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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1881)
July, 1881. THE WEST SHORE. 181 MIDDY MORGAN. Wa gav few years go torn fasti about Middy Morgan, but bar work and bar suooeaa rs 10 uo!quo thit the ficti of ber career are al ways of interest Wa met the lady several time at agricultural meetings in New York 8taW, and can teetify to the truth of tba de scriptive parti of the following sketoh, written by Itoselle Rioe, for the 'arm ami Fir!: Miat Morgan came to this country probably twenty years ago, bearing a letter of introduce tion to Iloraoa Oreely. She was a stranger, without money, having landed from a ship in New York harbor with only one dime in her tucket, and that she droDiied into the sailor's charity fund, fiat she had letters to persons ol inllueooe in the oity, and a vary nna racom. manftatinn ni tha hiirhMt oritur from hia maiaatv. Victor Emanuel, King of Italy. When the presented her letter to Mr. Greely, he looked the twinkle of her bonaat bin eye. 8h is maeoulin in appearaooe, her bight being an inoh or two over sii feet. Her oomplexioe is very fair, though she doe not take oar of it, (vnmotlwi enit t'f w?"1m bn, aWaa to her. Tier form is symmetrical, wall knit, not ungraceful 1 bar ye Urge, blue, truthful and Una in aipreaaioni her hand la small and flesi. ble, and full of character a little band that lie often, fuller of power than lever, npoa the heggy neck of wild cattle, or mingle ita whita neaa tenderly in the long, shining, silky mane of bloodtd horse stamping Impatiently with the impetuous fire of their uncurbed nature. Middy volo 1 her moat oharming charm. It ia soft and muaioali "it drops like yellow sun light downj" a olaar, sweat, rich voios, with juat th faiutoat hint of th Irish brogue re mainins in it. Aiiionii all claaea ah is tmnular, bnt moat popular among growing boys. They oall hr a THE CATHEDRAL PEAK GROUP, Th accompanying an graving reproduce a sketch Ukea looking toward the Cathedral Taak group near Yoaouiite, and aimer to line mceo of lvstioM to th eoulhweev. In th lower part of th valley r th smooth and glit tering surface ol granlta, Indicating th former exletenos of th great glacier of th Taolumnet abov this, en either hand, th ateep elope ni th mountain, alad with a somber growth of pine if -mm eoMorM), ana oayoaa, euu aigm up, the great mow fields, abov which riae many other aemeleoa peaks, la (read orotlreat with th dom-sh4 maasa ea la th farthest a, la grand onu treat w distance in th direction of Lak Teoaya. JoimnAUim. President GerSald, la bis ad dree liefur th Ohio Kdktorial Asaooiatloa, at Cleveland, saldi "It belongs to th honor of th TUN . aw . -m . . V t r V B I - ' Haw- , r. ii'- . - - "-.s.v. - .iTi ,,"''2e. . aii sfs'ys 4 n CATHEDRAL I'EAK and aaid, pramptorily, OR00P, 11KY0ND THE YOHKMITE VALLEY, CAL p from hi deek. bhe ra tiliad in a very modest, lady -Lk way that shaoould report agricultaral fair aad ahorse raoa. Tb devil!" be growled, looking at ber from head to foot He never eoutd take a joke. He did not sa fan where other saw it II bad a ort of ooaumpt for womaa wbo bad a nparior intellect, and h seemed to regard this .ii u VinA at lanalia. who had (otUfl out of th aaaal Una. U dumiaead bar without hat inniMii eoBBacted with the Tri- k-.. it would be a eood tok oa bar to and ber to th race st Raratoga aad let bar writ oat the report Th )ok tamed charm ingly wbea Middy' aoooont wa accepted aad th. thaf ana raiaoted. It WSS 0 Wall wnlUO, so claar-at aad so sprightly aad newsy that fma thai da th lad had bo troabl la let ting plasty to da. At this writing th I th wall naid reporter for focr in fire eat- tla.ukat aolamaa la a auor New York paper. Bb to la demand verywher t iu aat Hurii at kana fain aad rasa. t took and aattl market. Kb I oa of K...J..I ... .1.. 1. IM.,11. " .l tka I never tire ol raooonuog nar virtue, aaq gooq . I . . .111 . I . I . .. . L . . iraiia ana awry-wiiioi dmiit, hi m mwh bom. And thee sisters, while they UaUa with aw aad wonder, will break oat Into, 'lib, . .... .... I .M . 1 .1 now can ens; or "iw i vari ana wm nj gwrally wind ap by saying, "Oh, wall. If w didn't hav to dreea, or 0s oar hair, or if so- . uj etety nana I aamanus oa oa, w mmui oo wmim thing, too!" Kb dos't baag bar bair, aad ah due'l buy aew baU, and sh don't ear whethar tilings are la the iMhiua or ai. . I. . .mm iImI rJ mill IB thl laKIa aa. aartioe. Ia th winUr time Mua Morgan . . I ft . C 1 araaaaa are m aux cnumn waiarvrumi nv m-rM are aooiathlBe wrvicaabla that Will bear all antta of waathafi bar bat a btaia. black heaver of da black Straw, with litlU or 0 trimming) bar skoa aal-UnliaJ, aad la 64 kiaita an wan the aaaa a mea wear booU. Thi U aaaaibk, Ta glove that thelittle baad sa plainly sbowtag "good blood," . r 1amI bImi afaoft laatha. Ua raaaoa that ah I each faverit with growiag boys, to baeaaa aha lewsa to taath taa tad bow to rid frWuUy aad wall Her lav to bava developed wilbla lb aaat law years aa gallant a bod of mea. of a bright la tolltgaoo aa in wofbl know ia nay pfofeatioa man who kavaiUaatralad what beroiata to bf bringing from reawto aad daafarooa qaartofS tbnae tUote uf laUIUganos Uval do ao ataea ia BlightMl tba world, T0 fovea are Beaded to Improve, oaiarge, aad aoaoi.ia ina varM Jnaraaiiaa. TVa ft rat rest with a so are ftat aillar. II by all tbeM la oar power. weaa make lb papU so laUlligaat that tlwy will ooty patroaia th beat Bad wortbiaat mwlm wilbiB thair raacB, wa sftau aav aoaa aar part Aad if aa yoar part yoa do aa e larva th spber ol yoar work. a4 laoraaa It tatol ligvae aad )eti Bad foroa, that Inoraat aad weak maa will aot waatyear loaraal-aad aaly th worthy aad boaU will daaaw il-be-tweaa yoa aad aa, th proaioa f loaraaliaaa will go la ao aoua toproveeaeai, aetaanag aa growth, aad taaraaaiag ta aaaartty of bWly la yoar aoaatry." A Tut'su lady gradaato mar la aftor ara torgat lb till of bar eeaey. Vat ska will alwaya reebr bo bar wkiV dree was atada Ba4 a a tail th weight of beef oa foot almost wtU UactiaM art Lavalaabla,