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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1871)
r G3f SATURDAY, l)KC. 2. I37l. V. S. Oitiil:tl I"f?cr Ctr Oregon. Boarding-house bread a little ft do. I Hour! Song of the fawn Call mo early, mother deer. Greelev, in a recent number of the tribune, says he committed a stu pendous lolly hi permitting him self to entertain dreams of the Pres idency. We think so too, nod hope the" what I know about forming" philosopher.will in the future. COiifnie himself to his regular "tatcr" patch. - - . . e In l'ittsburg a lady heard a burgular attempting to enter her -Tts but A (.erinan chemist says a man would d'-e in twenty two days if forced to lire en broad ilom-. A t .vufonna minister .thinks it worth while to deny a newspaper report that he rolls tenipins and takes hut drinks in a lxr collar. The charred remains of n Wftuti ?ul M. Louis girl were last week lepositcd in the cemetery in as jvndiug to her room Uie kerosene, lamp exploded. In the early years of the ilrt Presbyterian Church in Chillieothc, Ohio, the service was held in a log house, the congregation sitting on vleepcrs. . "Siiiee that time the order of things has leen reversed. 1 !Xow the sleepers sit on the lynches. Thaekumbutt, the head chief of the Fijis, Isas, by the advice ofFng lisli residents, had himself proclaim ed King of the ""anuibal Islands, lie takes the name of Kbenezerl, :md maypropjrly be said to have raised his cbenezer in a roval wav. house through front window, and, not wishing to soil her furniture and carpet with the blood ot the intru der, she noiselessly quitted the house bv tlio rear door, and, pro ceeding to the front, discharged lour barrels from a revolver at the burg lar. One of the shots took e licet in his leg, and he being unable to run, was arrested by a policeman. liev. .1. P. Thompson, 1). D., re signed the pastorate, of Broadway Tabernacle, Xew York, on the '2l)d of ()ctoler. On retiring he was much surprised with a donation by the Society and friends of a purse containing 55.000, the handsomest donation over made in the L'nited States to a retiring pastor. A Cheerful IMaee, Truly. A Itobber Cut Short. the In ;-t Suiulav evening, about 9 o'clock. as Mr. King-ley King and Ills wife The following extract, says . . (, ii'onhie, taken verbatiom J were returning "home from church ami 1 rom a private letter, dated Pioche, Nevada, will, it is feared, tend to create a prejudice against that calm retreat : Pioche is the county seat of Lin coln county, a mining camp a year old. It's on the Croat American Desert, and situated letwcen bare mountains, looking over a bare dry plain. Water has to lie brought One Jtiseph Medill, has published a little pamphlet, in which he ad vocates what he conceives to be, "An Easy Method of Spelling the when nbont a uuurfcor of a mile from their liou.se they noticed a man stand ing bv the roadside apparently wait- its tor something ro "turnup." Mr. King, thinking that it was best to be always ready for an emergency, quiet ly drew a small seven-snooter I rom Ins iHu ket. and cocking it, be held it in hiss riiiht haiHl, ami traveled on unt il within, a few feet of the stranger. when lie was asked, " How far is it to Watsouville'r" Mr. King told him he iwas in the edge of town. The stranger v. l lilt l (IIW.U ...... ... . vtini " eight miles by wagon, and is sold for a man without luouov to get a bed at six cents ' oer irallon . There are .Mr. Kinr to'd bini lie thought any . - - 1 . i . i i - about 1 '200 iKHn.le. thn l.nlf ot decent man nngut gee a ucu in town. ...l , i.. i nioncv or no money. King was then "ilvw ne iaie iris- askw, if he li;ltl llliv money about him; on, (stage and -.highway robbers, hl(, rooli.Ml. "No." Footnad then etc.), and the rest ought to be. Our a.ketl King if he was armed? King .rmvevnni ;ns .11 (rmvw WAU said.' " AO. ' J lave you not got a P J ""-', ......... . t. ..,,,.1,,.. n ...v, .v. . o.m , Kil niplivK, yes." i.fiiuiai causes. me rest all ilied tn s;u.l h had 1 1 ree six-shooters and with their boots on. Shot mostly: wanted that watch, at the same time took place in the bank, fn which volver, cockcil .Mike t. asey killed 1 om t .ossin, atter ahoitt this timk io.)ssins Tire. there is Mrs. Kiwr began to run. when the Any one ieeling aggrieved robber apparently fearing reintbree- English Language. llei( is The parents of the double baby, which, recently died in Boston, were insulted by an offer of six thousand dollars for the remains of their dead darling. The proposal was indig nantly rejected. They demand ten thousand. The 'Gilroy Debating Club is discussing the question : " Resolved , That bachelors over thirty years of age ought not to be tolerated in society. Not a words said about female bachelors over that ag. Sauce for the gander ought to be sauce lor the goose. Helen Josephine Mansfiled is after Jim Erie Eisk with a sharp sticky Helen Josephfne was a grass widow when James fell in with her. lie should have followed Samuel Tell er's ad vice, "beware of the vidders." When a woman's soul and pocket are in arms heavier men than Eisk must prepare to surrender. A tough story comes from Knob- nosler, Missouri. It saj'S that at tliat place rain has descended con- tinously for two weeks from a cloud less sky, the space moistened by the rain being only twenty feet in diameter. X umbers of people have witnessed the phenomenon. The writer asks for a scientific explana tion. It is said to In? a favorite amuse ment of the belles of New IJodford in winter to slide down hill on a codfish. It must be a novel sight to witness the codfish aristocracy on a sliding scale or the sliding aris tocracy on a codfish scale lut it seems to us such amusement ot the lelles is a poor substitute for sleigh bells ' ' -v': " The Emperor William of Ger many is in his seventy-fifth1 year, but Ins hair and beard alone betray his 'age. His complexion is still fresh, and his powers of endurance are still great. It is thought he Ida -nhvsical powers to his simple, soldier-like mode ot living, although he comes of a strong and hardy family. George S. Parker, a prominent Democrat of Iowa, published a card in the Democrat of Davenport, last Monday, in which he said that the Democratic party as an orgam zation was dead. He recommends joining some other political organ ization. If the Democracy are not so far "played" as to be destitute of spirit or ambition, and have a desire to experience the How of warm, vigor ous, healthy blood through their sickly veins once more, let them join the Republicans. The latch string is always out gentlemen. The gardener's motto Lettuce plant. specimen : A tu mdiviuuais pium themselves upon being'giivl spelers, and luk down on olotherz with su- nenie coi:temi)t az 'ignorant per sons.' v Thaasalwith redicule, suers and invectiv thozhu, in lx?half ot the masez, advecat an improvement ov it." . . A policeman gave live dollars to the Chicago fund, and in loss than an hour he found ten dollars in the pocket of a drunken man whom lie arrested. Another man was asked to contribute, but declined, and within two hours a dog bit him in the leg, and he heard that his mother-in-law had come to stay six months with him. Is it not true that virtue is its own reward ? California expects to seed two million acres of ground in wheat this year, which will require G0,000 tons of seed wheat. Oregon '.will seed from 000,000 to 750,000 acres more than double the amount of California, in proportion to the pop illation of the two States. receiving no law. seeks redress generally with his pistol. It's leen a close game for me several times ; I got cut in the leg once, but 1 am here yet. 1 sleep with a big bulldog, a ileriry rule and a six-shooter. 1 be mines l."HVl V iiiiuo l v'l t u j 'r niv u about 100 are in business and the rest are blackguards of the worst kind cattle thieves, renegade Mormons and men who were ban ished lrom society by their crimes, and ready for anything. It is three hundred miles to railroad or ' tele graph ; we have three stages a week and one mail, i vc done very well here and would have made some money, but two of mv ..!.,: i ...! I cant goon alone. A.y are lias llm others hunted around some time been, attempted twice by the party. 1 font vould find no one. On Mond iv - . . I . 1 i- I 11 j who-U hi mv iinrfuers. I don't morning ne uounc ne outu uuie ' T I - " I . I 1 f 1 . 1 o..,.- mn if I anorner looiv, auu uiu nine was sue tX 11V . ! 111. rV.iUV 111- LI M. V4M I -I ! i f.: . ..,.1,1 S.. , , . . , , W51IH - lit' lMliill Hl.lll VI 'ill hi have a show, but when ltgetsaown tlie .stlvetleailin5r to Mr. Craiir's house . -. .... ! . to cases when you dare not sit oy a a short distance trom the main road window or bv an ooeu door atter Uie rohber, evidently OeUevnig that . . . . I .i... i i .. i.-t would Prove fatal or that he would lie unable to escaix had placed the muz zle of his revolver to his forehead and lired, the conclusion mising the skull and literally making jelly of his brams. flic revolver was on the ground and Jle A young lady in a Sunday School asked her class: "I low soon should a child give its heart to God?" One little girl said, "When thirteen years old ;" anoth er "ten;" another, "six." At length the last child in the class spoke : " Just as soon as we know who God is." Sir Walter Scott was temperate in his habits. Even when playing the host he would adroitly substi tute the appearance -for the reality of drinking. Macbeth, his ponder ous butler would fill his decanter with toast-water. ments, urged King to "hurry up and hand over that watch V :" All right,'' said King, and with his left hand he took his watch iroui his pocket and handed it towards the would-le-pos- -essor. who reached out m.s 'hand tor it, remarking that " this is the way 1 make my living At that moim-nt King raised his pistol and lired, hitting his antagonist near the right nipple. The robber also lired nearly at the same moment, but fortuautelV mi-ised his mark ; he then turned to run. King following and fired one shot more at the retreating ligure. About this time Mr. King's family began to cry out "murder," and he, thinking that others of the gmg might be disturb ing his tamuy. turned and went to their assistance. About live minutes after THEY HKAliP A SHOT again. Washington dates of Xov. 29th, state Admiral Lee, with his fleet, is ordered to Cuban waters, with in structions if no satisfaction for re cent outrages is rendered, to open his guns on the city of Havana. Emerson Eth ridge,' of Tennessee, says it will be folly for the Demo crats to nominate a candidate for President next year, because the party is dead. The Xew York IZrpress says of the German Fat Men's Association, or 200. pounders, jolly, good natur ed gentlemen, every one of them, ot extraordinary girth, and buried to the eyes in fat, held their first meeting of the season at 165 Allen street, which place was chosen on account of the strength of its floors. Mr. A. Brandt, a 300 pound pres ident, fully occupied the chair, and Mr. George Neger, a splendid spec imen of the fatted calf, weighing fully 247 pounds, was treasurer. The meeting was a jovial one, the principle business jseing to make preliminary arrangements for a tar get excursion and pic-nic, which they propose to hold at an early day. None who can't turn the .scales at 200 pounds need apply.' i it i ' 1 The sending of two delegates to the next General Conference to be held in Brooklyn, Kew York, wiU cost about $250. dark, it's time to jump the game. If ever I get back to California 1 think I'll stay there anyway, I have got enough ot this kind ot living. I am tired of packing a six . -.T il shooter arouna mgut auu uay. J ut it isn't as hoiielessas it seems the future of this rlaeid little village i i . . ,i at -. ii .... ir. o r.xr mvil-s oil f ,o i,t vos e lueuu v much over i.u it. iV 111 b IV 1 vv ln Ull VltV i j L ' 111 1" , in "'-ww -"-"' , iaif 0f ieyS 0f an SiZtyt. froul a small some cut' and then virtuous new writing desk key to door keys ; several settlers can begin the settlement of them had been hied so that they Iii i. 1 1 4"' womu uiuock any common iock. oev enil paiiers and a silver goblet. Ijelong- insr to John llobinsoA, near the Wil- It seems really to have come to lows, and which were stolen last Sun- th; tb-ittl1olrf.;.lf.nt-fhoITtiitpd uay, were found upon him. there . ... ...w w ,ft im wn nr u wi-o ho in m 1i-rm any direction whatever without lie- ne w:ls about live feet seven inches in coming liable to partisan aspersions hight. with very light hair and whisk and charges of corruption. Long rs, xeutomo features ana aoout do bfor Tip wa Alrctad t-tlic Vi-Psi- Yeil-rs I An inquest was held by - I I I I Ib I li-y-wl- inmr it ior uency general VTiant purcnaseu venuct in aeconlanee with the above stock m the feeneca btone Com- facts. Mr. King deserves great credit nanv. and which he has held until lor his coolness under pressure, and we now, although not receiving a dol- would atlvise rascals who are anxious . r .. " to get money not their own not to "go lar ot revenue from it. .Sometime tofr Kmgl-WatsoncUle 1'oUtroniZi, ago contracts were niaae wiui ine Nov. 10. company to furnish stone for some Government work. V hereupon the Here is an extract from acharac- paitisan press broke out into fierce teristic letter from a Chicagoian to assui uuuii tin? .wu C, o l,mt.liPr in PliilfulolrJiU "1 lonr him rxiirinr rknwtrtixi in "mtis 1 ........ .w.. j - I i . , vw ... .-. and interested improperly in the urouier: now will you trade noAVf contracts in question. To put an Will sell you my store, fixtures, end to this thing, . the President with insurance policies cheap for has now ordered his stock to be cash, nave been at work all day sold, thus atfordincr those who have uncovering the safe. It is a trine been impuguing his motives in the too hot to handle without gloves, TKWsession of it to step forward and Am a little anxious to know wheth purchase it. and so get the benefit er the books are legible. All safe of his "unwarrantable speculation." and well at the house. Thousands Fun nt A (-antly Pnllla HY SUT 1.0VENOOOD. I had a heap of trouble last Christ mas, and I'll tell you how it happened. IK'kin Jones crave a candy nnllni. arid 1 got. a stool, as they s.ay in Xortb .arojiua, and over 1 goea. Sister Poll and I went together, ami when we got to old man Jones' the ioue was chuck full. I)or mv carts-. ef thare was room to turn round. Thare was Su.e IJarkin she's a iig as a skinned horse and six other llarkins, and Sinunonses. and Pedi- grews, and the schoolmaster and fit gal, beside-? I he old dekin and deki- noss, and enouvh little dekhiesse& to- set up half a dozen young lolks in the e si., i ... uinoiv ii,iness. Well, bimby the ix)t becran. to bile. ind the fun legaii. We all sot otn- places ready, :iud put flour on onr iainn to Keep the candy lrom stikiii'. uid then we pitched into pullhi'. Wasn't it fun? I never saw sicU a laflin' aiid cuttiu' up in all nay born da.e. . I made a candy bird for Em Sim mons. Her and me expect to trot m Cattle YjjlgvkJ The recently veporteil cattle plague in Wiscoiisin 1 ias th ree sym ptoms I 11 ie animal at fiist refuses to eat or drink; the nose, cars and horns are cold ; thc milk dries up, and! the blood runs-' from the nose, mouth and other ori fices. In about forty-four hour the animal dies. " Fekdixo Potatoes, to Hokskk. In Germany where potatoes arc so much cheaper than grain, the ex periment has been repeatedly tried of feeding horses upon them, at least in part, and this, as we understand, has proved quite successful. In one instance five four-horse teams were kept hard at work and in good con dition on a daily ration, for the twenty horses, of 1 cwt of hay, 8 . bushels of potatoes, 50 pounds of meal and a liberal allowance . of chopped straw. The potatoes were steamed, mashed and mixed .with double harness one of t hese fcnw. bhe-i the meal while hot, and then cov made a candy goose for me. CTeil up and" allowed to remain for .JtZJLFLlXS1 time, during wind, they undergo runnin' from one side of tlie Itone to tuther, and ofit intu the .kitvhen,. till everything upon the place v.as all gommeil over with candy. I got a pine bench, an Em Simmons sot close to me. Suke llarkiu confound Iicr pietnr! throw'd a caiuly ball sock intn one ot mv i.e. I made .a bulg to rim after her. and heard something rip. 31 v stars alive: V a?n t 1 pickle! I looked around, and thar was the gable end of mi brand new britelies a stiekin' to the pine bench. J packed up agin the wall sorter crawfish like, and grinned. "Snfc." said sister Polk "what's the matter?" ' Whut. up!" scz I. Sut," says Km, 'come away from that wall; you'll get all greasy." " J.et her grease;!" sez I, ami sot down on a washboanl tluit was lying acro'w a tub, IVcIin' woi-se tlum an olil made at a weddin'. l'urty soon I felt soinetliin' hurt, and purty soon it hurt again. Ice whis I jumi)t ten feet hi, kick ed over the tub. out Hew old Jones' Christmas turkey, and j-ou ouglit to see me git. I cut for tall timliernow. jumped stake and rider fences, and mashed down bru-h like a runaway lu rikan. till I got home ami went to bed and stayed there two days. Ef old Jones' barn burn? down next winter, ami I am arrested for it, and ef any body 'jiears as a witness again me. I'll bu-jt his doggou'd IkicI ! Them's my sentiments. A loving heart and a pleasant countenance are commodities which a man should never fail to take home with him. Chancellor Wyeth of Virginia, it is said, had six students in his office, who afterwards became Presidents of the United States. The London Times calculates tliat in fifty years more every civilized nation will speak the English language. i . Hon. Newton Booth, Governor elect of California, delivered an address at the City Temple Semi nary last Wednesday. Dr. T. Tyler, son of " Tippe canoe and Tyler too," is iu Portland. Oregonian. without a rag except what they have on where they sleep I know not. I am feeding a few, because my credit is good at the butcher's and grocery. Cash on hand, 6ix dollars and some cents. No need The estate of the late William E. Barron, of San Francisco, is esti mated at from five to eight millions of dollars, and is given mostly to of going abroad to see ruins ; bavc heirs residing in Spain. got miles of them at home. Chi cago can burn up quicker than any A pottery on Day Creek, about city 1 know of." fiftAon miles from Wall. a Walla was uca woc oj iiis; iubu wcck. iajm tliat there lies, from Kt. Jxuis noith- .qno ' ward, far into the rejnons of Manitoba. anti streccning westwam to me nase 01 th Koekv. Mountains, the richest nil T-v I : l ne JJaiias urcmns are amusing country in the world. The railways themselves by I tying ropes across m a"d P thereabout are sue- ine siaewaiKS 10 wnness mvoiuniary t pass an preeecient ii I gjfuiuMWBv.u-uuujN.-.- . Thft fiovP.mment nrintins- office at rrv.x Iv. ..i Washington, said to be the largest es- iue niiois. ui oiriiuu v.eni.iu,i tablislmient m tne worm, is now oemg Railroad has been laid for a dis- acWed toby additional buildings that ., will increase us capacity one-vmm tance of fifteen miles. . . The Sheriff of Union county plac ed three convicts in the hands of BilL Watkinds, at Salem last week. All for larceny. Queen Victoria's physician de clares that she has never shown the least symptoms of insanity. vu. ilu(Hu Wm,l,,waui:Bl ATnda claims that she nroduees ceed Gen. Ord in Command of the $473 In cold and silver annually for Tno,., ifiT.e: every man,. woman, auu uumm uie LfUjl Llllllll 111 1 Ullll 11 I I 1 I ... -x Ufafa The war damaged, the French railways $16,000,000. The Chinese rice crop was never more abundant than it is this year. It is said tliat out of twenty-one mill ions of Italians, seventeen millions are still unable to read or write. ; Miss Carrie A. Moore, the skatistest and yelocipedistestest is The debt of South Carolina is re- giving exhibitions of 'her skill in ported to be $11,935,300. ' Portland. A new Democratic daily evening paper commences publication in San Francisco next Monday. . . The bark "Live Yankee," 'from Portland, is believed to be lost with all on board. The soil is iu good condition for plowing in Washington Territory, and the farmers are lively. . . Boats are to make regular trips on the Willamette next week, says the Statesman. ' There are 150 patients in the in sane asylum, and quite a number editing Democratic papers. ' Hurdy-gurdies seem to be "irre pressible" in Eugene. . - . . Joaquin Miller is to lecture in Portland next week. : . - I,'... Harbor police settled the hash of two Chinese burglars last week. The "Big Ingin" of America- Ingenuity. The green. color o' morbus -Apple The Corvalli8 college has a fine piano, and Prof Rutan - is teacher. Street-railroads are to be intro duced into Salt Lake City. . The mountain roads are desti tute of dust now. a slight femscntation and evolve iv quantity of carbonic acrid. The chopped straw was worked in just Ixjfore feeding. This trial was con tinued for more than four months, and found to agree with the horses', while at the same time it proved satisfactory in . point ot economy. As this food must be sweet and clean, great cam is necessary, to prevent the vessels in which it is kept from becoming sour. Clovek, asa Siiadk.-There is prolttbly no other plant iu the world of such value to the farmer fortius purpose. It furnishes the most perfect protection to the soil during the lierce dry heats of the summer. Being a constantly decid uous plant, its leaves are perpetually falling, and soon form a delicate covering for shade, and easily pene trated at all points by the air, which is the great carrier to the worn-out soil of those atmospheric elements that are to enrich it. In this way the clover plant not only contril ntes directly to the fertilizing; of the soil, by giving its own subsistanee to it, but it furnishes a protective covering to the entire ground, wmcn encourages and stimulates those chemical processes by which ' the hungry and exhausted soil is recu- pcrated from the vast - supplies or nutriment that are held iu the at mosphere. It becomes to the farm er the most valuable fertilizer in the world, as it imparts fertility to the entire soil. I : - How to Judge Pottuby. It may not be out of place to give a few mineral rules bv which the are of fowls of all descriptions eau be safely judged. In following- these grocer, much less any housekeeper, for purchasing other than whole some, and tender fowls. If a hen's 6pur is hard, and the scales on the legs rough, she is old, whether you see her head or not, but her head will corroborate your observation. If the underbill is so stiff that you cannot bend it down- and the comb thick and rough, 1 leave her, no matter how plump n nl fif fin enmo mu Iocs norl 5nlo.i A young hen has only the rudiment of spurs ; the scales on the legs are smooth, glossy, and fresh colored", whatever the color may be ; .the claws tender and short, the nail sharp, the underbill soft, and the comb thin and smooth. : ' An old hen thurkey has rough' scales on the legs, callosities on the soles of the feet. and long, sharp claws j a young' the reverse of. all these marks. When the feathers are on, the old turkey-cock has long tuft or beard, a young one but a sprout i ng one ; and when ' they are off, the smooth scales on the leg decide the point, besides the differ ence in size of the ; wattles of the." neck and in the elastic shoot' upon the nose. , An, old coose. (wen alive, is known by the rough legs, the . strength of the wings, particularly in the pinions, the thickness ' and strength of the bill, and the fineness of the feathers ; and, when plucked,, by the legs, the tenderness of th . skin underneath the wings.- bv the pinions and the bill and the coarse-.' ness of the skin. . Ducks are distinguished by the. siii no uieaus, uui uicre is ins uiuer- erice ; a duckling's bill is much longer in proportion to the breadth! of its head than the old ducks. ' ' A young pigeon is discovered by ' 1 1 : .1 , ins jraie uoior, smooin scaies, lenaey collapsed feet, and the yellow, long down interspersed among its "feath ers. A pigeon that can fly, has al ways red-colored legs, and no doubt is then too old for use. Bad "colds" are in fashion at Walla Walla. Ex-Governor John Bigler of Sacramento is dead. The Legislature has so changed the law as to give the Territory a general election next June. ' ' ' :" ' . m . 1 I . ;-' Nine-tenths of all the school-teachers in Miuwjichusetts are women. - Walla Walla is now wondering where their depot is going to bo 'sot.' 1