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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1879)
26 THE WEST SHORE. MANNERS ami CUSTOMS mom a nuviLct'a son mok, Bj hi .im lent ( hartal of the town of Alnwick, In Northumberland, every freeman, on his Initiation, is compelled lo ump into s muddy pool, and k ram Mr III I lit" UlHMIMtl- lu'lliL 'Plik was Impoted by King fohn, who is Mid, when traveling once in the neigh- rn It to have stuck in i moraii and len bemircd, Aa a puniihment to the iiiwiisfiiii, foi noi keeping their roadi "i better condition, he ordered thai henceforth this disagreeable riteihould vc.l by every new freeman of iiic town and. ai in charter ha never sltered, the custom has continued uuwn 10 me preaenl day. In the year joo there appeared i ' "lllrl. In whose mil ... .. IL , dreadful epidemic which H. i . i .. ,, H i . r "" .,' i wnicn 1 1 isis the suf ferers were attacked with flu of snoez ng thai were often followed by death I nerefore ii Kn .i. . . ,. mium inai when such flu were diacovered, the by standers gave theii hleaaingto the suf i. .i.v.t.K, ; ,.,.. 8 . ! i' "' ,,"' "" WeWlng which is Mill occasions)!) given when i perion ineeaea. 1 KWng at i reliiotn ad was ,.,,. ""hetimeoi the patriarch Job, r1",'! ft.rfobxxxi.v Hl' " '" klwwl hi. hand i "" ""noon. ThLmarkofde- ' w" PW m Bui (aee . Kinn larea Him t . .,.. , . , , . ,, " -is iiiimiiiw ii m l-dl-hlll, Ii Ik. t.l .. " . , 1 i mi rss Koweni I'll' lit I II """111.!, w!" "i A ;. " "," V.""'-'...l. ., lUtle kfcs, A. . '" " " pass,,..,. ln i. . . i , . 1 1. .1 .. t II I I H .11 . , .1 1 OVi .in century, In II is , ,, mm, even now, IIIIIU ... II .. ... 1 - ..ii...; .. : . Km each ,, weu ni uondoii i in. ii we taventeentl nun -I Oermaoi Gammon Ughl ( im Mill!' I t.li ....... . . ii , n,, u III (III Willi... . I. live in I ; . . mc "-T. M"", "" been II... ni '' mm .iwirwiihai could lirst (,,'. boU n "'" 1 ''it i T, DUl imnr oomfbn il, """ inw...i ,.... ,':: u m,R '" bio. U "' I hci .rrgrncr.llvaU.uu;, ft in ! length, two in breadth, and eight inches thick, line are joined close together. ; III this manner the edifice is erected, contracting at each iucpmuiva lr m til there only remains a small aperture ai ine lop, wnicn is rilled by a slab of clear ice, that serves both as a keystone owearcn ami a window to lisrht the dwelling'. yn emhnnli mrnt of annul is raised around the wall, and covered with skins, which answer the double purpose ol beds and seats. The inside of the hut presents the figure of an arch ni dome; the usual dimensions are ten or twelve feet in diameter, and about cigni teei in height at the centre. Sometimes two or ihri A Mill I,'. . IIIIUVO VUII" gregatc under the same roof, having sunrnis apaiiments communicating with the main building, that are used DGurooros. t he entrance to the 'le . ..." :. ..iv . i . i . ... b . is enecieo nrougn a winding cov- b.bu pMBgc, wlncli stands open bv "av, lint is closed up at right by placing slabs oi ice at the angle of each bend, ""s me inmates are nerfeeHv s,.. , in ,., . .i '.. J - Bi imc severest cold Japanese night shops are kept bv ifuru .,.,. .1....1 I ' . J j ....... usaiors, who come out be tween eight and nine o'clock In ,h t'Vt'llimr .I ...... till i " " -,S tllHl "11,11 I I I I C ,1 .11 .... ler. I heir mode of doing business is simpu, Bach merchant spread ...... 1 i , . i ni ir.i... L. '"'; gutter, on the corner of which lie siK, kecnni" -i vlt ..... I....1 i- .. , . " is " "I' ."iiMiin ior lc depredators who crowd about hi. ... Pd property. The wares Bale n of the cheapest descript , '""ise, but are attractivelv , i make a pretty appearance often in , eW cniarooscuro of the torch. 'nPftllow.saturated paper. Qc. hnd,butsometimes new tnci comprise almost all i.i,t. ..r ' J .mmnqueat,.uch a. donleatic " inin. ....... I.. l ... .. ' gelas, ebon. , ' "t owers and "curios" ofey , 1 ,l8nd Inconceivable shape " 1 PTOse. Some stocks are, e l ay-jSj value, ,;;!, f their cum , : 1 :,,,"""'t 'f readv M.h ; r wealth- i : : amoa.oi .mountto.hiX 'n!n"cMon. whichcomi ? I" 2?" "W ror Hum r .v,.". ;. '"":'.' ital s, r l:T" ",xU'" ir .p. liny hv... r "Mln". very niaar.hU 7. '. ' tn"-COUrtS makea.b.ri ., Ka"Vr where thev "H Invert, t "'"'Pite their i. 1 lr1 seem i., .h .l a p disiwi.ii;... . . """ "ic "W nation, and January, 187 a ijassoi'-by who stons to n... 11 . , 1 -mmuo ineir wares will find them polite, pleasant and clever. And occasionally it will be worth his while to examine the w ,..es, as, now ana tnen, really pretty articles may be picked tip at very low pnees. And the purchaser, sharp as he may think his bargain, may rest assured that he has sent one poor soul happy to bed that nlirht over imo...,A 1 ....... . iiMiMiiril profits. THE SWINOMISH (W. T.) COUNTRY. Mr. Samuel Calhoun savs: lV,.w settlers are constantly comino- in n,i further back on the flats, toward the bluff lands, new claims are being rap idly taken up, while those already taken elsewhere, are bcinp; immensely im. proved. The farmers are now busily engaged in constructing new dykes, and in repairing and makine- more iwr. manent their old ones. The acreage 111 grain win be largely increased next season. In my own neighborhood, there will be S,ooo acres in grain next summer, against 6.000 last snuann. Next fall no less than 10.000 tons of gram, consisting principally of our C 1 ..... J lameu oats, will be exported from this locality." Weston, in Umatilla countv. bnc "early doubled in size during the past year, and is now a very flaurlihlncr town. It is incorporated, has the best public school buildlnw in Rhrn Oregon, and its live and enterprising citizens support a very neat and spicy weekly papcr, the Weston Leader. Centrevillc. about Hnr.. m:i,.c v. Weston, was laid out less than one year ago, and already contain. t.ir...t.rfiV.. bouses, used for business and dwell- I'lL's. ft in vn-ii nl... .1.. 1 1 " '-'j I'.'.s.uiiiy loe.ueu, 011 ild Horse creek, ill till- mi, l.t ,,!' ,1 "eh agricultural section, and is a natural "cation lor a flourishing village. Never in the histm v n.t uiA millilie have th r " - - "iiiivs 01 .fiiiiiiei 11 ,,ct'' better shape for op catious. Every miner is now ready, na his claim is rigged up with a view ".' doing the most work in the least time. . t"K Wkst Siiork for December comes to us with some of the best II 'Mratmns of Pacific coast scenery that " ever been our lot to behold. It . mil of racy descriptions and other !" "'',' reading matter. This mag me (for MIC, it is) shou,(, be on the '"If ill I'Viirn l.. .. sl,.,. ij , 3 l,i,rlr on the racmc
