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L P Fisher
VOLUME V.
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M'MOO!. AYS.
A TM'K ST0I1V.
I always recall with keen relish,
the joke which Fanny Burns played
on our sehooMtuwter, It was al
together unpremeditated and invol
untary iu her part, but that made
it all tiie more enjoyable.
Mr. Charlton was very dignified,
stern at times, and prided himself
Oil the strict discipline enforced in
his school But Fanny Burns, with
her black eyes, irrepressible love of
tun and ready wit, was almost too
much Cor him.
Fanny and I were very good
friends, " 1 used to draw her home
on my sled, run races with
her, gave her dainty morsels out of
my dinner liasket, and perform va
rious other gallantries suited to our
juvenile ideas of such things. And
when we were a little older, I walk
ed home with her instead of draw
ins her, and made purchase of
oranges in lieu of bestowing on her
tarts and baked apples. Although
we saw each otlier hatore school, at
recess, at noon, and after, it inva
riably happened that during study
hours matters of sudden and vital
importai.ee would arise,. demanding
epistolary communication between
us. Notes would lie written and
passed from hai d to hand until they
reached their destinations, tor there
was a mutual agreement between
all the pupils to rfbrm such offices
secretly and faithfully. Sometimes,
indeed", we would sit near together
on opposite sides of an aisle, for
instance so that we could deliver
our missives directly to each other.
This practice of writing notes was
of course ftrongly condemned and
strictly forbidden by our teacher;
aud as Fanny and 1 were csecial
and frequent olieuders in this par
ticular, he managed to glance to
wards us many times in the course
ofadav. We were generally suc
cessful," however, in eluding his
watchfulness, but managed t ex
oliange great tmrabersbf small bits
of paper, on 'which messages were
scribbled.
But one day our hour of grief
yameor at least so I thought tor
the time being. Fanny had handed
me several notes to which, lor some
reason, 1 had neglected replying.
And soon came another neatly fold
ed, Which she reached over to me
with considerable exertion. Ac
companying it was a lead pencil,
though for what purpose I could
not imagine. ! was just reaching
over to receive it from her hand,
when a loud stern voice paralyzed
us both for an instant.
'There! Miss Burns! ;' have
cftUght you at it at last!"
Fanny's bright eyes dilated with
fright, i shrank back iu my seat,
leaving the note still in her hand
"Von will please step forward,
Miss Burns, and bring that note
with yon."
Fanny obeyed with a subdued
uir, though not without first tump
ing up her nose furtively. 1 trem
bled with apprehension, more for
her sake than my own.
''Stand up there on the stage,"
paid Mr, Charlton, sternly. life
look the note 'mm her.
"I have often spoken of this des
picable practice of writing notes,"
he said, turning so as to view Fan
ny and the whole school simultane
ously -"of its wrougi illness and bad
. imlueuee: I have given warning
repeatedly that it must not be done,
and have' threatened to visit with
severe punishment the first offense
of the kind, coming within my
knowledge. The .silly and baneful
love-tra-o with which they are till
ed should never pass between young
(Hjople. In fact iersous ot your ages
should never say to each other, by
word or letter, what you would not
be willing tiie whole world should
" 1
hear T cannot say that I am sur
prised, Miss Burns, but I am deep
ly grieved, that you should disobey
me in this instance, as you have
doubtless in many others. It be
comes my duty to make an exam
ple of you, which I shall do by mor
tifying you. I presume you would
dislike exceedingly to have me read
this note aloud to the school."
Fanny started violently, and
seemed about to speak, but checked
herself. Mr. Charlton paused, but
she was silent. I, who was watch
ing intently, noticed a curious ex
pression on her thee.
"Is there anything written in. this
note that you would lie ashamed to
have the pupils hear ?"
"No, sir," she faltered,
"i presume not," said Mr. Charl
ton, sarcastically.
Was it possible, thought I, that
Fanny's apparent difficulty in speak
ing was caused by suppressed mer
riment? tier tnce certainly indicat
ed it, tor while she bit her lip her
shoulders moved convulsively, and
there was an unmistakable sparkle
in Iter black dancing eyes. I watch
eu the proceedings with intense in
terest, "I shall read it aloud," said Mr.
Charlton, relentlessly, and some
what excited with the prospect of
making such an impression as he ex
pected to, "aud I hope it may prove
a lasting lesson to you."
He unfolded the paer with a
pompous air and held it Wore his
face.
The attention of the pupils was
almost breathless, and the hush ot
expectation was almost profound.
But instead of reading the note
Mr. Charlton looked at it with an
expression of utter astonishment.
Perplexity, dismay and anger flitted
bv turns across his face, which was
finally overspread by a violent red
flush, lie turned to Fanuv furious
ly. "Was this done to entrap me,
Miss Burns?"
"No, sir?"
The astonishment of all knew no
bounds now. '1 he scene was inex
plicable to all except the two chief
actors in it.
"What does this blank pure vf
fMMf mean ?"
An audible titter suddenly arose,
like the first pattering ot a Summer
shower The true state of the case
began to dawn upon our minds.
Fanny was using all her energies
in endeavoring to retain a sober and
respectful air toward her questioner.
"He didn't answer my note," she
said, "and so 1 was going to hand
him that piece of paer and a pen
cil to to as a sort of a hint?"
The titter novv swelled into a roar,
in an instant every buy and girl in
the sehoohoom laughed uncontroll
ably, Fanny hurried her face in
her handkerchief, and also laughed
violently, but silently. Foal aud
cheers arose, aiid it was simply im
possible to pursue further a 'serious
treatment of the school.
Mr. Charlton himself was oblig
ed to smile, h the midst of his
wrath and discomfiture, ile hand
ed the paper back to Fanny, aud
said lew word to her which none
of us could hear iu the uproar, aud
she, bowing, wont to her scat.
The funny scene ended, and all
was studious enough fbr the remain
der of that day, , and indeed lor
many days thereafter.
I well remember when we went
up to the next "grade," Mr. Chart
ton was talking to the teacher
whose department we were about
to enter.
Fanny stood near, and patting
her on the back, he said :
''This girl you will Hud, will al.
ways have her lessons, but look out
for licr, or she'll "be too much for
you. There's danger behind those
black eyes !"
ALBANY, OREGON, MARCH 21, 1S73.
If this were a "story" Fanny
would of course be my wife now,
but as it is a simple reminiscence of
real life, it doesn't end that way
Soon after our entrance into the
higher grade, Fanny discovered
charms in a youth named Smith
that far outshone mine. This threw
me into a cynical frame ot mind,
from which it took me fully two
weeks to recover. .'Then to" spite
her I went with abother girl.
Then came the breaking up of
our class, some tear, and hearty
ha i id -shaking. Tkat was a dozen
years ago, and I believe Fanny is
now the wifeof fcttian "out west''
(Such is litis !
Letter from Former Morr.viniwi.
Following letter to the N. Y. Agri-
cuitxgftt contains good, plain, homely
hints : ' '
Mh. Editor : I am not in the wav
ov writiu much for the news papers.
one i nav a wonumui rmou, ov huhk
lu, and so I like to write it out t he
bet taction l ean. 1 guess yon can
print It so as your readers will take
the sense on It. I hav always lieen a
farmer, in fat I was horn a farmer,
and my father ami mother wax With
farmers before me. I study farmiii,
anil live rite among farmers," but some
of them hav wonderful bad notions on
farmin. 1 will tell you how it goss
with them.
About a week or so ago. i met my
neighbor Allen on the road, and sez 1
tn lit m. "iihhor Allen, what do
you think iz the difference between
the nrtmotr. and those Drought over
from England?" -: HJltereuee?'' sez
he, "why. I think tle native cows,
Kich asm'v father used to raize, iz all
ahead of your English cows. The old
tasmoueo. cows are sman ami wugii,
am) It takes but little.t0 keep them,
and they don't liav Mfhe stabled aud
mused, and petted, lk your great
short-horned, a you call 'em; nuttl
would rather have the natives' any
way." Yes," sez I, "but then the natives
are small, ami when you are tired of
milkin 'em and make 'em into beef,
vou get but little beef ; and when you
offer your little calves to the butcher,
vou get only a small price ; so also if
you raize lielters or steers m sen. it is
in the same way ; and it takes as
much to keep a poor cow as a good
mi.. nw. If von irit some of thcra'cl
short horn breed from a first rate
"milkin strain,' (I believe they call
it vniir .-lives Utll t'el eh as Hindi a" in
is v.iiii- littie stunted thill!", and when
yon turn off a cow for beef, you have
somenung worm mime, ami so. n
you havtilielters or steers to sell, they
will bring you as much agaiu money,
which i worth looking alter.
A ilnv or so after. I met with neitrb-
bor Grinkie, and sez t "Neighbor,
how do you come on raisin sheep and
lambs:1 Your flock increased much the
past season ?
Not much." sez he. looking kiudy
sheenishL '"-Vl wintered thirty last
winter, BJOStly ewes, aud had about
thirty lambs hut they came m a nau
time, along hi February, and with all
the nussbi I could give 'em, I only
raised ten. And my old ones became
point, and the distemper tooR hold ov
them and a number- died. I hav'nt
much faith iu sheep."
"Yes." sez l. 'IW i-: the way it
goes. I have a hundred real nice South
DoWus. 1 wintered fifty last winter,
and I raised -fiftv lambs, and now I
have one hundred, in first-rate order.
I kept my sheep under good sheds, fed
'em roots and a little nuts, ami didn't
have .mv' lambs till the weather was
gettin warm iu the spring, and mine
increased just double"
I called iu last eveuiu to see my
nuhrhlun- WINons. and sot down in a
j cheer, and he and I had a long talk on
' farmin, an raisin critters, anil poultry,
1 ami so on.
Sez 1, -Neighbor Wilkens. do you
j git along prettv well with your hens
! and geese? Do your liens lay in win-
ter?"
i .-v.rf much " sez be. "I don't have
much faith in poultry, I think they
cost more than they eome to. 1 keep
a few. and let them take care of them
selves as best they can. They are a
great trouble any how."
"Now," sez i, "neighbor, I tell yer
what, I think liens ami chickens pay
as well as anything hi the way of fitr
min. I built a good house fur mine
aud made it tight, aud keep it clean ;
I give my liens and chick-us corn,.
hiieltu.-li.uir. ami meal boiled. eabhaffO
land apple partus chopped flue, and
1 fresh meat twice a week, and they lay
'straight through the winter, when
eggs are from 30 to 40 cents a dozen."
Koniethliig Sew in Journalism.
The New York correspondent of the
St. Louis QMn says :
The new journal, to be called the
Daily Gnttmc, which I have already
mentioned, will make its appearance
in two or three weeks. Jt is to be an
illustrated evening issue of eight ages,
and something particularly new in
journalism. The Oracle has a capital
of !r00.000, gold, mostly furnished by
Canadians. It has leased a very large
building, six stories high, iii Park
Place, and has the amplest facilities.
In connection with the paper the com
pany expect to do a large amount of
engraving anil printing by a process
altogether new, and which it calls the
Gfliilu'e. The process seems to have
been discovered and perfected iu Que
bee. and is known only to George, E.
Deshorats the proprietor of the Mon
treal liliHidttM mm By it an arti-t
can make the illustrations and have
them ready for the press as soon as a
reporter can write ii an account, so
that, if the Academy of .Music were
to burn down or the steamer Provi
dence were to blow up at her dock at
ten o'clock iu the morning, the aper
issued in the afternoon would appear
with full illustrations of the occurrence.
'Hie artist is his own engraver, anil the
rapidity of the process is extraordi
nary. The company anticipates effecting a
revolution, not only in engraving and
priutMig, but in chromo, lithography
aud eleetrotyping, and to heat the il
lustrated weeklies all hollow In furnish
ing pictorial accounts of contemporane
ous events. Its publishers declare that
they can make their daily pay with a
circulation of 10,000, though the v hope
to carry it much beyrtnd. that. News
paper men here feel a good deal of in
terest iu the novel enterprise, and won
der what it will achieve. One thing
appears certain the Graphic company
has money and means business. With
in two or three weeks, as I have said,
the paper will be out. aud we shall all
be able to judge of it for ourselves.
Tu.Bnk. j
Theduklsa foul. There aint no
doubt about this naturalists say so,
and konuuon sense teaches It.
They are bllt sumthiiig like a hen,
and are an up-and-down, flat-footed
job.
They don't kackle like the hen. nor
kro like the rooster, nor holler like a
peakok, nor scream like the goose, nor
lurk like tiie turkey ; but they tpiack
like a, root dokter, and their bill resem
bles a vetenary surgeon's.
They have a. wuven flit, and kan
float on the water az natural az a soap
bubble.
Thev are pretty mutch all feather,
and when the feathers are all removed,
and their innards out, there Iz just
about az mutch meat on them az there
iz on a ki 'Hik-necked squash that baz
gue tew seed.
Wild dnks are very good shooting
and are very good to misi also, unless
yon understand the blzness.
Yon should aiju about three foot
ahead ov them, and let them lly up to
the shot.
I hav shot at them all day. and got
nothing but a tall feather now and
then ; but this satisfied me. for i am
crazy for all kind ov sport, you know.
Tiiare are stun kind ov links that are
very hard tew kill, even if'you do hit
them. I shot, one whole atterin.on.
three years ago. at sum dekoy dnks,
ami never got ohetw them. I have
never told ov this before, aud hope no
one will repuut it- this iz sti ikly con
fldenshall. lo-h Hillings,
The Salt Like Mni?iy J:m'it".l re-j
port a lecture delivered iu that city)
by a Mr. Waiidell, who, in speaking
ivjf a Utths sM who was rescued from j
death at d;c Mountain Meadow llias-l
sacre. but wlioc neither wa.s killed j
in that ft-iirtVil slaughter, said : "She !
had recogui.ed her mother's dress on
a .Mormon woman at Cedar City. The i
ehilil was ut once su-pceled of know-'
ing too much to he permitted to live, j
A council of the priesthood was if
once called, who took her out to a
convenient place, and after consider-;
ini: her case, doomed her to die. A j
priet. who had received his endow-1
mouK was ordered then and there to
execute the sentence. He seized her. j
dashed her 11(1011 the around, planted ;
his knee, upon her abdomen, witli his ,
left band seized her by the hair, and ;
with tiie other hand drew his knife
and tot her throat."
Applications to rofllee at Washington
are very Jninierotis. Secretary pish '
received over 10(1 letter in one day. j
But few changes comparatively will be 1
made. j
pthcrla Is now prevalent at the
NO- 29.
Three hundred liberal Catholics
of Paris have united in an address
to Pore iryaciuth, urging him to
resume the pulpit. The Father
made a favorable reply, saying he
was willing to preach to those who
have resolved not to surrender to
either ultra montanism or unbelief.
The Americau Legation at Ber
lin gave a dinner on the night of
the 4th in honor of the inaugura
tion of President Grant, at which
Minister Bancroft presided. Bis
marck sat at his right and offered a
toast to the President. Bancroft
gave one to the health of the Em
peror. The body of Clarence Cole, aged
15, of Eaton, Pa., was found dead,,
hanging iu his father's garret at the
end of a rope, recently, lie was
compelled to do the washing and
ironings, dish wash and sweep and
make beds, and these duties being
distasteful, it is supposed he sought
death as a relief.
Chief Justice Chase is represented
as having change 1 from the hand
some, smooth-faced, jxrtly man of
the past, to a tall, heavy, thin man,
with a yellow beard. His mind is
clear, but his voice is weak and the
thin lips quiver from paralysis. He
is the "host of his former self.
Charleston, S. C, City Council
.hHw Wived iuvipidout
Grant to lie the guest oT the crty".
The impression gains ground in
London that Don Carlos will suc
ceed. Thiers has recognized the bcl
ligcraiit rights of Carlists in Spain.
The Senate has passed a bill es
tablishing a military prison.
The Texas ami Pacific railroad
bill has passed the .'-enate.
New York does not like her new
city" charter.
Dorsey, the new Senator from
Arkansas, is only thirty.
. -
A citizen of Helena, Montana,
was discovered in the street with
his garments on lire, in the rear, lie
he hail put a pijxj which he had been
smoking, into his coat pocket. -He
remarked that he "thought the
weather was moderatin' d -d sud
den." A Buffalo paper announces that
by the recent burning of an ice
house there, "200,000 tons of ice
were reduc d to ashes.
The rivers iu the northern part
of Maine are frozen solid down to
the liottmn, ami tiie peop'e are
blasting for fish.
. A cathedral is to be built iu the
midst of the South .African dia
mond fields.
An Iowa man lay under a snow
drift forty hours, and was dug out
sa'e audTsouud.
J, B. Norris has been appointed a
commissioner of deeds for Washington
Territory, to reside at New York city.
At Louisville, Ky., on the 10th. the
tents of the Great ivagTern Circus were
blown dbwn killing One boy a ltd injtir
hi!i another.
Gov. Kerry has commissioned John
L. Shearer notary public of Lopez
Island, Whatcom county, W. T.
The last concert given by the Old
Folks at Olymptit netted soine.fOO.