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Tue Two Travelers-
DANIEL GABY,
ATTORSE Y-AT- LAW,
Now that tbe greatest American poet,
Win. Cullen Bryant, baa sang bi» last song,
and pasted the dark river of death,wo coald
not present a m >re tit’ing obituary than to
reprint tbe following exquisite p< em, being
one of the last song-» that flowed from bis in
spired harp.
NOTARY PUBLIC
and
rear
REAL ESTA TE A GENT.
APPLEGATE & CO.
OFFICE—On Main
Street,
(in
Chitwood A Atkinson’s Drug Store.)
ASHLAND, OREGON.
Terms of Subecrintinn :
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JacKsosviLLi, O regon .
Will pne’lee tn all rhe C.rarts nf »be State. Proa,
at eo loo given to all basiuete tntrasted to my care.
Orrica —In the build! -g formerly occupied
Kahler St Wa’eon, oppo-lte Coart Hoaee.
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Architect and Builder,
GRANITE STREET
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Through leafless shrubs the cold wind
hissed;
The air was thick wiih falling snow;
And’ouward, through the frozen mist,
I saw a weary traveler go.
ASHLAND
WILL do -nything in bis line on short no»Ice and
uu lhe lower I Urm*.
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LKOAt. ADTBKTI.KMEHTS
One aqnar» {ten line« or lest) let lu-erUon....
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I saw—or was it that I dreamed ?—
A waking dream?—I cannot say;
For every shape as real seemed
As tbo»e that meet my eye to-day.
I O. Miller.
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’Twas evening, and before my eyes
There lay a landscape gray and dim;
FL ids faicily seen and twilight skies:
And clouds that hid tbe horizon’s brim.
Attorney and Oounsellor-at-Law,
O. R. MYER.
T. G. WAITERS.
$2.50
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WATTERS 4 MYER.
Job Printing,
Driven o’er that landscape blare and bleak
Ilefui e the whirling gusts of air,
The snow flakes smote his withered chvek.
And gathered on his silver bai..
HÍ4 TCIIMA KEIIS, JEWELERS A ND
OPTICIANS.
Of al deaerfptton, dona on abort notice. Lepd
BUnk>, CircaUra, Button»» C^rda, BiEbende, Tatter-
baada, Poawra, ate., gotten up in good »iy)e at living
prion».
One door south of the Puat-offiice, Ash
land, Oregon,
Agents fur the Tidings.
Yet on he fare 1 through blinding snows,
And murmuring tc hims-if he said:
“The night is near, the darkness grows,
And higher rise tbe drill» I tread.
a. M. Fetiengill * Ce.,
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Portland, Oregua,
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Practical Millwrights.
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Flouring mills, saw mills, quarts mills,
Miw GriiC* Hanna,
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C wv illl«. and all ki-.ds of mill machinery pul up to
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order in the very best style. All *O'k war
R»-f J. R. N. Bill,
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T.Htvt’e. It«, -a Attori*} at the U.
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Land Ofltce.
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C.j»t, 1». J Ferree GeotMl A
M<> I * couDtlee.
i. M. Sutoo, General Agent for h:kron ani Juee-
MhiM cuuntte«.
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TDe vub«cr!b*r r ' v « notice that he is now prepar
Mages leave Ashland as follows ed to till orders for gloves of the
WIMER 4 WELLS.
“Deep,deep each autumn fl >wer they bide,
Each tuft of green they wbe.m from
»¡girt;
And they who journeyed by my side.
Are lost in lhe suiruundiug night.”
• c
d. B. WATSON.
JlttornGi and
I ioved them: oh. no words can tell
The love that to my Mends I bur»':
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•’We left the Toll Honae after dark.
The stage, containing seven passengers
and tbe driver, was Wheeling slowly
up tbe mountain.
Tha evening was
quite warm, and five of tbe passengers
were basking in tbe brilliant rays of
tbe full moon, as it broke in scattered
beams through tbe deep shade of tbe
tall fir trees that, in many places, arch
ed the road. Two of ue, however, for
want of accommodations outside, Wtre
compelled to take seat« inside. Among
tbe passengers on tbe outside, was a
n'Hnewhi.t garrulous individual from
New Jersey, an excelleut represents
tive of that class known as lightning
rod men, io bis native State. That is
to say, he ran a traveling agent for
some commercial house.
This (being
bis first trip beyond tbe hail of tbe
farmhouse or city, he was eagerly di
lating on tbe wildness of tbe surround
ings, and seemed vividly to anticipate
tbe astonishment be would produce ou
tbe minds of bis friends, three thous
and miles away, when be should re
turn and relate tbe adventures of an
overland trip from Roseburg to Red
ding.
Nort Eddings, tbe driver, read bis
subject at a glance, and determined to
entertain bis adventurous passenger as
only drivers can. He began by calling
attention to tbe dangers of tbe Siski
you», He pointed out place after
place of historical note. There, some
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A?, thus he f-p' ke. a thrill of pain
Shot to tny heart; I closed iny eye«,
And when I ope ted them again
I started witb a glad surprise.
Jno. B.R. Hutchings«
ASHLAND GLOVE FACTORY
’Twas evening still, and in the west
A flush of glowing crimson lay.
I saw the monow there ami blest
Thet promise of a glorious day.
The O A C. Stag«* Co.’» Stage le:tve Ashl md BEST BUCKSKIN, IN GREA1 VA>
for Ja''K»<*nt ¡lie, Rock Point and Rot»-
R1ETY,
burg every d;»y at 6 a. m. Mail do es at
4:30 a. m.
Al«o 1 ire ^either etc , etc. Gill st my e«ta»>r»htnen’.
For Healy, Yieka and Reading at 6 p. m. un Granbe Street at*l eee fur yonreelf
M til c!o-e« at .5:30 p. iu.
JlBO B. II. illlt» llj
Garrett A Ferre»-’» Stages leave Ashland
(Dol’tf
every Monday, Wed.^sdiy and Friday
nioruii’g« to- Linkvill»*, and return uu
every Ta-’day. Tlmisd iy and Saturday.
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L-' ire Linkvill»- f »r Lake City, Caliturnta,
Wednesday»; arrive at I ake City S »!»••-
days; 1e»ve Lake Citv Mondays: arriv»
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al Linkvill»-Thursduy.«. ca<ryii g »nail it.u
f
patseugers.
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A. D. HELMAN, P. M
Th»* waters, in their gla«sy sleep,
Shone with the hues that tinged the sky;
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Meat a it tha liti! of l’?r- »
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Friday evening at H o’clock ?.
b ;.er» and
Matora In* good atooding-re corllaiiy iuvhed to at-
teed T«»o Temple meet a every Aral an 5 third Wed-
Maday in each muniti.
T. O. ANDREWS, W. C. T.
R. T. CaiTvrooD, Sec’y.
To give Entire 8 tiMaction.
The Times.
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Bol4 tbelr regular
lug at ’heir b*ll to AebiaD'l. Brother» to good
■teadlar er» cjrdtolly invited to attend.
A. D. HELMAN, N. G.
1LP.NBIL, Bee. 8 m *T-
Bebekeh meeting» on Tue»l*y evening, nearert
he fall of the muon eacn mun’.h.
P R O F E S S I O N A L.
ASHL • ' .
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!> l»l.-l!B*’DJBB-
i. mi-.d his iends, and »lie traveling pub-
he gener ally, that be is still to be ie-uad at
this
P ioneer H otel .
Lake country, and is determined
SALEM OREGON._ _ _ _ _ to
make his guests
DR. T. H. CHITWOO0,
OFFICE—At the Ashland Drug Store.
J. B. NEIL,
j^TTORNEY AT-LAW,
Jacksonville. Oregon.
J. W. HAMAKAR.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Comfortable and Happy.
Give him a call and rest assured
that he will make you feel at
home
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GORGE NURSE.
LAKLViEW COTTAGE 1
A Plesant and Homelike House situated
-AT—
Hamming Bird Spring», near
Klamath Lake,
LINEVILLE LAKE CO., OREGON.
Office in Post Office Building. Special
attention given to conveyancing. [2 19tf.
M. L. McCALL,
Eleven miles from Linkville, on tbe road to
Ft. Klamalb, Lake Co., Oregon.
Attention paid to tbe wants of guests
Tbe subscriber also keeps a Good Stable
Surveyor and Civil Eugineer, well
supplied witb bay aod grain. Call ana
ASHLAND, OREGON,
Is prepared to dosar work to Ms Bae on • borano
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s i v r.o shade of d ...bt or die ul
Pass o’er that travcle. ’s placid mien.
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11 »d passed, and he war I'*.1 *o sight.
THE LATE STAGE ROBBEHT.
LONG ESTABLISHED HOUSE,
It is a fact long since demonstrated,
where he Is ready at any time, and on all that everything has two side« to it, the
occasions io sei be^o'e them the best the
ui >rket affords, iu a style second to no other very antipodes of each other, Even a
house in Otegon.
jog bas its inside, ensbrooded in per
Dinners and “impers for special occasions,
gotten up in appropriate style, at short no petual darkness, while its outside glit-
ters in radiant light.
tice.
JASPER HOUCK.
i Linkville, Lake County, Oregon
J. A. AFFUSATE
The subscriber is Again in charge
^Iterati! and iounsrer-at-ïaw of the O ld P ioneer H otel of the
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“And I” he said “shall sleep ere l«>ng-
These fading gleams wl!I soon be gone-
Shall sleep to rise tre«h and strong.
In the bright day that yet will dawn.”
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H O T E L S.
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And others came, their journey o’er,
Aod bade good night with words of
cheer;
“To-m »rrow we shall meet once more;
’Tis but the night that parts u^ here.”
Prices to suit
fta?" Call and sec Specimens.
J. 8. K vbank », Sec’y.
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Oregon.
ALL WORK WARRANTED
to
,A»hla*M< Lodge.No. 93.
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A. F. A A. HI..
Ashland
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permanently located in this
Ashland Lodge No. 1C3. i C 0 j\
Bolds tbelr atated communication» Thar»day even
leg« ea or hr.'ore the full moon. Brethren In goud
•totaling are cordially Invited to attend.
W. H. ATKINSON, W. M.
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LETTER FROM W. C. MYER.
Warm.
Grass in sbondnM.
Wild strawberries pleatfhrf.
School attendance segment!Bg
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George A. King, an efteiant roaf
master, has plaoed the rewda in goad
condition.
Bev. Andrew Brown, of Ashland,
paid our locality a visit on bwinesf to
day.
It is no longer Robert, ft la Squlrw
Gray.
Marsh A Co. are rushing things iu
the usual line.
C. P. Parker, Cameron A Obenebaia
are running an opposition express lino.
Result—logs come in lively.
Squire Dunlap slaughtered a
“bruin” last Monday.
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Now tbe festive hunter monrnetb—
deer have gone back to tall timber.
Dan Gray, who has been£trying the
northern country a few years—has
again settled in Big Batts’s salubrious
dime
George King must not be appointed
A lbany , June 10, 1878.
El. T idings :—Iu yoar paper,a abort as a Presidential Elector; ho is the Big
time since, an allusion was made of tbe Butte postmaster.
attempt to poison my horses, at this
Beekman is not Governor,but W. B.
place. There is no question in tbe Parker is Constable. Look out for[ J
minds of those who witnessed tbe con next time.
dition of my horse» that tbey Lad been
Mrs. H^ghee has been down with
»auipereu v.ih. It was a deip tatd iheutraiism—is now convalescing.
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plan, veil carried cut. The design
Things quiet on election day; 27
.t) i. • tii^
wls . ? v.dently, dos to Kill them at or.ee
voles cast; 15 Republicans and 12 Dem
tC 'b vie StlUJfc V.aa tipSCi, for cbeu an examinst-ien would reveal
ocrats. Id- legal voters did not go to
u-. i iuere it was robbed. “New Jersey” the manner of their death, but to dis
was observed to become painfully 'si able them for use. Tuere have been lhe polls.
James Mann has obstructed ttie chan
lent, with an occasional glance to tbe for some time, parties industrious
right ami left
S >me minutes had ly publishing that tbe Peroheron bor nel of BigfButte creek, at the mouth,
passed, when our adventurer, with a see were a short lived raoe; that too with a flab trap, so that nous are per
forced air of indifference, inquired if many of the colts die young; that tbey mitted to pass above. Oar flab eating
population complain bitterly, and
there bad been any Indian depreda have no stamina, or endurauce.
tions or stage robberies of late years.
This charge is not true, either in threaten to return him to the Grand
Tne stage was then just approaching France, or the United States.
Old Jury, at its next sitting.
tbe summit, and tbe driver assured L iuis Napoleon,grand sire to my three
There are six families living at the
him that we were Dear the place where fourths mare Maggie, lived to be twen steam mill. A good point for a store-
tbe stage bad been robbed in less than ty •'three years old. Tbe Baker borse, provided tbe merchant could lake legal
one year, and was just pointing to a I sire o* White Roso, died twenty-six tenders (1 umbel) for bis merchandise.
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•«» "t!. .vhe’'e the act waa perpetrated,
years old. ’
“Sick, Sore and Defeated," is the
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There htve been some colts and fll
title of a new poem, composed by yonr
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Z a . »i’-iDùe revoûltd
re< died, here end te Jackson countv, correepd-vleat since the election.
r i L • .Z gl’Ci» gl »Steil
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v-’t* as ec'.i j be acctuule i iu-
W m . H. P.
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À; ’•?. Lv tv,o V'L-iie ct era bava died very :r»ys:e-
Clic wit acari Items.
ri'. itij. and nad evidently been tam
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. •» hi.ic.I Jid nor i uder- i pered with.
Jaco 10. ’78.
rt'.iid M»tii.V VV J3 the trouble, but sup- I
I doubt not that some of the parties,
Health good.
posed it to be a collision with tbe who have so much to say about tbe
Stock looks well.
wagon of some belated teamster, aud ooatitutional weakness of the Percber-
Mr. Haskins came op from Cal. , re
wbeu tbe s’age stopped, I started to on stock, know whereof they speak These
get out, and bad succeeded in getting are the plain facts in the case, and are cently.
my bead and oue foot out, when I dis so considered by all candid persons,
Oar bearded cattle men are busy
covered tbe cause o f our trouble. who have given the matter a thought. branding.
S »metbing like a violent shock of elec
I introduced this valuable stock on
Weather quite warm at present, and
tricity came Dp from tbe ground, en this coast, that I might do a public “garden track" peering up rapidly.
tered my toes and parsed out at tbe top good, and thereby advance my own in
Our friend Innia, is in the midst of
of ruy head
I next found myself terests. I have invested my capital,
shearing.
He started a band of
back ou the seat, tryiog to detach my aud used my best exertions, and given
matton ebeep to Reno, a few days ago.
watch from my vest.buttotcily faded tv my undivided attention to procure th?
Mr. Harvey, of Sammer Lake, pace*
do so. I »brawl it iu my olothea aud very L-.at eUick io be*tonud iu America, i I
ed through Chewauoan yesterday, with
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•:»;.»• fa.. r.Lbers would not fiud and I am phased to know that tbey are
a band of sheep, en route to Goose
’t. A next threw my money under the giving undivided satisfaction for tbe
Lake.
seat, Ou a seooud, thought I took purposes to which they sre adapted.
The election passed off quietly. and
back 820, lest it might be consM- This is the fourth season I have bad my
ered too thin to bo traveling horses here, aud tbe first that tbey has gone all right, I presume; but I do
the
stage
without
money. have been molested. Tbey have now not know what that io yet.
on
I notice in your paper, an item giv
My valuables being disposed of, and both fully recovered.
ing
a brief account of a picnie, held at
tbe electric shock over, I ventured to
W. C. M yeb .
Cbewaacan, on the 18th nit., which
peep out and see bow matters stood.
Lost
Hirer
Items.
contained a alight error in the chronol
I found everything parsing very quiet
ogy of some of the exercisee on the oc
ly; driver very accumtnodaiiDg; two
Our correspondent at Lost River.nn- casion; nothing damaging however, to
veritable robbers of more formidable
der date of June 19 sends tbe follow the general interest of the affair. The
aspect than any of my childish imagina
ing items:—Ou yesterday afternoon,
mistake waa with reference to the Ana-
tion bad pictured, «vhile crouching be
Mary Mansfield, a half breed Indian oing, as expressed by yonr informant.
side my grand father, on some wi .try
girl, committed suicide at Linkville. The programme was about as follows;
evening, listening to bis stories of Juo.
It
seems
to
have
been
a 1st. speaking by the reapective candi
A. Murrell and bis coofureea.
Two
love affair. She first took laadannm,hnt dates of Lake county, for Representa
double-barreled shot guns pointed
i*s not having tbe desired effect,’she tive, which was brief, * and rather en
recklessly at the trembling passengers
borrowed a pistol, aod went on tbe bill
joyable; 2d, a relish able repast, pre
on tbe outside, completed the picture.
near the oemetery, and shot herself pared by the ladies of Chewaacen and
From my position, I could observe
through the heart.
Sammer Lake, which reflected great
everything going ou. Tue driver,witn
Stock
men
are
busy
roderoing.
They
credit on their culinary attainments. In
lines in one baud, waa silently throw
are
making
it
hot
for
tbe
nnbranded
fact,the gustatory exercises, were more
ing out tbe mail bxgs—tbe express box
calves.
universal, than any enacted during the
bad already bean thrown down.
Beef buyers are in our section, pay. day. Dinner being over, the ramam-
5V ben the driver stopped throwing
der of the afternoon vw spent in social
tbe bags out, tbe horses started, sod ing good prices for good cattle.
the voice of tbe robber rang oat on
Oar land is very maoh in need o! a converse and dancing, in whioh all
present appeared to enjoy theowelvee
the dismal scene,
shower of rain.
“hugely.”
“Is that all ?”
Hay harvest will soon be on hand.
The driver, in a more affable tone,
Ykwncrrkvt.
Wbat grain we have sown, looks
replied,
L eft —The Eastern faabiem reporter
well.
“That is all.’’
Several new settlers have located in who wrote with reference to a belle,
One of the robbers, to make sure,
our neighborhood, and more are com “Her feet were eoowed in shoes that
set the gun down and mounted tbe
might be taken for fairy boats, tied bit
wheel to examine for himself.
Right ing-
We are bound to have a good time at wardrobe up io his band kero hief, and
here, I made up my mind never to
Bonanza, ou the 4th.
T ulb L ake .
left for parts unknown, when it appear«
travel on the stage again, without a re
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ed next morning, “Her fe0fl
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volver. Hud I one then, I oould have
H umility is tbe low but broad and oloaed in ahoea khat might
killed both of tb» robber». Tbe on» deep foundation of «wary Firtua.
terry boato.
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on tbe wheel, I could have touched
with a walking atiek.
Soon the welcotue orders came from
tbe robbers for us to drive ou.
We
were sopo. wheeling down the moun
tain at a good gate, with nut a sound to
be beard, eave tbe beat of tbe horses’
hoofs and the rattle of tbe couch over
tbe gravel and corderoy road. Not a
word was spoken—not even by our
bold adventurer from New Jersey—un
til several miles had been placed be
tween ue and the spot of our discom
fiture. The silence was finally broken
by oar drummer friend, who expressed
himself in words of amazement that
be, who had been raised away down
Eist in tbe midst of New Jersey civili*
zation, should actually encounter high
way robbers and be compelled to look
down a double-barreled shot gun. He
congratulated himself, however, on
baviog so civil a lot of traveling com
panions. ’For,’ said he, ‘if any one
aboard bad been rude enough to have
resisted tbe scoundrels, we would all
have been killed.’”
Tbe dangers and hardships we have
encountered in other days, give back
some of our mo**t pleasing reminiscen
ces. We point witb pride to the scar
on oar body, that proves how near
some terrible accident came to shut*
ing off our supply of oxygen, In foot,
tbe contemplation of these subjects,
supplies, in tbe aggregate, far more
than an equivalent for the suffering
tbey originally produced.
Tbe foregoing remarks were sug
gested ou hearing Gen. J. O. Tolman
relate the circumstances attending tbe
late stage robbery on tbe Siskiyou
mountain, of wbioh be was an eye-wit-
new.
When the General shall have long
since passed iu his checks, bis graud
children, having learned the story
from their parents, will relate, witb
animated gusto, tbe incidents of the
General's adventure with the two
masked highwaymen, on the summit of
the Siskiyous.
We will endeavor to give it as near
in the General’s own words as our
1 memory servw us.
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