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Vi- WERTiSINO AQEM) fir nfo ACY fnsXVTY (hi rrr WWW gi WWW VOL. III. HILLSBORO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1875. NO. 22; fSfyvf v 1 III I I Til 1 III TBE INDEPENDENT. PUBLISHED AT Sillsbjro Oregon Editor and rroprictor. lERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIOX(Coin): One y ar, . . Kix in uths,. 50 1 50 00 10 Three .uonths, Single 'opifcH, UATES OF ADVERTISING (Coin): Ileynlr Advertisers. TIME I SQ. 1 WEEK. 1 50 2 WEEKS. 2 00 1 MONT II. 2 50 3 mh. 4 50 (M03. G 00 Itkaiu 10 ou 2 SQ. 2 00 2 50 3 00 G 00 col 3 50 4 50 5 00 9 00 lcol 10 00 15 0O 20 00 30 (Ml 50 00 90 00 G IK) 8 50 12 00 20 00 10 00 10 00 30 00 15 00 30 00 50 00 Transient advertisements. $2 00 1st in sertion; each additional insertion, 1 00. Loc v Noticks, 20 cents per line for each insertion . No notice less than $1 00. Srvnmons, SheriiF Si!e and all other legal notices. $1 50 per square, 1st inser tion; each additional insertion. 75 ce its. A SUbew one inch up or down these . columns. AGENT AT PORTLAND, OREGON L. SxMCKLS. . AGET AT S AN FRANCISCO L.P.Frsn rooms 20 Ac 2l.iIerch;iutsExchange California street. AGENTS AT NEW YORK CITY-S. M. I icttenoill k Co.. 37 Park Row. cor. It.tekmaii Bt.Gico. 1. Howell Sc Co., 4t Park Row. AGENTS AT ST. LOUIS RowEixtf Chesman. Cor. Third and Chestnut Sts. TO CORRESPONDENTS. All coninmm citions intended for insertion in The 1 vdepesdknt innst be authenticity d ly t ie name and address of the waiter -not necessarily for publication, but as a piarauty of good faith. OFFICE In Hillsboro in the old Cour:- House building on the Public Square. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. JAME3 WITH YC0M3E, Vet urinary Surgeon, HILLSBORO, - - - - ORE: ON. ' j-y Will be at the Oregon Li very stables. Coiner of Morrison and First Streets, Port und, every Friday. uprStf JOHN V1TB, M. D.. I It in and Surgeon II1LLSB0K0, - 0RF.X. HpSpeeutt attention jjlren to DEVOllMI TIKS; also VIUIOSIV ULCEUS. OFFICF Main street Htllsboro. Oregon. F. A. BAILEY, A!. D. Physician, 3j jeoa and Accoucheur HIT LSBOHO. OKEGON Ol FICE at theDrujj Store. RESIDENCE Three Dru; Store. Blocks South of 111 3-1 WILSON BOWI.BY, M.IX Physician and Surgeon, F01EST UROVE, - - - - CREtJON. OFFICE--t his Residence, West of Johnson' Planing Mills. nit): y W.AI. SAYLOIt, 31. D., Physician and Surgeon. FOREST GROVE. - - - OREGON O FICE At the Dm-Store. R .SIDENCE Corner Second Block south of t .e Drug Store. m22:ly T. B. IIAXDLBY, ATT0HXEY AND COUXSELLOll AT LAW. OFFICE In the Court House, Ilillsboro, Oretfon. myl3-tf C. A. BALL. RALEIGH STOTT. BALL & STOTT, ATTO II X EYS-AT-LA W, PATEXTS OliTAlXED. No. G Dekum's Block, TORTLAND. OREGON. nS ly JO .S CATLIX. B- KILLIN Catlin &. Killin, .TORXEYS AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Lekura' Building. First Street, PORTLAND, OREGON. THOMAS H. TONGUE. Attorney .at-Law, ilillsboro, Washington County, Oregon. TIIOS. D. HUMPHREYS. NOTARY rURLICandCOXVEYAXCER' LEGAL papers drawn and collections made. Business entrusted 10 ms care ai- enaea to prcropuy. OFFICE New Court Hon n3;3 THE UNSUCCESSFUL FAMILY. They were all unsuccessful, as the word goes. Neither in their lives nor in their death?, iu their mar riages or in their business, were they generally fortunate or happy. They ha 1 not inherited that Yankee elas ticity which recovers instantly from every strain and misfortune. When ever they entered upon a struggle they surrendered beforehand bv ex peeting defeat, and thus they grew painfully familiar with the word "fail." One son promised to be an exception to this rule A hard work ing and honorable lawyer, he gath ered together in early life a practice of which most veteran lawyers would have been proud, and made a new fortune as soon as he lost the old in unfortunate investments. But his luothers and sisters never enjoyed in their homes even a glimpse of his transient pr.i'-p ;iity. The other son, a modest Methodist clergy man, had n clearer idea of prosperity than distant perspective could give him. Privation of luxuries had leen so long his lot that he ceased to think of them nsa iiiinahlc. He even suf fered privation of things necessary almost to life itself, and knew what hunger and thirst and heat and cold were, as few men know f hem. His income never exceeded that of a pert, "smart" boy in a New York banking house, though he was one of the best scholars his college through which he worked his way ever sent out, and his mind wa st- red ricl ly with knowledge which he never displayed to dazzle the simple people about I him. The sum total of the earning' of his lifetime a shrew stock broker would make and lose five times a day. He never wrote any books or received nnv degrees; lit: did not live where there was a newspaper to j report his seimons, and it is safe to sav thev wore never advertised in ad vancc. II is life is a plod bug and painful one, full of . are and anxiety, unbroken by any pleasure save that which he diew from the love of Ins wife and children, and un eh cored by the soeictv of any but dtdl villagers. ! The eldest of the sisters married voting and foolishly. But of the story of the lalors, the tri lls, the heart-breaks and sufferings of the woman who leins too late that the treasure of her heart has been poured out in vain, who shall write? j The long years of hope that are j without hope; the constant strug gles which are foreordained to de feat; the s'ow and reluctant transfer of btve "and watchfulness from a drunken husband to heedless and thoughtless children; the constant outpouring of affection where there i-j no return; the work of the worn fingers, stitching under the midnight lamp; the hunger for education and for bread for her children that de nies her either -these are to be rend in more than one white and wear' face you whirl carelessly past in the street. The other sister was the happiest of all, for she had no his tory. The kind fates sent her quiet and obscurity. As a school-teacher, she lived a sheltered life, save when one or two great storms broke over the barriers of her retreit. She never did anything remarkable or achieved even in her limited sphere anvthing more than the half-success tint seemed to bo the family char acteristic. They are all dead now, and the earth that so seldom seemed to have a resting place for them lies green and peaceful above their dust. They were gone, and their places were filled, as one wave follows another; they were gone, and there was no more trace of them than of the lines in the sand tho wave washes away. They left uo fortunes behind them, or fraction of fortunes; nor any fame; heir very names were k-own only to a'few score people. They had not even the happiness of a quiet decline. The lawyer lost his mind nn, i,:s fortune at one blow, and did un comforted by a heartless wife aiJfl nQ jess heartles3 children. Tho clergyman suffered in tho body the J equal of all his former distress of mind and passed away as poor as he had come. The sisters lived out their lives in the patient way of wo men to tho very end. Failures? Wrecks? No! The minister was carried t his little church on the bleak hillside bv lov ing parishioners whose hobnailed boots crunched with a co-rse, un feeling sound the frozen vellow mud beneath their feet. The church where he had labored was filled with mourners, for every child in tho neighborhood was in greif, and the very Winter wind that moaned about the building seemed an echo of their mourning. No Spurgeon or Beecher could be more lamented. If his memory dies it will not be be cause it was unworthy to live. His brother was foTlo ed by all the la mentations of those whoso helper ho had been when ho was able to help j others. His charity was original and ; even whimsical; it sought out peo- j pie who were not reached by tho ! charitable machines, with their long j titles and many officers profane lit tle iifcwboyR, broken down men, and struggling sewing-women. The j two sisters lived in the hearts of all j tho children who k--ew them, and in the memories of all th ise who had learned to recognize their silent j Christianity. Heaven is filled with ; failures like these. They were prin- ces, but not of this earth. Their j crowns glitter with the eternal glory of the: tars. X. Y. Tribune. Lost Gcw by Shimmy. The following will do as an eye opener for that class of newspaper patrons who fancy, because they sub scrilxj to tho paper, they are entitled to gratuitous notices of, Kstray." Lost," "Found," etc., whenever they require them. As a rule there isn't a better class of people in the world to deal with than the Germans, b it occasionally you will find one whose ideas con cerning certain business transactions are amu-ingly peculiar. For in stance: A German subscriber re cently called to advertise a lost cow, and according to the long estab lished custom of this well regulated print shop, we immediately wrote up the notice ; nd figured up the cost of publication. "Vat ish dat?" asked our friend, placing the butt end of his whip on our little sum of multiplication. We informed 1 im that it would cost him so much for advertising his lost cow three weeks. "You make me pay for dot?" Certainly ; vc always take i av for advertising." "Yon takes pay, eh? Vel, dat ish von tarn shvindle. I shciibc mit dat Short rnnl h. ers dose tree years, und now you sharge me yoost for dot lit tle advertise ';v mine gow.' "Bat wo" "You shtop my Shoitrnal bapers. "But you " 'You htop mine Shoti vital bapers, und I got some more in Daptraw, py shimmy, und you gome little eud dat horn oud " "But, see here my friend ' "I g right away und dond got sheated mit you, py k rash us. Tink you got some sleep mit a veasel. dond you? Sh irgo me yoost for ad vertise von gow! It vas better uv vou dond got me mod ven I come hero, und I sheribemit dat Shoitrnal more as tree years, but you make me med und you shtop mine bapers before I got it next dime. Dat ish vat man I am kinl ut py shimmy!' We tried to explain; we tried in vain; we lost him and a three week advertisement of a "lost gow, py shirniny !" Words are good but there is some thing better. The best is not to be explained by words. The spirit in which we act is the chief matter. Ac tion can only be understood and rep rcsented by tno spirit. No one knows what he is doing while he is ac in T ri hlly, but of what is wrong we are always conscious. Goethe. A good wife is the greatest earthly bless- in THOSE CIRCUS BILLS. f From the Detroit Free Press. She had one in her hand as she came up-stairs, and she didn't say a word until after she had wiped her spectacles, placed them on her nose, unfolded the bill, and read a few of the head-lines. She was old-fashioned iu her look. There were strings to her bonnet, she had no bustle, her grey hair was combed -down smoothly, and there were only eleven yards iu her black alpaca dress. Young man, don't you know that circusses are awful liars and hum bugs?" alio faintly inquired. The man at the table leaned back in his chair, and refused to express an opinion. "Well, I know it," she continued in a positive tone, "And I believe they get wuss every day. Now Kee here listen to this: 'A girgeons pa lorama of amazing wonders a gi gantic combination of astonishing acrobatic talent That's all right on the poster, but hev they got 'em? I'd like to see one o' them an imals." 'You are laboring under a mistake, madam. It means a grand display of. natural curiosities, nnd informs the public that tire proprietor has se cured many fir-t-class acrobats the chaps who stand on their heads, turn head over heels, and cut up so many monkey shines." "It does, eh?" she mused; "waul, do you believe it take, a smart per- sou in Keei oci. "Well, one has to have a good deal ot training." "They do, eh?" bhc remarked, as ! she put her umbrella iu tho corner and spit on her hands; "I'll show you that you are deceived! I'm an old woman, but if I can't " "Madam, hold on don't do it!" exclaimed the man behind the table. "1 can Hop right over there and never hake my bonnet!" she said as she rose up. "I know you can, madam, but don't. I am here alone, and I I don't want you to. I'd rather you wouldn't. If you are determined on it, I shall leave the room." "Well, you know I can do it, and that's enough. "You inj be right about what that means, but see here hear this: Thc highways ablaze with resplendent chariots-thc grand est pageant on earth.' I've bin to lots of circuses, young man, and 1 never saw a rageant yet. If they had one, the door of his cage wasu't open." "You are also ia error there. The bill refers to the fact that the great number of wagons, chariots, etc., make up a sight worth seeing as they pass along the street." "Um-m-m," the muttered, as she folded the bill over; "I don't see why they couldn't have said so then. And now hce here read that: 'Sig Govinoff, in his areial llights.' Now, then, is that a boa-constrictor or a cundurango?" "It is a man, madam one of the performers. His real name is prob ably Jones, but that isn't grand enough, aud so they put him down as 'Govinoff.' He is the man who jumps off a rope, turns over twice, and comes .town all right." "Ho is, oh? Well, if he's got an idea .hat he's the smartest man alive I Wi nt to disappoint him. I never did try to turn over twicL-, but I'll do it right here and. now or break my neck ! Git the things offi'u that table!" "Stay, madam don't, I wouldn't have you do it for fifty dollars." "Juwt once!" "For heaven's sake madam, get down ofii'n this table here here's a dollar if you won't do itP "I don't want your money, and I won't try it if your 60 scart, but 1 don't want no circus going around talking about aryal flights and de ceiving V e people!" She sat down, the young man wipe. I the sweat off his brow, and presently she le marked: "And here's another thing, right here. A sparkling asterisk, flashing across the gold of the cloth of gold Mons. Gomerique in his great de lineations of human character I'd liko to know who she is." "Madam, that is a man a man who delineates character." "How?" "Why, he makes up faces ex presses mirth, sonow, joy and so forth." "He does, eh? Well, what's that to blow about? make up faces see here!" And she shut he r exes, run her tongue out, and looked like the bot tom of a brass kettle which had been kicked in by a mule. "They are humbugs sir! she said, as she drew her tongue in, "and d'ye s'pose I'd pay fifty cents to go to one?" "They ai) quite entertaining as c general thing." "They are, eh? Entertaining, eh: Well, ef I can't do more entertaining in five minutes than a'cirens can in all day I'll leave my bonnet up heie Here hold to this chair!" "Madam, I earnestly hope you an not going to perform any tricks." "I hain't eh' You just hold on to the logs of thi; chair!" "I can't madam I wouldn't do it for all the diamond pins in Syracuse! Go away, madam go home I'm in an awful hurry?" "Well, I won't then, but when 1 say circiues arc humbugs I can prove it. I don't kcer two cents foi their big words and their panoplies, h - , as,C:risks, giraffes. arynU. georgeouses and ouraug-outangs 1 can beat 'em all holler myself!'' And she took off her spectacles, lifted her umbrella and went down stair?. Frightening Children. Nothing can be worse for a child than to be frightened Tho effect of the scare it is siow to'recovei from; it remains sometimes until af ter maturity, as is shown by main instances of morbid sensitiveness and excessive nervousness. Not uu frequently, fear ;s employed as it means of discipline. Children are controlled ly being made to believe that something terrible will happen to them and puuished by being shut up in dark rooms, or by being put in iu places they stand in dread of. No one, without a vivid memory of his own childhood, can comprehend how entirely cruel such things are. We have often heard grown persons tell of the suffering they have en dured, as children, under like cir cumstances and recount the irrepar able injury which they then received. No parent, no nurse, capable ol alarming tho young, is fitted for her positiop. Children as nearly as pos sible should be trained to not know tho sense of foar, which above every thing else is to be feared in their education early and late. Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity fleeting. To act is easy, to think is difficult; I 3 act according to our thoughts in troublesome, livery beginning is agreeable, the threshold is tho place of exp?ctation. The boy is aston ished, his impression i guide him, he learns as he plays, earnestness comes on him by surprise. Imitation is bbrn with us, but hat wo ought to imitate is not easily diecovered. The excellent is seldom found, moro sel dom prized. Tho summit charms us, the step.i to it do uot; with tho bights before our eyes, wo like to lin ger iu the plain. Goethe. Fears of Failure of the Corn Crop. Spbixofield, 111., Aug. 19. The State lh'(fisfcr publishes tho follow ing: "Wo learn that grave fears ore entertained as to tho corn crop, ow ing to tho cold, cloudy weather. Corn is growing rank, bat not fill ing as it should. Haiti nnd sunshine is needed. The crop is not ripening and it is feared frost will catch it. There i3 much anxiety as to this mat ter among leading producers, nnd it is hoped a more favorable season will soon set in aud put all to rights be fore it is too latH THE 0L0 STORY. A Chicago G rl Finds Her Lover in tho Workhouse and Marrie3 Him; f From the ClcvtlanJ Herald. On Thursday evening of this week there occurred at tho Workhouse iu this city a little episode in tho shape of a wedding between a Chicago girl by tho name of Fhilomona Orb and a pi boner in that institution by tho name of William Boycr alia August Muller. Williams i3 a batcher by trado, and he used to bo tho chief engineer of a butcher shop in tho saniesquaro Philomena resides m Chicago. Wil liam being a' kind hearted young man lined to carry tho purchases Philomena had mado at his market to tho houso where p.he lived, nnd iu course of their frequent meetings 'in that war, she soon learned to love him, "not wisely, b.tt too well. " But "the course of true lovo never lid run smooth," and William thought a changoof climate would ba beneficial to his constitution, so ho vyended his way to Cleveland whero !o worked at his trado tor a short hue, but as his caily training had been sadly neglected, or ho had for gotten ono of the ten command ments, ho found himself ono after noon in May last &t tho Hotel do Patterson for thirty days and $50 tino. Philomena, after writing sev eral times and receiving no answer from her truant lover, resolved to 'enow "why was this thus," and en oming to Cleveland hho obtained legal counsel in tho case and re paired immediately to tho Woik house, where she f.umd the way ward object of her search, and quiet ly informed hint that sho meant bus iness, and if ho would marry her forthwith sha would do her best to pay his fine and have him released, bi't if he refused, 1ig would make it warm for him as soon as ho did. get out. William thinking that "discro rion was tho better part of valor," consented to marry her, and that evening, about '.) o'clock, Philomena appeared, "armed nnd equipped" vith the nceessaiy documents for tho marriage, ami with Justice Kolbo to perform tho ceremony, William ua brought from tho cell to tho office, where they wero oon pro nounced "husband and wife." Wil liam was then returned to his cell aud Philomena went to her hotel, and'from thence she ututns to Chi cago whero sho ill endeavor to ob tain tho necessary aniountof "lucre" to liquidate the balance of his line, and when ho is released ho promises to bo a faithful husband and provide a homo. A True Wife. Daniel Webster onco said: Thcro is nothing upon this earth that can compare with tho faithful attachment of a wife; no creaturo who, for tho object of her love, is so indomitable, so persevering, so ready to suffer and die. Under tho most depressing circumstances, woman's weakness becomes a mighty power, her timidi ty bejL'ome.i fciirlesa courage, all her r.hriuUing and fiinking passes, away, and passes away, and her spirit ac quires tho firmness of mnrblo ada mantine firmness when circumstan ces drive her to put forth nl her en ergies und r tho inspiration of her afffction. It is tho bubbling stieam which flows ge itly, tho rivulet which run a ong day nnd night by tho farm houso tint is useful, rither than tho swollen flood or cataract. Niagara excites our wonder, und wo stand amazed at tho power and jjrentness of God ther, as it pn'irs from tho hdlow of His hand. But one Niagara is enojj. tor a conti nent or the world, whilo tho satno world requires thousands nnd ten tbousanJ of silver fountain and flowing rivulets, that water every farm tud meadow and garJen, aud that li -ill flow on every day and night with their gentle quiet beauty. So with the acts of our lives. It is not by great .'deeds, like th nnrtvfq, that good is to be done, but tho daily and quiet., virtue oi our n.o, the Chiistian's temper, the good quali ties of rlnttvAs and friend.