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INDEPENDENT ON ALL SUBJECTS, AND DEVOTED TO TUE INTERESTS OF SOUTHERN OREGON.
VOÉ. II.—NO. 2.
ASHLAND OREGON: FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1877.
$2.50 PER AN NUM.
TUE SILVER QUESTION.
BAD SPELLING.
off my horse, and made signs to a man
P. S. B. PINCHBACK.
THE SIMPLICITY OF OUR FATHERS.
to feed and groom him and went
Oar educators, as a rule, do not pay
The story of the life of Pinchback,
They say that President Hayes will
on to the hotel, where by opening and • Secretary Sherman gives his views
AT PARTING.
sufficient
attention
to
the
study
of
of
Louisiana,
who
has
been
so
un
introduce
into the White House the
shutting my mouth and squeezing my on the silver question as follows: The
stomach, I gave ’em to understand I silver question gives me no uneasiness. orthography. There are a great many successful in his attempts it sit in the simplicity of our fathers. A reform of
I.
Beside the mystic river
wanted my supper, and when I got There are two extremes of opinion upon school teachers in this country whose Council of Wise men at Washington is that kind would be something ambigu
At holy even fall
Where golden lilies quiver,
sleepy I shut my eves and snored, upon it, equally threatening, and as usual spelling is bad enoungh to bring a blush a romantic one. His mother was a ous. In looking over some old books
And reedy inurmers call -
which they showed mo my bed.
each supported by honest conviction to the face of a ten-year-old boy. We are beautiful colored girl, said to have been the other day, the sketches of the social
We piture, deir Heart», at etarting,
Each le&oiDK <>n his our.
I thought they all laughed a great and plausible reasoning. Like most constant y in receipt of communications moro Indian than negro. His father (vents of that period indicated that the
And never «now til! parting,
How beautiful ;he shore ’.
deal more than Americans and noticed disputes, these opinions are now local in magnificent penmanship, and the was a Major Holmes, well know in the simplicity of our fathers was the sim
C bobcs :
they made signs and faces to and at each ized—one in the East aud one in tho worst spelling that ever dazed the eye South as an extensivo planter, deep plicity of big wigs. There was a Jenk
Touch hands with love.
other. They talked too, or mumbled West. When two black clouds, angry of an unfortunate compositor, or made drinker and good liver. Having a ins in those days as now: “Miss Peggy
Touch Hot with tears -
like, which was the same as Greek to and threatening, approach each other, sad havoc with the limited time of a passion for poetry and being deep in Harding appeared, lovely and radiant
The goldeD i.ies chime.
managing editor. Many of these com his cups, he named tbe boy born to as a cloud touched with soft sunset
And call us to toe river,
me.
we see lightning and thunder, and soon
Aud dowu tiie tide of time.
munications possess real merit, and wo the slave girl Percy Bysshe Shelly light, in a white mantua silk fringed
I was up bright and early next morn the fierce storm, refreshing rain or gen
II.
desire their writers to bear in mind Pinchback—Percy Bysshe Shelley out with gold, a petticoat of pale blue bro
ing and started off in due season to find tle shower is followed by sunshine.
The brow r f Alms M Cer
that we are glad to receive them, bad of respect to bis favorite author, and cade, blue satin shoes with court heels,
Ne’er skoue *ith such a light,
a meeting house, for I belonged. As I This dispute about silver will bo fol
spelling and all. It is much easier to Pinchback because, as he said himself, and white silk hose clocked with gold.
And O we know th it later,
went along I overtook several hand lowed by a refreshing supply of silver
When tenije ts cone. und n;ght,
That light, forever sniuing
some girls, and Oh! how I longed to coin, It will absorb a portion of our publish interesting facts when we the child was not gold, not copper, This sumptuous lady’s handkerchief
Along life s troubled main,
get them, even in ungainly attire, than not white not Indian—in 6hort neither was also wrought with gold, and said
Will cheer ns, ttougn repining
talk to them and show off a little, but paper money, and will supplement and
Iu darkness and in puiu.
knew it was useless to think of it, as make easier resumption both in gold it would be if we did not receive them one thing or the other, but a little of to have cost not less than thirty dollars.
in any form. If a gentleman comes to all. What kind of a lifo little “Pinch” A head-dress of ostrich plumes, blue,
C hobus :
they were no doubt Germans. I fol and silver coin, kept equal with each
our office with an account of an acci led under the care of his father and white and pale yellow, hair profusely
III.
lowed them and found where the meet other. One extreme opinion will allow,
dent that occured six miles in tbe coun owner may be gathered from the fol powdered, gloves of white kid, buttoned
The »tir* march on the gleaming
ing was held, walked in, and taking a any holder of silver bullion, or old sil
Of Evriv rtUmond <re-*t,
try, it is none of our business whether lowing incident: One day he was with to the elbow and wbrought with gold,
Aud whi e plume dim y streaming
seat, looked around to see what kind of ver plate or teapot, to carry it to tho
Above the world’» unrest -
he made the journey in an o x cart or a Major Holmes on a Mississippi steam fan of curious workmanship, prodig
'l ed us the mart i«i story
a company I had met with, and said to mint and have it turned into silver dol
That rules the reattn <>f space—
laundelet. The news is what we want, boat; the 3un was hot and in tbe shade iously admired.” * * * “Of the
myself, “goodness, gracious, if these lars, and force everybody to take them
Tue conib «nd th* gbry
and
we are glad to receive it in any of an awnjng tho planter and his friends distinguished gentleman present the
Heroic lives ru iy Lee.
outlandish foreigners ain’t eating their in payment of all debts, public or priv
shape. Oar criticism on tbe orthogra played poker for high stakes, and to most conspicuous was perhaps Mr.
C hoses :
dinners in meeting I” for every one of ate. Such a measure, if adopted now,
phy of the country correspondent wLo quiet his nerves drank deep draughts Thomas Jefferson, in a long-waisted
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’em was chewing like so many sheep. when the market value of silver is 10
is iu nine cases iu ten a school teacher, of iced whiskey punch. The slave boy white cloth coat the height of the ton,
Thela»t word wu-t be »poken,
I looked and as the preacher hunted | per cent below gold, at legal rates of 1G
The last sods ’ musi be rung -
is made in the very best of nature, and sat in a corner watching the game and scarlet vest, black satin breeches highly
Yet O we give no token
for the hymn—he chewed too—I peer to 1, would at once depreciate the pur
Of how our beats are wrurg,
in the hope that it may, in tho end, waiting for any orders which might bo polished tinted shoes, with silver buck
ed about to see where tho grub was, chasing power of a dollar 5 per cent be
At here, be*ul-' the river.
prove Beneficial to all concerned. We given by the players. While ho was les, with white silk hose. As he entered
We lets, and k>-k,nn! s'gh,
but didn’t discover any. When tho low greenbacks and 10 per cent below I
A'd ou our f ini up- quiver
have before us an otherwise well written occupied in this way the captain stum the court of Terpsichore he removed
The long, lot g «ords, -‘Gcod-bye!”
preacher gave out tho hymn, I tried I gold. It would utterly destroy our
cammunication from a liberal souled bled across him, and demanded: from a slightly powdered wig a peaked
C hobus :
hard to catch a word, for I loved to ’ public credit by which we are now re
gentleman who insists on spelling “Whose nigger are you?” “Well, cocked hat of tho latest fashion. Fas
show off my pinging powers and see the I ducing the burden of our public debt
Touch ban!« wi hlove,
“scholar’ with a superfluous “1” and Massa Cap’in, I don’t zackly know,” tened to the lappel of the hat was a
Tout h lip« * i i le as—
girls look at me, admiringly, tenderly, j 33 per cent; drive out from the country
Tn* ¿ol leu lui -a chime,
seeks
to add emphasis to the word was Pinchback’s reply. “I war Major nosegay of 6weet-smelling posies." * *
An<l call U* to 11 e river.
but
I
couldn
’
t
make
out
a
single
word,
I
any
all
gold
no
longer
necessary
for
And down the tt<ie of tins.
I i “much,” by injecting a
“t” into it. Holmes’ boy, but he dono bet me on “Mr. John Handcock also attracted
and when they began to sing it was purpose, ar. J leave us with what our
1 To be certain that he has made things two little pair and lost. I’se got to seo much admiration, especially from the
worse, it was maddening! “Oh!” silver friends so much denounce, the
‘‘sure” he inserts aa “h” into that word
fair sex. He wore a coat of fine scarlet
(The £tom
thought I, my poor nc-ives, my poor single standard of silver bullion, The where he thinks it will do the most good, the game through ’fore I can answer
cloth, Line silk breeches, with white
tympanum and has it come to this?” results of this doctrine will be so ap and spells “kuife” without a “k.” “Con your question.” The boy bad told the
exact truth, nis father, having no silk hose, a full-powdered wig— a la
I Written for the T iding «.]
My sight grew dim, my head reeled, parent that the sense of our people iu
nection” be tends adrift without tho other stake, bet him against $1’000 and Louis Leize—with frizzled side looks
and mentally ejaculating I can no long all sections will, in due time, reject it.
A Sad FxperiöLce.
second “n,” and atones for his niggard lost.
and a cocked hat with a black cockade.
er endure this heathenish crew,” j imp The other extreme opinion would en
liness, by kindly bestowing the missing
His ruffles were of the finest French
E ditor T idings :—Seeing the letter ed up and darted from the house, hold tirely demonetize silver, which is ab letter on “piano," in addition to the one THE EARTHQUAKE SINKING SHIPS. lace and bis shoe buckles brilliant
of “Traveler” in your last issue, my ing my bands over rnv ear3. I never solutely essential for the daily wants of considered indespcnsible to it. Not
Capt. Chas. MacLeoon of the Bbip paste." * * * “Our respected fel
old longing desire to s>e myself ni let up till I reached a wood where in a life, the coin universally used by man long since a lady who felt called upon Genera, sunk at Huanillos in the great low-citizen, James Harrison, wore an
print, rushed in upon me like a flood, dense shade I threw myself down groan kind more than any other by millions, to write a description of a church en- earthquake on the Pacific coast on the entire suit of drab cloth, richly trim
and a wish arose to make known to the ing and kicking. “My son,” said a while gold is handled by thousands, i tertainment she had attended, assured 9th ult., has arrived at New York. He med with silk lace.”
world that I too had traveled and seen voice just over me, “vhat ’pears to be and in which the rich and poor are ; us in faultless penmanship, and on says his ship became entangled with
eights, and also the occasion of my grey the matter?” At the sound of these alike interested in the free use of. Both sweet scented paper, that the little girls others near as they tossed wildly about',
A correspondent writing from Altu
words I leaped to my feet, and stared metals are convertible into each other
hairs, my claims for sympathy etc.
crushing
against
each
other,
sinking
whose parents had dressed them in
ras to the Bidwell Herald, under date of
The question has often been asked wildly around and t-aw a white-haired both of equal current value. The gen spotless with for the occasion, resem almost immediately in 15 fathoms of
May 30ih, has this to say about
me, “why is your hair so grey ?” but man leaning on a cano. He was of a uine bimetalic standard of value is as bled dear little “angles.” A gentle water. On the first alarm he came up
crickets:
until now I have given no explanation, mild and sorrowful countenance and sumed by the gold mcnometalist to be man from Kokomo writes us that from between decks. It was about
For the last ten days the waters of
have kept the Becret close locked in my very old. My first impulse was to impossible in the face of the fact that
half-past 8 o’clock P. M. There had Pitt river have been carrying crickets
i
“
virtu
”
is
on
the
increase
in
that
vil
own breast, but the worst is now past, spring forward and clasp him in my gold cannot be divided so as to meet
lage, and that “skandal” is not as been several shocks iu the previous from our midst and still they come,
the bitterness engendered by the shock , arms, which I did. Here at last is one of the hundred da’ly wants of life. z“frekent” as formerly. From Delphi twenty days, but he bad »finished his there seems to be a band on each aide
upon my nervous system, and tho one who can speak my mother tongue, Now, both these extreme opinions are comes the cheerful intelligence that a cargo of guano and was expecting to of the river a few hundred yards above
town that have met and concluded to
wringing, as it were, of my fond and thought I. The old man struggled just as certain to bo abandoned after
sail next morning. Aside from the take passage. We would be glad if
full
“
corpse
”
of
experienced
hunters
loving heart, I am bitter off, and so in violently and said, “have pity on an full discussion, as time passes. It is are in search of some animal that has frightful rumbling sound his attention they would have taken through tickets
consideration of my duty to humanity old man; spare my life,” Spare your an old dispute that has periodically been “counting” “debredations” in the was arrested by the extraordinary to Sacramento or some other place, bnt
and the reasons above mentioned, I life! said I, I wish you may live a risen for more than 2,000 years, and “naborhud.” Lafayette comes to the phenomena of the mountain above be instead of that they are all out again .
wave the native, lingering reluctance, thousand years, you havo no idea how always been adjusted by the govern front with an account of a “sooiside” ing so much agitated that great rocks before they get half a mile below town,
as yet thoy haveuot destroyed much with
felt by an ardent soul like mine, to comforting it is to hear my own lan ment issuing both metals as coin and
became detached and rolled down to exception of G. F. Harris’ garden, very
“
resently
”
attempted,
but
not
“
purfec-
mention publicly private experience, guage in a town of foreigners. Not a maintaining their tquul at a fixed rate
ted.” All, or nearly all of this bad word the sea, resembling balls of fire. unluckily there was a riffle at that
and proceed after my poor fashion to word have I heard that I could under by limiting tho amount it issues. A spelling is attributable to carelessness. The water at the anchorage suddenly point in the river that carried them to
state my case, as a full explanation to stand, since I came into this benighted metal more valuable in the market than The gentleman or lady who has brain receded eo that ships in IS fathoms the bank a great many of them getting
all wondering friends and warning to place. The old man smiled a pitying its legal ratio can be issued without enough to write a readable article for a touched bottom. The Geneva Too swung out. They destroyed the most of hia
Onions, Cabbage, and other vegetables
! emile, and said,“I see your mistake my limit; metal of less value in market tLan
mankind at large.
round at the rate of 8 or ten knots an eating them to the ground. Harris
newspaper,
could
very
readily
spell
Soon after I had arrived at man’s es ! 6on, these people are not furriners, but its legal ratio must be limited in its is their words properly if they would give hour, in great circles, until she struck said be could tell the ones that eat the
tate, and I and Jemima had vowed eter they have a fashion of chawin’ gum and sue, leaving the absolute need of it to the matter proper attention. There is against a rock that tore out part of her onions for he could smell their breath.
nal fidelity, unwavering love and un a person can’t understand ’em at first, fix amount. In our country where we no shortcoming that places a person to bottom. The ship was forced violently They were the ones that suffered. Ha
had great room for experiments
bounded confidence, the one to, the I but you’d soon git used to it.” Oh, is are struggling to make our paper money such disadvantage as bud spelling. in an opposite direction and went down. also
and
has
made use of it. Among others
other, my father took it into his head, that all! said I. “That’s what ails ’em,” equal to coin wo are happily in«a con Our young readers should bear this in Other vessels were as violently driven he tied a rock to the leg of one and
as many a father has done before, that said be, “but I can tell you a story that dition to do this easily and with profit mind, and not be in too great a hurry ashore. Capt. McLeoon say6 it seemed placed it under the water for twenty-
to send me on a journey might break will make your hair stand straight up! to tho government. The way is to is to drop their spelling books, to take up to him from the sulphurous or electri four hours when he took it out, he said
it lay still for a few moments and then
off our attachment, that I might find I had a son, and he was engaged to be sue silver coin whenever demanded; the French and Latin.— Exchange.
cal appearance of the mountain that gat up and ran off with the rock still
some one nearer what he would like my j married to a young lady of this place, old silver dollar as well as smal
the volcano was bursting out of its sides. tied to its leg, this shows haw tenacious
BUSINESS.
wife to be, qnd knowing by what he I everything was ready even the cake was ler coin in exchange for paper money,
Rocks were tumbling about with fright of life they are.
j
baked,
bnt
on
the
evening
before
the
either for fractional currency or United
remembered of himself, that argument
Tho Oregonian thus sums up the ful noise and everything was lighted
day
Eet
for
the
wedding,
ho
met
his
in
Dalles Mountaineer: Two families
States notes and retiro them. Silver condition of trade and finance in this up. He thinks tho damage to ship
*u useless, he resolved upon this
tended
in
the
company
of
some
young
coins already have superceded the body State: There is a very reasonable ping was caused Dot so much by the from California with their wagons, ar
ruse. I readily consented, knowing
folks.
They
all
had
their
mouths
full
of fractional currency, aDd they are amount of activity in business circles tidal waves as by the upward rush of rived i.i town on Tuesday morning by
that time, distance and circumstances,
of
gum
and
cornin
’
onto
’
em
suddenly,
legal tender to the same extent as frac observable, with but few important water and rotary currents, driving the way of the east side of the Sierra and
could never affect our steadfast purpose
the
poor
girl
knowin
’
he
hated
gum,
tional currency. Let the government changes to note either in the drift of ships repeatedly against each other.
and undying love, and so / one lovely
Cascade mountains, ep route for Seat-^
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turned
her
Lead
and
walked
on,
the
buy silver bullion at what it is worth, trade or the general tendancy of rates,
morning I mounted my horse and start
tie. They crossed the river here and
rest
of
’
em
fullerin
’
and
laughin
’
.
It
Bacna
Vista,
Polk
county,
has
a
and coin silver dollars and issue them terms or prices. The demand for
ed on a journey of several hundred
intended to cross the mountains at the
was
too
much
for
my
poor
boy,
he
stag-
whisky
saloon,
tbe
license
being
ob
feely to everybody who will surrender financial favors is quite large if con
miles. I got along without accident or
Snoqualmie pass. As these people had
I
ered
homo
thinkin
’
sho
was
false,
eank
tained
by
a
technicality
over
a
remon
the paper dollar. This is a fair and sidered with the average of the year,
adventure, until I bad almost reached
left a parched-up country, their great
'
down
on
the
lounge
and
beforo
we
strance
of
about
20
majority.
The
voluntary
exchange
that
robs
nobody.
the end of my trip, when one evening
desire seemed to bo to get to soma
bnt with reference to the season, is not
just at dusk I reached a nice little vil could call a doctor he was gone. The The silver dollar ought to bo received quite up to former years. This is owing technicality was occasioned by there place where it rained. They will find
lage in a real pretty place, where I re | poor girl confessed her fault, in agony by tho government and made a legal to the fact that the continued rains have being no name mentioned in tho re it a Seattle.
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solved to stop for the night and stay of soul, but it was too late and now oho tender precisely as tho paper dollar somewhat retarded trade in several monstrance as being remonstrated
i
is
wasting
away
iu
a
slow
consumption,
A report from San Francisco says:
now is. In this way perhaps fifty mil branches, and checked tho marketing against. So tho people have a liquor
over Sunday, for it was Saturday. I
another
sacrifice
to
the
gum
fiend.
”
As
shop in their midst against their will. Crop and weather reports from all prin
lion of silver dollars will supercede
met a boy trudging along and asked
he ceased, the tears rolled down his fifty million of paper dollars, some say of the spring wool clip. Tbe run cf
him where I’d find a hotel. He tried
The Attorney General has called up cipal points in the State show no
wrinkled cheeks. I could bear no mere more, some say less. But let that bo salmon has, especially in the early part
hard to tell me, but I could make noth
and wringing his hand hard, turned determined by popular demands. By of the season, been short, and the re on accounting officers of the Treasury materiul variation from perevious re
ing of what he said and so rode on
aud rushed for my horse and mounting this process, every step of it will bring quirements from that direction have for <a copy of the accounts of Brigham ports. Harvesting has commenced in
thinking the poor little fellow is tongue-
him. rode madly away and pressed anx- both paper and silver nearer and near been of less extent than was anticipated. Young, Mormon leader, filed in the many localities in the northern portion
tied.” Next I met a nice young lady
So with these circumstances and the Treasury some twenty years ago, when of the State. The recent spell of hot
, iously homeward, scarcely stopping to
all flattering with ribbons, laces and eat or sleep, for an awful presentiment er the standpoint of gold, and with the fact that the surplus of grain and flour he was Indian ager.t, appointed by the weather has occasioned but trifling
measures now authorized by law will
ruffles, and asked her where I could
i of evil haunted me. My worst fears soon bring all our money to tho same for export in the State is well nigh ex government, These accounts are called damage. A slight, shrinkage reported
fifid a stopping place. She too tried to
were realized, the epidemic had reach value. We will then have paper money hausted, tbe supply of funds has been for at tho r* quest of Howard, U. S. in some localities, and in some places
make me understand but all to no pur
rather in excess of the call recently, attorney for Utah, who will examine the north wind which prevailed shat
ed our town and Jemima had fallen a
pose, I jast couldn’t and so went- on
supported
by
public
credit
with
gold
and the market is now flush with capital them carefully in connection with tho tered the grain a little, but the main
prey, and was as inveterate a gum
thinking, this is a town of foreigners
seeking opportunities for investment. | Attorney General. It is intimated effect of the heat seems to have been to
chewer as it has ever been my evil and silver in abundance.
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and its no use wasting time talking to
A very considerable amount, which has that thoy will’furnish important testi hasten ripening a week or more. The
chance to see. This is my plain un
’em, but perhaps I can make ’em un
hitherto been regularly used in stock mony against Brigham Young, and up
A
mother
and
her
daughter
married
derstand by signs.” So on I went till varnished story, and this is why my brothers in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and tho speculations here, as well as in San on them a prosecution will bo based extreme heated term is now over,
I found a house, that I knew was a ho i hair is grey and why I am a vagabond
Francisco, is being turned to other less for various illegal acts committed by through it is still very worm in many
,
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and
T
raveler
N
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2.
mother
got
the
younger
husband.
tel and hard by a etable, where I got
interior valleys,
exciting but Bafcr channels of business. while acting as Indian Agent.
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