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WILLAMETTE FARMER.
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From Mohawk Vrtlloy.
IsAiinr., Lame Co., March 12, 1877.
lSn . 1'aum Kit: Tho weather has been very
wot during the pest week, ami still raining.
Tho water is very high, making It dltncult
forono with i wagon to reach our county
Boat, Kugeno Oily. b'armtug Is laid by lor
tho present, but will bo resumod aj,nln when
tho weather will permit, which will bo seed
ing principally ns tho farmers hero are all
about dono plowing. Thoro will bo ft de
mand horo lor surplus hands whon farming
is again fahly begun, bh Ihero will boa larg
er acroago wwii to wheat nnd oats In Mo
hawk Valley this miring than over before.
Tho farmers exp'Ct a fair price for wheat tLo
coming fall, which encourages them (o tiso
somo extra exertion to put In every hcio
posslblo.
Mr. H. Partcus has a Jtoro at his resldetuo
for the aceon modntion of tho neighbors,
which Is no small Horn for Mohuwlc. A peti
tlcu Is boliig circulated horo to prevent
bounds from running deer, meeting with
fair hucccss. I have been oxpocting to sco In
tho Faiimkii soino way to clear off under
brush without work, pnd Ullrd. 1 will add
that tho neighbors hoto havo tho plan or
using n capstan, which ruuo by homo-power.
1 havo used tho block and tacKlo to koine ex
tent, and think It tho most spoody wliero
proporly U8cd, of all othor ways.
C, D. it.
A dispatch froii Ohlco, California, daled
March Ifilli itlvesMbo dotatls of a sickening
outrage upon somo Uhlnamcii who wore
employed to do kntno grubbing for a ranah
limn lioar thai ploco. Six of thein woro
stopping in n coblu, where thoy were attack
oil In tho nlgbt, llvo of Hum shot down kill
ed outright, and lbs sixth one lelt i'-r de.nl.
TJn cabin was tbon saturated with coal oil
and sot lire to, but alter tho murderers JoR
the one who had ouly boon wounded putoul
the tiro, went Into Ohlco and notitlccl tlo
iiuthurlii'.sof tho murdor. Ho stated that
iho perpetrators woro llvo while nto.i uiul n
boy. l'requent outrages upon Chlncso are
reported lo luivo occurrod in tho Himo loeil
lty recently, mid clops aro being taken lo
discover tno jiorpotrators.
1'ini: I'ooi.Ttiv. Mr. Luthor Myors last
week forwarded through Wolls, Faigo it
Uo's Kxprosn a pair of Lb "Silver Spangled"
chickens, nclvorllnvl In IIioI'aiimkii, to Mr,
Jos. Richard, near Soatlla, W. T. Mr. Myor
luforuiH un Hint orders for his poultry nro
coming In bo fast that IiIr utook Is nearly ex
hausted. Ho has soino of tbo finest looklnir
poultry wo havo oror accn for n lung while.
From Uio Shctllcld (Englim!) Independent, Jan. 11.
THE AMERICAN FRESH MEAT IN
GHEFF1ELD.
KXTIUOItlUNAIlY HAl.tiiJ YKSTEKDAY.
Such a seouo as the shops of tho ShoHleld
butchers preonted yesterday niorntn has
tfover, porhap been witnessed In the town
boforo. Tho fresh meat ftom Amorlca had
arrived, had been distributed amongst tho
butchers, and lo 8y that It was running a
ncck-nnd-uti k race for popular favor with
Ihigllsb. meat would be scarcely correct, for
Itnppoaredto havo completely overhauled
It, and to bo having everything Its o.mi way,
A porou has not to bo very lar advanced
In lllo to roinoinbor whon prlmo J-lntsof
to conduct tholr usual purchases, they weie
ablo to mako tholr oholco botween tho Hug
Hh nnd tho American mer.t. Nearly the
v.ho!uof tho oonnlgninotit was disposed of
nmougst soino twenty six bmchoro In I he
town, nnd It wbs also purchased lo go to
Hothorham, CboHtoilleld, Wndtoy,AU(lolro
where. Tho Hist purchase tnadu by Messrs.
yhnrnian was rccolvod on Thursday even
ing, and copulated of four tons of beef, four
hutidndwolght of muttonjaud l!'s hundred
weight of pork. The meat was hung rout.d
tbo shop, and It made a splendid show.
Tiiero Is no drmbt tbo bu'ohors' shops at
tracted more notice yesterday than on the
occasion of tho ChrMnnuj display. In most
cites there was on viaw on one sldeof tlio
lingllsh beef could bo purol.nsed rutf I. per shop tho Amoric.sn moat, nnd on tho other
J 1 Js rojandss;: '' bonutloa ami Lio JoH"B f', Klcnt woro "tceptil Jri otic
V,,;,:;i:u pouhry should 'aval, themselves CeIwod In and Qllr l.o M.yr
nf H,n nnnirlnnllV til IINV-llrn tllolll ftnd hll, ' PrOWI Vtu, ollt IIOI.U Of 1(100 4.l.
. s .. t .. . I .ilf.itiilril tv III, rim fiinlirfl aiirri,ru.
imnr.ivit iiii t.rreii 01 moiruarn vara iiiwik. """ "v. .........--...
" ' Tl
lb , burnt that Hum our herds of ivutln usd
not been uecimaieu oy ruiuerjiosi mm ioov
andtnoutU disease. With successive out-
i breaks of thoso terrible sCourges unnio Iho
most stringent reKUlalions Uotli as to the
management of cattle at homo and tlviltu
I'ortiitlnn tf thetu front abroad. With our
own hurtls greatly rodueid, mid with lower
csttlu coming from other countries, tho
prices or fresh moat went up no high as
practically to plaeo It bejontl tho reach or
vast nuuiocrscf tho population. I; was al
most tantalising lo htar or tho vast hords of
emtio and sheep (hat woro feeding on tbo
plains of Australia, New Zoalaud,aud Amorl
ca, and to know that they wern lining hilled
for tho sake of their tallow nnd hides and
wool. Kulerprisonnd ingenuity wero stim
ulated lo deal with tho question, and na tho
result tlio inent was cooked nud brought ovor
In horniollcBllv scaled cans. It was tl poor
substitute for HnglUh beer nud mutton, but
notwilhataudlng It met with a largo ualo, nud
n vory eonslderublo trndo Is even now bolug
dono In It. In addition to Ibn cooked hoof
and mutton thoro is now ollVrod for salo
"Amnrlc.m pnsed iicef," "American corn
ed bioi," nnd Atucrlc.iu moat preserved In
othor lashioiiH. In nouo of tlirso wnvn,
Lowovcr, had the popular taste been hit. I
was all vorjr well to resort to such meatslit
time?; but un Englishman prefers to aeon
Joint of meat on his Inblo, and n Joint ol
uicat ho will havo if ho can obtain it. This
Isct was fully npptcclnted by n Ulagow
firm, who moro Ibau throe yeaw ago nindo
tho e-xpcrlmon of bringing llvo cattlo aorcss
ILo AtlatilJc. Tley met wlihn rtndy sal,
and sveeh by w.-Mc tho miuil-cr s-rtovc
invica'.eu. i'"-i evmo ro'jgh nnd etoiiny
wcr.lLur, and wl.h It ohhb, and tbo slilp
mnuts wero dl.'((intlnucd until inf-t summer,
whon thoy vrro ro'.umcd, nnd from 151) to
i!UO head ofc.Utlo remilied tho Ulido wccl.ly.
Thero wtro gtc.it dillli.ul.lcs ntteudlng tho
bringing ever oi liVocaltle,nud(xpctIn)cnlj
wero mado with a view of n-ccrlnlu!ng
whether It was not r'bio tolmp. rtthu
meat in quartern. At llrst tho inoat was
H ?..n, ami it kept woll so long n.i it remain
id frczMi; but whdt It wnsthawed It requir
ed to bo iinmcdialoly cookod or it lotit Its
llai'iir n.nl was llililn In hi.roiiin liilntr.il.
! I.itnlB r.f fieri L wnrn ntrniiMt In olinmlimlv.
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I'ttnpieu to
tit, V0t6
bI(!i l'.-iitll.sli bocf: and the fact that the im
ported meat was on salo thero wh& announc
ed by largo placards. It Is certainly not too
much to stnto that Messrs. Slmrmati's shop
was tun centre of attraction. They had an
nounced that tho meat wouU bo on vlow
from live until eight In tbo morning, and
thoy speohliy Invited buleliors to call and
lutpfct it, At olght o'clock, whon tho shop
WRsopett lor uuMncB, uiero was a largo
onett for mttii
crowd walilnit to no ervoi, nud with scarce
ly nny varlstlnn tlio simp was orammed
throughout tho lUy. So great was tho throng
iu times tho people not ouly blocked tho
footpath, but roachod far Into tho road.
Quutcrnfter quartor of beef, nud carcaio
niter carcaso of mullon, dlsappoarcd tho
whole of It retail nnd by evening nn Blty'
entlrooloarnt'.cohatl bceu etl'octcd. Messrs.
Sliaruiiui expected that tholr ontorprlso
would bo llborally aekuowlodgod by tho
public, but for tbo statu of things that pre
vailed throughout tho day thoy wero al
together unprepared, and woro as much
ns'oulshod ns nny oco else could bo who
saw It. A great many people wont to In
speattho moat ami to purclnso It, Ifsntisllcd
with what they saw. See tho meat they
could , nnd tho great mnjorl'y of them would
very clndlv havo mado n nurchaso. but to
uuilorgrr tbo crushing and tho waiting that
appearou movunuio n mey woum no so nicy
wro nor prr-parod, nnd thny fntned away a
oood do.il dI.tppolutel. S01..0 who got Into
tho shop, wero glad to es.apo without hav
ing been valued upon, flail Mof.sra. Slnn
tnau bcon gl Ing the moat nwny tho crush
outld fccai Ctly L.avo boon greater. Tlio npln-
Mtwr.R exnrcsscn mi; ian tuov 1 na tour
times ihorpunilty ofmeal, v.dnmplouicsiw I or orf.nniad cciupnii
tor iii"iioeniH ui iv n vumpieiu w ejinuio
would nave boon ctluctcd.
During tho lnornliif, at tho bufchor's
shop nrxt door, fourqmttr s of prime 12u-
itsu Leoi we:o umugui ami iiuug up in
CAi.troiiNiA. Mr. l'lillllp lilts', has Jiibt
returned from CalW'oriila, aud gives sumo
vory Interesting ltenib to tho Oiej70iifit. A
portion of tho Sacramento valloy tins mUler
sovotoly from drouth, nud not one good
crop of whtat wca scon lu tho S.m Joaquin
valloy along the lino of road for n dMnnco of
WO 111II0H. lU'twten Los Angles and Snn
tlratichco, 170 miles, whelo btnds or sheep
were literally starving to death, nnd Hocks
rnuhl l-o bought for 'J5 conts per held,
Kverj thing was exceedingly dopfesod In
that wholo valley.
ruir.it. Ojiasoks. l'ostofllco ohnngos on
tho raeillu coast. OlllcoH ostahllshcd Thnra
ton, Lone eonnly, Orecon, Thos. Huusaker,
postmaster; Utnpnun Ferry, Uoug'nsoounty,
Oregon, John U. Cliam brock, postmastors
Mnlmnin. .Marlon cbniitv. Oresou. John J,
Blnlr, potmaster: poi-liimstcn Bppolnlod
K.J.Sprattlng, Bethel, Polk county, Oregonj
Josoph U:uton. Gastou, Washington county,
Oregon.
A lottor from IIowoll l'ralrlo gives tho fol
lowl'.jr itouis:
Win. Greenwood has 150 noros of fall-sown
wheat 100 ncres on grub land. The grnb
land is tho bct looking J over Haw. Thero
la moro fill-sown wheat lu IIowoll Pralrlo
than nnv formor yoar. 'yrjulro McCorklo
and A. II. tilmmons havo 200 aoros raoh;
Wright I'othay nnd Webster Smith havo
about 100 acre a each, all looking well.
I Written fir tlio Statesman. ,
11.1 rt 1.3: r 'im: aiihum.
KturoitSrATi'MAN: Ijco bynnnttt
clo In the Oroonlan of March 2d, w-tltte'i
by fiov. Oco. L. Cutty, that tlio "U.tttlc
of tho Abtqtta" Is n "romance of hMoiy.''
Well, it win rather a romantic light, In a
romantic place, nnd brought on In n fo
mnntlo manner; but It Ia tine ldtory.
Gov. Geo. L. L'urry to the coutrnry, uot
wltli't.indlng. It tliu fiovciuor U 11s
badly ml'takeii in tbe attlelo ol "Multtun
in l'.ttvo" as he I about the Ihttlo ol
tlio Ablqti'i." Ii mint liavo been In one of
tltoo Hip Van Winkle leops tliat old Ulp
hid, In tlio C.isc:u1,o Mountains nbout that
tiiuc, nud liajjiHt conic on the M"go
again, nnd Is Inquiring lor "MIno dog
Schuo dcr." Why, sir, tlio "Uattlo of tlio
Abl'pri" Un iHiuilinr In this county n
any lioitichoM uoid, nnd lias been fur tlio
last 29 ycnr, .-.3 It w.n louglit U'J years
ago the llrst of thU mouth.
I have Itccn nslcd to write that "lil?
tory," and w rote It touv: )nvi no I ;r a.
man tli.it Is now wilting tho enrly history
of thU count! y.
lu wrltln;: tlio ItUtcry of this hort but
decisive cimpal;-;!!, 1 feci a dlllUlcncc, in I
have to utlto from memory; but will bo
as correct and Jtnt as pojslble, 1 say t'ift,
lor 1 cinnot now recollect till tlio bravo
boys thtit partlolr'ited lu th.it to niot of
11.', our llret buttle. All old Oregonlun
know that In the whiter of 117-S a groat
many ilicti wero called Kat of tlio Moun
tains to punl'li Hie C.iyiisMlnr tlio mur
der of Dr. Whitman nr.d f.nully, audit
luii-niiilnif Miiniri.nt tn tbn yctlliirs. nx u-ill
I "-" "''i - '
I ns Gov. Abcrnathy, tint thero was danger
ol niiliidiitu outliicaK, Iho jcttlvrs totmed
Expectorant
Stubborn Counlis and Colds yield
promptly to tho healing nnd eurv
tlvo properties of Dr. Jajno'n Kx-IK-ctornnl.
It loosons nud promote .
tho expectoration of Irritating mat
tor, mitigates much pain nnd dis
tress, nud chocks InilnmmnUon.
Asthma, Bronchitis, and Throat
Troubles nro nt onco rolloved by
lr. Jnyiio'M Kxpcctornnl. It ro-
movos constriction of tho Ilronchlnl
tubes, loosons phlegm, soothes nnd
lioala thomueouH inombrnuo,arrei.t.s
nny ovorish tendency, nud liolps to
forwnrd n gradual euro.
Consumption, Pleurisy, and Lung
Affections nro gcnorally controlled
and nmollorntcd by lr. Jiiyne'rt r.x.
Xec(ornut. It saveu tho lungs from
much irritation nnd distress, by ro
. lioving them of tho Irritating matters
by which thoy nro clogged, it'nlso
suppresses intlaminntiou nud gives
tho afl'octcd parta a chanco to heal.
Whooping Cough.Croup and Hoarse
ness aro cdlcaciously troatod by Dr.
jyiae' Espectonmi. It removes
dlfllculty of breathing and oppres
uioti lu tho throat or lungs, promotes
tho ejection of mucus nnd subdues
tlwviolenco of theno complalnU at
tho outset. It is a Bate Family Cura
tive, of long-ostublhjhod reputation,
and vvhero promptly ndminlstored,
Los enabled many to cscapa serious
Lang Affections.
T. X DAVISi CO.. WholcMlc Agcut. rortlji.it
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UEVETLt.Col., Ute8Brscon U. Volnctecrf. -
umca, jjuro.nt wcac tu cuin. mtit
ho bvbtout uialer which tlio moat appears
in Hhellltdd and other larco towns In tlio
country to-day !u the simplest of till systems,
nnd has nyury promise or tiroviug n ponui-
ncntsurcoss. u jj wou-Jtnow mat nourn
liolders who havo n ''good collar" prefer
hanging ihoir meat focnil dayn before thoy
oool; it, rs thereby it la vory much Improv
ed; that our own butchers will frequently
kcupiiqunitor or two in their shop (or n
week or ten dayHcnd ilicn recommend t to
their best ciftlctuere im piinio teudor mont.
Tho wLolo socrotof tho prownt syslini lies
in that fr.ci, end all that has been dono has
bcn lo c.ny ottttbnt tcciot on n large, conlo.
U la tl iMtil it.o nnljr. ttln JlOfllS tlUI
dorlng on tho Great 1'acltlo It.viJroad In
America havo beou drawn upon. Thnt rail
way elthor runs through or is adjacontto
Now York, Jersey, Illinois, Indiana, Mis
souri, nud other States. Tbo cattle, which
uro not worn-out dairy cows, but full grown
young oxen , aro broughulown nllvo by rail
to Now York, whoro, closo to tho berths of
tho Atlantic ttcnmtM, nro specially con
structed slaughter-houses. In thojo tho
boasts aro slaughtered, tho moat Is cooled by
nn nrllllclal current of nlrj then cut up in
quarters, nnd tho quarters nro stitched ia
canvas cloths. In tho Intuitu, National,
Whlto Star, nnd Anohur lino of mall steam
ors, cbambors hr.vo been specially construct
ed caoh of which is capable of holdlnir from
2300 to S0O0 quartoru of boor. Tho dllllculty
has beou to keep tho tomporaturo of ihcsa
chambers ntnuch a dogreoss Is best ndapled
foa pre.iorvlng tho meat; ami It has not boon
without much c.tiofnl oL.-orvatloiiaud tomo
failures that tbo success which nt prosont nt
tonds tho movomeut has been attained. In
connection with tho "Inrdor" Is lilted upa
hteJin fun, which drives Iho nlr Irom tho
meat into a chnmbsr lllled with Ice, ftom
ivhlch It Is tetumHl 1:10 Iho larder In a ccnl
.state, lty this mentis Iho utmosphero Is
kept clrculntlng, nud a tomporaturo uf US
degrees Is prefer ved. THo meat, when
Urcnicd and clothed, is carried on board the
stoamora, nnd hun in tho chamber1, nnd
tho nrrtnmuouts In thorn aro so perfect that
oven on a rough vojago tho incut cannot bo
bruised. T1.0 flrtit consignment 01 ftesh
n-e.Uorrlved lu (.!lfgdw In JiiPolnHt, sd It
consisted of four hundred quarters of boot
and bovmty-two sheep, iukj h was bought
upmost readily. Tho estimation In which
tho Intabltants of Glasgow held tho meat
will bo nppaiont, ulien it la staled that lu a
llltlo over two months a million and a quar
ter pounds or it were sold. In b short tlmo
bUauio.s arriving nt Liverpool brought the
meat and it was sent on to tlio London mar.
Hot, and n ltttlo inter It was consigned to
Ulrmliigham, Manchester, Leeds, nnd oilier
towus. Indeed, wlmrover ithiis bociu.H'ored
Ithascoiunumlod a ready tain, nud, how
ever strong has been tho opposition of tho
trado to h, It has had to give way before tlio
force of public opinion.
Having regard to tho hlzoofSliellleld and
to tho enormous quantities of flesh meat that
are ojtihiimcd in It every week, iho marvel
is that tho ne.w commodity has not beou
eniougvtus beforo no. v. Tho biitehors In
tno town iiisoiatm some or thorn in vory
vigorous terms nny hostility to tho Ameri
can meat, nnd say they were quite prepared
to have cllerml ft months nuo if they hud
thought tho Shillleld publio would havo
cared for it. It eccurred to Mors. Shar
man Brothers flint it would bo well to give
the people an opportune of luspectlug tlio
men:, nnd of saying whother they would
purchase it or not. 'J hey accordingly made
arrangements with Mr. J. D. Link, tho Im
porter, to rocelvo consignments of tho meat
irom Liverpool; and they took ono of tho
largo shops Just orccted In front of tho
Kcclesall Club, on Sheffield Moor, for its
salo. They announced that tho shop would
be opened yotorday morning, and that the
prices for tho meat would range from fid. to
0J. per pouud. 'I hero uin bo no doubt that
the announcement caused very great falls
faction in tho toiu; for not ouly had tho
fame of tliu Afucric-au meat reached hero,
but Joints of it had bosn brought from othor
towns, and "but ono opinion had prevailed
Kj.hrfpmi to it, Tho Shtflleld butebntb
were quips rqunl to iho occasion. O.x
Wednetday, ir. Henry IlJdcK was at Liver
pool, and 'wben ono of the mail ttearnora
came luirilh her cargo of meat, ho went en
bewd nd.j?prohuwl 100 qnarters. It was
forthwith sent on to Sheffield, and on Thurs
day mornlug, v. Leu the retell butchers went
,.t3l4 k'VWI tlV.U WIUUIIl llllll UtllJH III, III
l;o!.t of tho window; mid between those
connected with Iho shop nud ti portion of
tho oiowd ihero was soino very tni.trt cood-
humored chall. "I lore's jour prlmo lhig
llsh be of I" shouted tlio ownor; "None of
your polyny beef I" Two or tlneo working
moti who wero near replied to him, usucrt
lng that tho American beef was superior to
nuy ho hnd ot In his shop. Ho dltcrcctly
nbilalpvl from nu'jworlng thorn, but shout
ed, "Auy cut you like from sixpence lo
olghtreuco pir 9uudl" Why didn't you
sell It ut that tirlco Iftsl wovK?1' ankod ll:o
tivslunilerx. llo look on rr-'lcn. but wrmt
on wllh hl'ii'.ciyj "We'vo sot ft llll'.o bank,
and can afl'oid (0 do It now!'1 Ho thou
poppod luto Ids shop, and nt night there
ifuug tlio four quarters ol beef, their reduc
ed price not having secured tholranlo. Thai
tlio pooplo woio determined yesterdy to have
tho American meat was further urovoJ by
wbnt tool; place at oomo of tho other shops
on tho Moor. At them were ns Knglluh
meat on oiler ns woll, but tlio denied in al
most nil Cisco wai for tho foreign moat.
Tlio Hl.op that wan opened yesterday on
Snlghlll for tho salo of tho American mrt
mill crowned throughout tlio ilir( nuvl n
ttroke ol bubluc-) was done,
Ab lo tho quality of tho American mmtn
largo numiier of our roadoru nro now qulto
nblo to Judgo fir thomsolvos. There havo
been sovornl banquets oil' It nlrcndy. Ono
took plaoi last evening nt tlio Manor Castle,
Kdwardslrcot, when about forty gentlemen
sat down to n prlmo Joint. Aftorthoroughly
enjoying fbemsnlvcv, "Success to tho now
omorprlbo" was hoattlly drank.
It Is 11 somuwhnt romarknblo fact that al
though thouvands of tons of this moat havo
-wived nt Liverpool it was uot until Thurs
day that it was tilt-red for s.ilo there. On
that dsynplncn was oronod, nnd tho prices
winged from 3. 51I. to lJ3d. per lb. oarly
all tho Atlantic steamers nre being lilted up
with "meat ohamben;" nnd In one day this
week throo stcamors arrived nt Iilvorool
carrylmr brtweon Ilium 700 tons of me:, or
about l'J.OCO quarters. Tho greater portion
or it was sont on lo tho London mnrknt.
Tho trade in aboop Is uot expected 10 bo largo
ns there Is soino dllllculty lu obtaining mut
ton that will competo successfully with honu
produce. Tlio supplies 01 ueoi are repro
tented ns almost luexhaubilblo; but tlio
enormous demand Unit Is retting In" tor It
must, It won Id soom.tell upon thorn in time.
Pot-slbly, when that day dots nrrlve, hu
man skill and Ingenuity will have carried
tho prcfct-nt or bonio ethor system of trans
norL to such nt 111 ureater (lerfei-tlnn, thnt
Hhipptirffill bo able to draw supplies from
Australia, tho Uracils, or some other distant
port. 'Prx.li beef could now bo brought to
Livcrp-ol nud sold Mi." j' per pound, but It
Is uot(qur.l In quality lotho American meat,
and thereloro tils not likely at prf-jnnt to
meet with much liwour.
Tho Allen t'otato-Digger.
IIumiAiti), March 13, lfe77.
Un. Kvkmeii: I received qulle a number
of enquiries In icgard to tlio Allen Potato
Diggor, which I bouRbt nnd uu-d laht fll,
and 1 feel llko saying to nil whomltmsy
concorn, tint I think k a success. My f'.oldH
last fall wore most two wtt fjr ittodogoed
work, but where tbo laud was diy, rue pair
of steady horn-s nnd two men could throw
out 100 bushels per hour. To tay that a po-tnto-dlga-r
can be made to dig all kinds of
potatoes clean, Is aUutd, but this mr.oblno
will dig 11 row 150 yards long so clean that
with a Hulo cato on the part of tho bauds
plcklcg them up, a neck need not bo felt
uncovered. It weighs 1C0 lbs., Is strongly
constru'tcd, and with proper care woind
last a lifetime. It cost f-S.M jut down at
Hubbard. (Mine is of tlet-1; an iron one
would cos: ?10J(s.) Knapp, UurrelNt to.
sent to Now York for it, expressly for me.
With one of tbeso diggers in tho hand of a
farmer, potato dlgKlug would loose half Its
dread. J. H. DiMictr,
,tM
LnwiMiEr.itY'orkCOxl'a.cMarcfii;,"?.
En, Wit.t.uHMT: Kahmkii: Can ycu glvo
me any iuforpution as lo tho whereabouts of
Mr. 13. W.IIfininondiWho bcinqjcari back
was a torrespondeot of yoaf pu'p(f-rroui
Itoteburg, ihen,I think. ' U yoaociinld In
sort Inquiry Jn jour pj or 1 wiih,t-bmuch
ftbUsed,' a io vjautf. Mmj jo homo,
homo. Mother la not well, and uuy not
live a mouth. Kospeottuiiy"'1
W. i). Hammond,
of what sve failed
homo gtutd', to bo lu tcadluou at a mo
mont's warning to defend our wives nnd
children and cr.li other at. all huirdj. In
this neighborhood I was ehoJeii captain
of its brave a company of men ns cvor
miH'ored, and wc mot every Ailiudiy nt
J'sq. UtuibfttV, lo'rdtlll. Other ucbjhbor
liOuds Iiad tliclrcompank'. Cunt. Allen
I'M vy had acoinpmy of civalry on tbo
Santl;un; L'apt. Dick Miller had 11 com
pany between tho Ablpta and llutto
creek, and If I iciHCinbcr right, rude
Sam. I'.uker Ind n oompmy near S.ilciu.
in I'eb.. Il1'. wo lioMourM-lvM ready atn
moment's warning, for thtxlgui werootnl
nous. Crooked I'lngcr, a de-porato Molalla
Indian, said to bo a chief ; at alt ovenU ho
coutrolcd tho Molnll-u nnd a baud of
Khmntln that had been Iniostlng Hits pirt
of iho valley lor -ovcral year ) was evntlii
ttnllv traveling from tho Molalla to tbo
S.uitlimon tlio Klamith trail, and lnmlt-
lug thu fcttkij by otnuiiiig tho women lu
thoab-cucoor thu men to cook him n mod
of vituaU nt r.ny tlnm of tlui day ; and as
all tlio fe-ttlrM on thnt trail wero uow-tiun-on,
lui (oinctliucs . !ut'cccdcd Hi awu hif;
thctn Into obcylnii him by hi gc-tuic-
and threats. Ho ald all tho bravo men
had gouo to llsht tlio C.yno, and l.o
could do ut as he pIciKcd. Hit and liU
band ol RlamatlM ilrovo ono man ft pin tlio
claim that Lcoinrd ScliluiH'.T now owns,
by their lno!en.
All thu H'ttlon believed that nn Indian
massacre w brewing and when tho
Klamath Inilhii, armrd and painted fur
war. Jiirronmlcd DnKy Miller's liotte, tmtl
midi! Indolent and lnniltlng dcmatitM nud
gavo tlKi war-whoop, , 1 hjuihI that one-o
hentd Is ticvi r forgotten, and like the
cream of tho pinthcr, or the will, of tho
rattlesnake, Is never mistaken for any
other sound; the know It was tlmo to act
aud tl.ey did act and at onco.
Stanly I'mplilct faw and heard the In
dians and ho nut whip to his horsu titul
rodo through IIowoll I"ra!rlc, rf.ilcui Tral
rlo nuil on to tbu Kinthm, giving tho
alarm as he wont ; and tho iiewi ipicad
llko wlldlho over it III ami im r. i. ai
lun stw tho Indian-, and rtrmldlcd hoio
ntthnut mddlo or brldlo. nud nn hliu to
Mr. I'.llts', in thero had been n iiil-dna
thero that day and tho boy tliouglil. anil
uiliirilly too. thai was nhcio hu could do
tho uioU good
Iho tourcquciico of all thl wft'. by
dat light, tho next morning, men begin 10
gather at I'mlc Jack Warnm-k, and by
To or II o'clock, about 150 nn-1 wero then-le-idy
for anything: that would put a quit
tin 011 Indian depredations by that bind
of roving dcpt,mdcH.- that had threatened
to eu: the throats of Miller's, W.irnotk's
and IMtternou's f.tinlllei.
Wo llru olected T'lclo Dan Wadlo. Col.,
who took thu liorinen,consUilugofCiipt.
Allen Davy's loinjunj and fiO or UUolheri
thnt liid canio in from nil puts of the
tounty, ami ijomc from Clackamas county
too, nud ero-ecd Iho Ablqui, at tho lord,
nud went np on tho north ldo of ald
urcam, an 1 I too clnrgo of tho Inlantr.'-,
coiishtlng f-f Flrt l.lont. Win. l'niker,
SiTond l.lout. 'nme Harpolo, Ordeily
Sirsent Wilbiirn King, -laniM ISrnwii. -S.
I). Mexcn, L. A. lllrd, Isrcal Shnw, Kobt.
Shaw, Kli'g llebbard. Win llrl-bin,
Wliicho-itcr, I'ort Ollllam, Win. llowitll.
Tlio. Howell. (Jrorco Howell. Win. lien-
drlx. I.eandqr UU, Lun. Hull", . W,
limit, .Ininej Wlllluni, of my own com
pauv, and J. W. rjhiiin, Tlio. Stuun,
Hciiry tjhrnii. IJII-is Cox, Uyrm Hmlih, T.
It. Allen. Jacob Citfillngi-r, and several
othow tint I iMB not now name, with
L'nclu Jack Waruock lor guide, and start
ed up tbo 'cutli ldo.
Tho liitciillon whs for both divWons to
arrive attoo-tu's camp dim camp of tho
KliiuntlH nl-iont thofatuo time; tut wo
wurn too quick tor thu licnTincu, nnd
when wo arrived opposltu tho camp,
the Indians had learnud wo were eoiuhig
and woro crowing on n foot log. Ono In
dian ia!cd hi gun, but June Urowu was
too quick for him, und Lieut. Hurpola's
ime-irlnir rlllo. told tho tale for nnotlirr.
l'ltlng tlien commenced In earned, which
sent tlio Indian tho other way. Wo did
not know exactly wbrro tho camp way,
and had left ni'-n, three m a plncc,
lor tcvtral hundicd yard', n that but
few of 11 got oppodto fho camp when the
action coiiinicilccd, but enough got the) q
lo tend tlio KlaumtlH up tlio creel; on tho
opxltu s'.do from 11 011 double quick J
till tt lc twenty men took a eliot at tho yonng
ciilel, called Hcd JHinktt, but lie got away
that day) excepting the old chief, nud I or
dered tho men to eeao firing aud tho otdcr
was obeyed Instantly; and tho old chief
walked olVuboitt 10 or f0 yards and then
turned round and walked back to within
00 or 70 yard ol jt nnd coinmcnccd send
ing an own at u ?o tnt that tiiero appear
ed to bo two or three on tho w.-ry all tlio
lime, for a very shoit tlmo though, lor 20
unci ring rlllcs w ere aimed at him and hu
fell nb'rccd by as many ballj.
About tlntttiiiu tno hoi'icnicu canioup,
but the rrd skin had cicaped lor tint
time. Three Indians Ind gone (0 their
hippy hunting ground, and tho rest hid
tun away to light another day.
After wo all got together wo hold a coun
cil 01' ti.ir and concluded to try them
ngaiu the next day:
A great many of u had lelt our families
on oriiear thu Indian trill, nnd had to go
homo that ci.nhig t look alter thcni.
lived about 12 m'l from thero by tho
nearest possible louto. right on tlio trall.or
wlihln l.VJyanhof ir ; and when I got
home I found tin: ''rooked Finger had
been thoro that dj. but fortunately for
my wile a-id cli'.ihru, L'nclu lMvId Colvor
nnd Theophoiiis Powell haO ut
got ihero u lew minutes bctore
tlio scoiiniiri came. Ho appear:d very
'iilU-n ni'.il Insolent. Imt did not slay losnj,.
aud a we did not know when ho might
eomo back, wo doomed It best to go
lo tho nearest neighbor, John S.
Hunt, about three' mile distant
tlio next morning, which consumed
much tlmo that 1 with a groat many
others were not In tho ocond day' light;
but Lieut. I'.uker and Sot genu t King:
wcic, nnd fioin them I learned thu paillc--ul.ir.,
which wciu about ns follows: Thu
men met at Coot.' ctinp. and all they
coutd learn from him was tint tho Klam
ath had gonewhich wo all know, lor wo
saw the buck go tho d iv bcfoic. lu some
thing ol a hurry. Hut tlio boys concluded
to do tlio way wo had dono tlio day beloro
go up tl:o oreoK, tlio iior'cnicu on tho
north s'dc, a it was open prairie, aud tlio
other take It on foot through the timber,
on tho fottth ldo. A1 thero wa no sign
for a considerable distance, a gioat many
turned hick. S-'oino lo or'.'O ol thu lead
er J dUcovcrcd slgiH, ami shortly after
were greeted with tlio war whoop from a.
canon filled with vino maple ui.t oUw
I'liidi. Thu ludlrtnsliid cliO'cu a stroni
position, nud ns they hid been told th.it
lioitoti tiicu would not ll.'Iit 1 1 thn b.-udi,
they thought thoui'olvc sveui'ii. lint our
bravo boy charged them on tho dnulilo
(iiilck. and io tapld w. tbiir charge tli.it
tlio Indian-' dl I not st mil ono minute.
Nino Indian wero killed In lc thin llvo
minute;, nud tho cqttaws taken prlsouir.
Only 0110 whlto mm w.i wounded.
James Staul y caught an arrow In hi
breast and held It until ho Ind killed tho
Indian, nud then vciy dollii.Tatoiy ex
tracted tho weapon, "tor fear It might bo
poisoned, " he said. Llko tlio diy ho tore,
tho cavalry could not help, but tlio hnvo
hoy needed no help. After thu battle
thoy returned to Coosta's caum, and gnvo
tint chief hi order, which woio
obeyed. Ono niler was that
Crooked Klngcr wa uovcr loonier the
house ol n whlto manor woman uulos
there wa a wiutu man In thu hoii'o.
If ho did ho wa to bo shot 011 lght. Hod
Ilhnket's wite, nkcd Jacob Caplhiger.
why tho white wero so hard on the Klani
ntlu, hut tho Molalla were J11U a In
sulting nud mean as thoy wcio, nud tho
wiute (im not. kiii iiicm. uipiuigor toia
her that tho Molalla. owned thl llhiic, nr
prctouded too, hut tbo Klamath, did hot
belong in thl valley, and wn could not
take to much of tholr nbti'o and throats.
.Sim fahl that was "closo waua," ami tint
oho "eumtuxed" what ho meant, and
would go homo nud never comu hick.
They then told her thoy could In vo twenty
four hour to bury tho dead, nud leave for
homo, thu Klamath country, but I think
tlicirconlederales. tho Molalla, atlmidc-d
to tlio (lend, for thu whole baud of Klam
ath pacd my hoiiie tint miiio night, o 1
their way to Mt. Jefl'or'ou pi, aud
tlio next day about u do.un
nt 11 followed tho trail to thu
Iioii'ool John Morclcy whoro wo "tald all
night, aud tho next day followed tho trail
to the iio'slng of tho H.nithin river, and
eaw by the tracks lu the "now and nnii
that the Indian had nil crossed the riivr;
o wo returned to our home. Allen Im
vy's company of cavalry watched tho 1 1 all
(hoaiUriioou uf tho day alter tho battlo.
hut the Indian had pacd before thoy got
there.
ThinondodonoollhiMlioito-itniid motd
loetlvoeoiup.ilgii'. lint wo havo any knowl
edge nl lu thl oointry. It complotely
cowed Crooked I'higor In ihN part nl thu
lountry an 1 l-'rcd McCnrmlck finally kill
ed him In Cinei.aina country. Tlio Kl'.iu
aih never cm no b.iek and tho Molallas
bulnvcd themselves uier alterwnids.
It. ;. ill.lt.
Fnj it I'aiim, March 17, M77.
roDie ini.imi.. xv A iiiit'tii.
Monday ol last week, nt Mnntctcv, ll
wife nf'l ho. W. Ingram died. S-hc w.
Iho
IH
taken lck on Mninliy morning and re
mained, ko for eigiit Hours- Mir ilicn gtvu
birth ton lluo, licalthy daughter, which
was lollowi-d a second, still horn; then thu
third, a daughter, was siiceo-siiilly
launched on lllo's'Journuy, but tho fmutli
child resulted lu the death ot tho mother.
Ingrain Ins now tho twin daughter, ho
side twolvu other children, to care for.
Tho mother wns nhout the hou-u on Sun
tUy punning her nu.il donicntle o.cupa
tlon, and her udden deiuUu Ins cn :t
"loom over n laigo clrclo ol filcuil, ntnoiig
,rhoin sho wa greatly beloved. S.icra-
monto riilon.
Gen. O. O. Howard, commanding Do
pari men t ol theColiunbli, H.-turiiod Inst
rJuliirdny evening from hi trip to Wullit
Wftlla. l'rewr.itlon have been mule for
tbo iprlng campnign, couslilhig in part ot
tho e-Ubll'hinont ot a temporary tvimp,
of three cwnpHnlp tt taveiry, insr Wal
lowa, lu some, quartern the Indian nro
rcstlu. It I reported that Joseph ha
cemented to accept tho terms ot thu d'nv
ornmonr, hut hi brelher Mill holds nut.
Ue-11. Howard think there Is no probabili
ty of further hostilities. If any, they will
bo of fehoit duration. Advocate.
Horace (inelcy ufced to tell thUstmy :
Ho once tent a claim for col)cttoi tu 11
Western lawyer, nnd, icganlliig It ns
rather n (li;?pcnitu claim, oli )ienltoiucy
If bju collected It hu inlght ro,?crvo halt tho
fuiioiint (or a fee. 1 11 1I119 tljjie Alp ,;'co
Jul ri'eelVcd tlio following ItcofiluenlMly ;
1 De.irrdr I li.ivoimeccijdwl in colloe(hi
my lull of (hat claim. Tho bihiitcl
ho'pclcj."
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