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BAKEB CITY, BAKER COUNTY,
OREGON, APRIL 7, 18h
NO. 48.
a
C orrespondence from all portions of
Eastern Oregon is solicited for the D em ocrat .
All communications, to receive attention,
must be accompanied by a responsible name.
Personal communications will be charged
as special advertisements.
United States. That provision didn’t au
thorize the Executive of his own violation
to take charge in person or by agent se
T H E 3IO N E A L E S S M A N .
Kfo
lected from the army of a State govern
Corner of Main Street and Valley Avenue, Corner Main Street and Valley Avenue
The following rare and beautiful poem ment. He declared the time had been in
Southwest Side,
BAKER CITY, OREGON,
is from the pen o f Henry Stanton, editor this country within his recollection when
B A K E R C ITY , OREGON,
S . 31. P E T T E X G I L L <fc C O ., 10 S ta te Would respectfully inform the public that
of the Maysville (Kj .) Eagle. Such gems j if an act of usurpation like this had been
attempted, it would have produced a
he has recently received a well se
Street, Boston, 37 Park Row, New York,
e e p s c o n s t a n t l y o n h a n i > of poetry are seldom met with, written by
lected and fresh Stock of
and 701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, are
a Full Assortment of all kinds of authors whose names are scarcely known | shock throughout the nation and a storm
our Agents for procuring advertisements D rugs,
Goods, consisting in part of
beyond the limits of their native village:) of indignation would have been ready to
for the B e d r o c k D e m o c r a t , in the above
. Chemicals,
DRUGS,
hurl the perpetrator from power. Now we
cities, and are authorized to contract for
Is there no place on the face of the earth see things differently. We had gone out
Paints, Oils,
MEDICINES,
advertising tour lowest rates.
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Where charity dwelleth, where virtue hath side the Constitution in a way that would
Perfum eries,
PAINTS and OILS,
birth !
bring this government to an end or change
Patent M edicines,
WINDOW GLASS,
Where bosoms in kindliness and mercy its character entirely. Again rt ferring to
J O B
W
O R K .
VARNISHES,
Soaps,
will heave,
the orders sent Sheridan, the speaker said
BRUSHES, and
W ines,
We are now prepared to do all kinds of
And the poor and the wretched shall ask here was a general of the army sent with
JOB WORK on short notice and at reasona
Brandies,
TOOT® & U $ 0 » U
and receive ?
authority to go and look over this country
ble rates.
W hiskies and
Is there no place on earth where a knock and mark himself out an empire, pre
For Medicinal Purposes.
N. B.—All Job Work MUST BE PAID
Cordials,
from the poor
FOB ON DELIVERY.
scribe the lines of his government or ter
For Medicinal purposes. Family Medi
TOILET
ARTICLES
Will
bring a kind angel to open the door ? ritory lie should control, and in which his
cines carefully prepared. Prescrip
Of Every Description.
Ah ! search the wide world wherever you power is absolute as that of an emperor.—
tions accurately compounded,
P R O F E S S I O N A L CARDS.
at ail hours of the day or
can
n8
night. Give us a call.
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Prescriptions prepared at all Hours, City There is no open door for the moneyless Where, he asked, did this power of usur
pation and tyranny coma from ? “ Upon
man.
and Country Trade Solicited.
L. O. STERNS,
T. C. HYDE,
what meat doth our Ccesar feed that he
Go look in the hall where the chandelier hath grown so great” that he can . mark
N o ta r y P u b l ic .
Best Brands, of F a m ily G roceries, To*
light
out the boundaries of empires and place
AT THE
isaecos, Cigars. «Sc., constantly on
Sterns & Elyde,
Drives off with its splendor the darkness military commanders over them. He
Hand,
at
the
Lowest
Prices.
A tto rn e y s a n d C ounselors At-Eaw ,
N EW STORE,
of night !
thought it time that the country was awa
Baker City, Oct. 7, 1874.n221y
BAKER CITY, OREGON.
Where the rich, hanging velvet, in shado kened to consider these things.
First door above the Express Office.
wy fold,
L. O. S terns will attend the Courts of the
Tlie Senator described the organization of
a d ies Fancy an d M illin e r y
Fifth Judicial District, and of Idaho and
Goods in Store, and Latest Styles receiv« J. B. GLARE) NTEK, Sweeps gracefully down With its trim the Louisiana Legislature, and declared the
Washington Territories.
mings of gold,
ed by Express every Month, and for sale at
action of the military in the case was un
Water Bights and Mining Litigation a most reasonable Prices.
Ad
mirrors
of silver take up and renew
constitutional. He would vote against the
S p e c ia l t y .
Iti long lighted vistas the -wildering view;
Collections promptly attended to.
resolution, not because it was a Republican
Dress IVXaking
Go there in your patches, and find if you
June 18, 1873.nGy
measure, but on the principle that if Presi
Done to Order, and at Short Notice by
can
dential
interference with the affairs of a
MRS. L. J. HUSTON.
A welcoming smile for the moneyless
Baker City, April 18,1874.~n51mG
State were sanctioned in this case, why not
man.
jNFew D r u g Store.
EL
Corner Drug’ Store,
J, f . WISDOM, Prosrietor,
SraaHOTY*
K
MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS,
L
ANDREW J. LAW«,
W
Attorney-at-Law,
"W e s t e r n D o t el.
B A K E R C IT Y , O R EG O N .
MAIN STREET,................................... BAKER CITY.
ILE PRACTICE IN ALL COURTS
of the State.
Baker City, Sept. 1, 1873. nl7y.
B E ID & F L E T C H E R , P rop ’r.
r p I j HIS HOUSE has been enlarged and re-
fitted, and is now the best Hotel on the
Umatilla and Idaho stage route.
Stages leave this House for above and be
low-, and also for Clark’s Creek Eldorado,
' Gem City and Sparta.
Connected with the Hotel will be found a
first class
J. M. S H E P H E R D ,
YAttorney-at-Hiaw ,
BAKER CITY, OREGON.
S. V. KNOX,
S A L O O 1ST !
Attorney at Law,
Liquors, Wines and Cigars of tho. best
quality. Phelan’s Improved Billiard Tables
all in good order.
(And Notary Public,)
W E S T O N,
o----- o
O R E G it N .
N. B.—Those indebted to either the Hotel
Will practice in the Courts of this State and
or Saloon are requested to appear at the
Washington Territory.
Captain’s office and settle.
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PECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO LAND.
Business, and Collections.
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S
J O S E P H
~
H. S H I N N ,
AND
Conveyancer,
Will attend to Conveyancing and making
ABSTRACTS OE TITLE.
Baker City, Sept. 11, 1872.
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E. W. REYNOLDS,
P U B L I C
AND
D E P U T Y U. S. M A R S H A L .
Oiïicô w itli J oliii Brattain, P ln eo B o o is
South o f B edrock D em crat office,
on side o f t h e Street-
Baker City, Sept. 3, 1873.nl7m-i
A, J, TlllliODO, 51. A. 11. D.
31. A. Queen’s University, ) Canada,
3ll 1). T rin ity U n iv e r s it y ,]
JOSEPH MANAUDAS, P rop rietor,
BAKER CITY, OREGON.
n§8ME P R O P R IE T O R ISAS B ou g h t
JL the Hotel Kestaurunt, next door to
the Post Office, formerly kept by Sicord &
Whitcomb, and has fitted the same up in
the best style as a Hotel, on the French
Restaurant Style. He is prepared to ac
commodate the Public, and is determined
to give entire satisfaction.
The House is open from five o’clock in
the morning until twelve at night, during
which time customers will be supplied
with the best of everything to be had in
the
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BakerUity, July 4 ,1874.-n0tf
Fred- .A.. BoDna’s
S A L O O I ,
Bamberger & Frank,
O ffice and Residence, at A. H. Brown’s
former residence, nearly opposite the Bed
rock Democrat Office.
Baker City, Oregon, Nov. 10, 187L-V____
B A S E R C ITY , OREGON.
¿T- IP- i L t w o o c l , M. I).
(Graduate of tho College of Physicians and
Burgeons New York and ot tlio Medical De
partment oi tlie Willamette University,)
P H Y S IC IA N AND SU RG EO N ,
Terms cash, or no patronage solicited.
Office one door north ot City Drug Store.
BAKER CITY, OREGON.
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F R E D .- A . B O H N A
YII espectfatlSy iiifopsaas tl&e c iti-
1 > esp cetiu S Iy I n f o r m th e C it-
Importer and Dealer In
Boois, Stationary, Toys, Music AM
.
FRANKLIN BOOK-STORE AND SANTA CLAUS’
H e a d q u a rte rs , F ire-p roof
Brick Building, 105 Front street, Portland,
O regon.
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U n d e r ta k e r .
CLE A V E R
Informs the Public that ho is prepared to do
All kind of work in the Undertaking Business
on short notice and at rasonable prices.
Baker City, Oct. 1 ,1873.n21tf
Q Sew ing M achines— A C.',¡rover
M & Baker, and a Florence, both new and
the very best—for sale. For particulars, en
quire at this office.
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A D VERTISIDi$}: Cheap: go o d
i l Systematic.—All persons who contem
plate making contracts with newspapers for
tiw insertion o f advertisements, should send
dr* ce“ ts Geo- P. Rowell & Co., 41 Park
Row, New York, for their PAMPHLET Book
(ninely seventh edition), containing lists o f
over 2000 newspapers and estimates, showing
the cost. Advertisements taken for leading
papers in many States at a tremendous re-
I luetion from publisher’s rates. G et the
n%
an d
R E T A IL
DEALER IN
m
T o b a c c o <& C ig a rs,
TOGETHER WITH A
General Assortment
Of all-articles in his Line, which he is selling
at L owest P rices , for the Ready Pay.
His house is located on Main Street, nearly
opposite the Bank.Block, Baker City, Oregon.
Baker City, Nov. 11, 1874.n27tf.
S. A. GAINES.
GEO. J. BOWMAN.
GAINES & BOWMAN,
Formerly kept by John Eppinger, and that
they are prepared to furnish customers with
the best of
Single or Double Turn-outs,
Either night or day, with or without drivers,
at the very lowest rates. First class Saddle
Horses on hand. Horses boarded and the
best of care bestowed. We keep nothing bm
the best of Stock and Buggies.
Our stable is at the upper end of Main
Street, Baker City, Oregon.
Come and see us, Everybody, and we will
do our best to please you.
KILBURN & PERKINS.
February 10, 1874.-n40tf
LIVERY STABLE
Livery Stable
In E a s t e r n O r e g o n ,
Where they will carry on the Livery Busi
ness in all its branches.
STOCK BOUGHT AND SOLD,
Baker City, Nov. 13, 1872. nlStf
His hundreds and thousands of silver and
gold;
W
We are now fully prepared to complete any
Buggies or Wagons
On short notice, and we can say we have the
Very Best of Workmen in our employ.
Every one wanting a Buggy or Wagon will
save time and money by giving us a call and
examining our work for themselves.
H o r s e “ s lio e ln s .
W AGON
M A K IN G ,
T u
X carried on by the Undersigned, at their
Shop, at the
Head of Main Street,
BAKER
CITY,
O R E
G
O N,
He will do as good work, at as reasonable
Prices, as any other Shop in the Country.
3? 1 o w s
Manufactured to order.
S. B. McCORD.
Baker City, Feb. 10, 1874.n40tf
Buy Your Lumber at the
Old, Reliable
E b e l B s O ld M ill.
E H A V E R E F IT T E D T H E
W
Mill and make the best Lumber in
the county, at prices to suit the times.
Any bills left at our Mill receive as prompt
attention in the future as in the past. We
saw everything from a Lath to the Heaviest
Timbers.
Clear and seasoned Lumber always on
hand.
Bills left with J. W. Wisdom will receive
immediate attention. By strict attention to
business, we hope to receive our share of
public patronage.
An unlimited amount of Grain taken in
exchange ior Lumber.
ELLIOTT & VAN PATTEN.
March 1 1874.-n34tf.
"W anted,
O A
A A A
Then go to your hovel—no raven has fed
The wife who has suffered so long for her
bread ?
Kneel down by her pallet and kiss the
death frost
From the lips, o f the angel your poverty
lost—
Then turn in your agony upward to G o f,
And bless while it smites you, the chast
ening rod;
And you’ll find at the end of your life’s lit
tle span,
»
There’s a welcome above for a moneyless
man.
A N D Y JGJÏNSON’ S SPEECH.
rions Brus
GRIEß & KELLOGG
H aving com pleted their New Stable,
have now the finest and best regulated
Go look in the banks, where Mammon
has told
Mannfacturers of B®its & Waps,
& PERKINS
JA i izens of Baker City and County, and
the Public generally, that they have pur
chased the
Go look to your judges, in dark flowing
gown,
With scales wherein law weigheth equity
down ;
Where he frowns on the weak and smiles,
on the strong,
And punishes right, while he justifies
wrong;
Where jurors their lips on the Bible have
laid;
To render a verdict they’ve already made;
Go there in the court-room and find if you
can,
Any law for the cause ofa moneyless man.
Where safe.from the hands of the starving
and poor,
D la c k s m itlis
Lie piles upon piles of the glittering ore;
Walk up to the counter—ah, there you
AND
may stay,
Till your limbs hare grown old and your
liair turns gray,
12 A R E G E T T I N G O U R T I M B E R
And you will find at the bank not one of
direct from St. Louis, Mo., and none
the clan,
but the very best is Purchased, we are there
With
money to lend to a moneyless man.
fore prepared to Warrant all our work.
AND
S J M’C O R M Ick,
® ° 0K-
P A P LEVINS,
W H O LESALE
Os-
One of the Finest and Best
LIVERY STABLE
J. W.
and is prepared to do all kinds of work in
his line of business.
Waltham and Elgin Watches at Factory
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Prices
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S l a c k s m it h in s:
Designs and Specifications Furnished.
Estimates Made. Terms Liberal.
Baker City, Nov. 17, 1874.
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WATCHES, CLOCKS JEWELRY,
W in e s , L iq u o r s iiud C igars.
To be found in the City. “ Fred” will be
pleased at? all times to have his friends give
him a call.
FRED. A. BOI1NA.
Baker City, Jan. 20, 1875. n39tf
BAKER CITY, OREGON.
Stock of
JLV zens of Baker City and the Public
Special attention is paid to Horse Shoeing.
generally, that he has purchased the inter
All repair work done on short notice. We
est ot Bob. McCord in the above
are thankful for past Patronage, and still
solicit a continuance.
S A L O O N ,
GAINES & BOWMAN.
Baker City, March 11,1874.-n44tf
Where will always be found tho very best
B illia r d T a b le s
J o lm F . C lio r d ,
Carpenter and Joiner,
NEW SPAPERS,
.
AT THE OLD StAND OF
1854.
P liy sicim s, S u rg e o n , & c .
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ESTABLISHED IN BAKER CITY IN 1867,
Keeps .constantly on hand a well assorted
cl o
F R A N C E ,
Notary Public
N O T A E Ï
HOTEL R M B A S I
W A TCH M AK ER AND JE iV E L E B ,
Go look in yon church of the cloud-reach
ing spire,
Which gives back to the sun his same look
of fire,
Where the arches and columns are gorge
ous within,
And the western hills look as a soul with
out sin;
Go down the long aisle—see thb rich and
the great,
In the pomp and the pride of their world
ly estate,
Walk down in youi patches, and find if
you can,
Who opens his pew for the moneyless
man.
Pounds o f W h eat
O D . y 3 v .1 y / at the B edrock D emo
crat Office immediately, for which the high
est Cash priec wilibe allowed.
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' W ood W anted.
K A C o rd o f W o o d W a n t e d a t
the B edrock D emocrat Office imme
diately, for which the highest Cash price
will be allowed.
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Telejyi-sijsiiie S ynopsis o f S en ator
J o h n s o n ’.-* Speech on the L ou isian a
R esolu tion in the Senate’ s E xtra
Session.
W a s h i n g t o n , March 22.—At 12:10 P. M.,
Johnson, of Tennessee , took the floor:
He first referred to the trouble in the
Tennessee Legislature in 1868 and the ac
tion of the Federal Government at that
time, the instruction to Gen Thomas, in
command-of the Federal forces, to strictly
abstain from any interference. In quoting
the dispatch conveying such instruction
to Gen. Thomas he said the dispatch was
signed by the Secretary of War and the
present President.
He declared it was
not his intention to give utterance to a
single personal matter, but to speak of
public acts. He then referred to the re
moval of Gen. Sheridan from the com
mand of the Fifth Military District in 1867,
and said it was in consequence of a wail
which came up from the people of that
section. Why was it that this man Sheri
dan had been selected to go back to these
people who before condemned him and
prayed for his removal ? He (Johnson)
knew the deetrmination the people sought.
Their greatest object was to be restored to
the Union. He would tell some of those
who were acting behind the curtain that
if they expected to stir up another civil
war and amid the war-cry and strife have
one ride into power for the third term,
then they might bid farewell to liberty.—
[Applause in the galleries.]
He then proceeded to argue at length
against the third term. In speaking of
gift-taking by U. S. officials, he said this
question would be just as legitimate sub
ject to consider here to-day as the one now
under consideration. Returning to the
action of the President in Louisiana affairs
he referred to the provision of the Consti
tution that the United States shall guar
antee every State in the Union a Republi
can form of government, and said he
didn’t understand the President to be the
apply it to all others? He referred to and
denounced the action ot the President in
Arkansas affairs, and speaking of the growth
of Federal power as evinced in the action
in Louisiana and Arkansas affairs, the Force
Bill and tho pending resolution, he declared
there must be something behind all this,
and continued. “ We can only look at it in
the light of events that will transpire in the
approaching Presidential election, when we
may have a conqueror and usurper installed
in the government, and he has gone on ex
tending his military power until he has ac
complished his purpose. The time may
come when some member of tho other
House may introduce a resolution like this:
‘ W h ereas , A great disturbance and dissatis
faction exists in the country, and for the
sake of the preservation of peace and harmo
ny in the country, R esolved , That A. or B.
is declared ‘President.’ I don’t care wheth
er you call him King or President, for the
next term or the next eight years. What
would you do then ? Where is the power to
prevent, and where is the army, and where
is the navy ? What could you do iu the im-
potency and weakness of an unarmed people
when brought in contact with armed force ?
Wo well know we would he powerless. And
I to-day, in the presence o f this Senate,
warn the people against the approaching
danger, I tell my countrymen, Mr. Presi
dent, that empire is ahead, and that instead
of having a free and Republican Government
now, ami have a kind of government which
is called a Statocracy. There is a military
government where the country is ruled by a
military chieftain, and where the army is
the power. That is the government you
have now.”
He appealed to the people to arouse them
selves against corruption, against profligacy,
against usurpations. The administration is
trying to overthrow the government. Let
every effort be made to sustain the govern
ment and eject from power the corrupt and
usurping ruler. Instead of this resolution
he would say‘to the President in the lan
guage of .Cato to the Embassador of Caesar,
“ go tell the Emperior to disband his legions
and restore the liberties of the people.” He
tvould tell this dictator to stop iris encroach
ments upon tho Constitution and brii^;
peace to the country, Let him do this, and
the speaker tvould mount the rostrum and
strive to gain from the people his pardon
for the violations of the Constitution and all
his transgressions.
He concluded as follows: ‘ ‘Let us forget
what has been heretoiore. Let us lay aside
personal differences. Let us lay aside party
discipline. Let us give np our parties for
our country, and lay them on the altar in
defence of the Constitution. (Applause in
the galleries checked by the President pro.
tem.)
LATE NEWS.
We take the following news summary
from the Owyhee Avalanche o f March 29:
Gold stood at 116)4 in New York at noon
on Saturday.
Legal tenders in San Francisco buying at
87)4 and selling at 88.
The Michigan Legislature has passed a
bill to the effect that the Civil Rights law
does not interfere with the State’s .power
to control inns, theatres. & c.
D. L. Love, editor of the Citizen, shot
and killed L. A. Middleton, editor of the
Times, at West Point, Miss., last Thurs
day.
Treasurer Spinner has nominated Col.
Frank Jones to be Cashier of the Treasury
in place of Wyman appointed Assistant
Secretary.
In Chicago on Saturday a Civil Rights
case was decided by the U. S. Commission
er against two negroes who were treated
with discrimiiiation in a restaurant.
Affairs in Spain are still mixed, and the
end cannot be foreseen.
Senator Morton fears tjfiat the South in
tends to inauguraXe another rebellion.
Vice President Wilson does not conceal
the Jact that he is a candidate for the
Presidency.
In the Virginia Senate on Saturday Sen
ator Graham was expelled for complicity
in the sale of a Naval Cadetship.
Laborers and miners on a strike at Lo
cust Gap, Pa., recently burned tho depot
and telegraph office o f the Reading R. R*
Co., there.
One square or less, one insertion,........ $2 50
Each additional insertion,. . . . . . . . . .........1 Off
One square three m o n t h s , . . -----6 00
Business Advertisements by the month—
Quarter column.............. . ........... .
$6 00“
Half column, .............. .................. . . 10 00
One colum n,............., ....................... .15 00
Ten per cent, additional on advertisements
to which a special position is guaranteed.
BS^The spare of one Inch, np and down
the column, constitutes a square.
Is. B.—All debts due this office are payable
in Coin, unless otherwise expressly agreed.
A Territory must have 130,533inhabitant#
before it can become a State. Idaho lack»
about 114,000
The new Directory of the Pacific Mall
have advanced their passenger rates from
8100 to $138 for first eabin from New Y'ork
to San Francisco1
It is reported that Senator Booth is very
much disappointed with Washington and
the Senate, and disgusted alike with both
democrats and republicans. Ho voted
with the former on the Louisiana ques
tion.
The wife of the would-be Senator Pinch
beck, although classed as a colored wo
man , is rather whiter and purer blooded
than the average Louisianian.
The Senatorial expedition to Mexico is
now said to1 contemplate tho annexation to
tlie United States of Chihuahua, Cohahula
Chinaloa and other states with parts o f
Tamaulapas, Fotasio, Lower California,
&c., embracing in all 438/W square miles
of Territory, with a population o f 1,500,000,
only one-third of whom are Whites.
The Tod 1 county Ku-Klux o f Kentucky
recently attempted the assassination o f
the James brothers ofMissoUri, but failed
in their praiseworthy effort.
O I K O L IV E (R E E K
LEYTEH.
O l i v e C r e e k , M arch 24th, 1875.
E d it o r D e m o c r a t : —I have just return
ed from a visit in the Jonathan Days yal*
ley. Times are pretty hard out there, and
grass is mighty short I tell you. Cattle are
dying very fast for want of feed, for there
is not a pound of hay to be bad above Can
yon City for love or money, and it is iho’ t
that over one-half of the stock in tho val
ley will die before tlie snow goes off, so
they can get in the hills for grass, as there
is no grass in the valley at all, - even if the
snow was off.
AY'ood is a very scarce article ini Prairie
City now, as it is impossible for teams to
get to it, and still everybody seems to be
happy.
The Grangers gave a ball on the 19th,
and had a good time. The Odd Fellows
are to have a Celebration and Ball on the
26th of April, Win. Harrison is to deliver
the Oration.
Prof. Davis is teaching singing school
three nights in the week at Prairie City.—
He has over fifty scholars. When they
all got to practicing, and the hungry cows
to bawling, it makes it interesting. Every
body is learning to sing, even Bill Coxens
is learning his dog to sing. “ Music hath
charms."
We have got nine feet of snow in Robin
son villo, and still it comes down as if win
ter had just set in. The most of the minors
will be willing to rest when the water faiii
this season.
W ell, I think I have said enough for this
time, for perhaps my way of spelling won’t
exactly suit you—allow me to say right
here that I have a way of my own, and I
am under no obligations to Webster or
any body else for my spelling.
I am a self-made fool of the times; I am
glad Frank Leslie knows nothing of me,
for if he did he would want my picture
and my history to publish to the world,
and rather than have him publish my his
tory I will give it to you. I am a foreigner
by birth , that is, I was cradled in Arkan
sas, slept in the trundle-bed in Missouri,
and slept with the big boys in California;
but in Oregon, unfortunately, I have to
sleep alone. I am between twenty-five
and thirty years old, between six and seven
feet long, weigh upwards ofa right smart
chance when fat, got more cheek than
money, and try to live on the interest o
what I owe. Now, if any o f your young
lady readers want to know any more about
Long Jim he is dead on the marry, and
says, “‘ Lord, any before none !”
Yours, Ac.,
LONG JIM.
A n O u tra g e .
Tlie Lewiston Northerner, says, the re
mission by Congress of the seventy-five
thousand dollar impost duty on the diamond
jewelry presented by the Khedive of Egypt
to Mrs. Minnie Sherman-Fitcb, is an out
rage upon the American people which they
can illy afford to pass without rebuke. Not
that seventy-five thousand dollars is an
amount of money the want of which will
make any perceptible difference in the final»,
cos of the Government, but the precedent
is of such a dangerous, character, as tending
to aristocracy, that “ it is time that the sharp,
extreme medicine of the Constitution was
administered.” It is true thatperhaps thoro
was no technical violation of the Constitu-
tution, but there was a violation of its spirit
to as great an extent as though a title of no
bility had been granted, for it is an acknowl
edgement that Minnie Sherman-Fitch is no
bler than most other women, whereas, the
theory of our Government is that she is no
better than the humblest washer-woman or
kitchen girl in the land. No doubt Mrs,
Fitch is a nice lady and that it was of no
Small importance to be singled out by the
Khedive in this extravagant and luxurious
manner, but there are thousands of more da-
serving objects of Government solicitude.
Widows and orphans, made destitute by the
late war, have often appealed for their jnst
rights only to be answered with contempt,
and thousands of poor ntkl destitute in our
large cities are starving for bread, and yet
no one expects the public treasury to be
opened to their wants. The fault is with
the people. If they perm it these acts o f
profligacy and partiality to the aristocracy to
pass unrebuked they may expect that pover
ty and humble parentage will be, at no dis
tant day, branded as a crime and that this
Government, founded by poor men for poor
and rich alike, will become a nation of aris-
tocracv instead of remaining “‘the land o f
the free and the home of the brave.”
It is the high price of slate pendili
that is driving the saloon koepartr
to the poor house.