DALLAS, OREGON. SATURDAY, Sf TEMBER 10. 1870.
VOL. 1.
NO. 28.
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AUfDMX.
A Poem ia Six Drinks
First Drink.
Slw and snd lb seared leaves drop
Fiom off the forest trees
The stately corn, with t a seated top,
Bends to the scented breeze.
Second Drink.
The sorg bird warbles in the shade,
The b!uvjay shrilly cries.
And the cattle show tbtir tails wera made
To brush off hungry flies.
- Third Drink.
A milkmaid, with sweet fa?c and figure,
Goes tripping away o'er the grsen,
"Where- an anciont white man and a nigger
Are running a thrashing machiue.
i Fonrth Drink.
The chickens, the turkeys, the ducks and th
; prece,
Swim 'round on tho pond by the mill.
Which 5s run by im old bnfiVr named Pcae,
And I am rs!ia'y informed he runs itsti'J.
! Fifth Drink.
The inbriats son of old Pease fell in
To the pnd and wa never wen any nrre.
But hi gho.Jt is often observed with a bot
tle of gin
And some sandwiches, bumming 'round the
shore.
Sixth Drink.
Pease got mad and hit his hired man a sock
dollager in the jaw,
Then the hired man went for Pease with a
stick tf wood,
But Pease laid Liui out with a brick, and so
they went to law,
And at la?t advices that's about how tlitr
matter stood.
The Horrors of Hasheesh.
The following is a vivid description
of the effects of that wonderful drug,
that is so extensively used -in Oriental
countries :
FIRST EFFECTS.
As I rose from my table I became
conscious of an agreeable state of
warmth and lightnes; I felt as if I
had taken Scotch whisky. The room
seemed larger than usual, and getting
larger and larger still j some skulls of
onimrfls on the walls acquired colossal
proportions, and the conviction entered
my mind that I had real'zcd an old
dream of living ir the midst of mon
sters of the oolitic period, and that I
had been awe-struck for years, ircmov
able, paralyzed, and with every faculty
benumbed, except the faculty of won
der, I caught sight of my watch hang
ing in front of eome papers on the
wall; it at once dispelled the illusion.
1 calmly looked at it, .and found it was
just twenty minutes since I had swal
lowed the hasheesh. Immediately the
watch expanded to vast dimensions,
and its ticking sounded through my
Jiead li,k,e .the pulsation of a world.
HOCUS POCUS.
"I opened a drawer to fiud an emetic,
jbut the drawer had gone, and in its
place sat one of my antcdeluvian mon
fie?.8 jrrinning at me a real iethyosau
Jim, with a . red cap on its head, and
-with drum and pandean pipes. For
.about six weeks so at the time ' I do
tenained the peripd it played a mo
j)otonou3 tune, while I sat on the
.ground laughing and enjoying the idea
of my toes and fingers being elongated
into claws, when suddenly the thought
seized mo that I would destroy the ulu
sion bv an iffort. I dashed at the
monster, and my hand fell on the ban
die of the drawer. The dream was
48solved, and "I could clearly under
stand that the ticking of my watch and
the singing of the bird in the garden
?vero the real sounds which my fancy
had changed to the drum and. pipes of
my oolitic companion. I 'once more
looked at my watch, and though years
seemed to have elapsed since the spell
began, I found the real period to be
. jjnt twenty-five minutes.
TIME ANNIHILATED.
The gnawing sensation of the stom
ach and contraction of the chest gave
way to a sense of pricking, most vio
leut in my fingers and tos, and yet,
though painful, this was all .pleasant j
and though 1 could collectedly observe
the objects about me, yet they would
transport themselves" to immeasurable
distances, and kept continually dilating
in size; and though I looked at my
watch, and s5w that only forff .niautes
had elapsed, yet there was a secret per
suasion in my mind that a period of at
least forty centuries had gone I by since
I brokeofl" a fragment of the cake and
committed myself to this sleep.
.... SPACE DITTO. I '
I could walk without difficult v, tho'
my legs were irninensoly long, and felt
as though they would be cramped, so
that I i?hou!d cry out. As f undressed
myself my clothes would flyj from me
far away into boundless spacej and be
come wandering stars, the buttons on
my vest glittered in the firmament like
Orion, but much nfore vast and splen
did. I did not dare louk out of the
window j I endeavored to control my
self, for I bciran to feci aj sense of
dread. I got into bed, the bed extend
ed ; as I hiy down at full length I my
self extended, and as soon ;as I shut
my eyes I felt, that I covered tho space
of tho whole earth. I had a senile of
indescribable pain all over me; my
skin seemed to move to and fro upon
my flesh, my head swelled to awful di
mensions, and I parted in two from
head to foot ; becmo two persons, each
throbbing, breathing hard, I sighing
loudly, and lost in a commixture of
ethereal yet agonizing colors and sound
Th it) seemed "to continue for ages.
The Fall Elections.
The following U a list of the fall
elections and the dates on which they
iccur : i . . j
Calif irnia.....
September 6
.September
.rsptember 12
.....October 1
Vermont ...
Maine..,
Indiana
Florida
Mis? isippi
Iowa ,
Ohio
Pennsylvania ..
West Viriuia..
Delaware
.... October
.....October
October
..October
....October
October 27
.November 1
Million
Minnesota
K;tna
Loni-inna
Now York.
Maryland
Ma!A'-hu;t:Uji
Illinois
Michigan..'.
New Jersey...... ..
South Carolina...
Wi&cor.gin
1
1
1
1
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
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The Oregon-ion says Josh Billings ha
beetf to Long Uraueh, and thereof
writes: !
The biggest thing they Share got
here for the present, is thei pool of
water in front of the hotels. The pool iz
sed bi good judges tew be 3,000 miles
in length, and in some places five miles
in thickness. Into this pool everv dav
a ' m
at ten o'clock, the fqlks all retire-
males and females, and widders, pro
miskuss. They dress in flannel attire
of menney colors and look az near like
when they are in the pool, as a flock of
uucks and drakes. I ho water in this
pool has stood so long it has got salty,
and ought tew be chanercd. .
An Englishman, one hundred and
three years old, who has paid seventy-
one annual premiums on a life insur
ance policy, was at last fortunate enough
to dio the other day, thus getting back
from the company about a quarter of
the money he had invested. .
The Union Pacific Company has dc
cided not to employ Chinese labor on
their road within the limits of Wyom
ing Territory, .and have, instead, ar
ranged to procure Scandinavians, who
are disposed to build themselves per
manent houses, and improve country
by colonies. j
. i -i : "
A touching story is told of an esti
mable gentleman residing in Indiana,
who in one day lost both his wife and
his wife's physician. Tho gentleman
has suddenly become, a great traveler,
and he always travels with a shot gun.
...... . : i ;
A lady's costume for a sketching ex
cursion in the W hite Mountains con
sists of a waterproof short dress, with
hoopless skirt, a broad brimmed straw
hat tied down at the sides by a veil
and a handkerchief around the neck.
A New Jersey widow, finding her
charms fading, applied a "magic balm"
a tew nights ago. and woke next room
Ing to find her hair all 'fallen off, and
blotches as large ns ginger cookies all
over her face. She wants to Interview
the halm man. - ;'- :
smgyaBuau
Giving Correct Answers.
Some time since, some roguish boys
persuaded Joseph N , or, as ho was
generally called, "Swearing Joe," to at
tend Sunday School. Joe was duly
ushered in, and placed on a scat in
front of the oue on which his friends
were seated. After the teacher had
heard the j regular recitations of the
class, she turned to Joe.
'My friend, tran you tell me who
made the world which we inhabit?' she
asked. Just as Joe was thinking how
he should get out of the scrape which
his fun loving friends had got him into,
one of the boys seated behind him in
acrted a pin into, Joe's pants, about
aioe inches below his waist-band.
"God Almighty!" exclaimed Joe,
springing to his feet.
"That is correct," replied the teach
er ;'but you need not rise in answer
ing." Joe was seated, and she coutin
tied :
'Who died to save theworld?"
Again the pin was inserted, and Joe
cried out: Jesus Christ!" in a loud
er, tone, and avrain springing to his feet.
"Correct," and the teacher; "but do
not speak quite so loud. Can you tell
me what will be the fiual doom of the
wicked?"
Again the pin was inserted, and Joe ;
loosing all command of his temper,
sprang up, roaring: "Hell and dam
nation I"
"My friend,- you have given prompt
and ccrrect answers to all the questions,
but should you come again, f beg that,
you will jc n little more mild in your
manner, and you may retain your scat
in replying." j
School closed.;
STATE ITEEIS.
The Common Council of Albany
have purchased an Kogtne House, and
the Dnnocrat cries "bravo."
The McMinnviMc Mflls arc. now run
ning on pew wheat, turning out large
quantities of flour.
J. II. Foster, of Albany, last week
purchased 8,000 bushels of wheat in
one lot for 75 cents per bushel.
Frtm II. A. Hogue, Superintendent
of the construction of the U. S.
Branch Mint at Dalles City, we arc in
formed that funds have been received
by I). M. French, Ksq., i disbursing
agent, for the payment of extra service
performed on tho- work between May
10th and September 11th, 1800, dur
ing which time thecmployees worked 10
hours per day instead of eight hours, a
legal days' work. Mr. Hogue request
us to say that vouchers will be prepared
for each employee, and will be ready
for delivery on application to him on
and after Tuesday, Aug. 30th; and up
on presentation of the vouchers re
ceipted by the persons in whoe favor
they are drawn, to Mr. French, they
will bo paid.
Persons who have arrived at, Albany
from the cast side of the mountains by
the road over the Cascades report that
there arc now from 75 to 100 settlers
in Oehoco Valley, and that the country
already presents the appaerance of a
fine agricultural district well settled up
and producing freely. Harney Lake
Valley is the .best grazing country in
the world, and Joe Teal has at present
nine hundred head of cattle luxuriat
iuz in the grasses of that valley.
The Statesman has these items :
On Tuesday last, Sheriff J. N. Ma
theny arrested J. Appcrlin and his wife
on a charge of fraud in selling a piece
of land to two different parties. On
hearing of the evidence and arguments
of counsel, they were ordered to en
ter into bonds of 2,000 for their ap
pearance at the next term of the Cir
cuit Court. '
Atj the stage came up from Canemah,
yesterday, wpen above Hock Island, the
steamer Albany was seen beached on
this side, stern down, and the water ap
parently running from the boilers. The
hands were wading between the boat
and shore, and some accident seemed to
have happened to the steamer's boilers.
Hon. P. P. Prim, Judge of the first
District, is in town, ready for the
convening of the Supreme Court on
Monday next.
The Albany paper says : Mr. James
Nixon, a farmer near Ilarrisburg, in
this county, while working in the har
vest field last Saturday, suddenly fell to
theground, and, before.medical aid could
reach him, life was extinct. lie leaves
a wife and several children to mourn his
untimely death.
Last Tuesday the bank of the mill
race, which Beach & Monteith are roam
ing, caved in on the workmen, covering
one up to his arm pits, but timely as
sistance being present, he was extricat
ed from his perilous position without
damage, excepting an uncomfortable
soreness about the body.
A party of seven hunters from, this
city, last week, killed sixty-nine deer and
two bears in the moutains above Lower
Soda Springs. Deer are said to be more
numerous iq that region than for a num
ber of year? past.
Telegraphic Summary.
The rear will be left for Jie Laud
wehr, audthe active German army will
be able to blockade and capture Paris.
London, Aug. 30. McMahon failed
to form a junction with Baziine and
now finds himself separated ly a wedge
composed of two powerful Prussians
armies.
Urhmn Sept. 2. --Tho following from
the King to Queen Augusta is just
made public :
"Skua n 3 P. M. A battle has ra
gcd since 8 o'clock this morning. Our
forces advanced victoriously. The 4th,
5th, 7th, corps and the Bavarians were
engaged. The enemy was almost en
tirely driven into the city.
London Sept. 1, 2:30 P. M. The
following official dispatches, dated Bou
ilon, Belgium, this day, is just made
public ; The battle yesterday was bloody
and disastrous to the French. They
retreated on JMezicres. The Prussians
occupy Oivenne, a few miles to the
northeast of Salem.
Ten thousand officers and soldiers of
the French army were forced into BeJ
gian territory, where they were requir
ed instantly to surrender thir arms.
Great numbers wounded have also been
admitted to Belgian for humanity'
sake.
flrcvitie.
The seven sin arc said to be :
1 Itef using to support your home
newspaper.
2 Taking the paper and not pay-
ing lonr.
3 Not advertisinir.
4 Getting married and forgetting
the printer. -
5 Asking newspaper to publish mat
ter thit is for your own benefit, with
out a remuneration.
0 Beading copy on a compositor'
case.
7 Never paying your subscription
untill the publisher asks you for it.
Two girls near Carlonville, Illinois,
have taken a contract to cut fifty cords
of wood.
A young man in Illinois has eloped
with the second wife of his own uncle.
A. second-hand clothier of New
Haven, Conn., publicly announces that
he ha8"lefi off clothing of every descrip
tion.
Frank Thorn is getting sensible, he
has given up the idea of making the
leap from Suspension Bridge at Niagara
Falls.
Prizes are offered for th-s best design
fpr a Schiller monument in Vienna.
Fifty thousand florins are already sub
scribed. The share of Mrs. Samuel L Clem
ens (Mrs. Mark Twain) in her father's
estate amounts to a quarter of a mill
ion. A Chicago lady dropped one of her
eyebrows in the church pew, and dread'
fully frighiened a young man sitting
next to her, who thouht it was his mous
tache. ;
A Buffalo serenadcr sang, "I'm think
ing love of the thee " when the de
scent Of about four gallons of water a
third story window, proved her papa
was thinking of him.
The King of Prussia received from
M. Oppcnheim, a banker of Cologne,
one miiuun ui mawrs as a coniriouiion
towards the expenses of the war.
"Mother' said Ike Partington, "did
you know that the iron horse' had but
one ear?' "One ear I Merciful gra
cious child, what do you meatr"
"Why, the engineer, of course "
Recently discovered manuscripts set
forth that Robert Fulton had the plans
of a floating steam battery perfected as
long ago, as 1$14, and that they Were
approved by naval officers who examin
ed them
A young lady from the rural districts
went to Pes Moines to see an elephant.
In the 8tee( ear the conductor said to
her : "Miss, your fare." "Well, if I
am,'' she replied, "I doo't want anv of
' your impertinence.? ' '
PROFESSIONAL CARDS, AC.
JAS. McCAIiV, .
AU'y & CotixiKcllor-at-fjaw
MeMlauvllle, Yamhill Co., Oregon, j
Particular attention given to tbe study and
practice of Criminal Law, Collection of Claims,
Notee, Accounts, etc.
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J. II. SITES, 31. !., ,(
Physician mid .Surgeon,
Dallas, Ogu.
(
Having rcumet! practice, will give special
attention to Obstetrics, and the treatment of
the diseases of Vomen and Children.
TiD-Offlce at hi residence. !
B. JROXD, ill. 1., j
Physician and Surge on,
Dallas, Oregon.
OFFICE At NiehoU' Drug Store. 38 j
V. 1). JUFFKIlv, M. !)., 1
i
Physician anil Surgeon,
Kola, Oregon.
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Special attention given to Obstetrics and
Dicae of Wmn. Jtf j
J, li. DAVIDSON, M. i
I
Physician anil Surgeon,
Independence, Ogn. 1 j
T. V. B. Emhrec. j
PII YS I C I A & S U It E Oi
AMI TV, YAM U ILL CO., OREGON.
g&t- Office at rcsideoce. 14yl
c. in. ciTiir"
Attorney anl Counsellor-at-Law,
ftALHJI, OHISGOX.
Will practice in all th Cirt of Record and
Inferior Courts of thU State.
OFFICEIn Watkiada Jt CVa Brick, up
Rtairs. . 1
P. . $Ul.l.lVAr,
Attorney t Counsellor-At-Law,
Dallas, Oregon, r j
Will practice la all tbe Court of tbe State. 14
.1. I,. COLE.IiVS,
Attorney and Cotin3ellor-at-Law.
Dallas, Oregon. i
Special attention piven to Collections and to
matter pertaining to Heal Estate. 1 i
L. J. WAUOLAW, .11. !.,
PliyWciaci am! Surgeon,
I.ewlsvlllc, i'olk Co., O
Ilaa recent!- returned from the Atlantic States
And ofTtiJs bia prufai-jnal service to tbe citi
tens of the County. t
I'articular attention given to Female Dis
eases., 2-tf
X. B.KVIOlir. W. P. IjORI
KIYS&HT & LORE),
AU'yA:CoiinxiclIor-at-Iair,
Corner Commercial and Slate Streets,
;Opposlte I.adcl & Hush's llauk,
SAI-IiW OltlSfSOX,'
Will practice in tbe Supreme Court and tbo
Circuit Courts of the Second and Third Ju
dicial District. 2-tf I
GEO. D. C17RRKV.
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U. Ul lttKT.
CUUIIKY A: HURLEY, j
Altorneys-At-Law, j
LAFAYET TI3 - - - - OREGON.
3 tf
Att'y&Coiuieilor-at-Laiv;
Lafayette, Oregon.
3 tf !
E. r. nrssrLt.,
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C ! FBRRT,
AVary Publi
Ileal Eotate Attorney
HUSSEI.T. & FERRY, i
Real Fstatc Rrokers and
Collection Agents,
Northwest Cor. of First and Waahlngfon!
: 8tretst j
PORTI.AND - - - - .OREGON.
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.Special attention given to the sale of Real
Eftate. Collections made in Oregon and the
Territories. . ,
Property, town lots, improved farms, stock
ranches, lands, Ac, situated in the best portions
of Oregon and W. T., for sale on reasonable
terras. ;. - 3-tf j
E. O. SLOATV !
Carriage and Ornamental
SIV PAIIVTER,
Oommeroia ftrset, ,
Oppositt Sttrkey'i Block.
21-tf ! SALEM,
A. F. FORBES,
At(,y&CoiinsclIor-at-I.awJ
Lafayette, Oregon
3-tf
' Pe . S. Ifl A TTESOM, I
Physician, Surgeon & Accoucher,
nnena Vista, Polk Co.t Ogn.,
Will attend promptly to professional calls.
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JENNINCM LODCC No. O P.
A A. M., Dallas, holds its -regular com
munications on tho Saturday preceding
the Full Moon in each month, unless the noft
fulls on Saturday then on that day, at .oca
o'clock. :
Also, on tbe sceond Friday in Jeach month
at 7 o'clock. l' M., for the purpose of improve
ment of tb Craft in Masonry, and for such
other work as the Master may from timt$
time order. " T "
All Brethren in good standing jtrje invited to
Attend By brder of the t W. M.
"GEia " SAI-OOJV,
MAIN STRCET, TNDt3lll3NT)EKCE.
IINE WINES, LIQUORS AND SEOARS
; served to customers on short notice.
This establisbment does not dispense tanrle-
foot cr anything of that character., "
jSsgr Cftll Olie Gen.
I3-tf
FURNITUKEl
Burcaitf9,
JLoimgrcs,
Tables,
Bedsteads,
A Variety cf CHAIRS, fur Kitchen and
Parlor uue,
ItAW.IIinn BOTTOM CHAIRS
Of my own make.
Shop near WayJ&ireNi SlI
T tWVITl? Till? lt!llf in Tft PVIMTVP
JL my stock. I shall be pleased to show yoa
my good., and better pleased when you buy.
New Work put up to order, and Repairing
done at the lowest cash price.
37 WfiX. C. X7IX.Z.3.
'BAfiK EXCHANGE SALOOfi,
Main street, : : : Dallas, Ogn.
IITIN'ES, LIQUORS, POkTER ALE
If It
itters, Cigars, Candies, Oysters.
and Sardines will be served to gentle
men on the outside of the counter, by a gentle
man who has an eye to "bis" on the inside.
So come along, boys ; make no delay, and
we will soon bear what you have to say.
32 t ;W. F. CLING AN.
HURGREN & SHIflBLER,
Ifflporten And l)e&lerf in j!
FURNITURE
AND
BErTIlVG.
The ta rarest Stock and the Oldest Par
tiiture House In IVrUnsA.
WAREROOMS AND FACTORS
CORNER SALMON AND mit STREETS,
PORTLAND, OHEGOtf.
" lll tf " ;
Farmers Attention!
fllllE UNDERSIGNED HAVING nAD
I nearlv Twentv veara' nrnrtiM in m.Iiin
wagons in Oregon, we reel confident we can do
as good work as can be had iu any part of Jha
State.
Iron and ' Ilickorv Axles,
(Thimble Skeins)
On band and made to order on short notice.
Lumber Ti'igww $I0i6O
Express Waj-o.......3irS!W5
Pall and examine -onr work. Repairing
dono on short notice and on reasonable terms.
SIMEON T. GARRISON,
ASA SI1REVE.
Dallas, April 14, 1S70. 7:3m
;fhesh aruivai.!
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UR STOCK OF NEW
GOODS FOX
THIS -
SntlNO TRADE,
Is now open and tor tale at our store, on tha
Corner of Front and Mill Street, Dal
las, Oregon.
TV invite the attention of our patrons t
our New Steckico-uustiryj of
Dress Goods,
Clothing,
Hardware,
Crodergi
Groceries,
Boots If Shoes,
Scliool Hooks,
Stationery,
In fact everything found in Retail Stores,
At Prices to Suit the Times.
Country lronc takan la excluuige for
Goods 1 .
Those havlni
ivlng old arroHtnts ar reqnesUd ta
ttle by CAST! or NOTE.
call and sett
W thank tbe public for Ibeir liberal pat
ronage in the past, and hope for a continuance
of the same.
N. A. J.D, LEE.
T11- M-rolt 1.1 1ftfl a
N OTIC P.l
NOTICE IS II i-1: v hY on en that
the law firm of Vincrard A Botler Is this
day dissolved by mutual consent. s J
T. TTrnrffiisT
anglSw N. Ik HTTTT.FR.,
TJ '.ENSWABE IN iBUNDANCR
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' J. H. LEWl'P.