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WEEKLY CORVALLIS GAZETTE
COIALLIS, - - AUGUST 8, 1879.
OUT OF WORK.
A pair of feet grown weary,
Seeking for work all da v ;
A pair of idly folded bands,
Upon my Up to lay :
A heart from which all hope is fled,
, My God, bow far away !
4 I wait the battle for my bread
That comes with dawn of day.
A pair of eyes grown weary
Looking so far beyond,
Seeking, amidst the crowds I meet,
The face ol some kind friend.
Seeking, but never finding
Wishing life's battle through :
Great Heaven 1 to be a stranger
And have no work to do !
A heart and soul grown weary
Of turmoil, strife and pain ;
An arm and spirit willing
To work, but a:l in vain.
Oh, where shall I seek shelter
When darkness comes again?
Oh, for one gleam of sunshine
Through storm and cloud and rain 1
ONLY JONES.
The officers of Her Majesty's Twenty
Fourth and Eighty-Fourth Infantry were
sitting around their mess table, in Cas
tletown, the capital of the Isle of Man,
one evening more than thirty years ago
that is, all of them except one; but
then, that was only Jones. Nobody
minded Jones; even his peculiarities
had begun to be an old subject for
"chaffing," and, indeed, he had paid
such small attention to their "chaffing"
that they had come to find it little pleas
ure, and, after some weeks of discomfort,
Lieutenant Jones had been allowed to
choose his own pleasures without much
interference.
These were not extravagant. A favor
ite book, a long walk in all kinds of
weather, and a sail when the weather
was favorable. He would not drink he
said it hurt his health; he would not
shoot he said it hurt his conscience;
and he did not care to flirt or visit the
belles of the capital he said it hurt his
affections. Once Captain De Reuzy lisp
ingly wondered whether it was possible
to "hurt his honor," and Jones calmly
answered, that "it was not possible for
Captain De Reuzy to do so."
Indeed, Jones constantly violated all
these gentlemen's ideas of proper be
havior, but, for some reason or other, no
one brought him to account for it. It
was easier to shrug their shoulders and
call him "queer," or say, "it was only
Jones," or even to quietly assert his cow
ardice. One evening, Colonel Underwood was
discussing a hunting party for the next
day. Jones walked into the room, and
was immediately accosted:
"Something new, Lieutenant. I find
there are plenty of hare on the Island,
and we mean to give puss a run to-morrow.
I have heard you are a good rider;
willyou join us ?"
"You must excuse me, Colonel; such
a thing is neither in the way of duty, nor
my pleasure."
"You forget the honor the Colonel
does you, Jones," said young Ensign
Powell.
"I thank the Colonel for his courtesy,
but I can see no good reason for accept
ing it. I am sure my horse will not ap
prove of it; and I am sure the hare will
not like it; and I am not a good rider.
Therefore I should not enjoy it."
"You need not be afraid," said the
Colonel, rather sneeringly; "the country
is quite open, and these low Manx walls
are easily taken."
"Excuse me, Colonel, I am afraid. If
I should be hurt, it would cause my
mother and sisters very great alarm and
anxiety. I am much afraid of doing
this."
"What was to be done with a man so
obtuse regarding conventionalities, and
who boldly asserted bis' cowardice ? The
Colonel turned away, half contemptu
ously, and Ensign Powell took Jones'
place.
The morning proved to be a very bad
one, with the prospect of a rising storm ;
and, as the party gathered in the bar
rack yard, Jones said earnestly to his
Colonel:
"I am afraid, sir, you will meet with a
severe storm."
"I think so, Lieutenant; but we prom
ised to dine at Gwynne Hall, and we
shall get that far, at any rate."
So they rode rather gloomily away in
the rain. Jones attended to the military
duties assigned him, and then, about
noon, walked seaward. It was hard
work by this time to keep his footing on
the narrow quay; but, amid the blinding
spray and mist, he saw quite a crowd of
men going rapidly toward the great
shelving Scarlet Rocks, a mile beyoxd
the town. He stopped an old sailor, and
asked
" Is anything wrong? "
"A little steamer, sir, off the Calf of
Man. She is driving this way, an' in
deed I fear she will be ta rocks afore ta
night."
Jones stood still a moment, and then
followed the crowd as fast as the storm
would let him. When he joined them
they were gathered on the summit of a
huge cliff, watching the doomed craft.
She was now within sight, and it was
evident that her seamen had almost lost
all control of her. She-must, ere long,
be flung by the waves upon the jagged
rocks toward which she was driving. In
the lulls of the wind, not only the boom
ing of the minute guns, but also the
shouts of the imperiled crew, could be
heard.
"What can be done?" said Jones to
an old man, whose face betrayed the
strongest emotion.
" Nothing, sir, I am afraid. If she'd
managed to rount ta rocks, she would
have gone to pieces on ta sand, and there
are plenty of men who would have risked
life to save life. But how are we to reach
them from this height ? "
" How far are we above water ? "
" This rock goes down like a wall forty
fathoms, sir."
" What depth of water at the foot ? "
" Thirty feet or more."
"Good. Have you plenty of light
strong rope ? "
" Much as you want, sir. But let me
tell you, sir, you can't live three min
utes down there; ta first wave will dash
you on to ta rocks, and dash you to
pieces. Plenty of us would put you
down, sir, but you can't swim if you do
get down."
" Do you know, old man, what surf
swimming is ? I have dived through the
surf at Nukuheva."
" God bless you, sir. I thought no
white man could do the same."
While this conversation was going on
Jones was divesting himself of all super
fluous clothing, and cutting out the
sleeves of his heavy pea-jacket with his
pocket-knife. This done, he passed some
tight strong rope through them. The
men watched him with eager interest,
and, seeing their inquisitive looks, he
said:
"Tne thick sleeves will prevent the
rope cutting my body."
" Ay, ay, sir. I see now what you are
doing."
" Now, men, I have only one request;
give me plenty of rope as fast as I draw
on you. When I get on board, you
know how to make a cradle, I suppose ? "
" Ay, ay, sir. But how are you going
to reach the water ? "
" I am going to plunge down, I have
dived from the mainyard of the Ajax
before this. It was as high a leap."
He passed a double coil of the rope
around his waist, examined it thoroughly
to see that there was plenty to start with,
and saying, " Now, friends, stand out of
the way, and let me have a clear start,"
he raised his bare head one moment
toward heaven, and, taking a short run,
leaped, as if from the springboard of a
plunge bath.
Such an anxious crowd as followed
that leap! Great numbers, in spite of
the dangerous wind, lay flat on their
breasts and watched him. He struck the
water at least twenty-five feet beyond the
cliff, and disappeared in its dark, foamy
depth. When he rose to the surface he
saw just before him a gigantic wave, but
he had time to breathe, and before it
reached him he dived below its center.
It broke in passionate fury upon the
rocks, but Jones was far beyond it. A
mighty cheer from the men on shore
reached him, and ho now began in good
earnest to put his Pacific experience into
practice.
Drawing continually on the men for
more rope which they paid out with
deafening cheers he met wave after
wave in the same manner, diving under
them like an otter, and getting nearer the
wreck with every wave, really advanc
ing, however, more below the water than
above it.
Suddenly the despairing men onboard
heard a clear, hopeful voice:
" Help at hand, Captain! Throw me
a buoy.
And in another minute or two Jones
was on deck, and the cheers of the little
steamer were echoed by the cheers of the
crowd on land. There was not a moment
to be lost;he was breaking up fast; but
it took but a few moments to fasten a
cable to the small rope and draw it on
board, and then a second cable, and the
cammunication was complete.
"There is a lady here, sir," said the
Captain, "we mu.st rig a chair for her;
she can never walk that dangerous
rope."
" But we have not a moment to waste,
or we may all be lost. Is she very
heavy ? "
"A slight little thing; half a child."
" Bring her here."
This was no time for ceremony; with
out a word, save a few sentences of direc
tion and encouragement, he took her
under his left arm, and, steadying him
self by the upper cable, walked on the
lower with his burden safely on shore.
The crew rapidly followed, for in such
moments of extremity the soul masters
the body and all things become possible.
There was plenty of help waiting for
the half -dead seamen; and the lady, her
father, and the Captain had been put in
the carriage of Braddon and driven rap
idly to his hospitable hall. Jones, amid
the confusion, disappeared; he had
picked up an oil-skin coat and cap, and
when every one turned to thank their
deliverer he was gone. No one knew
him; the sailors said they believed him
to be "one of the military gents by his
rigging," but the individuality of the
hero had troubled no one until the dan
ger was over. In an hour the steamer
was driven on the rocks and went to
pieces; and, it being now quite dark,
every one went home.
The next .day the hunting party re
turned from Gwynne Hall, the storm
having compelled them to stop all night
and at dinner that evening the wreck and
the hero of it were the theme of every
one's conversation.
" Such a plucky fellow," said Ensign
Powell. "I wonder who he was?
Gwynne says he was a stranger, perhaps
one of the crowd staying at the Abbey."
" Perhaps," says Captain Marks, "it
was Jones."
" Oh, Jones would be too afraid of his
mother."
Jones made a little satirical bow, and
said, pleasantly: " Perhaps it was Pow
ell;" at which Powell laughed and said,
" Not if he knew it."
In a week the event had been pretty
well exhausted; especially as there was
to be a great dinner and ball at Braddon,
and all the officers had invitations. This
ball had a peculiar interest, for the
young lady who had been saved from the
wreck would be present, and rumors of
her riches and beauty had been rife for
several days. It was said the little
steamer was her father's private yacht,
and that he was a man of rank and in
fluence. Jones said he should not go to the din
ner, as either he or Saville must remain
for evening drill, and that Saville loved
a good dinner, while he cared very little
about it. Saville could return in time
to let him ride over about 10 o'clock and
see the dancing. Saville rather won
dered why Jones did not take his place
all the evening, and felt half injured at
his default. But Jones had a curiosity
about the girl he had saved. To tell the
truth, he was nearer in love than he had
ever been with a woman, and he wished
in calm blood to see if she was as beauti
ful as his fancy had painted her during
those awful minutes that he had held
her high above the waves.
As he passed, the squire remembered
that he had not been to dinner, and
stopped to say a few courteous words,
and introduced his companion.
"Miss Conyers."
" Lieutenant Jones."
But no sooner did Miss Conyers hear
Lieutenant Jones' voice than she gave a
joyful cry, and clapping her hands to
gether said:
" I have found him! Papa! papa! I
have found him! "
Never was there such an interruption
to a ball. The company gathered in ex
cited groups, and papa knew the Lieu
tenant's voice, and the Captain knew it,
and poor Jones, unwilling enough, had
to acknowledge the deed and be made a
hero of.
It was wonderful, after this night,
what a change took place in Jones' quiet
way. His books and boat seemed to
have lost their charm, and as for walks,
they were all in one direction, and ended
at Braddon Hall. In -about a month
Miss Conyers went away, and then Jones
began to haunt the postman, and to get
pretty little letters, which always seemed
to take a great deal of answering.
Before the end of the winter he had an
invitation to Conyers' to spend a month,
and a furlough being granted, he started
off in great glee for Kent. Jones never
returned to the Eighty-fourth. The
month's furlough was indefinitely
lengthened in fact he sold out, and en
tered upon a diplomatic career, under
the care of Sir Thomas Conyers.
Eighteen months after the wreck Col.
Underwood read aloud at the mess a
description of the marriage of Thomas
Jones, of Milford Haven, to Mary, only
child and heiress of Sir Thomas Conyers,
of Conyers Castle, Kent. And a para
graph below stated that " the Honorable
Thomas Jones, with his bride, had gone
to Vienna on diplomatic service of great
importance."
" Just his luck," said Powell.
"Just his pluck," said Underwood;
" and for my part when I come across
one of those fellows again that are afraid
of hurting their mothers and sisters, and
not afraid to say so, I shall treat him as
a hero just waiting his opportunity.
Here is the Honorable Thomas Jones
and his lovely bride. We are going to
India, gentlemen, next month, and I am
sorry the Eighty-fourth has lost Lieu
tenant Jones, for I have no doubt what
ever he would have stormed a fort as he
boarded the wreck."
Items of Interest..
Weston has not been made a LL. D.
Paradise was not a city, but a garden.
The latest shade of brown is Chastine.
Thurlow Weed patronizes the Cat
skills. It is now Zachariah Chandler LL. D.
A nominal fee is about half the pro
ceeds. The Chinese never wear gloves, and yet
tney do not go.
Murat HalRtead calls "Pinafore" John
Smith of operas.
Mr. Vance is evidently regarded as the
Sitting bulldozer.
Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt has bought a
Lan'lseer for 6000 guineas.
The Congressmen are running for home.
"Go as you please."
Who ever knew an actor or singer to
dodge an advertising dodge.
The working classes of East London do
do not, as a rule, go to church.
The sweet singer of Michigan ought al
so to have been made a LL. D.
Heaven has no fan. Free Press. But
the other place has fandangoes.
Tom Taylor, of London Punch, receives
a hundred letters every morning.
Ex-Senator Dorsey will start a Repub
lican newspaper at Little Rock, Ark.
Richard A. Proctor, the astronomer,
once made a chart including 324,000 stars.
If we may believe the Chicago Tribune,
1880 will be here before Mr. Tilden ar
rives. The Philadelphia Item's detective finds
that mail hairdressers often dye old
maids.
The Cincinnati Gazette is of the opinion
that Ajax could not have defined Jersey
lightning.
Alcott's summer School of Philosophy
opened at Concord about the middle of
this month.
Trollope considers Thackery's "Rebecca
and Rowena" to be the best of buries
quers. Tilden's friends are like the man's wife
who did not care which won the man or
the barM.
The Milwaukee News says that Tom
Ewing was born a leader. Did he lead
from a long suit.
A colored clergyman of Virginia exten
sively raises chickens. He raises them off
his neighbor's roosts.
There were 835 noble works of art ex
hibited by the lady artists in London at
a recent exhibition.
Personal.
Secretary Sherman will leave Wash
ington next Monday for Maine, where
he intends to deliver several speeches,
including one at Portland, on the 23d
inst. He may also before his return
southward address the Boston Board of
Trade.
The council for Mrs. Bagot in the
famous Irish will case objected to having
the case" re-tried at any town on the
home circuit, because there was none
having sufficient accommodation for all
the witnesses. The lawyers on the other
side proposed an encampment on the
race course.
In reply to a letter of inquiry from the
editor of the Panola (Miss.) Star, re
garding the published statement that the
name of Jefferson Davis would be pre
sented to the Mississippi Legislature as
a candidate for the United States Senate,
Mr. Davis -writes: "Yon irmv AnntmrliM
it positively and by authority."
The death of Baron Rothschild will be
a profitable event to the British ex
chequer. The probate duty will amount
to no less than 88,500 (9442,500) . The
duty is 13,500 on the first million and
15,000 for every million afterward. It
is payable, however, only on personalty
within the English jurisdiction.
A young Creek Indian, who is being
educated at the University at Wooster
Ohio, took the first Latin prize, a gold
medal, for best scholarship during senior
preparatory year, and for best examina
tion for entrance to freshman class, at
the commencement. There were nearly
sixty students in the class.
Garibaldi, whose health is much im
proved, will pass the summer in the en
virons of Naples. It is probable that he
will obtain the decree declaring the nul
lity of the marriage with Signora Rai
mondi, and that queerly enough because
the rules laid down by the Council of
Trent governed the law of Lombardy at
the time.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, the
Duke and Duchess of Edinburg and the
Duke and Duchess of Connaught on
Monday attended the fete and fancy fair
at the Royal Albert Hall, London,' for
the benefit of the French Hospital and
other benevolent institutions in London.
It is estimated that 6000 have already
been realized.
The Duke of Argyll is having atrocious
portraits printed in Canada papers. It is
not known whether he will have Beacons
field sent over the army and massacre
the editors or merely bring actions for
libel against the publishers
Numerous There are now in the Mas
sachusetts prisons nearly 4100 prisoners,
357 of whom are at the Sherborn, 770 at
Concord, and something more than 2000
in the county prisons.
A lady was recently appointed Professor
of Domestic Science in the Illinois State
Industrial School.
Arnold, the Traitor.
THE HOUSE WHBBE HE LIVED IN NEW HAVEN
A SECRET STAIRCASE AND A PECULIAR
CELLAR.
New Haven Register.
Just before the revolutionary war, and
during the first part of it, Benedict Arnold
lived in this city. The house in which he
resided is standing on Water street, the
third door below Olive. It is one of the
most interesting places th at people can
visit on the Fourth, for it must be remem
bered that while he lived there the great
American traitor was a true patriot. It
was there that he organized the Govern
or's Foot Guard, and lent all his energies
against Great Britain. If we cannot for
get that he tried to sell this country for
British gold, let us remember that he lost
a leg in defense of the American Repub
lic, and bury that with honor while we
consign his" Body to everlasting infamy.
Time has already harrowed his name.
The traitor who died in a London garret,
and of whom Talleyrand exclaimed : "Ar
nold, the traitor !" as he sank into a
chair at the announcement of the visitor,
has a memory that the, lowliest of man
kind never envied.. The house in which
the American General lived is a frame
building two stories in height, with dor
mer windows. It is in a dilapidated con
dition, but the evidence of past respecta
bility is not entirely obliterated. The
spacious halls and rooms remain, although
tne grounds, which extended to Arnold's
drug store on Fair street, are sadly cir
cumscribed by the pressing demands of a
modern lumber yard. Piles of lumber
peer into the rooms where the druggist
ate his meals and compounded his medi
cines. The front yard is devoted now to
beds of flowers.
This morning a visitor to the building,
which is used as a boarding and lodging
house, looked up at the building with that
feeling of reverence wnicn ougnt to in
spire one in gazing upon anything that
has attained the age of 130 years. He
lifted the latch the same latch perchance
that Benedict himself lifted when return
ing for his evening meal and saun
tered through the small yard to the front
door. There could be no doubt that the
portico was the ancient one. The pil
lars declared that from their ancient ap
pearance. The door was the same that
the colonists opened many times. Per
haps it was at this door that he left for
the last time beiore bartering witn nis
country's enemies. The knocker is miss
ing and a modern bell one of those
clanging monstrosities attached to tne
middle of the door usurps its place. No
one answered the impatient summons,
but the door opened almost to the touch,
and the visitor entered, passing into the
spacious rooms which had lost their mag'
nificent appointments at the hand of
Time, the despoiler. After a brief period
he retired to the side door and there met
the lady of the house, Mrs. John Nichols,
who is possessed of the spirit of the anti
quarian in a remarkable degree. She is
not a native of this city, neither of this
State, but still the lite of .Benedict Arnold
had strong attractions for her as one in
terested iu the history of the United
States. She came here from Fentisyl
vania and took the house as a residence,
because, among other things, there was a
history connected with it. She is imag
inative, but not unpleasantly so. The
other day a lady was looking through the
house and seemed to shrink, during the
entire visit, as if afraid of the shades of
departed ancestors, "How do you live
here?" she asked Mrs. Nichols ; I should
be afraid that Benedict Arnold would
spring up in every room." Mrs. Nichols
replied that she was not afraid that such
things would occur.
Mrs. Nichols took the visitor this morn
ing over the entire house, from cellar to
attic, and the trip was a very pleasant
one.
First, as to the cellar. 'It is a huge
thing, about twice as high as cellars are
nowadays. The first floor, oak timbers,
are conspicuous. They are supposed to
be as sound as when they were put in,
130 or more years ago, by L J. Trow
bridge, far' whom the house was built.
He disposed of it to Arnold. It has an
additional attraction, in that Noah Web
ster, the great lexicographer, once lived
in it. Under each of the huge chimneys
is an arched place, that they may have
used for a wine-cellar. In the front part
of the cellar are two large incloeures
built of brick. These may have been
used for the storage of valuables.
There are three stairways into the cellar
one from the outside, another about in
the center, and a third toward the rear.
As one enters at the rear stairway he
alights in an apartment much higher than
the bottom of the main cellar. At one
end of it is a large fireplace and oven. It
is supposed to have been used by slaves.
The only remarkable feature of an exam
ination of the cellar is the manner in
which the solidity of the structure is re
vealed. The timbers show very little
dry rot, and the stones are as perfectly in
position as when they were laid. The
reason is this, that they were laid in lime.
A rat is unknown about the house. Mrs.
Nichols, since her brii-f sojourn in the
place, has made it much more presenta
ble than it was before.
On the first floor the rooms show a
f reat deal of old-fashioned panel work,
n the sink room is an old stone sink.
" We would miss it very much if it were
removed," said Mrs. Nichols. Another
stone sink is shown in the back hall. In
what was probably the kitchen, and along
side the fireplace, with which nearly
every room in the house is provided, is a
secret stairway. The bottom section of
steps runs on a track so that it can be
pulled out into the room when necessary.
The flight lands a person in a large closet
attached to a front room on the first floor
a very- handy method of retreat. Ar
nold's stationary shoebox in the little hall
at the side door is shown with some de
gree of satisfaction. It is spacious, and
could probably have easily held all the
boots and shoes the General had in use at
one time. There are roomy closets all
over the house, which circumstance alone
would make the old dwelling a paradise
for some women. If the kitchen is pro
vided with a brick oven of immense ca
pacity, thus taking the lead, there is an
other large oven in the back-room, direct
ly opposite it. It is built in connection
with a huge fire-place, and may have been
used in the preparation of medicines.
In all the second-story rooms there are
fire places, suggesting home comforts of
which ordinary folks are in these days
entirely bereft, but they cannot boast one
hundred-year old andirons in the first
floor parlor. These andirons, however,
are small, and have no brass heads ; the
Eicture of Horace Greeley's Cbappaqua
otne, with the old philosopher in the
foreground passing down the walk, which
adorns one of the fire boards upstairs,
equals them, perhaps, in historic interest.
Behind the open blinds of many of the
chamber windows birds have built their
nest. "If the blinds must be open to let
the glorious sun burn the old walls." the
birds are supposed to have reasoned, i
"where, instead, subdued light, flecked
dv tne xoiiage oi snaae trees, ought to j
play, we will, in our humble way, try to :
make the aged mansion pleasant by rais- j
ing our fledglings at the windows and
warbling our songs to the memory of a 1
departed generation." An inspection of
the attic is valuable, because, as a clergy
man of the city observed, " There can be
no doubt that these (pointing to the ob
jects alluded to) are tne original rafters."
Relic-hunters of course have long be
fore this obtained and catalogued much
that is of interest in connection with Ar
nold's life in New Haven even his drug
gist's sign adorns the Historical Society's
room but Mrs. Nichols can show a few
relics of interest. In the back yard re
cently a solid silver teaspoon was dug up.
It bears the initials " J. J. T." the Trow
bridge for whom the house was built the
English arms, a King's head, a mark of
the quality of the silver and the maker's
initials. It was found about a foot below
the surface of the ground, beneath the
sick-room window. A hard scouring
failed to remove all the tarnish of the
more than 100 years it had been buried.
In the front yard the bowl of a clay pipe
was found, which, from the crude figures
upon it, is believed to have been the
property of Indians. Mrs. Nichols also
shows a dressing case, or something that
approximates thereto, which is very
nearly, if not quite, 200 years old.
Whisky bottles found in the attic are also
exhibited. They are supposed to be such
as were used by Arnold, because they re
semble those that were used a hundred
years or so ago.
An Auction of Women.
The Venetians have had a practical and
strictly business like way of arranging
marriages from the earliest times. The
shrewdest provision has always been
and public interest being consulted, the
small matter of anections have been leit
to the chances of association, and it does
seem that Venetian society has ever dealt
severely with husbands or wives whom
incompatibilities forced to seek consola
tion outside of matrimony. Herodotus
relates that the IUyrian Veneti sold their
daughters at auction to the highest bidder,
and the fair being thus comfortably placed
in life, the hard-favored were given to
whomsoever would take them with such
dower as might be considered a reason
able compensation. The auction was
discontinued in the Christian times, but
marriage contracts still partook oi the
form of a public and half mercantile
transaction.
Bt a comparatively late period Venetian
fathers went with their daughters to a
great annual matrimonial fair at ban
Pietro, of Castello Cilvolo, and the youth
of the lagoons repaired thither to choose
wives with the number of maidens. These
were all dressed in white with hair loose
about their neck, and each bore her
dower in a little box, slung over her
shoulder by a ribbon. It is supposed that
there was commonly a previous under
standing between each damsel and some
youth in the crowd ; as soon as all had
pared on, the bishop gave them a sermon
and his benediction, and the young men
gathered up their brides and boxes and
went away wedded.
This going to San Pietro's selecting a
wife and marrying her on the spot, out of
hand, could not only have been the con
trivance of a straightforward practical
race. Among the common betrothals
were managed with even greater ease and
dispatch till a very late day in history,
and in the record of a certain trial which
took place in in 1443 there is an account
oi one ot these brief and unceremonious
courtships. Donna Catarussa, who gives
evidence, and whom I take to have been
a worthless, idle gossip, one day sitting
at her door when Pietro of Trento
passed, selling brooms, said to her :
"Madonna, give me some nice girl to be
my wife."
As Donna Catarussa thought at once of
a suitable match, she said :
"In faith of God, I know one for you.
Come again to-morrow."
So then both met next day, and the
woman chosen by Uonna Catarussa was
asked :
"Wouldst thou like to have Pietro for
thy husband, as God commands the holy
church
"Yes," she answered.
And Pietro being asked the like ques
tion, answered :
"Whv, ves, certainly."
And they went off and had the wedding
feast.
Miss Grace Daggett, the granddaugh
ter of President Daggett, of Yale, and
a lady of ninety years, witnessed from a
balcony the Fourth of July procession
at New Haven. Later in the day she
was formally serenaded.
SAFE LOCK COMPANY,
CAPITAL ... ft! ,00
General Offices and Manufactory
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
Paul Boyton gets his name from the
fact tha". the water does not a Paul him
because he is so Boy-ant. Duplicates of
this paragraph can be bad at the stereo
type foundry.
JOB PRINTING.
THE
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IS NOW PREPARED TO DO
Plain and Ornamental Printing,
As neat and Cheap as it can be done by any
Office on the Coast.
bill Heads,
letter HeiMlit
SMt lieiul.
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Ball Tlcheii.
Invitations
Circular.
Hunt ues i anl.
VlalUBV arUs,
Labels.
ltodgrn.
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feovelopra.
l.KiI BlaoUs'
Bank Hotea,
ulppisr Reeelpta,
Order ka,
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tc. Etc
j-Orders by mail promptly filled. Esti
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AUGUST KNIGHT,
CABINET MAKEK,
AND
UNDERTAKER.
Cor. Second and Monroe Sts.,
tORVil.IlN, UUKCOM.
Keeps constantly on hand all kinds of
FUBN1TU3E.
Work done to order on short notice, and
at reasonable rates.
Corvaliis. Jan. 1. 1877. VMtf
Pacific Branch,
No. 210 Sansome St., S. F
Agency for Oregon and Washington Territory,
with HAW LEY, DODD 4 CO., Portland.
HALL'S PATENT CONCRETE
FIRE-PROOF SAFES.
Have been tested by the most disastrous confla
grations in the country.
They are thoroughly fire-proof.
They are' free from dampness.
Their superiority is beyond question.
Although about'l 50,000 of these safes are now
in use, and hundreds have been tested by some
of the most disastrous conflagrations in the
country, there is not a single instance on record
wherein one of them ever failed to preserve its
contents perfectly.
HALL'S PATENT DOVETAILED
TENON AMD GROOVE
BURGLAR-PROOF
MAFE8.
Have never been broken open and robbed by
burglars or robbers.
Hall's burglar work is protected by letters
patent, and his work cannot' be equaled lawfully.
His patent bolt is superior to any in use.
His patent locks cannot be picked by the most
skillful experts or burglars.
By one of the greatest improvements known,
the Gross Automatic Movement, our locks are
operated withont any arbor or spindle passing
through the door and into the lock.
Our locks cannot be opened or picked by bur
glars or experts, (as in case of other locks), and we
will put from $1,000 10 $10,000 behind them any
time against an equal amount.
The most skilled workmen only are employed.
Their work cannot be excelled.
Hall's Safes and Locks can be relied on at all
times.
They are carefully and thorughly constructed.
THET ARE T1IE BEST SAFE
Made in America, or any other country.
One Thousand Dollars
To any person who cm prove that one of Hall'i
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broken open and robbed by
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present time.
B. W. WILLIAMS,
Agent for Oregon and W. T
IkffiM rl I h Pftwlfiv. 1 1 Ail f I A
28feblo:9tf. Portland.
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DRAYACE !
DRAYAGE!
Hamlin 6c Wrenn. Propr's.
IF
AVING JUST RETURNED FROM
Salem with a new truck, and having
leased the barn formerly occupied by James Eg-
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DRAYINC AMD HAULING.
either in the city or country, at the lowest living
rates. Can be tound at the old truck stand, a
share of the public patronage respectfully solicited.
Corvallis. Dec. 27. 1878. 15:52tf
II. E. HARRIS,
One door South of Graham A Hamilton's,
COBf AI.L1S, . OSK.V.
GROCERIES.
PRO VISIONS,
AND
Dry Goods
Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1878.
I8:lvl
DRAKE & GRANT,
MERCHANT TAILORS,
t'ORVAI.I.IN,
oiscion.
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE
and well selected slock of Cloth, viz:
West of niflanrt 11 road
C lot lis, re noli asslmnres,
poolch Tweeds, and
American e-ultintr .
Which we will make up to order in the most
approved and tash-onable styles. -No pains will
be soared in producing good fitting garments.
Parties wishing to purchase cloths and have
them cut out, will do well to call and examine
our Stock. DRAKE & UKAJNT.
Corvallis, April 17, 1879. I6:16tf
Boarding and Lodging.
Philomath, Beaton Co , Oregon.
GEORGE KISOR,
T E8PECTFULLY INFORMS THE TRAV
eling public that he is now prepared and in
readiness to keep such boarders as may choose to
give him a call, either by the
SINGLE MEAL. DAY. OR WEEK.
Is also prepared to furn'sh horse feed. Liberal
share of public patronage solicited. Give us a
call. GEORGE KISOR.
Philomath, April 28, 1879. I0:18tf
Albeet Pyoall. j William lis win.
PYGALL & IRWIN,
City Trucks & Drays,
TTAVING PURCHASED THE DRAYS AND
Trucks lately owned by James Eglin, we
are prepared to do all kinds of
City lluu lnar- u"llverl out of
Wood. to., Eic,
In the city or country, at reasonable rates. Pat
ronage solicited, and satisfaction guaranteed in all
cases. ALBERT PYGALL,
WILLIAM IRWIN.
Corvallis, Dec. 20, 1878. 15:5ltf
J C. MO ft ELAND,
(city attorney.)
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between Mormon and Yamhill. 14:38tf
THE STAB BAKERY,
Mm Street, rorvallis.
HENRY WARRIOR, PROPRIETOR.
Family Supply Store !
Groceries,
Bread.
Cakes,
Pies,
Candieti,
Toys,
Etc,
Always on Hand.
Corvallis, Jan. 1, 1877. 14:2tf
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end for Illustrated Catalogue and
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LL WORK IN MY LINE PROMPTLY
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McFadden's carpenter shop.
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