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BY UEO. COOPER.
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Ix-cmKVT.-A Hub, . t,.
father had oir,. Zn '.'.i.i 1,.,..
land ; and, -as her breath "grew fainter and
fainter. he .murmured " Papa, ccme help
me across t'- dark riVeV."
Papa, come help tno across the dark rlycr.
Voices are calling my spirit to-night " .
TLi; shadows around me aro fading for
ever, And the angels, dear papa, arc close to
. my sight ;'..
One clasp of' your Band, the Way seems
so lonely.
A sweet loving word from yc:xr poor
ttyir.g child.
For I'll be here with rllotfccr a few "rao-
ments only. .
And then who will comfort her anguish
.so wild ?
Cnoia-o . .. , . -.
Papa, come ludp me actps1? "(tie dark liver,
I old me in arms that are loving and true;
Oh the shadows around me are lading lor-
tV(,v
And ! s'jall be heme noon, dear p'dp'a,
"with you.
, v .
I ara. come help me across the danc river,
lead me the way that my footsteps
miNt. ir,i
I'll wander beside you and leave jou ah,
never.
For the angels, dear papa, will loVe nro
I kiu.;w
ihere muther will
all gladiH-ss
come, v, here cay; are
And there in the light of yon Heaven
we shall, f tray ;
Though it's rr.g sincO'yo'a left 'tis in keep
ing ami sadnefig, ,
I'll know the "kind face of dear 'papa
straight why.- .
Choius Papa, J:c.
Papa, come help. me across the dark river.
Faint is my breath, and the angeii have
come ;
0 weep not, my mother, that now we must
sever. . ,
For I go to dear pap;1., in yonder bright
home ;
1 see his bright smile. o tender and loving.
And cahi.ly my Spirit is taking its flight.
And my footslepn are done with all sad
iiess and roving.
For I shall be with dear papa-to-night.
Cno'xs 1 'a pa, ie.
Under the Red.
PA1M,
r ! alone. I tried to say ' Frank I will
My hair murt, I think, have not allow this. If you insist on
turned white in a single moment, j going I will accompany you: but
Let me tell you about it " and 3Irs. j in some incomprehensible manner,
Ilartly, a lady of thirty, or there-j I was withheld. Probably anxi
abouts, with a pleasant and singu- j ety to stand well in the cstinia
larly expressive lace, her head cov- ! tion of my husband, caused me to
ered with a luxuriant mass of hair, j restrain farther exhibition of
silvery white, commenced ine
lowiuir narrative :
fcl-
"Ten yi
rs nro tins very day i i
. 1 T
was mrrried. My husband's bt'
iness was such that he was not able
to leave the city for any considera
ble iemrth of time, so mv dreams
of a wedding torn; across the conti
nent were unrealized, and so I was
compelled to content myself with
a few week' travel in the West.
"After having visited several of
our'principal cities, we came across
an old friend, who, with his wife,
was in search of 'pleasure.
" One evening, at dark, Wc found
ourselves at a little settlement a
few miles from Milwaukie. It had
commenced to rain, the night bid
fair to be very unpleasant, and to
complete our misery, wo discovered
that the driver we had hired to
take us to Milwaukie was either
terribly stupid, or a little intoxica
ted the latter seemed more prob
able. My husband, after question
ing him in reference to the locality,
found that a slrt distance further
on was a tavern, where we could
spend the night.
"This was very acceptable news
for me, for I had grown exceed
ingly nervous at the approach of
the storm, as well as the lateness
of the hour, and the singular be
havior of our guide and driver.
4My husband's 'Shall westop or
go on ?' met with a hearty 'Stop,
by all means,' from the whole
party; and alter a few moments
gropings among the dripping trees,
we halted before a little way-side
inn, which, at first appearance, pre
sented rather a comfortable aspect.
The room into which we Ave re
ushered Avas large, square, dnd
av ell lighted; a cheerful lire crackl
ed upon the hearth, presented, a
striking contrast to the chill drizzle
outside.
" It did not take long to remove
our Avrappings and order Supper,
and in a few minutes a good, sub
stantial repast was laid before us.
After having set an unprecedently
long time over our Coffee, our
inemls, Mr. and Mrs. Withers
Avert placed at one cud of a long
passage, and we at the other.
"This is cosv," said Frank, pre
paring to retire. "The whole get
up ct this little place reminds me
of cur country homo at the East;
I haven't had anything taste so
good since I left home as my sup
per to-night. Plain, clean, and
substantial; and enough of it ; and
this is not bad," glancing around
at the snowy ,dimit and hi-h
feather bed. " But " what's the
matter with you?" he continued,
amazed at receiving no reply.
"A strange nervousness had
all at once taken possession of
me, and the sensation Avas so liew
that I Avas absolutely frightened:
It was tlie first time in my life
that 1 had ever experienced such a
feeling of fear, and I Avas too
prond to admit the truth; so I
; evaded his querry by declaring
I1, i . -r I' i .
tnat i was uu'Jiiy laggeu. out and
needed sleep. Just then a knock
! was heard r.t the door. Jly 1US.
i lana answered the summons.
- " Woultl you be kind ; enourrh "
: ?ld a yojee which 1 immediately
; recognized as that of our landlord
"to "come with me to the next
house? A poor fellow Ins sent for
some one to read the IJible; he ia
in his last agonies, sir, and I am
sorry lo shy no one here can do it,
and 1 have made bold to come
hud ask you. It seeing a shame to
hivo the poor fellow to step but
without it single crurn of comfort."
"I'll he with you in a moment."
! 4
; replied Frank ; and with a " Thank
vcUj which was mtogether too
crinrinr for my taste the man
1 cringing lor
j turned away.
j j ut Frank, you are not going!"
i; ' , - , i i i
1 exclaimed in horror, as he drew
j on Lis boots.
j " Why, Liz, what a, question !
I who would refuse such a request?"
, r i i x1 t . , V v
llc veplie.l Iookmg atme. It isn t
! possible my little wife would say
; a word against to simple an act of
kindness? God . only knews
"What straits we may be reduced to
in our last hours. ' A cup of cold
water in my name,' and ' as ye do it
unto the least of
you remember. .
One ot these,"
With a sob, which I could not
restrain, I hid my face on my pil
low. ,
" Well, I declare, yon arc iierv
ous," he continued, leaning over
the bed to comfort me. You are
actually trembling. Xow be a
;ood little girl ayd bolt the door
after me. It isn't at all probable
I shall be gone over an hour,"
and without another word, lie slip
ped his watch, pocket-book and
one of his pistols under my pillowy
and was gone.
. ' Oh, that dreadful presentiment
j of evil, .and nothing else, that
j made me so unwilling to be heft
llmiditV.
"lie had told me to fasten the
TIT l.TT " 1
uoor, nut l (treaded to sten out or
bed. It seemed as if some great,
black hand was already to grap
my ankle; but I knew it must be
done, and alter a moment's hesita
tion, I leaped outj turned the key,
drew the bolt, and with the peed
of an antelope, tucked myself
down into the comfortable feathers.
"Sleepy! I might as well have
tried to sleep in the regions of the
eternal. I couldn't close my eyes
even. There was a painful sensa
tion of its being necessary to keep
mvself together; My feet seemed
Ha fir frtmi thy head that I was
compelled to draw them carefully
up, and when at last my knees
touched my chin, and there was no
further curtailing possible, I tried
to define what I was afraid of, but
the more I tried the more wretched
and perplexed I became, I could
see nothing hear nothing ; but a
warning of danger had been wafted
to my soul, v;hieh rhy ?oul felt but
could net diiiderstand.
"A cold sweat started from my
face, but I dared not lift my hand
to wipe it ofT Every sense seemed
preternaturally ft cute. After a
space of time', which seemed to me
111 e an eternity, I distinctly heard
a slight rustling under the bed,
Still I stirred not. Again and
again it was repeated, and I at
last discovered that somebody was
trying to remove from his hiding
place. The cause of my horror
was then plain. What should I do ?
Push to the door, attempt to alarm
my friends at the other end of the
passage? To save my life, I could
not move an inch ! Still the
strange movements beneath me.
It appeared as if my right hand
was taken without the least viola
tion of my own, and laid upon the
little destroyer under my head.
" My C"es seemed rivited on the
foot ot the. bed, where, in a little
while, a hand appeared a long
black hand; which grasped the rail.
;is if in this way to assist the
owner to his feet. Slowly as I
have seen tigers appear before a
trap door on the boards of a thea
trcthc horrid thing assumed pro
portions. Not for a second did I
remove my e5'cs.
"The head was" small, covered
with long, perfectly strait black
hair ;: tiny bead-like eyes glistened
like -tifb.se. of a serpent; The crea
ture's mouth reemed to spread from
ear to car, v.'hile tlie thick, erimpson
lip gave crowing hideousness to
thef most terrible countenance I
ever saAv or imagined.
d Mv hind
clutched tlie
murderens utile
1 i i
weapon.
"The .wretch moved slowly to-
Avards me, keeping his horrid eyes
fixed on my lace, Avitli a leer im
possible to describe, proclaimed
that he thought his job an easy one.
" Gold. l.irlv o-old watch
j gold ! Right away? now ! Then
Pill hnggy you! muttered the
brute, and advanced another step
" With a steadiness that would
h;-.ve done credit to a professional
shooting at a target under ordi
nary circumstances, this right hand
drew out the little pistol, aimed
fired; and in a second's time the
giant Avith a piercing shriek reeled
and fell. It appeared to me that a,
legion of ni'en came runhingr ijp
stairs. They tried the dotm
"This I thouhgt part of the plot,
of course. ?My husband had been
beguiled into leaving me, and I
Avas in a. d.'en of theive?. So tj'eye
I stood by the door, ready to shoot
the first person who crossed the
threshold; They entreated, me to
let them in,
" Whoever attempts to enter .this
room is a dead man !" I answered,
with my mouth to the key-hole,
" Let me in Liz, please said a
Well known voice. " Bella, open
the door. What can be the mat
ter? There is nothing here to
hurt yon from the outside, Bella,
darling, oeii thi door.''
"And I did"
" My God ! What is
came from every member
this ?"
of the
household, as the dead body met
their view.
' And, my God ! What is this ?"
said my husbaiil, taking my hair,
which hung about my shoulders,
into his hand, and bursting into
tears. "Oh darlimr! why did I
leave you ?" was all the poor fel
low could utter.
" The man was a villian avIio
had several times escaped the pen
alties of the law, on what it pleased
to term his idiocy.
" So there Avas no conspiracy ?"
I ventured to interrogate, alter
taking a long breath.
"None at all" replisd Frank.
The poor man we went to visit
died while I Avas there.
Goop Doci i:ine. On the 12th
ult., in "the Pouse, Mr. Cox., offered
a resolution reciting that the ordi
nary expense of the Government,
xclusive of interest on the public
debt, and a reasonable sum for the
reduction of the priheipal, should
not exceed $100,000,000 a year,
that the money raised by taxation
should not .exceed -$250000,000 a
year, 8125,000, 000 to goto liquid
ate the principal of the public debt;
that the existing Internal Pevenue
system shou'h! be abolished and the
sum deemed proper to be raised by
internal taxation assigned in just
proportions to the several States,
to be collected b- the authorities
thereof and paid into the national
treasury. That import duties
should be levied with view to reve
nue only, not for the purpose and
with the effect of protecting par
ticular classes, trades and individ
uals, at the expense of the people.
That there are many dutiable arti
cles, as salt, coal, Arc, Avhich should
be entirely free; and other?, such as
lumber, pig-iron, leather, etc., on
Avhich the duty should be greatly
reduced; and instructing the Com
mittee of Ways and Means to in
quire into the expediency of em
bodying these principles in a bill to
be reported to the House. The
resolution Avas referred to the Com
mittee oil Ways and MeanS:
Bpt! Lit ox Grant, Beit But
ler's suppressed book on Grant,
which is alluded to by Washington
correspondents in connection Avith
the Porter-Wells letter Avhich Avas
so unexpectedly brought to light
to the ruin of poof Porter, is no
myth. Butler did write and did
print such a book sometime in the
year of 'GO, or the early part of '(57.
It is said to be a book of some 350
or 400 pages, presenting an elabo
rate array of facts, many of which
have never yet been given to the
world, to prove that Grant as a
military man is a sheer humbug.
After he had the book Avritten and
printed, Butler probably saA that
Grant's popularity Avas still on the
nood, PiUI in spite of anything he
(Butler) might do, the man whom
he so much hates was sure ..to be
President of tlie United. States.
Butler accordingly suppressed his
book, Availing for a more conven
ient season, and has since preteded
to bury the hatchet with his ancient
enemy, and has even aspired to the
position of mouth-piece of the Ad
ministration ; but that he has for
given Grant no one who knows him
will believe; Sooner or later in all
probability "Butler on Grant" will
be given to the Avorld- possibly be
fore tlie author thinks the time
quite ripe. S. F. Examiner.
That AVfts a smarter nigger than
Grant Avho said in the Richmond
legislature a few days since ; "Do
Radical party does bery avcII for a
poor ignerent darkey wat don't
know any better, but darn a Avhite
man that belongs to it."
"I nevpr could bear children,,'
Raid a crusty old maid to Mrs. Part
ington. "Perhaps if you could you
would like them, better," mildly
replied the old lady.
Fig&tlVg Presidents.
President Grant is evidently in a
truculent humor. He says lv2
would hold Senator Sumner person
ally responsible for his alleged in
jurious and insulting language un
der other circumstances. That is
he would invite the Senator to the
field if he Avefe not President of
the United. States. Grant is no
doubt a man of.intrepidity, and if
he could fight himself out'of an -awkward
situation, he Avould gladly
resort to that expedient. Sumner
.is one of. the, safest men in the
country to threaten, lie lias no
more light in him than Mr. Seward;
but Grant did hot take that into
account.
- A chief magistrate of a nation is
not in a position. lie might Avaive
his rank in case he had given of
fence, and the other party really
felt hinlselt4 aggrieved. We hv-xe
no precedent for anything of the
kind; but Gen. Jackson Once ex
pressed his readiness to fight.
Lieut. Randolph made an assault
on the General, as the only means
of avenging a cruel wrong inflicted
upon him by his official superior.
Jackson, avIio was nn eminently
just man, acted under a misappre
hension of the facts in the case.
Randolph's conduct Avas Avholly
indefensible, not on account of the
exalted rank of tlie person he assail
ed, but because he Avas an aged
man, more than thirty years his
senior. The old soldier, in speak
ing of the matter to our informant, i
expressed his surprise that a. man
of the known gallantry of Mr. Ran
dolph should have resorted to per
sonal violence. "If he had sent me
a menage," said the General, "feel
ing himself aggrie"ed, I would
have cheerfully waived my rank
and given him satisfaction. You
ai'e a friend of his, sir, and I wish
you to say to him that if I live
through my Presidential term, 1
shall certainly call him to account
for the insult he offered me." Gen.
Jackson no more than a game-cock'
could have refufed a challenge,
lie did not consider himself justi
fied in sending a hostile message
while in the Presidential chair, but
he was always cocked and primed
for a fight. Iii Ids quarrel with
Gov. Poindexter, then a Senator in
Congress from Mississippi, Avhom
he charged Avith instigating an at
tack upon him with a view to his
assassination, he caused his adver
sary to be informed that although
his hands wen; tied for the pres
ent, he intended to have a shot at
him when the proper time arrived.
The Govenor, who was One of tlie
desperate sort of fire-eaters, sent
back word that he Avas glad to
hear of his determination, and if
the matter should happen to escape
his recollection j he (Poindexter)
would take care to remind him of it.
The old General had no idea that
a serious ditliculty could be honor
ably adjusted without burning
gunpoAvder. When Wise pulled
tlie coa,t tail of Speaker Polk in the
rotunda of the Capitol, Jackson
was disgusted and indignant at
a peaceable adjustment of the con
troversy through the intervention
of muturJ friends. JXcto York
Sun.
Divorces ol late years ai'e quite
common especially so in Indiana.
We notice a list of these granted in
thatJState compiled and published
by sonie energetic fellow, and they
are almost as replete Avith fun as
they Avere with joy, doubtless to the
parties seeking them. For the ben
efit of our readers we will mention
a few: One divorces Mary Hare
and Wm. Hare; This may be
termed a hair breadth escape. An
other loosed the marriage knot ty
ing Mary Gunnand Wm. Gunn.
They are double barreled no longer.
Another divides John and Sarah
Cannon. That is bursting of ordi
nance. Another seperates II. S.
and Mary Gaines. That is a fair
division of .gains. Another parts
Joseph and Mary Bell. Those bells
chime no more. Another divides
John and Martha Sowell. That is
not sd w.ell. William and Mary
Pool were disunited. That was a
draw game.
Til California, Avhen the diggings
were paying Avell, Signor Bliz vis
ited a gulch, and before a large
audience exhibited his legerdemain.
During the performance, he took
out his handkerchief, threw it into
the air, cought it again, . -when he
took a twenty dollar piece out of
it, asking the boys if the" could do
that Old Pete, a "forty-niner,"
who had never changed his mining
shirt since he came into the
diggings; immediately went upon
the platform, took oil' his shirt, dip
ped the tail of it into a bucket of
water, held it up and Avrung out
39 50 in gold dust, including fif
teen pounds of subsoil. Bliz took
the next mule train...
At the battle of Gravelotte a
trumpeter Avas killed by a ball that
went. in at the mouth of his instrument.
Tco Fastidious.
We observe Avith regret that
some of our Democratic exchanges
are inclined td. censure Senator Mc
Creery, of-Kentucky, for introduc
ing the resolution to restore Arling
ton estate to Mrs. Robert E. Lee,
or to" indemnify her for the same.
The introduction of the resolution
was made the occasion for all the
super-loyal Senators to ventilate
their loyal indignation against the
Kentucky Senator, and "gave the
cue to all the God-and-moraiity pa
pers in the country to write column
after column vof fustian about
"ghouls," "hyenas," and the "con
secrated grounds" of the Arling
ton estate. It undoubtedly does
seem to these immaculate Senators
and highly moral journals that the
Senator from Kentucky did intend
to lay impious hand upon the
shrines of Radicalism, but when it
is remembered that this holy shrine
itself is stolen property, the point
of loyal indignation is blunted.
In the first place, we believe that
the United States government pre
tends to have no claim upon the
Arlington estate except a mere tax
title. The property belongs, not
to the estate of Gen; Lve-, but to
the heirs of Mrs. Lee, having de
scended to her from the Father of
his Country. The United States
government, m entering upon tlie
property, despoiling it lor all future
uses, and making it Avithout
the consent of the legal owners, a
hecatomb for the Federal dead, Avas
guilty of gioss injustice, and play
ed the role of the cruel tyrant.
Now Avhen Senator MeCreery
comes before the Senate and de
mands, on tlie part of the rightful
owners, indemnity for the usurp
ation and spoliation, he is sustain
ed by every principle of law and
equity. All the loyal indignation
that can be conjured up cannot re
move the idea that the United
States government has consecrated
to holy uses property Avhich it ob-,
tained by a robber's might. Mr.
McCiT'Ciy deserves the thanks of
all lovers of law ai,d justice, for
boldly braying the yicious public
sentiment that, justifies a gross out
rage.-
-j.ec( i:te,
7 t 7V
Wedding. -There are all sorts
of Aveddings and hiarriages; it
would take many pages to register
theiii, from the marriage of true
minds to that of a couple of money
bags. Sometimes the bride and
bridegroom are masked figures,
tricked up and disguised, so that it
would be hard to say which is the
most deceived in the other. Some
times it is a living creature united
to a shadow. Have von ever
known a man married to a doll ?
He chose her out and pnid for her.
What a sweet face it is! What
high-bred calm ! And then again
comes the happy loers, tAvo-and-two
; as they pass before the high
altars thb long white veils of the
brides sweeping along the gay
aisles of the churches ; their happi
ness lightens lip, the faces looking
on. , Then, perhaps, some bloom
ing young girl conies up, bringing
a crutch and rt bronchial Avheeze,
and it now and then happens that
a youth appears, leading a u ig of
false plaits, a set bf false teeth, a
half a century of bones to the altar.
The disparity is not so great as
you might imagine. There may
be a heart still beating beneath all
these adjustments, Avhile the bride
groom, for all his good looks, has
not one single drop of Avarm blood
in his body. Sb.bad, good and in
different, they pass their Avay.
Sometimes it is Peace and Good
will Avho go by, hand-in-hand.
What does it matter if GoodAvill's
beard is grizzledj and Peace has
crow's feet round about her loving
eyes? Sometimes it is Prids and
Yain-glory that go sAvceping past
doAvn the long church out into the
churchyard beyond. They are a
fine looking couple as . they sail
along, and they look to see their
reflection in the eyes of the Ty sland
ers. Sometimes and this ,n, very
strange phenomenon- it is only
the 'past ot one ot the contracting
parties that is united to tlie present
of the other, .'-They find it out too
late.-- Cornnil JJafaine.
An old gchtlcmen.of seventy was
going to be married to a girl of
seventeen. One day a frier. d sur
prised, him, tenderly embracing his
intended. ,'T don't ...wonder at
your astonishment," said the young
fadv to the intruder: yon don't
creneraliv expect to find old heads
on vonmr shoulders." The mar
riage Avas broken off.
A young . lady at a
tfUTiiw i-nrihe mebtimr said :
wertern
"Breth
ren .-,nd sisters, cider is a necessity
to me, and I must have it. It it is
decided that we shall not drink ci
der, I shall cat apples and get some
A"oun man to squeeze nie for I
can V live without the puce of the
nlTle-
j Western editor announces that
he is pained to hear that a dear
friend of his has gone to heaven.
Meeting of th e Board of Managers.
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In its report cf the annual meet
ing of the Board Qof Managers of
the State Agricultural Society,
held in Salem Jan. . 17th to 19th,
the Farmer say.5: '
Since the organization, last fall,
of the State Horticultural Society,
io has been thought, best, by some,
for the State Agricultural Society
to surrender that portion of the pre
mium list, lb its chargP, and accord
ingly arrangements V$:e perfected
at this meeting of the Board, so
that this society has control of
classes 12, 13, and 14, provided-the
entry fees are paid into the treas
ury of the State Agricultural So
ciety, and that said last-named cor
poration pay all premiums award
ed. It lnay be asked how this ar
rangement is to result in any ma-terial-henefit.
Simply in this way:
the members of that Society being
composed almost wholly of fruit
growers and gardeners, they are
better judges of quality in-these de
partments, and of course more com
petent to arrange articles and a
ward premiums in accordance with
the real value of the same. TIiOq
Horticultural Society, is granted,
the south wing of the pavilion, ex-
cept that portion used for clerical
purposes, and a grand display of
fruits and flowers is expected.
The premium list Avas revised,
and class 2 and 11 considerably
changed, the latter. having been ar
ranged lor two committees, instead
of one as heretofore.- Among the
additional premiums offered, is one
of one hundred dollars for the best
exhibit of agricultural niachines--not.
less than 12 at the Fair of
1871.
The rules of the Society Avere
considerably chsnged. Strange
as it may appear, the Board rccived
information which leads to the be
lief that the Society has been
swindled out of over one thousand
dollars ii? receipts evey year, by a
system of passrilg tickets, Avhich
has been practiced by many Avhe
hgld at least a respectablypositirD
in society, and by scores of others
Avhose ihllueuce for good anywhere
would be worth but little. If the
request made to each one to wear
his badge Avas complied with, this
would be avoided. Su effort will
be made this year to enforce tlje
rule, and this will secure a greater
increase in the receipts. We hope
all AVho desire the prosperity of
this Society Avill assist in exposing
the names of those who attempt a
violation of well-known rules and G
regulations of the Fair Grounds. -
The Soc iety according to the re
ports presented, is in a flourishing
condition,- It was shown that
about 5,000 had been expended
in improvements during the pas
and that the sum of -2,000 would
meet till demands against the same
including first payment on land
purchased last spring. '
The Fair will commence October
0th and continue six days. :
Space will not permit publication
of proceedings and reports in full,
and we must conclude Avith ;the
names , of Marshals and Superin
tendents: .
Chief jTarsJud. Jos Magond..
Marshal of Eacilion. Alfred
Luellihg. ; o
Superintendents: '
Class 1 S. A. Young, McMinn
ville: ,: ;
Class 2 Xos 1 and 2 Oriviile
Stewart, North Yamhill ; Xos 3,
4, and 5, Robert J. Ladd, Portland ;
E. B". I) it Far, Multonomah, trial of
speed trotters; 1L Garrison,
Wasco, running; Nos7 and 8, G.
G. Glenn, Marion county. , ;
Class 3 Thos. Smith Roseburg;
Class 4 F'abritus Smith, Salem ;
Class 5 W. A. Mills Ilillsbom;
Class 0 S', A. Rigdof?, Lane Co.;
Class 7-C. P. Burkhart, Albany;
Class 8 W. Elliott, Clackamas;
Class 9 D. W.Jones, Salem 5
Class 10 J. A. Millard Albany.;
Class 11 Xo. 1, John Barrows,
Albany ; Xo. 2. D. D. Pretty man,
111. , t-r
Class 15 T. M. Gatch, Salem;
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Classes 10 and 1 7 & E. May,
Salem. IE Earmcr.
A little boy was advised by his
father to use illustrations in hiscoip
verse whenever , they should; ceur
to him; "for," continued the parent,
"there is no more forcible .way -of
conveying or expressing your nu am
ing." Shortly, alter the boy was
lectured on generosity. - "It's bet
ter to give than to receive, John?
nv; far better. The Bible says so,
and I sa" so." '-Illustrate it Papa0
I think I will understand you bet
ter." Father could not see the ap
plication.
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A gentleman was onedav com
posing the music of a rondeau for
a lady to whom he paid his alr
dresses, ;'Pra-, Miss: D.," said he.
what time do vou prefer?" "O!"
she replied carelesslyP"any - time
will do, but the quicker the belter.
The company smiled at the rejoin.
der, and the geufleman took her at
her word,
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