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IORTLAND, OREGON,, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY S, 1881.
PER YEAR $3 00.
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THE WEST
RS. DUNIWAr JiT KORTH YAMHILL, LfcfRE8T
GROVE AND II ILLS BOKO IN THE INTER
EBTDf, THE WOMAJT MOVEMENTr 7777
Portland, January 28, J88U.
. piii Readeiw or mi N'iw Nvhtuwmti
There is no finer, richer or more beautiful agri
cultural section of country on the face of the green
.earth than the valleys of the Yamhill River and
Its two principal tributaries, distinguished? by
- prefixing 'North" or "South" to the name of the
river; These short, pellucid streams of mountain
water meander through the vales in rippling con
tentment, forming practical Irrigating ditches
that fructify the waiting earth and amply reward
the labors of the husbandman with the fruits of
-his -'toiL-Fine fields and mammoth orchards
abound, and many white farm-houses dot the
"plains and hillsides. ;;X : H,--..
. Among the several towns to which the railroad
era lias given prominence in the county, none can
'compete with North Yamhill in the beauty of
situation, or surpass it In enterprise, good cheer
and progressive ideas. Quite a number of hand
some residences, titat would do honor to Portland,
command sightly locations. An excellent school
Is in progress, under the management" of Mr. King
and Miss Powell," aud a' townliall," the property of
Hon. Lee Laughlin, answers all the purposes of a
free church."" Your correspondent had the pleasure
of giving. two lectures in this hall, which were
largely attended, and In which the citizens
jt vlnctd. the H Ycliestin tere hL
BenatorMcCoimell, who resides in North Yam-fA,(1 8oc,ety one afternoon at. the pleasant home of
blll, and whom the ladles remember as a warm
friend and able advocate of Woman ' SuBrage In
the late legislature, has recently sold his im
mense stock, of merchandise here and established
a store in The Dalles. "Jle also owns a -store in
Moscow Idaho, and carries on -a mammoth bust
- ness in both localities." Hon. Lee Loughlln also
distinguished himself in the House of Represents
. tlves by Introducing the Woman Suffrage bill and
making an able and convincing address In defense
' of Its constitutionality. It. was .mainy througif
his pertinent, painstaking and clear-seeing tactics
jthat the final irlumphanUvote was reached In the
House. Besides these prominent champions of
the cause, there are many others here, equally de
serving of special mention. Among these are Mr.
and Mrs. Runnels, Miss Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. A
Laughlin, Mrs. H. C' Browfl, Mrs. H. M. Fryer,
aim. llKrirlnn. Mr. ana mm. tstntr. flm niiniumnii
lorrUHilymlncl tlnMghlyt-Waryng tl
"lIillsboro was in a state of unusual excitement,
owing to a JrnxateriQUsjjBk
who
last-nanied gentleman Is nearly ninety yea ips oTt
but hopes' to see thewomen Vote before3 he dies.
Mrs. Stott, the popular-ticket agent at thejraUwjBOk
sraxion7Teporw ner iieaim mucn improved since
the began to interest herself In business affairs,
which U another proof that the prevalent ill
health among Intellectual women Is the result of
keeplug them out of their sphere.
lOur visit at Nprth-Yanjhil belngyirTWe.took:
. the train for" Forest Grove, and, after an hour's
ride through the lovely undulations of. the plain.
halted at the statio n i adjacent - the village- of
schools, and were carried in a hack through the
fast-congealing mud to the, dear parentalJibme,
. where we had not been since the never-to-be-
forgotten day when the Death Angel claimed our
honored father, whose vacant chair sits by the
, wide chimney Jamb, as though momentarily ex
pectlng the arrival of one who comes not whose
venerable form will never, occupy Its ample ac
commodations more. Heaven seemed' very near
to usas we dropped Into the hallowed seat and
musingly watehed the ruddy flames in the open
flreplaoe as they played at hide-and-seek among
the crackling logs, and sent their attendant lights
and shadows over the low-ceiled room, dying out
at last as the evening died, and leaving only the
glow of the coals of old age, to be covered at bed
time with the ashes of the death-sleep. ' Like the
flames, onr father vanished in "the evening of his
day, and, like the buried coals on the hearth
stone, he will blaze forth anew In the morning' of
a new existence, ant we shall see him by and by.
- Forest Grove retains its" well-earned prestige as
the -Oxford of Oregon but the general - public
- notices- nothing' else ta which it If iuperiof'Kr
Other towns equally Weill located and equally
beautiful, save the conspicuous absence of saloons
and the consequent quiet and good order attend
ant upon the streets; (Ourgood friends Dr.
, Bowlby and Mr. L Myers stlU hold forth In a
.well-Ailed drug store; Mr. Hinman sustains the
reputation of his finely stocked store and prosper
ous bank; 8". Hughes, Esq., dispenses Justice and
"Tiardware with his usual good sense, aud CaptaTri
Merriman la preparing to start a conservatory of
music as a much-needed auxiliary to the Unlver
alty. Mrs. Sloan still keeps her famous travelers'
rest, Mrs. Buford prospers in her mlllAiery busi
ness as of yore, and two-thirds of the other women
keep private boarding-houses. ? .'."
v Father Chandler, a notice of whose death was
.stroke of paralysis half a dozen year' ago, was
burled from the Baptist church on the 20th Inst
Rev." Mr.' Russ, of McMinnville, preached the
funeral sermon which is described by citizens as
haying been excellent, 1 hi press! ve and appropri
ate. A beautiful wreath lay ou th cpffln, in the
center of which was a sheaf of wheat. Miss Ellen
Scott conducted the music, 'the hymn's' selected
being favorites of the deceased. Mrs. Chandler
who has been the most faithful of nurses during
her. long vigil, is in moderate health since her
husband's death, and bears the sweet impress of
her labor of love in her chastened face as she talks
of rejoining him' iif the glad hereafter. Without
the hope of Immortality, life would be worse than
nothing and existence a gross mistake. :
' The Indian school is still prospering under the,
general -and particular supervision of Captain
WIlkInHonrwhose heart is, absorbed in the work.
Mrs; B. P. Walker and Miss Mary Lyman have
control of the educational department, and Mrs.
M.-K. Hutf is matron and general overseer of the
eHtabllshment. . There are 48 pupils in attendance,
IS being girls and 30 boys, ranging in age from &
years old to 23 years. The fundamentals of Eng
lish learning are taught, and the pupils appear as
eager-to learnBS t'hel r-white" couslns. Black
smithlng and boot and shoe making have been
added to the industries of the school, and Mrs.
Huff will see, that the girls are well trained in
rudimentary house-keeping.
.Yejiad t he. pleasUreot jneej jng'wLth.tlieXA1
inadvertently omitted, last week, and whose lopg I of uncharltableness on an occasion so. Important,
iffelflfuaeiulnea was suddenly cut shor$ -by-a 4 for,-to-our certain : knowledge, It prevented one
Mrs. Blank, and enjoyed, a genial visit with
Mother McMillan, nearly eighty years of age,
who, like Mr. Iayne, the wise octogenarian of
North -YamlillVhoi)es to Uvetjll the women vote."
AJ:adnow3t6rm kept us from lecturing at the
Grove. The' wind blew a' gale, and the moonless
nights were guiltless of street lamps, so we did not
announce a meeting, though urgently importuned
16 remain till the storm should be over.
:TWed eday mid Jilllwboro:' . TftTs- iB-LanotheV
beautifully situated town, not so undulating as
Forest Grove or North Yamhill, but In plain view
-purnie-mountalns and mighty forestrfand-sur-
rounded on all sldtbyexcellentfarmsTair. 1
U Williams, the obliging agent of the NEW
Northwest and a stanch friend of human rights,
met us at the station, and con veyedtlie. well-
known traveling -vDasnei, - surnametr ,"iue rii
gtlm','- to Mrs. Duncan's well-ordered hoteVwhere!
worthy woman from uniting with his church.
But the large audlencewhlch had assembled In
spite of the inclement night to hear the lecture,
remained to the close; and when w put the sub
ject of Woman Suffrage to a vote, four-fifths of the
crowd! arose to their feet The negative vote
called up three or four beardless youths, who were
badly nonplussed when asked to give a reason for
their opposition. Their failure to, respond pro
duced no little merriment. Two young ladies also
voted In the negative, and (were informed that
they were "unsexed now!" they had voted
and had "made men of themselves !", The meet
ing adjourned amid great good humor, and there
was a generally expressed invitation to us to re-
peat the visit. '.. ..
Among the leading suffragists In Hillsboro are
the Duncans, Toilers, jollys, Luelllngs, Meeks,
Archibolds, Hares, Hand leys, Wlleys, Plttengers,
Parrishes, Haies, Mrs. Leathers, Mr. Weathered,
the Misses Tozler, Trofessor Stott, Miss Ralston,
Dr. Pryce and Mr. T. F. Smith, It is pleasant to
work' for human rights among such splendid
friends.
Ff-Kluy evening, and home. And now, good
readers, we are so busy, because of the forthcom
ing convention, that there ought to be a dozen of
us. You can all do something to assist the work,
and will you not try? ' A. S. IV
YOURS TRULVS EXPERIMENT.
It was up-hill 'business, Mrs. DX Jim didn't
take at all kindly lo the though of the coopcra
tive'laundry at first ; but thegovernor made so
many worse and more Vehement objections than
he-did-thateoon1ecme passively sfTent oil
Jthe-subJecVUieryyCxaspcratlng Yours Truly
more thorolihlyTtlum lf jhe "had remained obsti
nately opposed tft. . r !" ,'
It was hanKwork getting away from .homo ,io
sce'lhe neighbors, for, what with overseeing Yo
Hung, arid doing two-thirds of the work besides
therewere the babies to attend to, and mother
was' unusually. unwell, .poor thing! amrthe jrov-
4norrwho-la-tiever recovervi his equanimity
since tne iiancocx otsaster, neeueu, or tnougut he
neededjliny 'amouiit of extra wkitlng on. ' "
"Suppose you go over and see Mr. and Mrs.
Smith, about thejaundry, Jim,", said Yours Truly,
one day, looking at her lord In a manner so coax
ing that he would once have thought her I r resist I-
had returnel-from a night of wassail, had
been shot In the head.. The ball entered his skull
above the temp'eftiut passed out without reac i-
Ing the brain. With the average attempt of the
protcctonrof women to clear, their own skirts of
the consequences evil dbingr-a trait they lh-w
. t . . . -Ti a ' s m t s a s
herlt irom ramer Auani, an ior wnicn iney
should not be blamed overmuch the crime was
charged upon thewifeof the victim, who has been
known upon former, -occasions to attempt suicide
because of her troubles; and, although the vic
tim himself stoutly denies that she shot him, and
threatens to prosecute'anybody who tries to arrest
her, there are rnen who persist In accusing her of
the deed and in attempting to use her alleged
crime as an argument against woman's rights!
We only wish woiWen would shoot drunken hus
bandsnot that we'd want them to commit mur
der, butjiJlttlelmoreJamlng with powder and
ball, and considerable fright over the poximlty
of - revolvers, - would - keep such - fellows-' sober.
However, we're Indignant when women unjustly
get the name of shooting such husbands when it's
clear they haven't deserved the honor.
A protracted meeting was In progress among
the Disciples at the time of our visit, and not wish
ing to Interfere with It, pur meeting at the Meth
odist church was postponed until eight o'clock,
when the other one closed, and the bell called the
audience to us. On Thursday evening the Metho
dist, prayer meeting, led by Reverend Patterson,
occupied the first hour. . At its close, the pastor,
who vainly hope to -bring -souls to Jesus before
getting his own heart right, dismissed the congre
gation without announcing the comlngecture;
and when we advanced to' continue the theme of
the hour and give our own humble testimony for
the truth, he carne forward and got his lantern
and stalked away, in obedience to the command
of hU wife; He was somewhat perturbed by a
qu ickened-jconscience,, probably and -forgot -his t
cloak, and bad to come back for It. Were It not
that Ma wife, who "has all thA richfa ah want a "
Is said to rule him, we should have publicly
vitcd him to remain as a good shepherd, and
whether or not there was a wolf after his fl
but out of deference to hls subjugation we
slsted. He appears like an earnest and hoi
man, and we were sorry to see such an exhibition
Everybody id his t rade t so dV 1 1 y oursel f , was
the hopeful rejoinder. , , -i ,;
UUJXTlmvyaiMls-4Hllirith nlfTrt
traxles," Indignartly exclaimed Yours Truly.
"Washing comes once a week, you know. Some
thing must be done, for I won't wash !" V
"I'll saddle Felix, and stay In doors and mind
the babies like a good boy wh I leyou goLsald
Jim, laughing so g(MMlatuTedIy that he was iiv
stantly forgiven. -
You rs Truly hadn't been on horseback for years,
Mrs. D. Felix was as full of fun as a liberate!
scliool-boyi Time wa-when-hls proud rider
would enjoy .his antics to the uttermpst without a
tremor. But long confinement In the house, and
constant overwork and care of babies, had weak
ened her nerves, and would you believe It T she
got so"badly frightened that she dismounted and
trusted her weary feet, which "were used to the
business of carrying her constantly. Felix didn't
understand, but he must have been amazed Into
forgetful ness, for" he patiently followed Yours
Trulyr and -we waded throughnelghbor Smith's
lane and up to the house in single file.
Mr. Smith came to the door with the baby In
his arms.. Mrs. Smith was washing, he said, and
wished to be excused. ' ' ' ' V1
"But I can'f excuse her!" exclaimed YYouni
Truly - "I came to see her about our washing."
Mr. Smith Indulged In 4 look of withering loftl-
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ness.- ' ' : ' .. , : ; . -;
"Mrs. Smith doesn't: take, In washing, ma'am.'
I support my wife." v 1 ' ,
"Of course you do at hard labor, sir. Most any
man might affonfto support a woman as you and
Jim do."
"If It wasn't for my regard for your parents and
your husband, ma'am, I'd shut the door In'your
face.'! i' '' ' :l ' ' ' ''U-A' ' '
"But It wouldn't make any kind of difference if
you did, sir. I didn't come to see you. I came to
see Mrs. Smith, and will have to go to the back
door to see her anyhow, since you support her In
the kitchen.""-
Yours Truly made a mistake, Mrs. : D. v She
should have abstained from any other tactics
than smiles and fibs and flattery If ilieTioped to
succeed In engrafting new ideas on thejraln bf -
man.;":-"' ; ",-'.' " ;.;
Mrs. Smith was up to her eyer In soap-suds.
They have ten children those Smiths the first
eight being boys; and such a pile of hickory
shirt and dentins overalls and home-knit socks
and ragged red flannels as that supported woman
was washing Is seldom seen outside .'Jhe Smith
domicile. . ' '""
"I've made up my mind to quit washing," said
Yours Truly, as Mrs. Smith advanced to meet her'
with a weary smile, wiping tier steaming arms on
her sloppy apron as she came. '
44So have I, when they bury me," was the sad
reply. "Won't you walk Into the sitting room ?"
"No, Mrs. Smith. I prefer to see you here. I
have been studying the clean clothes problem, and
have concluded Jhat It would be a good plan for
us-rl mean you and me and four or.flve other moth
ers of families to start acooperatlve laundry."
"Oh, If we only could " was the quick response.
"You see," said Yours Truly, hopefully, "there's
a vacant cabin In the beaver dam valley, near the
center of our neighborhood. My plan Is for the-half-dozen
of us who live within a couple of miles
of the cabin to hire a Chinaman to go there and
live and do our washing. My husband says we
can get one to do the entire laundry work of the
neighborhood, Ironing and all, for eight dollars a
week. 1 The proportion of expense would be light
on al of us, and we'd save the amount, and more,
In doctors' bills, to say nothing of our aches and .
pains and Increased Infirmities because of the
overwork."", - "' .
"Hut the money, dear. . There?s the rub." ..:....'.
"Your husband has thousands at interest."
Mrs. D., you -ought to have seen that weary
woman's bitter smile. You would not have needed '
an interpreter, to make, you Understand.lt.
Mf. Smith appeared, upon the sceue with the
baby, which was squalling as though he had
pinched it.
Mrs. Smith threw her'welTapron to one side, '
took the baW, and soothed Its sobbings with the,
mothers Cure-all.-- ' -
"Women haven'fenpugh to do now to keep 'em
out o' mischief," said Mr. Smith, with a sneer.
You ought to have heard. Yours Truly' reply,
Mrs. D. You would think It was good enough to
print; but It was Impromptu and unrecoverable
Mr. Smith skulkeI out of the house, and Mrs.
Sm 1 thrsoothed Ute baby to sleep w t hJk I ases and -
a a a ' m ' T ' - a .
laid It In the cradle, say lng, as she turned again to
her washing: , :
."I'lt get no niore help out o' John to-day. He's
out o' "sorts, like." . V
wBut the, laundry, Mrs. Smith. Don't forget
my errandj please." ; ; ' , '
The weary woman3Wtfol:mrth
and soaped the wristband of a shirt."- I " "
"See here, krnd friend," she said, earnestly ; "if
ilpt'Ci Uoft laundrlea. wercfl ve couts a-UuMJred ea
an average, and I was killing myself by Inches, as
I am, at the, wash-tub, I couldn't buy a tenth In
terest I n the cheapest one.1! . .
"But, why do you submit to this injustice, Mrs.
Smith ?' . , . .
The support pI woman smlhf agatiR
"Ask my ten children," she said, tersely.
- Yours, Truly was disappointed, though not AlrXZ
couraged. If she could have roused the spirit of"
open rebellion liy that secretly rebellious womant
she"' would have done It gladly. But, as It was,
she returned homeward In weariness and sorrow,
leading Felix as before. V
' Jim laughed immoderately when he saw us,
Mrs. D. J but his tune was changed when Yours
Truly dropped upon he door-step and set up a '
hysterical cry. ' "
"You provoke me almost beyond endurance
sometimes, . you dear ' old laughing bear V she
sobbed; "but If I hal to be tied for life to such a
niggardly tyrant as John Sm1th,I'd cheat his cal
culations by suicide !" ' I
' The cooperative laundry rests here for the pres
ent, Mrs. D., but the project Isn't abandoned by
long shot; and, when there arfefurther particulars
to relate, yoq shall hear again from
' , ' "I'.'X . -"Yours Truly.. ' 1
Beaver Dam Farm, February 1, 1881.
MONEY rUFFED AWAY IN SMOKE.
It is a startling truth that New York pays more
for cigars than bread, and this is easily seen when
Individual cigar bills run up to $300 per annuml
One man, who Is unable to save anything on an XT
Income of $ 12,0Op a year, gives among the reasons
that it coats him f 10 per week for cigars. If all r
his expenses wereat such a rate, there could be
very little chanoe at accumulation. There are
ma.ny smokers who average one hundred cigars a
week. These are the men who build up such for- ,
tunes as the Gllseys and' other have made.
Peter Gllsey landed In New York a poor eml-
jrjtantr Jle was a plaiwEfetker, but opened a cigar ;
shop -In theBoweryr-whlch his wife attended
while he wrought at his .'. trade. - From this ,
humble beginning 31seyk became one of the most
extensive' dealers In the' city. He had at one
tithe nearly a dozen cigar shops, and he left an
esUte worth $2,000,000.
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