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American Cm pes In Europe. l'rof. Clinrles V. UI!oy, Stato Entn molojristof MK'-ouri, who lias recently returned from Europe, (jives n very f.i vor.ililo lcport of tliu succc-s of our na tivo jrapus I" I-Vnin-c. In localities where only two or three years ago the French wine glowers .saw ruin staring them In the face, they are now full of hope at the rapid restoration of their blighted fortunes. Tlio grape Inline, or as it is more properly called in Franco, phylloxera, has destroyed millions of vines in the oldest and mot celebrated vineyards, and all efforts of the govern ment or of private individuals have proved fruitless to stay the niK'liief. This inject was discovered to no com mon through the "United States; but al though found upon nearly all our nat ive vines, it seems to have been unable to check their growth or lessen tliolr productiveness except In tho case of feeble sorts or those planted in poor and neglected soils. Finding that the application of reme dies to the soil failed to destroy tho phylloxera, the French Government, about two years ago, sent Prof. Planch on to this country to note its effects on American vines. He soon learned that a majority of our bet sorts were of .so vigorous a habit that the insect did them very little injury. But wero these varieties capable of withstanding the attacks of trie phylloxera when transplanted in the climate and soil of France? If thoy were, tho shortest road to healthy vineyards would evi dently bo to plant at home tho best American vines. Somo of theo had yours ago been sent to Franco in small quantities, and showed no loss of vigor there. Hence the planting of Ameri can grapes as stocks upon which to graft the weaker European vines seem ed in every way a feasible project. The result, as might have been expected, is an unlimited demand for cuttings of all our most vigorous phylloxera-resitting varieties, such as Taylor, Clinton, Cyu thiana, Herbemont, and Norton's Vir ginia. Prof. Riley informs us that he has seen, the present season, specimens of these sorts, growing vigorously and ap parently perfectly healthy, among the blackened remains of vast numbers of phyllo.rera-smittcn vines. As the phyl loxera attacks the roots of the vino principally, the main object of the French vineyard lets is to procure Amer ican varieties, to be employed as stocks; but very likely this course will bo abandoned when they learn more of our choice vines. Yet tho prejudice which prevails in Europe against American vines will havo to bo broken down before even the best sorts are planted there for their fruit. Therocan scarcely be a doubt that some, if not all, of the varieties wo have nanaed will yield excellent wine when giown in the south of France. Tho wine may be of somewhat differ ent flavor from that made from tho old standard French grapes, but It need be none tho less pure, healthful, or pleas ant to the taste; and we may expect, before another decade has passed, to find French wines made from Ameri can grapes well represented in our own markets. Between seven and eight millions of laborers are employed in the vineyards of France alone; hence the importance of finding some cheap and effectual method of checking the ravages of the phylloxera, or of procur ing vines capable of resisting its at tabks. It has already spread beyond the limits of France, and doubtless all of the wine-growing regions of Europe will, ere long, feel the effects- of its rav ages. Meanwhile, our grape growers can scarcely do better than to extend the culture of the best wine-producing and .pijMwera-resistiug varieties, as the foreign demand is likely to increase for some years to come. iV. Y. Sun. Women's Dress A letter from New York says : The difference in women's dress is a striking comment on the hard ness of the times. The trim figures in lebege and plaid Oxford ginghams that fill the promenade offer few of those gor geous exceptions in lace and ruffled silk that used to make gay the pavement be fore the Fifth Avenue Hotel afternoons. Money buys three times as much as it used to, but where is the money? Wo men look as pretty as they used to, even prettier. The subsidence of the late ex travagant styles of hair-dressing and paniers reveals the fact that they were originally made with some attention to the lines of grace. But the heavy silks and overdress of lace, the costly bonnets of marabout and tulle, and wonderful combinations of train, oversklrt, and pouf, that struck wonder to the heart of bystanders, are known no more, and as a result dressmakers are going out of business by the seore. Mkb. Lincoln. A correspondent wri ting from St. Charles, in the vicinity of Beltevue Arylum, says: "You will be Klad to learn that Mrs, Lincoln Is pro nounced well enough to leave the Asy lum and visit her sister, Mrs. Edwards, at Springfield. It is not likely that she will return to Bellevue Asylum, as there Is some feeling evinced in the matter of her incarceration by friends who refuse to believe her insane. She is decidedly better, sleeps and euts wejl, and shows no tendency to any mania. But whether the cure be permanent or not, the test of active life and time alone can prove. Life and limb are again feeding the ra pacious reaper. Two bays near Cresco, Iowa, were driving a machine. One dis covered a prairie chicken. He told the other to hold the horses while he shot the bird. The discharge of the gun frightened the team, which threw the boy lu front of the sickle bar, and both legs and one arm were severed. Both feet were found on the ground precisely as be stood when they wero out off. Washington County Fair. The ninth annual fair of the Washing ton County Agricultural Society will be held at the fair ginumls near Illllsboio, Sept. 27, 23, 1). and SO, and Oct. 1. Lib erul piuniliiins will bo awaided the fol Inu'ini? nlnsHpft! Horses (diafr. thoraiiirh- bred, and trotting), jacks and mules, cat tle, sueep, swine, low is, grains, seed", vegetables, fruits, flowers and flowering slu ub, fancy work, works of art, dairy and housework, domestic manufactures, etc. In addition to the usual premiums, two will be given to the bet rifle shot 510 for the l'ust, and S3 for the second. Superintendents Clas 1, Ben Cornel ius; Class 2, II. Boyd; Cl.iss 3, Thomas Withyconib; Class 4, George Nuylor; Class 5, T. D. Humphrey; Class 0, Hen ly Wooley; Class 7, E. II. Wurren; Class 8, Mis. D. Lenox; Class 0, J. D. ltowell; Class 10, It. D. Maloue; Class 11, Isaac Butler. PROGRAMME. First Day 1 o'clock p. m. Fastest running hoie, mar", or gelding, single dash ot one mile, free for all : sweep, stake: entrance, $30, to be added to the purse; puise, $50. 2 p. m. fastest trot ting horse mare, or gelding, 3 years old, mile and repeat; sweepstake; entrance, S30, added to purse; purse $50. 3 p. m. best walking horse, mare, or gelding; premiums $10. $5. Arranging articles tor exhibition. Second Day 10 a. ni. Public address. 1 p. m. best saddle horse. $10, S3. 2 p.m fastest running hoise, male or gelding, 3 yeais old, mile and repeat, $130, $73. 3 1). m. trial of draft horses, $10, $5. 4 p. m. single curiugo hors.es, $5, $2.50. 4:30 p. ni. double carriage teams S10, $3. Third Day The supeiintendents and judges of the different classes will meet at the pavilion at 0 a. m., and receive from the secretary a list of the entries made, and proceed to examine the same. By 5 o'clock p. m., superintendents and judges will finish their work and report the same to tho secretary, who shall pro ceed to make entry of tho same on the records of the Society. A. m. examin ation of ritock, etc. 1 p. m. best trot ting horse, mare, or gelding, free for all, best three lu five; entrance, $50, to be added to the purse; purse $50. 2 p. m. shooting match, $10, $5. 3 p. m. trial of horses for all work, $10, $5. Fourth Day 10 a. m. parade of all animals which have been awarded pre miums, under direction of the marshal. 3 p. m. plowing match by boys under fifteen years. Purse, $10, $5. 3 p. m. fastest mulling horse, mare, or gelding, half mile and repeat, sweepstake. En trance $100, to be added to purse; purse, $100. Fifth Day 11 a. m. reading list of awards of premiums. 1 p. m. fastest runniuir horse, mare, or gelding, 2 mile heats, best 2 in 3, fiee for all, $200, $100. Officers for 1875: President, Kobert Imbrle; Secietary, W. D. Pittinger, Treasurer, W. R, Jackson. Directors, A. Luelling, J. Freeman, W. G. Scoggln, S. G. Reed, Henry Wooley, W. H. H. Myers. An invitation is extended to the peo ple of the other counties of Oregon and of the adjoining States and Territories, to compete for premiums at the ap proaching fair. Yamhill County. The Reporter, of Sept. 3d, has the following items : The Alden Fruit-Preserving Company, of McMiuuvllle, is now running one evaparator in their establishment under full head both day and night. We have some of their work, both in apples and plums, which competent judges pro nounce of the best quality. Wm. Glaudon, who has been suffering several years with consumption, died at the residence of his parents, near North Yamhill, on Wednesday of last week. He was 2.1 years of agd. Married, in Sheridan, Aug. 29, by Rev. Geo. W. Branson, Mr. Charles B. Sutton and Miss Sarah E. Bozley. The highways are filled with almost an unbroken line of teams loaded with grain for the different storehouses. Polk County. From the Dallas Item izer, Sept. 4, we learn : Fred Waymlre and George Scott have been arrested and held to ball in the sum of $1,000 each, charged with assaulting an old man by tno name oi uaw. E. Y. Hallock, of Dallas, will start next Monday, with his family, for a visit to Long Island, New York, where his father and mother reside, intending to be absent a year. A little son of Mr. Berry Smith's, aged about four years, was kicked by a horse last week, and almost killed. The kick was in the face, and when the wound Is healed a life-long scar will be left. A Young Men's Christian Association is about to be organized at Dallas. Miss Josephine Boyle died on the 2d Inst., near Dixie, of consumption. On Trail Creek, Baker county, 'one day last week, as a man named Jenkins and two sons of Harvey Bobbins, Willie and Tommy, were returning from a hunting expedition, about a mile and a half from home, aud as they were proceeding leis urely down hill, the breech-pin of Wil lie's gun a double-barreled shot-gun-dropped out, and the barrels becoming detached from the stock, dropped muzzle downwards, aud turned a complete som mersault, striking the caps on a rock In frout, discharging both barrels, wound ing all three lu the feet aud legs. The Aatortan says it is estimated that the receipts at the Sea Side House for the summer amount to over $ 10,000 this sea son. There have been as many as 400 persons there, for the mouths of June, July, and August. One hundred and twenty-live persons was the largest num ber entertained any one day. Hops. Mr. H. E. Harris has placed on our table a bunch of uncommonly fine hops. They were raised on the Isl and above town, and are of superior quality. The specimen Is from vines of but this year's growth, which are said to hang very full. OorvallU Gazette, The Yakima Country. The following description of the Yaki ma valley appears in tho l?cJw, of Olym pin : The general course of the river is from northwest to southeast. At tho mouth of tho river there are several line farms well adapted to grass or small grain. From this to Cock's ferry, a distance of about forty miles, the country is very broken and sandy; back fiom the river the hills nbnuud with ilnegras, but wa ter is very scarce. From Cock's ferry a shoit distance is the southeastern bound ary of Sluicoo Reservation, containing an area of quite twenty-five miles square, of the best lands on the river, and lying on the west side of it. The bin lis on the east sido approach very near, and in many places quite to tho river. Tho At tanum river forms the northern bound ary of the reservation; it runs from west to east and mouths at Yakima City. There is quite a large settlement on this river, and many very good farms. From Yakima City to the Natches river, ten miles, the land is generally of second quality of sage land, with a few pretty good farms on the river. Crossing Natches, you enter Selah val ley, which is ono of the most fertile valleys, though not large, containing probably two or three sections of land. The Weiias creek runs from the north and mouths about three miles above the mouth of the Natches; and on this stream there is quite an cxtensiye valley of good land, and pretty well occupied with good farms. Leaving the Wenas twenty or thiity miles, the land is very lolling and poor, until you reach the Kitlttis valley, which is the largest body of good lahd (except the reservation) that is to bo found on the river, aud this, like the Wenas valiey, is settled by an agricultural population, aud but for the fall of snow would be a very desirable country, being surrounded by low hills, covered with very fine pine timber. From this valley the mountains set in, and there is but little farming land above. For a reasonable amount of stock the Yakima valley would be a fine stock country, but It is entirely over stocked at present, and unless stock raisers dispose of a large number of stock this fall, there will be a great loss during the winter. V Whidby Island. X A correspondent to a Portland paper sends tho following: "Whidby Island Is ono of tho largest of the many Islands on Puget Sound. it lies in about 48 (leg. north latitude, and between 45 and 40 deg. west longi tude, and is in close proximity to where tho City of the West will soon bo built. In richness and productiveness of soil, it is evidently the finest In Washington Territory. I was told by a very relia ble gentleman that tho farm produc tions in graiu this year would probably exceed 70,000 bushels, besides a heavy crop of hay and potatoes. There are many large fields of waving grain; one in particular I would mention, which belongs to Bro. Ebey. It contains about 100 acres and will produce, in golden grain, about 2,500 or 3,000 bush els. Of tho climate in summer, I cannot say too much. The pleasant, bright summer days and cool and balmy breezes make itone of the mostdellght ful places on the North Pacific coast, and I think our people in the crowded cities could not find a more desirable place to rusticate, in summer, than hero." An Enormous Pkach Chop. The estimates of tho coming peach crop all point to the same facts, being of re markable magnitude, the aggregate number of baskets being fixed at from eight to ten millions from the Maryland and Delaware peninsula. Strenuous efforts are being made to find markets for the yield, and a degree of enter prise is manifesting itself among the fruit growers which can hardly tail to win merited remuneration. A special train will be dispatched daily over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to carry the supplies to the cities of the West; 1,150 cars have been chartered to trans port the fruit to New York and other Eastern cities, and it Is stated that the American Steamship Company of Phil adelphia nro fitting up huge refrlgera torc in their. vessels, so that from 25,000 to 30,000 baskets may be carried to Liverpool at each trip. Tho necessity of transporting so large a quantity of perishable fruit In warm weather, quickly, seems to us -to offer a good opportunity of practically testing the preservative properties of com pressed air. On another page will be found a full description of M. Bert's important discovery. It Is a very easy matter to render a portion of a car air tight, and to force in air by a simple hand pump until a pressure of three or four atmospheres is reached. This could without difficulty bo maintained over a long trip; and if the effect stated by M. Bert namely complete preserva tion of the material is obtained, an enormous saving in tlie cost of ice and in lalor ma' at once be mode. We should be glad to learn of lhe results if any one should adopt tlieso suggestions. Scientific American. The will of Robert H. Ives, the Provi dence millionaire, is a surprise and dis appointment to almost everybody. It was universally expected that he would leave large .sums to various public insti tutions, Brown University especially hoping to come in for a big'slice; but beyond bequests not exceeding lu all $200,000, the whole of ills Immense for tune goes to Ills only daughter, wife of Prof. W. B. Gammell, formerly of Brown University, who Is now tho richest woman in America, having an income or at least a million a year, Air. Ives's estate being estimated at about $20,003,000. Valuable IIts. Linon can be glazed by adding a teaspoonful of salt and ono of finely scraped white soap to a pound of stnieh. Preserve egg-) by a quick dipping in boiling wator, and packing with lrcsli salt, Miiall end down. Ink stains may bo removed from books by wetting the spot with n solu tion of oxalic acid 1 o... water, half a pint. " To each bowl of r.mh, before boil ing, add a teaspoonful of Epsom salts Articles prep.u-ed with this will bo stiffer ami in it measure llieproof. Hyposulplmte of soda is bettor than common washing soda for laundry pur poses. In dealing with furniture, remember to kcop water away from everything soluble therein, oil from everything porous, alcohol from varnish, and uchN from marble. , Saturate sponges with water and stand them on plates around and among tho window plants. The object is to supply moisture to neutralize the effects of any furnaco or grate heat. To Prevent Tin Ituatinff. Rub fresh lard over every part of the dish, and then put it in a hot oven and heat it thoroughly. Thus treated any tinware may be used in water constantly, and remain bright aud free from rust in definitely. If possible, buy an oilcloth which has been made for several years as the longer it has lain unwashed, tho better it will wear, the paint being harder. Never scrub. Sweep with n soft hair brush, and wash with a soft cloth dip ped in milk and water. Don't use soap. Rub dry with a handful of rags. Mu. Bonner's Last PuitcitAsn. The wonderful young horse Grafton, which recently trotted a milo at Cleve land In 2;15J somo of tho watches making it 2:15 has been purchased by Mr. Bonner. The price is not known. Grafton was raised in Kentucky, and is one of the most highly-bred trotting horses -that has over appeared on tho turf. Charley Greene, ono of tho best trainers iw the country, who drove Lulu in her great race last week when she beat Goldsmith Maid, says that if he had Grafton ho could wipe out all time ever made by a trotting horso. The Kentucky Livestock Record gives Grafton's pedigree as follows: "Grafton, by Waxy, dam by Kavanaugh's Grey Eaglo (son of old Grey Eagle, dam by Boston); second dam by Mason's Whip; third dam by Post Boy. Waxy, by Berthune (thoroughbred, son of Sidl Hamet and Susotte, by Aratus); first dam by Stormy Petrel (son of Medoc); secoud dam by old Tom Hal." The famous rtrotting marcs, Gold smith Maid and American Girl wore beaten by Lulu at Rochester. N. Y. Lulu won the 1st, 2d and 3d in the race. Lulu made the third heat in 2:15. Remittance. Money due the Farmfr can be paid to the State Agent at Portland, Mr. A. Warner, If more convenient than vending the eame to this office. How to Obtain Patents. Any person desiring Information as to the mod o taking out patents, can send a request to the Fabkj offlce, accompanied by a one-cent stamp, and will,, eclve by mail a oopy of the revised Patent laws and pamphlet containing full information as to how lnva tlona can bo patented. JP. -A.. Sxxxltb., .Axrtlawt, Salem, Oregon, dealer In Stereoscope and Stereo scopic Views, and Scenes of Salem and the surround ing country. Life. size Photographs, in India Ink, Oil or Wattr Color. Ben Aecutu for the Willamette Farmer. Albasy JE ITannen Amity GEGetchell Antelope V A Cook Astoria 81) Adair Bethel LBFraer Buena Vista Wm Wells, AR Brown Butte Disappointment S Handsaker Brownsville W R Kirk Duttuvllle J W Bachelder Canyon City DBRhluehart Canyonvllle O W Colvlg Cole's Valley WB Clarke Cove P Shoemaker, IIP Kendall Corvallls E Woodward Creswell Roscoo Knox Clackamas W A Mills Camp Creek , O R Ilammersley Dallas J D Lee, 1) M Guthrie Damascus K Forbes Da ton EC Hadaway Dalles 8 L Brooks Bast Portlind Jacob Johnson Empire City TD Winchester Eugene Cltj PBDunn Klklon DW Stearns Fox Valley A D Oarduer Kalrlickl J.I lllevans Forest (Iruve 8 Hughes, WL Curtis Goshen J Handsaker nervals Sheppard & Gaines Greenville J P Price Halsey TJ Black HoodRlvcr WP Watson Harrlsbuig..... 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BRACKETS. And all Kinds of Scroll-Sawing. HAVING T1IR BEST FACILITIES AND THfi latest Improved vnod-Torlrftis machinery to rusunfoctnrn the above article, will cur Inducements to t tmtomt r. An, WOOU-TUKNENG, lu all Its vurletlf . Ordors from tho Country Promptly attended to. , Office snd Manufactory, cor. of Front and State street 'nni SALKM. diwtf fcwjMi I ifft PURE - SHED SPANISH MERINO DIRECT FHOM THE CKLEBRTED FLOCK OV OEORGK HAM-MOM). Kq of Vermont. Bucks, from $50 to $2.0. Kwcs, from $50 to $150. For palo by JESSE 9. CARR, a00t. Gavln P. 0 Mouteroj co , Cat. WOOI, BAGS ....AND.... AT THE) SALEM BAG FACTORY AMD T. Cunh:ngham & Co.'s, AT SAH FBANCISCO PEICE9. Salem ' Mar 14. 1OT4. d A wtf NORTH SALEM STORE. W. H.. W.AJ5E, K T THK BRICK STORE. nAS JUST RKC1HV- chi a mil assortment or General Merchandise, Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots & Shoes, Hardware, Clothing') Calculated for the Cltyand Country Trade. Bought u tow, aud will be sold at s SMLL A PItOFIT, a those who SELL AT COST. t39rGoods delivered to inv part ol the rltv fr of rharore Nnvfl ATTENTION Jheep Growers u A SURE CURE FOR Scab, Screw Worm. Foot Rot, AND ALL Parasites that infest Sheep. TT 18 SAFER, BETTER, AND VASTLY CHBAP THAN ANY OTUER EFFECTUAL REMEDY FOB THE TREATMENT OF SHEEP. IT Improves the Health OF TUB ANIMAL, AND THE QUALITY OF THE WOOL. 0T One gallon Is enough for one hundred to two hundred Sheep, according totkelr age, strength, and condltHon, It is put up In FIVE-GALLON CANS-Prlce, $1 per can. Bend for circular, to T. A. DAVIS &. Co., PORTLAND, OREGON, WboleasUe Agent for the Ntate. Or to your nearest Retail Druggl't. my6 To Farmers ana Others. IMMIGRANTS ARE ARRIVING IN THE BTATB by every steamer In search of employment, and the Board And difficulty In Kcttlne vacancies for them We therefore earnestly request Farmer' and other who require Farm Hands or labor of any kind, to tm mediate!' commnnlcate with us and we will gladly supply them with such labor free of cuarcu on our part. Please state the wages offered, the class otmen you want, and for how lonir employment will bo given. The Assistant Secretary is in dally attendancv at the Hoard Rooms. Ankeny'e Building, Portland, from 10 to S p. m each day, to whom all letter should be addressed. W. 8. LADD, II. GOLDbMlTII. II. W. COKBETT. C. LEINENWE1IER, WILLIAM RB1D, State Commissioners of Immigration. NEW TIN STORE. I HAVE REMOVED MV SHOP FIIOM SOUTn Salem to the wooden building Opposite tho Express Off co Where I can supply city and coautrj with TIN-WARE OF ALL KINDS. Manufactured by experienced workmin. Prices very reasonable, and cash an object. J. O. KENDALL. 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