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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1880)
THE WEST SHORE. July, 1880. A V1H1T TO MT. VKIlNON. W had a holiday; so I took that uportumty to go to Mount Vernon, the horn of Wuhing ton. It U ITmilwdown the river; Iim boon bOBlM hj jurtv n l.di. called Kefent- Mill Is kH in siuaiaita order. Ticket ou Hie lioat admitting you to the grounds, rant a dollar that Uktt you there Mi l i.. k. OoL II 1 Hint worth Iim the plane in charge, anil meet vim tort every day t the boat and conducts them through the houst It ! ouiUs 11 long walk Ui to the house, I .lit lovely, shady one; the grounds tnl high Mull, and tin river ruiia round on two side.. Majattio tree, grow Jung the aloM. The houM wu much liner than I . ... . I..I to mm. He mutt hive liveil Ilk pnnoa than. It it (rune anil painted wmia, uirea atone high; a high veranda to to ttl second alary aoroes the front Servants luariera lorm iwn ulnar aula ol the .. 11 arc anil oocliiee a pretty l.tek yard on Which th MM windows of the houaa M Knun thu yanl their llower uardnn onem. The U.i nlantad Ui mark th. U.I. ao many yean ago naa now grown 10 a iMaulilul hedge. I he ivy j.ianu .1 ny Manna ! tin 1. It haa a great many roumai way mini nave entertained con.ulorihly mere era mahogany ami magnolia treea on th Wane, aa well aa tha native tree. At the Con eenralnry I ,nrta anil llowera are for aale, which aihl t.. tin revenue. It ia now pud lor, anil ma llegenu tie nut ol drl.t mi cai run clear down In tha over. An rleuant ic e houae (emily of oourte) ahowa the nice work done In th.iee ilaya. It It vary, very deep, ami all lour tide nicely bricked. It reouirwl a luag laildar to (el down to the h e. Tha old milk houae you have aeen many like it the MM nailed in and the gutter lor the on kt It too la nut u... I It It pretti far from the nouar; nut they hail tlavet in th.e .lay.. The old tomb la .till kept fenced in with a wioket fence; tbe new tomh it a Mautoleuni. Tho Iwo grave were beautifully deeoratad. III. haa nothing on It I Hit Waahington." Tho Id furniture looked iuamt Mini, of it did really belong to thatn. Tha real ia of th. tyla Bawl In that Jay. The U .I on which ha died stunts In hit room. In acoonlance with tha old Virginia rutlom, hi. room wat thill Ui w twa nu altar hit death, lilt MM haa Iwo little drwaaing rooms leading off (rum it II.. wile, after hit death, look lb man in tha third tlory, with ceiling sloping nearly 1.1 the floor and ona daei wimliiu (dor uwretyU) looking out on hitgreic. Tint room aba navar want out of, until . arrir.l to her Ctu III rnontht afterward. A hula waa cut in door for the oat to go in and out A child uked one ol tha ItogenU that morning "where le al waa. Mho ntntal to one in tha yanl eee mug emunn a group ol merry girl. nej"i were mere inai nay holding rtetu live oeeeinw a haadeonie looking art of lailina put middle lilr. Al.ut Ml pe..pL went down that day, (hair one Ul gone every clay, anil none .dher it allow d u, land at the wharf A niot lunch u lor aale under a shed. (Vr. I'aajtt Main ITitJVAmitK. A I 'NT JKRU8HA DOBS I Nil. W.ACKHKHKY- Tm hair u much aim. I in ita rwlatnait I. haalthfulnea. and growth. Pulled. Im.uM. him, iMirned ml., a fm ami U ..,.. I hy all "it. I unguenlt awl lotiont, it it a wonder u.el IH.Ii.ea. i. not 1. .Ill the ru e in.irad l the aioetin among thnae who moat priw iu neaai.l we lliail all. And ll It niuall) nog Uetail. ll not ainited. I.v m.wt phytn tan., man) ol whom, while heartily nomlemuiag the lh..u aand and not rriaraUoni well known to h not owiy mjanottt ui u hair, t dangers ... t 11,, gwaeral beaJth, ahow then t. lal negle, t , 11,,. part ol their car. hy rijimjatahing it to IwiUr. aodij.acka Tha MeaUee hofore at MMmU hilt a long taleratad gap in the lileratare of tuli)ect, which tkowlil not only U waloom. t nil ih)atouuu for who II laannoabnc Uwaute. while lor le gwaatml rwanW it uaian an . nlr taming wwk on tha mannert anil m.t.ima 1,1 dreeaung Ue hair by nil naU.na in all agea. " A hit a K.und ! " Ml I to the coppcr-colorwl Ucucl John, with hit coal oll kant balanced ou a wilwf pole over hit thouliler like tho (iodilott of lii.tn on the new court home in Stockton, which really dm-a need knal D v.oiU.l.. I furgot to aay, hit kali, were aUiut half full ov the greenett ripe black Urriot I ever tot my two let on. A oil a MiUll'l, PBt J, rccain.uiaioi, "that am too much; why, a man can pick' let ma tea aU.tit live dollar, worth a day at them llgure.,'' to Ml I, " no, I don't hCMT to lay in any to day," an arter 1 do llialllMtll him, a per lite way, I ten to Andrew Jackton, Ml I, "let's ut go arter turn black berriet. M " I 1 I icz he, " Aunt Jcriiaha, the river Data it jet "VtTllnwed w ith high water, and you can't get a pint if you'd try." Now, that't a man fcr you; they aro like tho menliilki ov lliblu limn. They ktn always tea a lion 111 the way, an ce I, " Vou stay at homo an tend to that toft snap I'm bilin' on the kitchen ttove, an' picket out the n t goat an do the churning an a few ollu-r little chore, an I'll try my luck arter 11 few wild blackUrriea. 1 got a friend who reaide. on the river liank near the l.lu. kU ir lull., hn I in.cli' ui. rn inim I'd get him to set me acrott the llollgh ill tkift, on the bank m the river, wlu-rc thcre jutt dead loailion em. 1 took a Id lie hoy long to carry my lunch liasket, an seven or eight ex ira pan. ami kan. 1 no hate to he slmrt meaaurea when you git into a nice thick patch em. v e arrived mi the pirr ov emliaik lion about III "'clock 4. M. 'I hu MMOt ol 1111 turn war inchaiitin', the river bottom ov tonii 1(1 acre, or umre, viluch had U'eu a tmtato tield t ,. . . ... .. a . . nui unicii hail mi. 11 11. 1.. .1 to tho loico of th flood of old .Mokelummi an wtz now a plaai lake, with a .trong current niUlia through it aiy inenil DttM Ml MM Win true artislikskil an in leaa than no time e war heailed for th .trip of ihkIUh.I that told ut plainly it ni tl nign tun ury nauk ov the rucr. I ah h,,.,, groan foliage the deep rich U rrie. u ha.kun a June tun. We .kirtcd alouii the willera inai wa gnmiii in the water (or a lorn- while w a gil many lui.he. ihla. klnTry huslii inraill, l.lll 111 rthener a lew luolitli. am, I J -i I .L. I I T na.i iii..,.i me 0. rile, m in,. ,, , . ,.,,11 iiiiuen on lor a iell, hmliu nu berries, but more Wnler Hum Vie .1 I'll iccleil. Arler .ulol.. the buy who tot in the how to balance the boat rn. I out, there are em: nu (hat .hurt ...i, e e.iii) a' on, a. lurid in site to e nrry maimer An the b..y .,, rile- ilo.r.. war a .lump o hu.he. an sum live oak branch ttrumri rile out ov the water, an the U rrv l.nkli, . IMMd. I.I 1 . ' ; ..." .i.e. no,, vine over a.uioke lite hack in viiMoun. t ,. mi lle.l an i.,.. tide, bat coil. In t anker, cm ,. coiildn t toiilcl: me uoiiom win. our oar, hut o clung to th. bmU. an arter awhile the man took the Imrd wnicn inrmi an up.er Booril the skid, an il I T 1 ' '"f"1" "" end out ,U .......-,,... . .,, ,,,lH.r end i, t. l V ii ",u"''1" Mi r(,u,"l ') head, for T KTH . " " "",k " lw" I'uck- wheat bloaaomt. but . ,,h Hen htck an relieved . .. ... j,,,., .., an i al.Mi.1 ,, I.M.k.., ,. .. pi iio.i air like a Hag. Wall waiae. .., ,. ,e I.,,, v , ,r, nl) h gang ftmk, an I pm I n.ii.l h.v,. Kne a ,tt,. , " """ I tould git U k . 1.1 meinta the .,,,,,,,.,,,,,,., - . ...y ...r, .., , , ()i)n.t mm, Uw th.t MMmbh imUi i muJJ ll'lp h'lp I iii dr.. aim, U W,,',,,, hnd no dry .,., . Ul ,wk,,ln " '',u '''' 1 now on, in tin. MMM I 11 i.av i.,l, i i r..y.,w.tb...ei,.u.:a;:t:.:,,,:,r7:" WHAT TO DO WHEN THE PAID iOR. KAJIM IS Urrim agin', an Inend, on do hxryia'. Yourt rarw. ' ' 1 1 u like 11.. ..I. . . . i. iw or 1'k.w ,h,l. I pmmJ. A iJd man aa Baai " . .. MmM kmm uw." " " luv"" In an essay read before the Lake George Fruit (i rowers Atsociation, by Mrs. A. B. Kartlett, of Georgetown, Kla., the following poiitiotis are taken: When our agriculturist hu got his place into such a ennditon that ho hat a comfortable income no debtt regular meals every day, at he chooses, his young people fairly educated, then what? "Well, civilization, life." Life in all its fullness and beauty, as intended by our all wise Creator. He has health, or ought to have, and every good thing is open to hiin. Just so far as his taste is in harmony with the laws of right living, and the peace of his fellow-creatures, ao far is he at full liberty to carry out his tastes. Then comes in all the amenitiei of civil ization. In tho world of books he has free ac cost to all its wit, all tho wisdom of the past. With Komoo he can woo fair Juliet in thu bal cony, tame thu shrew with Petruchio, or see Bottom translated in the magic Athenian wood, with tears of inextinguishable laughter. Aladdin had a wonderful lamp, which, when he rubbed, immediately there came to him a geniui of tho air, who brought him whatsoever he desired. Like that lamp is tho love of reading, to tho man of imagination. It brings "that light which never waB, on sea or on land," whereby the universe' of common things is transfigured and glorilied. Or if ho cares not for the lig. moots of others' brains, nor the history of their toil, defeat, or triumph, thon can ho travel over the "whole round world" and eeo it with his own cyct. Civilization haa so triumphed for him, with lost of toil and weariness, than a century ago it would have required for tho journey from I'lorida to WathingUin. So entirely, in the hittory of these United States, have agricul ture and civilization marched abreast and with an oven stride. If ho care neithur for liookB nor travelt, the whole world of art, architecture, muiie and painting await Ins call. If he love tho drama, his sous and dnughters are ready to enjoy thcnitolves and entertain h mi bv I. nig before him temperance dramas, scenes Irom tho immortal Pickwick, and i-hnro.. f,., n... jubilee singon. Thus the successful agricul turist lavs the foundations, broad and strong lor the highest civilization. Hy the succession of its humblest processes, slowly but surely, eradicating those nomadic instincts, which tin over prevent! the mildest, possible savage from attaining the development ami solf.poise of civilization. Our agriculturist may bo to a de gree ideal, without some ideal, ho will never awn even a iasBtlile agriculturist. My claim ", without a fair duveloon.i.ei ( ...;....!.... mln-atii.n is impossible, r at least there is no record ol any such. Also, that the .'UT Ii II I t II t claim to enjoy tho highest product! of Hon. Hut in unUaMmmt tbmg cite, there is a tendency" to take the means for an end. and the him i i"L grower who hu worked hard to secure a roof "er hi. head, and sullicient foisl and clothing '1, m.oriJer' V'Tking machine! (orgeta that he hu any noss hil lt.ii.. Uk ai.. J eclianioal. and keen. , .k.. -IJ I. " ' '!"u Hunyan s man with the muck rake !! 1.1" ! "ft" so used to nhdltu i t.,lL;n u.. c? '"turn, to the old tk-l .nn. ground, and the mill Unu...,l " "NAI.nvur' ilk "Sai l.-ll lo." 'PI t . . ... " ' A'lcs raises the ..! ...l-.l... . nrr..i,i f..-. i- m 1 . ' UM wooiner me urrent form mU.yUc 1. eonti.tent with its den t'n from the Utin mlir. the Z Zl ", XmW A.Ntlhowil VOUr neiokd t n toqW on. nicely, hSSHLlT Nhe's well enough, I tutoiu 7 h " to lltak to her trS?J. SHS "M ihought vou t. ' . Z. " hy. 1 on the moat friendly . "WML we used to k hanged tervanta."