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w ) $2,50 per Year. AWARD OF PREMIUMS, At the Oregon State I'air, 1876. DIVISION U.-EQUESTHIAN. Wilde Greenwood, Howell Prairie, most gracoiul and accomplished ludy rider, 1st p. Mrs.Mary Nixon, Albany, mostg'araful and accomplished lady rider, 3d p. Josephine Smith. Heimer, most p-aeefil sud aicoinpllshcd lady rider, 2d p. DIVISION V. SCALPS. 3. F. Kiinsoy, Dallas, scalps of wild animals (593) 1M p. Cbas. B. McCracken. Dallas, scalps of wild anlinaL, 2d p., 2 50. Henry Keese, Monroe, scalps of wild aui- uialx, 2a p., 7 50. Albert h. Gregg, Monroe, scalps of wild animals, 2.1 p., ?2 50. Charles Bensoi'. Sublimity, scalps of wild animals, (19SS), 1st p.. S25. F. E. Bacson, Sublimity, scalps of wild animals, 2d, p., 2 50. Henry McKern, North Yamhill, scalps of wuu auimais, jst p., s- ou. Leroy Humphrey, Monroe, scalps of wild animals, 1st p., go. Sainl. Crais. Junction, scalps of wild ani mals, lat p., 5-aJ. Willie Price, Monroe, scalps of wild animals 1st p., 10. q?hos. McGee, Salem, scalpsof wild animals 1st p., 5' ou. Charles Loose, Slem, scalps of wild an! mals, 2d p., S2 50. Charles Warron, Salem, scalpa of wild ani mals, 2p p., - " This concludes the premium list of the Oregon State Agalcultural Society, for the year 1870. RESOLUTIONS. . Jordak Valley, Linn Co., Open., 1 December .20:h.-If7C. J EdTTabmer : The following is a copy ot the resolution adopted by Jordan valley Grange, Nn. 42, P. of H.: Wboress, The members of Jordan Valley Orange No. 48, P. of U., have investigated the articles of incorporation of tho Graugo Coopeiative Association ot tho North-west, believe that the business therein set forth to tie done b" the company is fully as largo rs the capita therein set forth will sustain. KesoUed, That this Grange recommend said articles of incorporation lo tho Brotber liood as amply sutncient to answer our pur pose for the time being, and believe that tho lest interests of tho Order would bo subserv ed by taking the amount of capital therein set fort. . Thus securinc tho organization of the company at tho earliest possible day. Kesolveo, That the Secretaiy is hereby instructed to furnish a copy of these resolu tions to the Oregon Cultivator and Willam ette Farmer, for publication. John Bryant, J. B. Freyar, Master. Sec. pro tern. East Portland, Dec. 23, 1S70. Ed. Farmer: Multnomah Grange, No. 70, P. of H., met at their hall in East Portland Dec. 23 and elected tho following officers for the ensuing year: M Richard Price; O., D. L. Prettyman; L., F. A.'Clarke; S., G. F. Perry; A. S., John Moore; C, W. E. Brain ard; Sec, Cyrus Buckman; T., Edward J,ong;G. K.i James Hon; O., Mrs. U. J. Price; PMJ. G. Buckuian; F., N.L.Long; Li. A. S., L. H. Clarke. The aboye officers will be installed on the second Saturdey of January, at which time the Worthy State Lecturer Mrs. E. N. Hunt will be presnt. Neighboring grangos invited and a good lime anticipated. Mrs. J. G. Buckman, Sec. Tomer Grange, No. 16, elected the follow ing offleera at the last regular meeting: W. M.Hllleary, M.; Albert Haislead, O.: Mrs. I.L. Hllleary, L.; W. G. Porter, S.j M. A. I,ucas,A. S.; Mrs. J. M. Kinney, Chap.; Win. Steele, T.j Lewis Bleakney, Sec.; E. Klnwey.G. K.; Mrs. Rachel Missler, 0.; Mrs. M. E. Herren, P.; Mrs. E. Baker, L.; lias Emma Baker, L. A. b. Albert Halstead, See. Fifteen Tons of Silver. Alaree crowd gathered In front of the ITnited States Assay Office in Wall street, re ceStlt; to witness tLe transferor fifteen tons of sliver In bars from heavy trucks to the S.mIi. Each bar of the prec ous metal was &S&'lncb ?long two and a half inches Muire on the en'and weighed eeveuty-five Sounds. One was a good load for a man. Vboot half of the treasure bore thestampof xlevA Abell.Bullioii Brokers, London,'' d "Heldenstadt" broker of tfort.on. tie-Main. Tbo silver is valued at 300,000, 2nd arrived ou Saturday per the steamer Oferrad City of Berlin. It vvas hI" to Von Hoflraan & Co . inkers, No. M Wall street. It will be shiPrl "'Jill. adelpbia mint for coinage.-. 1. noria. During the rt sea-on the Walla Walla rmUaoad company has irausporM i 10,000 i "wo pounds of up frelsut, being 0,003 tons jncro than expected". SALEM, Cremation. Pittmiuko, Pa,, Dec. 20. Tho process of cremating the body of tho late Baron DoPalm, atDr. Lemoyna'3 ctomatory, was successfully accomplished this morning. Tho body was taken from tho coffin and wrapped In a white cloth. Tho viscera had beou removed, tho eivitit3 being filled with a m i3lmo of erystalizcd carbolic acid and pottsr'a clay. At S:27 n. in. Dr. Lemoyno, Dr. Alsalo,ofPittburgh, H.J. Nesvtonand Col. Alcott, tho two bitter tho Biroo's execu tors, carried tho body to the mouth of the retort. Col. Alcott put on tho body myrrh, caecia irankineeuso and cinnamon, and the wiuding cloth was saturated with alum solu tion. Fresh evorgreon sprays and luuuoitel les were strewn upon tho body, and all was ready. Tbo body was ou a wiro cradle which, whoa in the retort, miscd it from tho bottom of the retort. The door was opened, and as the body slid in a lumo of smoke from tho burnt evergreens roe irom the body. A faint odor of burning llosh pervad ed tho building, but no unpleasant foaturo appealed, and the process wus pronoucced a success in ovury particular. Observations every ten minutes disclosed the fact that tho remains were rapidly shrunkon in size and passed away in vapor aud gases. At tho end ofthelirst hour tho bones crumbled and tho outline of tho form as lost. At the end of tbo second hour the body was greatly re duced in sizo, the larger bones and ribs only visible, anil would apparently crumble at the slightest touch. At 10:15 tho cremation crib was moved back in the retort two inches, aud tho whole mass crumbled. Col. Alcott then pronounced tho incinoiatloj ended and complete in two hours and twenty minutes. Aftor the retort has cooled tho assies will be collected and placed in an urn provided for that purpose. A meeting will bo held In town this afternoon from 2 till 5, (or the dis cussion of cremation aud exhumation, in which Col. Alcott, Dr. Lemoyno and others will tako part. A Picture or Si-urgeon, the Celebrat ed Minister. Mr. Spurgeon is a ery hard working man, his timo being spent in mov ing quickly to and fro from the Tabernacle, tho Pastors' College, the scnools, alms houses, and orphanages of which ho is tho guiding spirit. Ho passes hie life, when not actually preaching or working, in a pony chaise, varied by an occasional hansom cab. Wrapped in a rough blue overcoat, with a species of soit deerstalker hut on his head, a loose black necktie round his mas sive throat, and a cigar burning merrily in his mouth' he 's surely the most unclerical of all preachers of tho gospel. Yet that short, thickly built man, with tho shock head of hair hardly yet touched with gray, with ample brown beard covoring his heavy jowl, and a thin line of mustache covering his capacious month, is the famous preacher for whom , when yet u very young man, no building could bo found sufficient to hold his congregation. Ono plan ho hp.s ever pursued during public life. It is never to reply to personal satire or attack. Not even a statement in print that he had poisoned his own mother would provoke the shadow of a reply. More than this, he keeps notone volume; but several In his library, filled with newspaper cuttings of an abusive charactor, and takes particular pleasure In pointing out to his guest the virulent attacks in which he is designated mountebank, buffoon, blasphemer, hypocrite, and villain. His dark brown eye lights up with a keen twinkle of enjoyment as he comes upon a particularly savage onslaught, and he actual ly smacks his lips over caricatures. ItEMEMnERED AGAIN. As sure as the festive season comes we are reminded that it is holiday times by the arrivals ol gener ous reminders from Weatberford fc Co., whose "Merry Christmas" always comes backed up with substantial elements. Our friend Weatberford has become one of tho most permanent fixtures of Salem business, and his square dealing, care In preparation of medicines and in keeping up an assort ment of the best articles used la that trade, entitle him to the confidence and continned support of substantial people. Th untuul number of denosltors in the Grangers' bank in California for the present year is 2S8, against 1-- lor uie year Jtxa an Ikitmui In favor of 1670 of ICO. The amount of commercial deptsits received in the bank for tho lat twelve months up to bept. , 1870, aggregate fiO.OCO. For the same period ofl675 there was deposited 81,820,000, which la an increaio in favor of lS70of fJ5O,C0. OREGON, DECEMBER BY TELEGRAPH. New York, Dec 24. Tho abortion that Furry, President pro tern ot 'ho Senate, in declining to givo uuy leroipta to luusjengers bringing two tots oi returns from the bamo Sl.no has disclaimed any power to decide which should ha mil tiled, is unwarranted. Such receipts are dtslgued merely as vouch ers to secure the payment or messengers' mileage, but t'ao law allows piyment I J only one fiom each State. The cerlihealos being enclosed iu sealed envelopes, which cannot lawlully bo broken till tho second Wednes day in February, i lormnl decMIon r.a to me.r vall'.ity canuot bo mndo -'by anybody bistu.-H ibnt lime, and Ferry, while reuai'altig m any nt pie.eul, ' reticent' as to what, eourso he intends t ptirue. Although, this aud al' olborquc'iionseoeo!i'lu'Btbucouui idg of electoral vo!e3 aio u.s much in rerplot lug don lit as heretofore, the coaviciiou gams ground dally, wtl Is to night almost univer sal in Wasliiug'ou that peacetul counsels will pi-ovail and avtrt nil linal danger of serious coulllct. Tho irortil .ys tho boiril of directors of the Western Ualon heldnmeotingyesti -day ou tne subject of telegrams and the congres sional committee. Tuo buaid jtsterdny in structed tbo exesutlvn ammlttee to destroy oillnalsiu future as soon as possible alter tlielr trausml'slou. It is 'autuoiilatlvoly said tbo Company will oven have messages destioyed ou tho day alter their transmit. siou it that is necessary to eciuo privacy. WasUimitox, Dec. 21. l'lio beuHto sub committee on privileges and elections have subpoonoad the fjllowing witness to testify iu lelaiion Iu the Oregon election matter: Governor Grover, Secrntary of Statu Chad wick, J. W. Watts, W. II. Odell, J. U. Cart wright, Bon Simpson, O. N. Dmny, J. N. Dulphaud George A.Steele. They are ex pected noit weuk. London, Dec. 23. Sad accounts or dis asters to shipping during tbo rtceut storm continue to couio in. Many additional wrecks aro rororled ou tho Scotch coas;, and in several cases all hands los:. On Saturday two additional vmseU, oivr' l,U0i) tons burthen, disaypwue'I, uif AV.VVji,jniiaru 'supposed to havo ioumlered. " A schooner, name unknown, was wrecked iu Ackervillo bay aud seven soamen drowned. Tho Ger man bark Lotsi'smith, with 14 Uvea: brig Sophie, of Uolmestraud, unit bark Palmetto were wrecked off Peter's Head, and all on board drowned. Two unknown vessels were lost, with all hands, at the mouth ot tho Tay. Tho Daily Telea aph's correspondent at Pera says Mldbat Pasha, as an interview with Lord Salisbury, relused to accept tlie proposition lor an international commission to superintend reforms. Lord Salisbury telegraphed tor a steamer to bo hold lu rtudl nusx to take him to Athens, if the l'orto should coutiuuo unyielding. Groat quantities of arms and ammunition have been received from Amerlct. The tem per ot tho population Is warlike and tbo situ ation critical. On Saturday tbeSoIlas made a demonstration bef'oio the Hiissiim Embassy by shouting, "Down with Itusslo." ltussinn steamers have ceased running on tho Black Sea. CONhTATlNOl'M:, Deo. 20. Tlio jviarquis ofSalLsbury will to-day demand irom thu Sultan his uccoptanco of tbe proposals agreed upon by tho powers Should he refuse Salisbury Is instructed to leave Constantino ple, aud order the British fleet to quit Turk ish waters. It Is uudorotood that all tho plenipotentia ries will leave hero should tlio Sultan reject tho proposals submitted to day. Tho re spective embassies would then bo entrusted with tho direction ot allalrH. lleports are current that tho Turkish council uf ministers yesterday decided to reject tho proposals, and that iu tho event ot war the Porto will arm his Armonlan, Greek, Bulgarian and Christian subjocts. A Horse Protecting a Dog. Some months ago a poor dog, having boon pelted with sticks and stonos by cruel boys until bis flesh was bruised and his leg frac tured, limped into a stable. In one of the stalls was an Intellgent young horse, which seemed touched by the dlstrens of tbo dog. He bont bis head and inspected the broken leg, and with his fore foot pushed some straw Into a corner of tbo stall, and made a bed for the dog. One day, when the horse was eating the bran masb, which formed part of his food, he gently caught tho dog by the neck, and with bis teeth lifted him Into tbo trough. For weeks the two friends fed together, and the Invalid grew strong. At ulg'it the horse arranged a so ft bed for tho dog, and encircled him with one of his fore feet, showing the utmost carefulness. Such kindness might well be copied by the human race. Old-fashioned Doughnuts. Make a sponge, using oue quart water and one cake yeast. Let it rise until very light, (about live bouts is usually sufficient,) Then add oue coffii-cup full of lard, two of whito Bug ar, three large mashed potatoes or two eggs (the potatoes are nicer), and a small nutmeg. Let riso aga'n until very light. Jtoll aud cut, or pull off bits of dough and shape as you like. Lay enough to fry at ono time on a ilou ed plate, and set in tha oven to warm. Drop In boiling lard, and fry longer than cakew made with baking-powder. Iluvn tho dough vory light, and obMirvethe directions as to warming it before dropping into tho boiling lard, and your sucotfcs will bo gratifying. 29, IS 70. HAINES' IMPROVED HEADER. Tho last trip of tho Elder took away from Oregon Mr. Myor, agent for Weyhrlch it Co., who aro manufacturers of tho woll kjown Haius Heador. Mr. Myer has for many yeara beou connected with that business ns Superintendent nud Inventor of many valu ablo improvements, and his lato trip lo th's coast was lu couuectiou with tho introduc tion of gieatly improved machinery which will undoubtedly pi tea tbo "Improved, sluglo-gear, Ha'.noi' Holder" iu tbo front lank of all modern harvesting uijohinory. Me" rs. Woyhrich it Co. bavo added tho-'o improvomout?, which ore covered by sin. different patents adopted during tbo year Ib'ti, a few of tho moss useful of which wo will mention. Tho machine is ruu without boltlug, a patont, melleablo cbalu, vory simple but perfect, being substituted for tho liicouveni ontboltiug. Wo bavo seen this chain and Its useful qualities can bo understood at a glauco. Evory link has been subjected to a s rain of 3000 lbs, and itcau bo leugthouO, shortened, or rop tired almost instantly. Another feature is that tho soaring, instead of being on tho outsiilo is bntwoou tho wheels, which obviatos tho danger of tipping ou n side hill besides strengthening tho Irauio ami beurlngs of tho machine. The wheo's aro eutlroly made of iron ivud not liable to be affeclod by tho vvoatber. Tbo draper run? upon lollois, and for that leason will last twico as loug as by tho old methods, and will run much oasior. This s regarded as a very important Improve ment. Tho stroke of the sickle is so lengthened P" to ir tko an easior aud steadier movemont, with less friction and wear and toar. Tho machlue will cut as low as four Inches and as high as thirty-six inches. Mr. T. Cunniugbam, of Salom and Port laud, has recently returned from tho East, whero ho mudo permanent arrangouiouts at Chicago, with Woyhrich A Co., for Iho gene ral Agency for this improved and magnill f3nt harvesting machine, anu wo predict tbat with their great business energy and firm determination to have tho very best machines that are made, they will do a liusiuoss tho coming seasou satisfactory to themselves and to tho advautago of tho manufacturers thoy represent. Those who desire to purchase ami wish lor more definite information, can call at tbo Htoro of T. Cunningham, Salem, or at tho warehouso on Frontstreot, Portland, former ly occuplod by Llnfortb, Kollogg te Co. Circulars sent on application, freo. Kind Treatment Pays. Mr. Wlllard, iu his now butter book, Hays: It is really astonishing what a largo dlllor enco in tho ylold of milk it makes by attend ing properly to a number of small thlngH Iu the management of stock aud tilings which to many would seom quite too insignificant to bo worth observing. Tho dairyman should have a genuine, a hearty love for the animals under his control, providing whole sotno, nutritious food, pure wator and pure air every thing of this kind in abundance; keeping the animals properly sheltered from tho storms; feeding always with groat regu larity; paying the most marked attontion to the manner and limo of milking and withal, preserving a uniform kindness and gentle ness uf treatment throughout evory opera tion a gentleness extended oyen to the tones of tho voice. Genorally speaking tho cow will do ber best that is loved tho best and petted tho most by those who have her In charge. If you wish a cow to uu ber best, you must cultlvate'her acquaintance Inti mately, and bo unsparing lu little acts of kindness, Auicust Flowers. Tho most miserable beings In the world are those sintering irom Dyspoisla and Liver Complaint. More than seventy-live per rent, of the people in the United Stale aro alllicted with these two diseases and their effects : such as Sour Stomach, Sick Headacho, Habitual Cos tlvenesH, Palpitation of tho Heart, Heart burn, Water-brash. Gnawing and Burning Cains at the pit of the.Stomacli, Yullow Skin, oated Tonguo, and disagreeable taste in the mouth, coming up of food aftor eating, low spirits, Ao. Go to your druggists and get a 75 cent bottle of August Flowers or a sample bottle lor 10 emits. Try It Two doses will relievo you. Crr.uo X Bilgbaiu, Agents, San Francisco. " Wlmt kind of ii plciuru would you prefer, inls-sV" Inquired sijiliotourui.li or of it younir lady customer. "Well," wns tho reply, " tuko mo with an ex pression in if I were writing it ioom on the Centcnuiul." ., Volume VIII Number 46. Rearing Qrapo Vines. Tho odltor of tho New Yoilc Cufcinttor anil Country Gentleman says: "Many yeais ago . wo had an oppoitunity of witnessing tho contrast In the crops oi tho Catawaba grown near Cluciunatti and trained accoidlng to tbo mode largely employed, to single stakes, and a vineyanl sonio miles dis' nt whero large spaco "was allowed for tho growth of this sort on a trellis. Wo thiuk It safe' to say tbut the bunoli ob' mod by tbo latlor modowoio lullydoublo tho si?o of thoso giow ,1 by the former. 'other striking ox peument was mado bv tlio lato Wm. A. Undorbill, do on Point, N. Y. Ho om plov at first a tiollisfor the Isabella grape, slx'feot high, but this wus found to cramp unnaturally tlio ox'snslon of tho vinos, and tbo height was lucreased to nino loot, tho dlstaii'o nptrt lomslnlng tbo same. Tho re sult was tbat tho oaop was doubled, lu iin othor ins'-.nco ho extended tho vinos from his trellis over a vacant idrlp ot land on wh loli tbo horses turned In cultivating the vineyard. Tho whole of tho vines thus trained boro bailor than boforo, ami tho por tion over tho Ytieaiit epaco 'bore enough to sell for sixty dollars Iu a season. In all caon tho management must bo t jntrolled bv cl'i'iiinstances. Vines crow ing ou strong fertile soils should bavo moro spaco for growing tbauou light and pooror land; and strong growers like tho Concord aud Isabella want much moro room than smaller sorts as tho Delowaio. A Siottv With a MoitVL. A story is told of u Yankee who, traveling lu tho back dis tricts of Georgia, sought sholtor from a "norlhoaster" in tho cabin of a "native" Ho was woloomad to tho amplo Ifirosldo, i ron ml which woro;gathorod the Georgian with his wifo and Humorous p'rogony. In vain wero tho gum logs pllod upon tho hearth, while though Jo)nnj;doors and wlu- dows oauio tho plttlloss blast. Tho stranger took iu the nIuihUou ut a glance, and soon mado everything fast. As tho gonial glow spread through tho now snug cabin theolr-' clo around tho'hoarth expanded, and tho bo wildored but doltghtod rrackor askod:' "Say, str.ingor, how did you do that?" "I simply closed the doors and window.), as wo do at tho North," was tho reply. "Is that all? Novv, old woman, roinomber that next time." Who Counthtiii: Voti:. Mr. Clianeollor Kont says, (1st Kent's Coiiinioutarlns, pagu tlOO): The Constitution does not expressly declaro. In tho case of questionable vot3S and n closely contosted oltctlon, this powor may bo all important, and I presume In tho absence of all legislation ou tlio subject, that tlio )resitlenl of the Senate count the volc.i anil (Uteruune.i thciettult, and that tho two houses are present only hh spectHtors, to witness tho lalmesH and accuracy of the trail Hsctlon, and lo act only if no cholco bo made by tlio doctors. " The President In reply to an invitation ex tended In him hjn Republican on Thursday, lo visit Virginia after his tnini of oillco ex pires, said that ho would bo glad to do ho, but that ho Intends to leavo for Havana, Cuba, In March, alter President Hayes' In auguration , and alter spendiug a lew weeks there, sail tor Europo to remain lor some time, MARRIED: In Ibis city, December 20th, 1870, by Hev. K. P. Tower, Mr. O. I). Young, of Seattle, W.T., and Miss Ella M. Prlnglo, or Salem. At Uowoll Prairie, Deo. 10, 1S70, by Eldor D. W. Elledrlgo, Mr, Peter J, Cox, and Miss CeleslU Iladloy, all of Marlon county. In this cltv, Deo. It, 1H70, by Hev. L. J. Powell, Mr. Wiley II, Allen, and Miss Ella F, Middaugb. daughter of H. B. Mlddaugb, 1. of this city. On Doc. 21, 1870, at tho hoiiso of Peter Feller, bv It. Jennings, J, P., Joseph J. Hyau to Miss Mary It, Foller, All or Marl on county, Oregon, WUtnr's llalaum of Wild Oberry. Tho great remedy for Consumption. This well-known remedy is offered to the public, sanctioned by the experience of over forty years: and when restored to In season, sel dom falls to effort a speody cure of Cougbs, Colds, Cr up, Bronchitis, I iilluen.s, Whoop ing Cough, Hoarseness, Pains or Soreness )a the Chest or Side, Bleeding at tbo Lungs, Liver Complaint, nto. Beware of Counter feits! Ilemember that the genulno WistarV Balsam of Wild Cherry has nn the outsldo wrapper the signature of "I, Butts," and the primed name of tho proprietors, "Seth W. Fowle it Sons, Boston," All others aro base imitations. Examine the wrapper carefully beforo purchasing, A ttase or Thirty Year's NtaudloK East Auiioiia, N. Y May 22, 1872. Messrs, Keth W, Fowle it Sons; Gentlemen I was troubled with Dyspep sia for thirty jeurs, and tried several medi cines advertised for Iho cure of this distress lug complaint without deriving any benefit f.'oiu ttieiu. About a j ear ago I coiiimeiictd taking the Peruvian Syrup, and after using altogether twelve bottles I find iiiyselfen llibly cured. I consider my cae one of tlio worst I ever beard of, and I tako great pleasure In H-ciuiiimiuillug tbo Puiuvldii Syrup to all Dyspeptics, believing that It will Im sure to euro them. Yours respectfully, J, T. Bovvkn. Held by all druggists. wtrt'V wuilllmwiwi.'