The new Northwest., January 16, 1874, Image 2

FRIDAY.
..JANUARY 10, 1874.
OBGAHIZE! OBGAHIZE!
I rieuds of Woman Suffrage, men and
women, without distinction of party, in
every locality, are urgently requested to
form, in their own town without de
lay, a
OMAN; SUFFRAGE POLITICAL CLUB,
Composed of members who will sign
the following article of association:
"We, the undersigned, residents of ,
in the State of , of all political par
ties, believing that. Woman Suffrage is
a vital political Issue, do hereby organ
ize Into a Woman Suffrage Political
Club, for the purpose of forward
ing the movement merally and po
litically, by the systematic circula
tion of tracts and newspapers, by hold
ing public meetings, and especially by
helping to elect the friends of Suffrage
to the Legislature and to Congress, and
by helping tc defeat its opponents.
BENEFIT 01 THEHEW NOETHWEST.
A Centennial "Toast and Tea Party"
will be given at Masonic Hall on tho
evenings of the 30th and 31st of this
month, at which the moBt attractive pos
sible "Bill of Fare," both intellectual and
eatable, will be served up for the benefit
of the mental and physical man.
Programme and other Important par
ticulars will be given in due time.
THE "PILTHY POOL."
The political pool is spouting like a
geyser. If the declarations of man's
rfghts newspapers are to bo trusted, tho
men which the troubled pool Is retching
to cast forth, as well as those who are
already ejected, are all moral monstros
ities hybrids between humanity and
Satan whoso public positions are those
of sycophany and plunder, and whose
hold upon the Nalioual coffers is that
of conBiimmato outlawry, acquired by
fraud and held possession of through
bribery and shameless connivance at
all manner of wickedness. Day after
day the outs of office assail the ins, and
it has come to that that any man who
holds a Federal position, from postmas
ter to Cabinet officer, becomes at once
the target for all manner of missiles, no
matter how consoleutlously he may dis
charge his duties.
This slate of public sentiment be
tokens a feverish, unhealthy condition
of the body politic. It proves that the
outs, who were once In, know how It is
themselves (excuse the slang there Is
no other thought so expressive). It
proves, too, that the remedy does not
consist simply In getting the Ins out
mid the outs In; for this reputed remedy
has been tried bo often without success
that everbody except interested outs
have lost faith in it. But It la well
known among physicians that any im
pure condition of the system arises
from home existing cause, and that, if
the case Is not utterly hopeless, the
caue may be removed, and that the re
moval of this cause is the only proper
or lasting remedy.
This tax-paying Nation has watched
the rise and progreM of the old Whig
and Democratic parties; has seen both
in their youth, maturity, old age and
dissolution. It has seen the Republi
can party, born of the expiring Whig
organization, taking the lead for the
last decade, and conquering a mighty
Rebellion Issue of the expiring throes
of old, rotten Democracy. It now sees
the Republican party evincing a failure
to learn wisdom from the dissolution of
its predecessors, and giving out unmis
takable evidence of a speedy demise.
And unless It shall drink anew of the
grand fountain of Human Rights to
which It owes its present lease of
power this fame Nation Is destined to
see this party fall to pieces from Its own
engendered rottenness. On the other I
hand, the Democratic party is being j
boru anew from the carcass of the expir
ing Rebellion. Its lusty cries for Gov-!
ernment lacteal are being4 heard In the
land, and Aunt Columbia mother
hearted old maiden that she is- is begin
ing to yearn for the famishing infant.
Rut what can the Nation expect from
the resuscitation of this party, conceived
in sin and brought forth In iniquity ?
Our Republican brethren may hug the
delusion that their party Is yet strong
and vigorous as tightly an they may, but
we assure them that this vigorous bant
ling of tho dead Rebellion will soon
make outs of them and an In of lUelf,
If they do not do speedy justice to the
Israelitos in their bouse of bondage,
even the women of the Republic. The
party that ceases to proves deserves to
die, and In the course of nature, mtul
die. The Republican party has seem
ingly lost the Idea of piogrcsslon. It
reposes in" that slate of carnal security
which naturally comes of an ovr-gorge
of Federal nourishment. We call upon
it to wake up. The Illegitimate off
spring of dead Democracy and dying
Rebellion, which has been christened
Democratic party, with its Inherited
Ideas of a caste lorn of slavery is dally
growing strongerand Its allies more con
fident. This young child believes in
sexual suffrage, or an aristocracy of sex.
You project to believe In Human
Rights and the administration of Jus
tice. The young party Is taking advan
tage of your feeling of carnal security,
and lias engaged the outs from your
ranks to oust you from the "filthy pool"
ko that the Democratic child may feed
undisturbed, at the public cnb. '
Now, be warned, we pray you, and
cleanse the pool while the power still
remains with you to do so. Open the
flood-gales of woman's Influence, that
tho great, exulting and abounding
river of long-pent political purification
may have opportunity to cleanse the
Augean stables in which your filthy
jwol lies stagnating. Do this and you
will not die. Refuse, and there is no
power, of heaven or of men, that can
save you from tho encroaching Impor
tuuitlos of young Democracy.
WOMAH 8UPPBAGE 127 SALEM.
In response to a call issued to the
friends of Woman Suffrage, about
soventy-five ladles and gentlemen as
sembled at Reed's Opera House Satur
day afternoon, to tako action upon such
matters as might present themselves in
that connection. Col. C. A. Reed stated
briefly that the object of this meeting
was understood to be for the purpose of
effecting a permanent organization, that
the friends of the cause might be ena
bled to act in concert with other organ
izations throughout the country for Its
common good. The meeting then or
ganized temporarily by choosing Mrs.
Belle W. Cooke, Chairman, and Col.
Reed, Secretary; after which a com
mittee on Permanent Organization was
appointed, consisting of Mrs. P. L. Price,
Mrs. S. C. Adams and E. Strong, Esq.,
and a Committee on the order of Busi
ness, consisting of Mrs. John A. Johns,
Mrs. Roork and Hon. T. McF. Patton.
Tho Committee on Permanent Organi
zation offered a report recommending
the organization of the "Marlon County
Woman Suffrage Association," by the
election of a President, three Vice Presi
dents, Secretary and Treasuer, which
was adopted, and the officers elected as
follows: President, Mrs. Belle W. Cooke;
Vice Presidents, Mrs. P. L. Price, Mrs.
Roork and Mrs. E. Strong; Secretary,
Miss Clara Watt; Treasurer, Mrs. Johns.
The Committee on Order of Business
submitted a report recommending, 1st,
an address by the President; 2d, the elec
tion of permanent officers; 3d, the ap
pointment of such committees as might
be deemed advisable; and 4th, remarks
touching the object and tendency of the
organization. Adopted. The President,
Mrs. Cooke, stated that she was not pre
pared to deliver an address such as she
thought the occasion demanded, and in
lieu thereof read an appropriate selec
tion. A committee was then appointed
to draft a Constitution and By law,
consisting of Mr. E. Strong, Mrs. S. C.
Adams and Mrs. D. W. Prentice, which
was-followed by remarks from persons
present, after which the Convention ad
journed to meet again next Saturday at
2 o'clock p. sr.
ADVICE.
What has the beautiful town of Forest
Grove been cuilty of that It must be
scourged continually Vith tho support
of a scurrillous, filthy, profane, lying
and imbecile editor? Our first impulse
was to copy a "stick-full" of false ac
cusations aud profane tirade against tho
New NoKTiiHESTthat burdened the so-
called Independent organ of Gov. Gro-
verat forest Grove last week, but the
thing was not fit to print, so we must
leave our many readers who are so for
tunate as not to see the lying missile, to
their own imaginings concerning it.
When the Independent came out n
fortnight siuco with a column or so of
the Luce-est misrepresentation we over
saw, sandwiched between some very fair
statements with which the editor sought
to sugar-coat the whole so that we
would swallow It without dissent, we
had compassion on him, and refainod
from administering a well merited
castlgatlon In consideration of his vapid
verdancy; and now that he has thrown
off the sheep-skin coat behind which he
was blt-Atiug, and exhibited himself as
the malicious, fangless and impotent
wolf that he Is, we are still constrained
to spare and pity him. Therefore, we
shall, for the present, rest content with
this llttlegratultousadvlce: When you,
sir, next undertake to print bare-faced
falsehoods agaiust your betters, to be
circulated and read among intelligent
and honorable people, be sure that they
are not m far-fetched that but some one,
at least, may be decleved by them, ami
then you may succeed better.
HAS NOTHING TO SAY.
"I sec that the Oregonian has no more
words with you of late," said a gentle
man to us recently.
"In that the Oregonian Is wise," we
answered, "for what' can It say? I
have no desire to have differences with
any journal, and while I prefer 'that
the Oregonian should fight if it has a
grievance, rather than see it pout and
be surly, I have no disposition to Ig
nore it, nor shall I."
"I asked the editor, oneday," said the
gentleman, "why he didn't reply to
some of your editorials. Ho said, 'I
can't. She's n woman, and I can't tell
her to go to h 1. "
So wo suppose tjiat Is all tho editor of
the Oregonian can think of to say in
extenuation of a most flagrant viola
tion of professional ethics, and if he has
nothing else to say but that, we arc
willing to excuse him from writing of
um at all. But wo assure him that wc
would much rather sec him go to heaven
than the other place, therefore we shall
not cease to oxhort him In season aud
out of heaoon to flee from tho wrath to
conle" ,
DISSOLUTION.
The firm of Williams A Glbbs tins
been dissolved. One Is decapitated aud
the other dejected. Some of the Inter
ested parties are jubilant aud others are
sorrowful.
Personally we like both men well
enough to see them hold office for a
life-time; besides, both are friends to
the Woman Movement, though General
Williams gets on pious strains of objec
tions to it, a la Garfield, tome times, and
Governor Gibbs hasn't had courage yet
to "speak out in meetin' " in its favor,
though we think ho will soon.
If some plan could be hit upon by the
hody politic which would enable every
public aspirant to have aud hold an of-
jfice all bis days, everybody might be
"nppy. JJut alas for tho vanity of hu
man expectations! The chances of ob
taining high positions are about equal
to the opportunities of getting struck by
lightning, and the prospect of holding
office when you Bet H are on a par with
i?r?ket you" "fa a'Ur 11,0 "g,,,D,n8
ANSWEBS TO 00BEESP0HDENTS.
F. Y. G., Walla Walla, writes: "Par
don me if I indulge in a little criticism.
I fear that the New Northwest is los
ing ground because it doesn't fight as
vigorously as It used to. You have
grown too good-natured by half." Good
friend, what is there to fight? We have
shown up political corruption in its
ten thousand various phases, and fought
men's rights objections to the Woman
Movement until they are all conquered,
and you wouldn't have us continually
belaboring a vanquished enemy, would
you ? Our business now Is to point our
erring and sadly corrupted brethren to
the great National panacea for existing
ills, namely, tho establishing of Gov
ernment upon a philosophical basis, In
which the masculine and feminine ele
ments of mind may exert their elevat
ing and purifying influences upon each
other, mat both may reap a correspond
ing benefit therefrom.
Mrs. M. A., Albany, writes; "It has
boen a long time since I hare seen hints
In the New NoimiwEsrabout fashions.
I have a new gray serge suit which I
wish to make up in the latest style,
suitable for out-door wear. How shall
I make It, and can you send me pat
terns ?" You waut a plain, gored skirt,
Just short enough to nicely clear the
ground in walking. A rcdlngote, for
which wc can send you a pattern, is the
most fashionable garment for suits.
We recommend that you line this gar
mcnt, especially the waist and sleovcs,
with flannel. If women would dress as
warmly as men do they would be far
healthier than now. Mrs. Wauss, of
this city, and Mrs. M. J. Ensign, have
all tho late style patterns, and they pat
ronize the New Noktiiwest, so we rec
ommend them as reliablo persons to go
to for patterns.
M. B. Burns, Minnesota, writes
"Whenever we get your paper we long
for a sight of your sunny face. Our
little seven-year-old was sitting by the
fire for n long time the other day en
gaged in ileep study. 'What are you
thinking of, Pet ?' I asked. 'I was just
wondering how Mrs. Duniway looks,'she
replied. 'Why ?' I asked curiously. 'Oh,
nothing, only she says so many funny
thlng, I think she must look laughish
all the time.' " To this we are compelled
In humility to reply that tho nowspa
pers often call us quarrelsome, cranky
and vinegar-faced. Glad somebody has
n belter opinion of human nature.
WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE.
Professor Sheldon Amos, A. M., In his
recent work entitled, "English Consti
tution and Government," says: "The
argument in favor of allowing women
to vote is still stronger than that in
favor of lowering tho franchise for men.
This movement Is the more Important,
as a bill for the purpoo of extending the
sunrage to women is brought in every
year Into the House of Commons, and
two years ago passed Its second reading.
There Is a strong body or association of
people In favor of the movement,
though there is In some quarters a great
dislike to It. Tiio arguments In favor of
It are: 1. That under the existing law,
women vote In all municipal elections
on the same basis as men. 2. That
many women own laud and houses and
all other things Inexactly the same way
a9 men do. 3. That women pay exactly
the same taxes estimated on their prop
erty as men do. 4. That women are
nflected by the law in the same way as
men are. .". That woman's Interests are
injuriously affected in Parliament
through women not influencing the
elections. U. That ordinary women are
j In nil re-pects as much qualified In their
minds as ordinary men, us is shown by
a woman being (Juoen of England."
ANOTHEEDEFEAT.
The telegraph brings the news thnt
Caleb dishing couldn't come Into the
Chief Justiceship. Cause, too much
Southern Confederacy, We hazard a
guess that this nppointmeut was made
by the President, knowing that this re
sult would follow; and wc also predict
that the experiment will be repeated
with another luckless aspirant or two,
after which Williams will receive the
appointment without opposition. The
President, Attorney-General and Mrs.
Williams are the three longest-headed
politicians In Washington.
DIED.
Mrs. McLean, sister of Susan B. An
thony, and ono of the noble fifteen who
exercised their right of suffrage in
Rochester a year ago, died on the 0th
Inst, after a long and weary illness.
Miss Anthony attended her almost con
stantly during her illness witii a devo
tion which those who know her best
most deeply appreciate.
A Heaktles.s MoTitKit. The San
Francisco papers have an account of the
departue of Mrs. Janet Aslier for Oregon,
leaving behind her two children both or
tender years, totally unprovided for. It
is safe to wager a small amount that this
heartless mother is an advocate of
"Woman's Rights." Walla Walla
Statesman.
The other day the Portland papers
gave an account of a husband who beat
his wife In a shameful manner, compel
ling her to sigli away all her property to
a courtesan with whom he was Intimate.
It is safe to say that neither this man
nor the prostitute Is an'advocato of
"Woman's" Rights."
We call the attention of real estate
agents and others who are Interested in
Immigration schemes, so badly needed
for the development of the wonderful
resources of Oregon and Washington
Territory, to the correspondence from
Europe In another column. Will some
gentleman he kind enough to furnish
us the facta in relation to the rain-fall
of '71 and '2, signed by the required
number of responsible citizens, for tho
consideration of the Scottish Board of
Emigration ?
LETTER PBOM POBEST GBOVE.
scx:r afierxoox with a moralist (t.
Dear Mn. Duniway:-l'taa return-!
ing from my weekly visit to theSauctu-
ary on yesterday, I found a quiet, leis
ure honrawaltiugrae. Wishing to pur
sue tho charitable train of thought in
duced by the discourse to which I had
Just listened, and remembering that
literature of a moral and elevating na
ture is for this purpose recommended by
Sabbath-school teachers aud divines, I
cast about me for something to render
profitable tho hour. Uncertain what
to select from the pile of newspa
pers and periodicals that filled my desk,
I stood awhilo perplexed but stood not
long for a luoky or as the -sequel
proved unlucky turn of the Christian
Union revealed a Forest Grove Inde
pendent, which being under the direct
supervision of a learned D. D., could
scarcely fall to be orthodox and godly
enough to quiet the conscience of the
most old-fashioned seeker after the letter
and spirit of the fourth commandment.
Expecting, of course, to find thecream
of Its oft-boasted morality in the edito
rial columns, I turned to them at once,
and imagino my surprise to find, beforo
I had reached the foot ot the first col
umn, a tirado of abuse, abounding in
malice, envy and all uncharitablencss,
and setting at defiance all rules of de
cency and courtesy! Finding by a
hasty turn of the sheet that I had not
mistaken the paper, I stopped, removed
my spectacles, carefully wiped and re
adjusted them, and beingconvinced that
the Sunday reading must bo in another
column, T glanced nervously across the
page, aud my milled feelings were for a
moment smoothed, for there, conspicu
ous In heavy type and double exclama
tion points, stood "Purification!" Alas,
that your correspondent must again ac
knowledge himself the victim of mis
placed confidence. Yet such is the fact,
for following close upon the delusive
word came "Perdition."' Aud from tills
last emouated as many gross mis-statements,
and as much self-righteous as
sumption, as the prince and ruler of the
realms invoked could possibly crowd
into such meagre space. I had by this
time a feeling that moral (?) literature
of the kind furnished to the readers of
the Independent by its nominal editor
and his worthy assistants of "headless"
fame and ministerial attainment, was
no just the thing to Induce a Christian
frame of mind on a Sabbatli afternoon.
So after receiving tho assurance from
another column that "violent or unjust
attacks would be excluded" from the
paper, and finding still further proof of
the truth (?) of this extraordinary state
ment in tho expiring wail of the "fat
P. M." In his lugubrious attempt at
merriment, I threw the paper aside, re
solved that If In the future I should vio
late the fourth commandment, it. should
nt least bo done in a more excusable
manner than by reading the Forest
Grove Independent. M.
I'oubstGkove, January 12, 1S74.
LETTER FB0M INDIANA.
Mrs. A. J. Duniway Dear Madam:
A few days ago as I was traveling on
thelllinois Contrail Railroad) a stranger,
hailing froju (Oregon, gave me a number
of newspaper, among which were two
copies of the New Northwest. I
had often heard favorable accounts of
you and your paper, but must say that
I was not prepared for such a sensible,
crisp, saucy, moderate convincing,
piquant, descriptive and argumentative
journal as you publish. I was deeply
Intererestcd in your letter, describing
your Journey "Down Puget Souud."
Your encounter, too, with a Kalama
Ishmaelite have you many men of
that stripe on your coast? Not many,
maul: gootlnesf. En. Pray tell
,uci
l r
who is " ours Truly?" Jsshc marriaKe
able? And have you many girls as sharp
and sensible? She's an Oregon pro
duction, sir, and we have plenty such.
If you waut to know more about her,
address "Yours Truly," care New
Northwest, and we will forward the
letter and ask no questions. En.
I have long been contemplating a
removal to the Pacific Coast, but my
parents are aged and need my presence
and care, and I have feared to remove
them to a new country .on account of
the hardship. Old folks are not as easily
transplanted as young bachelors.
The woman question which you bat
tle for so vigorously is gaining ground
very rapidly in the west.
I think your plan of compelling poli
ticians to feel the necessity of woman's
aid In the Government Is sure to win.
I enclose S3 00 for subscription to the
New Northwest for one year, begin
ning with January 1st.
Respectfully,
I). G. Clakk.
Ev.vnsvim.e, December 30, 1S73.
Those friends oftho New Northwest
who are willing to contribute supplies
for the Centennial Toast and Tea Parti
are requested to address, "Centennial
Tea Party Committee," care of this of
fice, or call uion us nt our residence on
B street, between Third and Fourth.
,v A Clarke Is making some very
readable editorials of late. His trip to
Washington did much to enlarge his
mind and polish his manners.
Natural Conclusion. Tho Jack
sonville Sentinel is responsible for this:
A number of young chaps were ex
ploiting fire clackers in the street when
t i Passlnghy, stopped to look
at them. Says a genuine specimen of
the hoodlum ordor for they exist hero
n a mild form-"What do you think of
it, John?" "Whatee for you shootco
nre-clacker to-day?" Because this is
t unsitnas." "Whatee Kllsmas ?" says i
Joiiii. hls Is the day we celebrato ,
-uencan man's God ' 'rtoiira(nMin-
Can ninil'n Rul M.O CM
allee same's Chhiamau, eh? Chinaman
?wi 17 ,lre-clacker at his God-he
shootee blm at devil. Mellcau man's
Uod allee same's Chinaman's dovll ?
;olV,i?trodo-away wltQ 'nok ot
apparent dlgut.
IMPOBTAHT- CORRESPONDENCE.
Mr. A. J. Duniway: -I enclose you
a CW of a letter from a genllemau in
Puna. Scotland. I also send you a
copyoi me .uuuueu jiuitritser m ucui
ber 30, on tho last page of which are two
letters relative to Oregou. You will see
by the enclosed letter whatlhe gentle
man desires, and as tho people of Port
land can answer the statements relatiro
to Portland better than I can, I would
thank you to publish this correspond
ence in your paper. And also would
you be kind enough to have an item
inserted in the sameor next issue briefly
answering the allegations in Mr. KIdd's
letter, and neither going over or under
the truth, aud have the names of several
well known gentlemen attached to it
who were In Portland all the winter of
1S71-2.
I was horn only a few miles from
Dundee, and I would bo very glad to
aid In any way In getting some of my
countrymen and women to this coast
where they can do so much better than
they can at home; but I would not wil
fully make a misrepresentation, as it
would injure instead of aiding us. What
wc need to build up botli Oregou and
Washington is capital aud labor, and
both can be obtained not only from
Scotlaud, but lrom other parts of Europe,
by simply posting the right class of
people on the nature of oursoil, climate
and resources. I will answer for Wash
ington, please to aid me in the Portland
question.
With kind regards, I am respectfully
yours, EmvAitn Ei.nEitirau.
Whatcom, W. T., January 4, lS7i.
The following is the letter referred to:
OmrE or tiik Consulate ovtiik United")
STATr Of AMKfilCA, I c.n df.k, :iool Inml. .
Noveiiilx-r 21, J
Hon. Mlward JJldridgc: Your letter
with the enclosures are very interesting.
My Directors of the Oregon and Wash
ington 1-ir-t investment Company (of
which Company the Enrle of Alrlle is
President, and I am Secretary) read
them with interest. Mr. Leng, the edi
tor of the Dundee. Idverliser, who is also
a director, desires me to say that he will
send you his paper once a week, while
I will with pleasure scud you a Dundee
paper once or twice a week. Will you
scud me an article from your pen, de-j
scriptive of the country, its wants, etc,
etc., so that Mr. Leng may publish it in
the AdvertUcr
I send you a newspaper with an arti
cle against Oregon. I answered it, de
fending it against an alleged forty-five
days' coixecutivo rain. Is it really
true? Will you, if you can find that it
diil nni min tiif.iit ,,! .1..,. t.. rnrf.-.n.-
" - a"" j
day?, send me a denial of the allegation
and got some ten or fitcen gentlemen to
add their names. My object is to tako
away the damaging effects stated
therein. In this county and Fifeshire
many are looking with interest to your
country. But if It is the case, as stated
by Mr. Kidd, that all agricultural and
mechanical (outside) labor is wholly
suspended from November to May, I
must say It will very much damage the
future of your country. Of courso It is
not true, but I wish you to dwell mont
particularly on this latter subject al
leged Mi-peiisioii of labor from Novem
ber to May and, if it is untrue, please
get the signatures of ten to twenty em
ployers of labor in Washington Terri
tory denying the allegation. As I am
to publish your answer, botli as to the
country, rain, labor and its wants, etc.,
be careful what you write. Please make
your article on the rain and suspension
of labor a separate article from theother
matter, aud got it signed. I am told
that Washington Territory is even more
wet than Oregou In winter, but less
rain in summer.
I may mention that I intend going
out to uregon ami v atmngiou on a
I visit in the spring of next year, in the:
i i . i i t n. . l r ..... -1 r I
tnrrf.nn.1 I should be clad to have a
meeting with you.
Our Company loans
money to tho extent or oue-inmi vaiue
of lands on occupied farms in Oregon
and Washington Territory.
Thanking you for your very interest
ing letter, and hoping to be of service
to you, I am yours truly,
William Reid.
Gov. Campbell ot Wyoming, in his
message to the Third Legislative As
sembly of Wyoming Territory, makes
the following statement In reference to , profiu saUsTactory, while many a mer
the practlca working of "Woman Suf-1 clmut arouml illm who 'couldn't allord
fragc there: "-Hie experiment of grant-1 to mlvertise, saw hIg clerka stand idle
ing to women a voice in tho Govern- bc.j,hid the counters."
mont, which was inaugurated for the
lirM timo in tho history ot our country
by the First Legislative Assembly of
Wyoming, has now been tried for four
years. I have heretofore taken occasion
to express my views In regard to the
wisdom and justice of this measure, and
my conviction that its adoption had j
bef-n attended only by good results.
Two years more of observation of the i
practical working of the system have'
only served to deepen my conviction
lljtlhr l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Jl kill-' 1 VtlHUI J .11. I 1
done, has been well done, and that our
system of impartial sullrage Is an un-
qualified success."
Assault. On the 18th ult., Nathan
Smith of Norwalk, while intoxicated,
that wtiat wc, in tills
went to the house of Mrs. CCatnp, and
beat her about the head with a tea-kettle
lllled with uoinng water, imncmig a
very severe wound. He was arrested
anil sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and
costs, and to serve three months In the
county jail.
This must have been "cold comfort"
to noor Mrs. Camp for so hot an annll
cation to her head also a sad misfor
tune to Smith's wife and children, who
arc deprived of the S100 and the benefit
of his wages. Ought uot the mau who
sold Smith the liquor help pay theso
women and children for the damage
they have sustained ? Woman' Jour
nal. Women on School Committeeh.-
This isoneofthogood signs ofthese mod -
cru days, for It is becoming an ackuowl-
edged fact that women have minds as
well as meu; and therefore we are vory
glad to learn from the Fall River Daily
in w- timi our iiin nnd liberal
..." -r, r. I! Wlrmi
correanondent, Miss Susan
wiw electctl last week
Hie tocuooi j
lotumittco oi itiatciiy. one ei-m w
have run well, as the polltleiana say, as
she obtained 2 924 votes, while two clcr-
between them. Well done, FIl River!
The Par West-Oregon.
Editor Dundee Advertiser Sir: Per
mit me to draw your attention to the
following letter, corroborative In fact,
more than corroborative of the strong
est statements made by me about Ore
gon. Tho letter is from Mr. Andrew
Kidd, a thoroughly practical "man, well
known in Dundee as a builder aud arch
itect, and as the architect among other
buildings of the pavilion in the Baxter
Park and the Messrs. Henderson's
leather warehouse, Ladyhauk Works.
Mr. Kidd is a gentleman unknown to
me personally, and I never exchanged a
word or lino with him until I wrote him
tho other day asking him to read this
controversy over Oregon, and give us
his opinion, I did not care on what side.
I did not know his address, and had to
find It through a frieud, but I knew he
had been in Oregon, and was in the
country when I was there, aud during
the rain-fall of forty days.
I must ask you to insert his letter ver
batim. In justice to myself and to my
veracity as a correspondent, which I had
thought was rather rudely impeached;
and would have thought so still were it
not that Mr. Reid Is a gentleman Inca
pable of willingly wounding anyone,
and, besides, showed to me personally,
while recently examining the Polaris'
crew in Dundee in behalf of the New
York Herald, an amount of personal
courtesy and kindness for which I feel
at this moment too much his debtor to
permit me saying a single harsh word
by way of rejoinder In this Oregon con
troversy. In justice to Mr. Kidd, who
writes strongly, let mo say that he does
not write a whit stronger than letters
which appear in American newspapers,
and that it is because I feel hopeful for
the future of Oregon and Washington
Territory that I have not "come down
on the country much stronger, and been
still within the mark." I have the
'greatest faith In the ultimate future of
the Pacific Slope. But the perspective
of the future is the perspective of centu
ries and not of a few years. I am, fcc,
W. M'Gavin Giieio.
London, October 27, 1S73.
MR. KIDD TO MR. GKEIO.
Dear Sir:1 have received your letter
of the 20th curt., also paper containing
your sketch of Oregon, etc. In reply, I
have to say that I have read yoursketcli,
carefully noted Mr. Real's weather sta
tistics, also your letterof Wednesday in
the Dundee Advertiser.
I happened to be in Portland, Oregon,
all the winter of 1S71-2, and I can affirm
that it rained forty-five days In succes
sion; it did not only rain. It fairly
poured; many a time I felt alarmed; it
was terrible. I often spoke of it to the
"Web-feet," who were not in tho least
put auout, as it was just what they
were accustomed to, and consequently
inougiii, iuiio or noiiung auout it (as a
matter of course). Another thing I ob
served, that all out-door work was sus
pended both in town aud In the country
from the last of November until the
first of May I mean building opera
tions aud agricultural work and the
roads were almost impassible.
I can endorse all vour statements re
garding the weather; In fact, your de-
scrlption is drawn rather fine. I could
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country much stronger; and you would
have still been within the mark.
Mr. Reid's weather table does look
very fair: it Is, however, contrary to mv
Pn.n rv T.r Z 17 7 in i
Country). Jtu evidently got Up forselfish
punwses-I regard it as a maunfacture.
Till IWlnlft of illlnilpo nr olcotvlinrn I
would require to accept these weather
T t ...1.1. A. - - . t . . . T
statistics with great caution. When in
Oregon I saw a great many statistics
about crops and other things besides
the weather, and they would not bear
scruti ny. They have a trick of exagger
atlng everything in praise of theircoun
try. I like your sketch of the Pacific Slope
very much. I am, sir, yours respect
fully, Andw. Kidd.
Peterhead, October 24, 1S73.
The Advantage of Advertising.
After the crash of '57, when everybody
was almost scared to death, and the
croakers predicted that the country had
gone- to smash, a dry goods house was
opened in this city, which proceeded on
tho principle that in order to reach the
hoarded money in the pockets of the
people the proprietors must sell at very
reasonable prices and advertise very
largely. They worked vigorously upon
this principle. Their brother merchants
who did not ndvertie predicted that the
new comer would be ruined, as they
paid too much for advertising. Never-
, theles. thev nersistcd. In a simrle .lav
they paid five hundred dollars in gold
in 1 in Tirt Hit 1 ir o i fnr n i1n. l,u,M
?.ml,at.t,,e e.nd .of seven years they re-
Mtvwl frnm liiiQfnrwa with n fnrrnim
one hundred thousand dollars, while
the other merchants on the same street.
somoofthem opposite their store, had
failed. Milwaukic 117scosi'm.
Tho N. Y. Post, in copying this para
graph, says:
"We remember a similar instance
among our advertisers in the panic of
1S57. A merchant continued his adver
tisement in our columns through the
whole period of stagnation, notwith
standing many" predictions that 'it
wouldn't pay".' His testimony afterward
was that his sales were steady and his
A financial panic does not mean that
no one has any money. There is plenty
of money in tho country, and those who
hoard it are just the ones to be eager for
the bargains which a fall in the prices
holds out. But to buy they must know
where to buy, and Hie merchant who
tells them receives their cash.
A Dead City. Meadow Lake is one
of thestrnuccst towns in California one
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the California Pompeii, the years of
whose antiquity one can reckon on the
, fingers of his bunds, whose entombed
! lava Is the summit snow storms, whicli
j somtimes bury it twenty-five feet deep
. on a level, and whose annual exhuma-
; lion is hrought by the summer sun. Of
all the eloquent and melaneholy mouu-
menis 01 mat "dead work" with which
California and Nevada are strewn so
i thickly that work which was conse-
, crated with human toil, human heroism
and suileriug, albeit often stained with
ucpioraule exhibitions of avarice, folly
and crime, on which mouey and splen
did talents and dauntless energy were so
prodigally expended, and which all
went for nothing this Is the moststrik
imr. This abandoned and desolute city,
standing in the far solitudes of the sum
mits of the Sierra Nevada, presents a
spectacle sadder than Goiusmiui i jb-
--"- ----- , . un.
serted Ulage," hecauso vqj, --",,
ii, nt ! Um onrtnnimr (OUCH Ul
humau ntfections, traditions anu mem
linv vj uw w . w v ,
fl - ' bi' tli0, Slamo.u.JVu nil ns ,
cla Ions, or by any, Ivi-SfM" " I
- ,
W .. '.I'ZSs Wd hanT
iu iiik tciicie tut-
ness Of Hie almost Arenu ouw"-
lugq. !
j
The woman who made a pound or but-
and a
iii Hum ":" r,min kind-
j cheese from the milk of hum an K iud
ness, has slnco washed the close r me
t'q'uinoctlal line.
Every evening six boys met on oue of
tho vacant lots of the village or Hamp
ton. They formed a f-ocietv called the
"Farmers' Tormentors."
"Well, boys, what is the fun for to
night?" asked Tom I'rbino, the lender
of the tormentors, as they sat around
their evening fire.
"Old farmer Williams has taken in
his watermelons, and has put them in
the old barn," said Jim Strattou, an
other one of the party.
"Well, then we will call on old farmer
Williams' barn to-night. This knife
will cut all we want to eat," said Tom.
They sat still until about 10 o'clock,
when Tom said : "Now, Jim, you lead
on; wc will follow you."
The boys walked across the fields
about a mile, when thev came In sight
of a small, old ham. They glanced
around to see that the coast was clear,
and then mounted a small ladder tliey
obtained on the premises.
"Jim, you mount first and I will fol
low; you other fellows stay here aud
watch," said Tom.
They were soon inside the barn, and
Jim descended the stairs, and Tom
remained at tho top to catel tho
melons and pass them to the boy uit
slde. Tom waited-for a few minutes,
but heard nothing of Jim, and finally
he descended to see what had become of
him.
Ho had scarcely reached tho foot of
the stairs, when a large bag was thrown
over his head, and lield him prisoner.
"Now I've got ye, I guess ye won't
come after melons again," said their
captor, farmer Williams' hired man.
He marched them up to the house and
they were ushered Into the presence of
the old farmer.
"Well, boys, we expected you would
I, ay us a visit," lie said as he brought a
arge plate of melons and set it before
them. "Now, boys, help yourselves,"
said the farmer.
Notwithstanding their fear of punish
ment, they ate heartily of the feast, and
drank some cider he gave them. When
they had finished they looked with puz
zled face3 at the farmer, as he opened
the door and said: "Now, boys, you can
go honip, and tho next time you want
auy melons don't come the back way."
They earnestly thanked the farmer,
and quickly ran off toward their homes.
"Jim, I've met for the last time with
the 'Farmers' Tormenters.' This night
I have learned a lesson I shall never tor
get," said Tom.
Jim assented, and said he would be
have in future, and the next night the
name of the "Farmers' Tormentors"
was changed to "The Farmers' Aid So
ciety." A New Phase in Spiritualism. A
very happy discovery has been made in
England nothing less than that the
services of the departed are at our com
mand, not alone as advisers aud proph
ets, but as cooks and footmen, butlers
and housemaids. The organ of the
English Spirit'iiilsts gives an account of
a seance at which spiritual attendants
brought in a feast and spread it In the
dark. When light was introduced the
"guests" wero agreeably surprised to find
a tabic richly loaded with all tho essen
tialsformakingahearty supper. There
were cakes, bread, grapes, butter, milk, a
teapot and a kettle of boiling water, the
nose of which had been prudently
plugged by the spirits so that nobody
miBht bc raided. The food was not all
Unlritnil hi its mttirp hn of t entiafnn-
I ! P'f'1 1 v. In 3fcil 1 wfnJ
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enjoyed. After an hour's feasting tho
lights were extinguished, and the
spirits cleared the table with marvelous
celerity. Now this is a particular re
sultof spiritualism worth talklngabout.
If the spirit can only be induced to go
into this thing on general principles the
millenlum will dawn on households af
flicted by the rule or Bridget. Ip visible
servants will prove the blessing of tho
age.
t MATiniAfir Fpctivitivs Til CJf rXo
weddlncs always take nlaco at nicht!
There is a feat for the whole week, and
men me unuegroom goes lo the bride's
house, to get the hride from her father,
and carry her to her new home. Musi
cians walk by the side of him. There
are men and youths to blow the horn,
the trumpet, the flute, the dulcimer, tho
mouth organ of pipes or reeds; and
others to play the lyre, the harp, the
viol, timbrel, the cymbals, and the tab
ret. Girls and boys dance as he walks
along; aud a number of unmarried
young women-"virgins," as tho old
word was go with him also, with
lighted torches, to give a welcome to
the bride, and show the way. These
torches, or lamp--, are fixed nt the end of
a long stick. They are something like
brass dishes, and then are filled with
rags, oil and pitch. The oil soon burns
away, and more has to he poured in; so
tho young men must carry oil with
them, or tlioir lamps will go out, and
then, besides the pretty procession be
ing spoiled, the people would all be 'ust
liug against one another, bccair Mio
night would be dark, and theycoul 'iot
see.
Another Heroic Woman. Mrs.
Goniette was snow bound three days and
nights in the valley between Ureka and
the Thirty-mile Springs, Nevada. Her
teamster, who was go to Cherry Creek,
while wallowing, through the snow,
slipped under the wagon, crushing both
his feet, which were afterwards frozen,
nnd beingunable to proceed farther they
camped there. They remained threfe
days and nights in the severest storm
which has ever visited that section, with
little to eat and no lire but what they
kindled from boxes and pieces of furni
ture from the wagon. Under these trying
circumstances, Mrs. Goniette, bestriding
one of the horses, made the Thirty-mile
Springs after a hard struggle, lasting
all day and far into the night before she
made the trip. Durtug all this time tho
teamster, with his feet mangled, was
lying In a helpless condition and alone
by the roadside. Tho few blankets
thrown around him afforded but little
protection from the storm. As soon as
Mrs. Goniette reported at the Springs,
men at once started out to rescue the
teamster, who was found nliVe, and
conveyed to the station.
The Whiitincj-Post. A late nnm
of the "pious" Boston Traveler says:
"Six men were publicly whippwPijt tho
.-i.i.,nitifr.nniK in Newcastle. Del., on
the 21st lilt. That rascally little State
ought to bo shovoled out of the country.
Those who govern it have no more title
to be considerei Christians than had the
worst rulers of the worst days of -tho
worst of the States of Barbary." Why
don't Comstock, the stipendary detec
tive of the New York Young Meu's
Christian Association, look after, "little
, l uriSLluil i
, Delaware ?" or are its Christians of to
d o( Ule Sllllle stamp as were those in
Massachusetts in ye olden time, when
i i iit't 1 1 14 1 1 1 j. i nnn 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 ii
they hung n poor woman on Boston
Common for being a Quaker?
Many of the most nrnminent cotton
wciunra in .i -iiaiupsuire are now
running on one-half and three-fourths
time, and some companies have entirely
uspenucu, am wm not resume ca.
pacity this Winter. This wlU be a se
vere blow to the thousands of opera
tives, the most of whom have nothing
but their dally labor to depend on for
bread.