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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1882)
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ALL I'AI'Klih DISCONTINLH) AT THE EXPIKA TION OK THE TIME PAID JOIt. amity Aanrnra II I, Htmrnon Lebanon u w smiin Lett 1st Me IICMcTimmonds .. .(leo sillier Cn.ti.vllla. .W It Kirk Looking Glass, M uothran Lincoln L Abrami ButUvlllc . . John UaUJic-lIcr aptto Creek K Hkcrvln fcook. V II Harris Bcllcvue JclTllasli Ufa itte JWMranre lIcMlniiviIlc J Mcl'hlllips Mioy H Itnbtiins Mt Pleasant K 8 Thayer Marl ..HH Ituthirlord Mohawk . ..J 8 Churchill Monmouth, Wwaterhouao Nnianiblll. GWSapjilnirton Powell Valhj TK Williams Pilot llotk.. .E Oilllam Pendleton. Lot l.lvirniore I'crrjilale .J W Med raw I'lcasantlllll Ott Handsalccr Hlversiile ... OK Known Itenilbtin;.. H K llatnionil Oawfonlsilllc llftlit Olass Opttaife fir .J II MiortrlJire Srvallls .aujer .imiim, lAllllKXI,' JotU JamaM.UK Dayton. Drains Mllas . Dutilr. Kola K 0 llaila.way lli.n J O Drain , . ..I. ruiiw. .J D Smith . A .1 liufur, Jr Thoiini IVarco Klklon A II llalncs Bjiirine llonJ HMcUliinu dlcnbunr Hon M lilityj rorost (.rove S lluc-his fox Valhy A II (iartlnurj Ooihui I llJinlsikir hnu'l Home .7. II Mow halcni .S W Cliurch Stiijtori .ADOnrdnir Sublimity Jno Donning Spio J H Morris lla-ton V C lUiyniond n.,rv,il M MIU.hi.ll flictlil . tt M l'otrs OolileiuUh III HivlorltHij.Taiiirriil John l.uer llonTlioahniith Ilnrr sbm-ir II'" II iirmn " "iinr llalaey Ulna, PiurlftUo WIllauiltloK . a nusisi IrrltiiT A f lennlnjri nines ;," Didepi mli-ini I. IlisUIn Wifton ,..'i-b!31 Jacksmitllle Mix MiillirWaltshinv " , ,s"4' JUiHtlm. W II Dahir Walla Walla J; . laeolis jaAcrsoil J W lloland'Zcnil H H (lllnhlo Thorn s ('roHs. Ksq., the old stuck man and aifstcinrr, who Is idn.tillod with Oregon for thirty ycarB hack, iffers for sale 2,000 acres of ,o d fanuiiig land live miles norm oi Hatem. IU also has a puro breed of Hcrk biro mid poland China swine, and Spanish Merino shtcp. When Mr. Cross talks slock lie certainly means bnsinc-s. We ato glad to ee him in the market again, and it is a gool tiling for fuiiii.is that Unc o Tommy is able to Imi alniit, working awa at his favorite iu tensis When it comes tn stock ho can hold his own .mil any man on top of tho ground. Of courto those in iieid of stock animals will five laisis n o.dl. Tiik gricultunl roturnsof Ireland for 1882 ihow tint tho sorcago under crops, including sneado v and cloior, has docroised unco 1881 by 1 U..T.J7 i n s. Tho total acreago of the oountn ii '211,328,703 acres, of which one-half is u der rnsturo, one-fourth under crops, and llmi qt fiiiuth loft tu fence, marsh, road nil .vrtlir 1'hero haa been agr.nlual diminu tion i.f t u area uuiler cultivation for tho last twenty ycirs. The countr) has 184,002 fewer sfcerp. and 9.02B tewor horses than it had a year ai; hut it has 334 100 pigs, 30 000 more head cf laltlf, and 20,325 moro poultry. X882 Wo i Mio this wet k thu last edition of the WllLMrrrK Kahmkk for 18S2. It la well etl gh to iuvie tho Jinr, to recall its tvents and iiLiiliiiritira, and try to liurn somithiiiir from it i husijiis, 'Iho gp'iit inUrpriBis that hao liteu lit ooiiisx f ennstruutioii have Hindu rapid and sat'H hi I T) piogrcai. Tho pup in the line of tho N itwrn l'acifio road is rapidly closing. The tn ii ends otio making fiom tho K ut und tho ot In r fiom the Wet- am u'rendy far ad taiiceil in th limits of tho Tmiitoiy of Moo tan), and will soon clo mi i giui tho l'a.illc Jloit mist a onmieited rallruiul lineHcro-s the oonl I nit Tho Hiker City branch is also saualiiiiLr t wards ltoiso City to meet thvro the Oreg 'ii Shoit Line, to coilmct with tho Union Favilii', and constitute another ilinct route oyula nl m the Kaat. I'ho Nonhoni raeitio road will prnbably be oompluted within eight mouths, an I po-stihly tho Ureg n Short Line, also, withn tho oar 1883, llfsides tluse, cailt in ISSI within llfucu months wo may exp i ' iiiniiectinii South with Califnriiu. Oi-1; m will soon hio llino cnnuritions, by rail, with the wido world. Itusiilis these gioit enterpiiaes, our region will uiKiii reilio tho I'oiiatructiiui of tho N. P R. II. t Kiliiiu from 1'ortl.uiil, nuking a tlir ugh bv rail louto to l'uuit Sound. The -omt'iuli' n oi bianeh imds, toduilop nwiy avotiiui of our country, will . i on as upully at piB hl-i. Vtry somi thu i .uilie Northwest will p a si a iiniiloti' Bjstini of iuho.nl that ii h inenlod by our uilMgablo wutus, nib aim pin all tho couutiy into luIih.Ui'.I c ft. i as it can bu so made. Our fe.it no . . in Im womlirfut, It is only nictss.i- pion ry th -o leisuiixlily improve its resources tn aiaUi t a3 'I ho iar lb82 has I ecu a prosperous year for t' di-, "' h givin prolltablo employ ineut t uucluiics and l.tborir. Asaiu'e, the .Smtli l'.K'Hic ooiiuti) is prosH-rous, but vu it .omptllfil to doubt It properit in a suitai'h tligr o luwanls the labots of agrnul turt V rt i all the ptiwpi'llty that Ultts the farmir sums tu oftm lag a little behind the lest. As tho pro.pt.rity oi all i-oautrica u Itaiiiytl liv tho suiceas of ngiiculturv, this .nan ,Mail(ixKiil It It lintrrtluless Hue that u fat mi I d not n.i'ui full) the pr pen t rhiv set in intitlnl to. Our ((i.at stsjilo of wheat lu brought us oid tuu-lersti nlpini. Sprinit iouiiil' did nut 'tun i If a k,otd ilt'p in an) iluoitiuK Knt i tbe iVeailm tho unprri-tdililril dtnir'i g e u suecis to spnu aiming o win I In Witt 'in Ore t n, that was true, n alrs't 'h-kivo Oar spuugiropa m.ido mil) a ligln )nlt. I'hose wlu tru.tnl txelu.nth to w 1 1 .t growing wt-io not aatistliHl, but a I wliosn'iil wheat iu the fall, ill suimmr fal low I pirpiivl, suciiltil well Ktir whor , Knt and West, wheru fall grain was put wtll and early, good emits rrsulted n i.i t to learn lioin tht faet a a!uah!u lotan t .At gtwd farming pa)t." While wheat has not paid largely, it haa .till paid will or fairly well for labor ex rnnded. All other crops have pal I bett.r, no far aa they vere marketable. Hay, oat, po tatoesthese are all high. Dairy pn ducts are all well up. Hops bore a fabulous price. The wol grower took in two millions for thtir fleecis alone. Beef, pork and mutton are high priced; poultry u salable at-good fig All !,.. . farmer haa fnr alo is maik. t- J .),! st Bnod prices. 'Ihen, why is it thwt we do not tee more realization of succei-8 In farm iog circles? We wish some or many far mers would investigate the subjeit and nally exf lain the situation. If the farmirs ol our region are well off, let ut know it. All the experience we gather from 1882 goes to show thst the man who haa different branches of farming to support him thrives the best. Mixed husbandry is possible here, and pas well when prudently fallowed. We should like very much to have some success. ful farmer explain his methods and tell how he manages to succeed. So far as our whole regit.n is concerned and wo count all tho Columbia basin as our region we hao every occasion to be satisfied with the prospect of the future. We hate a good country and it will support millions. It will inpo' rt moio and support them better, if ita tared resourcis shall call out varied in tluttries. The tarth teems with wealth, but mismsnigeimnt will waste its riches in naught. 'I he ol je t wo hive in pjblishing the Kahhku is to thow by practical experience what the farmer can best do and how to do it. Wo should like to have fully the lesson 16S2 has taught. SOME FACTS ABOUT WHEAT. Tho superior quality of Ongon wneat is matter of pride and sati-factiou to On iron wheat growers. V have always gathe ed inforii ation bearing on this sulijict an 1 study the charact'rifticB of different seasons with uito'cst. It is evident that the wheat of some years is sop rior in quality, as well s that some districts produce bitter wheat than Other-. Wo have several times referred to tho fact that localities in Polk ar d Yamhill, along tho wist side of tho valley, and on the east side of Marion and Linn counties, bring wheat that is sup-rinr to other localities of tho Willamette Valley. Mr. 0. W. Ilutn.h'e, of the Oiegou City Imperial Mills, has been in the business for 18 years. In a rtcent conversation, wo learned some things worth repeating. It is a mtttcr of common noloiiuly that the whett of 1881 was inferior to the average. The berry was lino looking and plump, but the wheat fell short in weight. In the best siasons wheat has been know n to average 63 pounds to the bushel. It is a good year lion the average goes from CO to 01 pounds. The best wheat rec ived at Imperial Mills in 1881 went only 58 pouuds, and ordinary grades wint lower, some as low as 56 pounds to the bushel. It was iliscutered soon after harvest r hat the wheat was lightweight. Owing to the presence of rain, to somo extent, in liar vest, and early in the fall, the wheat of th it year went into wan house damp, to some de gree, Wo usually hato dry and warm wrath tr all through harvest, and alter it, long rimuwh to get the crop m Inn or w.uehouse.so the wlu at, as a rule, is thoroughly dry when ground, Iu lottl such was nut t' e case Kor all its light weight it was Hived in a damp uuditiou, which should hiivo incicasid tho weight. Iljtli wheat and Hour that was sent to Ku rope tint jear, was found damaged on its arrival. That was true ot nearly all the cargni'B sent fiom the Columbia, con posed of valley wheat. Mr. llurnsido thinks there was not d impuoss tn ciusotho damage-, but that it was something lacking in the wheat that it did not perleetly mntuie. The wheat ground and shipp-dto diffVreiit parts of this coast all kept well; the only damago was to wheat tent on long toyagtB through the tn pus. Mr. lluinsilc loaded ono veajelthot already had f00 tons of choice wheat of crop of '81 on boanl. Ho examintd this carefully, to see if there was danger of his own cargo being con taminated, and concluded the wheat on lnard was iu first late order. Ho filled thottasel up with llour, part of which was ground from wheat raised in IShO, and held over ; part biingof tho nop of 1SS1. When tho tessil reached Kuglaiid, the wheat that was pro nounced ohoi.'i! buforo it sailed from hero was found to hiuliiiMged so as to be almost worth lens ; ptrt of the Hour wns also in bail onlei ; all that was in good unlet on arrival there was llour that was made of wheat held (iter (nun ISbl That cargo serted to illuatrtte the iiiiTcrrnco Intwinii tho w heat grow n m the two years. In no i tlur )eur did we ltatu so much lain during harvest and immediately afttr, ami mi ether year than ISSI did Oregon eargois reach their destination in such bad oitler. A SUB-AQUEOUS AMALGAMATOR. . Wo lamo aerosi an item, -in some of our Ongon exchanges, this week, that refers to some person w ho hat a valuable, cold mine em the iK-eun boaeh. For many tears there haa been iKic.itioiul excitement uter tliu fact that beach sand on th coast, I flow tho Un piiua, ! i m t n.. :....t..nsm and perhaps otsew hi re, contains coniiderable , had never U-en mel to extravagant In ing, tine gold. I In gi'ld must Into washed down ' but bad kept hcute before that in lhst Port the. iiteisof S'Uthern Oregon, snd as fine as ' lml. w hero the grocery stent are w II sup llour, beotuio mixed with the tin 1. of the sea riled with fruits and vegetable Mie com .1...... Mane itfjrU have been made to nunc plain d that it was unnos.iM. to I uy many . . . .. . t ... -i a. witliprmit along too o a.t, u.itm.uui u , II. ir. nr. .-..... hn.v.1 111 en Invent, it will go iuto diep water, oil ahere, and bring up .ami, pan it out aud tou will inetitably find gold in It. Not only it It fouud in tho sea and along the lach, but older beaches are fouud, at much as 200 feet abote the preteut mo , Jt , ! t . " Trt o . n, wt.ng. The extent I Tl... .com. to be the case gen. rally among '""chant. tradesmen w .11 have letter , ." . ,,, t l?or .hMml along the tow,, o. the t.lley Maiket cale,u sup- W and more customer, than during the I. coT.1 o Ca fo ,u and Oregon for bun ply P ril.nd. AUauv.Cort.il... Ku,cue and twelve month; an. our dnancal .. . iXl.l.urfl...VM- (5old is no, Salem, but w, doubt ,f there ,. tno.her town J0. be busy and prospcrou..Wo nlv found ahiui: the ire.o..t beach, but if tout in the WilU.iKtte Valley, where thingt are .i"rTr.r. WTLLAMETTE PARMER: POBTLABP, OREGON, DECEMBER shore line, lilt high and dry by the gradual elevation that ts going on, so perceptibly that it cm be shown in recent years. We hear oc casionally of the finding of these old beaches, and that tht sand is rich with fine gold. Here, then, we havo millio is of gold waiting to b gathere I by some process; but, despite the in senility of many inventor, no process that has been tried moves effectual. Mr. Bladt 1. rartu r in milling schemes with Capt Geo. J. Ainsw..rth, purehased n invention tor tins purpose made in Albany, for tho importance oftheolject causes new machines to be con stantly constructed. I he latest of all inventions, however, comes fn.m Salem, anil is devised by Mr. Win. H. Leininger, of the Chemeketa Hotel. Mr. L. has many inventions now in use, and is an inventor by profession. We have noticeJ I ii intentions in the past, as our readers may recollect. This one it a very simple con trivance thatconforms to the common methods in use for saving gold. Just as fold bearing earth is washed and gold is saved on copper plates with quicksilver, this machine is oper ated. It consists ot four plates of corrugated metal copper coated with silver so as to take up the gold in quicksilver to the best possible advantage. There are two sets of these plates, one above the other, tho upper tier ranging back from the lower on.s. In front of the lower plates cultivator teeth are fixed. A hitching chain is risjeed to the outfit, aud two horses cau drag it over tho beach when it is a little submeriiid. 'Iho effect will be that this low of tieth in front of each lnwir plate will stir tho sail 1 so tint it will ri e aud pass over both tlin loAirand upper platis, and the golel will no netine i in tne quicfcinvur ciuii U placed on tho corrugations. In this manner all the elftct is produced ot stiinngund wash ing thesind an 1 saving gold on copper pla es by u.e of quicksilver. The model lie hns m ule shows this principle. Machines can be in idi ot any detired si2e and capacity. The om shown is adapted for two horses, but a size to bo managed by one or more men can be easily fashioned. It is also possible to make them to be operated in water 200 feet de. p by steam tugs. All the inventions we have known to precede Mr. Leininger's have been compli cated, and required chemical nppliancts. His is perfectly simple, and contains the genuine principle of gold saving as practicid in all mining operatioi s, and it is tailed "Leinit - Ltrs Sub Aqueous Amalgamator. If it is poseible to invent any process for saving this beach gold, this simple mode of hrinuing tho fine gold into alliance with quicksilver may be a success. Keally and Truly a Good Farm Gate. A gate is useful in the last degree. A farm, to be complete, should have plenty o' them, and good ones at that. But gates be como a nuisance, generally, when they are patented We newspaper men class patent gates with lightning rods and seeding ma chiie agents. At the State Fair we always expect to havo invitations from enterprising men to, "Let me show you the finest thing you ever saw." It alwa)s proves to be a swinging gtte, that acta mechanically, auto matically and every other way imaginable, but always swings on a pttent. Tliu other day, at Salnn, we met Frank ltiee, blacksmith, as good a man as Salem has in it. When Frank wanted to tiku us to see his "patent gito," wo leokol at hi h, queerly, but went all the same, Hrce is the sort o man you don't like to blight when o asks u lavor. We saw the latest patent of pates and don't wondir Frank likes it.and his boys have undertaken, to make them. Cumpton's automatic gate is made of light iron rods and bars ; is light in fia i e ; it both opt lis and shuts by pulling a string, at either side, tint woiks a lever. Pulling Ii htly (a child can do it) on that string moves the iron lever so as tn throw the gate otf its balance at the upper hinge ; that lifts the latch and it springs open. You hold on tightly un'il it luteins at a put that holds it open only an instant and then you drive through, Pull the other string, the gate unbal nco itself and doses. That is all there is of it. It works lither way with perfect eise, and with perfict certainty. Tho gato will shut east and not j ir, if jou manage it conectly. It is, it-ally and truly, a perfect farm gate, ami worth evi ix body's attention. The adt. uitagcs nte that tho gato and fix tuns art) of iron, though imtheaty. It is so simple and strung it cannot get out of order. After tud)ing it carefully, we pron unco it a pcifoct farm gate-, certain to o crate iu the tasiest and best manner, Farmeiswro live in Marion slid Pulk countita should cill and see it woik Those counties aiu iwned b liictt aud Hoas, whose shop is ippositu where the new bauk is going up, on Commercial strict. They cannot make these gates in any counties but Polk and Marion, but auv b dy can buy of them that chooses to do so. Price ranges from $12 to $20, according to tyle and orntment. WASTED OPPORTUNITY. We met, the other day, lady who had lately mot nl and commenced housekeeping in one of the best tow nt m Linn county. Mie !.:...... Lii-d iltir tt umtlil tstfMii nvpfi' f .i i 1 1 r ( y,.. ." " "- -."" ,."". tllll! II lO Cruw 1W llllimil mi' rsii'l ravn.ui-i not ttry much as they aro at the plae-o we t-ak of. The question antes i How can the mtivhabts of thitae smaller towns fall to pro tide the commonest Itemtof life for their cut joins It looks at if they could eoga some farmer that if he would raise these things thiy will sell thi m for him. Tnenweask: How can our faemers afford to lose such an import aut revenue? To show the absurdity of tre situation, it is only necetBary to state that merchants in tl e small country towns usually receive supplies of California fruits and tegetable, an 1 must, of course, find customers for tin in. Our far mers should consider the wants of etery vil lage wh n they plant tnt ir gardens, and make a profit from supplying the wants of their in habitat ts. There is no good reason why the country markets should not be fully supplied with every sort of frui's and veetablo in the season, as completely as the larger towns. A true system of mixed farming will accomplish all that, and make the country more prosperous. December as Pleasant as Hay. Ho many people living above the 4Gth degree of latitude, in any part of the world, saw a Christmas Day to pleasant that the peppermints were spring up, and the sunny atmospheio was like a May day ? Not many, certainly; but we have had that experience in the Willamette Valley. For a day before and after Christmas we had charming weather, so pleasant that a fire was only Lecessary to take the chill and dampness off the air within doors. Without it was a perfect day. Octo ber and Nnvcmber wire very fine mouths. During the sixty das there were a fen r.uny chjs, but uot many when work could not be done to advantage. We look for a pleasant winter if no cold weathur comes within a fort night. Our recollecti n of former winters i, tint if we pa-sid the ho'ida)s without frost, ne d not expect it. Of course, we may hate some cold weather, but our winlir weather sets in by New Yiars as a until thing. We shall watch with interest the indications of the nuxt fortnight. James S. Chaffee, Waasaie, N. Y.,hasa silo by the side of nnd parallel with his biro, and so arrarged that the ensilage comis fr-nn the tilo to the floor, directly over the anima s to bo fed the barn being built against a side hill and the silo placed on the upper side. The dimensions of the silo are 12 fett by 50 feet with a depth of sixteen feet. The walls of the silo are concrete, o hydraulic cement, gravel and cobblestones, the cot cr was made of lj-inch spruce boards, placed cross-wise, and fitting loosely to the sides of the silo. The ensilage was weighted with stone, seventy-five pounds to the square foot. Including the roof the cost of the silo was $350. Corn was the only crop ush! for ensilage, sown in drills three feet apart, and cut when fully tisselled and before any of the juices dried up or were appropriated for the formation of the ear. Mr. Chaffee produced fron aixteinto thirty tons of green corn "per acre, twenty tons being his average yield, Blount's Pro lific proved the best for ensilage, and Whites Southern next best. The fodder was cut in one-half inch lengths by a cutter driven by a five-horse steam engine. In rilling tbe silo, the msiligu should be distributed evenly in the silo and packed as thoroughly as possible, putting in from twentt five to thiity 'ons per day. Alter tho silo is full a few inches of straw should be addtd before placing the cov ering planks. Eighty cents was the cost of filling p-r ton of fodder put in. In this case two months elapsed before open ng tho silo. Mr. Chaffee wri'es: The ensilage loses its green color, but retains form and consistency, with no appnciable less of moisture; has a slightly acid taste and alco holic smell, with sometimes a very small loss it top from mould and decay. There was no deterioration in tho quality of the ensilage after opening the silo. In feeding milch cows ensiltge affects a saving of grain and forage, while cows thrive better under its use than without it. The milk is richer and pleasanter to tho taite more like pro luce from pasture than from hay and grain. I fed fifty pounds emllage per day to each cow, rotnetimt s alone in the feeding, but usually in connection with hay and grain. While feeding ensilage I noticed a decided gain in flesh, appetite bet ter, hair slotk and glossy, and tyes bright. Tho exctllcnt condition of my stock has at traded the attention and admiration of num berless visitors on the subject of ensilage. The piotitablenets of ensilage lies mainly in the fact that it can bo made to double, tho stock csrrjing lapteity of our eastern farms, and that too at a tery small comparative cost. Its adtantages to the sale milk diarymen are in calculable, and I sre no reason tthy thty should be less to bulter and cheese product rs Dairy farmer who hato med atlos two jeirs have already milled fifty per cent, to their former stock. Amtnean Culiurmt. This Great and Glorious Country With her crop of 0,000,000 halts of cotton, toward 000,000,000 bushels of wheat, and o er 1,5.00,000,000 bushels of corn, tie may look bpon our enormous and astonishing imports as not alarming; the owners of American rail way property hate a right to expect particu larly happy results, and theso who feel dit courage.1 at the comparative slowness of our expoit nisrkets may possess their souls in pi a e. At Kuropo must take our surplus, tte netil not be in a hurry to send our ue cotton and our foolstuLTs abriad, aud we need not send ant thing on which we have uot made a gnod profit. The future is dec dedly iu our fator Our fanners have and will hate an abundance of ev.rything; our mechv ics a. d ..."... ... I.ONK Jack, Mo., Seit U, 1S79. I have been using Hon Hitters, aud have re ceiled great benefit from them for Irtercom- I plaints and malarial let tr. IDey are teen er to all other medicines. P M. IUrm-s. 29, 1882. Washlntton Territory t. NebraUta. From the Kirf (Nth ) Timet. We republi.h below a letter from Mr. Ly man Wood, formerly of this place, but who now resides in Washington Territory. Aside from the prejudice he bears for this part of God's footstol, Mr. Wood writes an excellent letter. We have taken pxms to inquire, and hate jet to find a resident in this locality who has witnessed a ct clone here, or any more damage trom lightning than occurs in any other State at any lime. To be sure, we have a zephyr now and then that wculd till the sails of an ordinary sailing vessel, but no seri ous damage results from them. The winds in Nebraska, blow they ever so hard, have i.o horrors in comparison with those of an earth quake, which occasionally comes along and swallows people aud thtlr property iu the land of our correspodent's adoption. SEATTtK, W. T., Sept. 1. Etl. Times and friends iu Firth : "The merry May hath pleasant hours, and dreamily they ulide. As if they floated, like the leaves, on the sil ver tide. The trees re full of crimson buds, the woods are full i f birds, And the waters flow to music, like a tun" with pleasant words." Do not for oue moment think I have forgot ten you. After a fullow arrives iu heaven he generally wants to rest awhile, look around a little, renew old acquaintances, form new t tits, ascertain what kind of a people he has fallen among, take his bearings, pot the lay of the bind, ito , before returning to eatthly af fair', and now that I have been through those pteiimiia-ies I suppese you all wish to know h iw I like this far-away wonderful kentry. Must say "this is tho way 1 long havo sought" 1 like it hire it is just what I expected to find; with me it Ills the bill; it supplies tho long felt want that haunted this peaceful breatt. By my continued silence some base thought I did not like this promised land; but right here allow me to disabuse your minds ol all such evil thoughts, for I am well pleased with the change, although the trip took all my "pocket change," and I cannot begin to ex press to you my delight, the calm satisfaction and relief I feel in being away from those scorching hot south winds, annoying dust storms, terrific lightning, tremendous water spouts, and awful cyclones of Nebraska. You know for nights and weeks and months at a time I could not close my eyes in sleep in the rasping climate; but here there is no electric i y and the moment I drop to bed Morpheus clasps me in his hiving arms and holds me in his luxurious embrace until broad daylight of the following morning. I am making up for lost time. It "seems as if evening breezes from that other land Nebraska probably Ed. Times laden with fragrance, plays upon my cheeks and lulls my heart;" and if I thought there was as much difference between heaven and earth a there is between Wash ington Territory aud Nebraska, I would ban ish my doubts, waive my objections, join the crowd and go to heaven. This is truly a nice country, and I just re vel in this cool, gray climate; for the mist and gloom of these soft, mild rains twice a month aro balm to my soul, moisture to my system, oil to my ears, and luxurious repose f my neives. The first six wteks we were here we could do nothing but wonder and admire, sletp and enjoy. But before a fellow can com prehend the country he has to come here and "be born again," aud any of you who think ) ou aro old to commence life anew, had bitter rem dn east of the mountains where in the 35 or 40 years of your livings you have kind o' got the run of things. This leing "born again" is terril le; 'twas bad enough the first time, but the second time is worse. You may read all tneir emigrant pamphlets, beliete every word, aud then know the tenth part has not bi-en told of the beauties and resources of this productive country with its warm winters and cool summers; and should I ever so far forget ui)stlf as to come back to Nebraska to live, I trust one of those terri le cyclor es will come twisting its head around, seize me by the scalp lock and jerk me into heaven so quick it will make my head swim. Money is plenty, health No. 1, wages good, saws, hammers, steam whistles and factories are running merrily on cvtry tide, nnd every thing booming right along. But do not under stand mo to be urging any ol my friendi to come here; it is pgamst tho principle if the peoplo on this coast; they aro very particular about that; it is 2,700 miles trat el, the ex pense is considerable, and they mipht not like it few at first do then blamo would attich, and no ono likes to incur that risk or assume the responsibility. One thing certainly speaks well for this country. Those who havo bteu here long- st like it best, and you can hear m umb.n g, growling cr complaining; all seem to he wel satisfied. But in the wet weather, fiom November until April, I expect they howl; if they do, I'll let you knoty, for 1 do not wish to misrepresent an) thing, though I give ever) thing the coloring it assumes to me 1 am truly glad to note by the pre.s that you have 'xcellent crops in Nebraska and Kansas, and short in Iowa and Illinois. This just sets tho average Nebraskaus wild with enthusiasm. They pull themselves up by their boot.traps, wii k, till out their cheeks, chuck each other in tha ribi or umler the chin, tickltd i early to death, c-ow, cackle, and make as much noiie as a little pullet that has just laid her first egg. lint next ear at this time you will see them moping around like a cow t'lat has lest her cud, lower lip dragging the ground, aud faces as long as a meeting house crank. Verily, the hnmbugjed, be niuhttxl, hopper-ridden, terror-ttneken Neb ratkan is a stupid bird; he writhes tnd twists and sways about in the incessant winls, wrenched out of joiut by the rheumatism oi c)cl net, beaten dowu by the ha 1 storm, he cowers and quite rs with fear from the vivid lightnings, tiukt afnghted into hit dug-out from the ternble tornado, is wished out by tremendout water tpout, and immedi.t.ly thereafter relentlessly punned by the mort gagor for getting away with mortgaged prop erty, when, in fact, he had nothing to do with it. The hot south winds penetiate i,d per meate his entire system. He dam-es and lis yells, keeping time all tho lime to the d- Seat ing winds as they shrink and shrivel his anat omy, weazen his fac, whittn his locks, aud fiially waft his carcass to the cemetert, where they surge and whistle nnd wad in mournful cidinci-s, a requiem o'er what his passed to nothingness. So drifts the clnry and enthusiasm of tkt firmer in the State of perpetual sunshine, tht hopper, and the shallow stream Tins may be drawing it pretty strong, but whenever I think of that darned deeetful Stite that promises so much and yields so little, it stirs all the bile in my system, and I just love to dip my pen in gall and pour it out in a tor rent, for I do not think I could go to heaven with all that bitterness in rre. What I could I even then? Wei), it isn't btat to carry too much ballast when sailing in that direction; a fellow might sink, and where 'd he go to? he'd simply strike those same hot south whites in a lower strata. David Franklin is here and doing well complains that he docs uot teccive his share of letters from Firth. If any ono there knows themselves indebted to him for letters, they will please write, as you don't know how glad we are to receite letters trom those far away. Now, trusting I havo ilisil.uscd ) our minus of thought that I do not like it here, or that I would return to Nehnska 1 1 live, I remala yours truly. Li man Wood. Wo give room in our loluini s fur the above letters, not that thero is any pnticular en lightenment in it for any one, but merely te show how silly a man of Mr. Wo tl' sense and experience can be when the notion takes him. Of cc.urse, tl oe acquainted with hist beloic he left here will kn w that he knew he was writing a mass of niisstitcmeuts when he penned the abave, and. when ho himself reads his foolishness in print, will undoubtedly go behind the door aud pinch himself for being an ass. A Bad Bereavement. At Hume, Deo. 20, 1882. Mr. S. A. Clarke : Dear Sh It is my sad task to inform yoi that dreaded disease, scarlet fever, has visited our f.mily and taken from us our oldest daughter, Eleanor Mabel, dud November 30th, aged 10 years, 3 months and 20 days, and our fourth child, Motton A., aged 4 years, 11 months and 0 days, died December 4th. If in printing this obituary notice, Mrs. Clarke would add a few remarks or verses to heal, or help heal, a mother and father's heart, we would be thankful. ft may teem familiar to ask Mrs. Clarke U do this, but we have all learned te love her through the " Home Circle," and have all felt the inspiration of that deep, true love Elea nor always turned to that department of tke paper, and had often thought of taking a part by writing a letter. She thougr t ao much of the little letters. My wife aud I began our career in Oregon December 8, 1871, have had born to us rive children, and this is our first sickness ; but when it bus come, it has beea like the cyclone; it has crushed our hopes and rendered our home desqiate. Hi-'pectfully, A. AND Harrikt E. Hutsinpeileb. No words of ours can do more to win for our friends sympathy in this hour of afflictioa than what the father has so feelingly siid. Cuming down from .letters in this week we mt with Prof. Conda, to well known to many. We talked for awhile about thuus of life and then of the transformation th it foil iws life that we miscall doath. Our friends can be certain that their little ones have only beea trans'ornied into something more beautiful than earth can afford. Tne loit ones will be wating on the Farther Shore to weloome father mother and the res, as thoy, in time, shall cross over to the Lxud we only know by faith. We grieve at the parting; our heart ache, hut When this weary life is ended, And we reach the Bitt r Land, The love that with tarih blinded, Will preet ut on every hand. Youth to full stature grown, Age that is ) outh ag.in, Each heait shall know its own, With never a touch of pain. Many a fervent greeting. From loved ones It st below, Soul rapt to soul repeating. Thoughts that we ued to know. Farewell, thenl Tis not forever Only a few swift years We meet where death cannot sever; Life without blight of tears. Ammen's Cough Syrup is m.t a patent medi cine. No patent has been asked for or ob tained upon it. To protect the public from counterfeits and imitations, the manufacturer has had the 'abel registered in Washington. The Syrup is made from pure and costly drucs, and cannot be add as cheap to tnt dealer as the common patent medicines that are simply made to sell, which explains why dishonorable diuggists or dealers try to sell, something else when asked for Ammen's Cough Syrup. It is upon the market upoa its own merits. You can buy a sample bottle for 15 cent", upon which, at the wholctolt pnee, the manufacturer make nothing Ask to see a laige bottle, and read the label, Mr. J. H. McTeir writes from Collar, W. T. : "We are having a splm lid fall and win. ter, up to this time (Dec. 15 ) There hs beea some frost and a tery littl' wotr, but it it all gone and it is muddy at present. Fall grail looks well in this vicin'ty, and stock are do ing well. The number of acres in crop it Whitman county will be greater than ever be fore. One voice all over the land goes up frost mothers, that says, "My daughters are st) feehle and sad, with no strength, all out of breath and life at theleatt exertion. What can we do for them ?" Tbe answer s slropM and full of hope. One to four weeks' nte or Hop Bitters will make tbim healthy, rTi tpnghtly and cheerfal. RscDlsa's Russia Salve lithe tnoet won derful healing mfdmm In the world. Try I
