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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1879)
1 yr a c 1T - Xs- 11 lull PllUIU viUSJ CANYON CUT, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 5,1879. TERMS: $3. PER YEAR. VOL. 1. NO. 13. ft Gram County Jews. PUBLISHED 5 VERY SATURDAY MORNING I BY S. H. SHEPHERD, Editor and Publisher. SUBSCRIPTION: Per Year, : : : 3 00 Six Months, : : : $175 INVARIABLY IX ADVANCE. RATES OP ADVERTISING-. Notices in local Column, 20 cents per line, each insertion. Transient advertisements, per square of 12 lines 2 00 for firt, and SI for each subsequent insertion in advance Legal advertisements charge I as transient, and must be paid fur upon expiration. No eertirt. -ate of publica tion given un'il the fee is paid. Yearly advertisements on very liber torms. Professiou.l Cards, ( one inch or less.) SI 5 per annum. Personal and Political Oommunica'iom chnrjrrd as advertisements. The above rates will.be strictly adhered to. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. 0. W. Paurhit. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Canyon City, Oregon. M. L. OLM3TEAD, "ATTORXKY AT LAW, 51 Canyon City, Oregon, Geo. 13. Cuiirky, Canyon City, Oregon. M. Dustin, Attorney at Law, Canyon City, O regno. F. C. HORSLEY, M D. Graduate of the i-mveusity of ienn Fylvania, April 8. 1S78. Canyon Oify, Oregon. Ollice in his Drug Store. Ma'n Street Orders for Prims promt.Iy filled. No professional patronage solicited unless directions aie s rictly followed- J. W. HOWARD, M. D., Canyon City, Grant Co., Oregon. 0. M. DODSGff, M. D N. H. BOLEY, DENTI SJT, Ejy-Dontal Rooms, Opposite the Methodist Church. Canyon City, Oregon. G. I. HAZELTINE, FJaotograplaer, CANYON CITY, OREGON. E. O.W Y OWT CI T MILE-MAN. The best of Milk furnished to She citizens of Carbon City ev 3ry moaning, by the gallon or quart; at reasonable rates. JOHN SCHMIDT, Carpenter and Wagon Maker. Canyon City, Oregon. Dealer in Hardwood, Spokes and Felloes, Furniture, Chairs, Faints, Glass, and Window-sash. GEO SOLUM Phil. Metschan. F. C. Sels. John iMcCullough. Denis McAulifr. OFFERED BY PM1. Metschan & Co. SUCCESSORS Tu M. S. HELLMAN. Having purchased the entire and well assorted Stock of Gen eral Merchandise of M. S. Hel man, in September last, and we being then desirous to wind up the business as speedily as posssible, we have been selling AT COST mi SINCE. We are now de.ermined more than ever to settle up our bus iness.at once, and hereby odor Superior inducements To our Patrons and the Public Gener ally, which bo greatly to their Interest to Come, Esamice and Price our Goods before purchasing el-evheiv. PHIL. METSCHAN & CO. Canyon City, Ogn., April 10, 1ST'.). JOHN WOOtSRV GEO. HOU BMAH. WOOLSEY & HOUSMAN, CANY03T CITY, OREGON. fffVIH BAR ip supplied with puro Wines and -t Liquors, Beer, Ale, Bittcra and Cigare. FINK BILLIARD TABLES In tho Sn'om. 753Gve us a cull. I. H. WOOD J W. CHDRCH WOOD & CHURCH, LIVERY STABLE AND CORRAL, and FEED STABLE. Good buggy teams and nice Saddle horses furnished at all hours of the day or night, at reasonable prices. Particular attention paid to boarding and "rooming: transient stock. ENTRANCE On Main and Washington Sto., Canyon Citv, Oreoon. BAKER CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. A.B. ELMER Watchmaker and Jeweler, BAKER CITY, OREGON- All work dono promptly, and warranted to give satiif-icttor.. lias constantly on hand a lull and complete nt-ick f Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, for Bale Cheap for Cash. All goods x-nrrrntod as represented. Watches and all other arMo'es aent for repairs may be lefc with S. II. Shepherd, who will attend to forwarding the aime. A. B. ELMER. WM. GOOS, BAKER CITY, OREGON, CIGAR MANUFACTORY, ALSO Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Tobacco and Smoking Articles. T. C. HYDE, ATIORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Baker City, Oregon. Office enrnev of Court Avenue and Liberty Street. Haines &; Lawrence, jSLttornoys a-t La-ue, BAKER CITY, OREGON. n Wi'l practice at law in all oourtB (in Oregon and Idaho. Eiinr JiMiy Intents. Can't Afford It. 'I tell vou Uncle Josh, I can't afford if. Cirls nowadays are so extravagant that it fairly terrifies a man contem plating mitriinony. There is your fa vorite, Miss Hartley; she declared to me in strictest confidence, last evening, that he could not imagine how any one could exist without the opera. Aud not more than a week ago I knew of her mentioning an India shawl as a pos itive neeossitv for a lady's wardrobe." "Merc girlish exaggeration, Will. She has always had a rich father to pay her bilk" "And naturally will expect a rich husband, to do the same. If I had Mr. Hartley's hank account, the mat ter would be different; but though my salary is good, my income independent of that is veiy small. If 1 provide opera tickets and India shawls to the future Mr.-. Stanton, I cm scarcely meet expenses, if I do not actually run in debt. Now I am quite resolved to save a little every year until I can own a home, aud can start iu business for myself." "A good wife would help you, Will-" 'But whe:e is she to be found?" Uncle Josh chuckled a little at the idea of his giving information on the subject, aud the gentlemen having fin ished their preparation for departure, staitod for their place ot business. Uncle Josh was cashier, and his nephew clerk in a large retail dry roods store, but the elder ge itlem m possessing ample means, employed his time not from necessity, but from a hoir-'r of idlene-s. lie boarded, as did his neph'-w, at a fashionable boarding house at Brooklyn, crossing the ferry every morning for the store in New Yojk. On the morning when the gentle'nen held the conversation lvcorded above Will found his services required as a salesman, owing to the illness of ono of thejmen in the silk depirtment. He had served in the sune capacity before though he held a more lucrative posi tion in the counting hu-e; but step ping around the counter he found al ready a few fair customers in the store. Two ladies, young aud pretty, required his services at once. "Evening silk-, if you please," said one, a tall, and very stylish looking girl, dressed with exquisite taste and in rich garments. "Show me some of the new shades." "Oh, Yinnie," said her companion, yqhis shade of silk will suit you per- feetlv. J am not iair enough to wear it, but it is a lovely tint for a blonde, Don't look any further for a silk." "I am not going to get a new silk, Marcia' "Net going to get a new silk for Mrs. Hartley's party? Why, Yin, it will be one of the most dressy occasions of the season. You have never been at one of Floy Hartley's parties!" "No; Miss Hartley is only a recent Acquaintance." "Then take my advice and get a handsome dress. You have no idea how they dress there." "I. can't atford ir, Marciu." "Oh, nonsense!" "But it is a fact. I have been out so ruueh this winter that my allowance will not last till spring, utiless I am very economical." keep within my allowance." "I am saving for a new piauo, and I cannot afford any extravagunce." "But what will you wear' "I have a new white organdie that Aunt Kate gave me last summer, that I did not need, so it has not been made up. I shall make it so that it will serve me afterward as a summer dress." "Oh, Yin! Yin! As if your father would not give you twenty new dresses if you only asked for them." "I know he would, but he gives me a very liberal allowan.ee, and I God it sufficient with a margin for savin: " All the above conversation, carried on in a low tone, was apparently un heard by the smiling clerk, whose quick ears hud, however, caught every word of it. He looked again at th sweet faced young lady, resolving that Fl"y Hartley should introduce him at the party for which his card of invitation had been already received. "Come, Yinuie, give me the benefit of your taste," s dd Marcia; lI am tired of all tho bright colors that suit my Indian style of beauty. Is th re not one of those delicate tints' that I could wear?" "The peach blossom, Marcia, with the black lace. If you will come "vr I will show )OU anew f'dd of trim ming. "Oh, Madam B will make it up handsomely. I never make an ewn ing dres-s, do you?" "I make all my dresses. 1 took lessons of a first-rate dressmaker on purpose. "You like the peach blossom?" "I do;" holding it against her com panion's shoulder. "It is certainly becoming. Not so glaring as pink, but as pretty. Your black laco over dress will be pretty with it'' "I shall have an overskiit of the same, with a new thread lace tiimming. E teased pi out of a nw drcs this morning, and I mean to have the bene, fit of his gei-en-sity. Twenty-five yards," she added to the clerk and Will measured oft the dress. He saw the ladies going from coun ter to counter, aud the hour beiug still eaily, had leisure to saunter about a little, marking Vinnie's purchase of blue ribbon and her care in selecing what was of good quality, her seclec tion of gloves, and her unselGsh inter est fin all her friend's put chares, from the dress and thread lace to the gloves and a cotly web of a handkerchi f. Evidently Mi.ss Marcia intended that her father should indeed supply an en tire new dress. Floy Hartly was rather surprised that Will Stanton, who was the favor ite of her father's whiie she had Uncle Josh's heart, never paid her those marked atteutio. s that were evidently the desire of tho old gentleman. But her surprise was changed to chagrin when he aked a special introduction to Miss Yinnie Holway, and was that young lady's devoted cavalier for the evening of Miss Hartley's party. "The young lady in white with blue ribbons?" she said iu answer to his re quest; "this is Miss Holway, a school mate of Marcia Livingstone's. I have met her at the Livingstone's, but am not very well acquainted. Marcia tells me her father is quite well off, but has a very large family." Will found that every visit to Mr. IIol way's pleasant sitting-room increas ed his distaste for boarding-house life, .aid his love f.-r pretty Yinnie Holway. till he found himself in serious consul tation with Uncle Josh again. "So it is not my pet, Floy Hartley,'' said tiie old gsntle.man. 4It would serve you fight if I should marry her myself." "I will give my consent' "Will said smilingly. "No, my boy, no! you and your pretty Yinnie mut fill my old heart, as you promised me a c rner in your home long ago. Will, when my hair was as brown as your own, and my eyes as bright, I, too, had my love dreams. I was a country b y then, and to own a farm was the very hight of my ambit on. I was working for a farmer named Nelsm, for I hid no parents, when there came to visit my employer a cousin from the jireat city of New York. In hose days, Will, New York seemed further aw.y from the small country places than Europe does now. The udve .t of J.-e:-liene , Nelson was an e?eut in our village, and her beauty aud grace were fully appreciated by all the rough country bumpkins around her. Workimg on her cousin's farm, I w&s constancy near her. I drove her, if she wished, to see the surrounding scenery, and as we jolted over the rough country roads she told me of the great city, of the opening there for energy, industry, and talent. She found I was fond of read ing, and lent me volumes of poetry she h-d brought with her from 'he cit . Books we:e rare treasures fory ar aso, Will. We read the sw e -measured lines together; we wa'ked .: h er in shaded lanes, aud I g the ed wild 11 iwers, which she wore in her bosom and h dr. To make- a long story short, Will, I loved ner with all t-ie wild enthusiasm of a boy, and the ma ture re;iS 'U of a man. Sne was fr above me in grace, in beauty and g"od m ss, but she was yentle as he was fuii, modest and tender. When I told her my story she put her lit le white hand into my rough brown one, and promised to be my wife. Then she came home to the ci'y. and I added dollar after dollar to mv hoard so as to follow her. Mr. Nelson wrote to Josephene's father for me; mid he p'omised me a place in his eounting-house, if I came t' the city. I came, Will. Then I found out, why my suit was favored; why no cross was laid on my darling's love. I had thought hr pale, delicate beauty only city refinemt-nt, compared with the robust charms of our couutry lasses. I found that it was the bcaury of t'at scourge of sea-side cities, consumption. Her parents ktiew my darling could not live to be my bride, but because she had given me the treasure of herlovu they made me welcome f-s a son in1 their home. I spent my days in the counting-house of Mr. Nelson, and my evenings with Jtsephene. Slowly hc faded before my loving eves, growing weaker and weaker till she died, clasp ing my hand in hers. That was f.rty years ago Will, but I have loved no woman since. 1 will keep faith with Josephene till we meet in Heaven. When I die, Will, all I have will be yours, but bury this with me." As he spoke he put a small locket that had been hidden in his bosom into Will's hands. Openiiiir it dispo sed the face of a verv beautiful vv.ua!. At the sight of it Will cried "How much like Fl Ha tl-y!" "Mrs. Hartley is Jo-ephene i- tfr,'' said Uncle Josh, quietly. Now ou know why I am so foud of Floy." There was a long silence, and Uncle Josh knew by Will's face and the firm grasp of his hand that his story had fallen upon sympathizing affection. "Come," he said cheerfully, arter a long pause, "If Miss Holway has actu ally accepted, I must see about the wedding present." "She-actually has," said Will, "and the mney saved for a piano is to go for a tro'-seau." "Ts that a hint f r me to buy a pi ano!" hughed Uncle Josh. "Well, 1 will " But when the wedding day was fix ed, and Will consulted Uncle Josh about a house, he was informed that Mrs. Stanton's wedding present fro-o her new uncle would be a neat brown stone fully furnished, including a piano, with one room reserved for Uncle Josh"! There are children's voices now m the handsome hou-e, and Uncle Josh ha stood godfather to a sturdy name ajke. The sun of prosperity shiues upon Will, but he says his business success, his happy home, his freedom fom wor'dly perplexities, have all de pended upon the good sense- of Ins wife, who, in all expenditures, -11 char ities, first considers whether or not she can afford the outlay; and while she is liberal and large-hearted, she i- never ashamed to exercise economy, if .-eces srjy, or to decline au extravagauve.