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THE WEST SHORE.
April, 1881
OCR IIOMK KC'KNKKV.
On Ihii ami the ophite page are il
lulialioii of nciiciy iiKli ml our Vtiy
door. Few of our resident, rcully ap
preciate our home acenery, or, if Ihey
1I0, ere to used lo il that seldom if ever
dothcyexpreM any admiration. A cap
lain of one of the .hip. now in port
who ha. Iwen over more than one-half
of I lie worlil, awtire. 111 tlmt never in
all hit IravrU hat he lccn lo a city a.
large a 1'onlainl where o much of the
Brand anil picturesque in nature i to
line, of the numeroui schools and other
large building. Acros. the river ns
far a the eye can reach, up to the very
top of Mount Tabor we view llic m.uiy
line farm, of our well-to-do agricul
turist.. The first fine day take your
wife and children, a well filled lunch
basket, walk or drive out on the White
I louse road, upend the day under the
grand old tint, listening to the music of
the bird., and (he murmuring of the
gurgling brook., and in the cool of the
evening come hack to town, and you
will .ay with us, that Portland's nur-
THE ANGLING SEASON.
Now that spring has fairly openej
and the geese are wending their slow
flight to the frozen pole; now that the
willow buds are yellow and the frogs
have begun their vernal concerts in the
meadows; now that the snipe arc wing,
ing their zigzag flights with querulous
bleating and the pheasants are drum
ming in the gloomy tamarack thickets,
we arc reminded that the trouting sea
son is at hand. We snatch down the
old and trusty rod from its hooks over
sm . m y rt
mini.. . ... mtwt - ' i--.. iirro-tr-ir:. v. mitijrv
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MA
VIEW ,.N TDK WHITE HWSK KOAIt, NEAR .'0RTUM.-..00K.N,; EAST.
J rrn, I.y .imply stepping lo the rounding, otTer many inducements to
wimlow of vour mdrn. I 1.1 .. "'"""a 10,
n.., -i - i "I-l,,r""'i ly m inn.Kcnt, health
C ur view, are taken ft,.,,, , he high, giving amusement, ,f we hut ke -land.
west of the White house r,...l ..,... t ... . . ' ' C
, ,, , -"-(, "i nailirc 1 I. VIS 1 Hill.
ami anv one t . i .... il.. i i: .mi
g ll(v imnnr will
.1.. ... . . -
lmil that naluic hat Ivrn her lavUh
IihIcoJ in her gin. of ihe plcturrwpie.
Klver, hills drm f.irrtu ami .now.
caj.cJ niountaliu grret Ihe eve in all
lirliiMi. Itrie and theie mav I-
en ll lluirty oivhat.li ami well kejM
A houe and lot will he deeded free
10 any euterpriMnir mrn ln,.i k :n
- - in
Uri . tl,r at Lkliaville, in the Little
o...incunlry, Idaho. Thi.i.,finc
luralHHi, liring i the mi.Ut nf . ......
".lurnt farn.ing country, , ni;F from
'vnaf.l. ami well ke """"ii larming country, j mile, from
irahlen. of tHii iM.i.lf...n i t .... I-ewikion, ig mil (,,,,,. i .
the mantle and, more from gratitude
man tiinlt, declare it good for unother
reason. A new ferule here, and per
hp a new lnnccwood or grcenheart
tip, and the trusty servant is once more
in Our PT:K11 anmi n. I I ....
O - a iivvt 1II1U UVllCI
liked than ever.
e confess to a we
Ivmlc the brawling Clackamas or thtf
foaming Parrott creek; for a hnrJ
tramp over fallen fi.r..k ;,..,( nn.i
tlrough (he nwift fris where the
wled..tanl,v,ttJenllWateeplr. ,1 .C,'C'CC TUv Umn
W.ny rWl. th. Jr'andttth'S
"penned lK-autie feed: for a ten min-
utei IumU with a two-pounder that