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..I Liu !! imnrrffr-f " " - M5JSS'rtM -p -gTTT " "--" ' JimiiWa -R GiIItmuii mtnm. SXJlP2P2LiaEJlVI3SIJKri?. SA.LKM, KK1DAY, APRIL 2S, 187(1. The Question Considered. Ed. Willamette Farmer: Tho tobacco and cow question Is considered Impracti cable of some of your correspondents. It is, nevertheless, possible for a person to accu mulate tlio amount answering tho question, liy the uso of economy and good manage ment, with the supposed small means for a beginning. The question proposing to loan the twelve dollars each year, at a compound interest, is a practicable one, and would not require a largo force to manage the moans. It is true, a largo proportion of any commu nity could not succeed in such a business. There would not bo enough money. Some of your correspondents cannot see any dif ference, financially, between those who use tobacco and those who do not use it. It Is true, thit some who use tobacco freely, accu mulate property. Such usually have had a good start In the race, or they are industri ous and uso economy in other things. As a rule, the tobacco user is, In ovory respect, an inferior man. Some years ago, one of my neighbors took some early garden produce to Salem for sale, which bis wife and daugh ter had prepared, and with which she wished to purchase some clothing for herself and her seven children. I saw him make the purchase, and I felt like pounding him. lie first took up two dollars in tobacco for his own uso, leaving enough to buy four yards of calico for his wife and children, and a pa per of pins. This man came to Oregon in 1812 got by a donation a section of good land, which has sluco been sold, and hols now a poor man. Ho did not Indulgo in the uso of intoxicating liquors, but usod tobacco czcessUely. lie was a professional Chris tian. I havo another neighbor, with whom 1 have boon acquainted forty j ears, who has not indulged In the use of intoxicating liq uors. This man, too, is a professional Chris tian, and is moderately industrious; yet he will have his tobacco, even if his childron suffer for food and clothing. Ho has, long since, usod up his 320 acres of land, and now will appropriate the small earnings of his children for tobacco. As long as he could got credit for the same, he took news papers from different publishers, but cannot afford to take one, for the reason, no pub lisher will furnish him a paper for nothing. Such men are worse than tho heathen. I know two other cases, in this vicinity, simi lar to the abovo. Xo doubt, such cases may lie found iu every community. Y. B. of Yoncalla, does not stop at the petty sum of twelve dollars a year, but spends fifteen to twenty dollars a year for tobacco. At tho . close of each year, does Y. B. havo enough money to pay the taxes on his vast possess ions? Tho vast amount of money spent in -connoctlou with the manufacture and use of tobacco In the .United. Sttfa. .would." for that purposs, suffice to pay, in a few years, our national and State indebtedness. And this great loss is a less evil than other evils consequent on its use. It tends to idle ness, poverty, strong drink, and other vices. It tends to debility, dyspepsia, palsy, can cers, insanity, delirium tremens, and sudden leath. It Injures the health of the body, mind, and soul. The habit is indecent the -example is pernicious on the rising youth. Tho expenditure is wicked. The uso of this poisonous drug blnnts the moral sensibili ties, grieves the Holy Spirit, and hinders prayer. "I beseoch you to abstain from 3i09hly lusts which war against the soul." The excuses for using tho dirty tyrant are numerous. One uses it for his tee'h; anoth er, for his general health; a third, for his corpulency; a fourth, for his leanness; a fifth, for a watery stomach ; a sixth, to help digestion; another, because some ignorant winebibblng, tobacco chewing, or smoking doctor recommends it. It is a matter of de vout thauknglving, that the most respecta ble and learned of the medical faculty, with united voice, warn their patients to lay It Aside forever. Do not excuse yourself by raying that some great and good men use to bacco. The great and good meu who do so ire In danger of sinking into very little and very wicked men before they die. Tobacco and Rum what mighty agents of Satan, Oh! you generation of tobacco cbewers and smokers, be warned to flee the wrath to come! lie cleau in your person, and be cleau in your heart. But, depend upon it, you can bo neither if you use tobac .co. " Keep thyself pure." Wm. Porter. Aumsville, April liHb, 1870. From Coos County. CoquiLLE City, Coos Co., ) April 131b, 1870. Editor Farmer: Although times are very hard here this place Is Improving some, and our citizens are becoming more cheerful i-as the weather improves. Seed of all kinds for planting, Is very scarce In this Valley, and per consequence .commands a high price. Provisions are also very high. The annual spring run of fish Is Just now .commencing, and hooks and lines are beinr; .brought iuto rtqulsition. The fish are little fellows somen bat resembling large sardines, ind furnish fine sport, end choice eating. Our county court dosed its session last week; Its crowning act being a piece of ras cality without precedent in the history -of A,ii county, at least. It consisted in racking a contract with a citizen to keep the county paupers for a year, and after the contract was signed, and the party bad bought furniture, and returned home to preparo for the recep tion of tho paupers; which thocouuty was to dcllvor to him; the commissioners; for reasons best known to themselves; " rescind el" tlw contract, and made another with a higher bidder. The party with whom the first contract was made Is hishly respecta ble, and perfectly responsible. The County Judge, to his honor be it said, reiusod to sanction these high handed proceedings of the commissioners, and stood by his contract. And so the matter stands. If any member of this precious Court except to these statements, please refer him to me. Day before yesterday, near a farm house across the river opposite this place, a lyux caught a rabbit, and a little bny eleht years old, ran with a stick, and striking iho lynx over the head succeeded in driving it off and securing the rabbit. The foundation Is being prepared for a brewory hern, and after awhile l,ve dhrlnks our lager all do viles." M. OREGON'S PRODUCTIONS. Fruits. Plums nro Indiponnus to many parts of Oregon, particularly so to Southern Oregon. In the southern and southeast ern part of the State, tho wild plums attain a size and flavor seldom acquired elsewhere. The cultivated plums In theso sections, are held In high favor for their size and delicacy of flavor, which are unenunllctl in any other State in the Union. Iu this valley, (Willamette valley), tho plum tree, when properly cultivated, grows to a largo size, and has a crop that astonish es all. Tho fruit is not only very large, and of a most delicious flavor, but so crowded upon tho majority of tho limbs as to mako an almost unbroken mat. Thev find a ready market both fresh and "dried. When dried, they aro tart, and are held in great favor by tho ma ny. The trees, like applo trees, bear nt an oarlv aire. but. unlike tho apple, thev are of longer duration. Parts of Oregon and Washington, eat of the Cascades, are equally as well fitted to tho cultivation of tho plum as is West cm Oregon. The experiment of cultivating prunes has proven far moro satisfactory than the most sanguine had anticipated. Tho trees attain large growth, and give, yearly, a most astonishingly largo crop, equal to tho very best German. This industry has sprung into such pro portions as to give assurance of a very large export initio ai nu uimhiu uiij. Tho number of trees set out it is im possible to correctly give, but that they aggregate large, can bo seen in tho fact that many farmers havo entered extensively in tho business. Few of these orchards aro as yet bearing much, but in the course of two or three years large crops will be had. When proper ly preserved, they cannot bo excelled bv the best imported. This is fully shown by tho sample exhibited at a &tore on First street, in this city, inten ded to be forwarded to tho centennial Exposition. It was preserved by the Plummcr process, wo are not advised na in Mm nrlnnrnhiiitv nf ntlier sections. outeidoof Wostorii-Otefcpivto-thooul-tiviUIou-of prunes, but we are,lnctlnetl to think many parts are equal to this valley tor its culture. In the western division of the State, cherries are indigenous, and although the flavor and size are far from satis factory, yet when tho tree is grafted with the best known cultivated, gives a fruit relished by many. Tho cultiva ted tree bears within three years, which is one-half the length of time re quired East. The cultivated cherries are of largo size, delicious flavor, and most abuudant crop. The Iruit meets with a ready salo in California, to whence very much is exported. Each year has witnessed on the part of our leading agriculturists, improved kinds, until now wo havo one variety which is unequalled. Commercial Reporter. The Proposed Canal. Elsewhere will be found tho proceedings of tho mass meeting, called at tho Court House, last Saturday, to consider tho propriety oi, nnu uiko tno initiatory steps toward bringing tho waters of tho Long Tom or Willamette river, by means of a canal to Corvallis. Not withstanding tho stormy weather, and the fact that u great number of persons who had been attending court most of the week were peremptorily called home on privato business, the attend ance was very good, indeed, showing that the project meets with popular favor. The right men are at tho head of this enterprise, and we feel confident that it will be put in the proper shnpo at tho very earliest day. The first im portant step for tho incorporators will be to order a preliminary examination of the ground ovor which tho canal shall pass and estimates of cost of con struction by a competent civil engineer. This will be attended to as soon as the weather will permit. With such gen tleman as compose the committee, in the lead, tho success of the enterprise if at all practicable, isassured. Success to tho Corvallis and Long Tom Canal. -Corvallis Gazette. George Kerry was never known to lose his patienco but once. This was last Thursday. Two gentlemanly look ing men camo into the room and stepped up to tho bar asking for water. George set out a pair of glasses and poured out water for the thirsty strang ers. Then tho thirsty strangers drew forth a flask, took a great big drink of whisky, swallowed the water, and walk ed gracefully away. And if It hadn't been Centennial Year, when whito winged peace broods tenderly over things, George would have wanted to follow the gentlemanly strangers and eat them. But he didn't. Burlington JIawk-Etje. r Tho greatest firework display, prob ably, in preparation for tho coming Fourth of July, is the Government work of undermining tho solid rock at Hell Gate, in order to deepen the channel of that dangerous enteranco to Lou, Island Sound. This enormous task is nearly completed, and the whole rocky bottom of the East River at that point is now only A thin shell, sustained by stone columns varying from eight to twenty-two feet In height. Theso col umns are being perforated, as is also the lower surface of the rock they sup port, in order to lesson so far as practi cable tho resistance to the contem plated blast. A mctalic cartridge is to be inserted in each drill-hole, and when tho time arrives the whole will bo dis charged simultaneously by electricity, and the bottom of tho river will, it is expected, subside to tho bottom of the excavation. ir. Y. 1'aper. Another gigantic enterprise Is attri buted to the City Crocus. Mr. Albert Grant has hit upon the notion that if Itegent street were roofed over with glass, and decorated on tho sidewalks with vases of somi-trophical plants, It might bemado the very finest shopping arcade in the world. The London cor respondent of the Liverpool Courier has reason to believe such a scheme is being seriously discussed between the great speculator and certain interested parties. Tho resident traders, ho thinks, will not be slow to appreciate the advantage of an innovation which would induce ladies to go shopping there in all weathers, and convert that splendid avenue of fashionable shops into tho most delectable of after noon loungers for all the West-end world nnd his wife, including a numer ous family of daughters. Tho New York Ifxprcss says two re markable bills of exchange made their appearance in that market u few days since. They were for 300,000 francs each, drawn by tho Astor estate on Hottinguer, of Paris, and endorsed by John Jacob Astor and tho National Uank of Commerce. These bills were bojght by August Belmont &, Co., and in the courso of transmission will prob ably go to tho Rothschilds, of Paris, and receive their endorsement, and finally bo accepted by Hottinguer. Tho combined wealth represented by tho names that will bo written upon theso bills is something wo belie-o without a precedent. The aggregato wealth of the Rothschilds is sot down by an emi nont French authority at $3,200,000,000; the Astors may bo put down for !?230, 000,000; the Bank of Commerce had a capital of $10,000,000; August Belmont is estimated to be worth S10.000.000; and Hottinguer $2o,000,000. This makes a combined wealth of $3,493,-000,000 Fisii Culture in New York. It is of the results of tho efforts made to re-stock the lakes of Central New York with trout, that three or four years ago Cannndaigua lake seemed depopulated offish, especially of salinon-trotu. and fishermen had practically abandoned It.. JThJlft.rtt!n;Wrth.tiuWry Wrbo' gun in 1872, ana mis been continued yearly since, and already thoro is capital trout-flshing in the lake. Last spring nnd summer it was common to catch eight to twelve fine trout iti'ii few hours and one man caught in a single day, twenty-one fino salmon-trout with a hook and line. These results give en couragement to tho fish culturists, and tno worn goes on in iNew xorK btate with a fresh impetus. Measuring Eaqs in France. In France eggs nre not sold as they aro here, so much for a dozen, whether big or little, those of the largo Brahma or Crove Coeur counting the same as tno little Bretons or Bantams. Tho ,eggs brought to marketaro verified by agents nunointed by tho administrators, who are called "mirours conipetcurs," and the eggs are suumitteu to tnree opera tionsfirst, counting to verifly the num berofeggs in tho pannier; passiugthem through rings to test their size and value, and final inspection to seperate tho clean and fresh eggs from thoe stale or addled. Small eggs in the markets of Paris are those which pass through h ring of four centimetres. Hence, French egg merchants have rings of different sizes to try the eggs. A zood renutation in business affairs is one of the first importanco to any farmer, and especially to a yonng far mer. A reputation for being a grower of first class fruit is worth as much, yea more, than the crop ltseit, liMicnacoin uarison is permissible. A farmer noted for growing fino fruit and for putting up nothing out tine fruit for the market is always in market at highest rates. Indeed, the market seeks him and pays him a bounty for his care and honesty. A good reputation Is it good thing. A farmer who grows fino wool and clean ses it In the most thorough manner, and offers nothing but fino wool, is known among all manufacturers through their agents, and his product is wortli a pre mium, tils reputation inai;e.s mm a market at his door. Detroit Tribune. On the loner disnuted ouestlon of tho right of students in colleges to vote,the Supreme Court of Illinois has Just ren dered a decision holding tliutvstudents attending college from distant parts of the State and from other States, pay ing no taxes on their property, and taking no part in the ufluirs of the town, and with no intention of re niainlncr in town after their college course is finished, aro not voters; but, on the other hand, that tnose who ure entirely free from paternal control, and who regard the town as their home, nnd havo no other place to retire to in case of sickness or domestic affliction, aro entitled to vote. Tho Benton Democrat says; From Fred Cooper, the Yaquina mail carrier, wo learn that tho schooner (name un known) chartered to carry lumber from the Oneatttt mills, had arrived at New port, and was sailing up the buy when tliemallboat left Newport on Monday. She brings a fair cargo of merchandise for the merchants on the bay, and will immediately load with lumber and sail on her return trip. A Washington lady appeared in com pany in a calico dress tho other oven ing. She simnosed overvbodv would shed tears over her goodness and econ omy; but instead overybody looked grieved and said: "Good mwious! what's your husband been doing?" Air n r lnlm M'lm ntnia o fim.li n short distance nbovo Albany, between the Willamette and Calnpooin river, lost, last Monday night, 18 head of An gora goats by the high water, valued nt nhntlf C;0O Thorn nrn nimnr-i of considerable loss of stock in tho bottoms uuovu uiMiiy, out to wnat extent, u is WUl KIIOWI1. Mr. A. J. "Wigle, secretary of tho Unlvereullst State Convention. informs us that the convention for 1770 will bo held at Zona, Polk county, Oregon, commencing on Thursday, thelSth day of June, and continue over the follow ing Sunday. Qualified. On Monday.April 17th Mr. Ahner A. Waters, tho newly ap pointed U. S. Marshal for Oregon, vlco D. J. Malarky, was qualified and enter ed upon tho discharge of his duties. Bonds $20,000, with A. A. McCully and David McCully as securities. W. P. Burns and Ward S. Stevens, havo been appointed deputies. 3F". A. jsaxiltli, -A.x-ti.sst, Salem, Oregon, dealer In Stereoscopes nnd Stereo scopic Views, and Scenes of Salem and tho surround luz country. Life.size Photographs, In India Ink, OH or Water Color. sell How to Obtain Patents. Any person desiring Information as to tho mode o taklng'out patents, can send a request to the Fakmi office, accompanied by a one-cent stamp, and will eclvo ly mail a oopy of the revised Talent laws and pamphlet containing full Information as to how lnv. tlous can be patented. Agents for tho Willamette Parmer. Albasy ,T E Hamion AmltV OEUetchell Bethel LIlFrazcr Huena Vista Wm Wells, J W llobart llutto Disappointment S Itandsakcr IlrownsvlUe W R Kirk Duttevlllo J W llatheldcr uaujou city DliKhlnchart Ctinyonvlllu a W Colvl" Colo's Valley WBClaiko Cottage Urvio J II Shortrldgo Core F Shoemaker, BF Kendall Corvallis K Woodward Creswell Itoscoe Knox Clackanas WA Mills Camp Creek O It Hammcrslcy Dallaa J I) Leo. D M Guthrie Drain's Krewson & Drain Damascus KFoibcs uayton EC :jadaway Dalles ; SL Brooks East Portland Jflf-nh .Tnhn.nn Empire City TD Winchester Klkton , .....1) W-urv LKuVitayo......a,.;..-.:tvr.......A B Gardner KUrflcld...'. J.T Ulevans Forest drove s Ungues, WL Curtis Goshen... J Jlandsaker (Jcnalu Shcppard &Oalnes urecnvine i ri'ierco Halscy TJ Black Hood Itiver i W 1 Watson Ilarrlsburg Hiram Smith Illllsboro A duelling Ilcpner Moriow & Herren Independence W 1. Ilndsln Junction Smith. Brarfleld & Co., W L Lemon Jacksonville M Peterson Juflerson W F West Kclloga's AH Kellogg Licxuswne j 31 ljcwiuy LaOrande S Ellsworth Lafayette Dr 1'oppleton. A 1) Henry Lebanon S II Cluughtcn Mcadovvvlllo It K Lansdale McMinnvllle A'lteld Mitchell A II Ilreyman Monmouth W Waterlinnse Needy Wm Moroland Kewcllsville 1 F CnstlcmnH North Yamhill DC Stewart Oakland J A Sterling Oswego A It Shipley Ott J II Schroedcr OiegonClty T .M Itiicon Ochoco J II Douthlt 1'en'lletoa W A Whitman lVorla SD Haley Hiiingvatr I U Lcwellcu Portland S 1" Lee, Agent Statu Orange I'rliicsvllle OMl'iinglo 1'crrydnle McUreu's store Ttlckrcal F A Patterson Koschurg Tlios Smith Sclo Irvine & Morris, Thos Munkers Sllvcrton Alvah Drown Shedd's , WM Powers Springfield A O liovey Sublimity John Downing Sweet Home Hen Marks Sheridan JB Morris Pilot Rock R Otlllam Ten Mile .- It M Ouruey Turner 11 A Wit.el Vancouver S W Brown, B B Denure Wheatland LO Forrest Willamette Forks M Wllklns Walla Walla .IF Brewer Woodburn Matthlot Bros Waldo 10 Elder Willow Forks A C Pittrys Yoncalla J 11 Ellison, Its Atwlegiite Zena I) J Cooper S OorT, General Agent for Eastern Oregon. Dr. H. SMITH, 5BNT 1ST, Assisted by T. T. Shaw. Olllce oppoalto Brcyman's new Store, SALEM, OREGON. GOOD SEEDS G IIOWN with care and painstaking, from selected T stocks, always l'AVt Try mine. See adver tisement "All About Gardening." J. U BOOT, Grower, Roi-kford, III. JlHwlS EARE OPPORTUNITY FOR Profitable Investment. 1 OH FEU FOU HALE ALL MY RRAL ESTATE iu Clatsop county, consisting of my original Dona tion claim, on Lewis and Clarke river, consisting of five hundred acres, two thirds tide-laud meadow, ac knowledged to be the best stock claim In the count. Also, a Urge Interest In too Upper Town of AMTO HIA, a portion of John Adair's donation claim. In nnlre of the subscriber. T. V. POWBItB. Astoria, March 1, lHV,,tf Fine Poultry, BRED BY M. EYRE, Jr., ' .Nairn, Cn.1. B' llu7. Tim.Kr.YS, weighing 40 1b.. each. 33rxicloxi Oooso, welnh. Ing Iroui 40 to BO lb. ucr pair. 1IKA1IMA8, Leghorn, Oiuiien, etc. 1'oliln Duck, av eraging IS to 50 lb., and liet of all Ducks ns layers. Al-o. a fine surtment of Pigeons, llshblts, Gainst Fowls, and Verrcta. Any variety of Fowls dn Ired Imported. UjCS 'me to namo fresh aim well puked fir ale at icoderato prices. 3end stamp fr IlUstrrtcl Clnuar and Price List, to OT, ElBB, NAPA, 'al On recMnt of in cctts In "tumps. I will fu rt Iu pe cl nrm copy or tho POUlTKY BULLETIN, an illi trst d .!S page monthly, thu recognized nut hoilty i poulity matter In thoU. S.; and dtcldolly the V I'" iltr, Journal published. Subscription on! Jl.i a year. , Vle.te state that on saw litis adveitlsemcnt in the Wl'i.i.ne ip V'armer. Orders may bo left at thla offlcc. Minli'i-ilni ooFLisrx'TxmsH: STORE. T HATSr. nntintliavn Titn. BHTIPtt interest of Messrs. Yeaton A Loughary la tho Furniture Store on the west side of Commercial Street, Salem, and shall keep on hand a GENERAL AS SORTMENT of goods for tho retail trade. FURNITURE & UPHOLSTERS l'arlor & Chamber Seta, BEDSTEADS, L0UNGESr ROCKERS. &.C., By tho sst or single piece. Repairing and Jobbing DONE IN THE BEST MANNER, And at reasonablo price, as I am a practical workman JOHN CRAY. Salem, July 12. 1S73.Y juhxj i. w ilium, m Dealer In j''fff3r FAMILY GROCEEIES, Crockery and Glassware, Wooden and Willow Ware, Tobacco and Cigars, COMMERCIAL. STREET. Salem, April 30, 1S75. rt&wtf ESTABLISHED 18S5. Willamette Nurserv, a. W. WALLING & SON, PKOPIUETOKS, Oswego, Clackamas oo., Oregon. Growers of the Choicest Varieties of rXUITTXHB & 8HB.T7MIIlt.-r Particular attention glvcntajj, Pmn nfl Plm J9.A.X X Xji des Ersrt ..AND.. HARNESS. to. -a $ TTAVINO PimcriARRO the inthhest o XI. Mr. Wat kinds In the old established house In the above line, tho attention of the community It called le the stock of Harness on hand, which is offered at greatly reduced rates. SADDLES AND BEIDLES At lowest Qratitfer prices. Hardware, Whips, Robes, etc.. To suit everybody. R, H. DEARBORN. Salem. Feb, 111. 18J3. wtfd 1 Ik. rI1l,llIrI,J obtained I" " V. State, iM. 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Address : LOUIS UAUtiBIt & CO., Solicitors of Patents, Washinzt n, D. C. mhlTtf K3Tr 31 O sinr.ii iiy Young England's Glory, HAVING MADE TWO SUCCESSFUL SEASONS at Salem, with (ho best results as to his nrouv. ny. at the request of many of my old customer will staid auatnut the Stntlo of Dux-Ma &, Smith. where he can be found FltOM THIS DATE UNTIL JHLV, 18W. TEItiriM t Mnirln Service, - - . $15 Uy thsf heanoii, ... go To luimrc, ... 30 u , D. GRIERSON. Salem, March 17, 1B7I!. For Sale ! tTHK FINE RESIDENCE corner or Commer cial and Division streets, In desirable situation, with house larxe, well Mulshed, and convenient .lined, and grounds tastefully ornamented. Will be sold -7-pxry lOTr ant! on accommodation terms. Apply to LKI) WIM.II. cepJl Patton's Block Bute St., Hamm. w& 1 w A i T