VOL. XIII.
4orrqipimiIettty
TRANSPORTATION MATTERS.
Editor Willamette Farmer:
In this letter I propose to consider the public
improvements required to reduce the cost of
transportation and tho advantages we may
xpect to result from those improvements to
the farmers of Oregon and the Columbia river
basin. The first in order, since wo must con
sider great Britain as our great market for our
staple product, is tho transportation between
tho Columbia river and Europe. This now
amounts at this writing to about 63 cents per
bushel. It is very high because of a temporary
scarcity of vessels in the Pacific. If we now
had the sthmus canal completed the ad
vantages, of which I gave you in my last let
ter such high rates between here aud'Europe
would not bo possible. San Francisco and
tho Columbia river could ho supplied with
steamers in thirty days which would carry
the grain to Europe at ten cents per bushel
less than now carried from San Francisco or
Portland by sail vessels. Our grain and flour
could at all times be carried from tho Pacific
Coast choapcr by steamer than around the
Horn by sail vessels. And again, when there
is a scarcity of crops in the Eastern States and
Europe as at present, we could ship by
steamer from San Francisco or the Columbia
river as late as tfie first of Mayor June, and
yet the steamer cargo would arrive in Eng
land before the next harvest. The Panama
canal work is progressing finely, and its pro
prietors now feel confidfipt that it will be
completed in four years instead of six
years, as first proposed.
In order that the cost of transportation may
be further reduced, the Columbia river bar
must be improved, by scouring or otherwise,
o that the largest vessels may enter and de
part safely and without delay. It may seom
unnecessary for me to state that it is neces
sary for the vessel which carries the grain to
nter the river in order to be loaded. We are
not yet acquainted with any means by which
vessels' cargoes can be loaded into them while
the vessels are outside of the Columbia river
bar cheaply and safely. If any such means
were known the improvement of the bar
would not be so important. But at present
the size of vessels we caa employ in carrying
our grain is restricted to that which can cross
tha Columbia bar safely at high tide. This
draft of vessels at present is twenty-three
feet. This depth admits of large vesiel, it is
true, but not so large as we want in order to
have our products carried to Europe the
cheapest. We should have four to six feet
more water on the bar to allow the deepest
vessels which load at San Francisco to load in
the Columbia river. The distance that is to be
deepened on tho bar is less than a mile and a
half. Would it not be well to have the as
sistance of James B. Eads of St. Louis, who
has achieved such a great success at the
mouth of the Mississippi, in this important
work.
From what is already written you may
anticipate that I believe the improvement of
the Columbia river above its mouth is of
secondary importance. So I do, and because
the barges that do not require any deeper
water than we now have in the Columbia can
tarry our grain from Portland, Cascades or
The Dalhata the mouth of tho river to be put
in the deep ships as cheap, if not cheeper,
than large vessels can carry it by ruing up the
Columbia for it.
Next, the improvement of the Cascades, or
the construction of the locks there, is equal
in importance to the iirprovemont of the Co
lumbia river bar. After the completion of the
locks, grain and freight can be carried at one
half of the present rates profitably from all
points below and including The Dalles, and
one half the work will be done for the lelief
of all the settlements along the Columbia
river and its tributaries alone.
ITo summarize, then, in my opinion our en
ergies should be concentrated in obtaining
the improvemeut of the Columbia bar, which
will lessen the transportation on wheat, say
seven to ten cents a bushel, on the average,
and the completion of the locks and canal at
the Cascades, which will lessen the cost of
transportation some seven and a half centi
per bushel on wheat, and many dollars per
ton on other freight. The Isthmus canal is
getting along well enough. It does not ask
help nor subsidy, only to be let alone by oar
government. Yours,
Transportation Student.
Flax Culture In the Willamette Valley.
In spite of the natural richness of the soil
in this State, which allows of the raising of
successive grain crops for a much longer
period than in other less favored states, it is
nevertheless obvious that at some time or
other the land must be farmed out, unless it I
is in Borne way renewed. Consequently, of
late, many experienced farmers have been ad
vocating rotation of crops, by which means
the land need never be idle, and better grain
crops can be raised.
One of the best crops a farmer can put in
the place of wheat or oats, and ono of tho
most paying is. undoubtedly, flax. But all
laud is not suited to it, and the first consider'
ation of the farmer should be, is tho land ho
holds suitable to produco a profitable crop of
flax. Land intended for flax must be in ijooil
condition, and clean. Here is where so many
go wrong; they pick out the foulest and most
useless pieces of land, and think that if they
are of no U30 at all for anything else, they
will put them in flax, and then they are sur
prised the crop they get off tbem docs not
pay. Besides putting it in foul land, some
do not think north while taking so much
trouble in putting in a flax crop as a grain
crop ; we know of an instance of a farmer not
taking the trouble to harrow in the seed.
Such men as these will go round the country
and say that flax growing does not pay any
way, and that will open the farmers' eyes, by
writing to the papers and showing them that
such is a fact. Such men as these ought (?)
to be good authorities 1
If flax is sown in clean land, well worked,
it will pay twice as well as a good wheat crop.
To prove, wo will mention an instance :
A farmer put in an acre and a quarter of flax
on tho west side of the Willamette, at Al
bany ; after the crop was harvested and
scutched, the yield of lint amounted to 694
pounds, and in addition he had 9 bushols of
seed. The West Coast Flax Mills, of Albany,
undertook the rotting and scutching for half
the lint, and bought the other half at 12 cents
a pou d. The seed was his own, and the only
expense he was put to after the crop was in,
was the pulling, which may be estimated at
$6.00 an acre, and the hau'.ing 21 miles to the
ponds. His seed was worth $13, and he got
$33.05 for his half of the lint, making togeth
er $48.G5 for an acre and a quarter of flax.
Any farmer can do the same if he puts his
crop in good, clean land, plows deep in the
winter, and again light in tho spring, and
harrows well. Of course the land must be
good; white soil v. ill not raise a good crop;
sandy loam and rich bottomland are the best.
The proper time for sowing flax is at the be
ginning of April ; all flax should be iu at the
end of that month ; on very sandy land it is
better to put it in a little earlier in order to
get tho full benefit of the rains.
About one and one-fourth bushels should
be sown to the acre.
It is important that the land should be
well pulverized before sowing. After the
flax is about three inches high it should be
well rolled, in order to pack the earth round
the roots, and give the flax a firm bed.
When ready for pulling, the stock near the
bottom will become a pale yellow, and the
leaves will fall off about eight or ten inches
from the ground, and the top seed balls will
assume a slight brownish hue. If pulled too
young, the fibre will be tender, and loss w ill
occur in scutching ; if allowed to ripen to
much, the flax will be coarso and dry.
China labor is always employed for pulling
in this valley ; it takes from five to six China-
men to pull an acre in a day.
The most important process in the whole,and
where tho most judgment is required, is in
rotting. The length of time the flax requires
to be in the water, varies according to the
temperature ; in ionic instances it will be
sufficiently rotted in five days, in others, it
will tako ten dayB. The water should be just
as deep as the flax is tall. The flax is sunk
by means of plank with rock on them. No
water should be allowed to run through the
ponds while the flax is in. Fermentation
will set in immediately if the water is warm,
which will cause the flax to riso and come to
the surface if not sufficiently weighted. As
soon as the fermentation subsides it will
sink.
In order to find out if it is ready to take out,
pull out a few spears and bend them gently
over the fore-finger, and should the woody
part separate freely from the fibre, and start
up, it is time to take it out.
It is well to leave the flax piled aronnd tho
edge of the ponds for a day, after taking
it out, to drain, as it can then be more
easily handled.
It should lie ready to bind up and haul away
in three days from the time it is spread, if
the weather is fine; if, however, the ground
is damp; it is well to lift it and shock it,
leaving sufficient time for the air to dry it
thoroughly before hauling to the warehouse
or scutch mill.
There is nodoubt that the soil and climate of
Oregon, especially of the Willamette Valley,
ar particulaily adapted to raisintr flax; any
one inutt acknowledge this, who has seen sam
ples of this yeai's crop, some of the spcari
meuureing over nve lect in lengtn ; ami
there is no doubt that before many years.
tbix wi I become one of the sUple products ef
the Willamette valley, J. l. 11
PORTLAND, -OREGON,
The Whitman Monument.
Walla Walla, October 11, 1881.
Editor Willamette Farmer:
Last Sunday, Oct. 7th, I spent at the old
Mission station of Dr. Whitman. Nearly thir
ty-four years have passed since last I saw it,
and time has wrought many changes, more
especially iu tho river. I find land now whero
it was water then, and the channel that flow
ed near tho house is now quite a distance back.
I was able to trace the site of 'the different
buildings and the grist mill, but find the old
mill pond now covered with a forest, some of
tho trees measuring over four feet in circum
ference. The fine view which we used to have
of theBlue Mountains is now completely hid
by forest.
Uncle Charlie Swcaglo now owns the place,
and ho thinks that I must be mistaken in re
feience to tho change in the river and the
growth of the timber. Bat I showed him the
very place whero Dr. Whitman's child fell in
and was drowned, which at that time had cur
rent enough to carry her half a mile below,
A'hcre she was found lodged in the root of a
fallen tree. Now, at this time a year, it is
empty, with the exception of a small stream
that can be stepped across, and the land
where tho water once flowed, is sowed to
grass, 1 gathered apples from the doctoral
trees, and cut a couple of canes from' the
limbs. Again, after tho lapse of a generation,
I stood iu the gravo yard, not as formerly, to
gaze upon the forms of loved ones torn by the
voracious wolves, but upon the mount .where
rest the remains of tho thirteen victims of
savage cruelty, lime has obliterated all
traces of my sister's and Helen Mcek's grave,
and it was with difficulty that I found the
gravn of Alice Whitman. All is neglected;
even the fence that at some time has been
placed around the doctor's grave has gone to
decay. What has become of the monument
that was going t be put there t The lumber
for the fence has been lying at the station for
a year, and will soon be sold to pay for ex
penses. Mr. Sweagle is willing to give them
two acres and five years to build the mon
ument, but he says be is not going to wait to
eternity for them to act.
Then, there is ao way to get to the grave
yard, and some steps must be taken to secure
this way.' I hope that this matter will be
looked after. I find the people in this part of
the country anxious to see the monument
completed, and would all assist if they saw-
any prospect of its being done. There are
somo of the wheels of the doctor's grist mill
and points from his plows, which are being
kept by parties here, to place at tho grave, in
connection with tho monument. I am now
engaged in lecturing on the Whitman mas
sacre. C. S. FniNfJLE.
Notb by Editor. Mrs. Pnngle was one of
the children saved from the massacre, after
the death of most of her family. Her maiden
name was Sagt-r.
Letter from George Belshaw.
Euap.NE Citv, October 13, 1881.
Editor Willametto Farmer:
Please give notice that I accept the kind in
vitation of the Siuslaw Agricultural Society to
deliver the Annual Address at thir fair,
which commences October 19, 1881.
If the weather remains favorable I shall ex
hibit, at their request, 12 bushels of wheat of
different varieties, all white but one; about 80
different samples in glass, and neaily 100 va
rieties in tho straw. I do not know what pre
miums are ottered, and care tittle as I consider
all premiums paid at fairs amount to but very
little to the exhibitors. The main benefit re
ceived by exhibitors, is that by bringing their
productions, mechanical arts, grain, etc., and
plaoing them side by side, the agriculturist
may learn the difference in worth and cultiva
tion of the different productions presented.
The stock raiser will purchase better breeds of
stock and improve his herds. I shall contend
for the best sheaf of wheat, same of oats; and
for the best display of grains grown by ono
man; best bushel of wheat of twelve varieties,
and the best bushel of any kind as sweep
stakes. I shall exhibit my wheat more parti
cularly because of invitations fiom a number
of emigrants lately arrived, who think of
miking their home in Lane county. I should
like for wheat growers all over tho county to
compete with me for tho best, of the moit
merit, and nearest perfection.
Georoe Delsaaw.
We allude in our report of the Mcclianici'
Fair to the line display of cereals made there
by Mr. C. P. Burkhart, of Albany, and wo
learn, since writing, it that he was too unwell
to be really able to box and send a full assort
ment from his collection, and another fact
that should bs noted is tint Mr. Burkhart lias
not been collecting grains from other farmers
to make an exhibit of but that the samples
shown are grown by himself, which adds mate-
I mUy to the merit due him in that connection.
ar--
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1881.
ONION COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Notes by Our Special Report on tho Grounds
Races, Etc.
La Grande, Or., Oct. 17, 1881.
Editor Willamette Farmer: ''
Tho ninth annual fair of tho Union County
Agricultural Society concluded Oct. 15th. At
the start every indication was of a successful
and pleasant fair. But, on Tuesday, it began
snowing, and continued almost uninterrupted
ly until tho closo, and has snowed to-day.
Ercrythiug was woll arranged, and the pro
grtimni was ono of the best. In tho speed
programme there were somo very excellent
purses, and as a consequence, tho finest lot of
horses that over camo together in this upper
country met thero to contend. The display of
draft horses was good, as well'us of thorough
breds. Tho cattle show was good, and prizes
were hotly contested for by Messrs, O. P.
Goodall and Georgo Ames, both of whom have
herds of excellent Durhams. Mr. Jno. Peach
had on tho grounds a full blood Jersey, that
attracted universal attention and was much
admiied. There was a splendid exhibit of
Berkshire, Macee, and graded hogs. Messrs.
Childers and W. J. Snodgrass were the com
petitors. Mr. Childers took several pre
miums for Berk8hires,but Mr. Snodgrass took
first premiums on all animals exhibited. Mr.
Snodgrass has excellent breeds of Berkshires,
Magces and Chester Whites, and imported
them from the East at an expense of over SI,
200. The production of pork in this section is
of considerable importance, and Mr. Snodgrass
sees the necessity of improving by using the
Berkshircs, which are of acknowledged merit.
Messrs. Ronald and Allen exhibited pens of
sheep, and carried a good number of first pre
miums. A number of coops of poultry were
on exhibition. Tha pavilion was well filled
byjtkj ladies' display; as well as the display
of fruits and vegetables. In the ladies' depart
ment were good showings of cakes, pies,
bread, jellies and needlework. On the wall
hung a number ot sketches, etchings and
paintings. I was well pleased with those of
Miss Holmes, especially her sketches from
nature, and one in particular of a pansy and
daisy on a panel has rare merit. The exhibit
of fruit was tho best I ever looked at, and in
cluded many varieties. The only fault was
the absence of peaches, plums and prunes.
Apples do exceptionally well and mature well.
The vegetable exhibit was comprehensive and
worthy of a fuller mention. But space for
bids. The speed programme was well filled, and
under tho circumstances, (the track being
very heavy) good time was made. The 50-mile
race was hotly contested for by Messrs. C.
Steers and Henry Green. Mr. Steers winning
the race and first money in 1 hour and 69J
minutes. Tho riders each had ten relay horses
and rodo each horso ono mile. At no time
during the race was Mr. Steers over one-third
of a mile ahead. Tho entire raco showed ex
ceptionally good horsemanship. Mr. Steers
was suffering from a sprained ankle, and had
the misfortune to have one horse fall on him,
and of being unseated by the starters, hut
finally won in the above named time, which is
the best known.
I append tho premium list and speed trials,
as they were taken off the books of the Secre
tary, I acknowledge courtesies from tho So
ciety, wu, J. Clarke.
Wheat In Bulk
Now that wo are assured of tho certain
completion of a railroad from Walla Walla to
Portland before next harvest, and the proba
ble completion within a year of a through
railway connection with Pngct Sound, tho
propriety of shipping Walla Walla wheat in
bulk is being discussed. As the v heat busi
ness is now being carried on here, the pro
ducer or the buyer, or both, has to stand,
hot only the cost of freighting sacks an J twine
up here, but the cost of repairing damaged
sacks and a great deal of outlay for resacking
the wheat which reaches Portland in torn
and badly dirtcd sacks. Then too, it is htld
by those who should know, that it costs the
producer more for labor to sack his wheat
here than the same amount and kind of work
cen 1 done'for'at tho shipping point' If the
wheat were shipped in bulk from this country
it could bo emptied into tho warehouses at
Portland anil Tacoma, cleaned, sacked anil
loaded in A. I, order. Byihipping wheat in
this manner tho appearance, if not tho quality
of the grain would bo improved, and an in
crease in price, in excess of the cost of so do
ing, would follow, Walla Walla wheat is
equal to any. But as somo dirty lots find
their w ty to market the price of all is decreas
ed. Wallr Walla Union.
Dr. Glenn's crop in Upper California, this
year, was only 100,000 sacks agaiust 400,000
socks last year. Of this year's crop the doc
tor will have to save 35,000 sacks for seed,
lo that he has only 65,000 sacks for market.
Fuyallup Hop Yards.
A correspondent of tho Vancouver Inde
pendent gives the following interesting des
cription : The town of Puyallnp is situated
about 40 miles' from Tucoma. It is situated
i i a valley of great fertility. All tho fruits
of tho temperato zone can be here raised in
perfection, except peaches and grapes; also all
sorts of vegetables. Indian corn is not a suc
cess here, on account of tho cool and moist
climate. But hops aro grown 'in great perfec
tion and profusion. Iudeed, no soil or climate
could bo better for this product thai' is fouud
here. Consequently a large portion of the
country around Puyallup and also farther up
tho valley is devoted to tho raising of hops;
and this is the most important agricultural
iutercst of the Puyallup Valley. Very few
persons realize tho magnitude which the rais
ing of hops in this valley has already at
tained. Among other extensive hop raisers
is mentioned the name of Mr. Van Ogle, who
has sixty acres of old hop ground, and who
has added fourteen acres mors this year,
making sccuty-four asies. Ho is said to
have harvested ail average of 1,500 pounds of
hops per acre, and as hops have brought this
year from fifteen to eighteen cents per pound,
it follows that Mr. V. O , must have received
1250 per acre, of which more than one-half,
perhaps two-thirds, is clear profit.
A passenger on tho cars give the following
graphic skotch of tho hop-picking time :
" When the season for hop picking arrives,''
said ho, "the canoes of tho Indians look liko
small fleets on bay or river. About 2,000
persons are required to do tho work of pick
iug, and tho Indians flock to the hop district
from every quarter to get a chance to earn
some money, and they consider this season as
their harvest time, whieh it is iu reality.
Their mods of living has qualified them for
the work of picking hops. They come to the
hop yards with all their earthly possessions,
including not only their squaws and pappooses,
but their dogs, cats and even hens and roost
ers. They pitch their tents within conveni
ent distance of their work, and it is a sight to
see tho women carrying pappooscs on their
backs, they and tho children doinir all the
work, while tho noble warrior himself, dis
daining labor, is not too proud to tako the
wages earned by them, and struts around with
great dignity of manner, and condescends to
drink or gamble away the earnings of the
let us say it in sober truth better half of his
bosom. But who could find fault ? Is he not
big Indian ? Is he not ' nature's nobleman V "
lam sorry that it is not in my power to
give accurate statistical information concern
ing tho hop culture of tho Puyallup bottoms.
It is supposed that the hops exported from
this vslloy bring in return not far from
$250,000, which would indicate that about
fifteen or sixteen hundred acres are cultivated
iu this staple. The crop of this year is the
largest over gathered, and tho quality supe
rior. The cliuiato is highly advantageous for
this crop by reason of tho cool atmosphere,
tho absence of hot, scorching sunshiiio and
especially by tho long time allurded to do the
picking, as frosts larcly prevail before tho
middle of October,
Tho Locks Necessary
A question which will sooner or lator be a
live ono among the lesidcnts of Oregon and
Washington is relating to freo and uniiitcr
uptcd navigation of tho Columbia river ft run
Kettle falls, near Colvillc, to Astoria. With
all the due deference to any wisu management
of those w ho now hold a key to tho granaries
of Eastern Oregon mid Washington, wo must
say that it will be u happy event when the
last stroku is inadu which will give any man
or set of men an opportunity tu ship freight
np or down the Columbia at rates which
compensate fully for tho service, and shall
leave a surplus for producers over tho cost of
production, for this end it is highly neces
sary that thu Cascade locks he brought to an
early completion, and that work should be
commenced at tho Dalles. Every icauouablu
effort should be put forth by individuals both
private and publio to urgo government appro
priations ample to push this work rapidly for
ward. With this single issue aro united the
prosperity of thoucands of people who live
east of tho Cascade mountains iu Oregon,
Idaho and Washington, Tho Columbia rivir
cannot bo opened to freo and uninterrupted
navigation without national aid. Wo have
a right to expect this, as tho great Columbia
is a national highway; deiigned by nature as
an outlet for a large and productive scojxi of
country. But for a few miles along tho Co
lumbia is navigation interrupted. These few
miles of obstructions ought to bo overcome
by the government in order to open tho river
to steamers, so as to benefit tho population of
a country 300 by 500 mile-sin extent. AW.
ant Timtt.
NO. 36.
Wk send out, on postal cards, statements of
aicnunts to many subscribers, asking for re
newals. Tho timo of year has como when farmers
gouerallyrecoivomonoyfor their crops and our
subscriptions mostly fall duo at this season.
We hope that our friends wilj cheerfully and
promptly comply with our request for re.
newala and show their good will by paying
cash in advance, as wc must hereafter insist
on that principle of doing business.
Among tho farmers of tho North Pacifio wo
venture to believe that no other journal has so
many friends as tho Willamette Farmer,
which fact becomes evident whenovcrwogo
among tho people; but as we cannot canvaRS iu
person, or procure competent and reliable per
sons to do so, w o must depend, as heretofore,
on tho kind services of friends.
Wo hereby renew tho offer we lsive mado
for years past, to send tho Willamette
Farmer, for ono year, as a premium to any
ono who will procure us threo cash subscribers
who aro not now on the list. Or wo will allow
iu that proportion, four months' subscription
for every $2.50 sont fot now names, and if any
person wishes to work up a olub iu his or her
viciuity of new nnmrt, they can writo to us for
terms, as wo desire good canvassing dono in
all directions.
With tho coming of better times wo intend
to work for increase of business, and as we
have the pleasantest possible proof of tho con
fidence and kind feeling entertained for tho
i-AUMER among tho people, wo beliovo our
circulation, which is already largo, can be
greatly iucrcaacd.
Wo shall use postal cards for all business
with subscribers, because they are cheap and
convenient, and wore mado for that purpose,
and wo shall tako it for granted that no sensi
ble man will consider it an offense to do so.
Wo have heard of cases whero people have
been indignant at receiving a postal card
through tho mail, Btating an account, but if
thero is any secresy to the mail, it extends to
postal cardB as well as to letters.
Bpokan Products.
Tho Cheney Tribune, says nn interesting
feature of the offices of tho N. P. R. H. Co. at
that placo is t'io display nmdo thero of grain
and vegetables of Eastern Washington, hut
more especially in tho vicinity of Cheney in
Spokano comity. Tho magnificent bay win
dow is filled in nicely arranged order with
samples of grains and grasses from every part
of the county and Eastern Washington, Spo
kano Falls being assigned a conspicuous place
iu the oxlnbition. On a tabh) are n collection
af vegetables raised near Cheney, and to ono
side a cabinet of curious and ornamental col
lection of natural productions of tho country
will bo interesting to visitors. In tho center
of tho room are a tier of shclvos in circular
shape, filled with regularly sized bottles of
grains. All specimens are labeled with tho
name of contributor, when sown, when har
vested, etc. Tho "Swamps" of Cheney con
tribute no small amount to tho general ill's
play. A stuffed prairio chicken sits perched
on one side of tho window and a fine specimen
of tho jay bird occupies tho other sido, whilo
on tho walls aboo are deers' heads, also a
fine looking buffalo head. To the ladies of
Cheney belongs a large portion of credit iu
arranging the grasses and grains as ulso the
general ornamental work of tho oflieo.
The height of tho world's atmosphere, ac
cording to tho result arrived at by by M.
Laudier from his various inrestigations, is
22,000 miles, instead of 250, as previously
named. Jle corroborates this calculation by
showing that tho height at which meteoric
matter becomes incandescent, on approaching
thoiarth, is far beyond the distance hereto
foro assigned to it, and therefore thero must
ho an atmosphere of that greater distance, to
produce tho incandescence. Ho also accounts
for tho spectrum of tho aurora horcalis, show,
lugamurked coincidence with that of tho
zodiacal light, hy tho theory that, since tho
earth travel In tho zodiacal nebulosity from
September to May, tho rarefied atmosphere
beyond tho earth's hcav y envelope of air must
absorb soma of tho constituent cleiiwnts of
the zodiacal nebulosity, ami thus those elo.
ments mako their presence apparent in thu
spectrum of the aurora, whbli phenomenon
occurs in.the rarified outer envelope.
Conhimkiiaui.k inquiry Ins been made re
ceutlyin rcferenco to the workings of that
"Northwestern Marriage Company." It is a
big thing when you como to understand it.
Suppose an unmarried lady or gentleman takes
out a 310,000 policy, at say ?00 premium, and
marries alter six mouths or within twelve
months from the dato of the policy, he or she
will bo entitled to receive niin.fmirtl, nftl.n
amount of the policy, vizi $2,500, which would
. .juivo a proiiy sum w It It which to commence
housekeeping. If marriage is postponed to
the second year, the party would icceivo one.
half; and if postponed to threo years, three.
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