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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1873)
WILLAMETTE FAEMEE. KH Salem, Saturday, Jan, 4. nttnovAi,, ThcKAiiirnonlfr tin been rcmocil fo Huh ut'f Mock, Cei:iiini rtUl trcct-U rtnlr", flrtt I T .KW TKAK. " The jcar In c.n, and with Ittnllhjr Apliirlmw thrpi2 Of happy drrnnif; It mark It In each kpirr, Ili "hndow on tch tirow." liut what's the use of irolnir Into 1 tantrums about It? Time would goon Just the same, without these imngl ' nary inllo posts, and life would bo Just as .soon ended. Wlmt uso is there In urging every body to make good resolutions ti certain day In every year, and leaving them to Wim:at. We learn that the price , break them nil tho rest of the year? for good white wheat hns advanced In there any power or significance In to eighty ccntH n lui'-licl, at the. "alenin point of time? Paul says to the Mill, 'oalatlans: "Ye observe days, and JZ, iiT". .1 . . ,ii'hi(ii, and time, and year. Jam DRUi.s.-Kcmlthr advertisement of I . . , ' r . .-?. miuiii ,,,, rf..j.. tl...il...l t.. ,.i1tli,V"""t''-' '""v.-.-.i,. iVv 1IIIL11- 1 iiiu.tim, jii tttwk..v The Old Initltnte. jr. If. Tattle, I'oitliind, column. He is agent for the Slraycr Drill (Ineoircctly printed fin last week's Fahmiiii a "StiiRcr")'.thti only lorce feed drill "aid to lieon the J'acille count. labor In vain." There was reason in this fear. The voice of reason and of wisdom over cries, " Now is the accepted time." One point of time is as sacred as an other. If a man has a pet vice which lit feels he should put from him, he has no right to wait for the end of tho year. There is no power In that HoHTiCTi.ruiUL.On reference to another column It will Wc -pen that a inrctliiu of the Orceon Htulo Horti cultural Horlcty will he held at Port-, particular time to help hi re-ohi laud Juiiiiaiy nth, for the purpose oftlon. nrianglng the premium lUt for the Every day is a leaf iu the look of next Rate Fair. life, every liour is a line. And as a -- man turns backward and reviews Tho call for a nirniiiih' t (invention In i the past, he may say with many u this ollylw-l Hatunlay, wan not it JHlghnshocount.sthoblutsnndacrnwls, ponded to very largely. No proceed- , what 1 luivo written, 1 liuvo writ ings wcic hnil, but It wn -included to make another call for a convention to meet nt Halt-in, Jan .'Mb. So we lire Informed by Mr. Win. Iluble. Kl.i: Hill ll. A ionise of thlec ItctureN will be glvt'ii by J. II Stoiug, of this city, befoie tile Willamette I'liivf oily, at I'niver-lty Chapel, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evening", January (ith, 7th, and Mb ten." Itul every page he turns over I in liis forward progress Is pure with hopo and promise. And every page Is headed, Xuw. Life begins anew with every day. Everyone may ro- t quire n new resolution. Wo cannot hope to wind three hundred and .slxty-llvo days into u ball and cover It with ono resolution. The cover will wear off in lets than a month, t i in i i i.'...l.r....l..., I,' il I vi l...rl... "" our noiiea win uw unwound. Ualvanle and MiilmicIo, Klivtrlclty; (There are only two Important divls also Magnet Ihiii, Kici-tni-Magnctlsm .Jons offline, day and night. Ono Is ti nil I Ink 'I ail b aili I llik htlftatlift I Im I . V'.'"V... r '"1 :'., ' v..7i : :.. Vi.!""" wk. .. for rest. Wo I lieriuifiitH. heturos to commence at I luivi no right to wasto one in sloth, 7J o'clock. Admlssnou to (be ionise ! nor the other In carousal. And If SUM. Single lectures to cents j. C'lill- - (, lr IM,t.stlouol i-oncemlng (,0 dren under li! years of age, half price. ,,,,,', ., V , .. , habit of shooting guns and ringing To itr. Iti-iu ii.i.ii I, .is lieen ib. IhjIIs at midnight, wlien all .sensible elded by the director of the- Oregon City Woolen Manufacturing Compa ny (o rebuild the mill lately destroy ed by lire. It. Jacob, President, has goutt I'ast for the purpose of purchas ing Jho nceo my machinery. It Is people desire to icep, wo will .-ay ! that wo consider tho custom a relic of heathenism that might better be dispensed with. The young burg lars who broke Into our churches last Tuesday night and sounded lire thought the mill will be In operation tilnnun for a full half hour, might Augiut Kt, ls7:i. have begun the now year In a mail' uer more creditable to tliciii-clvo, without shocking the nerves of lfk people or converting the city Into a bedlam, Tiniit'oii Tin: Lihk-. - The steamer Maria Wilkin came up through the canal and locks on Jan uary 1st, cud returned to Portland the same 'lay. Oov. (Imver, the commission opjiolntcd ly the (.'over-, hundred and .slvty-flvo day are bet nor to eainioo the work-, a number ter than a year. There Is no electric of the direct and stot-kholders of battery with siilllclent power to send the Company., ;ind Invited guests, ,,s s() ng a tllstance at one shock, weroou honril.. everything was a Every morning the message must be lepeated. Kvery day i a link in the chain that hinds us to our ohi habits, tir a step In the lino of pro gress that leads us to light and llb I erty. And these thoughts should take the most practical direction. What ovcroureonvletloiistcll u wo should do, whether to provide new stalls for our hor.-o or build extra sheds for our cattle; whether to provide better ro.uls for our team, or better kciuMils for our children; whether to leave oil" bad habit, and live for higher aim, or to een-et'. tru vagance and lay up for the future," Now Is the accepted time." ' Draw il I not ri jla.l b) a Inlo Iniuiul, WV iini't I'Ullil llu hiMvr liy ulilili l tl' rrum the I.mli I'.itlti to Hip Miultal tUrr, Mi.) mount to ll muiiult ivuiul i rnunil " Tliis old building was burned by incendiaries on Friday night, Dec. 27th. It was built in 18-14 by tho Methodist Missionaries, and origin ally Intended as a school for Indians. But ns tho plans for educating tho Indians failed and tho country bo came settled by whites, tho plan was changed and tho institution became what Is known as Willamotto Uni versity. In 1605 the school was moved into the now building, and tho old " Instituto" bus been used but little since. It is a little remark able that it should be burned the very tiny Father Waller was burled, and Just nbout as it was to bo remov ed by order of tho Trustee?. Tho only loss was n few fine shade trees that wore .'corehed by the licat. Some of tho former students, who received many of their best Impuhes and earllet help under its roof, felt more than a momentary cailuessns they saw its massive frame go down with a crash before the pitllcs Maine. yew Ktitcrnrisc. l'armentcr A. llabcock, furniture dealers of this cilynavo closed out their retail business, and leased font term of years tho fine water-power near the woolen mill, whero they Intend to duvoto tlioir energies en tirely to manufacturing. They have sent East for the necessary machine ry to tlo u large business in their line. They will probably soon adtl to the branches of tho business heretofore followed, the manufacture of cane scat chairs. Tho prospect is good for them to work into a prosperous business. We are pleased to note every new effort to establish manufacturing en terprises In our midst. Every chair and bedstead manufactured here Is a clean saving to our circulating capi tal of its cost price; and there is noth ing to prevent our homo-made arti cles being eipial In every reject to thoc madn iu tho East. In Mcmorlam. Stki'iiix Mayiiki.i,. Tills new candidate for literary honors gave the people of Salem a chanco to hear him on last Saturday evening. The oportunity was not so well improv ed by the people as it should have lieon. Some of Mr. May bell's own compo sition have considerable merit, and he renders them with spirit. His Whatever is to be done or undone, " ,Ior,l 'f t' Cascade-," is quite let tho .lay be given to it. Three "' ,U) iomo of ,,rct "rlo ellbrts Tho press of the country is busy Just now conveying the news of the death of Rev. Alvan F. Waller, gen orally with tho accompanying Infor mation that the deceased was "pio neer in tho settlement of Oregon, and a devoted servant of tho Chris tian organization (the M. E. Church) of which he was a minister." It is true that Alvan F. Waller was a de voted friend and servant oi mo Methodist Church.and well deserved all tho rc.-pect for and recognition of Ids services which can bo accorucu to him; but it is doubtful whether tho public at large will fairly realize tho worth of tho man as a citizen who sympathized with all branches of human advancement, and took a keen, though unoatentatious.interest in the political affairs of tho State and nation. Ho was a firm beliover in Christianity, for the comfort and hope it conferred upon himself per sonally, and he labored for its ad vancement, because to advance tho spread of Christianity in his Judg ment was the surest way to multiply human happinc-s. In his young days tills feeling took tho form of that religious enthusiasm which makes the missionary, and such ho became, and his becoming such made him one of the earliest settlers on tho Pacific coast. The lunate character of the man made him a pioneer af pioneer-, if I may use such a term to define his character. Hi early bias in favor of the occupation of a Chris tian toucher, combined witli a singu larly patient persistency, mado him amongst the last to give up the mis sionary efforts in behalf of tho Ore gon Indians, and ns soon as that ob ject was abandoned by tho-o who had control of his action, ho turned his attention to laying the foundation of tho means of instructing tho youth of the whlto race then commencing to occupy tho country, and with this object iu view lie has labored for tho establishment and endowment of the Wlllainette University for lnau.v years pastjWith a singleness of pur pose and -elf devotion, which woultl tloubtle-s have Insured him success in any couro of action adopted for his own personal aggrandizement. He .seem, however, iu a very early period af his residence in Oregon, t have put aside tho Idea of accumu lating property for iiim-elf. Ho did avail him-elf of his privilege ns a citizen of tlto United States, and re ceived a donation of land ns an earlv as they did so that his loss was more than that of nu earthly brother. So children (and not of bis own family only) wept for him ns for a father, and with good reason. If there was a weakness in his nature, it was his kind and indulgent disposition townrd chil dren. "Tho wholo thing will go down now," ald nn old man who has for twenty-nine years stood opposed to "Father Waller" religiously, but Who yet recognizes the efficiency of h-ls self-denying labors In behalf of W1I lnmctto University. Let us hopo the good man has not labored in vain, even from an earthly point of view, but that the agencies for human good which he devoted his llfo to will not fail to bring forth fruit, and that his death may bring forward youngcrmen who, making him nn oxnmplo, will cany on the work of human advance ment. mmmmmmmm J-M. LKTTlftl FUOJI WASIII.W1T0X. rniTouui. coiiBrroNnrNc, ill tlto same direction. lie lias a -I vie! -uccess. -- - -r - Walk-. Wo IikJ; a walk a few evenings .since Itu reivl-c. We walketl about three tulle without gningovcrthe -nine gi;ojnd and with out leaving a good plank tnlk. We might have walked t.i7.r;il miles further iu the -nine a,. Yet It seems to us but Just tho u titer day that tho walks in Salem ycr liinited to one side of ono block. Thai wiu when wo first mado Uiuacilu.ilntuuci of the town, Wo havn hoard seve ral stranger., remark that few low u In tho Eatture aw well supplied with sidewalks us Salem. rMUU.l.A CorxTY.A letter to us from A. (, I'eltys, at Willow Fork-, I'matlla county, Pee. 2'ith, has tho following: "To-day I- as lino and warm as an April day. The contrast between thisaud last Christ inas is -hiking um warm, mid the other cold. 1 think now our winter settler; but If money-making had been his object, he would have clung ltt lllMliltt.lll ,.1ntn ...1. f .1. 1. . 1 t of his own, and a way of linking hi "V ,,",, iT , , different recitations Into n chain, and r ,'c v v ''""VTV" ' Ch mi im-lne- from one l ,,ii,..i.. L ' ""'" Ut ,Hm ,!,mN Hiding " " " " ' " . Illlt lltlllKllljk tf.itok. ...... ..i II. i iiiiiiv;ii-'1- ttllllTI INItUT 111 fill falls or the Willamette which was first located ns a claim by Mr. Waller, but was given up, doubtless because (ho development of its valuo was deemed inconi-tcnt with objects he held Iu higher estimation than ma terial wealth. I tlo not wl-ii to inti mate that Mr. Waller did notappre- keep the audience awake and give his performance a decided air of originality. Ho rentiers the Irish characters well, but wo think devotes too much of his time to that particu lar -tyle of wit. A little pepper iu one'- food is good, but enough Is enough; and Mr. Maybell has talent that Is worthy of cultivation in abet ter direction. Ho I less cultivated than Plummer In hi- elocution, more elate this world's good-: indeed. I am inclined to think that few men 1 t'nnlil Imvii lwitWi .it t....,i it... .i- . . manly iu bearing than Joaquin Mll-i Vv ,,,' v" ""' , WIS" ler, and far superior to Stephen Ma-1 "7 "'a weitltli entt give thai! he, -ett in every thing but "cheek." ', V"1 ?'Vl ""' '' who has ti..... ,.i t ,...... Jllvod in Oregon the saiuo leiiL'th of a - iiii'hu i.iii iiiimu iwii'iiirr I! not he be tho " llycinth sting. of hi or i ,(,.,,, ,i... i , . , .,,,, i "",u " I'r.icuceti a closer econ- (i.. The llittlt tin claim that Wi. n.it AliKOAU. Ice l. Inches thick iu the Potomac! (Jorge Iu the Mississippi below Memphis! Trains stopivtl nil over the West! New York City minus her mails! Seve ral persons frozen to death in Urook- Poitluud Is a bigger city than either, lyn! Two men freeze- iu their own Loudon or New York. Iu Loudon' hou-e iu Illinois! Floating !cu in the 1 1 ley l-iy eighty cents Hr thousand, Ohio sinks steamers and barges! Ter- oiny than he did, and given nnvthimr j like the -nine proportion of his time mii means 10 tne furtherance of worthy object. The general public knew " Father Waller" as a -cdate, almost austere, man, diligent In his bu-iiuss of seek ing aid to build high schools and eiiuiviies,.iiut those who knew him privately KUOW llllll to be a liatrlotle1 nn Itsmtlltinnns such, finniothinc citizen, always (though Without OS- ols. mnv mmn In tlin future. Iitlt ------ ,--. --- -- -F "- ..... '(tariai1a - I .. " .. . u .. .....-.. n. will not Iki very heavy, which we for pi, In New York $:l, and in. rifle iIimmNuiiiI huiricanes In tlitrerent ',ol,,aUo" lteretcd iu public ntliiti-), thero is no promise of it yet. The Washington, Dee. 10, 1872. Congress has been in session sinco Dec. 2d, very constantly disposing of some matter, but it lins thousands of measures in hand that must bo dis posed of, and after tho Holidays It it will be necessary to work harder and hold night sessions; Tho morn ing is the timo when committees meet and preparo their work. The House anil .Senate meet at noon, and the.'ession continues until tho worthy members (becomo wenry of legisla tion, which sometimes is by 2 o'clock, though sessions do sometimes ex tend until towards evening. Many private bills have been disposed of and there is always n host of such. Tho House has had tho appropria tion bills under consideration and has passed somo of them. They nd- Journ this week on Friday, and take a vacation of nt last two weeks over tliristmas and New Year's, and the work of tho session really commences after that. Thero will bo only two mouth loft of tho session then, and it will bo necessary to work lmrtl and hold night sessions to disposfe of the most necessary measures. (SItKAT I.Ml'ltOVKMKNT. All oirort is now making to convert Washington Into u beautiful city, which it must certainly becomo with time. I was hero somo years since, when tho city wore nn antiquated look, being built up of old stylo brick iiou-es without tho least pretension to modern elegance. Of courso somo of tho Uovernmcnt buildings were elegant, but somo of the private res idences mid building places wero as suming occasional forms of the now, but n great portion of Pennsylvania. Avenuo even was antiquated, and the streets, where paved at all, wero roughly laid with n cobblo stono sur face that was entirely too aggravating to he pleasant. Washington is un dergoing ti very great revision and improvement. Of coirso it is incur ring a heavy debt also, but It is rap idly emerging from tho old time look and condition. Its streets nro being paved in some substantial man ner, its .sidewalks relaid and widened and Its numerous parks, squares, and avenues, laid out and improved wonderfully. It is making moro de cided progress than any other mod ern city of its population, that is to .say, in the way of this public im provement, but it does not yet add any manufacturing or business inter ests, such as give importance and growth to our commercial cities. Its public and private edifices nro moro elegant, but tho city is merely tho National Capital, and its business ami population nro such ns depend have all been -o fearful of. Stock nro doing well. The peaceable co plo of Willow Forks ami vicinity were very much disturbed on the night of tho earthquake. A few got mad inl showed tight, a they thought .some were playing tricks on them by rulfJjug their windows and doors, arid otherwise disturbing their 1HMCO." Portland, Oregon, six dollar-. The Capital of Oregon lead you, Friend parts of l.urope! the startling me Unummlly violent Hiurjji of rain, now, wliiif mid ulcvt Imvo lt-cii rug tnfln the Howl region for thp pa.it t watk. To AQKxra An wo wIkIi to arrange our books for tho now year, agent who have money on hand for ua will con fer a favor by forwarding the wm to ua m noon an convenient. such are a few of ! ;,tt,mn of common order, m-! wide streots and avenues and largo that eomu toi ,V. V", V1 ". rmi ' '" "ls """""-'r blocks admit of great beauty and -.nice. The beaMtlful Government cs and numerous publlcsquares promise that lt.willsoine timo bo f great cultivation ana beauty, ill lie graced with magnlfl- lluttrtln. Wo i'.y eight dollars per u, from other lumls.over the tell.tulo:".VVT,ICOUJWI J,ll""' eleg thousand for our ga. Put then our, wires The Oregonian who reads """",l"1 ,nms "e.ru "over falter- rescrv ... ... . f i.i. I li .i ' .. ...... IHK ll'si'YL'rilIU'H llllll Ik fsnris...ir,ii.ll.... gas is an luniH-iiiHi in u, wnue wio iiiem niiisi leel that ho Hoes not live ni.immt of , ,., '.""'" all I'ortlantl eilltor.s inauuracturo con- In tho worst country in tlio world. PliUwl nrl'Z , , , . , "u l acltyo Milerablo tlumisolves. . - - - - .; " "" -; "' - nn,i u w .vHi:sT:i).-WaltcrS. Kitchen has """T' , iimi presence nn ent been held to npiH-ur liefore the V, Dlatrlct Court for Oregon on a chnrge of robblujr tho mail at Yuutia Station, on the UoIm roa.1. The depredations on that road have been goiur on for a yaror morr. apjiearauco of coldness which win In reality foreign to his nature. Doubt lew many who attended his funerul at the University the other day were !urpried to nsa men as old as hliumlf weeping oTer his remaliiK, declaring national buildings. IM1HHITAXT MEASURCi. Civil service reform docs not meet with tho most emphatic endarsement from even tho friends of the Admin istration, simply for tho reaton that