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VOL. 2. IU11 MNS COUX V FAIR. ; ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1869. NO. 5. Agricultural Address rcDLiSHED EVisnr satcktay bt Sai l udav, October 2. (Delivered jjefoue tux liss county ! AUBlOLLTUlULASSOCJATlUa.iKIHAl, OCJTOUK15. 1ST, BY Ktyrti GEARY. ePFICS ON COKNSB OP KEKKV AM) . - . TlUlJiS IX ADVAXCE. O no Ye.ir .............. To-Jay winds up the Fair. ! beautiful, and everybody is " out." As ! this is the wind up, tlie last day, the day of ribbons and diplomas, there is quite a j : flutter of anxiety au.oug the various ex- I Ladies ind at it. htle- Vilizens of Jjinn At the close of another abundant har- iT.Mni"'! " .....Thrco "Jj ! bibitors as to. who will be awarded the j vest, such as a bountiful Providence-has iuVWt'ic Cx'uu first premiums. Considerable feeling j never failed to bestow ou this beautiful una-productive valley, we hnd ourselves amidst the festivities, reunions atid l-cu- increase production and euhanco the j This salubrious climate, these grassy revenue necessary to sustain the public I plains and fertile fields, these woodfd burdens. .Landlords, tnat by reudering i hills and smiling, j t,heir lands more productive, they may increase their rents. In our republic a government of the people, where we have no peasant population, where all do, oyous streams, that adoru this lovely valley, are yours-r-yours in trust for yourselves and coming generations. Orctron, our noble j-ounj conimon- ADvaTlSIXtf KATES. Transient alvertit;minTsi per Sijintre -of ten lijics or les-s, firct lusertiou, $ ; carh subsciiireut lusortiuu. $1. Lurer a-lvcrilscmeuts inserted n the most liberal u-nos. j is manifested by exhibitors, and in oue case at least, a committee was relieved, and a new one appointed. The awards were at last completed, and many were made happy in the possession of first It is to be exacted, where j erous competitions of our twelfth annual i iair. or may own the soil, and where the indi- j wealth, is replete with resources of power vidual aud iue siaic are enncnea ante, i and opulence as extensive and diversihed how much greater the inducement to j as her vast surface. Her mountains found and endow such institutions ! ! rising in majesty and clothed with the Fifty years ago agriculture in the '.most valuable timber, inlock untold treas- United States was in a crude and unprom-j urea of the precious aud economical ising i-ondition. The possession of too j metals and minerals; while they protect much laud induced a careless and im- ' ivr, from the storm and thunder, thous- It is eertaiulv worthy of especial com- l.roviduut system of husbandry, ' from ; ands of perennial fountains leap from meudation, that a society for the promo- j which many of the older portions of the j their declivities, bearing on their bosom tio:i of industrial interests should have ' country are just beginning to recover. 1 beauty, health and fortilitj, and combin- existed so early, and should now be an established institution of a reprion, but a : c little over a ouarter.of a century ago the ; of political economy, was at that time a turing uses. " undisputed domain of savages. While i meager part of the education of an j The flocks and herds that might be i . . - . .. . - -.1. : : .. 'Pl. !... ....u i i difficult for the committee to decide be- ' Ule '"-story ot ttie enterprise a, l7"- ij'" uu;""BU "u grassy p ains oejouu pelled the pioneers ot Christian eiyinza- : mac me sou mai. iceus us uuu supines j uie cascaues ; wno snau leu ineir ti.in nf !...-rif!.!rmv .manufactures and ! the luatesial of our clothiuir, must itself i number ? Or who. in the estimate of The following gentlemen are auth.-riW to re- : which is entitled to the first and which I commerce of civil and reliirious rights ! be fed, was only understood after a these resources, will forget the numerous ' the second. We believe that the officers i and liberties to the Pacific shores shall ! wretched system had endorcd millions of .; fertile localities, inviting the b'ended JOB AVOKK. j premiums. Having reet-ived new u j.e, stock of colored j there are a number of articles on exhibi- Inks. cards, a Gonl-m JoVtr, eto., we are jtc- . . , . , kpt t eecnu ulljiin.j ot priming in a Letter , tloa lor premiums, each, article . cau not ouim?r Mini filtv per cent, cheaper taau ever be lore offered in this eitv. Agents for the Resistor. take a Ju st premium ; and it is often very tween the merits of two articles, as to The careful and scientific study of agri-i ing Titan forces of hydraulic power, I ;ulture as the foundation of a wi.-;c system ample for the most extensive manufac--j ceivc and receipt for subscription, advertising, vie, for tbo Keiiister : 1UHA.M SMITH. Ks,. llarrishur-. J'udee S. li. I'l.AUtiHTOX Lel.anon. I'HTER HUME. E.-i Uruwn.-ville li. K IK !v, IJ.-n AT K. J-.. II t,t.L,r.ll. t.-i cio. T. II. REYNOLDS, Ksq- Salem. Hko. AV. CANNON", Es Portland. L. P. I'ISHEll, Esq : 'Frix.-ii. LOCAL AX1 GKXEltAL M3'S. lot the Association throughout, in the j read, this fact ought not to be uud appoiutuicnt of awarding committees, etc., ! were actuated by strictly impartial mo- j anted At this office, immediately, jtj merit of the premiums should be given according articles on exhit tweut'y cords of dry wood, in payment of Qf course many will be disappointed; subscription, advertising, etc. Persons and tj,is w;jl always be the case, as long who wish to pay us in wood, cither on I as Ftlin arc held and premiums offered, old accounts or on advance subscriptions, when thure u mjrc tbau OIie article on will please deliver it at once, before the exhil)Uion iu a department and but oue wiuter rains fairly "set iu, that we may y,v premium. The get it sawed and housed Jrom the wet. ; creating values, and by expediting the construction of railways, before five years, add fifty per cent to the general wealth. Think of a single result Let the pro posed canal have depth, width aud grade proper to float rails, timbers and lumber, in small rafts, with the current, and at once thousands of acres of timbered lands would vie in price with the open prairie. Furthermore; let the unappropriated lands of the foot' hills and mountain slopes be donated to hardy American and Euro jeau settlers, who will cultivate them, and I believe such a policy would be like transmuting the rocks into gold, a source of incalculable wealth. But let uo cor porate bodies monopolize the soil. Every additional hand and mouth aud acre brought into use niuk.es the country richer. Time permits me not to dwell on the assthetieal uses of the pure mountain fluid in utilizing luxury itself, when abounding wealth, directed by cultivated taste and public spirit, shall employ it to cheer and create beauty in the Park, the Public Garden, the Drive and the Prom enade, where on our glorious Fourth aud other days of public festivity, a patri otic, happy, grateful people will assemble to brighten cherished memories, cultivate the amenities cf social life, aud render homage and thanksgiving to the Almighty and Parental Kulcr of human destinies bv the diffusion of information, . lively to euact in elevating the character favorably comparing with a large portion and giver of all blessings. ,-, -i - , i, - 1. T . . .. L . t . - t - 1 1 1 ,1 1,1 1 T-t 1. 11 fc wilicli directs and ennobles muusTiy, auu anu increasing itie resources oi iub jjreui, oi .cw Jjugiauu, ana which wouiu oe ; . rcuow citizens: let us address our stimulates to the earning of wages aud ; body politic. A flood of light has been : hailed by the hardy aud patient Swede j selves with enlightened self interest and the gaining of profits," in the harmonious shed ou the workings of nature, the ; and Norwegian as a great improvement ; earnest co-operation to such enterprises, co-operation of labor and capital without I economy-of animal life, and the vegetable ! on the bleak and barren district of their and Oregon will soon emerge from her : acres unproductive, and in man)- of the j occupations of the farmer and herdsman, valued nor forgotten. j bout hern btates an abandoned waste. aud aftording pleasant homes to those The "rand obiect cf such associations j Hut a brighter day has slowlv dawned. ; seeking competence or wealth on the , or ought to be, to elevate the standard i The men of letters and science, the dis- : wider domain of inexhaustible pastures ? tives, and tnat ttie committees atteaiptcu ; of the productions oi the sou. ot trades ; coverer and inventor, me mecnauic, me ; j-ven vast tracus ot our mountains, ; to carry out, to the best of their judg- ' and manufactures-; and to improve the ! merchant, and the farmer "of oue accord ; especially those bounding the valley of munt .rt.. ;.l'-i tW m.wrno.l thn -rml ! breeds of domestic animals, by comparing ; and one mind'' begin, each for the other, j the Willamet, have a smoothness of sur- . . . i ki!l nm! modes of oneration bv exciting i to exercise an enlightened iaith. and a : face, an absence of rock, a richness of ; atiou iu offering premiums to wit : that - . ,s Vivalrv aud emulation ' due regard for the parts they are rcspec- ' soil, a mildness aud equability of climate. to cith er productions of the earth the proper ; uativity. culture and preservation of the soil, and Moreover, the keen eye of chemical sei- isolatiou and commercial depression. It is an aphorism, old as history, that Uutter, lard, eggs, potatoes, poultry, horses, cattle, farms, steamboats, oriu fact anything that has a value iu this market, will be taken in exchange for subscription, cc., to the Register. "No trouble to show roods." tlowinc match comes next in the line of inte which there is six entries : which there is out uft.e progress in communities or nations. i city 'regarded agriculture as of primary im- : life, inuring largely to the wealth and the tracts of alkaline deposits, so dreary I aid. I have no doubt that Hen Ilolliday portance to individual and national infiueuce of our .nation. '. io their aspect, before long to be used j and men like him of sagacity, nerve and st,.for welfare, and urged ''that the public purse : Our secular schools are far more prac- j iu recuperating the soil uud giving it a j capital, will look upon such achievements ! should be iieJlv used for its promotion, i.tical than formerly ; and it is felt more productiveness Dereunial ti3 the springs ! as those suggested as the best of subsidies Washington, whose wisdom and s:gar ' the application ot mechanical forces and ; ence is beginning to descry inexhaustible j " Heaven helps those who help them were only exceeded by his patriotism, ; chemical agencies to the industries of treasures of fertilizing reagents amidst j selves." Thus, too, we secure human Equkstrian.su 1 1'. As will he seen by our report elsewhere, there were thres . entries for the diploma offered by the , Agricultural Association for the best ; equestrianship. After the ribbons had ; been presented to ?-Iiss Johnson and Miss i Irviue, the thinl lady, Miss Caplingcr, ' who was awarded the first premium at the State Fair fast year, aecoiup.nnied by j Mr. Jas. Xixon. sent her horsj around the track in about as good time as was made during the Fair. We must say j that she r.ode and handled her animal elegantly aud fearlessly, and deserved the testimonial that was voluntarily presented in her lv w:tn-ss's of tli race, in the ic e ,r ' horses, one mile, for which there were shape ot a purse ot money. Jiiss Mag- j " . ' . T - - f. , " . - , i seven eutries. Joe Xixon was awarded trie Irvine is a graceful equestrienne, and ; acfiuittea herself well, although weak ; . r . . J. Gox, of Laue county, gang plow, first premium. S. Hamilton, of Linn, gang plow. J. 11. McCiure, of Linn, Pfeil gang plow. J. W. Keith, "Gay's" gang plow. Frank Wood, Albauy, walking plow; second premium. J. XV. Lewis, Oregon City, Pfeil sulkcy plow. Next came the big race, two mile heats, two best iu three, three to enter and two , to go first premium, 10U; second , premium, $50. For this Shcre were ; three eutries : ! W. Gird, Snowflake," first premium. ; O. Z. Morgan, Miss Foot," second . premium. S. Montgomery, " Slippery Sim." j This was now followed by walking i 1 Hoards established to collect and i and more that our sons and daughters ! of our mountains. and the most valid of guarantees. Such an distribute information, and by premiums j should be) educated to, not from, those j - Well do I remember to have stood, t enterprises will unlock and attract the to encourage enterprise and experiment, pursuits in which their lives can be rcn- '. when a boy, near the western base of the ! treasures of wealth and credit and secure discovery and improvement," declaring j dered most useful to themselves aud j Alleghanics, aud to have followed the j the building of a railroad, annihilating that "exiitrieiiee had shown these to be I others j rivulet at my feet, in imagination, till it : the cheapest instruments of public ad-j Agricultural and scientific papers and j mingled with the Ohio. The State bear : vaacement." magaziues reach multitudes, aud produce ! ing its name was still in its teens, and Agriculture, manufactures and com-J the most salutary effeets. Improvements j regarded as on the frontier. Hut occa ; meree are the world's three great iu agriculture aud the arts, are sure to j sionally a steamboat furrowed its waters, ; branches of productive industry. I attend their perusal. Put these arc not j and years passed by before a railroad ' Put of these agriculture is the nursing j a moiety of the benefits they bestow. traversed a rood of territory, and still mother, the basis of wealth aud pros- j They instruct, entertain and improve all, more years before the whistle of the perity. The plow plays the leading ! aud extend to many literary and scientific j locomotive awoke an echo in our land, part in the creation of values, eveu in j culture, inaccessible otherwise. They j Cincinnati then, as a city, was in the commercial and manufacturing countries. ; elevate labor and stimulate invention ; j swadling clothes of infancy, and Chicago OI this fact the British empire affords ; without doubt they have added millions i unburn. California slept like a miser on convincing proof. Far excelling all ! to our national wealth, aud have diffused : her hiddcu treasures of gold, as liftie other nations in cotniiicice and mamifae- j contentment and a relish for laboramong i valued as a desert by the nation that tures, which are the basis of her power, ; the masses of still greater value. j claimed her, while Oregon rose like a yet nearly three-fifths of her net revenue j The annual reports, federal and state, mist or a vision, on the ditant margin of is derived from her agriculture n'louc. liberally scattered o.er the land, are ' thought, prized no more by our govern This single fact establishes the pre iomi- i treasuries of the most valuable statistics j ment, though regarded as a part of the lianee of the agricultural clement in the ; t;ud facts, and are replete with informa- j public domain, than his birth-right wa3 wealth of nations. Iu the United States . tiou conducive to the general well-being. ; by a hungry Esau. Shall it then be this pursuit employs largely more capital j In many States there are Farmers' j deemed visionary to predict a day for at and labor than all others combined, and j Colleges and experimental farms, com- .' least our not rt-mote posterity, when the marks most signally the progress ot" our j biniug science aud practice, already per- i products of our extended and highly nation iu wealth and power. . Three- I manently established. J he professors iu i cultivated fields shall find their market time, if not distance, aDd restoring us to 'the neighborhood of the older States. Two or three summers more, and Heaven permitting, we will go to assist at the driving of the last the gulden spike that will unite us to that great work already done, that now binds, in 'com mercial and political union, the Atlantic and the Pacific shores. from recent illness, having had a severe secoud, for showing the Robinson Crusoe's Island Colo nized. The following bit of informa tion from the Panama Star and Herald will be ot interest the world over : At a distance of less than three days voyage front Valparaiso iu Chili, and nearly in the same latitude with this important port ou'the western coast of South America, is the island of J uan Fernan dez, where once upon a time Alexander Selkirk, during a solitary banishment of best walkio" I luUl t-1!! of the people have rural homes, j these are generally men of thorough cul- j iu the shipyards, manufactories, fisheries four years, gathered the material for De chill the morning of the trial. . horses. ; and in nearly that proportion cultivate ' ture and exalted Wvrth. 1 Three ladies contended for the diploma the soil. i and commercial cities, ou our rivers aud I'frof. Turner has well met the olijec- j Ocean harbors, that shall utilize our The engagements of the people then ! tiou that the studies of these institutions resources? iKacing. At the close of the County offered by the Association for the best ! being so largely agricultural,, sugge.-ts j are too sensuous and gros to be the basis j Farmers of Linn ; this beautiful and the true estimate to he placed ou this j of a pure and elevated mental training, t expanded amphitheater of ours was the als, railroads, elec- j "They cover," says he. "all modes and i other day called 1)3 a distinguished visitor t our pnases ot science, aostract, mixed and " the agricultural gem ot the Pacific. age: the numbers drawn iroiu the over-1 practical, in sujrt, tne Held embraces ; it is often called, and mstlv 1 believe. all that God has made, and all that j "the garden of Oregon." lie who gave human art has done ; and if the created j a fairer garden to our great primogenitors universe and the highest art of man are ! has given this to us as" to them, "to dress l-air. aaturdav alternoon. a race came on eriuesiriansnip : .diss J-.mma Johnson LotwAnn S-.r,l- ntxl Vmi.'.i mnr i Mi Marv n1tn,rr nn.1 ; M ! SPOCtes of labor. Can . . , , , . . . i . . . " , " , i trie telegraptis, tne monuments ot our Miss was the second race the two animals had j awarded the diploma. : j crowded nations of the old world ; the run the judges refusing to decide the I The purse of 10, offered for the best i ships on seas and oceans : the steamers firU race iu favor of either animal ) ...' - i. i - r e ii. . r..i it. Sat- veioeipedist, was awarded to Mr. lluben j 0!1 lak auJ rivers ; the mind.s and hands i ., -i - i. i mat invent, anu construct me implements made the mile in 0.42. . , .... , , ,, : arid orlmroj nr iinl:f-ir niH 5irmitv a I Swank horse. Distance, one quarter of j There were but two entries the name i servitors -and liuuduiaids waitiu" urday's race terminated iu favor of the j Markam. a mile; amount, 3100. ot the other party we did not learn. on airricultuie. During the afternoon of the same day, i The foot race wound up the programme Without these, she would indeed be Norman Swank stallion and Red 4 of the day's performances Nauc v win- i shor.n of .her g'ory and power j but with- Jacket" tried their speed for a quarter of ; uiug the race and parse. a mile, for 100 a side, "Red Jacket" winning the race and money. Next "Wednesday. Four of the smallest people in the world, Gen. Tom. Thumb and party, will give an exhibi- tion in the Court House, on Wednesday of next week. Of course everybody will want to see these miniature ladies and gentlemen ; and as they will positively give but two performances, all should be on band at the time advertised. See their card. . . : PERSONAL. Thos. Monteith, Esq., took passage on the last steamer for San Francisco, where lie will remain during the winter personally superintending the interests of the Steam Flouring Mills, of this city, of which he is part owner. Father Freeland, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of this county, left us during the week for Cali fornia, where he will spend the wiuter. The greater portion of the time will be spent by him in Santa Clara. s Feiohtful Accident. A-terrible accident occured- at the Indiana State l?air grounds, near Indianapolis, on the 1st inst., caused by the explosion of a steam boiler, by which, some nineteen persons were instantly killed, and proba bly a hundred wounded. Governor Ba ker made a narrow escape, a large frag ment passing directly over bis head, striking and seriously injuring bis coach man. Several of the killed were defaced beyond-recognition. Dead. Mr. G. Usher, the young man who was thrown from bis borse on tbe track at. the Fairgrounds last week, died on Sunday afternoon. He lived out about Soda Springs; As we remarked last week, the Fair for 18G9, as a whole, was an improve ment on previous Fair3 held by the Linn County Agricultural Association. The experiences of this Fair have suggested improvements in the conduct and- man agement of such meetings that will be acted upon in the future. We congratu late the officers and members of the As sociation on tlie success with which their efforts to disseminate useful knowledge in regard to agricultural interests, and to encourage useful industries, have been crowned- May the Association long remain a monument of usefulness in dis seminating knowledge and lending a helping hand to all industries calculated to build up and enrich Linn countv. - . ; . " j Appointed.- Mrs. Margaret Rodine has been, by the County Court of Linn county, appointed administratrix of the estate of D. II. Rodine, deceased, and all persons having claims against said estate are duly notified to present the same, properly attested, at her residence, four miles east of this city, within six months from the 5th of the present month. Per sons interested will make the proper note of the notice, which appears in another column of to-day's issue. i If therefore the farmers of our country too gross for our refined uses, it is a pity the morning stars and the sons of God did not find it out as soon as the blunder was made." ' "Rut these topics are of quite as much, consequence, " he adds with pith and force, "as conjectures about the galaxy and the Greek accent, unless indeed the ! productiveness. it, and keep it." The voice of the present and coming generations admonish us to be faithful to our trust. We have a fertile soil and a salubrious climate, with the adjuncts. of useful ani- foe's Robinson Crusoe. This island, little thought of by the inhabitants of the Chilian coast-land, has lately become of some interest by the fact that iu Decem ber, 1SG8, it was ceded to a society of Germans, under guidance of Robert Wehrhan, an engineer from Saxony, for the purppsc of colonization. The under taker of this expedition left Germany eleven years since, passed several years in England, served as Major through the war of the republie against secession, and was subsequently engaged as engi- VAKIOUS ITEMS. -go to Ilovr to u turn people's leads" ebureh . . : Tl, l,t1i aTii-inta fmm nnMVinrr is no love. ..... .. .. .... ... . Those wbo go to law for damages are pretty sure to get them. ' , Why are all whist . players like monkeys ? Becattse tbey hate odd tricks, i ' .' '".' S:' ' ; Why are whispers like sea robbers ? Because they are private-bearing (pri vateering). ' From what did! tbe old fashioned horse pistol take its name 1 From its habit oi kicking. . . ' The man who ate his dinner with the fork of a river has been trying to spin a mountain top. . Don't speak ill of old maids. They are the true angels who have refused to mate men miserable by marrying tnem. Tbe following lately appeared in a country paper: Wanted a steady young man, to look alter a horse of tbo Methodist persuasion." : Ladies are said to be working their way into the watch business, because they produce handsomer fares and more delicate hands than men. . '. L - - Beware how you walk ff rough life. Look with modesty upon e y one bow ever humble. Let not vol betray, nor your actions belie jovfa "u"hts. . to mals, plauts and minerals ; and command I necr on the Cerro Pasco railroad in South the implements and meaus of abundant j America. Ho and his society, about GO Walking Plow. Frank Woods, of this city, had a plow on exhibition at the Fair, that was -unanimously pronounced the best walking plow on exhibition. Frank also had some beautiful ""race shoes" on exhibition, made by bimsdlf for one of the fast horses on the ground, that were hard to beat. Born. To the wife of Squire Arnold, on Saturday morning, October 2d, a boy, I weighing nine and a half pounds. do not maintain an elevated position if j pedantic trifles of one man in a thousand j What we want is population to produce they wield not a strong social and politi cal iufluence, if they possess not a just proportion of the consideration, emolu ments and honors of the government and nation, the fault is not in their vocation; for the heaven appointed pursuit of over half mankind, on which all rely, cannot necessarily be dcyading. I never can admit that the non produciug class should claim in any respect superiority over those who rise with the dawn to their daily toil, and who give to all other classes support and sustenance. In this free land without titles and entails, where civil, social and political institutions rest on the principles of regard to the ijust rights of all, it becomes a public duty, and a just policy, not only to remunerate the farmer, but to yield him all that consideration to which his most meritorious calling entitles him. This will be best effected by wisely con ducted industrial associations; by peri odicals devoted to agriculture and the interests of labor; by the liberal pro visions of the state, it need be, to give to' education from the common school up to our colleges and universities, a direct practical application to those pursuits which must necessarily employ the great est number, and which most intimately affect the interests of all. Let the con viction that not only preachers, doctors and lawyers, military men arid engineers, but farmers as well, of right ought to be educated. Then, and not sooner, will the dignity and importance of agricultural pursuits be vindicated and duly appre ciated. 1 ' v .'.,.'- -- Many of the States of Europe are far in advance of the United States in agro nomic education,, and ' the marked im provement in their agriculture in tbo last few years is chiefly attributable to the scientific and experimental instruction given in schools of this character. Over i three hundred such schools of various grades exist in Europe at present, the offspring of government patronage and private enterprise. Kings and princes establish them to are of more consequence than the daily, I and consume our staples ; capital; facili- vital interest" ot all ttie rest ot man kind." To attain and preserve a just standing in the respect of the world, our young farmers must be as well educated as those destined for other callings. Well trained minds will secure well cultivated fields ; soils treated iu the light of science and experience will be made to double their productiveness ; and as , the implements of husbandry are more and more im proved, there will be a corresponding diminution of that depressing toil thatr enervates the thinking fuuction, and in disposes to its exercise. Nor will the farmer that is wise give to indolence and dissipation the opportuni ties thus secured to attain a higher position than that : hitherto accorded to his profession. He will not only advance in the sphere of his calling, but for hon ored and useful place in other worthy pursuits. He will guide the plow with thrift, nd if need be with steady liand on. the helm, the ship of state. The agricultural class, intelligent, free and owning the soil, are naturally the conser vators pi liberty the best defence from outward peri), and best guarantee against domestic tumults. Their contribution to the support and resources of our great rcpubliu, connecting and blending with all the moral, social and political interests of the world, is moderately estimated at 1,500,000,000 dollars annually ; and as the support of all industries, and paying a preponderance of the taxes, husbandry, when sh asks for tbe proper education of her scbs and daughters, should never hare beridraft dishonored at the till of the natiobal or State exchequer. ,' j , : Agriculture is the greatest, safest and most reliable of. all bankers; her bank the richest in capital and the most won derful of all institutions. The more it is b.roken tbe safer the deposits and the more ample the dividends. Farmers of Linn; citizens of Oregon ; you are favored stockholders in. a most important branch of thia grand bunk. ties of communication with the marts of commerce. To obtain these we must commend ourselves to the intelligence, wealth, enterprise and wants of the world, by our industry and public spirit ; by our wisdom and co-operatiou ; by exploring resource after resource ; by making each attainment introductory to others, aud each step of advance the means of still further progress. - i To illustrate my meaning, now easy for the people of Litan to have a school that shall secure largely to their children the benefits of an agricultural education. What better could this Society do than just here on these grounds to establish an experimental farm. With your resources, people of Linn, how easily could you buy proper apparatus and endow two profes sorships. The right men ' being in the right place, they might- teach one. term the least busy of the year in the scientific and agricultural departments of the . col lege, aud spend their remaining time in lecturing in the villages of "the county or valley; thus teaching all, and giving a salutary impulse to industrial and agri cultural pursuits. . : Or as a second illustration : let us imi tate the enterprise ' of those sagacious men who have poured so much wealth and thrift into our Stato capital. A few thousand dollars judiciously expended in a canal, without level or lock, will pour the hydraulic forces of the South San tiam an ornament and a gain to the district it would traverse to propel your mills, a hundred lathes and a thousand spindles, in Albany, or perhaps if she waits to be waked by the whistle at some other eligible point. The contributions of enlightened co operation equal to one and a half per cent on the assessed valuation of this county, would suffice for the accomplish ment of these undertakings, and would, by attracting population and capital, by giving productiveness to investment, by or 70 individuals, have taken possession of the island, which is describcd.as being a most fertile and lovely spot. They found there countless herds of goats ; some thirty half-wild horses, and sixty donkeys, the latter animals proving to be exceedingly shy. They brought with them cows and other cattle, swine, numerous fowls and all the various kinds of agri cultural implements, with boats and fish ing apparatus, to engage in different pur suits and occupations. The grotto made famous as Robinson's abode, situated in a spacious valley covered with large fields of wild turnips a desirable food for swine has been assigned to the hopeful young Chilian gentleman to whom the porcine part of the society's stock has been intrusted, and ho and his protcyes are doing very well in ther new quarters. Juau- Fernandez is one of the stations where whaling vessels take in water and wood.: Public Debt. The public debt statement for tbe last month shows a de crease of $7,467,442 37. The amount ot cash in the treasury is $108,108,405 81, coin; 65,580,051 30, currency. This makes the total amount of tbe pub lic debt, less amount in the treasury, $2, 468,495,072 01. Thus it will be seen that the total decrease of the debt, since the first of March last, is 556,868,189 90. In spite of all that is said and urg ed to the contrary, the public debt, under a Republican administration, is gradual ly but surely decreasing ' day i by day, month by month, and sTiould the present administration of affairs continue, will ere long bo entirely wiped out. ; : 'No Longer. Cotton is no longer King. Ia the late war it was worsted. The Norwegian imm country is perfectly e stated that some 200,0(1 ing the ensuing eightrf A friend observing purchase a wire our fashionable sho I mark that she was for a new, campaig" It is a very com lower order of anin? of man, yet it is ci insects are backb: ' rupeds tail bear The following' tion of her milk est man in the "he skims bis c it over and skit A thorough ing asked by' lar, answered but suddenjv fortunate II- and that is oi t Ninon de ) alms which without imp,' Very true, ' to choose nt whom to be Jcanie J, woman que? modern wi. and gives upon worr? nothing lf A mat for stetu: set up by pcared for prisoner ba'l house be pv didn't sec X A blacksu murdered an, be hung. Th' place joined toj calde that the ; suffer, because be place, which coultV blacksmith to shoe b do. : ,..;..... , "But" said the alcalde, I fulfil) justice?"., A Taborer answered . -"Sir, there are two weavers In the vil lage, and for: so small a place one is enough j hang the other." If' Poor Io . Not Marry. Persons who are in : moderate circumstances are fools to get married, unless both nin and woman are willing to work to make a living. 5 But the idoa, at this aire of fashion and fooleVy, for a poor man to marry a poor girl and then as soon as she is a wife sit down and expect to be sup. ported by a man who . could scarcely keep himself when alone, is high-pressure nonsense. . - ' 1 ' . New Groceries. -Messrs. F. ,M. Redfield & Co. have opened a larga stock of new groceries, in the building opposite R. C. HiU & Sou's drug store, on First street, and invite the publib to call and see then Frank Redfield holds the enviable- position as one of the most popular grocers ever doing business in Albany aud .of course the house, in his hands, will do a remunerative wholesale and ro- ; tail business. . LtCTURpo. Mr. Todd,- the great spiritualist, has been lecturing at the Court House in this eity during the week.