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KKITTI HKxnr KARLV DAYS.
ThHlm him mn wrtttan ll S.
MttmuHty JkamuUhy KariA. Hn-yKa
m, brother of oar tupa)- wmtoot.ir.
H It Sunday uuirntn', 'iwivu
lj;hl o'clock and nln,
tVrtuer UrruUamUi family put lu
IMroarri) itii
Aud. auru-U A UmuhwiIh' Ii.hiv.wmuo
Mrau)lka.way,
All drvl out In UiWr Sunday tat, iv
hind Uivlr black and gray.
TIk ntomln ua wasahlniu' bright, tlw
foroiwr'a hwul waa iray,
And li tiunmwd and Ming In glml r
fraln to nan th time away.
Hlawtuwtwa HIinwIttHl,' ami in tlw
Nn ktavorn wasrwn aud tall,
And down among thotr ilmn tmbjltt
rowa h hwtrd the 1M Vu!uV mil.
His wtty daughter, divwod In white,
aat on th w-at with lihu,
AiulJutlHhliidlilinnt hiaalfe with
little ltoli aud Jim,
TUo lit Ik maid bwdde hi m, h r (at la-r'a
Joy and nrtd,
Wa the nleturc of Iwt nrnthw t
he wax a brlito.
The aam bright eyw, and hy ohwk,
and IttUKliiu' ilurry tk(,
The bnya-you txmldu't lin. thvlr fa
ther nmrv'n local! 'em little hlna
For the lively Uttle IWIr were a bright
m luoralu' un,
A frfe&y a a iau of eolta, and havlu'
lota of mu;
But when the boya got aleeny, and the
wvachur au t done.
Oue wpt Into hi tmUiier'a lau r held
We outer one.
rroHrity had amlM on htm, hi boat
Had easy ailln',
He didn't euree the 'uiouey power, nor
Join the Imr'a aUtn
There waan't any niortj;:iv on Farmer
Carrol 'a cron.
Xor on hi laud and cattle, or my liry 'd
havetotion.
He dlad't howl Valamlty , an if hi
Iuuk mere leather,
Nor let the weeda erow in hla corn.
while he atiMMi and cumvd the weather
He waa conteut to hv hi row,' and
gain by boneet toll.
Theeomforta and the uapunt of thoee
wbottllttieaoil.
He'd had hi share nf 'hoppm, of hot
, wlud aud of drouth.
But labored on with hand and bralu,
Uio uever with hla mouth.
He' greetlu' now bia aeiRbbur, with
pieanant word and amilea,
For it didn't take htm very long todrlve
thfwe aeven mllca.
Then he lead hla wife and children to
their uld aceuatouted plv,
"All ball the power of Juan' name," be
aiufr In tcaly baa.
He hear hi wife' weet alto, and hi
daughter', clear a air.
He bow hi head lu reverence, and lilt
hla heart In prayer.
The preai-ber reatla from out Ihe lUmk,
'Ukml U tin' man,
Whoatandeth not In ainuera' way,"
why, that i Carroll plan.
"Nor altteth in the .-orncr (," the
leaaon read tlint day,
"For they are like the chaff, which the
wind hal drive away.."
The congregation aimr again and IIh ii
the text k read,
" I've out acen the rightetaj .onwken,
nor hi need a U'kIii' bread.
The preacher apoke of paMur grrvn,
where ahephenla li al their ahcep,
And Bob la jran to nod hi lnnd, un,l
oon waa fuHt aalcep.
Jim fidgeted a little whll,und lin n be
gan to doze,
Long ere the congregation nuiig "From
wtiwu all blcenlng tlowa."
To U Invited home with him it ww. tny
happy lot,
For Carrolla Sunday dinner ilmU u
pullet In the ijt.
Xo want e'er c rowded mund hi laaird,
nor wolf howled at hi door,
Hi nee be took hie Kanww iniMtead'
aome twenty year before.
Thl 1 uo fancy sketch of mine, the an-
cred truth I nay,
There' a tbouMMinl 'Farmer CurmllV
we meet 'em every dav.
They're living here In Raima, In plenty
aud in peace,
Id plte of granny lVirr, and howlln'
daddy lAium.:
I'll Jtwt tack on a moral here, uud then
I'll have to atop,
"The mau who atlcka to KaiiMw, will
aure come out on top.
Tlie Ird in aure to bk-m him, and give
him peace and plenty,
And children crow d around hi board
well, aoiuethiu' leaa than twenty."
Saline, Knnwi, July 2), Ixdl.
To Ladiaa Troubled With
I'ulnful or fiiit)retwed ineuNtruation,
Oregon Kidney Tea, if taken a few
day before the ex peeled ieriod, re
lieve all pain. It contain no mineral
KliftOUH.
Caeltamant
Iluu high at the drag lore'in tin
place over nytem jtuililer a everytxi-Jy
i nmng it fur catarrh, of "tuninoh, dy-
pepnifl, oonmipauon ana impure blood,
ana to Dona up irieiymetn it certainly
poee wondiirful merit when all apeak
an well o( it,
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0SORDEREO STATE ofTHE STOMACH
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INACTIVE LIVER.
ro aatcarvALt,
DRUGGISTS & GENERAL DEALERS
The fiit brick made In lolk rounty,
tlait we know of, were made In I MS,
on the Januw H, rter donation land
elalm.
The tint Iudlan w know of, alio
dted In lVlk wa eremntet) In ISM, or
ratlar a (lie wa burned over hi grave
to eie oil'th devil, hut we believe he
la at I II mining u '
Wllllimi Mion now living at Mon
mmith, built a chimney tr KHtaaUln
for which he jmld fifty dollar,
Iktllar were then a little plentler than
hen teeth.
The find hog bnaight Into lNilk were
brought lu by a Mr, Uag then living
on the Lucklnmute. In IS IV
The rlmt aiuillcntlon Air n illaaiiliillun
of the marriage lie between "man aud
wife," made In Oregon, waa U fure the
territorial legislature aittlng at Oregon
illy, lu IHtii the writer of theae Hue
made out the dcnoaltlnii laftiro Juthre
(K C, 1 ViiK, the aame to be uaed a evl-
Uence lu the caae, 1 lit ill-re waa
irranttnt. and lite man who rmvlved
the divorw la tlll a rtldent of Yamhill
eouuty, lliere have been a few. di
vorvcagrautcdtluee that time, aa the
record of onr court will ahow. Mar-
riage U beeomlng more and more a lot
tery, aud a grand prle I not alway
obtained.
Theaneleutlowu ofCludnnatl, now
Fol, year ago, eaunetl much eoulen
tlou among nclghlKira, when a change
of name waumieted. Hut Col. Mat
Font a pioneer of I St 4 waa at lat ue-
eiHwrtil lu having tlie name enaugeti t
tvola, ua. r onl waa , friend to the
early immigrant, and the bonpliallty
of hi house wa oihu to all. lr. J. W .
lioyle married one of hla daughter lu
K'd, and eurex-aherirr, 8. T. Hureb,
the other, lioyle died aome year
go; llurvh Mill ur-vea.
Italia takra It name from "Iwllaa,"
who waa vice nreaident with Polk, aud
the name Polk wa given to our eouuty
In honor to the preaident of that uame.
It 11 Hall, who vettled the tdaee
ealleil llueua Vlta, gave It that uame,
He waa at the battle of Hmuia itu
during the Mexican war, under Oeu,
Jeph i4tue, aud waa a )dter In the
r in isii newaaagraua oia ih
trlot Dur ex idierlrT, U M. 1111, U
one of hi win.
I. Claggett, our lowmunan, Ib-IiuxI to
lay the tint hw that ere kid for
ttrvet Imnnivcmcut lu lVrthiud. He
alao helped to erect the fiwl telegraph
poit mat were em-ted in in fai.
What ele he ha done we wilt flud out
une other day
Jtutterfield aud Colllu. father of
William Collin, were coining from the
mlma lu ISI'.i, llciug ncanw of provl
lomithry killed a colt to upiy the
lngt of hunger. Hum a depute anaie
betwwn them, each waxed warmer,
until Collin at hut exclaimed. "You
reel mighty big now aluce you got your
f fill of colt."
i I.eaUvllle, I'olk county, takca it
name from lite Iv U family that -t-
tll there lu the fall of IUV TIh
father and two ou took ctaiina
near tlu-re. The father ham long luce
iMUHeil away, ataoone of then, Jerry,
The other mm, Ikivid, now live out on
thevKUtt.
One by one the pioneer of V are
pawing away. J. F Willlama, lta
Simpoou, O. It. smith, John M. For
reel, inane Stoat, (iabriel HanlUm. J.
W. lioyle and other idoncera of 143.
and who ttlml lu Folk eouuty have
pawed away, leaving many hell with
whom to tranamlt their name a pio
neer to Oregon. May they be remembered.
Tlie Unit two men that arltled the
''American Hottom" alve !ndeM-n-deuce,
were MJor Thorpe and Ihivhl
JohiiMiu. Ihe one ha ome year
alnee pawed away, the other, Ihvid
JohniMin, m ikiw a resident of ludetien-
dence, and own a Due furm of over II vn I
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iiumia'tt ai-n- a rew mill rriHii town,
Uncle Dave wa a brothcr-lu-law t4t
Dr. J. K. Ihividwm. and I now enlov
4 9
inn a healthy and comfortable old mre.
Slay lie continue to pnmpcr, and give
the VfT.snKa lift.
The And Daguerreotype taken In
Oregon tvii In 1RV) at Oregon City. We
have one of them in our immmckhIou.
K. C. Dli-e now (lecroiH-il an eatlv
se ttler of I'olk brought th t flrt pieee of
cloth lulu the country in IMU, and mild
cloth wu exchanged for huckuklu.
The llrht Cullforula gold wa brought
to On-gou in the fall of 1MM, and It ct
the ieoplo wild with exclteiiH-nf, The
writer hereof brought om of It,
In tlie Hiirlnir of IhIH the nrt cunon
that had ever iroiiedown the Wllluin-
ette to Oregon City for (lour made the
trip with three puddler.
In ISIV7 wheat waa a legal tender
for ferriage at Huleiu. Air. While, the
pmprli.-lor, wM ticket fur ferriage,
taking noli- fur payment after harvint.
The find pair of buckakln breechi
worn In Oregon, were of extraordinary
material! When it wu dry, they
crawled up to the knee, uinl when It
wa wet they lengthened themaelvea
out to cover the feet and make moccii-
Iiih, More bui'kHklii breechea and
moccunln now would Icmiw-ii the ex-
pene of flintier.
The flint marriage noli-mnlwd In
I'olk county aim on March 2, IMil.
The Unit county bridge built In the
county, waa the one aero the Lurkla
mute, near Itii-c Klinpwn' realdence.
Jnw'ph Huver uluiighten d the flrat
beef anluiul lu I'olk county for lnmil-
gmuta in HV.
The IliMt attempt at aehiaillng clill-
(livii wiih near Dullu. In the nnrlnir of
I8ir, mill ahortly afterwirtd a aehiad
waa dtarteil on the Lucklaimile by
David Mtiiiup. i
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