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waRr. rr-vic -- v r,-r WILLAMETTE FARMEJR; SALEM. OREGON, MAY1G, 1884. Z3R3b he 1otiitc JfrcU, MRS. HARRIOT T. CLARKE, Editor. FANCIES. I built a bridge of strango bright fancies, And the gulf of the years it spanned, Till touchiug the shores of the future, I could sco tho fai distant land J And tho bright, delectable landscape, In a no iv, strange beauty, appears, As I view tbe mystical future From across the culf of years. And beyond this bridge of bright fancies, Well I know that somewhere there lies A beautiful land, and a golden ; And I gazod with wondering eyes, To find that tho spell of enchantment Mas banished and my quest is but vain For I know that the future holds naught That the pnstnt does not contain. Looking back from tho bridge of fancies, In tho far, dim distance, I see A spring-time of youth full of promise, That manhood has blighted for me. Then 'I cried in anguish of spirit, And loudly tho past did bemoan, "Oh, would that the veil had not been lifted 1 If oiily I could but have known ! My life's mistakes havo been many, Aad I saw with a strange surpiise, That whit I had taken for crosses, Wcro blessings, tho' oft in disguise. I saw too, that j y followed sorrow ; That dark days could not always last, And that tho sun always shono brighter, After the fiercest storm3 had ast. I turned from tho past to the present, With feelings of sorrow aud pain, But 'o find that each golden moment Holds treasures, that come not ngihl, And if I would havo all my futur", What I'd some day wish it had been, I must strive with each passing moment. The laurels of true worth to win, Then from the bridge my fancy has reared I look toward the future, and seo Many battles to fight, but from out Tho strife', comes victoiy for me. Forgotten then is all the past, as It blends v ith tho present, andnears The future; whcie shadows take substance, From over tho gulf of the years. WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE III WYOMING. Wo givo below clippings showing what Wyoming peoplo linvo to say of tho working of woman's suffrage there: Dr. Hayford, Auditor of tho Territory and Postmaster at Laramio and editor of tho Daily Sontinel says : "We assort here, then, that wtiman sufTras;e'in Wyoming has been a com plete success. Tho women of Wyoming value as ingmy itio puuucui iruumuse, and as generally exercise it, as do tho men of the Territory. They .iro con trolled more bv principle and less by par ty tics than men, and gen orally cast their votes for the best nipn and bestmoasurcs. Wo do not know of a rospectablo woman in tho Territory who objects to her polit ical poA'er or neglects to use it, and wo do not know of a decent man in tho. Ter ritory who wishes it abolished, or who is not oven glad to nave woman's neip in our government. Hon. N. I. Andrews, Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives, said: "Thoy (the women) use the ballot with more independence and discrimination in regard to the qualifications of candi dates than men do. There is more inde pendent voting by the women, as a class, than by the men. When nom inations aro made who do not commend themselves to their moral bentimont, you will see tho women all vote as they please, without fear or favor." Hon. J. W. Klingman, who was for years a Judge of the U. S. Supreme Court in Wyoming, says : Tho women manifest a great deal of independence in their preference of can didates, and have frequently defeated bad nominations." Mrs. L. W. Smith, Superintendent of Schools for the county in which Rawlins is situated, writes : "If a candidato is not correct in char acter, the entire feminine vote is against him, irrespective of party. This fact renders it a, necessity for each party to nominate good men, or their defeat is a foregone conclusion." Mr John C. Friend, editor of tho Raw lins Journal, writes as follows : "If the question of woman suffrage were to-day left to a vote of tho people of the Territory, four out of five would vote for its continuance; and among the best people, there is not to exceed one in fifty who is not in favor of it. Woman suffrage is very popular. There has been no opposition to it since the first year, and tho men who opposed it then are among its warmest supporters now the writer among the number." Written tor tha W Ulametle Farmer. POOR OLD SHEP. I supposo his proper name was Shep herd. And although he wa not thought to be over a year old, yet after his death we always "P0-0 "ra M 0,t S,t-'' 'We had all been wishing fot a dog, and uncle John came down the path one bright October morning, closely follow ed by the hero of our storv. When I came to the door uncle John id to me : "Here was a dog as was a dog." He was wy fine looking indeed. Large and covered with long black silky hair, and brown socks and eyebrows. When I spoko to him and laid my hand on his head, he looked up into my face with a pair of largo brown eyes, whero you could recognize more honor and fidelity than can often bo found in our human friends. From that day until his last we wore good friends. Little four-year old was entrusted with fcoding him and admir ing him at her leisure. In the evening when the children camo homo from school there was gen eral rejoicing and friend making. Undo John had told us that ho thought he had been lost by some emigrant wagon passing through tho country. Still from the first ho scorned well pleased with his now homo and friends, and showed no disposition to leave. One thing was certain he had been accustomed to children, and their kind ness. My husband could scarcely con trol him in anything, while little four year old could tako him with her littlo ways and show him tho cows or calves on tho hill side, and ho would hurry off and bring them down to her. I think it was lato in tho summer of 1879 that Aunt Hannah came to seo us, and it was decided that tho two little girls and I were to go with her farther on to whero sho was to make nnother visit, and perhaps wo would bo gone for a wpok- Sliep came out to seo us off, and looked sorrowful after us, wagging his tail slowly as if ho would say he was not displeased only sad. When wo returned from our trip lato one summer evoning, we saw him stationed on a hill not far fiom the house, watching, waiting, just long enough to bo assured, and thon ho al most ilew down the road, while his joy at meeting us seemed to have no bounds. That night, it being very warm, our beds were spread on tho now hay ; tho two littlo girls lying near by. Shop took up his lodging not far off, but he could not sleep for joy. More- than onco through the night ho had to be driven away, whero wo found him walking around tho childrens bed looking loving ly down into their unconscious faces, us if to reassure himself that they had really come back. But like humanity ho had his faults. Ono serious ono was, ho did not like to have other children play with ours. For this we thought him very selfish and for this wo severely rebuked him until he learned that other children had their rights too. But tho last of my story is not far away. Summer had gone. Autumn was with us again. October with its dreamy days and many colored loaves; sharp breezes that had whispered of winter. Saturday night had brought an unexpected frost very severe for omr locality but it was followed by a beau tiful morning. I took a basket and wont up among tho peach trees to see what destruction had been going on and to seo if thero was any fruit left to gather. Tho day was so clear and calm that it seemed hallowed. Evorything was so still that you could not kcopfrom listening for you knew not what. Thoughts of death would como into my mind, but I put them away, while I looked over tho work of the previous night, saying to myself, it is only the death of the plants. Shop was with me lying in the warm sunshine, watching the children play in tho meadow below. Little thinking that life and sunshine were not long for him.' Next morning our neighbor's children came to tell us that a very dear friend of ours had lost their only darling a babe. With sad dened thoughts I went on with my work, whilst the children, with their ever con stant companion -Shop enjoyed the bright evening out side. Their playma tes had gone homo ; the evening chores had been attended to. Shep had a bettor supper than usual. About midnight I was arousod by a noise, as of rapid running towards tho house and a jarring sound against the corner of the house, this was soon fol lowed by a heavy sound against tho door, as though a heavy body had fallen against it. By this time my heart was beating fast enough. I could not think what it could be, but was quite sure it was nothing that could harm us. I got up and looked out of the window and there was Shep. He had come as near as he could in his sufferings, expecting some help from us. Tho truth came to me then; in some way he had got strychnie. I went to Urace, quietly telline her of of what had happened. Sho soon aroused and told mo that sho and Tom had the cvemntr before iust peeped into the strychnine bait, where her papa had covered it, and had forgotten to cover it again; and fo the m'ischicf was done. But the poison had soon done its work, ana we crepi duck to ueu icvuug viiiuy indeed. The next mornsne when I opened tho door, what should I see fjjut the faithful house cat stretched on the step, another victim of meddlesomeness. So I awoke the children and told them there would be some burying done -that day. After breakfast was over Grace got up the pony and put on the harness, after which a rope was attached to it and then to their dog. Littl four-year old then fastened a cord to her old cat, and the queer little procession started on their mission. 'ight came again with crackling firo and lighted lamps. We were soon gathered around, four-year old on my lap, talking of our los. Shn wa the first to think of something cheerful, as she said to me. "I am glad poor Old Shep wouldn t have to stand around in Uie snow and ice when winter comes again." SWING - SONO. Swing i Swine 1 Birds in the budding wood, birds on the wing nil sweet solt air with caroling ; The woods no more contain their elce. Joy brims ever on every tree In a flutter of leaves hilariously, Swing! SwingI Early primrose awako from sleep, In many a dewy dale they peep ; Lol populous land, far field and grove, Unreal as yonder clouds that move In labrinthiue drifts abovo ! Swing! Sning! Anemone-flakes of a veined snow Lio over the sunny herbs below, Lie over brown bents, woven and wpt, Where yellow eyed white violet, With moss and strawberry hath met, SwingI SwingI Spring weaves hf r youugling leaves for token Dark winter's deadlier springs aro broken; Tne fiery roofs, with low sea sound, Welcome to their calm profouud Tho dove's long call in a Iovo-swouud, Swing ! Swing 1 Baby boy lies on a sisterly arm Of littlo, maid Mary, safe from harm, Little boy Willy will push the pair, air 1 Hirkl bow they laugh as they rush thro' tho AH the young world laughs, oh, how fair! Swing! SwingI Iioden Heal in GooR )'ordi. OUR LETTER BOX. A visit to the country last wcok made us long to go again whoro everything about was fresh aud green. Tho air was full of fragrance from tho trees, which still are in bloom, with tho bright flow ers under feet. Tho birds wero singing. tho "Bob Whites" are so tame that they stood on tho fence rails looking till wo passed along. No ono with any self respect would shoot Mr. Bob, or any of his family, and ho has found that out that is tho reason ho looks so brave, so much at home. It was only a littlo whilo ago that Mr. Honry Ankeny brought a few pair to tho red hills, and now thoir cheerful call may bo heard from every diiection. Bud luck to the boy who aims his gun at one of these strangers, or any other of our littlo friends, who are keeping fruit trees clear of insects. Tho much persecuted old crow may steal a few grains of corn, but his crop is found to bo fillod mostly with grubs and worms. Tho dear Robin Eed breast, that onco in u whilo nips a ripe cherry or strawberry, is now at this time as busy as can bo digging for worms. Even now as wo write wo seo a pair of them hopping about over tho newly mown lawn ; thoy will run quickly a fow feet, cock tho head on onofeido as if listening, then quicker than lightning down goes tho bill into tho grass and roots, and away goes bird aud worm to the nest on tho big oak tree ; sometimes Robin stops to dash tho life out of tho luckless worm, sometimes tho grub dis appears on the spot, Mr. Red-breast wipine his bill, after it in a most gentle manly manner, on the grass. Bertio is only six years old, yet ho cur ries tho horse, helps about tho barn and feeds tho animals; that is a good deal for a boy of six. Ho guesses a riddlo cor rectly, but we "guess" somebody helped him with that. There aro so few chil dren now that aro encouraged to learn Bible verses that we are glad to hear of thoso who try to learn from the sacred book. Friend Albert is evidently interested in tho young folks' corner ; such' atten tion is always welcome, and somo one must try for that card. It must seem a long timo to Del man before his letter comes in its turn. Aunt Hetty will be sure to come before tho hops are picked to see the long graceful clusters that hang from the poles. To be more practical, tell grandma that a lady friend says that the young and ten der shoots of the hop plants are as nice e.3 asparagus if cooked in the same way. Jennie is fortunate to have a dear aunj. to care for her now that her mother has passed away, but that dear mother is closo by and is watching Jennie with the same loving care that she did here on earth. Our friend (J race writes a letter to Aunt Hetty on personal matters, but the rest shall have it, too. Grace remembers tho Circle; sho writes a charming letter; she has evidently taken much pains to write nicely, as well as to muko her let ter intereling to the renders, a letter well deserving a premium. Smhsitieuj, Or., April 20, 1884. IMitor Home Circle i I am a littlo toy six years old; I can not write very well, so I will get mother to write for me. I have no pony but I have a gontlo old horse, her name is 3Iary, T curry her, and water her, and lead her around to eat, grass ; I have a calf, it is two weeks old ; wo havo somo littlo chickens, I help feed thorn. I know the Lord's Prayer, "and now I lay me down ;" 1 20 to Sunday School with brother Jesso on his pony, I liko to go. I will tell what I do to help pa, I help throw down hay and clean out tho sta bles, aud help feed tho pigs. Pleaso put my namo on tho tempcranco roll. I liko to hear tho littlo letters read. I guess the answer to that riddlo is a "stool trap." Bertie McBee. Cresswell, Or., April 8, 1881. Editor Homo Circle: 1 don't know whethor my letter ought to como under this head or not, but I want to answer a question that was asked by Cora E. Dashiell. Tho word girl oc curs but once, it is in the third verso of tho third chapter of Joel I will ask ono : How many times does reverend occur in tho Biblo, and whoro. I will send my card to tho first ono who will answer it correctly. lam not a very lit tle one, but as no one has wrilton from here for some timo I thought I would try it. I would liko to seo somo of 'the boys and girls of this placo write more to tho Farmer. Aijiekt F. Davis. April 13, 18S1. Editor Home Circle : Grandma has boon telling mo to writo to tho Homo Circle, and I thought I would try and seo what I could do. Wo aro all at grandpa's now, papa is helping him with his hop yard. It is a nice place about four miles from Salem. Aunt Hetty must como and see grandma sonic time. I havo two littlo brothers, ono just a year old, ho is awful cute, and can walk a littlo, tho other is fivo years old. Ono of papa's horses died yesterday, wo wero sorry to lose him, wo had him so long. I am only eight years old and can't do very well. Tleaso put my namo on tho tempcranco roll. Delman Pettyjohn. Editor Homo Circle: I am a littlo girl twelve years old ; havo been living with my aunt, Mrs. Pettyjohn, tho last year; my ma is dead and my aunt is all tho ono I havo to de- pond on now ; she is kind to me aud I try to soo how much I can do to help her. Wo havo a good school, it is nearly three miles to tho school house ; aunt says it is good for children to havo plenty of exorcise, aud tho walk don't tiro us much. I havo been piecing mo a quilt this winter ; havo nearly enough blocks to finish it. Jex.vie IUi.vs. Ilia, W. T., April 9, 1881. Dear Annt Hetty: I was glad to hoar from you and that you had got tho bulb safo. You want to plant it in n loaf mould and keep damp and in tho shado ; if it does not livo I will send you another this fall. This is tho first plant I havo sent you ; if convenient I wish you would send mo a fuscia, as I havo nono. In reference to tho crazy quilt I do not think that I am experienced enough in needle work. We are very busy now in arrangiug the front yard. If you ever como up Snake river as far as Ilia como and make us a visit, wo only livo half a mile from Ilia. Respectfully, your littlo friend, Grace Burford. Ilia, W. T., April 9, 1881. Editor Home Circle : As I havo not written for somo timo I will now writo a few lines to tho Homo Circle. Wo are having beautiful weather now, tho trees are in leaf and cherries and peaches aro in bloom ; wo will havo a good many peaches this year and a great many apples. Tho fruit at Almota is most all killed. Everybody is getting in their crops. The steamers Almota, John Gates and D. S. Baker are making regu lar trips up tho river from Texas forry to Lewiston. I am not going to school now, I went last winter at Almota, I also went to writing school tho scholars all mado irrcat improvement. I wonder why Katie S. docs not write? I guess she has forgotten us, also Ottio 0. Wo are going to have grove meetings in our grove this summer twice a month bas kct dinners. Wo always havo good singing. I will tell you something of our trip to tho Indian settlement, just across the river from Ilia, thoy havo church twice a day ; the day wo wore there forty or fifty danced, and four old Indians boat drums, and tho chiefs wfo rang the bell and started all tho tuues. Every ono has to sing. They re quire visitors to take off their hati and give you saddlos to sit on. One old In dian prays then ono at a time answers all over tho tent. The littlo children dunc and sing as big a anybody. They plow and sow wheat the same us whiles, and have cardens. My little lister and I ex pact to take music lessons this spring; we have a good organ ; my o'.dest sister execU to tako Joon3 on the guitar. We nave six unit- tuivva , mu j juaaing uui ter; I do mtt of tho milking. Yours yespoctfutly, Gkace BuiirOIlU. 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