Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, May 17, 1873, Image 7

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Newspaper Page Text"WILLAMETTE FARMER. rv JOHN HUGHES, STATU STHKKT, S.ILK.U, oui:;o., DL'ALEK IN GKOCIIKIE Bacon, Lard, Butter, Ohcosc, Flour, Grain, Feed, AND DOMESTIC PRODUCE OP ALL KINDS. Paints, Oils and Window Glass, Amorican and English Coach Varnishes, English and American Furnituro Var nishes, Gum Shellac, and Japan Varnishes, Whito Damar and Asphaltum Varnishes. OAsTOIt OIL, I.A11D OIL. NIIATS TOOT OIL, ELUPHANT OIL, DOGFISH OIL. POLAIt OIL, LINSEED OIL, I'L'TTY IOI.OHS' I.AMPHI.ACK, CHAINING TOOLS, ftc Ac. WALL PAPER, Limo and Plaster, Hair, Nails, and Shingles. Wholesale and Retail. Cash paid for all Kinds of Merchantable Produce. Jy27f JTOKE2ST I-ITTG-DEIIHS. COOKE, DENNBS&Co. MANUFACTITI1E SASH, DOORS, BLINDS Rl'STIC, AND ALL TDK LATP.ST STYI.Etf of Ind.le uml out-ldc fliil.1i, of ilic bet imnllly if ilcar ccdnr hunbtr cut uml In Salem, 11 vmjm mil TURNING, DONE WITH NEATNKSS AND DISPATCH CEDAR LUMBER AMI HliliiU;lcN lii Halo Clictip. IIct of Work ul Lowest I'ritc I'leaio clve " rati. co our itock, learn our prlccf . and cho u jour ordera. Special attention clwii In order from FAUM. nts, and information freely glu-u j-ratli to our i 'Urou". shop ono Mock Kaet of lliu Chcmekctil Hiiufc, Jitt tf MARBLE WORKS, MONROE & STA1GKK, Dealer In MONUMENTS, AND Head and Foot Stones. ALSO, MANTELS AMI Furniture Marble xo ort.iii. ADDHKSS A.J. JIDMIOK, I salem, Oregon, I AV.n. NTAi:r:u, Albany, Oregon. iimUy Ml. II. lllM'f, I. 'I. I'ATTI.II-OS. Jones & Patterson, Real Estate, Insurance, ....AM GENERAL AGENTS, lOHMIMtliAl. IIOTCL liril.DIMl, "nleiii, Oreuon. CPIH'IAL ATTENTION fllVK.V TO TIIK al I J of lti'l Kxnlc In all parIK ol Oregon. A lir,;, amount of eiy dolrnhlo 1'ITY I'KOIV lilTY, con. I. tin- or Dcllliij Hou-en. I.otr. Hull Mock, nnd Uluik. btorc.. Ac. .....1o.... ImnruxM r.vHMS nnd Vatunbl.. t'rfulllmloil 'ii.'i T1"'.1 imleT IJinil, iltnntal In the bi-t ! '.illth.ln thi'St.iU', . .Abo.... HiiitllU mil l.r.irluir of nil Ui d of propi rty. t nlKclloiiof CLilim, Ac, Ac, 111 iicilopioiupt aiunlloii. agents Vint The Mutual Life Insurance Co. Of Now "Yurie, ....AMI.... The Union Fire Insurance Co. Of Sun .FVtuielsu'o. Vtf Kor comnKtu di.crlptloni or property ap. I T at thrlr onirc. iV Correi'iiondeiit. promptly an.wi rid, and all i.l'irm.itlou j;iun fne of charte. ViMreaa, JUNKS A. I'ATTKHMIN. "' livv. llox V'i. Salmi. Orei.1111. FLOURING 31 ILLS. Best Family Flour, Baker's Extra, XXX, Superfine, and Graham, Middlings, Bran, Shorts, CONSTANTLY ON HAND. Highest Price in Cash 1'AID FOtt WHBAT, AT AIA .TIMES. 0 KINNKY. Ai-mt s. F. M. Co. "u .m. (pt.itr CHINA NTT OIL, COAL OIL, HAW AND HOII.KD OIL. H. D. BOON, IlLAIIlt IN. BOOKS, STATIONERY :& usic, Periodicals, Nowspapors, Wall Paper, ....AMI.... Hlusical Instruments Tin: n:i.i:iuiATi:i BURDETT ORGANS ....AMI... Hallett and Oumston's Pianos Alnnjuoii bald. Tluc liiflruiri-nta aio r.WOIilTKS wllb all niiinlcliiiMinil till stoiu Utliu rcfort of all w bu Ml to buy UuoiIk i heap. II. D. IIOON, State htrint, Hirtein, Dili! OKEGON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. mm: u.Di:itsriM:o wn.i. o.n- X mencu olli.iiliin' for n Business Directory -of TZ2X2 STATE OF OXIEGOXt In n few d ij j and, to make It nifci'i"ful, rcf port. fully rejiiet the co operation or nil ivimia Intir eted In tliv Mt-lfuro of tho rouiilry. The State ha now re.iched that po.llloii ben a jearly rum inary of ber proxreni l mcrrfar)', litiiru the ahie f ,1 oik uhlili will combine, In a riiiuli r.eil toiin, all m.itti r of public lutereH, Theuorklu (outeinplulton lll embrace a ecu- irJl vkelcli of tku btatu; He pb)rlcal atptilf, fiol o,'y, climatology, botany, roology, lomnicne, manufacture", rorlillin, public bulldliiK', iih1iic tlou, and all other .ubject on uhkh liifunn.itlon l rcqulrcj, thcunrk w III be lllu.ti'iud '.villi rkitthmor omu of the leading prominent scenery of the State, and It compilation u III be under the thar;;e of .1. Mortimer Murphy, Ksq., Whoe remit ork on Wa.blnXluu Territory l.n. bit'iiblchlyromUKUdnlb) Iheprin and public The IlfSINi:S DIUKCT01IY of tach tou n.ul city III be compute; and that, with rkclchc of cadi place, should make It linaliiahle to the nu reliant, farmer, and meihaule. A.aaadnriMu.'m.-diuin. itlilbcthub.t).t Introduod In tho State, a. It will be of riich lui- portancotl.atltIIIala)borttali.idlna prom Incut po.ltlou for n ten nee. The rate or adiirtbln." will b" a fillovr ; One I'muo lliilf I'nu-e Curd lilt . 10 J-Sr-Adurtb-crtakliizoiie uto wlllrurttea mi.y or iIh Ikw prati. ' """ h. oru M, ,.e. ,,., tr- Tho book will bu ilUUIbutid oil tun r..uteortriMl aid In oiry public place lu the country. s. j. Mccormick, IL'ULISIIKR, 105 Front street, o. ii.. is: roiiTi...Mi. AX KSSAY, Iliad before ike AummIIIi' Fariiur' Club. Mar al. 1ST3. Prove all Uiinijn; toldant Unit iriMi t' jlOOtt. In carrying out this Injunction, it is not necessary tliu tench Individual should personally test all things in order to determine what is good and what is evil. It Is proper for every ono to avail himself of the experi ence of other.. It would he well, In deed, If people would hold fast only to the things they know to be good, and reject tho things they know to be evil. Such is not the cao with nearly all who Indulge in useless and pernicious practices; such as chew lug and smoking tobacco, drinking Intoxicating liquors gambling, &v. Farmers generally look upon their occupation as degrading to sonic ex tent; or, at least, not so honorable as the occupation of the merchant and professional man; hence it is not un common to see farmers, when they gather a Tew hundred dollars, leave the farm, move to town, and engage in the mercantile business. Such experiments generally result in fail ures. Farming should be considered as honorable as any other occupa tion, as It is certainly the mot u-e-ful. A good maxim In any liu-Iuess, to succeed, N, I lung on. Tho-e who get faint-hearted will surely lo-e. In farming, the same rule is true. Do not stop when prices are low. If you have a diversity of crop, and one of them Is low in price, the chain o.snro in favor of some one of tho other crops biinglngn good price. It Is a fact that when a special crop gets so low as to bo unpiolltablo to raise,iiuiltttu(lcs who first rushed Into It will now rush out of It and let it alone. A few year ago wool went down very low, and everybody hastened to get rid of their sheep. i In less than two years afterward wool enmo up again, and now nearly everybody wants to buy sheep. Wo believe those who slick to one good practice, through all seasons and prices, will inako (ho mot money, provided they are out of debt. It mti.-t not be argued that, hecuu-c farm products are low, farming is not a ilo-lrnlile occupation. Many a firmer, murmuring at his lot and Just getting his living, envies the 'mechanic who makes $(HI0 or $l,noo a year. Yet the latter may have to spend It nil to live, may be thrown Out of work at any time, with no re siiine for a living, while for the far mer, under fear of no materor land lord, getting his living as he goes from tho laud he holds or po.-.c.scs, the chances are, nt the end of the year he can show ns comfortable a balance, even If small, as tho me. chanlc. Tho primary purpose of a farm N to furiiMi a home, a living, a support ; and not -o much a profit besides a support. A largo portion of tho American people are rcstlcv, roving, scatter ing; driven about from place to place I by every spring fre-het of popular excitement. Their tloslro forqulcl:' gains nun ineir perpetual motion wear them out prematurely. They build houses for llf.'-tlme residences, and aro ready to sell out their newly-built homestead a week after It Is llnMicd for, perhaps Icis than It ,1'0 - t 1111(1 Oil' tllC.V go, perpetually swinging arollllll the Circle III ell roll Ic change. To the pleasures of home and neighborhood attachment, toto-po-e of feeling and content of mind, and love of objects around them, they are -Iraiiger. The fruition of (reei they phlllt tllC.V llirely WitllCS ()fn their p0einlW, they llllVO nothing uomc'iiiic u giiuiucii uieir heirt-. 'I he gtrdens they layout, the furniture they buy, and the hoti-C'i they build, allord no home loving niemorie-. After wearing out half a lifetime In perpetual cmig0 of habitation, W itll llttloglllll mid great los-, they see their past ci,rceru nothing Ii,;;.x ffi ' pur o0 niwi'u, muir imiltk imi- II .1 I .11. ......S,t .,.. il... ..I..,,.. 1 eu anil iii-ii-""in.w, muj "nini tier to fate, and accept in moody de spair their abject situation; and oft en, with conscience henred and mor als wrecked, without friends or home, they 'ettlo down too late, and 'die among strangers. i I'okti:ii. Former lla)s In Scotland. In those daa Scotland would have been a rich tleidtbrFatherSIathew's labors. Habits of drunkenness were common alike to rich and poor. Thev were associated with good-fellowship, and were tenderly dealt with even by the Church. The orgies of OsbaldNtouo Hall, graphically de scribed in Hob li'oi, found their counterparblu many a Scottish man or. The period we speak of was six ty years ago, when the old haceha allau rhyme, Hi' wlni poe to Intl. ko. to lui! silier. J'all- ii- ilio Iwmh il.i, uml die. In ivtolvr; Hill lie tli.it bus In luil. pv. In lutl mellow. MM1 a Imiy. J..1I.V llie, ami ilie mi linnt fellow , was (pioted half in earnest, as apolo gy for the excesses which wealthy and respectable hosts, under tho guise of hospitality, literally forced upon their guests, when the cloth was drawn and the ladles bad aluui doncd the dinner-table to their riot ous lords ami masters. I have heard mv l.illii.iv m,ii., tli.m once, relate what happened on such nu ti-i.isinii wucii lie was one oi lite actors, lie had been dlnlmr with u nai'tY of I'ii'lil or Inn i-niillninitii ,m,l a fw iadiesat theiuxurlouscouutrv- seat oi a Iriend who had shown him much kindness. When the ladles withdrew, the host, having caused the butler to set out on Hut tnliln Imi doen bottles of port, sherry and cuii-ci, ucicu inoiioor, put tho key in ins pockci, anil siki to ins guests, "(Jentlenieii, no shirking to-night I Not a man leaves this room until thee bottles are emptied." No remark was made in reply, and the wine nassiiil riinml. Mv t, f l. . drank three glasses, the utmost limit to which I have ever known him to go, though he habitually took u glass or two of sherry after dinner. At the fourth round hciias-cd the bot tles Without lllllllir. UN luisl m. monslratedat llrst in Jest, then in a hair-angry lone, when the recusant persisted. Thereupon my father tip- liroMI'lllltir II flillll wlllltllU' tvllli.l. opened on tho lawn, only a few feet below II, threw open sash and leaped out, followed by tlueeor four other guois. This enraged their host. As the fugitives looucd back they saw bliu upset thedlnner-talile with a violent kick, smashiii!' Imltliw mui irlnsiw and declaring with an oath, that, if iney (ikiii i cnoe loiirinu nun wine, nobody els should. The deserters joined the ladles In the drawing-room, but the host did Hot rcillllll'.'ll' mill lliv fitlw.iv iiIumiI. lug conspirator, lost," ami never re gained his friendship. Mlmitlr JllHIflflf. Crlmliial HlatMlcs. There weie in prNon In tho I'nlted States on .Mine I, Ih70, a total of .?', !M)I prr-ous, thus distrihuteil: Tnliil iilf)iii'M :t.".nl Nutiw wiiiii n'.ji; Nl'KllHM . ... S.IIVS I'oivln boil) S.7.H I',,, 'I lli.im'iilb.li 'tf.v.H.i.il NiillMi r'lllojMiiuilaliioi . '.. lll.l.Lt i.in " I.sii.nwi I'nii'lvii Imrn " .V'''i,W.I This shows that ''wsumlng all lu nrl-oii to be criminal-) Miere Is nt least one criminal in every .','"-' our whole population, oue'lnever" 1,711 of our native population, one lii every (:I7 of our foreign bom popu lation, nnd one lu every HO.'i of our negro population. Asa measure of absolute numbeis, these llguresaro worth nothing, but they give us rel ative iiiautltles very accurately. A Western Join mil duly sjiys (m( piactlciilly the coiiiiuuM.h.i(io j,,,,,,,. els lu the i'lilteil Stales ale now wo men between tbii ties of seventeen mill tblity-llvc. In the country schools they aro vlitually the sole ocetipaiits of the llclil. lu nil thr Western cities they are gnidimlly taking the place of men. Strict Siilibatailans In lluhtou are shocked by the report that a tlorl-t of that city sells 10,0(10 loeelnnls cvety Sunday, and ask If that ciin liecalledu (iiilstlau cnmiiiiiolty wlieriiu such IhiiIiIIhI practices tue tolerateil, Ci'iifKK or (iitAi'KK. The system of close pruning, copied front Fiance mui (iermany, Ih ItijurloiiM to most Auieileau vines, CHjMiially lifter they are live or six years old. Ours In a climate of bright skies, hot siiiihIiIuc, ami violent laln-storms. A uinehliiu fur making luce Ikim hern Invented liy an Iowa woman, It runs 100 bobbins, anil has nuiuiifactiireil luce, handkerchiefs, collars, cVc, pio uounccil eijual to the beat Imported. The growth of wool In Alabama Is cucoiinigi'd by tho legislature pussliiK an act lining any nmu $50 who keeps u dog known or siixpoctul of having ever killed n sheep. Treaties of . .M, ,:((r. A vohiMie has recently been Nsucit by the department of State which con tains all the "Treaties and (.'ottveti tlons concluded between the I'nlted States of America and other powcis since .Inly 4, 1770." These treaties are two hundred and thlity lu number, commencing with the treaty of alli ance with the Most Christina King of France In 177S, and ending with tbut with (treat llrltaln, pioclalnied .Inly I, 1S7I. These treaties bring to light many curious things. For Instance, lu the treaty with France, in which that cottntiy agrees to loan tho Fultcd States the stun of IS,IKH,IHH francs, or about $:l,uOO,(HH, It Is agreed that twelve years shall be allowed to pay the same, "eonlih'ilng that tho pay ment of so large a capital at one stip ulated period may greatly Injure the lltmueesof the Congress of the I'nlted States, au! may, pcihap, be even Impracticable." Since that timethi. government has discharged ludcbtnl lies'" to the amount of over SliH),ono, 000 In a single year. (Julte recently conventions have been held In several cities, with a view of having an acknowledgement of the Deity tunl Christ hi our eousillutlou; Iml we Hud lu a treaty mtiile with Tripoli the statement that "the (toveruiueut of the I'nlted Stales N not lu any sense lotiuilcil on Hie Chilstian religion," In a treaty nuule with the Deyol Aiglets, lu the "year of lleglra 1117, concv ponding with I7l:i," President Wash ington stipulates that lu case any slaves bclou'dug In Algiers escape oil hoard our ships, "Ihey shall lie Im mediately leturoeil." Our diplo matists have always sacrillced their pilvate lellgloas opinions while deal lug with foreign powers. Thus wo Hud live prominent rullariaui sign ing death's eoiiiiiieiiclug with tint woiiIh, "In the name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Tiliilly."-Vi-rli rurmi r. The lliirac. Of all ourstieechless friends anion; the lower animals, none has been so Intimately associated with tho his tory and progress of man as tho hor.-e. It is not too much tosay that tho history of the horse, as a domes tic animal, would bo tho history of eivlll.tlioii. The o. lilies! art elliirls of nmn tho hide carvings on bono and horn of the trojrlodytes who nourished in F.uropc belore the glacial epoch, probably l!liu,tltlilyeairt ago include rcprc-cututlous of tho horse as the companion and servant of our race. The earliest traditions of every nation which has attained to culture ami mastery mention the hor-e with admiration, lu some of the primitive religious he was mi object of worship. Among the an cient Aryans who chilied India, thou-amls of years before our em, the hoise wa the most select oiler lug In divinity, tunl the ceremonies attending the saerillce of the clio-en animal were most claliorntc and par took of tho character of a great na tional festival. I'ven among (lie pol ished (irccks, (he hoise bad a Iplace Willi (lie celestials, and wasvokedto tin Hashing ear or Apollo, alike the god n' dav and thnputionof arlsnurf letters, dl (he s.-'dutUU'il frlv&es of the Creek .'emples there were long nrocesslons of horses nnd their riders ni'ignlllcent specimens of proud animal life, whose truth and beauty nave never won (' uauen ny modern (irt. Tho Piu:Ui(jiiiiIv! Iwtlval, with Its eiiestiian iiecoinpauiiiicii., 'v-- forever in the marbles of (ho Parthe non. On lliu sculptured tablets of the Assyrian palaces, lar older than thetireek tumbles, and lufeilor to the latter only In spirit and technical skill, the horse Is constantly present as an agent of human labor, warfare, and triumph, n llguro lu tho most splendid pageantries. Fverylmdy will recall tun siipern do-eripuon oi the war steed In tho Hebrew scrip tures -whoso neck was clothed in thunder, whoso nostrils Hashed III e, and who muclt the Initio afar oil. There Is the same feeling lu this po etical picture whltiione perceives lu the (ablets of Niuovah, and the pas saee belongs to neatly the same race mid epoch. Ancient art mid ioe(ry ore full of allusions to the horo iisa creature in Intimate alliance with human development, a most indis pensable help In the subjugation or savagery anil tho subordination of nature to the Use of her intellectual lord; and tlionmiont heroes went lr their apotheosis at death with (ho faithful steeds that were sacrillced ut their burial or cremation. Associa tion with the hor-o was ever a proof of dominion and progress, mid to this day, the most degraded ttibesofiueii lack alliance with tho noblest of brutes, uml aro his inferiors In tho scale of utility. According to a recent London letter Queen Victoria shuns society mow tint it ever, and is growing very gray and fiilili'.