the jvarchouses, boats, wharves,
etc., clear, and for future use free of
expense. If I am not correct I prc
bume the JSullctin or some other op
ponent of the farmers' movement will
oint out my error.
But with your consent, Mr. Editor,
I propose now to give in r renter de
tail some of the estimates upon which
my calculation is based. There
should be 20 barges or flat-boats of
say 20 feet beam and 130 feet length
each, built strong suitable to stand
some "banging," both on the sand
bars in the Willamette, and in the
small chop sea in the Columbia, below
the Willamette. The lumber, say SO
to 35 thousand feet for each boat, will
cost from 810 to 812 per thousand at
the best mills on the Columbia 8100
each; spikes, bolts, etc., 8200, and
work of building about 81,400, mak
ing 82,000 each, or 840,000 for the 20
boats. Such boats will draw only 8
or 9 inches when empty, and about 21
inches with 100 tons in.
These boats would suffice, in many
cases, for ' warehouses, receiving the
wheat at many of the landings direct
from the farmers' wagons.
Then there roust be warehouses
along the river sufficient to hold
1,000,000 bushels of wheat or 50 of
them of 40x100 feet dimensions each.
How many of them, or much of the
1,000,000 bushels can be stored by
the warehouses already constructed at
the proper places, I do not know, and
of course can not tell bow many need
to be built. It is presumed that some
20 should be built. They will cost
from, $1,500 to 82.000 each; say $35,-
000 for warehouses.
Next, tbe wharf and warehouses at
Astoria sufficient to accommodate
two vessels at once and to hold two
cargoes of wheat, can be built for
$12,000 to $15,000.
This makes $90,000 for warehouses,
flat-boats and wharf, leaving $100,000
of the capital, at least, to , invest in
steamboats. These might be omitted
for this year, trusting to the chances
of chartering the small tags about
Portland for tbe Willamette river,
and the larger ones for use down tbe
Columbia.
Tbe next step is the working of the
machinery above named. This is a
matter that depends much upon good
management; and in the selection of
the proper men, and watching them
so that they do their dnty. The Board
of Directors or executive officers of
the company have a responsible duty
to perform.
My estimate is that one ot the barges
can be taken from Portland, or Mil.
waukee, to Eugene, there take on 20
tons, then drop down and take on at
different places the balance of the
100,000 tons, and reach Milwaukee
Bay, or Portland, for $100 to $150,
besides toll at the locks, or say $200,
for the whole trip.
Then, when there are say 4 of these
barges ready the larger steamer can
take them with 100 or 200 tons on
her own deck and come on to Astoria,
bringing say 500 tons, at an expense
of not over $250 per trip .down to
Astoria and back.
This makes $2 per ton down to Mil
waukee Bay (a good harbor for
several boats at once) or : Portland;
and 50 cts. per ton thence to Astoria,
or $2,50 per ton through. ;
Of course such a result , will be
disputed by all steamboat men who
have been accustomed to charge doub
le, or more, that turn. But I think it
can be safely ; done by a company
that gives its attention properly to the
business of moving such a quantity of
grain over a certain route, v They
will know just how rnnoh ' proportion
they must make and will make it
One word of cautiori and then t am
done for tiro, that is, do not be in
1 w
fluenced too much by "steamboat
men" (or any other men,) as there will
be such who will say that this or
that, or the other thing cannot ,bs
done, because such has not been their
way of doing such things.
The times are ripe lor improved
processes of doing tho great works
which belp the greatest numbers
the farmers.
Very respectfully,
Jamks Welch.
WHY Al'ST MkUUlK NEVfCIt MArtBf KO.
"Now, Aunt Sallie, do please tell
us why you never got married. You
remember you said once that when
you were a girl you was engaged to a
minister, nnu promised you would tell
us about it sometime. Now, aunt,
please tell us."
"Well, you see, when I was seven
teen years old I was living in Utica,
in tbe State of New York. Though
I say it myself, I was quite a good
looking girl then, and bad several
beaux. Tbe one that took my fancy
was a young minister, a very promis
ing young man, and remarkably
pious and steady. He thought a
good deal of me, and I kind of took
a fancy to him, and things went on
till we were engaged. r One evening
he came to me and put bis arms
around me, wbe I got excited and
fiustraUid. It was a long time ago,
and I don't know but what I might
have bugged back a little. I wuh like
any other girl, and pretty soon I pre
tended to be mad about it, and push
ed him away, though I wasn't mad a
a bit. You must know that the bouse
where I lived was on one of the back
streets of the town. There were
glass doors in the parlor, which open
ed over the streets. These doors
were drawn to. 1 stepped back a
littlo from bim, aud when be came
up closo I pushed bim back again.
I pushed bim harder than I intended
to; and don't you believe, girls, tbe
poor fellow lost bis balance and fell
through one of tbo doors into the
street."
"6b. Auntv! Was be killed?"
"No. He fell bead first, and as be
was going I caught bim by the legs
of bis trouuers. I held on for a min
ute and tried to pull bim back; but
bis suspenders gave way, and tbe
poor 3'oun? roan fell clean out of bis
pantaloons into a parcel of ladies and
gentlemen coming along the street.
"Oh! Aunty. Aunty! Lordv!"
"There, that's right, squall and
giggle as much as you want to. Girls
that can't bear u. little thing like that
without tearing around the room and
be-be-ing iu such a way, dou't know
enough to come in when it rains. A
nice time tbe man who marries one
of you will have, won't be. Catch
me telling you anything again."
"But, Aunt Sallie, what became of
bim? Did you ever see bim again?"
"No; tbe moment he touched the
ground be got up and left that place
in a terrible hurry, l tell you it
was a sight to be remembered. How
(bat man did run I He went out
West, and I believe he is preaching
outiu Illinois. Uut he never married.
lie was very modest, and X suppose
be was so badly frightened that time.
that be never dared trust himself
near a woman again. That, girls, is
tbe reason why I never married.
felt very bad about it for a long time
for be was a good man. and I ve
often thought to myseit that we
should have been very happy if his
Buspenders hadn't given way."
A VALLEY OF DESOLATION'.
A spot almost as terrible as the
prophet's valley of dry bones lies just
north of the old Mormon road to val
ifornia, a region thirty-six miles long
by thirty broad, and surrounded, ex
cept at two points, by inaccessible
mountains. It is totally devoid of
water and vegetation, and the shad
ow of a bird or wild beast never dark
ens its white, glaring sands. The
Kansas 1 acibc xtailroad engineers
discovered it, and also some papers
which show the fate of tbe Montgom
ery train, which came south from Salt
Lake in 1850, guided by a Mormon.
When near Death s Valley tbey camo
to the conclusion that the Mormon
knew nothing about the country, so
they appointed one of their number a
leader and broke off from tbe party.
The leader turned due west; so with
the people and wagons and nocks he
traveled three days, and then de
scended into the broad valley, whose
treacherous mirage promised water,
They reached the center, but only
the white sands, bonnded by scorch
ing peaks, met their gaze. Around
the valley they wandered, and one by
one the men died,' and the panting
flocks stretched themselves in death
under the hot sun. The children, cry
ing for water, died at their mothers'
breasts, and with swollen tongues and
burning vitals tbe mothers lollowec
Wagon after wagon was abanded, and
strong men tottered and raved and
died. After, a week's wandering
dozen surviors found some water in
hollow of a rock in the mountain. It
lasted but a short time, when all per
ished but two, who escaped out of the
valley and followed the trail ot their
former companions. Eiehty seven
families, with hundreds of animals.
perished there and now, after twen
ty-two years, the wagons still stand
complete, and iron-work and tires are
brkrht, and the shriveled skeletons
lay side by side.
A new way to "Lay up for a rainy
day. A man named .Lay, in lllnois
crot drunk, fell down ' and : broke his
neck. His widow obtained $1,200
damages from the man who sold him
the liquor.
A well-to-do old gentleman at
Nashville,' Tenfl., has brought tbe
science of economy to so fine a point
that he stops ma clock when the. sun
shines, to save wear and tear and
determines the time of the day from
outside observations.
wJI
NO. 34
iKrorn.the l,arid Own'-r.J
A REVOLUTION AT WORK.
What mean these enormous gath
erings of farmers and tillers of the
soil, tbe news of which reach us
every day? What are these deep,
sonorous muttering of discontent
that are born to our ears on every
breeze from the prairies of the great
West? What clouds are these so
plainly discernable in the political
horizon.
The student of history may in
deed regard tbero as piegnant of
coming events, for thns beun the
terrible revolutions of tbe world.
Louis of Franee beard them in his
worusijop a i Versailles, mux iUunu
Antoinnette heeded them not in b r
retreat at Grand Trianon. But the
French Revolution broke like an
avalanche, when tbe wrath of tbe
people bad culminated to ripeness.
.throughout tbe boundless West
the farmers are organizing. We do
not see much of it here in Chicago
for the lords of the soil gather in
their villager and on their own
farms. Their meetings are immense.
At a recent conclave held at Bloom-
there were upward of 400
delegates, rrpremmtinti fullu CO.tOO
farmer. Their deliberations were
calm, and marked with terrible deter
minations. They went about their
business like wise men wbo intend to
assert their rights. There were no
bummer politicians, and hence no
offers of bribes. There were no dis
tentions, and hence nothing but busi
ness. In Iowa, these "Granges," as their
societies are called, are forming in
every part of the State. Kansas,
Minnesota, the Territories, all have'
caught tbe fever. Men are travel
ing about among the farmers and ex
horting tbem to action, on the thresh
ing floor and in the school house.
The women are up in arms as well.
These men have a terrible eloquence,
and converts are made by thousands.
Tbe old monks who went up and
down tbe Kline in tbe days of the
Crusaders did their work with no
greater effect. War is to be waged by
tbe husbandman; war against mo
nopoly, and war against official
thieving and corruption, and it will
be war to tbe knife.
These men, who constitute the
vefy vitals of the State, are in ear
nest. All winter they have burnt
their corn for fuel, and have seen
their produce decay and return again
to the rich sou from which their
labor brought it. The railroads
have eaten out their vitals, which,
unlike those of I rometbeus, do not
grow again when the vulture retires,
for the railroads vulture never leaves
his victim. On every hand these
iron bonds are being drawn tighter
around the people. Congress,
through its enormous corruption.
bos given railroads a mighty and
consuming power, which tbey wield
with tbe most tyrannical hand. The
farmer's corn cannot go to market.
lor the railroad extort more than it
is worth to carry it to the seaboard.
And in the rich flame this burning
corn emits, the railroad kings, if they
were wise, would see their doom.
It takes no alchemist to read tbe tale.
At tbe present rate of organ iza
tion there wiu soon be a million far
mers organized in these Granges.
Tbey will be supreme masters of the
situation, for they make the laws and
are capable of administering them
They are desperate men, when arous
ed, and do not easily change their
opinions. They have Ui6 power to
compel the combination of railroad
monopolists to do their bidding.
Let railroad manipulators take timely
warning. If this embargo upon the
rights of the farmers is not remov
ed, the farmers will take tbe adminis
tration of law into their own hands.
Tbey will tear up the track and plant
corn on the lands these roads hold
title to only by their sufferance.
Tbe farmers once united, and no
railroad could run a train across
Iowa or Illinois. The Governor,
with his feeble militia, would be a
farce. Faster than ties can be laid
they will be torn up. The wives and
daughters of the farmers are also in
this struggle. When women join
band and raise the red flag, the Bas
tile falls. Beware, then, you men
who handle monopolies that are
crushing out the honest industry of
the' great West, how you longer op
press. These people will be hyenas
when aroused. They will chain you
with a thousand chains, and their
warth will not be easily appeased,
for it is a fire you have lit and fanned
yourselves for twenty years.
We make no doubt that this
language will be laughed at by the
railroad sharks, comfortably enscon
ced in velvet arm chairs, with money
to bribe and money to . fight. Fools
can never bear their own death
knell. It is an attribute God has
not given them.
Tlve Land Owner desires 1 to put
this prophecy on record. Unless
there is a compromise between . the
farmers and the railroads before an
other season brings forth its plen
teous crops, there will be a terrible
revolution. They will not let you
run your trains through their . coun
ties. , They will tear up your tracks,
and will not hesitate to kill, if they
are driven to it. If ever men were
aroused, the farmers of the West
are. Their thousand meetings are
fanning into life a determination, to
resist, at any hazard, the further
usurpation of their rights, They in
tend to live in the future as well as
the railroad men. They will win. -
So utterly corrupt has our govern
ment become, so thoroughly are the
rights of the masses usurped by cor
porations of capital that we regard
this spontaneous uprising of the far
mers as the most hopeful sign of the
times. When these men, unused to
petty meanness, unacquainted with
any other way of getting a living than
at the handles of the plow, take up
the gauntlet, there will be a wonder
ful shaking among the dishonest
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bones of tbe corrupt rings and the
lying politicians. '
God grant that the day may soort
dawn when the very bone and sinew
of this land will arise in their might,
nd, conscious of their sovereignty,
asserts their rights. We believe that
the pothouse and bummer politician
hive bad tbeir day, that the railroad
kings are coming to tbe full end of
their ropes, and that the farmers aro
to be the executioners. There is not
an honest man in the land wbo would
not like to see an old French guil
lotino set up on the prairies of Illi
nois, and witness tbe beads of tbo
monopolists and tbe political iLievet;
who bsick tbem, roll into tbe basket.
This is the language of Involution.
In Frant-e it would send us to jail,
but our reward would be a stupen
dous awakening of tbe people. Intbi
boasted free country it will probably
be laughed at as puerile by tb
monopolists, but if it spurs on tbe
farmers in their revolution, we will
be repaid.
Let tbe Granges organize ! ! J
WHAT AAPOLKC.X VVAH WORTS.
There is do subject upon which
the gossips of Paris have speculated
more largely or been more complete
ly at fault than respecting the for
tune, in a pecuniary wnse, of tb
late Nopoleon. "The Emperor has
died poor," "Tbe Empress is well
off," "Tbe Empres-i ha? not been
able to meet the late extraordinary
expenses." These, and a hundred
other contradictory assertions have
been daily bandied about from
mouth to mouth. Now, I happened
to Jail in tbe other day with what 1
called a "very well informed person"
on tbe above subject; and making
some inquiries of bim respecting it.
found as I anticipated I would in
the case, that be was very cautions
as to what be said; and Lbi3, not from
unwillingness to speak out, but from
the difficulty of obtaining accurate
information. The probability was.
he said, that the public would "never
know exactly tbe state Of tbe Em
peror'. affairs; the Emperor hardly
knew it himself." But he told ru'o
that bis own estimation of the Em
peror's means (and that estimation
is, I know, not likely to be very far
wrong) was that be left behind hiio
a disposable fortune of from 120,-
000,000 to 125,003,010 franc. A
good deal of this, my informant
thought, would be realized from lif
insurance effected in England; and
this latter, be assured me, had gen
erally been effected almost in spit
of tbe Emperor, or at least without
hie taking the initiative in them or
being desirous of baring them made.
Tbey were pressed upon bim, partly
by bis wife, and partly by his encour
age, the latter of whom, especially,
were never fully alive to the advan
tage of bis being "rich," in case of
his own position changing and their.
along with it. It seems probablu
that the sale of the Empress' jewelry
and other valuables in London, which
some people suspected being only
blind to pretend poverty, was in
reality required for keeping up these
life policies. The Empress's own
private income, derived from hei
landed property in Spain, is suppos
ed to vary between 10U.C00 and 5'),
000 francs per annum, according to
the state of affairs in that distracted
country. Here in France, the Bona
parte cause is, as I have often before
told you, quite dead for the moment,
, i -. . , ,
ana can oniy oe resuscitatea rnen
recent events begin to be forgotten ,
and cirenmstances, not yet foreseen ,
arise in its favor. Paris Corr. St.
Louis Iiejiublican.
(From the Baker City Democrat.
EPIZOOTIC TB KATJ1EXT,
Through the politeness of Ca!.
Paige, agent of W ells, Fargo & Co..
and the N. W. Stage Company at
this city, we are furnisede the follow-1
ing article on the treatment ot horse-
attacked with the Canadian horse dis
ease. It is the treatment that is
adopted by the Northwestern Stage
Company on their line from Boisc
City to the Railroad, where their'
stock has been more or less afflicted
with the disease. The article is sent,
to Cal. Paige by Mr. Morris, Super
intendent of the N. W. Stage Com
pany, and we are permitted to pub
lish it for the benefit of our citizens.
The directions are as follows:
Horses that eat well, and do not
show weakness, should be worked
regularly in a walk, rubbed, dry and
blanketed when returned to the sta
ble, whero the nostrils should be
washed ont with tepid soap suds. II
a horse shows weakness, but eai
well, work him gently part ot the
time. If be does not eat, . nurse hint
carefully, rubbing him well, with
gentle exercise in the open air; when
he recovers his appetite and eats well,
work him carefully to the extent ol'
his strength. If the horse chills, it.
indicates lung lever. Take 1 ounce
aconite and 3 ounces of water, mix,
draw out tho horses tongue, giving
him 30 droops on the root of his ton
gue every hour until he is relieved.
The liniment should be used freely on
the throat 3 or 4 times a day; be care
ful to give a good rubbing from ear
to ear, especially on the glands. The
main point ij to keep up a good dis
charge from the nostrils, which gen'
tie regular work in tbe open air best
accomplishes, unless it storms, wbei
he should be covered with canvas or
blanket. Do not expose bim to any
draft, over heathim at work or allow
bim to chill; rub him .thoroughly dry
after work and blanket him. Feet!
bran mash or shorts with all the hay
and water he wants. A heaping tea
spoonful of chorade of potash in a buck -
et Of fresh water for every four horses- ,
twice a day, should be given when thf
disease is expected. It the horse i
not carefully attended to, he become
liable to other serious diseases which
either kill or render him unfit for fu
ture service use no medicines, only
the above. - '
Almanacs first published in 1111.