Willamette farmer., December 10, 1886, Page 2, Image 2

WILLAMETTE FAKMElt: SALEM, OttEGON, DECEMBER 10, 1886.
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Tired? Well what of that!
Didst fancy llfo was spent on beds of ese.
Fluttering tlio roso-leivcs scattrM liy tho
brcczo ?
Como, rouse theel work whilo it is cilKJ
to-day ;
Coward, arisoj go forth thy way !
Lonclyl and what of that?
Somebody must be lonch) 'tis not given to all
To ieel a heart responsivo riso and fall;
To blend another life into Its own.
Work may be donn in lonlincts; worx onl
Dark I well, and what of that?
Didst fondly dream tho sun would never set ?
Dost fear to loso thy way? Tako courage yet!
Learn thou to walk by filth and not by sight.
Thy steps will bo guided and guided right.
Hard! well, and what of that?
Didst fancy life ono summer holiday,
With lessons nono to learn and naught to play?
Go, ?ot thco to thy task! Conquer or dio,
It must bo learned. Learn it then, patiently.
No holp? nay 'tis not so;
Though human help bo far, thy Qod is nlghj
Who fseds tho ravens, hears his children cry.
He's near thoo wherosoo'er thy footsteps roam,
And ho will guido thee, light thoo, help thco
home!
Every Other Saturday.
A Village Scandal.
"I do not boliovo it," Hiiid Mrs. Grunt,
emphatically.
"lint whnt ovcrylxxly says must bo
two," porsislcd Mrs. Jeffrey.
")y no mciuiB," eoid llclon Grant.
"Onco everybody said tho enrth was lint,
now wo nil know it is round.
"Sponk for yourself I" rotortcd Mrs.
Jeffrey. "I don't know It'a round, but
I'm willing to boliovo it on good ovi
donco. Tlinnk heaven, I'm not bo stub
born that I won't bcliovc, I'm onu of
tho sort thut can be convinced of n thing
oven if I don't boo it."
Mru. Grant flushed a littlo niul tenrs
canto to her eyes.
"Sho a my friend, and I lovo her
dearly," sho anid. "ipho him faults;
ovory ono can hco that; but this wicked,
shameful story, I Himply ennnot boliovo
it. Oh, Mrs. Jolfroy, can you not soo
tlmt it Is a mnttcr of conscioncowith mo
as well ns with you?"
Mra. Jolfroy, a littlo nshnmed, but of
tho snnio opinion still, roso to go.
"If tho matter Ih brought up in tho
church, you will then hoar nil tho ovi
denco. After you sco tho lottcr you
may chango your mind."
Pino I'allH was convulsed over Ita first
Hcnudal. Tho tonguo of cenmire, that
had faintly reproved when Abraham
UarriH had curried his mothor off to
tho poorhouso, niul indulged in nudiblo
criticisms when Laura Cowles had been
baptised in tho river in midwinter dur
ing a church revival, and dioil of in
flammatory rheumatism a week after
ward, had now brokon silonco and car
ried tho story from houso to house until
it wuh on everybody's lips.
A mania for visiting Hecmed to havo
broken out among tho ladies. Half a
dozon could bo seen any day, with a
littlo bundle of knitting or crochet in
hand, going to mako informal visits or
rails al tho homes of their intimato
friends or near neighbors. To bo sure,
each lady was vory particular to explain,
if opjwrtunity offered, that hIio had
promised to show Mm. So-nud-ao n now
Mitch or pattern, or sho had beon in
tending to tako hor work and "run in"
and hoo Mrs. So-and-so for six mouths
or more. It was really a shamo to nog
lect ono's noighbors bo.
Mrs. Jeffrey and Mrs. Martin were
heated on tho back porch of tho Jeffrey
mansion, engaged in earnest and confi
dential conversation. Overhead in tho
apple treo the robin sang unheard, On
tho tloor a misohiovous kitten played
with Mrs. Martin's ball of zephyr, tan
gling tho thread unheeded, while her
crochet work lay idly in her lap.
".Sho always did seem frivilous to
mo," remarked Mrs. Jelfroy. " No oaro
of her house ; no interest in domestic
matters. There's n great ileal said in
these days about a woman's hiding a
(od-given talent under a bushel, and
smothering her genius under domestic
drudgery; but I'vo uotieed that tho
women who aro domestic and tako an
interest in their homes aro not tho
women who figure in scandal cases or
elopements,"
" Perhaps," replied Mrs. Martin, who
wan not so conservative, usher neighbor,
' there's a great deal of human nature
in women iu well as men. Most of
llioni take an interest in somo ono thing
besides housekeeping, With somo it is
painting, with others music, othois
fancy-work or religion. I've known
women who were really dissipated, you
might say, in religious work ; they car
ried it to such unreasonable lengths.
You nnd I, not being giftod in these
directions, hnvo gone on in plain, quiet
homo life. But wo must not, on that
account, find fault with thoso who sco
lifo from a different etnndpoint, or call
them frivilous becauso they tako nn in
terest in things wo don't caro for. Mrs.
Downs was always fond of dress and
fancy work, but until this story camo
out everybody socmed to likohor."
"Well, you can soy what you plcnso,"
returned Mrs. Jeffrey, wrnthfully, "when
a woman behavcH herself, sho won't bo
talked ubout. Tho most shameful part
of tho wholo affair is her assumed inno
cence. I saw hor myself walking tho
streets with Mr. Colton only last even
ing, as cool as you plcnso. If there's n
man in this villago that I pity, it's Jack
Downs."
Tho noxt day was Sunday, and tho
minister, Mr. Snow, looked around at
tho rapidly filling powa with a feeling
of calm complacency. Everybody
boionging to tho congregation was thoro.
JJvory faco woro a keen expectancy, nnd
when Jnck Downs entered with his
pretty wifo signifiennt looks wcro ex
changed and a suppressed sonsntion was
visiblo throughout tho nudienco.
Youthful nnd pretty, sho added to
theso attractions by a tasto in dress
that was simply perfect. As sho camo
slowly up tho alslo twirling her fan
nonchalantly, whispered comments
passed from ono to another.
"J low brazonl Did you over bco such
effrontery?" murmured Mrs. Dorr to
Mrs. Cowlos.
"Sho's a plucky littlo piece!" said
Mr. Martin to his wife, in a tono in
which surpriso was so ovidontly flavored
with admiration, that his hotter half
bestowed on him n glanco of withering
scorn.
"What audacity 1" said Mrs. JJrown to
hor daughter Cora.
Hut that young lady, who rejoiced in
tho distinction of being tho vitiligo
poetess, was wrapped in poetic con
tomplatiou. Sho know that Mrs. Downs
had fallen under public disapprobation
becauso of n love-letter that had been
found by somo ono, addressed to her in
Mr. Colton's handwriting
Other pcoplo saw tho roprehcnsiblo
married flirt accepting protestations of
lovo from n gentleman acquaintance.
Not so Miss Cora. This Byronio state
of affairs did not so much shock hor
moral sensibilities ns it presented a
thomo for hor mueo to portray tho
agouios of misplaced affection. Viow
ing tho wholo mnttor simply ns nn ab
straction, sho surreptitiously drew out
hor hymn-book nnd slyly pecillcd on tho
margin:
Lot tho cold world dcrido mo,
I will but lovo thco more,
Whatovcr fato betldo thco
Hero sho stopped, tho only ryhmo
that suggested itself being "gore."
Struggling with tho situation, bho had
just changed tho lino, "I will not shed
thy gore," to "My heart but can adoro,"
when sho was recalled to hersolf by tho
sound of Mr. Snow's voico as ho finished
reading tho usual list of notices. "A
most painful circumstance having
arisen, that seriously a fleets us as a
community us well as a congregation,
since it compromises tho good names of
two of our mombors, I feel it a duty to
afford nn opportunity for a full explana
tion. Tho congregrntiou is invited to
meet at tho parsonage tomorrow even
ing at eight o'clock. I will hopo that
overy member of this congregation will
bo present."
After that it mattered littlo whothcr
the sermon was a marvel of brilliancy
or tho dullest disquisition that over
bored a long-eu fieri ng audience. No
ono paid tho slightest attention to it,
except old Major Dorr, who was so deaf
that ho only caught about ono word in
ten, and had thus missed tho story of
tho lovo letter that tho school-teacher
had written to Mrs. Downs. Ho always
went regularly to church, howovor and
ulTcctcd to receive great satisfaction
therefrom.
After tho conclusion of tho services,
Mrs. Cowles, Mrs. ltrown, MrtJ. Martin
and Mrs. Jotfroy stopped in the aislo for
a moment's confeteuco.
"I shall take Beatrice Ceuci out of
the school," said Mrs. Jeffrey. "No
child of mine shall bo under the in
struction of a teacher who writes lovo
letters to a married woman."
"And to think that Mr. Snow should
attempt to cover it up and excuso it,"
added Mrs. Cowlos. "I don't know but
wo shall bo obliged to withdraw from
tho church. My husband thinks thoro
is a great deal of corruption among
ministers themselves, nowadays."
Certainly no ono was better nblo to
detect corruption anywhere than Mr.
Cowles, if half tho stories of his own Farmers in Kngland feed scarcely any
immoral escapades could bo relied upon, thing olsc.
But Mrs. Oowlo's friends remained
discreetly silent on this point.
"I shall not allow Cor"a to go to tho
parsonago to-morrow evening," inter
posed Mrs. Brown. "I think tho dis
cussion of such subjocts has a most
demoralizing effect on young pcoplo.
It is a deplorablo affair all round."
But when tho ovoning camo Cora did
go. Moro than that, to her mother's
great borror, sho crossed tho room and
sat down by Jnck Downs and his wifo,
who sat alono togothor on tho long sofa,
although a groat many woro standing
up around tho largo parlors.
This was not so much from sympathy
with Mrs. Downs as a professional in
stinct Biich ns Hint which impels n sur
geon to investignto all sorts of patho
logical monstrosities. Sho wanted to
obscrvo for herself tho ravages of ro
morso, humiliation nnd unhappy love,
tho bettor to finish her poem.
But Mrs. Downs was as pretty, as gay
and ns nonchalant ns over. Onco or
twico sho whispered behind her fan to
hor husband, nnd onco eho actually
laughed, which so outraged tho sensi
bilities of tho moro sovorcly virtuous
matrons that they shuddered with hor
ror at her audacity.
Mr. Colton was a romantic looking
young man, with dishovclcd hair, nnd a
look of general shrewdness. Ho had
lately como to Pino Falls ns a tcachor,
and now stood leaning against tho man
tcl. His romantic appearance, so at
tractive to tho Indies, was duo to his
hnir, which ho woro long on account of
his cars, they being enormously largo,
and mi interesting pnlor which was
caused by dyspepsia, and not unhappy
love, ns tho young ladies supposed.
" I havo hero," sold Mr. Snow, "a let
ter which has been tho theme of much
sovcro comment. Tho onvelopo is ad
drostcd to Mrs; Downs, and it was picked
up in tho street by Mrs. Martin's littlo
boii, who took it to his father's grocery.
Tho contents aro in a different penman
ship, with Mr. Colton's nnnio ns n signa
ture. I will ask Mr. Colton to make an
explanation, which will, no doubt, bo
satisfactory."
"Satisfactory!" repeated Mr. Cowlos,
with moro spirit than politeness. "It
scorns to mo that when n man writes in
that stylo to another man's wifo, calling
her husband a baso wrotch" hero ho
cast an indignant glanco at Jack Downs
"and urging her to run away with
him, a satisfactory explanation is not an
easy matter."
"You aro mistaken, sir," answered
Mr. Colton. "An explanation in this
caso is vory easily mado. I am a mem
ber of an amateur theatrical club, and
I wroto out my part at Mr. Downs' ono
ovoning, copying it out of a book of his.
Mrs. Downs gavo mo an onvolopo from
ono of her letters that lay on tho tablo
to put tho manuscript iu, ami I unfor
tunately lost it on. my way homo. I will
now road tho lines, if Mr. Cowles will
look over tho printed pages and sco if I
read thorn correctly."
Shamo-facod, Mr. Cowlos looked on
whilo Mr. Colton read, with much dra
matic effect:
"My angel, fly with mot
Afar In other lands beyond tho sea
Wo'll build a homo sacred to love and thee.
Scorn the btse wretch who in your humble
home
Profanes the name of lovo ah, bo my own I
And heaven Is not so high, nor earth so vast,
But that Its treasures at thy feet I'll cast."
"Thero's a full pago of it, with my
named signed at tho bottom, but this
will Biillico I think," and Mr. Colton
coolly sat down, whilo a look of con
sternation went round tho room.
Mrs. Downs wont up to Helen Grant
and kissed hor.
"Thank you, dear, for your faith in
me. I heard nil about it, and I'll never
forgot it as long as I live."
bho looked so gontio ana girltsu m
her dainty whito drapories, with that
look of childish gratitudo in her bluo
eyes, that kind-hearted Mrs. Joffrey
wont up and put her motherly arms
around hor, and said, with tears in her
eyes : "Forgive mo forgivo us all, won't
you!"
Jack answered for her: "Sho forgives
you, wo both forgivo you, noighbors and
friends; but if any man repeats such
stuff again, about my wifo or any other
woman, I give him warning hero and
now that it will afford mo infinite
pleasure to givo him n sound thrash
ing." And that waa tho last of tho great
scandal at Pino Falls.
Adam Johnson, tho man who fell
from tho Salem bridge, has commenced
suit against tho San Francisco Bridge
Company for $15,000, Ho should bo
glad that he was not killed.
Turnips nro a native food for sheep.
Farming; as a Profitable Business.
Farming does not mean simply stir
ring tho soil, sowing tho seed and har
vesting tho crops, but from tho begin
ning of tho year to its end thoro should
bo n constant production in every possi
ble manner. Whilo tho crops nro grow
ing, tho futuro food is being prepared,
but as Eoon ns it is hnrvestedtit should
bo made still moro serviceable by being
convcrtod into somo higher-priced pro-
duct. Whilo an ncro of land may nro-
duco fifty bushels of corn on its part,
yet that corn may nearly all find its
way back to tho soil that produced it,
only that portion boing sold that will
ropay tho cost and labor of converting
it into hoof, mutton, pork, wool, milk,
muscle, or whatovcr it may contribute.
Tho fnrmor who can so manago as to
sccuro tho Inrgcst crops, and return to
his soil tho largor portion by disposing
of that which is moro roadlly salablo in
somo other shapo, will gradually bocomo
wealthy, though tho actual rccoipts may
bo apparently small.
Farming is n continuous operation.
It is tho changing of products from ono
kind to nnothor nccording to tho dc
mnnd for each. In estimating tho vnltio
of n bushel of corn produced on tho
fnrm nnd fed to stock, it must bo re
garded ns cheaper to tho farmer thnn to
nny other person, sinco ho docs not hnvo
to transport it to market; and when
charging it to his animals as food, ho
should deduct from tho market cost tho
expemo which ho would othcrwiso
incur for bagging, handling, hauling
and freight. Tho truo valuo of corn is
that which it produces. Tho rulo of
charging interest for tho corn as n crop,
and also on tho bcof or milk derived
from it, often causes tho accounts to
appenr unfavorable. It is tho final dis
position of tho crop that regulates its
valuo. If it disappears from tho fnrm
in tho carcass of tho steer, it stands in
tho snmo position ns if tho steer grow
upon tho land instead of tho corn, tho
corn being only n component part of
tho steer in tho shape of marketable
bcof. If tho crop bo fed to tho cow, and
thu milk sold off tho farm, tho crop is
simply font nivny in tho milk cans in
placo of bags, and, instead of being
compollod to sell tho cntiro crop in
order to roalizo a cortnin sum, tho
ohnngo of form by conversion into somo
other product results in tho securing of
nn equal sum from only n portion of
tho crop. 1 Icnco tho farmer should aim
to sell ns littlo ns possiblo off tho fnrm.
Tlint is, ho should ondoavor to sccuro
tho Invest sum possiblo with tho small
est nmount of product by converting all
crops into thoso that aro less bulky and
command tho higher prices. But tho
farming business requires system. It
calls for tho uso of all kinds of suitable
machlnory and Btock. As no manufac
turer of cotton goods can afford to
wcavo his goodt with hand-looms, nei
ther can tho farmer expect to mnko
farming profltnblo unless ho takes ad
vantage of all opportunities opon to
him. If his crops aro to bo fod on tho
farm and rendorcd sorviconblo in pro
ducing something else through tho
agency of stock, such stock must lo per
fectly adapted to tho purposes designed.
Tho largest possiblo incrcaso at tho
least cost and in tho shortest period of
timo, should bo tho rule, and upon this
depoiuls tho turning point between profit
and loss.
Tbo Greatest Study of Mankind li Man.
"Read mo for my cause, and bo pa
tient thut yo may read." Shakkspkahe.
The greatest study of mankiml Is man,
Anil who e'ro his wondrous frame doth scan,
Ponder and devise to cure an ill,
Whether by device, fruit or pill.
An equal benefactor is he; and we haste,
The iuventor of a cathartio of delicious taste,
To do him honor.
Whu remembers not how the distrcsied
mother,
Her child's entreaties tries to smother,
That she insist not the horrid dose be taken,
The remembrance o'en now dons nausea
awaken,
And fond father,
To be witness of his child's torture, would
rather
Pay high price,
If money could purchase Cathartic nice.
Wo have it now! and great De I'iuti's name
Appears up the scroll of Kicubpitii fsinej
For after loug atudy what would suit,
His hit upn iikuciocs raoiT
To euro our ills.
Away at once with drauehti and pills;
For whether it be iadigeation, liver coin
plaint or
Constipation,
Or any disease to which flesh is heir,
He hero with pride does boldly declsre,
Ami on the assertion will wager lie.
That it can bo cured by a HAMUUltG FIG !
This reclpo for brown bread will mako
a good-sized loaf : Two cups of yellow
Indian meal, ono cup of ryo flour, ono
cup of graham flour, ono cup of Xew Or
leans molasses, throo teaspoonfuls of
baking powder and milk enough to
mako a stiff batter. Tour into n buttered
mold and steam three hours and a half.
When done brown it in tho oven.
STOCK FARM FOR SALE
A Good Opportunity to Bur a Stosz Farm with
Large Out-Range.
A party hns plnccd in our hands for
snlo ono of tho best stock farms in the
valley. This land is situated in the
foot hill region of the Cascades, and is
conceeded to be the beet adapted to
stock growing of nny porlions of our
Ctnfn T finnaiala nl OQH nAnd 11
fcnrcd but 80 ncrcs-200 acres in culti-
votions cood houso nnd fair bams and
out buildings; 8 acres in orchard;
county road passes through placo; a
creek passes through one edge, and
springs abound over tho entiro plnce;
Situated in Clackamas county. Small
timber covers parts not cleared. Pried
.$8,000. Apply at onco to this office-.
Anyone meaning business will bo shown
tho placo frro of charge.
Free .Trmlr.
Tho reduction of internal revenuo
and tho taking off ot revnuo stamps
from Proprictnry Medicines, no doubt
hns Inrgcly benefitted tho consumers, ns
well nB relioving tho burden of homo
mnnufneturors. Especially is this tho
caso with Grcon's August Flower and
Bo8choc'B German Syrup, ns tho reduc
tion of thirty-six cents por dozen, hns
been added to incrcaso tho sizo of tho
bottles containing theso remedies, there
by giving ouo-flfth moro modiciuo in tho
7o cent size. Tho August Flower for
Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint, and tho
Gorninn Syrup for Cough nnd Lung
troubles, hnvo perhaps, tbo largest Balo
of any medicines in tho world. Tho
advantago of increased size of tho
bottles will bo greatly appreciated by
tho sick nnd nluictcu, iu every town
nnd villago in civilized countries. Sam
plo bottles for 10 cents remain tho samo
size. 2
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or address, mentioning paper,
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coiumlng ot
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40,000 Plum and Prune
20,000 Cherry Trees !
10,000 Pear Trees !
10,000 Poach Trees !
25,000 Shrubs and Plants!
All ciown on high dry soil and without Irrigation.
AMT I llrnrtiiml Hull on MmiiiIIiih HeeiHInc".
ini un i hiwi), mcmoio my trees are ncaitny
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My nursery Is situated 0 minutes dilve eat from
the Stark street Ferry, on the MsioLIno roid, neir
ML Tabor. Call and o my stvik ol trtti If )ou wlih
to set sn orchard,
Sly prices arr as low i nny relluble trco
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Cfl. MY CATALOG UK S-iNT FHKK
AdJrew all orders to
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I woutd respectfully call the attention of those
-althlni; to set out orcharJs, to the fact that 1 hue a
LAIKIK STOCK ef my nice Nursery Trees and
Sluuboery, condillng mainly of
Fruit, Shade, Ornamental
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ALSO....
rup.o Vines, Small Fruits,
ami ICoscs.
Which 1 ill sell as cheap as the cheipctt.
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North ef CallfornU, at the err ltmrst rate. No
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Arp'e trcei. 5 to $10 per ICO. Iar, Frt;h and
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(U per HO. Ileaiy dUcount tn 10OO lots,
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octltLd Woodlmrn, Oregon.
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