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QRyMM ;OREGONi :0CT. 12, 1SS4.
STATE TEXT BOOK PUBLICATION.
''Several '.'Oregon .'papers ('are ' just now
'lj;6rousy aIvocatiii the publication of
school text bobiis by the state. One of
them, the Scio Press, even goes so far as
';. W.ciaini Uiat piis can fee 'done "for one
i'," ' ..third of,;tle money the, people are now
iiti .v -paying the : American iBook Company."
..hint;! statements '-of this kind are very easy to
"make, 'but are' ' hot' susceptible of proof.
j'j'.',-.: i From auivestgation of the subject, it is
ml. .found that the system of state publication
-;H 1 Ita been tried by but one state Califor
'';':,':nja!, .Ttie most reliable , data obtainable
! .'.,' i - '.h had from a,. pamphlet containing the
. ; r:i vproceedihgs of the California Council of
i . fi-j Education, ;vlii :a met in December, 1832.
".' , 1882, the; 'maijtter of state publication of
... text feooksr was.urst adrocatea. ; Aitnougu
the: plan met with stubborn opposition on
: 'the part of the Sari ' Francisco press and
prominen t educators of the state, the leg
' islature of iS82r3,-n-basing its action upon
estimates famished by the state printer,
: ' that jvere afterwards found to be altogeth
er top, io'w, passed an act, amending the
,!(( . itonstitution so as to pro viae ior tue puD
i lit; lication 6f text b'odks by the state. The
'''''.'teHchers'at'onc'1 saw what a 'disastrous,
'.lij'.' eirec't.the. scheme ypuld have on the pun
Hi. ilic schools, and at the California Teach
i -Mi.itrt Association; which irict ih'Deceniber,
!8ki: an 'exhaustive' report was imani
; m i! r'l.'Hy 4opte4, that concluded with the
. f r- , .-, declaration that '.'the . publication of
k; ;!: school text books by this state is inexpe
'j' i X dCraf and 'impracticable, and will, if at
.';,( 1) tempted, result .in great pecuniary loss to
tiiT the 'state,' and -inexpensive and unsatis
factory 'books for 'our schools'." Esti
mates of .' the cost.' of publication were
; , shown to be erroneous .and misleading,
i but despite the warnings from the press,
1 from Superintendents, and from teachers,
the .constitutional amendment' was
(1 a&pteTattiie ensuing' election.
Opponents to the scheme claimed that
' ' tt' iwould cbst at least $250,000 to inaugu
jatp 'jfie s.vstetn, ' and that after the books
l.ni':V;wwe-jWP4. J?y would work a great
liniuVy in." theschools, because of their in-
.' 1 ' ' ferior'uali ' jFor-this,; thereport claims,
',' theyVwere.W.rL1if!wrkfn'g in tlle' in"
H xt'tetest of private. publishing firms. In the
'' original efitHatt' the public printer placed
;' !rthe cost of the'p'rrntiHgf at fe.4S5-
' " .After thVhad served the purpose of de
reiving the public, h made another esti
' ' jAate, placing the coi t at i 15,000; He
,;wnd( latter on. iiii th i amount was too
l' 'vW and filed third es-timate, in which
"'"IkUy endorsing the' estimate ade hy the
J'.i'teV1' ..Thi?;ount was
jioweven entirely too low, as the. appro-""i-priations'-ifp'
td April 30th, u9U :re
!;, I ' But the printers' nristes did
', T-'witot .end here. , "Wfen .the bioola.-, were
ready for distribution it was dixov.'red
' ".' ! ,:that the original estimate was also too lo .7.
!,-;Thii discrepancy is' showtt tyy;;'the' below '
tabulated statement: .. . .
'-i' HAilBoF BOOK. .-.. -BSTlMA-i.: PKES-:-...t
t .1 ..; MED COST BNT COST
State First Reader "; 9 ' 20 .
' Seqorid Reader ""iS- ' 40
"', '".'""''Third Reader , 65
"!':, "" 'Speller ;. : ' 8; ' 30
-Jt is toI31y ' chargecl jlhat the selling
;. prices cited ave fall far below i he ac
; tual cost of manufacture, which statement
is provedby citing the' regular biennial
' ' "deficiency in the ' state' printing de
partment. This shows that the expendir
1 r. . . tares for that office during. the five years
j immediately preceding state, publica
. tions were 4oi,6i7.'23 while during the
. .five year's , following, .the' same depart;.
-menticost $1,063,897.67. . .
' " The cost of a series of twelve text books,
-under state publication,' is $1.23 more
,.V,'..in. Ciifornia than iii, Ohio, where the
: liooks are furnished, under a state con
".' tract r In Missouri the difference in fa
; vor of, state contract isi.i4 per pupil,
iV, sand in., Indiana . $1.90.'' , In California,
r- ' -.leaders, three in number, cost $1.25,
while in the state of Indiana $1.20 1 will
purchase a series of five readers. Be
tween the .first , and second ' readers
pf the California state series, and also be
'' tweeh the; second and third, there is a
.break of at least a year, which has to be
supplemented by readers published by
" private ; concerns, i As a whole, the sys
' ! lerfl has beenexpensive: ' The books have
luii. ot. been.' -SP to tue ", ProPer . stand--iivi;
ard in ;, binding; . illustration, grad
w rnand adaptability, while many of the
.'p'ons abound in misleading, con
i ' ifr&p&g and incorrect statements. Besides
' I -evewiiiSthe books the composition is
l"cHf6,e!,1ma ofleWgrammatically incorrect
!!.: .besisiatr stjaM,E, continue the con
f v ;trattJl5ystBA.liaijJsDdoing, she can secure
Wtits't'tdos aPTeast possible cost.
.il -"IjjIvb the people of Oregon no candi
dates Tor'senatofT'Tr looks, now, pretty
mnc'llasIAWg4?':eblptflwould bt the
choice by SccTaTBation. If there are.tq
li tHIB
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fuijW--rrHEavanaain.RuWicanirenirs.
''Wait until the good peoples of Dhnois1
iUM& .Oefantisnv
Cormanism,. and &ey srifl ma3de.th '
-lo w.ajttHtieK inlaiHirie una. Vierjmoni ap-
lf afWftrv'alldllleWell-, '"'"
Jn.v reaespeMeaiada ill BaftVla,
CRESHAM A BLUNDERER.
r. ,
;The administration at Washington is .
btfng blaruc-d, ,..and vjustltoo, iaewry
part of )the . Hhtry.'fbt it hjutidering
and disgacefui course An relatiim-to the.
conflict now beingcarried .ohi 'in -fcia'
Our failure to snuggle' up to Japan ifi the
beginning of the present war, that is!
turning out so gloriously for the Mikado's
empire, win cose us mucn. v.lever di
plomacy would have anticipated th
event, and put us on friendly terms with
a nation that gi ves promise -of soon be
ing mistress, n. the .far east From; the
time bresiiam renegaded from his jrjart.jf
to head Cleveland's cabinet, he has never
ceased to blunder arid make himself
ridiculously foolish in the estimation of
foreigners. He has lowered the tone of
our foreign affairs to such a- degree'' that
patriotic Americans, without' regard to
either party, have been humiliated until
the matter has . become , exasperating.
The blame, however, cannot attach alone
to the state department' ; Cleveland and
his . administration . , must in the! end
shoulder the responsibility.- It matters
little whether or not Gresham originated
the'policy that led to the recent Hawaii
an muddle, the blame and disgrace of it
has been fixed 011 Cleveland, which ' he
will retain long after the name of Gresh
am has passed into,.forgetfulness,;where
it belongs.;. - : ...: ' r j
This' secretary of ours, it is claimed,
was so. stupidly, ignorant that he allowed
a Chinaman to outwit- him, and dictate a
message to the American minister at To-
kio, instructing' hini to use his inflneiice
in the name of this gdverment to induce
trie Japanese to desist rrom- tlieir pur-,
pose to occupy C6re. ' This ' was a dis
tinct act of intervention in behalf of Chi
na, and adverse to Japan. This is the
sort of a diplomat that disgraces the chair
once occupied and honored by James G.
Blaine. .Is it' any wonder patriotic Amer.
icans are disgusted, ihurailiated and feel
themselves disgraced, when such a blun
dering blockhead controls our foreign
affaijs? But these are riot all of his mis
takes: The Shanghai incident of : more
recent date shows, that - he is not only'a
blunderer, but a diplomatic brute.- The
deliberate and needless surrender of two
young patriotic Japs to the, infuriated
Chinese officials who . brutally executed
them as spies, furnishes still further evi
dence of his gross inablity. ' Our relations
with the Mikado's goverment ' was al
ready strained, but this incident served
to still further widen the breach between
the two countries. During the past, our
relations have been most cordial, but it
seems to have been the purpose of the
present administration to sever these
friendly ties, and it has been done, and
effectually done t66, by a series of demo
cratic diplomatic blunders. Fortunately,
however,' Japanese statesmen are bright,
intelligent and progressive men, and they
must see and understand that the. Amer
ican people , repudiate the pro-Chinese
sympathies of the administration, which,
thank heavens, will be in power only
temporarily. V ' " !
California tried the experiment of
publishing her own school books, and
now regrets the foolish venture, because,
during the first five years the plant was
in operation, it cost .the people of that
state $674, 790.40, and besides this vast
sum, her school patrons paid $105,200,17
more for the inferior state series than it
would, had they gone into the open mar
ket and purchased the same number of
corresponding books offered by private
publishing firms.' Can Oregon, with only
one fourth the school population of , Cali
fornia, afford to try the experiment?
1 1 I '1 I " 1 n 1 J
jJTow can society .deal with a creature
so , ; debased and , perverted as to
deliberately induce a girl of fifteen to be
come h's wife; when the license author
izing the solemnization of .the marriage
has-been obtained through the perjury
of a lying scoundrel, whose fit place is in
the penitentiar."? For the latter, society
can entertain v but one sentiment he
should be indictt d by the next grand
jury, and upon con.ctiori, should have
the full extent of the law . meted out to
him. - - ; ..
Sarah Grand's newnovel, entitled "Sin
gularly Deluded," was written, accord
ing to the Portland Express, in xneLry
of ' the ' people who were-deluded into
reading "The Heavenly Twins." ,
JS5XATE HEFOKK SCHOOi;.
Salem has rive .Hate institutions iu which
every taxpayer should feel a deep interest
three schools, an aeyluni and a penitenti
ary. , These take care of those who , are
maimed either physically, intellectually or
morally. ' Benton was one of' the nine
counties represented, by victors at the ded
icatory . exercises at the reform school
chapel last Sunday.:, .There were ninety
boys present from various parts of the state
and a single glance at them would readily
convince anyone that some of the .brightest
boys in the state are in the reform
school. Any one who is skeptical as to the
successful management of the institution
owes it to the public to visit the school. ; The
boys are : taught good manners, how to
study good books and how to think, and
while the discipline s necessarily strict, it
is the government of a family rather than
the oversight given by a police system. , The
success of its management is largely due to
the state board of education, to Supt. E. J.
Hendricks, and to Hon. T. Jay Buford, so
well and favorably known in this' city. ' '
' The Best Plaster. '
Dampen a piece of flannel with Chamber-losif's-pinn
Balm and bind it on over the
seHt pfpauil' It is better than any plaster.
Wnen'thelari'gs are sore such an application
on the chest and another on the back, . be
cbiLlluW shbUlflea Wades,. ; will prevent
i'era&nUiTTWretfsnottaing so good for a
A sore
in one
dam
Tned with Pain Balm. 50" cent bottles'ifiir
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fDatcbas touwrs,.Bll.JBechea ud Sci-
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4ited by,
- It. P. HOIH,
-, : All communications intended for this depart
ment aliould be handed to the cijitor on Monday
morning.
Geograj)hy.
.There ia, perhaps, ; no subject taught
in our public schools, today, that has
been favored with less improvement in
the art of its teaching, than that of geog
raphy.' ' Arithmetic has received much
attention, and the method of teaching it
has been much improved, by the intro
duction of object teaching; the once dry
subject jofgramthar, has been made a de
light to'" both teacher and pupil, by the
introduction of language work; but geog
raphy, - in most of our schools, is the
same dragging, uninteresting, unpracti
cal study that it was in "ye oldeu time."
There are enthusiasts in history, enthusi
asts in penmanship, enthusiasts in draw
ing, enthusiasts in reading; but the en
thusiasts hi geography are as rare as an
archists in Paradise. We often are led to
believe that we are accomplishing gieat
results, because our students can readily
answer map questions, or commit to
memory the printed text But if we con
scientiously ask ourselves, "What is the
practical value to the pupil of the aver
age lesson in geography?' ' the answer
will rarely be a satisfactory one. In the
teaching of geography, one looks almost
in vain for ' improvements, either in the
matter of text books; or in the mode of
presentation by the teacher. To be sure,
this can not be said of all teachers. There
are exceptions to' all rules. In some
parts of our country, a step in the right
direction has been taken, by the intro
duction of a course of study in which the
subject of geography like all others, has
been treated to a practical and systematic
outline, which has doubtless succeeded
in making the: study more attractive to
the learner, but, owing to the lack of en
thusiasm for the subiect, among teach
ers in general, it may be doubted if any
practcial good has resulted.
It may safely be assumed that a great
deal of valuable time has been wasted
in teaching the arbitrary boundaries of
states and countries, and in the memor
izing of the names ot the capitals and
principal cities, ' overlooking the fact,
that these are simply works of art that
man has established for his own conven
ience, and disregarding the great natural
advantages that have guided man's judg
ment, in selecting some particular spot
upon which to build a city, or in adopt
inar some of nature's lines as the bounda
ry of his country. Too much time is de
voted to the study of what is termed "po
litical geography," regardlessof the phys
ical characteristics of the earth's surface,
that have brought political organizations
and governments into existence. To be
more explicit: Geography is generally
presented to the pupil, wrong end first.
Physical geography is sadly neglected,
and in most of our schools, is placed in a
higher course to which only a few pupils
have access; or as is generally the case,
the subject is overlooked entirely. Al
thousrh we feel certain that very few
teachers will agree with the statement,
we shall say, by the way, that the physi
cal features of a country should be taught
early in the beginning of a study of the
subject, and give as our reason, the argu
ment that has been before suggested,
that upon the physical features of a coun
try, depends nearly all of the geography
which is taught in our schools today.
Had the Mississippi river flowed
north, into the Great Lakes, instead of
south, into the Gulf of Mexico, the his
torian of today, would write a different
story. Had Greece been characterised
by a different physical environment, the
story of man's development from the
savage to a nign state 01 civilization,
would be told in a different manner, or
would, possibly, never have been told;
Place the Andes mountains on the other
side of South America, and we no longer
have need of the Amazon, and instead of
its productive valley, we have a burning
Sahara. Put all the mountains of east
ern Africa on its north-western coast and
the desolate Sahara is covered with tropi
cal verdure. .;.
The average child who has completed
the study of geography, has the earth
I pictured in his mind as the ordinary map
woald show it: , Kansas, a bright pink;
rWitdo. orantre colored: Utah, of a
creenish complexion, etc. North Amer
ica is to him a comparatively small part
of his map of. jie world, of a triangular
shape, and a roddish-brown color, and
not a vast country- at ' the north, locked
iq the eternal snow of the frigid zone, its
southern extremity bathed in the limpid
waters of the tropics, while its middle
portion, as though to accommodate the
wants '. of enterprising humanity, has
pushed the two great oceans nearly three
thousand ' miles apart. He does not see
its great plain with an area of millions of
miles, walled on the west by a migmy
chain of mountains; its northern extrem
ity sloping off into the ice-abounding
Arctic; its southern portion drained . into
a great gulf with its waters tossing and
rolling and heaving under a tropical sun;
while its height of land embraces the
greatest chain of fresh-water lakes on the
globe. He does not see the flowers and
tropical' frujts giving way to the more
hardy cereals, and these in turn, yielding
to the mighty northern forests that grad
ually fade into shrubs and berries that,
after a while, are supplanted by mosses
and lichens and saxifrages, all of which
at last are blended into a desert waste of
snow arid ice. ' He does not see the ser
pent, the alligator, and the vulture of the
southern border, and far to the north,
the :seal, the polar bear and the snowy
owls; and between these (representatives
of the greatest difference in climate) the
Hundreds of animals, wild and domestic,
feaiii adapted to its 'particular clime.
Above .all tilings else, ne aoes not sec umi
J highest type-of animal life, created in the
image of his Maker, and endowed with
wonderful ?: faculties. - Here, dispirited
and enervated by the torrid heat while
nature with open hand is offering to hihi
all;the luxuries which his -uneducated
desires may suggest?, A 'little farther
north, the highest type "of civilization,'
busied arid busying, toiling and spin
ning, and engaged in every occupation
for which cultivated taste can create a de
mand; and, far to the north, in the home
of the Aurora, dwarfed in mind and body
by the frigid clime of his Borean home,
exerting the only energy of his soul in
the pursuit of food and raiment of the
coarsest nature.
The things suggested above, are only a
few of the things which one, who has fin
ished the studj' of geography, should see
in a glance at any continent He should
see the advantages that every country
presents as the home of man, and he
should see that mountain slopes are the
features of the earth from which spring
the life of everything that is conducive to
man's habitation, and the history of our
race. Fellow teachers, some of you will
doubtless be loth to adopt these views,
and think them ideals that are unattain
able. I,et us hear from some of you in
this column next week.
PHUOMAlH COUSGS. CASK.
On last Monday the supreme court handed
down a decision iu the case of the Philo
math College vs. O. K. Wyatt, in favor of
the college, and affirming the decision made
by Judge Pipes in the circuit court '. for this
county in 1892. This was a contest over
the control of the Philomath College,
between what is known as the radicals
and liberals in the United Brethren church,
and grew out of the action of the general
conference of that church, held at York in
the state of Pennsylvania, in May 1S89.
The college was represented by Judges Bur
nett and McFadden, of this city, with. Ca
bles, Hurley & Allen, of Portlaud, while
the opposite side was represented by Wil
liams, Wood & Linthicum, of Portland, and
Judge Flinu, of Albany. It was a hard
fought battle, and ably contested by both
sides.
Mr. W. M. Terry, who has been in the
drug business in Elkton, Ky., for the past
twelve years, says: Chamberlain's Cough
Ecinedy gives better satisfaction than any
other cough medcine I ever sold." There
is good reason for this. No other will cure
a cold so quickly; no other is so certain a
preventive and cure for croup: no other af
fords so much reliet in cases of whooping
cough. For sale by Graham & Wells.
O. C. McLagau returned last Saturday
from a several days fishing trip at Elk City.
During the afternoon of his return he start
ed up the street with a larpe string of speck
eled beau ties, which he distributed along
the way to friends whose names are legion.
The Gazette was on the list
Are your children subject to croup? If
so, you should never be without a bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It is a cer
tain cure for croup and has never been
known to fail. If given freely as soon as
thecroupy cough appears it will prevent the
attack. It is the sole reliance with thous
ands of mothers who have croupy children,
and never disappoints them. There is no
danger in giving this remedy in large and
frequent doses, as it contains nothing injur
ious. 50 cent bottles for sale by Graham &
Wells.
A World's Tribute.
Y. Progress M
. J if
America Leads the Nations in
the March of Progress.
Among the wonders of the World's Columbian Fair the
grandest was the exhibit of American products. The Ex
hibition was, in this respect, an object lesson of the grandeur
and glory of the Republic. Among the exhibits from the
United States no article of its class stood so high as .
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder.
The Chief Chemist of the Agricultural Department at
Washington, backed by an intelligent jury at the Exposition,
found it strongest in leavening power, .peerless in its purity
jand beyond comparison in uniform excellence, ' v"
Received Highest Award
At the World's Fair.
The ward is a matter of official, record.
. Nothing could settle so decisively the immeasurable
superiority of Dr. Price's over all other powders as the
great honor bestowed at Chicago. , 1:'-:r,).i-'
THIS, THAT MP THE OTHER
A , Few Simple Things You
1 Mayn't Have Been Told,
f-y .V-- V'. : --r- -V
i. .The salvation army is to establish a post
here. The captain says' Corvallis churches
must beat the saloons by one. But the
burden of supporting so mny church organ
izations during the coming hard-times win
ter, may drive the entire town to hard
drinking. -
Corvallis will furnish a deal of revenue to
the general government under the new law.
Playing cards are to be taxed two cents a
deck. Now every solo player whose full
enjoyment of a "late session" has been
hitherto marred by secret anxiety as to the
reception his wife will accord the "special
lodge meeting" explanation, can lull his
mind into complete repose with the patriotic
thought that he is working for the govern
ment at Washington that "Jo live."
"Old Tom" was furious. Who is he?
Why, the deaf old gentleman who lives in
a little cabin near the Vincent House and
who takes great pride in his garden. But
his tomatoes would not ripen, and Tom was
heart-sick. Fortunately, Jack Kirk heard
of the old man'd disappointment. Jack has
a great big heart. He could not add one
degree to the sun's heat, but the truly good
kuow not the word fail. Old Tom awoke
the other morning, looked out of his win
dow, and saw the early sun reflected from
j many a ripe and red tomato. He rushed
into the garden with a thankful heart. He
returned an embittered mau. The ripe
tomatoes were all tied on.
Conversation anent a recent show, devel
oped the fact that Corvallis has many believ
ers in mesmerism and kindred "isms." It
seems the professor, to exhibit his powers,
called Gilbert Eugene Alphin on the stage,
entranced him with a few "passes" of his
mesmeric hands, and made him believe he
was a siren dwelling in the sea and enticing
men to death with alluring songs. To really
convert the unbelievers who coarsely inti
mate that it was 50c. held in each of the
"pissing hands" that really mesmerized
Gilbert Eugeue the professor should have
mesmerized the audience and made them
see Gibs 8 a watersprite. That would be
a sufficient test for it would be difficult fur
the most imaginative to rind anything in
Gibs' make-up suggestive of a beautiful,
sweet-voiced mermaid, unless it is in
his feet, which . aie large enough for
swimming purposes. Gibs' own idea of
himself as a mermaid might be only natural,
but to get the public to view him in that
light would require a miracle.
. Whoit Is.
Life or Death.'
It is of vital importance that it should bo
understood by persons whose kidneys are in
active, that this condition of things is finally
inductive of a state of the organs where life
hangs in the balance. Bright's disease, dia
betes, albuminuria are all diseases of a very
obstinate character in their mature stage and
all have a fatal tendency. They often baffle
the most practiced medical skill, and the
most approved remedies of materia medica.
But opposed nt the outset that is to say,
when the kidneys begin to discharge their
functions inactively with Hastetter's Stom
ach Bitters, the dangerous tendency is
checked. Very useful, also, is this house
hold medicine for those ailments of common
occurrence constipation, biliousness, dys
pepsia and nervousness. It is a safeguard
against malaria and averts rheumatism.
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BlrODGETT VAUET.
Doc Kiger boasts the finest hogs and the
biggest pigs in the valley. , ' X'
Mr. and Mrs. Doc Blodgett are spending
a few days with relatives in Lincoln county.
Wiley Norton and sons (whose names are
"legion") are over improving his Lewisville
farm.
A Mrs. Fisher and family, from the
TJmpqua, hre visiting J. A. McGee, near
Wreus.
W. A. Cellatly is making the dirt fly on
the Jew's place. The summer fallow will
soon be seeded.
Uncle Hi Wood raised his new
barn l.'St Friday near the site of the one
recently burned down. ' , .
John Skaggs is hauling lumber from the
Hoskins mill, preparatory to building a
new house iu the near future.
Mrs. N. Norton is visiting her mother
near Philomath and Bub has been duly ap
pointed chief of the culinary department.
A rather novel way the Chinese soldiers
have of taking the pills donated by the em
press, according to the Times of last week.
It isn't the way we take them.
At last the old soldier, Impson, has been
notified that his pension has been allowed,
rating 12 per month aud back pay from
March. '91, amounting to something over
500. . "Glad of it, "savs every one, and the
commissioners no doubt echo, "Amen."
Mr. John Bodger3, owner of the Kind's
Valley mills,- died last Friday morning. He
was a pioneer. An enterprising citizen, a
good neighbor and an honest man. He will
be sadly missed. When and where he was
buried, I have not learned. He was sick
but a few days.
A literary society was organized at Blod
gett valley school house last Saturday even
ing. IS. M. Wood was elected president.
Doe Kiger vice-president, Miss Lydia
Davis secretary, Mrs. Lucy Kiger treasurer,
and Amos Wood sergeant at-arms. A
question was selected and a spirited debate
ensued, resulting in a victory for tha af
firmative. The people of this valley are
wide, awake and a good time is anticipated.
The society meets next Saturday evening,
Oct. 13th. Homo.
A CURIOUS FINS.
J. Y. Harris, of Blodgett, writes that as
W. A. Gellatley and Billy Minton were
coming through the Gellatly slashing on th
7th of this month passing where a tree" of
considerable dimensions had ouce stood
Billy Minton picked up a skull. After an
examination and giving the opinion that it
had once belonged to an Indian, W. A.
mounted a log, and, discovering a small
mound, commenced to dig and soon ex
humed a quantity of beads. Lower down
10 silver 50 cent pieces were found, togeth
er with a number of silver Chinese coins.
The half dollars have dates ranging from
1854 to 1862. W. A. says he will endure
stich finds so long as the democratic ad
ministration lasts, and no doubt Billy Min
ton will dream of sknlls and be-uls, Baud
wiched with silver half dollars and Chinese
coins, tor the next month.
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