F
t i v v -"y
"
' A JV
it i
a
i t j W
Tsnua
ADTERTISING RATES.
R oatsos
2.S0 For Moath
Far aa Inch of advertising (pace, to
theflret month;
94,00 Per Xttonth
Fortuolnihen;
r,od Per Month
Kcr thrco nihc, llh rcawr.atle terms
for lontf time adtcrtliementr,
Lecnl Advertisement
I'ublhhcd on FAtoraMe Termi
HUMMUS MKN
DetlrliK liberal tpare 111 liax tpecta
termt; not teas than (U per month lot
a column of twenty Incite.
)F SUBSCRIPTION
orris tux
Willamette Farmer.
imu: Jtji itaiaptJ6o
'
2,50 Per Annum.
j.
SjTWIth tho added espenso ol nn en
g urged luue c cannot aflonl tlio (viper
Vi ''thout prc-j ment at lc than
' t? 90,00. TEX
Uerealter our Invariable charge 111 be
$2,50 in advnee, or
m
$3.00 flflpr Six mnnlhc.
Arid prefer to liave pay In advance.
i 1 ..(
4
a
VOL. XL
Home Circle Department.
Wo nro veil awai-o of tlio fact tlmt tho
Yaluo of tlio Faiimf.ii a a family paticr ia
derived A inucll from A U'nll.pnnillli-frfl ITnnin
f Circlo Department as from any other. O'
l iio tins department has been neglected, ow
ing to tho ill health of Mrs. Clarke, tho edi
tor, liut Wfl am frliul in mnv that nhn la Well
I Tj tgain, and will talco renewed Interest in her
worn, mougii it may uo mat tor a icw wcck
u to come, during which tlmo she will be re
I moving to Portland to commenco housckecp
t ing there, alio will hardly bo ablo to devote as
f much time to it as alio could wish. When we
are fairly llxcd and at headquarters with tho
wholo family, every department of tho paper
hall havo tho attention its importance de-
rxnnili
i
Poultry on a Large Bcalo.
Liko cvcrythlug else, poultry requires to
;have common sense used in its management,
t There is common sense in a few hens being
ikcpt by any man living in a city and having
a small yard at the back of his homo, where
perhaps he has a stablo with a pair of horses)
but thcro would bo folly in his having great
, numbers. Tiioro is good common scmo in
! having a lino lot of fowls running around
every farm homestead, but none in keeping
so many as to bring on disease Thcro would
bo common senso in placing 1,000 hens in fam
, Hies of CO over 'J00 acres, giving them full
liberty to rango where they pleased, and hav
ing their roosts so constructed that a yoko of
oxen or a pair of horses could Ira hitched to
I them and haul them to a now site when crops
( growing near required tho absenco of tho
poultry, or when a coop hod been a good
wliilo in one place, and tho surroundings were
I becoming too much saturated with the manure,
I On a largo farm with springs and running
streams ol water, JU.UUU might Iks Kept ny
.tersevcring attention in moving when uects
.4 Xarv. and bv nlowino' soma crouiid all the
hilo near by., and. also by planting patches
I rye in Sepfimb, i to givo them green food
through the winter, which would be availablo
whenever the snow is not lying thereon. But
it would bo folly for 10,000 or only 1,000 to
be kept confined upon a few acres, yid ex)ect
anything but disaster. With nmplo rango
fowls will bo healthy in small families, and
Wequlre little besides what they will find by
foraging, at tho same tlmo they will lay eggs
enough to make 92 per hen. Hut confine
them on a few acres, and they will eat double
of purchased food, and lay not more than 75
cents' worth of eggs per head in proportion
to tho closo confinement. Ex.
Hydraulic Mining.
Editor Willamette Farmer;
Had the old miner in the days of Sutter
been told that there could bo invented a pro
cess for mining placer mines, aud that one
operation alono would perform tho labors of a
hundred men in tho same length of time, ho
would laugh at tho idea) thinking, no doubt,
that such a thing was imuosiiblc, and could
never be done. Vet snch has been done.
The hydraulio mining pix, one of the great
inventions in the history of mining, docs the
work with ease and perfection. How insig
nificant would seem the primitive and almost
nodern method of mining when compared to
the swift and more wonderful process now in
rogue.
The modern miner, in his search for gold,
fackles even tho boldest of mountains, and
with tho aid of the hydraulio giant, cuts and
levers it in twain sifts its very contents un
til the most tiny hidden treasure is brought
,o his view. Huge boulders are lifted from
their restiug-places and carried away with
the debris of the mine on the flood of water
to the valleys below, there to work a mighty
change in the peaceful homes of many a quiet
settler. 8. A. ltonnocaii.
Wildkrville, Josephine Co., Or., Feb. 10.
Marion and Linn County Map.
Editor Willamette Fanners
Those maps of Kdgar Williams & Co. are
regarded by many of your subscribers here as
a huge bilk; and whether they may be correct
as to some localities, they are regarded as be
ing so incorrect in many respects as to be ut
terly unreliable as a wholo. Not only this,
but in my copy, as well as in another belong-
ping to one of my neighbors, some of the leaves
dropped out, proving so far the binding not
well done. In some instances I can buv them
now for $5.00, one-third of the coat, aud one
i told me he could buy twenty of them
for a dollar apiece. (How this may be I don't
ow).
They are sharp. They seem to me to pro
ceed in this manner: first corral the county
officers, Judge and all; then the county pa
lters, as far as they can (see Statesman and
Farmer); and then proceed to catch the
Jl fry at leisure. 0. W. Hot.
Sublimity, Feb. e.
A Word for the Owls.
Header, did you ever watch tho owl long
enough to leant its benefit to tho farmer!
Wo have seen with painful regret boys club
bing tho little benefactor while seeking its
prey of mico about tho barn. The littlo
birds subsist entirely on mice and insects
which seek their food by night. The owl is
nocturnal, and therefore his habits aro not so
well understood by many people as birds
which fly by day, though quite tamo and often
building its nest near tho farmer's house or
outbuildings, where it may bo seen in tho
twilight perched on a tree near by, or in tho
bam, ready to pounco on the mout o that dnro
show his head after dark. It is superior to
puss, for tho reason that it can lly and over
take mousey before ho can reach his hiding
placo after being caught nibbling tho harness
or tho groin-sacks, which ho does apparently
out of wanton mischief.
Mrs. Owl is not only useful in the barn,
but will go to tho meadow or tho field of
newly-sown wheat, where she is often seen
lurched on a fence or a trie, ready to make
war and destruction on the nocturnal pest of
tho farmer.
A species similar to tho snowy (ml whoio
habits aro both nocturnal and crepuscular,
which feeds on rats, rabbits, squirrels, etc.
This bird may bo seen in cloudy weather, in
tho morning and in tho twilight, busily (lying
over the mi ado w in search of its prey, for it
is an industrious and vigilant hunttr, and also
generally keeps out of gunshot of tho wander
ing lad who would fire on her for mere sjort.
This bird often, when not persecuted, rears
its young in the hollow of a tree near tho
farm premises. It is an honest benefactor,
and will not steal tho littlo chicken and other
young fowls from their mother, like tho thiev
ing rat is often known to do, but will often
light upon him whilo engaged in his nocturnal
depredations. No use, Mr. JUt, to squeal,
for tho owl knows perfectly well how to hold
you and prevtnt biting. You must now ay
for the young chickens, turkeys, ducks, and
the old goose' goiling by a feast on your own
carcase by owl and owlets.
We have tho long-cored owl, which proys
on tho smaller quadnieds and insects, is noc
turnal and very shy, but sometimes becomes
a notorious thief by committing nocturnal
depredations cu the domestic fowls of tho
farmer, and when that gentleman puts in an
appearance with a shot-gun, tho depredator
departs in haste to a safe distance, to watch
the landlord hunt in imagination tho skunk
or some moon-eyed celtstial. Many times,
after the farmer has returned to bed, his
slumber aro again disturbed by tho cackling
of some old hen announcing the return of the
roguu to the hcn-roont, S. H. S.
Dayton, Or., Feb. 10, 1879.
Benefit of Laughing.
Dr. Greene, in his "Problem of Health,''
say there is not tho remotest corner or little
inlet of the minute blood-vessels of tho hu
man body that does not feel some wavelet
from the convulsion occasioned by good,
hearty laughttr. Tho life principle, or tho
central man, is shaken to its innermost
depths, sending new tide of life and strength
to tho surface, thus materially tending to in
sure good health to tho person who indulge
therein. The blood moves moro rapidly, and
convey a different impression to all the organ
of the kkty, as it visit them on that particu
lar mystio journey when tho man is laughing,
from what it doe at other times. For this
reason every good, hearty laugh in which a
person indulges tends to lengthen hi life,
conveying, a it does, new and distinct stim
ulus to the vital forces. Doubtless the time
will come when physicians, conceding more
importance than they now do to the influence
of the mind upon the vital forces of the body,
will make their prescription more with ref
erence to the mind and less to drugs for the
body, and will, in so doing, find the best aud
most effective method of producing tho re
quired effect upon the patient.
Starting Tomato Plants in Paper Boxef.
A correspondent of tho Iowa Homestead
gives his method cf starting tomato plants
He makes a wooden box two feet long, six
inches wide and six inches deep. In this he
seta 3d paper boxes two inches square on top
and eix inches deep, without top or bottom.
The boxes are made from pieces of strong
paper ten inches long and six inches wide,
folded so aa to make five parts, each two
inches wide. Unfold these and pin the two
ends flatly together. Nearly fill these boxes
with fine, rich soil, and drop a half dozen
seed in each. The large box can be put on a
window-sill, or wherever is convenient. When
the plants are well started, cut down to one
in each box, and when the weather will ad
mit, transplant to the open ground, wetting
the soil in the boxes so tiiey can be handled
without dropping the soil. Leave the tops
of tho boxes an inch above the surface, to
protect the young plants from cut-w orms.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FEBRUARY 21.
Tho Map Bilk.
Pleasant Oiiovr. Farm,
Morion Co., Or., Feb. 13, 1&70,
I
Editor illamctto Former!
I would liko siiaco in your columns to soy n
few words about this swindle, as I understand
thoso samo sharps are starting in on two other
counties in this State, as they did in Linn and
Marion last year. Now, Mr. Editor, not
withstanding those men havo been smart
enough to corral all of our county and part
of tho State olliccrs, and part of tho editors
in this SUtc. we say they corralcd them,
for wo do not know what other term to give
it, for wo sco their names siimcd to articles
stating mat tins map was a complete ami cor
rect man. which wo claim is incorrect. I
would liko to know what right thoso men
havo to blow on an article that is as big n
swiudlo as this mop, any moro than wo havo
to givo an opinion, when we can substantiate
an mat wo say in regard t it.
Tti ittn flrf t.lnj-A T.. ... flml. .,.!. ..
IIIVIII., JIUIVV tllUY, Ul fcllll. .lk,Vlll(. I I'l,
resented that thoso maps should bo well put
together, and Hell bound. This is not tho
case, for 1 know of several that tho leaves aro
falling out now. In the next place, they rep
rcacnted that each man' land ihoiild bo
marked on tho map oorrcctly, thou ing tho
lines and tho number of acres each man
owned. Tlnjt is not done. Thuy havo pro
tended to do so, but havo failed in tho at
tempt. I do not know how it Is in other
ports of tho county, but I do know how It is
in mis. incro is not one mans una in
twenty that is marked correctly, nor his
buildings located as they were to be. And
yet ono would supioic, from tho puffs that I
havo seen in two or thrco new (papers, that
this map Is Just what each man In those coun
ties should carry with him to keep from git
ting lost.
Now, one reason, I ray, they must havo
corralcd some of the newapapers. I know of
somo of them that have refused to publish ar
ticles exposing tho swindlo of thoso maps. I
do not proposo to understand tho duties of
newspapers or thoso that edit them, but be
lieve that it is the duty of all such men, when
there is such a swindle as this going on. if
they do not feel disposed to say anything
about it themselves, they should allow others
to speak through their papers, as each man is
responsible for what ho says, not tho editor of
the psixr. I got'somo of this swindlct they
brought ono to my house and left it, 1
examined it and found that I was swindled.
In a few dav after thev camo back to mv
placo and claimed that I owed them SI 6.00.
After giving him a pieco of my iniud, I gavo
him the fifteen dollars, and told him that I
considered the man worthless; that ho could
toko it for five dollars; ho said ho would, but
did not, aud I guess tho reason why ho did
not was, that ho knew whero ho could get
several for S-'.CO. Now if thoso editors that
havu refused to publish articles exposing this
swiudlo havo not been supplied with those
mps, they can git all they want in this
neighborhood at their own price.
Notk cr Ewtok. No ono has "corralcd'
us. Wo of course publish what op!o havo
to say on this subject, A ncpaptr that
would refuse to do so has not much claim to
public confidence.
Membership of State Orange.
Oregon Static ( ramie,
Mastku'i) Oitick,
Osweuo, Feb. 17th, 167a
Editor Willamctto Farmer;
Permit me through your paper to call tho
attention of the Stato Orange Deputies
throughout thejjuriidiction, to Article Second
of the lly-laws of the Stato Orange, which
reads as follows)
ARTICLE II MEMBEIHIIIP.
Section 1. This Orange shall bo composed
of representatives from each county in this
Jurisdiction, chosiu by thrco delegates from
each Grange thereof, uon tho basis of ono
Master or Past Master, and oue Matron, the
wife of a Master or Past Master, for every
six Granges, and one Master or Past Master,
and ono Matron the wife of a Master or Fait
Master, for every fraction thereof. Masters,
Past Masters, and their wives, who are
Matrons, shall bo honorary members, entitled
to the fifth degree, and eligible to oliice, but
not entitled to vote.
tin: 2. And it shall he the duty of the
delegates of each county to meet at the county
seat of their respective counties on the first
Saturday of April, or within tin day there
after of tach year, between the hour of 7
A. m. and '-' r. x., and elect representative to
the State Grange., for the ensuing year, of
which meetings four weeks notice shall be
given by the Deputies for said county,
I trust tho Deputies will not fail to give
the notice required by tho above article,
and that the subordinate Granges will not
fail to elect delegates to their county Grange.
Conventions at the regular meetings in
March. A. It. Sinru.v,
Master Oregon State Grange.
Dog and Sbeep.
"For two year in succession dogs havo
killed our sheep. The tax on dog annually
collected in each town is set apart to pay the
damages they cause. The damage so far ex
ceed the award that several year will elapse
before the tax will pay off claims already
audited. Any oue who kteps a dog and dot
not give him three "square" meals a day,
ought to be fined. If this weru dono thcro
would be but viry few sheep killed by dogs.
Until this is dene or &t all events until dogs
aro better fed the starving cur will help
himself to mutton. He really ought not to
be blamed as much as the thoughtless or cruel
owner," So speaks the genial Col. Curtis in
the N. Y. Tribune.
Neglect of Young Chlckeni.
Whilo t le.'famior is busy during harvesting,
and ihil this family in the stress of tho
season Is p-esscd Into service, tho growing
chickens ro sometimes forgotten, and cr
haps a fcV hints may bring to mind their sit
uation. j Iho hens Icavo tho chicks, they
feel lost at night, and poke themselves into
nasty cor-, or into old boxes, coops or bar
rels, wlicn,tht.y pile together, sometimes one
on tho othtr, crushing the weaker ones to
death before) this stato of things is (Uncovered.
Often the tilth accumulates so thickly that
thoy lie bn a hnp of it at night, and liccomo
infestel vth parasites. A very littlo care
will renuxly this, and keep tho birds in
health. Sometimes, however, they aro very
stuhbornVtout a place of their own choosing.
They cithtjr run back to the samo place, after
Wing driven away, or they scatter in all direc
tions, thus-running into greater danger.
Provide temporary houses or l.trgo boxes
with low perches, and placo them near tho
coops rhHfw ere ticcnpicil by the hens nnd
chtVkt. llradually move tho coopi townrds
tho teraViufy house h little every day. )y
this mean) the chicks will get near to tlio new
roosting-placcs, and by moving away ono
coop at a;?;Tio, they will settlo Into tho tem
porary home. This, in turn, cin bo moved
near the fowl-house which they aro to occupy.
This will live a great deal of annoyance, for
wuat is more tantalizing man running down
chlckeni night after night, whilo they are
willing tlwt yon should rejieat the operation
M eftcn Ut you please. If they take to n
placo w1miq you cannot get in, and they aro
pcrsiitcoy you may sometimes drivo down a
few stakrs.and block tho entrance with an old
door or a few boards. If you havu convenient
tree frr ti.tru to roost on, by all mean let
them itt-hem during summer and early fall.
Although it Is some trouble, and requires a
little pooytsmpcr to get them in their houses
fti ttii,filMlmo or two when cold weather
coniet.t'tttriOr'jiialtli'.-MMlMlin will ronar
your pains. Fed them with grain twIC'a
day, even theugli tney get miicn o; tneir owu
livinrj for some grain is necessary for their
health, and moreover, it lessens any inclina
tion of their to do mischief in the garden
among. t tho fruit. llural Now Yorker,
How to Manage Poultry.
CONIINI'KH.
Tho houio lieing prepared aud tho number
of fowls selected, and everything in order,
to prove tho matter fully, an account should
be kept. First, tho cost of your house and
poultry fixturts, then tho cost of your fowls.
Tho houso is eight feet high, eight feet wide,
and twclvo feet long, and the coat should not
exceed tUO. Suppssing the number of hens
to bo tvo dozen, at the rate of four dollars
per dojen, making tho capital invested not
over ?30. Hegin your account on tho first of
tho month, charge the amount of food you
feed each day to the iKiultry, and givo them
credit for every egg thoy lay. He careful not
to cheat them cither in the food or tho num
ber of eggs they turn over to you, for If you
manage them properly they will soon bring
back the ?30 you have aid out on them, and
a handsome profit lcid(.s.
Hoir to manage them to make them lay is
the question now. 'Hiiro are several way to
do this, principally by feed, although they
must be kept frto from lice. First of all
things, be sure to kiep fresh water so that
fiey can haeadrink a soon a they come
off the roost. This I havo learned by watch
ing my fowls when turned out in the morn-
ijg, whin they will go direct to tho crtek if
not detained, and take a drink before eating
their breakfast. After they havo had water,
feed them aliout one gill of wheat to each
bird. Ikiil the wheat every few days. At
night, or in the evening liefore going to rooit,
give them a good feed of bran maah mixed
with the scraps and dish-water from the
houte. Alio givo them a small quantity ''
freih meat, which it better if it lie cooked.
Keep all disease from them by using c
food. This article can be obtaiuid from at
poultry fancier, as they cannot do without i'.
and it tost but a trifle. It will keep tin
plumage bright and tho comb red, aud help
to make them lay.
Poultry-raising is a scientific And pleasant I
business, an ornament to any farm, and
pays a good profit when thus managtd,
Wii. Short,
Alder Grote Poultry Yards,
To bo continmd.
The Paloute Country.
Tlio publishers of thu Palouse Gazette have
iuutd a littlo iamphlct that dtacriU Whit
oan County, W. T., and pin-pictures the
Uwns as will as thu charming end divirsified
country of which wo hear so much. We have
no reason to suppose tho a Ivantcges of the
country ovtritatod, or its projucts overrated,
and the jaiaphlct, which wo hate lwrusid
with intertst, deserves to be widely ciicu-
litiU. It is well written, tau compiled witn
care.
1870.
Why They Wear Out Early.
Several of our leading doctor givo it as
their opinion that no man who takes his own
lifo is in his right mind. It is also agreed
that tho stylo of living in New York and tho
stylo of doing business predisposes n man to
that morbid condition that induces a man to
take his life. Tho rush, thu drivo and excito
ment are almost continuous. Men who are
good for anything, havo their heads full.
Thu brain is liko a hot-box on a railroad train
only men hold up on tho train, and thoy
don't on tho strcot. There' hardly a promi
nent man doing business In tho Stock Ex
change who has not work enough for half a
dorcn men. A an Illustration t Tlio president
of ono of our leading bank has been under
thu doctor's core for over a year. Ho comes
down to thu bank every moiulug at 10 o'clock
and remains until fi r. Jl. Hcslilc thu iin
memo businci of his own institution, at 1 1
o'clock ho goes down to Wall street, where ho
is a silent luirtncr iu a stock houso. At 1
o'clock lie is bao'( Again nt tho Innk, His
privato ollico is crowded with tho prominent
business men of New York. Ho has at least
six Institutions in which hois a manager, n
director, or a president. These Institutions
represent every variety of investment. He
sides this, ho is At tho head of an immense
denomination that gavo last year $.V),(XX) to
help the educational interests of hi church
out of a tight place. Tho different societies
that he represent keep him without A mo
ment's leisure through tho day, and hi even
ings aro all consumed in business. I heard
him say last week that ho never slept after
3 o'clock in tho morning. How such a man
lives with such a pressure ujion him is mai
vclous. He of courso won't livoout half his
days. Ho is a specimen of New York bust
nca lifo. Our city I full of prematura old
men older at 30 than their father aro at (JOj
prematurely bald, limping around with canes,
with their underpinning knocked out; unablo
to relish their food unless it ia covered with
the "most panjpwt plie,i or iWsiheddowu
with a delugo of liquor, Oue of our most
eminent physicians said the other day t "Nine
tenth of our citizen who go to tho iniauo
Asylum go there for want of sloop and want
of nutritious food." Considering tho style of
our living and of our business, It is not at all
a marvel that wo havo so many suicides.
ilurk-igh s Letter to Honton Journal.
Making Asparagus Beds.
Tho quickest way to obtain asparagus is to
purchase plants, because by doing so thu beds
aro fit for cutting ono or two year earlier
would bo tho caso were they started from
seeds. To commence with thu liegiuiilmr,
however, obtain seed as early us kmIIi!o in
thu spriui:, aud sow In wide drills, soy five
inches in width, and fifteen inches ainrt,
about as ijeas aru sown. Keep thu soil mellow
and the weeds destroyed, and in tho autumn,
if thu soil Is good, you will hotu onu-ycar-old
plant to transplant. One-year-old plants nro
pretty small, and many prefer to keep them
in the seed-bed until two yearn of ago, An
ouiico of seed is sufficient fur a drill nlniut '2H
ftet in length. In making a bed for tho
plant, select a good, mellow soil, and male,
it deep and rich. An asparagus bed once
made, will keep in good condition for half a
century, so tho work should bu well done.
Tho bids must lie narrow, so as to permit of
cutting to the centra without stepping npon
them. Set tho plant not less than V inches
apart iu the clear, spreading tho root out nat
urally, aud not crowding them Into a hole,
and so deep that tho crown or toji of tho
plant will be about thrco inches below the
surface. In removiug tho weed hatu tare
not to injure the young shouts, and it is beat
to do this by hand a much as iKiiMu. Hal
is a good manure for asiarapus
ustd with such fre-'
b
tl
re
COi j
littl '
lllui
Mr.
North'
uneful I
towns c
Don't fa
two bits.
!
NO. 1.
Address to Santlam Orange, P. of H.
DELIVERED
AT INSTALLATION
JAN. L 1870.
of orncEiis,
This is tho beginning of another year,
which no doubt will bo fraught with its cares,
toils nnd disapjwintments, as preceding ones.
Hut to tho really thoughtful, they aro only
tho means to test our ability to overcome tho
greater trials of lifo and lit us, by a school of
practical knowledge, for tho groat duties of
lifo which await us in tho future, lly over
coming difficulties, conquering each vicious
thought or habit, places us one step higher on
tho scale of progression and improvement,
aud one degree nearer that statu of being
which was designed by the Supreme Hulerof
tho Universe.
Thcso trials, trouble and difficulties of life
are intcrsitcraod with good, grand and noble
thoughts, deeds and Actions, aud a happy con
sciousnes of having striven to do our duty to
our fellownien, thereby having dono our tfnty
to God for our own Itcncflt and Improvement;
to glorify God by fulfllliiiL' ono of his m-patcst
natural low progression. Science teaches
us that tho world was not created iu six lit
cral days of "t hours each, but at six separata
ami instinct penotis ul tlmo. Hint our In-mi-tifnl
world, with all Its living million of life,
thu million of world in space, moving in
regular but unlieotcii tuitha through siiaco,
drawing heat and light from tho great centre,
was not tho work of 144 hours, but by tho
fixed law of adhesion and cohesion matter
was collected aud held together as a molten
moss, nnd by the projier equalizing of tho
great powers thu one mulling tho globe, out
into siiaco, tho other Attracting to tho sun
our world assumed its regular pathway in thu
heavens, lly the action of tho atmosphore,
tho outsldo liecamo cool and hard, consequent
ly a emit, which was entirely surrounded by
water. Next was vonvulsions of tho earth,
which formed dry land; noxt, pulverized
ruck, which, by tho action of thu natural liu
uiciits, formed soil; next, land alternately
submerged and liphratcd; next, vegetable;
noxt, animal life, and last, man. Nor wcro
all plant created nt mice, but tho low er order
first, which was sea-weed. Then, as tho soil
was improved, new and superior plant audi
tree sprang up to beautify tho world aud to
roudor it moro pleasant for the aliodo of tho
future man. Neither wa nil animal life cre
ated at one time, Insects, fish and reptile
being before the larger and suiierior ones. And
Ust.of ,all wan man thu crowning effort of ere
atlou, after which God rested aud "called it
tho Sabbath, which I bellovo ia now upon us,
fur In this period has no new thing been cre
ated, and In commemoration of that event
tho Isrtelites were commanded to rest tijKm
thu Sabbath tlay, and to keep it holy.
Hut to return. Wo see in the order of cro
ntiou that nothing was brought into oxistenoo
until mo worm ami it surroundings were
prepared to receivu each jiarticular tiling cre
ated. This exemplifies the low of gradual
development, and man lieing posseasrd of
reasoning nwer, was designed to utiliso ev
erything which wa created, for tho iiurtxian
of Improvement and prognssion, thereby
each succeeding generation upprnocliiug n
littlo nearer to that iicrfectlou which woh
destined for him from thu beginning, which
wonllhuiMj to obtain when wo shall havo
ried over tho river.
Then let us each strive to lay asidu soma
vicious liabit or evil thought, thereby making
us lietfer men ami women than wo weru last
year, and rendering ourselves moro happy,
cheerful and contented happy that, wo nro
rendering our felluw-lieiug moro ' happy;
cheerful from thu consciouaut'ss within that
at least sumo careworn And troubled mind ha
had it burden lightened, thereby blessing tl
as u means of brightening their lite, ami
making sunshine where all was darkness; con
tented, that wo aru filling the dcatiuiea for
which wo weru designed from tho liegiuuing,
ami although it may cost us a great ellurt, yet
wu know that wo shall receivu our ronartf.
Finally, brother and sistcrr, will w o each
as individuals strive to Im better, do lietter
and think 1-etter than wu have heretofore!
If wu will, tho Santiam Grange never was so
useful or beneficial as it will bo this) ear, llu
diligent and fruitful In defending and main
tabling tho nohlo principle, of our Order,
which cau bu Inst accomplished by practice
and example. Attend your Grange as regu
larly as jioasiblu, encouraging other ' "
same, as when wu do not "
as friends and
thorn-'"
('
,-M
1