July.
THE AVE ST SHORE.
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Ridglcy, J. D. Hoyt, W.
Matthews, A. S. Whiting,
Vm. Drummond, John
Wilcox, and J. Lcwando.
TURNERS.
Two Gold Medals,
rained respectively at tSo
and $25
1st. prize, awarded to
A. E. Miller. 2d. to G.
Castcndieck.
1st. Society, Medal, P.
Hatch; 2d., L. Brcnklc;
3d., A. Schuinan.
TARGET SHOOTING.
1st. prize, Gold Medal,
valued at $75, to Mr. Jas.
McKay.
2d., silver plated, ivory
handled Revolver, to J.
S. Hughes.
3d., silver plated, ivory
handled Revolver, to C.
A. Francis.
4th., Shot Pouch and
Powder Flask, to W. G.
fleck.
5th., a pair of Chamois
Horns, to O. P. Mason.
MILLIARD TOl ItNAMKNT.
Gold Medal, valued at
70, awarded to Josh Uavies,
2d. and 3d. prize, $50, to
street.
MILITARY DRILL.
Gold Medal, valued at So, awarded
to Washington Guard, Capt. II. Cook.
WING SHOOTING.
1st prize, Gold Medal, valued at
75, and jo in coin, to J. W. Payne.
2d prize, $75 coin, divided between
Messrs. Gearin, Nilcs, Welch, liybec,
Jeffrey, Stephens, and Ankcny.
PERCH12ROX HORSES.
The cuts on this page represent two
of the animals belonging to W. C. My
ers' celebrated breeding farm, located
in Ashland, Jackson county, Oregon.
Mr. Myers has spent a great deal of
time and money in the improvement of
the domestic stock of the State, and the
illustrations may be considered a fair
sample of the success attained. He
commenced this laudable work some
twenty-three years ago, and his present
list of fine stock embraces three pure
bred imported Percberon stallions, three
pure-bred Perchcron
mares and four high
grade marcs,the low
est one y,, blood. Al
so,eight head of pure
bred Jersey cattle,
considered by jud
ges to be a fair rep
resent a tion of the
breed for Oregon, or
any other State.
With the Percbe
ron horses and Jer
sey cattle, Mr. My
ers only began in
1S70, having previ
ously given his atten
tion to other breeds.
The enlightenment
of the present age
teaches all stock-men
the importance and
necessity of having
the best. Many of
the leading stock
growers of the coun
try pronounce the
Perchcron the best
horse to breed from,
for all purposes, and
the Jersey cows are
known ami read of
all men for butter
producing qualities.
Wc congratulate
Imth Mr. Myers ami
"WHITE 110SE"-0wsed by W, C. Mykm.
the State on the success he has wrought,
iiiul can safely say that the great throng
of visitors ;;t our Centennial celebra
lion who have enjoyeil the pjivilege of
seeing " White Prince," the old chief,
and the " I rule of Perehe," the youn
ger aspirant for public honors, pro
nounce them to be one of the principal
attractions of the. procession.
THIS CRADLE OF LIllKRTY.
Fauetiil Hall has been deiiominat cil
" the Cradle of American Liberty,"
having been the popular gathering place
of the Sons of Liberty during the in
cipient stages of the Revolution. It
was erected in 1742, at the sole expense
of Peter Fancuil, IsqM of Hoston, and
by him generously given to the town
the basement for a market, with a spa-
clous hall and other convenient rooms
above for public meetings of the citizens,
It was burned In 1761, but immediately
rebuilt by order of the town. It was
earlv consecrated to the cause of Ameri
can Liberty; witnessed her infant strug
gles, and rung with the shouts of her
earliest victories. The spirit of the
Revolution was enshrined within its I
columns. The ancient thunders of its
eloquence found a ready response on
the battle fields of the war for indepen
dence. It was beneath its roof that the
spirit of our fathers1 was roused to that
lofty enthusiasm, which led them up, '
calm and resolved, to the tlaming terrors
of the mount of sacrifice, and won for
us the glorious prerogative of an em
pire whose foundations they lay deep
in a profound regard for human liberty
and human happiness, "It was be
neath these venerable arches that the
immortal Warren stood, the organ of
public sentiment, and at the close of his
impassioned address, after having de
picted the labors, hardships and sacrifi
ces endured by our ancestors, in the
cause of liberty, broke forth in the
thrilling words, the voice of nur fathers1
blood cries to us from the ground!'
Three years only passed away; the
solemn struggle had come on; fore
most in council, he was also foremost in
111 the battle field, and offered him
self a voluntary victim, the first martyr
of the cause, t'poh the heights
Churlestown, the last that
was struck down, he fell,
with n numerous band of
kindred spirits, the gray
haired veteran, the strip
ling in the flower of youth,
who had stood side by side
through that dreadful day,
and fell together, like the
beauty of Israel, on their
high places." From these
walls, which had so often
echoed to the silver tongue
of Thatcher; the fiery el
oquence of Otis; the bold
language of Quincy, and
elevated sentiments of Ad
ams, there had gone forth
the doctrine that America
must be unoppressed or
must become independent.
Such was the education
and quality of the men of
America when the con
test came, which was to
strew our cities with ashes
anil drench our hill-tops
with the best blood of her
sons.
"Ages on ages may pass,
and the growing millions
of America may overflow the utter
most regions of this continent, but
never can there be 1111 American citizen,
who will not bear in his condition, in
his pursuits, in his welfare, some trace
of what was counselled and said and
lone within these sacred walls.
Wherever 11 regenerated nation, start
up in its might, shall burst the links
of steel that enchain it, the praise of
our venerated fathers1 shall be the pre
lude of their triumphal song. That
which made these men, and men like
them, cannot die. The hand that traced
the charter of independence is indeed
motionless, the eloquent lips that sus
tained it are hushed; but the lofty
spirits that conceived, resolved, matured,
maintained it, and which alone to Mich
men 'make it life to live these cannot
expire:
"TliofonliJill rt'HlHt ihiiiiilrA"f ilfoiiy
"When Nino Ihii'it, inl worliln Imvo piumm) itwny;
"(Villi In Mm ltml ihrt porhlioil hi'itrt nuiy lln,
"Hut Hint, wlilRliwiirmnl It imi,cnn never tile."
Not contvnt with swimming the
channel and getting a fortune as a tes
timonial, Capt. Wehb has taken to lec
turing on swimming 111 London.
Win. Slaiger's
Marble Yards, at
Salem, are the lar
gest in this State;
in fact, sonic of the
very best monu
ments erected on the
different cemeteries
in both Oregon and
Washington Tcrri-,
tory were executed
by Mr. Staigcr. He
is also an extensive
and in fact the only
dealer in Oregon
in ready made Foun
tains, Vases, and
Statuary.
"PKIDE OP PEBt'HE"-Ow-(ED r W.CHrcH.
A Loudon paper
has this remarkable
item: "The latest
American wonder is
an educated sturgeon
belonging to a Mr.
Pell of Albany.
This useful pet is
harnessed to 11 boat,
which is drawn nt
the rate of twenty
miles an hour."
Pennsylvania has
2$ liter breweries;
Wisconsin, 232 ; X.
V., J03; Cab, 20a;
Oregon only 22.