December.
THE WEST SHORE.
5
i
J the argument, though not willing to adopt
J the prayer of Burns' Holy Willie ;
1 O Tboa who In the heavens doit dwelt,
I Who as It pleaaei beat Thysel
5 Sends one to heaven and ten to hell
I All for the glory,
I Andnotlorany food or 111
I They've done before thee,
; Years after that Ben leffthe pulpit (or the
j political rostrum and the public crib. I
r, know not what his present views are on the
ology, but it may be some satisfaction to
the orthodox to know that I lean a little
., . more than I then did to the doctrine of
, "total depravity" and a good deal less to
ward the "final perseverance of the saints' "
L dogma. Ben will, of course, "finish his
, i course and fight a good fight," politically,
: without soiling his sacerdotal robes; but
THE
UNWRITTEN SIDE
GREAT MEN.
OF
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r
UPPER CASCADES (boa iht Block Heiue), COLUMBIA RIVER
can he say as did Joe Meek in resigning
the office of Territorial Marshal, Feb. 5th,
1846: "From the first organization of the
government up to the time of my appoint
ment as Marshal of Oregon by the legisla
ture I served as sheriff. The duties of my
office I discharged with alacrity to the best
of.my ability, and which were by no means
jfllit, and were performed at no small per
sonal sacrifice, for which I received a few
dollars nominally nothing."
To know why a "few dollars" in those
days were "nominally nothing" is to un
derstand the "currency," which consisted
in orders on stores in Oregon City which
liad nothing in them to sell. Joe Meek
worked hard and did his duties well con
sidering the salary, and the fact that he
knew more about trapping among Indians
than about law. The greatest blunder I
ever heard of his making was at the first
term of court he perhaps ever attended,
and then in the new roll of sheriff, after
having practised thoroughly on his first
lesson given him by the clerk. When the
clerk ordered him to call John and James
Johnson into court, Joe thrust his head
through the hole
that admitted
light into the log
abin hall of jus
lice, and shouted:
"John and Jas.
Johnson I John
and Jas. Johnson!
John and James
Johnson I come
into court I"
Clerk Call one
at a time.
Sheriff Come
one at a time !
Come one at a
time; ' Come one
at a time!
Ckrk You've
fixed it now.
Sheriff You
needn't come;
they've fixed it
without you!
You needn't
come; they've
fixed it without
you! You needn't
come; they've
fixed it without
vou!
We always think of great men in the act
of performing deeds which give them re
nown or else in stately repose grand,
silent and majestic. And yet this is hardly
fair, because the most gracious and magnifi
cent of human beings have to bother them
selves with the little things of this life which
engage the attention of us smaller people.
No doubt Moses snarled and got angry
when he had a severe cold in his head, and
if a fly bit his leg while he was in the
desert, why should we suppose he did not
jump and use violent language and rub the
sore place f And Caisar isn't it tolerable
certain he used to become furious when he
went up-stairs to get his slip
pers in the dark and found
that Calphurnia had shoved
them under the bed so that he
had to sweep around for them
wildly with a broom handle!
And when Solomon cracked
his crazy bone, is it unreason
able to suppose he ran around
the room, and felt as if he
wanted to cry? Imagine
George Washington silting on
the edge of the bed and put
ting on a clean shirt, and
growling at Martha because
the buttons were off ; or St.
Augustine with an apron
around his neck having his
hair cut; or Joan of Arc
holding her front hair in her
mouth, as women do, while
she fixed up her back
hair; or Martin Luther in a night-shirt
trying to put the baby to sleep at two
o'clock in the morning; or Alexander the
Great with the hiccoughs; or Thomas Jef
ferson getting suddenly over a fence to
avoid a dog; or the Duke of Wellington
with the mumps; or Daniel Webster abus
ing his wife because she hadn't tucked the
covets at the foot of the bed; or Benjamin
rranklm paring his corns with a razor; or
Jonathan Edwards, at the dinner table,
wanting to sneeze just as lie got his mouth
full of hot beef; or Noah standing at his
window at night throwing bricks at at a
cat!
A Candid Urciiik. Whnt did your mother
sav. mv little mail ? Did vou uiru her mv card '1 "
iukcu un inciiwnenceu y iuiik Ki'imemnii 01 a , i'uuuuuku.
little boy whose mother hftd uivett him nil invito- , a
tion to lull Uioii her, and whose street duor was . , . . c , , . .
occonlilnly opened to hil untimely luiiimoiii by LOIlSollltlOII tOI' old lllitllls
the urciiin fortunes never come si nifl v."
" Yt;s, air, saul tlia urciiin quite innocently,
"and mother said, if yon were not a n itural born I AVliitt (1il(4 mi Inmost in'iuM'l' lln
with his goods? Ho gives them
RESPECTABLE EMPLOYMENT.
The idea of respectable employment is
the rock upon which thousands of new
comers split and shipwreck themselves and
all who depend on them. All employments
are respectable that bring honest gain.
The laborer who is willing to turn his
hands to anything is as respectable as the
banker or store-keeper. Indeed, the man
who is ready to work whenever work offers,
whatever it may be, is far more respectable
than one who turns up his nose at hard
labor, stands on street corners cursing the
country, wearies his friends with com
plaints because he can get nothing respect
able to do, pockets their benefactions with
out thankfulness, and goes from day to day
a useless, lazy grumbler.
TO OUR PATRONS.
The ootumni of the WT Shobb
offer superior inducements te ad
vertiser!. The majority et our
subscribers tie the paper to ban
it bound at the eud of the volume
(subscribers generally do that with
illustrated paperi), thereby rusk
inn your card more valuable than
in an ordinary publication.
Our circulation ia larve eecond
to Bone tn Oregon; and another
and moat important advantage
we keep the columna of the Wbst
8uo PUKE. We do not, and
never will, admit advertisement!
from quacka, lottenea, vanity fairs
and kindred adrertiaen. Any one
reading an advertisement in the
Wlaj Sbobb can he certain that
the party advertising ia reliable
and worthy of patronage.
Appreciating the very liberal
patronage bestowed en us so far,
we hare concluded to eularge to
twelve pages In January, and at
the earns time, or OS soon there
after ai practicable, to dress the West SnoBa 1b
an entire new suit, now being cast especially to
order for ua.
Utill, even a twelve-page paper te not what we
are aiming at We want one of atiteen pagee, to
be published at the aame price 91 60 per aunum ;
aud we ean do it ith the help of our present
patrone. If everyone who ia now a subscriber will,
during thia month, Influence some friend or neigh
bor to become a subscriber, wo could double our
circulation without the aiponse of canvassers, and
would give you the benefit of it by at once enlarg
ing to sixteen pogea. If you cannot influence your
neighbor, aubscribe for an extra copy yourself to
send to some friend abroad. The larger our paper,
the more useful, Interesting mid influential wo can
make it, and the more good we can accomplish
for the entire Facitlo northwest.
We know of a similar publication to ours issued
in California which receives a bonus from the
State of 91,000 per annum. We ask for no bonus.
All we want is legitimate advertising and subscript
A fow more of these snappy morn
ings aud no house-fly will care a
copper whether the family he lives
with means to run in debt for their
cord-wood or pay cash.
If they want to pull 'cm back alt
the meu iu the land can't stop 'em.
Why is a doctor better tnken care
of than his patients? Because,
when he goes to bed, somebody is
sure to rap him up.
Grandfather to his hopeful ' My
son, which would you rather have
when yon get home, n little brother
or a little Bistort"' Grandson
" Well, I would rather have a little
pony."
Take care ot the poor Indian aud
he'll take hair of the white mau.
5ut
LOWER MULTNOMAH FALL. COLUMBIA RIVER.
Tux list or Uiwni that Profenor Herrmann, lb
world rr now net, Magltilan, will vlalt altar tha
oluaeorhlaeiitfninmnntlnthli city, appeara oa
thoaeventb pueor Tin Wut Bhom, During
tlio piial wotik tlio I'l-ofraeor ha been greeted here
with crowded hmura, and our country ooimlni
will certainly tula a treat If they fell to aoe hlui.
Go by all mourn. i ?
Tim Now Style Home Shuttle Hewing Marhln
I (mining excellent reputation, and art)
tow) ly InGTOiuhig, Judging from the number
mnt out from the Hlenroom, oomnr Morrlnon and
Tlilnl Htrunu. Mr. Trover Inform u that Inqui
ries for price IIhIn mid application foragflncle
am conilnit by every moll. The low prlne and tw,
lnganpiilile.il doliiKlhe lieavleat klmla ofwork,
.tnlliHtmiitfiit)oliitn in lu, fuvor. Illmttrnted
drmilnrniml full pnrtlrular will be forwarded
by mldrcMNlnii llin Agent.
Tim favorably-known Howo Sowing Midi In
Co. ban aunt out a larg number of machine
withlu the pnit few days. They art intended for
holiday priuiita forwivea and sweetheart. Tlio
Huwo U the oldoat machine in tlio market, and ia
Tory popular. A. M. Ciumron, agent, corner
Aider and Third.
'Mis
foul, you wouldn't come on Mouilny morning,
time urtiun evttryuony wiu wiimim
At tliix jiiiii'ture. luaimna, with aswect nmile of i V1IV fit Woilfll).
im) ni i lie eim ol the , 1 - '
wt'lromc. nimh) bur amn'iimni'
hull, whmi, to bur tiurprine, Mr. Voritwpht, the Tin
ner. lM)ltr(l.
Wlint in tin) world duet the mm mean !' " iu
quirvd the mother.
"I dutnio," rqilied the urchin; "guess hc'i
forgot luthiii V
I Ail editor lias had ivlurned to
' him a book borrowed twenty seven
veun njt;o, and bi'gins to have boj-cs
tot' humuuitv after all.
7oOi'BAMATKirnKi,on,8Ta.-OwlhK to the groat
prena of other reading matter, we are compelled to
dinetiM), for thin month only, with our uiual
article on tiuriculture.
S-Airi.niN(t Iluos. in Central Markut make the
lkt dHlay of holiday mwitn of any butcher in
Portland. Oo ami too tlnin.
I ":x ' ' r-""?'1 ! ;- - ; - ' !.'-!''.-
' "
RESIDENCE OF DONALD .MACLEAV, COR, YAMHILL AND THIRTEENTH ST5., PORTLAND.
At TimUreat Eut
ern Clothing Store of
W. Hnrrii, in Uou
nattea' building, may
be found an immetue .
toclt of faahiooabl
clothing.
A Baitrrirut diipla
of holiday preaenU
may be teen at U
Jewelry itora ot D. L.
Htone, 103 Front it.
at price that dofjr
iumiMitition.
W. II. UOKNUTII,
IU Pint tnet. baa
a card la to-day'
Wut HiiokK. gifing
price llataof crockery
aud glaatwart auitabl
for holiday prewnta.
Head it.
llr TUB Aax Mr. 8.
L. Htona, eornar Firrt
and Aah ttrveU, re
ccited a large ihip
meut of pur Baa
Fraoeitoo end French
oaudi; u well aa
tneerechaum pipee and
cigar boldera. with
eaaei, match boiae, o
J tut the kind of goods
uitabl for holiday
pmenta.