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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1872)
MHMM WIIj-EiMDETT'E FARMER. Snloin, Saturday, Nov. 9. Ot'n Hvnouiit. A go-ally number of the common schools arc now In operation, but homo or (licin have not commenced ygt for want of tench "iv. Vo Unci thoio is an increas ing demand in (be country districts for the bettor class of teachers. This will be the moans ilnally, wo bone, of encouraging two very iiiiiorlniit result. In (lie first place, it will en courage a moro Ihur nigh preparation on tlio part of teachers. In the soroinl place, it will ensure t lie first class leuehor.s heller wages. When the-o two le-atlN are ..(cured, our schools will be on the highway ' perma nence and success. We should en courage the host and most eanic-t touchers, male and female, by paying them good living wage-. Wo .should discourage Hie slipshod and half pre pared teachers, who regard the profes sion as a mere temporary makeshift, ly refusing to hire them at ajiy pi ice. AouicuiruitAi. Woukb. -Mr. A. Myers now has his building comple ted, ready to receive the machinery. It Is frilly a line building for the pur pose, .sixty (Vol wide by one bundled and lxty-lv feet long, and three stories high above the basement, it is- covered with a felt roof, pitched and sanded, which sheds waler bet ter t lent any tin roof in town. It is hoped tlio machinery will be put in,und tlio works In full opcr.it Ion , before spring. N.l I .UMAltllMvWOHKK Weoall attention to the advertisement of (he ynlein Marblo Works imiiol by Jlesrs. Monroe & Stalger. Thoy are carrying on an extensive busl iies, nianiifaefiirlng grave tones 'mid monuments to order, and are toady to furnish marble mantles ami furniture to eider. They are receiv ing orders from all parts of the State and do the best hind of work at the most reasonable prices. 'URKAD QUESTIONS. Tho'liarvehts of th'GJpnst season1 en evil habit never loose Its grip? Wo have seen n faint ray of hope somo times when we have heard men talk sure 10 me people or wrogon inr ut n)0ut "loose change." Hut "this is least oiio year food enough and to , vnny flJP tho llloro . loo,. spare." Tt may be said there Is noth- ,,, s .,, ,s c, (,10 moro Ing new or strange in that. So much .,,,,, ... .... ,, ...i, ,,,. ,.. tight" money the end. We are afraid money always will be "tight." Wo counsel moral .suasion and moderation in all attempts to re form the bad habit. JJon't try to ef fect a cure by going In debt, by .swindling your neighbor.-., by clos ing the baud of charity, or cheating the printer. SKIIMOXS. Not the lcut eloquent of preachers are the maple trees that lino the (ho moro reason lor thtiiiKiuitioss. Not every people can look with cer tainly from year to year for even that. In more than one region of the earth the gieat question N, " What shall we eat, and whoro-wlthal shall we be clothed'."' With us tlio ques tion N, " What shall we do with our surplus'.'" It would of eotir-o be very gratify ing to be able to sell oiirsuiplus bread for a good price, to bring ready money into the country. Jlut IT t lint cannot be done, we should surely find some consolation hi the thought, that not walks of our city. We remember one human being within tlio borders tliednytlieilr.it row of these trees of our State need suirer for the nee- was set out better than wo rcmein-es-arlesof life. We are quite sure bor tho dedication day of the oldot that more people will sillier from too church. much than from want. And the Of that row of trees not one lias quallly as well as the qunntltyoroiir failed. Thoy have changed wonder food Is a source of sull'orlng. Our fully, though, In the twelve years wheat Is the best in the world and that have iased since they were makes tho llnesl and whitest (lour, transplanted from their native wood.-, i'or the very rcn-oii that it is tho best They nil looked then like so many It Is (he worst. There Is no doubt posts driven in the ground and saw that hot bread made of ourllno whitened square elf at the top. Hut now, flour Is a fruitful source of dyspepsia. , though they stand a rod apart, they And what ill (hat llesh Is heir to does reach out their long arms and shake not flow from dyspepsia'.' hands with each other. Tho .shade rvion have indeed tonyit uul they afford in Miinuier is delicious, iiidiii fnini(ioiitiml among them all and many a pedestrian crosses tlio there can haidly be one more evil in street and goes out of his way to take its fruits, than the Invention for sop- that shaded walk on sultry August uniting (lie wheat from its hull in days. grinding. Though the best chemists The quantity of leaves that those saythowbe.it hull contains a nrlncl-i trees bear Is not fully realized until pie much needed by the teeth, (he the autumn winds begin to bring bones and the bialu; though (he them down. How they till tlio gut physlnlogMs declare that the whole lor, ami cover the walk", and stick dlgcstlveiipparaliisueeds thocoar.-or among the grass In tlie door-yard, material; though experience well and Jump and slldeaud roll along the nigh universally proves Iho superior ground, across tlio street, hero, there, healthfulnosi of coarse broad; yet tho everywhere. As though ashamed mills of the Hour giludeiN, like llioe of their nakedness ami shiihbinos, of the god, still grind "exceeding now that their beautiful green suni line," and Improvements in bolting niordrts has faded and fallen oil'. The Prcsldcntlnl Election. Esq.,T6f-Portlnnd,'forn imussof'docu- incuts relating to this subject, Foro- On Tuesday, Nov. uth, tho twenty- most in whatever tends to tho ngri second quadrennial election of elect-1 cultural interests or Oregon, Mr. ors for President and Vice President JoC(l ?oni0 months since wrote to of the United States, took place, and, pnrtcri i England regarding steam as tho dispatches inform us, proceed- cultivation there and the requisite ed with u remarkablo quietness machinery, and the Information thin throughout the whole Union. 1'Jio obtained, ho has-kindly placed atom general result, though not unexpect- disposal. ed, is absolutely astounding in its -Messrs. John Fowler & Co., of utter completeness, and leaves no Lmis, manufacturers of stoam-culti-doubt that the present incumbent of va(Illff machinery, In answer to In the Presidential chair is theclioice of mi,rJ(,s 11S lo (Il0 ,.ofct orMlch lnachin a very large midority of the Amerl- C1.V( em. tht, following letter, which can people for a second term. Unanl- we publish in full: niotisly nominated by his party In i.u.nr, o April, is;j convention asembled, the action of " s- - "i",";,,,, ou-on-the sovereign people last Tuesday .sir: vnro in receiptor uur of the JUmp . ... i ii i m-kliii: for Information ultft ic--nril to tcnm amounts to almost unanimity ill re- pluni-hliic machinery. We hmo plcamru In f(.i- ilii.ttinr lilm (,. I.Ij dlfrli rtilli.ii Wn wunliiijr " ottr catalogue, mid a report mi Ike electing hllll to JUS IllgllOIIIce. WO trul r,tc.iiii.iiiltl:illiii: uiaililuri) at Ihula-r think tlmt If (Jen (irant's Iiimertur- uieetlncof the lloynl Airrlcullitrnl Society ntr.uu- iiiiiiiv unit u urn mum s iiiipiiiui iali, ,C, U(, llpi. Uiii nmo inti-rotliur ! jou hahle .siilrlt was never before moved l'rum wiwt yu y or ide iion. of iami nui m. , , . . ii i iii i . or tliu orinpiitluiir, o llilnk n t-et of Ira in ill Victory 01' disaster, Ills heart lllllt ploiiclilnjr tnikla oull ! ery mllnblo. Wo f cdrtiilnlv iiiiu- Iwi mi. Hi. il I iv Hi!.; .in. ''' pwforriin Imolcc of fiicIi n ret nr uc thouli' leilllllll.N HOW lie incited OJ lllls OIII- t.tiuii(iicl. mid nircxlitinlt rptLinratl ti or II. phatie endorsement of his foimtry-' iit niiK aiiiiciiioni. or iiiv iKickaKeo. A n-t of tnikle, with lliree nun one nnn n. IIIOII. each eiiiilne nml one mi the plon'li ami iIHi.loiii .i..i l j.i tn t ihkiii iiiur ii riinvp. ii i i k in er im ncre mi notir AS for tlio .Sage of the TnbHIH; We nnil llli n iHe.lum.v plough, mi acre and nniiar stiicerelv cniiilntu vvllli lilm in liUi'.l'r' loiilili' thai aiimiiul uriulllallii will be SlllLertlJ COIUIOie Willi Illlll III HIS I ,0iiv. nml WJ or-lil ncrvi a il.iv liatioliiK. overwhelming defeat, and are right Tl'u ,t,',K'h .i-T,"1,0 i!rr,"v. V'"'1: '" "bo" " , . .i.i in . ,nl. r IjU. 'Jlil-I tbe outpldo kiisth orrvi glad to hear that he will return to 'umt iiuionnmi n niham.iKeon- t rm njict. the editorial chair, Wliero lie hasl' The'eti'-'lrie nr. ntiltnblr fur IuiiiiIda .lo woihI. heretofore wielded such n liouerl'iil . WolliliiklioiiMbuins.lniMulii hatoononmi. m-iciuiuiu H u mill Mlt.ll II puuLIUIt J,,,,, frmil j:ilfc.., ,nv, nxj K iiioiiIIk tr. inlhieiico, with no thought tifcliiigrlu, l!"':,"!c; ?,:,'!'. !,U,5I""'"-, 'Nlu'r V!?1' ,lll'y "U1,H , , ... ,. , . ., " .... i lawM.iMlllilriili liiKi-ltliisini. Ilia ne non! hilt With the intention Ol giving II benbont .CM a nnuitli-pa9gc out nml bur..! cordial support to the administration of ids late opponent, in all needful reform". paid. mal.-ii (bo abomination of Hut Hour every year more hurtful. Wo don't see what we can do about It, bill wo confess (oa feeling that the they .seem to be seekhiL' fur hidii place" whore thoy moy rest and rot in peace and quietness after their work Is done. A small boy who is hTKIM ITINVATION. A" the subject of steam cultivation has boon exciting considerable atten- lll llili emtlitri llu re U i.ii exiipiltiiriir udii...-. 1 III ttiamtr.lih.itloii now. It in an acconipUrhti , racl.uiiitftcam.pUuliliu liiuililuciy Uineui day iie. I of uiiiim'. ullliont know lug tlio evatt nature of the roll, nml other ilriiiuiFtiiuuf, It la Impon-lk; I for n in i"y morn (ban u hac done: but v,i hall be happy to rnriil'h nny other particular a any lime. Your', irulv. Jiiiin Fohmr Si Ci. The diuilile-riii'Itiii ni'lcm (plan No. 1 In U., . ratalojrnrl I tliu milt ouu uhlih uo lecoiinner.r bir fori I211 ne li Ik iierfi'i He .i.t in iii.i..,.. lion in Kngland for some years past, ui'.or? ' lnt'nK v1,lt,t ,'i"i' uic lean mai.i. n wliero ft has been In pmctlciil opera-, m,, .,.,....... ... i 1. n, ,i 1 ..... . 1 , . , liieapproxl ate weight of tho mil lion .since IMil, we have concluded to ..i.i,. ' ,..m1i,i ." Vr 1 1. .1 11 . .1 j. .. - chincry recommeiulcd bv Jiessi. bring the matter to the attention of ,,........, . .. ,. u m ,,,', ,-- the farmersof , .regon and present , 2 Si the lacts In the caso lor the r const - lv (r)i,,.,i r.,.. 1.. r 11 V ,...,, , ,.., .,.., iiegalhoied noni the following rc eiallou. I u firilerlluir Ir i Iifirii firn mtv . . . 'v , ,' ., -" .v, ...... jimmi invoice: who tleem the .subject or such Im- ,., ,r-.a,,eas,owarn,,,thei.,.roduc. ZrS, lion of this mode of cultivation 111 douhluxpcf incomplete with irogon, they may havo reliable data "utilt. on which to base their conclusions Pitoiu't'i: ami Commission .Mi.it- HAN'T. Daniel Lower, of Portland, has blsciiiil iu llii- Is, lie. Mr, Low er does a huge trade, disposing of Oregon prudiicl.s ami Importing di rect the fi ults and vegetable, of Cal ifornia. Wo have a peisouul uc- limmluiicu with hl.ntl.aljustilesus. VV(. .,. ,,,. , Xorl h(lU. 111 locoiimieuiiiug nun .is eunreiy woitbyof lonllileiice and capable 11 a business man. N.w.i.m Waoo.n.- Thoe wanting good farm or freight wagons, or light vehicles for u.proi or f.iinlly ue, should not fill to OMimliio tho-e made by Ciiiiniiigbaui A Co., of our fly. They have now been estab lished long enough to have a reputa tion based 011 practical experience, autl their maiiiifacliiro lias stood the hot tests, and as a ooiis-oquoneo thoy 110 tluiiig an enlarged business. most dilllciilt problem Is, not how to charmed by the .sharp harsh ru-tlo, get enough local, but how lo.sfop loaves tlio walk and rum through the when wo have oaten enough; not deepest piles shouting and laughing how to olalvorato and make variety, u they fly hero and there. Shout, but how (oiniplifyniiil make whole- Joyous youth! Laugh and run ami some; not how to create a supply to grow strong while you may, for you feed our population, but ht.w to get will loaru quite soon enough thc'sul population to eat up our supplies. lesson of change and decay which l he lust ol the-o uiiestlous HI an- the leave are tcuchiuir. It Is a farewell sermon the' tree Itnatl Iscomploicd, for that will bring are preaching now. The sentences the population, lhit touching the are falling loaves. Tho paragraphs question of wholesoiiieiiessaiul slm- sue tho short tit fill gusts of autumn pllclty and temperance in the pro- wind. .More and more heavily the i.u.iiiuii nun u-i 01 loon mere w u onioueos uiii, more atitt moro nor- great work ot reform to bo uccoiup- vouly the period are rounded, till lished among millers, doctors, house- the unit Is. reached. Theiiaiiiongtho keeper nml cooks. And people who bare branches tlio wind inur their One o-fiinow patent balance ,,il . f - ... if ,. . iin.if, 11 1111 nii-i'i pmih Iheiiiothodoreultlvatlngtheground Oueii-tlue patent turning cul- oy steam inacninery is one that at tivtuor , Wile patent tiiinln ...4M-1CHI (' 10.' in John W. (hi. iii:uTtiiine.oul with .1 double column advertisement, call ing Iho attention of the readers of the Pa lt.Ml.lt to hi cv!culvo .slock f boots nml shoes, ami sowing ma- blues, lie louo of our oldest es tablished iuoivhaiits,imil understands tho want of this trade perfectly, and always stands ready to satisfy the demand. 11ki:.man' linos, have still a large stock of goods 011 baud, ami aiodo-l oat will have tube waked up before wo can cHcl their servants to re form. We know not how nil this Ii to hi done. We very much fear that the writer of this will bo cramming the seo.li of dyspepsia down his throat wore created. before t lie Ink i dry; the man who sets the type will turn from the very thought of grahaui broad; mid the hundreds who read those word, while (hoy say "ye, ye," til tlio close of every sentence, will stick as closely a over to their silcr.itu bis cuit, hot i-oll'ee ami slioiloiiud pie crust. - I'or nml ilul niv i!ik, Nml tor irlika tliat nr.v&ln. 'I'lii- luaili. 11 1 lilucii Ii I null v.illi. long iucaiircd doxology. The woild weeps, ami lilds the iuiinier fare well. " Hi all (lj'uHtiu( u" oxclainis the prophet. So lie it, If w'o onlv servo as well the ends for which wo Mil). Tills in tide, is very plenty iu our streets and along our road, at the present time. It is not a very pleas nut article to walk lu or drive n wag on or 1 hie a liore through. Hut It is not so Uiii in sumo other things. When we read about the driving now slonns and the cold weather Iu Minnesota, wo rather enjoy our mud. tul wu remember quite distinctly lli-st sight appears to bo chimerical, not only from lis apparent impracti eabiliiy in the field, but also from the cost that must of necessity attend such a mode of operation. A clo-o inquiry, however, into all the facts of the ctt-e will astonish anyone a. to the ea-o ami rapidity with which steam-plowing machinery can bo transported from place to place and put to work 011 the ground to be bro ken up, mill iilo us to the thorough no of Its work. Wo are satisfied that ore long iu certain districts of our country it must supersede the S3 uu ! -y oy 1 SI 00 ." Hit 100 00 l.'."l (It DlilMilN't.' ersiis UlUMIH'tSr, harrow One water cart, with pipes, etc., complete Two WO yard length be.-tsteel wire rope Five rope-iuuters Il.xtra duplicate parts lccom- ineiuleii. sav about racked and deli vcivd in Liver pool Total Cl,7"ii; lo This sum, reduced to Federal mon ey, shows tlio cost or tho above de scribed machinery, delivered In Liv erpool, to bo alKiut .ViOO. Thooubloineaureniontortho!ihove ordinary method of cnlilvnil,.,, Uni'T"' '-.-.".-w'oet.oraeout ..,., , V ' " Ml lull". uiu-iiicr wrcgou 11 yet prepared for ucli 11 change I hardly lo be assort ed. Nevertheless, it is our inti.i-..st ' lo keep In the van of progress, mid, Km nut l- iiMr.u : Tho .summer N recognizing this fhet, wo devote u..i-t, the harvest is ended, and wo considerable space lu our paper this are not sivctl. The farmers of Or- week to tho subject of steam culliva- 'nu till- sea-on have had u reason- tlon in Kngland, as exhlhltetl In the able crop and a splendid fall to di- trials of dlll'eront stoam-plows lat liver over tliolr wlioat lo the trader yoar.uutlorthoauspicosorthe Itoyul to be lleeeed by thoo maniiulatoi- Agricultural Society. Wo purpose to Trader are like the throttle-valve of give a full report of the proceedings, an engine, for regulating tlio .supph and also of the opinions expressed by of steam to the evliiider for inovin" various eminent authorities among the engine. When an oii-lne ha t" tho agriculturists of Kngland, as to full head of steam, she moves rapid- the roult of theo trials, ami alo a ly with great power. So it is with rt"""1 '' tlio reiKirts made by three tho farmer. Wlmn iw. ...... dillerent committees appointed by sonablo price for his produce ho can mo icoyiii Agricultui-al Society, hist go forward with power and make year, as to the past progress and pros- good calculations for the ,-mnii... ontstatoofste.iiiuultlviitliiginachlu- year; hut wlieu ho has totakofiftv- -. iiiiuiiicoimiry. live cents per bushel for his wlmnK - .. -..., ig a lus.es couslstou with the N MVUKKV. that when the tro, camo out of (ho Wo fool sure that the more thought-' when ho ought to have a lei ar li. lies hat Is, .hoy rollo that who.. I llllllllK pr.drles twenty yea,- ago, the AH among our reader will tlnd the ' will be like an iC SSlf heat I down, small prolll ntu " .Money I tlglu. " Thb N what IllIllMlm, It loft behind would shame hd.joct one of groat Interest, n ml pounds of , ' e, ' ', ?, ' r 1 to. I he r regular c,.o,ers all every body ki s. I is ,, , .an.lt- Hliy , ,,,,. Wl, lVPr MW 11lNlK, , ,! ,,-,,. wo otv ,( ' . t ,,0 "8 t t . know that, ol enui-s,.. Tliey cat. iar cry. It Ha very bad habit to got hl.,ok mud recoil of tho r.,.p,,u,. co wo yield to it inormp,r 1 e f ir ,-r III, ,v.. , , l Si,J,,!.,,H '" ''ishesou.of (heir j ".,;,.." . money ha had (ho ,., ,,, ltt hiy , ,. conueetlon, wo wo.i d'Jgad , J ,J , S!!' Ml "k L I """ "' ''.'"'V ""r "WTVL "T ( "'" "1! 1"' '" '"''"'.V '!' . l"lVl ",l views of any of our prac.l- steail o Sag h- f UolJu new T...: over I store has J,m u J :' ' 'S' , ' t Ir' '" "" '" 'f T ," S' llXVCSm i i.i.ivn.i Mimi r i i u ." ' y. I'J' ,,m'"1 ,,u "tuti n, steam cultivation hero, -'niin ii... 1.. ,.,.. n.i .. i ..i. tliiitaio mostly Intended for ladles use. Thai establishment Invites cus tom bykeepingagood supply of inor-ohuudl-io on hand at low prices for cash, (live them a call. A California sheep-raiser own Wr tKHrMioep,' which bring it yeailv In ftiine of Jion.ooo. against whom the charge ofgottlng "tight" Is brought so often. Alany (ionii Yir.i.i. Mr. L. It. .ludon, an old, and many a young, toper has Humphrey's Landing, Marion conn paid tho penalty for getting " tight" ty, writes us that lie lias Jut gather since we came on tlio stage of action, ed forty-ovon bushels, on tho cob, of but motley t ill lives ami rules the Yellow Dent Corn, from half an aero world. And, strange to say, the of grouud.jby pliwingawltliout hoe lighter ho gets the stronger lio rules ing .md wants to know who can "Tight, tight, tight!" Will the 'boat that. f large number of reapers and thresh- half of them: and s, li -m i.H .m. oi-s yearly sold in this State, wo must all his other farming utensils- ho fairly conclude that steam plows will will have to got along with his old bo the next machinery introduced, plows, Ac, Ac, the best lie can. ' by means f which our fertile soils Tho scarcity of money among the will yield mi increased abundance farmers at tho present tmio is great fort he markets of the world. , ly felt, while every storehouse is full w here take occasion to tender to overflowing with wheat, nnd not our acknowledgments to S. O. Heed, ionly that, but there is an excellent
