WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, JUNE 24, 1881.
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AUNT NANOY'3 MIHDOK THE SUBJECT.
IIV MAKIIAIIKT K, fUNIINTKH.
Ami this Is tlio'ncw New Tcttatnent, .
Anil 'tis cotno in the sweet o' the year,
When the fields arc shining in cloth of gold,
Ami the liinl arc singing so clear)
Ami over ami into the grantl old text,
Keverent and thoughtful men,
Through many a summer and winter past,
Have been peering with hook ami pen,
Till they've straightened the moods and tenses
out.
And dropped each oWlota phrase.
And softened tlin strong, ohl-Iashioncd words
lo our daintier inoilcrn ways)
Collated the ancient manuscripts,
Particle, verb, and line,
Ami faithfully donu their very best
To improve thu book divine,
I haven't a doubt they Imvo meant it well
Hut It is not clear to mo
That we needed thu trmihla it was to them,
On cither lido of tlin sea.
I can not help it, a thought that coincs
You kno-v I nm otd and plain
Hut It seems like touching the ark (if flotl,
Ami thu touch to my heart is pain.
For ten years pat, nnd for five times ten
At tho Imuk if that, my dear,
I've mado and mended ami toiled and saved,
With my Itiblo ever near.
Sometimes it was only a versa at morn
That lifted mo up from care,
Llko the springing wingt of a sweet-voiced
lark
Cleaving the golden air)
And sometimes of Sunday afternoons
Twa a chapter rich and loint,
That camo to my heart in its weary hour
With tho lilt of a triumph song.
I studied the precious words, my dear,
When a child at my mother's knee.
And I tell voit tho ImMa I've always had
Is u good enough liook for n o
I nny ho stubborn and out of date,
Hut my hair is white as snow,
And I lovo the 'things I learned to love
In tho l.-autifiil long ago.
I can not bo changing at my time)
Twould bo losing n pirt of myself,
You may lay tho new New Testament
Away on tho upper sliolf,
I cling to the ona my good iiiin reads
In our flrcii.lo prayem-at night)
To tho oiio my little children lisped
Kro thoy faded out of my sltiht.
I shall gather tny dear ones close again
Where thu many iiiansiuiis be,
Ami till then tho llihlo I've always had
Is a good enough bok for mo.
JOHN'S WIFE.
Whatever pcsicsscd brother John to go up
to tho city and marry thatlittlu yellow-haired,
blue-eyed hit of a school girl, when ho could
have just had his pirk of girls nearer home,
was something I never cou'd understand.
Thero was Uda Handscombe, just 'dead In
lovo with him, as anvlxidy could see, and thu
liest breaduiakcr In tho wlinlo country,biidc
taking prlres at tlio Btato Kalr for pickles nml
jollies, and ever so much better looking, too,
than Mvra. No yellow bangs ovt-r hrrcyes)
she just combed her hair back oil" her face and
did It up in a hard knot that staid, Sho sent
John a birthday cake, and knit Idm a com
forter, and everyliody thought it would boa
' match, but John raid ho didn't liko her eyes;
they wero liamltume eyes to my idea, and
look you through and through, they wero that
clear and bright) but ilid you ever know a
man to tako advlco? "Marry that ferret,"
stid John) "and never have any pcaco in my
life) well I guess not !" and with that olT ho
goo I to town and telegraphs Kick, "expect mo
and my wife." Dear! such a shock as it gavo
m, and our Spring cleaning not dono, and tlio
minister coming to board with us while his
wlfo went home on a visit it was a tiial, you
may bo sure !
And when sho did come, it was more like
having a wax doll in the way than anything
else, with her big wondering eyes, and child
iih ways and silly questions, and hanging on
John'a arm, and leaning over Johns cluir,
with two little insignificant feet in the rongat
the back and her clothes ! .Such fallals, just
like a doll's rigging) and I just set my foot
down that if sho was to live with us she must
conform to our ways. I hadn't been -10 yeart
in this wo'ld for nothing. If sho wanted to
wear fino white laces and milled aprons, she
had to wash and iron them herself. I wouldn't
lie her slave. And such silly questions as she
asked, they just mado me sick I
"Were thcie any dear littlo yellow chicks!"
Dear littlo yellow chicks, indeed! they
were dear enough More wo ruUeil them and
got their heads oft, and had them ready lr
market, and if that silly child didn't sit
dorn and cry bcciuso they wero killed) and
she had named every one of them and watched
them crow up. And she our John's wife!
bah! Then she did the silliest thing of all;
went and bought a liook called "What I
Know About Farming," and used to sit out
under a tree, studying it by the hour, and
ont night when sho went down to the bars to
meet John, I beard her askt
"John, why don't you get a washing ma
blue and a wringer, and s-e your own flesh
and blood! Look at the blisters on my
hands!"
And the next tliintr it was the talk of the
neighborhood that we Elliotts, who had set
our face against modern improvements, had
given out before that little pale-faced thing,
and not only got a wringer and washer in our
kitchen, but several hundred dollars' worth of
arm machinery at work. John said he could
afford it, but I spoke my mind and und told
ber what I thought of it after he went out
v. his work. She looked kind of frightened
and pretended she was going to cry, and then
she spoke up quick like and saidt
"Sister Janet, it's a triumph of mind over
matter. You can wash now and not be all
tired out, and sick and nervous, and and
then John can afford it!"
Perhaps if I had known that she bad paid
for it all, and it hadn't cost John a cent, I
might have been mora forgiving, but I jut
straightened up and saidi
.1.
IiiirIkuiiI with your boarillng-scliool iilcas, but,
' as for mo, I'll never touch the thing's. 1 can
"Mn. Klliott, you may so on situl ruin your
"jvoik, tlia'ik goodness, while l'vo got my
health. I wasn't brought l'p in idleness."
She never look It to heart n bit) tho next
thing I knew sho was at a littlo parlor organ
sho had, singing and playing as if that was all
thero was til life.
And that silly old minister men never do
have a bit of sense, but you expect moro of a
minister of tho gospel but ho just sat and
talked to her as if sho was a companion for
him, and they talked about the fields, and
staid down where John was working, and all
around 'cm boiiIs a perishing for want of tho
bread of life; such a sinful wasto of timo I
never saw!
"Janet, do you lovo tho hills!" sho said to
mo ono day when I was scourjng tho knives
out-side the door. Sho had offered to do
them for me, but law, her white hands wero
not fit for anything so useful.
"Lovo tho hills! Well, I'd llko to know
what there is to love nbout them. I guess if
you climbed them a spell you wouldn't lovo
'em much."
"They're so high and grand," sho said, look
ing up at them) "They seem so near the cool,
far-off heaven! I lovo to climb to the top and
drink in the sweet, fresh air) it docs me good
here hero." .
Slio laid her hand on her heart, and stood
looking off with a strango cxprcssin on her
face, and I thought miyho sho was homesick
and told her to go in and cut somo carpet
rags and sew 'em together, and would you be
lieve it sho up and rofuicd.
"No!" sho said, "I cannot cut Miy carpet
rags. I hato them."
I never saw her so excited over before.
"A fino temper you have," was all tho an
wcr I mado her, but I never felt so insulted
in all my life.
For n week or two I didn't see much of her)
sho was either out with John, "sketching," as
sho called it, dabbling away with somo bits of
p.isteWrd with a lead pencil) or up In her
loom where I never went. Sho camu down,
singing away, with a largo packago in her
hand, and soon John camo up with the ponies,
and they drnvo off to town together, laughing
like two children. I hope nono of the neigh.
Imrs noticed them. Anyway, they never saw
him conduct. ysclf in that way with mo,
When they 'camo homo sho was nil tired
out, ami they had n big roll of somo stuff tlioy
dumped down In tho entry.
"Its something for you, Janet," sho said,
laughing hvstericaldike. "Its carpet-rags."
I unrolled it, tml thero wero 20 yards of
bright ingrain carpet!
"Myra," said I, "this is wicked cxtrava
gaucc," for I know her money was all laid out.
"Hut it Isn't," sho said, laughing) "I earned
it mylf by drawing nnd painting thoso hits
of sketches. I sold them all ami can sell all
I can do. That was my way of cutting car
pet racs."
Well, -I-put lli orrt down, and it did
look pretty though I didn't say so. It iiu't
my way to spoil auyliody with flattery, and I
saw John's wifo was getting tho upper hand
too fast. The neighbors wero beginning to
notice her, and foolish old minister, when his
wifo ca-ne back, had lieen over thcroj and sho
led tho singing in tho church, and pretended
sho had got religion, and all tho timo she
never scrubbed a floor, or washed a dish, or
put her hand to the churn.
"John can afford to keep hired lilpf" she
s.iid to mo one day, "and I am not very strong
and my mother died of consumption." Then
she began to cry liko a hnhy, and John camo
In and looked at mo as if it wan my doing.
I must say sho could succeed in doing all
sorts of useless things raising flowers in
every nook and corner, making pets of all
animals, and painting, or playing on tho organ.
She was real ornamental, and I suppose some
folks thought her pretty. John did for one.
I don't know that sho mado me much work,
cither. She did her own washing, a long as
John would let her, ami kept her room neat
enough, though it was mostly littered up with
flowers and birds and her sketches, and at
first she sung fiom morning till night, anl
sho did have a real lovely voice, I'll allow
tint, but after a whilo sho didn't sing and
didn't talk much, and then John liegan taking
her meals up to her. Tho first timo I t-aw
him getting a tray ready, I saidi
"It's a good thing you wero brought up to
be handy, John, seeing you've got an invalid
wife."
"He didn't say anything then, but a few
days afterwards he camo to mo and saidi
"Janet, get a girl as soon as you can, and
let Aunt Hetsey come over and stay with
Myra, she is nervous and low-spirited, ami
needs company,"
Well, I suppose you've guessed the upihot
of it all) a little daughter was bom to John
and it seemed to me that a miracle was worked
in the house. Perhaps I hail never loved
John's wife she was so different from me
but when I heard that baby cry I felt thrilled
to my very soul, and I just threw my work
apron over my head aod cried for the first time
in years.
Myra didn't get strong, and the days went
on and still sho didn't get up, and I felt as if
it was my duty to go and tell her that she
musn't favor herself that' way, that she
couldn't lie abed and let strangers take care
of her child, and that she'd never get strong
till she got out, but I made up my mind
to speak in a gentler sort of a way,
I hail been thinking it over and atout con
eluded to let Myra live her own way and not
trytomske her over, especially since John
seemed well satisfied with her, and I went
up-stairs and opened the door softly and step,
ped inside. John was staudiugattlie window
looking out at the setting sun it was all red
and gold, and the room; he turned as I came
in, and the tears were rolling down his cheeks.
I never saw John cry before since he was a
crown man.
"What is it !" I whispered, going up close
to him.
He nude a motion with the back of his
IicbiI townnts tlio boil. I went over there.
' Almf llntav U'nM In n tiwL'rl- liV tlin ftittn nf it
reading tho llihlo. Mvra was looking at tho
sun set, then at her baby's slicping face. I'm
not dull to sea things, and I saw thero what
mado my heart turn cold It was the valley of
the shadow of death !
That all happened years, years ago. There
is a simplo rustic cross up in tho uravoyard
with "Myra" carved on it, and littlo Myra
and I go up thero every Sunday nnd carry
flowers to decorate it, and tho dear child sits
in my lap and puts her bltsscd littlo trms
about my neck and whlsperst "Aunty, talk
about my mamma In Heaven," and I tell how
patient and gentle sho was and how she sung
and played, and how sho shall do tho very
same thing to no day for I know now, that
flowers aro as necessary to God 'a creation as
the wood and grain, and the least littlo tiling
that makes sunshine in the world Is of great
valuo in tho dark places, and I frol sure, when
1 look up to tho hills she loved, that Myra has
reached fa'-off Heaven before mo. l'crhaps,
she will intercede for mo there,
CHOICE RECIPES.
Kknkwinii FttiiNiTUliK. No lady knows
until sho has tried it how much she may
change tlio aspect of things aliout tho house
by using a little varnish. On a sunshiny day
take the old chairs and tables out on the porch
or by an open door, and after thoroughly
dusting and wiping off with a damp cloth, ap
ply n thin coat of varnish and so cover up
scratches and marred spots of nil kinds. It
will dry in a very short time, and you will bo
surprised to sea how much good you have
done. A flannel cloth with a very littlo linseed
nil is good to rub furniture with, but the
greatest enro must bu exercised to prevent any
oil being left on the wood to attract dust. It
must bo rubbed until you would not know,
except by tho improved oppcaranco, that ni y
oil had been used.
Lii.iit I'iit I'ib, Ono pint of sour milk or
buttermilk, one teacup of sour cream and nuu
teaspoon of soda) add Hour nnd mix hard, liko
bread, and let it stand one hour to rise,
Never roll or cut It, but nip it off In pieces tho
siro you wish, Hoil ,10 minutes, and you will
always have it as light as a puff. Almost any
kind of fresh meat will mako pot pic, though
chicken, beef and veal are preferable. Pre
paru tho same as for baked chicken pie) drop
ono. thickness nf tho crust all arouml tho top
of tho pot. Let thu pot lj uncovered tho first
in minutes, then cover it and boil in minutes
longer. Ho Hire that it docs not stop boiling
from the timo tlio cnist is put in until you
tako it up; bring it to tho tahlo immediately,
I'lil'NK Ji'.txv. I'ut half a pound of prunes
into a saucepan, with two ounces of whito su
gar, a picco of lemon, a littlo cinnamon, and
sufficient water to cover them) stew until ten
tier) take out tho stones, pass tho prunes
through a sieve, crack tho stones, and put
back the kernels Into tho prune pulp. Steep
half anoiinco of gclatluo in a littlo cold water)
add tills to tho prunes with a glass of roil
wino) boil all together. Ornament a plain
lined mould with almonds blanched and split)
pour thu jelly into thu outer part, and leavo it
to get cold) when quite set, remove thu lining,
turn out tho jelly, and till up thu center with
half a pint of cream, whipped to a stiff froth.
Keeping Butter.
Kttlonsl UrC'Stoik Journal.
There aro two ways for butter makers to
get over the troubles of thu hot season, Ono
system, adopted by some good dairymen, is,
not to mako any surplus butter at that reason
hut to have their vows go dry tho 1st nf July,
and romo in again in September and October.
In this case they produce butter only at thu
seasons that command tho best price, and the
cows go dry at tho bunlint season, giving the
dairyman more time for his harvest. Less
butter is consumed during thu threo warm
mouths, ami under tho old system, moro is
nude than any other three mouths, Tho se
cond way is, to maku only thu very liest
quality of butter, even in the hot season, and
preserve it for threo mouths or moro by ex.
eluding the air from it.
If butter is put up in the best condition, and
kept from thu contaminating contact of air, it
will come out as rosy in color, and fino in
flavor, in October or December, as when put
up in July anl August. There have been
different ways devised for excluding tho air)
hut perhaps tho best way is to susicnd tho
butter In strong brine, Tho butter is put into
a nuiilin sack, and then suspended in a tub .1
inches larger all round than the sack of butter.
Whcro butter is made in considerable quantity
it is put up in sacks holding 100 tin., and
theseare suspended in oak barrel large enough
Wor all of I J inches of brine all round the
I sack. In somecaie tho oak lurrels aio made
fight at both heads) the upper head has two
cleats on the under side, 1 inches thick) thii
is to keep tho sack of butter under the brine,
as it would otherwise rise to the top. The
upper hevl is taken out, the sack put in, the
head replaced, and the brine poured through
a hole in the head, and, when full of brine,
this is plugged. This liarrel, standing in a
cool place, will keep the butter perfectly for
many months. The butter is letter when put
up in granules, only having lictn washed in
brine, but not salted or worked; and when
taken out, it is then worked and salted, anMbis told of having any musical talent) we aro
will be found ai fine as whu fresh. The brine
excludes the air, and all ii preserved.
Vlck'a FUnU. Betxli and Bulb.
Vick sends out a quantity as usual) his
seed', plauU and bulbs are always true to
name and discription. He has tho lead of all
in this respect "Vick," in fact, is a household
word. There are many phnts and flowers
that do not bloom the first year, and now is
the timo to get seeds to plant, so that by next
Spring they will be ready to transplant for
flowering, such as "Curnatus," "Perennial
Phlox," "Holy Icks," and "Canterbury
Hells." Also, now is the time to get bulht t
they are about out of bloom, anil is tho lest
time to transport across the continent. Tulip,
crocus and moat of tho lilies aro dying dnw n,
and aie ready to take up. Send soon to Vick
for his catalogue.
4i fi 4ItiIilrc,i-
MAKING LIFE LOOK BRIGHTER
Say not "Tlio world seemed datk and drear,"
Hut strive yourself to light it)
Though ignornnco rage, yet never fear,
Tis manhood's work to fight it!
Strive on, and rust will drop its scales,
Tho earnest effort seldom fails,
And purposo over doubt prevails,
Thus making life look brighter,
Docs virti o meet with small rowanl?
That thought is worldly-minded)
For vice herself is oft-abhorred
Hy slaves whom sho has blinded
Though now the clouds bo dark and dense,
When we shall waU by faith, not sense,
Virtue will have truo recompense,
Tho while the clouds grow lighter.
Then call not life a "valo of tears,"
Our lives are what we make tlicnij
And wo must weight by "deeds, not years,"
If wo would not mistako them,
Improve tho years, and life is sweet)
Wo sow good seeds to reap pure wheat)
Good thoughts and deeds mako lifa complete,
And maku tho soul urow whiter.
OUR LETTER BOX
Wo find that wo always have had sof.ir this
Summer moro letters than wo could print each
week so that there is always a few left over
for next time. It Is a good rule in lifo to
keep a littlo ahnad in everything) not to
spend the least cent) not to ilso the least bit
of anything as we never know what emergen
cy may occur that will f ml it convenient to
havo a littlo store sot ly. When wo lived In
the country, and it was not convenient to get
supplies often, wo would sometimes gut short
of things, but wo never quite used up the
sugar, tea etc., hut kept n littlo in vase of an
unexpected call.
Two littlo friends write from Greenville,
although wo don't quitu know whcro that
placo it, but wo nro jjlml to get n coiipio of
good letters from them. Wo hopo Ada takes
good caro of her canary. Wo can't help ru
minding our littlo friends that when nny bird
or animal is given to their care, that it Is a
duty to seo that they nro fed, cared for and
mado as happy as ossiblc. I'o do this there
must bo regularity and system about this care,
it is no way to feed nt any timo ono happens
to think of it, but somo timo must bu llxed
upon to look after them, and then this must
bo done every day at thu same time, and it
will not bo foitidtcn. Wo never look nt a
bird cago but the cyo first falls upon tho cups
to seo if thero is seed and water) too often wo
sea liolh almost if not quite empty, with per
haps a littlo dish of dirty, gieen water in the
bottom of it. Tho cago should bo cleaned
overy day, or the bird will not do well. They
must have a littlo green grass or chick-weed
occasionally and somo coarse sand to pick
from. Caro must bo taken that tho cauo is
not hung whcro tho eyes of tho greedy cat
can frighten it overy hour. A cat can som
U taught to know loiter than look nt tho
canary) birds Imvo often been killed just by
fright at tho sight of a hawk or cat. If hung
out doors it should havo a thin gaur.o cloth
tied over tho cage, nnd then a hawk cannot
get its claws in tho wires. Wo nro glad to
know that our, girls liko to sew and pioco
quilts it Is so nice when n girl guts older to
look at the pieces in tho quilt whtin making
up the bed, giving pleasant memories as tho
different blocks remind her of tho ones who
wore tho dresses or who gave the wraps. We
havo somo that we had forty years ago and
wo never tiro of looking at them and thinking
of thoso we used to know, some of whom
have gone to rent long ago. Aiiuio must not
let another year pass again without writing to
tlin Homo Circle, rho lins Improved wo m
and that is what wo want to oUcni. in overy
hoys and girls letter. A marked improve
ment. Take care and maku punctuations and
see that capital letters aro in the proper places,
and alxivo all spell correctly. Wu conclude
that thero Is not caro enough taken by
teachers now to lay a good foundation in
spelling, or reading. Parents should insist
upon tha,childrcu rending aloud twico a day
and spelling thu sane, wu havo a good oppor
tunity to know that tlicm most important
brandies aro neglected for higher branches of
study, Annio helps her mother, which is
lietter than all) alio has not man pets she
s.iys it seems to us if wo could bu a little
girl again that we would want to lis o in thu
country just t havo as many pets as possible.
Wo would havo a pet crow for one, thoy nrr
intelligent nnd comical, Clyde tells of a trip
to Mt. .ion where them weru seven snow
peaks to bo seen, There are no ho s and girls
in thu Kasteru SNUswho inn tell of such a
a glorious view as that, It gives ono noble
thoughts and aspirations to look upon God's
Universe, and we think it tenches, though
silently, lessons of our own littleness with
God great power, to look upon nature in her
majesty and loveliness. Civile, with many
others want to hear again from Katie 8. Wo
should think she would be flattered to havo
so many little friends, and we shall look for a
letter very soon from her telling us what she
is doing. Aunt Hetty wants a letter from
her too and she will answer it and send her a
book to remecinber her by, William says ho
lean play the violin he is tho only boy who
glad to hear of boys taking an interest in such
accomplishments, for music has an elevating
and refining influence, Kvi-ry boy who under
stands and is master of any musical Instru
ment will be apt to spend any leisure time in
this way instead of loafing around with ignor
ant boys and men who get together to smoke,
chew tobacco and tell vulgar stories, .Minnie
is a dear and loved name to us, and wu think
we should love anyone who hail tho name.
This Is one of the neatest and most carefully
written letters we havo hail for some time;
we would liko all of our little folks to do thu
very best every time they write and wo think
they do, but the tcacherv aro ct fault in not
requiring more practice in writing lessons.
Wo arc glad to know that soma ono has Wu
benefitted by our recipes, Wu havo some
times wondered If any ono cared for theni.
Wo think it would bo letter if eacli littlo
gin woiiiu let us print tlio tun name, wnldo
Hills is represented this week by I.irz.ic who
nmwrrs questions put some tHuu ago, o
llM add that Captain Or.w received a large
silver medal for his adventures, discoveries,
and when bodied his widow sent tlio nieiM to
Ort'U'Ui by Hon. J, Qutmi Thornton, and which
can bo seen at any timo in tho Secretary of
Mates room, nt the ntato House, in Nilem
Wo arc reminded. to (.ay th.it nny of tho boyi
nnd girls Mould Ihj inti rested m visiting
another room there where many curriosltios in
tho wny of stuffed birds, snakes, eggs and
butterflies, all under tlin caro of l'rof. 0, It
Johnson, who would bo glad to get anything
currioas or rare In the niiTmal world. He is n
Taxidermist, or ono who prepares animals for
exhibition. Wo s.-nt him n pet canary which
had died at tho ago of tci' years, nnd tho bird
looks perfectly natural and is priced very
highly. His terms arc very icasonahlo if nny
ono wishes to preserve n pet in this way.
Gueknvillk, Oregon, May 31, 1881.
F.dltor Homo Circlot
I go to school) my teacher's name is Mr.
Holmes) ho is n good teacher. I havo not
tunny pets to writu aliout this tunc; I only
havo a pet canaty Its name Is Nelly) it was
given to mo by a lady in Greenville. I have
mado a four patch quilt) It is veiy nice. I
think KntyS. lisd hotter wako up, or thu lioys
will get ahead of her, but I guess sho is too
busy plowing now to write. I sen In tho Lit'
tie Folks' letiers something nbout tho Russian
K npire, hut nil I can say aliout it 1st I can tell
whcro it is situated. It is situated in tin
northeastern part of Europe, and extends from
tho IUItic sea to tho Pacific ocean nnd Heh
ling strnit, and is tho lnrgot Kinpiro In the
world) this is nltout nil I know nbout the
Russian Kinpiro. Our grain nnd vegetables
look very nice out here, hut tho bentis nro all
sHiilcd by tho frost. Thero is quito a good
crop of strawberries this year, nnd nlsn ol
gooseberries ami currants. I will bring my let
iers to a closu with my best wishes to the
Faumku. Yours truly,
Ada llii.l.isiniKii.
OiiKKNVll.t.f, Oregon, May .10, 1881.
Ivlltor Homo Circle t
It has been a year silica I wrotu to the
Homo Circle. 1 go to school) ourchool will
bo out in June. All tho littlo folk's tell what
they do to help their mothers) I wash tin
dishes, sweep, mako my bed, milk and iron,
I sin sorry to say that I have not got nny pott
to writu about but a cat its iiamo Is Cnsslu,
Wu havo got A littlo colt its namu is Princu)
and to littlo spotted kitten; thoy nro very
pretty, ami to littlo calves their names aru
Daisy and Lilliu. Our teacher's name is Mr.
Holmes; I liko him very much) I study read
dig, arithmetic, spelling nnd geography. Wu
havo nbout 100 littlo chickens and III) old ones,
1 do not know much nltout tho Russian Km
piru) it is thu largest Kinpiro In thu world) it
extends from thu Rattle son to tl.o Pacific
ocean nidi Rehring strait. Everything is grow
ing nicely hero at present as we Imvo bad a
nia- rain, and vegetables aru looking fresh nnd
green. You don t hnvu a very full letter lioxj
it seems liko thu littlo folks uru getting care
less nbout writing. I would liko to hear from
Aiuiiu L nub again. I w ill close for this time.
Anmk II. IIaiiiu.tt.
I.01T Vali.kv, Oregon, Juno f, I8SL
Kditor Homo Circlet
On this lonely and tlnary morning, I will
try ami add a lino to tlio Hoinu Circle, Wo
had quito n refreshing shower of rain, which
lias llvcnril up tlio anUits, kiuI is quito oil
coiirngiug to the farmers who expect to reap a
bountiful harvest. On thu first day of May,
myself nnd twenty-two other ersoiis went to
tho top of Mt. Ion; had n very pleasant timo.
wo couiti see seven a.iow mountains without
thu nid of nny glass. Threo Sisters and Mt.
Hood and others, which I do Hot know tho
names of. After walking aliout most of tho
d y pushing rocks down tho sidu of thu mount,
iiiii. Wo cat our luncheon which wo hail tak
en with us, and then returned homo nfter a
day of enjoyment, which will never lu forgot
ten, I nm now going to school; wu havo a
very interesting and industrious school) there
aru '10 scholars' names on thu roll. My teach
er's iiamo is Mr. H. F. Mulkoy, a stude.it of
the Christian College. KatioS, has not writ
ten to thu Homo Circle department for some
tiiiiu. I would liko to hear from all thu young
folks often, especially thoso fromTfio far lint
em States. As ever, your friend, C. C. II.
I.ITTI.K Hock, W. T Juno II, 1881.
Kditor Homo Circlet
I am n girl thlrtein years old, and I never
wrotu to u paper In fore, I nm Iwaidiug away
from homo and going to school, Thoy tako
the Fahmkk where I am staying and 1 liku it
very much. Wo havo a school of fourteen
scholars My trucher is Miss Parw lit) I like
her very much, I study fifth reader, spelling,
practical nrithmetio, writing, and geography.
I havo to walk two miles and a half to kIii ol,
I mado n mat after ono of Aunt Hetty's
recipes and think it very pretty and I also
saw soiiiu beautiful laco mado from uunthei
rvciHi, I should liku to hear from Kattio S
as 1 havo not seen a letter from her for several
weeks. I should also liku to hear from M. T,
I hope shu will havo butter success thu next
timo sliu govs lulling, I wish shu would
sign her full namu Instead of her inituls as 1
liku to know who thu letters nru from 1
will closu wishing thu FaiiMKU long lifu and
success. Your sineeio friend,
MlNMK J. AmIII.I.Y.
Litti.k Hock, W. T., Juiiu II, 1881.
Kditor Homo Circlet
As I havo seen many letters from the lit
tlu girls and lioys, I will tiy and write soir.e,
too. I nm uoiuu to school now) we havo aliout
fourteen pupils) my teacher is Miss Parsons,
and I liko her very much. I am a Imy 17
vtan old. and I weiuh ffj pounds. I can nlav
on the violin. I study filth nailer, spelling,
practical arithmetic, and writing. I havo no
peU to tell about. So I will close by wishing
the Faumku great success,
William A. McAllihtkii,
Aiimhvillk, Oregon, June II, 1881.
Kditor Home Circle
As I havu not seen many letters from Waldo
Hills, and not from thu Isoyst and girls from
tho neighWhood, I thought I would write
one. There is school at present, but ill aliout
two weeks our school will bu out, Kveri thing
is growing nicely here now as we have just
had a nicu rain. Vegetables are looking fresh
and green. I quito agree with a young farm
er when he asks why should wo writu about
somo foreign country, when wo aro so ignor
ant of our own, I will now answer his ques
tion t In 1702 Cnptaln Gray, of Hoston, was
the first man that entered thoCo'umbia river,
and he gave thu liver tho name of histhip. On
his return, ho gave a flattering report of
the cniintrv. In tho vesr I SO I Jelleikoii tent
un exploring party under thu command of
Captain Lewis and IJuiittnant Clarke, who
followed thu Mitsouri river to its sourcu, ami
descended thu Columbia river to thu Paciflu
ocean, licneral Jou lanu was tnu nrst uov-
enior of Oregon. Iauu: V. Ilnwn,
Children
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Mothers like, sud Physicians
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