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)
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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.
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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.
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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.