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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1879)
June, 1879. THE WEST SHORE. '79 nPnee Tnm we've net time tot low. o. there u rope enough in the corner there for a coil to throw Mhore when we get to the Uniting at Woodstock, and put the paddlee aboard. Let me take the baby, mother. Now, boys, jump on. There'a room enough (or a regiment. You II have to make up your mindi to stand a good deal of water the next hour. 1'ush bcr off I" The raft swung ilowly round from iU fasten ings, and in another minute itruck the shore current, which, though leu iwift than that in the middle of the river, was yet 10 atrong aa to make aafe navigation a difficult talk. The rain came with suoh blinding force that it waa almost impossible to aee the nlu.ro, and the increasing duak threatened to grow into total darkneaa before the end of their poriloui journey was reached. It wai barely three-quarters of an hour from the time they left their starting point, when the raft touched the landing place at Woodstock, and Tom, rope in hand, jumped on shore to throw the loop over the post which had always stood thorn. To his dismay, the pott was gone, and aa the raft iwept along he felt the rope slip (through his tinners, in spite 01 ma endeavors 10 110111 11. There waa another point( lower down, where the raft might strike, if his father could keep it out ot the current oy nia eingio arm. esnse that the river made a sudden bend, und if the landing should be missed there, no oarthly power could keep them from going down the river. He hurried to the nearest houses of the vil lage and gave the alarm, and then flaw down the street, which ran parallel with the river, to the lower landing, lie was just in time to see his father spring from the raft, holding the rope, and, rushiug in the water up to his waist, caught hold of it to assist Their united strength bade fair to bring the raft into the eddy, and the shouts of the rapidly-advancing men, who had been roused by Tom'e brief warn ing, gave them additional energy. Two min utea later half a doaen strong arms were aiding them, and the raft waa slowly drawing to the shore, when the rope suddenly parted. With a wild scream the mother roue, with her l..v in her arms, aa if to ulunuo into the iivnr, Then, seeming to remember the children who clung to her garment, ane sans down again, anil tha next moment the tierce current had swept them away in tha darkneaa. There waa but one hope more. If the ferry, Am .,,,1... l,,u ,.r down, could tie reached lit time, they might be saved; and the almost diatrectod lather and eon, mounted on norm pawfaaaw vmi thiiini friends, uelloped there. Too lata I The ferry-keeper had seen some black object ruah by in the darkneaa, and heard cries lor help, wnicn ne we uuaoi They ware in the bands of Mod, and He only 1,1 h.ln th.m All that night Farmer Alien paced the floor of hia desolate house. 1 he menus wno came u ... .,,,1.., 1 inn, found their endeavors vain, lie , .),..,! in he alone with his aorrow. Tom Mai remained at the ferry determined to take a boat at earlv davliuht ami follow down the river, Ttuit. aaaa little aleeo that night i Wood stock, and long before the usual time for the village to be astir little groups were abroad in the rain, diaeueaing the aad event 01 toe pre ...!, Auddenlv there waa a atir in Ik. dfe-eiio ni the little telegraph otlioe, and tk. .r.tr who slant there came rushing out with a sealed envelope in hia hand, in a etata of mat excitement 'M , , "Who U carry this over to Faraaer Allan a I he shouted. . tl i.traatad to OSkt of th .. 1 J' l,. rJ ik. Mas, who sped over the mile which lay between the office and inMt'i lik. arravhoood. "Hare a aceaethlag for re-, ; he pealed, as he 1 . .... tk. hnnae without aaweatag. The famer took it aaewlsaaujy, without a ucht that t mmmjm already looked upon aa in heaven. Breaking ; I k. ...I k. siwshI Ike 'edded allri nf rainer end I glanced at its content. Then with a fervent "Thank Mod ! he fell upon hia kuoea and the feelings ao long pent-up found vent in tears of thankfulness. The message waa a brief one. It ran: Kasiisaicroa, N 11 . April 10. Jons A1.1.SK--Your wife anil children wtr lacked up at lla-hi this morning, on a shlnjl rati, Him miles elaiva this city. All sale. Aotwir. Swift aa waa the feet ot the inoaaenger, they had hard work to keep pace with John Alleu s on the return. The uews sprrail like wild lire, and within halt an hour everybody in wood stock kuew the contents of the disiatch. Little more need lie said. Farmer Alleu fol lowed the measago ho sent without the loaa of an hour. That waa Sunday morning, and it waa Thursday night liefnre the parted house hold again mot beneath the roof whose few hours' desolation made it yet the more sacred and precious to all. ('. A', llunl, in Inln 'rmi. fit O'K'IOVC . ,, Dully, hen's wishing; imp' I'll Ml you sit about It; Pes mlv just to wear It, sja lie careful not to ilouhi It Tommy faait aloint, tasl nlghl. About a llllli' fellow Who hsd mis thai .. lual Ilk IhM, Meek lelicl lilmuird wlltt jellow Won't saw ti surprised, whan I Trll hue hU Ms rot imokuiff Will (lie lilm sinllitiis; ha ' 11. ill trm.k I in asa) ikios Now, ilrar. whal shall wish 1 .1 first t ll like to ham a "'ti, Mm 1 .'it stut I floiilil rltta shout, Our own two sell, ebitie ) Why iton't ll cms T Yml nauajhl) dolt ' I wish I liaito'l anokao! I'nu'M 'I .11 1 1 1 the dear Ishlii cap, Ami now llie charm Is broken, e'f, eMle lid Uat ritt. The Hev. J. (i. Wood, at A., recently dolivered the tint of a aeries of lectures on "Natural Science," iu Dr. ('hailing I'earce'a (leological Museum, Hriitnu Itiav. Having, in the course of the lecture, to allude to the hedge hog and the stiuirrcl Mr, Wood olieurvod that theao animala, when dead and properly conked, formed cxcollont articlea of human t ! Few leoide were, however, aware that wlieitsiinl arly treated the fleah nf a rat hail a liner flavor and waa altogether a greater delicacy than eithor of them. There waa literally noth ing of which he (the lecturer) was so fond t a a rat pio. This was a disn wnion uhjhmu made its appearance on his Utile, and was 'nil. vc.l bv all the members nf his family. Me hail aever.il frieiida. whn, like himaelf, had over come their prejudice, and thoroughly enjoyed a irooil helnina of rat pi. He rcmamliered one moat interesting case 01 a wnoie lamiiy, eaccoi the parents, who were very fond of this dish. They were in very good circumstances, owning large grain stores on the .iieoway. Dsttii or FiARTiwrAKXn. The recent earth make at Yirginia City was not noticed at all in the mining depths, but only by ieople mi the surface. Their famous earthquake of soma vrara sun. which ahook down chimneys, lire j .. - .... . ,. jii .1 walls, cracked lines; hiiiniinga, aim uni i damaira waa mere V noticed Icy some nl til . ' . . . :r . . . 1. minora working in the umier levels, nut is no damage, not even shaking down loose at and earth. The station men In the vartnua shaft felt it tha strongest, and the doeimt point where It was noticed was liy the station lender at the OdO.fool ! "f tha lllilinl I.',,,,.,,,, shaft INK) fret Iwlow the aiirfac. He aaiil it fait like a sudden faint throb or tmlaa linn of the air, as though a blast hail Issea let off somewhere at a distance, above, below or in some indefinite direction. In some of the mine the shock waa not notices) at all, evea by the utinn men. ( onifnentiuii 011 tins peculiar fact at the time, the Hold Hill A'"" remarked that the earth'iiake seemed to 1st an electrical ma turUnce proceeding from the etovttphere and not from the deptha of the eertn TmxWat toAvoiiCaliit.-"U any 00 k. ill nf tk. " aaid KmrUtaa. "rimldr .k.lk.r he hath truth on hie eld; and il reform thvaelf, that hia eenauree may nut affect thee. '' When A 111 MnsmUr was told that lh very boya laughml at his singing. "Ay, said be then I most Team to sing netter. " I'Uto. Win, .,1,1 tkwt he had manv enemies bo al.ik ill n him aaid "It la do matter. I will live ao that Done shall believe them. " Heanng. at an other i,m. thai aa inUnule friend ol hia had elmkra datrartively of him. be aatd, "1 aaa aare he ..,1.1 do il if he nasi u-i -mm reason for IL" This u the eereet aa wall as the oobUel way of drawing the attag oat of a reproach, ami ... . ske.1 .J uniauinu a man fur that i .-J oadv relief aaralaaat the pasba calumny -a jo tilAKF. A Wlnuw refusee a fnpiilah iKire; ahe is Hot read) to be married vet, she says. "Madame, I am your aervant, I can wait." "Oh, wall; yim look u though you did. At what reatau rant, pray'" A akl.Ki-i Mat of a suburban town while super intending some rvisairs ami improvements of a highway, Indicated a asit near a small stream of water aa "a good place to put down a cul prit" litoto VsWMi It is new said by a ecieiittllu authority, that aleoii ooniiiiMnce in the feet and estemla to the head. Possibly the custom of anting with Die feet toward the pulpit may have eomething to lo with It ereers u K'imrltr. Ar a recent isarfnrmance in the New Haven ()iera House, aa a uitmhnriif atudenta left their scats between the acta, a good lady waa beard til olsserve: "Alll I It ton bad thueo fellnWa have to go home and go too aliidylng '" In a certain MaaaaaclmsetU iinrmal aeliool the ord "euchartat" waa given out not long ago to i spoiled and drllued. More than threr. fourths of the gir beg sariloii young ia.lns wroU, "euehreial, a poison eno plays euclile Hiutim I rnnscrist. Two iiaintera, meeting "What have you ol in the eibibltion this year?" "(Ih' still Ufa, a pie, some uyatora and a lobster." "Why tidn't you paint a Umlmrger clteeae, a yon lid laat year ?" "Well, I did commnnee one, hut I couldn't made my model keep Its ss. Sim isn and defining lie, miUi (giving out a word and dcllniug it, in order In prevent mlaappreheniioii) Hetmery, a idaee In keep bene. Correct sssllr Hen, lieu, a ei, ner, henner, y, hennery, leader- ( 'hleeory. In oarreM' speller (defluing In oralsr lo proenote miaapprehenaioo) A place to keep eltlakena Histnrliaiice. I'tiurrrs nr hittaTtl - We smile at tli ignorance of the savage who cute down the Ira. In order to reach IU fruits i but the fart Is (hat blunder of this daarrliitKm la made try trtn person who I over eager atvl lin lastlriat la the pursuit ol pleasure. lo such present moment is everything, ami trie future U aoth U.K. h Isirmwa, tlierwfur from tha future t a moat uearVma ami ruinoea interest, ami the c en sequence I that he find lh loae af hie feelings imiieired, hia self reepaet dlmlaielw.1, his health nf n.md ami lly ilelmyal, and bf. redaeed to lie very dregj al a time whan, haaaaaly speak mg, the graateet pnrtnia of lie eomfnriJ ahould be still laafors blm. - I. 'sWasWan. rVr. lt is ie to have a new museum of Has arte tliewad waa Isrnkea laat ttaak. The raateriai to be aaad la abates fruas the Ikwltunt of luduuva. Il will be reed for HtjaajQn Ceil aail.isju. a dona Hoc ley Mr. Wayman Clow,