VOL. 2.
DALLAS, OREGON. SATURDAY, APRIL 22. 1871.
NO. 7
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Pemouest's Moxthxt stands unrivalled as a
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Content tiicnt.
From the New Jersey Mechanic
Contentment, like most everything
else, has two sides to it j the .one
being very bright and beautiful a
. treasure, at first thought, one niijrht
well covet ; but on more mature refiVc
tioa, it dims in brightness fades and
fades away, and ia finally transformed
into a ptcture of darkness and glom,
that makes the man of improvement, of
progression, of high and not. le aspira
tions of philosophical mind, turn pale
and sicken at the very thought of pos
sessing it.
Let us look at the bright side, and
then slide the dark sid into view, and
pee how quickly the angel of content
mert i 8oru of it- wings its charm,
its desirableness. For the bright side
let ns take the man of toil of poverty,
with surroundings and circumstances
that would seem to mike even the
stoutest heart quail, and render life
burdensome but no ! instead, his fice
nil aglow with happiness, his sparkling
eye, cheerful smile, merry ringing
latiiih, buoyant spirits, rlattic step, ail
tell us that he has no unsatisfied long
inirs, no inward sighing and ye irningtor
igh place and piles of shining dollars,
no envjings and jealousies for those who
roll in splendor and luxury, no sleepless
"nights spent in pleading with the
muses to inspire his pen with the pool's
fire, no heartbornings for the orator)
tongue, the widom of Confucius, the
learning of IMatoJNo, he is happy ! sat
isfied," con'ented with hw lot, never
having one aspiration higher than to
supply the bare necessaries of life from
day to day. Happy man ! he basks in
the sunshine of sweet contentment I
Could we put our cars to the hearts of
mankind, how many, many sighs should
we hear heaved for the blessed boon of
contentment (as we are too apt to con-
. sider it), howmany dollars offered to
ljuy it; how much splendor, luxury
and ease ready to be sacrificed. Hut
they are looking only at the bright side
sA the picture.
Now let us look at the other side. If
all were happy, satisfied, contented,
where would be this f ir, this charming
world or ours f In barbarism 1 No Tyre
end Sidon, Pompeii and Ilerculaneum,
jrio Thebes, Athens and Sparta, Alex
andria or Home ; none of your glorious
modern cities would ever have sprung
up to make the wilderness bloBsom as
the rose, and man ready to fall down in
worship and admiration at his own cre
ations. No, he would have been con
tent with the forest, the rude hut,
the trackless dtsert, the uncultivated
mind, aye, even with .barbarism itself!
Contentment is incompatible with
great thintrs, great cities, great men,
creat discoveries, great inventions,
great improvements." It is the useless,
dissatisfied, discontented being -that
kindles barbarism into ' the bright,
cheerful flame of civilization discon
tentment that converts the forest into
the city, atreiches railroads into every
corner oi our lair cann, strings
praph wires from ocean to ocean, from
land to land; discontentment that ias
nnloided the beauties and troths ot
clieniistrj, geology, astronomy, and the
UUHI PVIUlIk' 55, IIMl HUH UKlltU I
us the hidden treasures of the earth,
and developed the mind of m?n into
the wonderful, almost GocUlike condi
tion, of which every day we find proofs.
Only he who would exchnnge civili
zation for barbarism should High for
contentment.
The poeti pays, " content eatisfao
tion -who wins them ?' Look down I
They are hdd without thought by the
dolts and drones.
j No? let u's never heave a sigh, waste
a wish for contentment, but, instead,
sigh, plead and pray that our, restless,
dissatisfied, discontented nature, may be
directed into such fields of usefulness,
goodness, greatness, that when welcome
to shufSe off this mortal coil," the
world maj feel that it is better for our
bavins lived.
What literature and ctencehave Lost
by the Siege of Paris,
Some time must elapse, says the Pall
Mall Grzettt, be ft re. we shall be able to
estimate with accuracy the looses which
the interests of literature and science
have sustained through the siege of
Paris. Not a few eminent professors
and member of the Institute have been
serving in the ranks of the National
Gu-ird and the army of defence, and it
is hardly possible that they have all
escaped without injury. Already we
learn that the Abbe Moigno, editor of
the Les Mandes has been wounded by
the explosion of a shell j that M. I.)es
noyers fille, of the Museum Library,
ha- been killed; and that M. Thenard
is a prisoner of Germany. As to the
interruption to study, it is only neces
sary to bear in mind how very few phi
lo-iophers have the habit of abstraction
attributed to Joseph ' Scaliger, who
said to have been so engrossed in
Homer, that he became aware of the
massacre otj St.-Bartholomew and of his
escape only on the day subsequent to
i he catastrophe.
The damage inflicted on building
devoted to science is more obvious The
Galleries of Zodogy and 31inerabgy
have both been pooetrated by shells;
the College: de France has not escaped
unhurt ; and the Meteorological Obser
vatory lately ereced iu the Champ de
Mara has bt-en converted into barracks.
In the Jardin des Plan'es, and Jard n
d'Acclimatation the ruin has been com
pletf, all the animals having been
slaughtered, either for food or by way
of precaution, and the rare trees some
of them of priceless value have been
cut down for defensive purposes, or else
to maks charcoal. In the gardens and
nurseries outside the city, the. devasta
tion has been equally severe. C'atenay,
the chief establishment of M. Croux,
formed the headquarters of the Bava
rian artillery ; the large palm house
was turned into a stable, and the flower
tubs used as cribs, heep and cattle
have been pastured in the Jardin pour
les Ktudcs J'omolotfiqucs. near Aulnay.
and everywhere the young trees have
furnished stakes for gabions, and the
branches for faggots. These are a few
of the cfloets of civilize 1 warfare."
A Successful "Oil" Woman.
A novelty in fennnine enterprise has
attracted much attention among the
petroleum oil dealers here. A New
York lady the wife of Mr. John Hoope.
who had been operating in the oil re
gions the past three years, whilo visit
ing Titusville and the wells through the
country, was presented with a lease to
put down a 'ladies well." The liberal
donor is Mr. J. McCray, owner of one of
the most pro'thc farms in the oil regions
The only terms ond conditions are that
it must be entirely a ladies' enterprise
no gentleman to be interested. Mr.
McCray is the happy recipient nf S7.000
a'day income from his wells at iPetro
leum Centre. Mrs. IIope contracted
ior cnijirie nouse, derrick, and all need
ed carpenter work; purchased the
engine, casing, and other machinery;
employed drillers, engineers and other
workmen to 'run the well'
Mrs. Hoope associated with her
own the capital of some lady partners,
1 en f .. " ..
aim Hucci'Esiuiiy unisuea the rwell on
il.. 1.. l f . I ' . .
tuu ii uay or iecemoer. it' is now
pumping 150 barrels of oil a day. At
present prices this investment yields
$500 every 24 hours. After navinn-
royalty to the wife of the land owner
(for whom the well is named ' Ladv
McCrayV) and current exrjcnscsthe
fair capitalists are realizing u 'liandsome
income on their enterprise; The well
is 88G feet deep, aiid the third, or sand
rock, j is 42 jfeet thick. ; With spring
and moderate wenther, another wefl
will probably be drilled, under the same
supervision, on this lease, and it is
. hoped with an equally favorable result
Home Journal.
ssfflwraaBssseasrEi
MINNESOTA IA WSUITV !:
In the semi-rural district of Winona,
forty miies north of that city on the
Minnesota side of. the, Mississippi river,
lives, among several others, a jolly good
fellow of a Justice of tlio Peace, whose
idoas of matters are much like the
waters of a deep river once started, it
is hard to turn them. On afairday last
week, after the 10 x 12 law dispensary
had been swept, after chairs had been
set in a row against the side of the
office, and sundry whipped quids of-to-bacco
and mutilated cigsr stumps had
been kicked under '.the -stove there was
a woVden step on the stairs, and a vig
orous rap at the door.
" Come in," said the Justice, as he
settled into a legal book so befitting a
man of law, duly elected to dispense the
favors of the blind .goddess.
A stout woman entered. She had
on a short woolen dress, ' wood en soled
shoes, sported red cheeks, black hair,
and eyes that snapped like .the lock of
a shot gun. In a Portugese accent, and
in the Jtorst possible English, she
said;
' You law man ?"
" Ye, Madam; be seated "
" Want paper. Want paper to take
man
Just then a stout French half-breed
entered the room. He was unable to
speak half 'a dozen words, and looked
either 'sea Ted or bashful The Judge
saw at Ones that there was some marry
ing to come off, and said to the woman,
who stood with compressed Hps watch
ing the Justice and the dior
Want paper to take this mm.?"
" Yes want paper. Me teach him.
(Nice woman, thought the Jusnee)
He n.) good man; me tale him hj
quick as can !" j
AH right, my eovios ux you in !
the jetk of a lamb's tail," said the Ju-
ice, as he turned to the man and
said : , - '
You know this womtn, can you
take her?"
The man shook his head, and mut
tered unintelligible words.
Ah, I see. Can't talk Knglish.
Well never mind."
He ran into the street, invited a few
friends upstairs, and on returning with
them sanl to the woman :
You want to take this mau, for
better or for worse ?"
"Yes; me want to take him; me
a
ry-
All rightl" .
Then turning to the man who stood
trembfine
You; take this womin for better or
for worse, and promise to keep her,"
&c , ke. .
' Umph !" and several nols of the
head.
"Then in the nnme of the liw, and
in virtue of the authority in me vested,
I pronounce you man and wsfo. And
he stepped before the woman could say
a word an! kissed her lips.
Map cmQ her hand in his face, and
she clutched his hir. The new hus
band jumped in to take the woman
away, and to protect her, as the woman
supposed, when in self-preservation the
Justice gave him a rap on the nose.
the woman pitched into the new hus
band, who in turn pitched into her, and
for about five minutes there was a ern-
eral hustling ond display of thing de
cidedly astonishing.
At last the parties were separated,
when the man and woman ook another
turn at each other, the blood and hair
flying in all directions. Down came the
stove, over went the table, clatter went
the chairs, and into the street like mad
went the Justice, with a black eye, and
the bosom ot his shirt looking like a
warranty deed covered with red seals.
A crowd rushed up stairs, and found
the man and woman lying on the floor,
hugging rach other like young bruins,
the woman on top, and pomelling her
newly-made husband with a hearty
will. ;V- ;?; r
The newly married couple were sep
arated, when, through the aid of two
interpreters, it was discovered that' the
night before,' the parties, occunvin? ad
joining shanties io the lower part of the
town, nau gone into a dispute .over a
stove pipe, which was claimed by both.
ana irora woras itiey had come to
blows. Kach party bad hastened to the
Justice's Ttffice in the mornlns' for a
warrant fr the other, with the result as
above stated. "' ; ,; : A-!"
The last news from there was that
the parties bad gone in search of another
Justice to unmarry them, while the go
niab cause of their.. terrible Squabble
was "setting up the boys," and bath
ing; his bunged eye in camphor and
whiskey, For an actual fact, it is the
richest. within our knowledge. :.
' : i-n "!; rr- yym,
; Sobscribeor the Republican.
353S8959!
NOHTIIIiUN PACII IC UAILUOAD.
We clip the following concerning the
climate, soil, &c., of the'eouotry through
which the above named road runs, from
the New York Sun ,
"Hie route across the Continent se
lected by the Northern Pacific Hail
road, although five or six degrees fur
ther north than the other roatls, secures
a milder climate. This is due to several
natural caues among them the low
altitude of the country traversed, and
on the Pacific Coast the influence of the
warm current in the ocean, correspond
ing to our Atlantic Gulf Stream, which
strikes the coast at Puget Sound, its
soltening effect extending far inland.
Portland, near the Columbia river, is
described as a second Garden of Kden.
Samples of produco from that region
exhibited on 'Change in Chicago, a few
days ago, such as wheat weighing t"51bs.
to the bushel, and oats weighing 48 lbs.
created great astonishment among dca'
ers. The winter around Portland, it is
said by residents of that place, is only
fVom three toix weeks duration. The
fertility of the soil is wonderful. One
thousand bushels of potatoes are re
ported to have been raised on a single
acre; pears and cherries are in reason
from three to seven months, and grain
ripens into a magnificent crop, no mat
ter what time of the year it is put into
the ground. The Portland peoplejdiip
large quantities of lumber and the lower
grades of flour direct to China, and they
export grain and fruit largely in other
directions.' hen the Northern Pacific
Uoad h completed, they expect to drive
a lar'C inland trade. This road is now
being carried forward from both end.
A gentleman recently from Oregon says
that 1,000 Chinese laborers arc enjaged
on its construction thre. The. mtldnes
of the climate along iv$ rout will not
teem so extraordinary, when it is con
sidered that the general line of the
Northern Pacific Itoad is
150 miles
south of the latitude of Paris" ,
Different V aju of Taking Tea.
The Chinaman puts his tea in a cup.
pours hot water upon it, and drinks the
infusion of leaves : he never dream of
spoiling its flavor with suar or cream.
The Japanese triturates the learen be
fore putting into the pot. In Morocco.
they put green tea, a little tan?$ey, and
a great deal of suirar into a teapot, and
fill up with boiling water. In lloklwra,
every man came a email tag oi tea
abemt him, a certain quantity of which
he hands over to the jooih keeper he
patronize, who concoctf the beverajrc'
tor him. The Hok harlot find. it as dif
ficnlt to pa- a tea booth, as our own
dram drinker docs to go by a gin palace.
His breakfast beverage H tcbitscha,'
that h tea, flavored with milk, cream or
mutton fit, in which bread is so iked.
Ihiring the daytime, sugarless green
tea is drunk, with accompaniments of
cke of flur and n:-tit ton suet. It is
considered an inexcusable brcac'i tf
manners to cool the hot cup of tea with
the breath ; but the difficulty is over
come by supporting the right elbow in
the left hand, and giving a circular
moverncnt to the cup. How long each
kind of tea takes to draw is calcuhted
to the pecond ; and when the can is
emptied it is pa$cd round among the
company, far each teadrinker to take
up as many leaves as can 1e held be
twecn the thumb and fingers, the
leaves being esteemed an especial
dainty.
When Mr. Ball was travelling in
Asiatic Russia, he had to claim the
hospitality of the lluratsky Arabs. The
mistress ot , the tent, placing a large
kettle on the' fire, wiped it carefully
with a horse's tail, filled it with water,
and threw in some coarse tea and a lit
tie salt. When this was near boiling
point, fhe tossed the tea about with a
brass ladle, until the linuor became
very brown, and then it was poured off
into another vessel. Cleansing the ket
tie. as before, the woman set it again on
the fire, in order to fry a paste' of rneali
and fresh butter. upon this the tea
and some thick cream were poured,
the ladle put, into requisition, and, afcer
a time, the whole was taken off the fire
and set aside to cool. Half pint wooden
macs were banded round, and the tea
ladled' into them, a tea forming roeaj
and drink, and satisfying both hunger
and thirst. However made, tea is a
blessed ; invention for. the wearied tra-x$eTf--ChamberB
Journal,
A: IWis correspondent, writing of
the siege, says : ''They tell t,f one la
dy here who was so ; overcome by her
appetite as to eat her beloved lap-dog."
After a hearty meal, she looked down at
the little heap of bones j tears fell from
her eyes J "Poor Bijoul" she exclaim
el, "how he would have enjoyed thenar
PROFESSIONAL ' CA RDS, d C.
RliEYMAff BROS.
! - .. WHOLESALE PKAIERS I!T
XK,Y GOOOH, Etc.
MOOHE'S It LOCK, HALBM.
100,000 lb Wool Wanted
For which the Higheet Market foice will
be paid. 3 -3m
ATTORNEYATlVAW,
'. .
Notary Public, &c,
IIVKSA VISTA.
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J. C. GRUBIJS, DM
PIIYsilCIAN ANI1 MIIt(;i:).,
Offers hie Services to the Citizen! of Dallas
and Vicinity.
OFFCE-tit NICHOLS' Drag Store.
31-f
P. A. Frkxch. I J. McMahuk.
UVN BLACKSMITH SHOP,
Ilola, Folk C'ouuty.
All Kinl of Illark-mlthin done on Short
Nolie, ami to the Fatirfactioa of Custumcrs,
and at lU agonal. lUts.
.Special attention to llrse-Phorlng.
Oct. 27, 170. FltKNCH t McMAIlnN.
31 lj
jr. n. smis, n. ik
PliyMicinit anil Surgeon,
Dallas, Ogn.
IIing reHine'l frctice, will give special
nttntin to Ohttricf atl ih trentuient of
lh A'wtktet of Woipen and Children'
Office t h refideocc.
W. I. J i:i'l'HUiM. M. I).,
Chyiciaii and Surgeon,
I2ola, Oregon.
Fperia! attention giren to Ob?tetricf nd
Difaai of Women. Itf
c. a. vim,,
Attorney and Coumellor-at-Law,
ali:m. ohi:con
Will practice In all the Court of Reeord and
Inferior Curm of thia State.
OFFICE In Watkladi
tair.
4 Co'a Crick, op
.. 1
Attorney ti Couasellor-At-Law,
Dallas, Oregon,
Will practice in al the Courts of the State. 1
I. fj. COLLIXS,
Attorney and Counscllor-at-Law.
Dallas. Oregon.
Special alter.Uon gircn to Collections and to
matter pertaining to flea! Etste. 1
GEO. B. Ct'HRtr. It. HfRLET.
Attorncys-lt-I.ar,
i.AFAYirrrn - - - oregon.
3 tf
fiuss i; is ii aV ns u i: y,
Real Estate Brokers n lie!
Heal Estate Auctioneers,
. 0rriCE.St. Charles Hotel BaiUlag,
PORTLAS!) - - - - - OREGON.
VAGON AND CARRIAGE SHOP,
Main Street, Dallas.
Second door north of the Drag Store.
The nndmiicned wihe to inform the l'uolie
that he i prepared to do any kind of work in
hi line on the hnrt?t notice, and in the heat
jOyle. Thankful to hi old rmtomer und
friends for former pntrunage, he rcpectfuUy
flieita a continuance of the fame.
S9-U S. T. GARRISON. .
FURNITURE!
Eltircaus,
liOiingref),
r Ilerfitcails.
A V'arjety of CUAIRH f.,r Parlor and
Kitchen use.
RACT-XXirJE DOTTORI CHAIRS
Of my own tnnke.
8 li op n ca r Wa y in i r e's i!l i 1 1
I INVITE THE PUnLTC TO EXAMINE
my stoek. ; I shall bo pleased ta show you
my good, and better pleased when you buy.
NEW WORK put no to Order, and RE
PAIRINO done at the lowoct caoh price.
4-tf r WIS O. WILLS, Dntta:
SALT. CARMEN ISLAND- AND LIV'
ERPOOL Salt, in quantities to t-uit, at
COX A EA Ull ART'S, Salem.
A LL KISDS OP SEWING DONE ON
JA. Short Notice by Mm. Cellcie Elltberry,
near Way mi re 'i Mill, DaUaa. -
PROFESSIONAL CARDS, dC
J. M. BALTIMORE,
PORTI.A ND - - f - - , OREGON.
General News Agent
For Oregon and Adjacent Terrrltcrlea.
Also SPECIAL COLLECTOR of all kiode
: of CLAIMS. ;
, AGENT for the Dallas Republican.
WOOL! WOOL!!
W
E WTILL PAV THE niGIIEST MAR
ket Price in Cab fr WOOL.
Sack and Twine Famished.
"Wool receired at any Shipping Pptnt on the
Willamette River.
1 COX & EAR II A RT;
COM M Kit C I A I STR E KT, SAf.ISSf.
II. p. siitri yjBKvy,,
House, Wagon and Sign
Painter,
Dallas, Polk County, Oregon.
4-4 m
CORNER MAIN AND COURT 8T8, .
Dallas, Folk County. Oregon.
The undersigned, having RE-FITTEP the,
hove HOTEL. 'now inform! the Public that
be i prepared to Accommodate all who ma;
favor hiiu with a call, in, an good style aa can
be found in ajij Ilwtcl in the Country. Oira
uie aealt, and you t-ball not leave disappointed.
2-tf F. M. COLLINS, IVyritor.
Dntlerivood, darker & Co,
WAttOX I7IAKERS,
Commercial street. Salem. Oregon,
ANITFACTURE ALL KINDS OF WAG-
lit. ONft after the most approved stylet ant
tb beat of workmanship, on short notice, and
AT PORTLAND PRICKS!
21-tf
Sad dlery,
S. C. STII.ES, n j
Main st. (opposite the Court Uoase), Dallas,
MANUFACTrRER AND DEALER IN
Harness, Saddles, Bridles. Whips. Collars,
Check Line, eteetcof all kinds, which ha is
prepared to tell at tb lowest living rates. V"""
r-TR EPA IRING done on short notice. ' 1 f
BANK EXCHAflGE SALOOfI, !
Slain street.
Dallas. Ogn.
ilTTNES, LIQUORS, COKTER.ALEi
1? lUtitrs, Cigars.' Candies, Oysters
and Sardinia will be served to c en tie
men on the outside of the ot'uftter, by a gentle
man wh has an eye to ,bi" on the inside.
So come along, bys; make no delay, and.
we will soon hear what you have to say.
:2 V. F. CLI.NGAN.
HURGREH & SlilNDLER,
Importers and Dealers in ;
FUR NT T1J R B
". , .. and ;"j '
BEiiiivc. r
The laruest Stock and ttc Oldest 'Fur
, nlture House In Portland.
TARER00MS AND FACTORY .
CORNER CALM0N AND FIRST STREETS
PORTLAND, OREGON.!
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Indispensable to every Household;
They are highly approved of, endorsed and;; it
adopted bj"Ladit, Avtw And Divine) t:
and are now a GREAT ' FAVORITE with
them.
Evcrr Famllv will Purchase One
or more of them. Something tbtlt their merits
are apparent at a GLANCE,. . .....
DRUGGISTS, MILLINERS, DRESSZIAEER3
and all who keep FANCY STORKS, will fin
ur eacellei t articles SKLl VER T RAPID '
LlTt gives perfect satisfaction and netting l
S M ALL F O KTU N-KS rmi
to all Dealers and Agents, ! n'i
COUNTY HlGllTS PnteEi
to all who des're enrftging in ah ironaraltM
Jtftttnble'and Profitable lluiinttt, at thesam; ,f
time doing god ti their cnnpaoions in life.
Sample $2 00, sent free by mail on receipt of
price. SEND FOR WHOLESALE CIllCV--LAR.
; ADDRESS, ; i,, ' : . . t n . fU;
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IT, PARK PLACE, New York.
For Salee
mEN ACRES OF LAND, wUVirood TIousV
1 and Rarn.'all fenced and under good Ins, f
provement, situated in the Town of Dallas, i
Polk County, an extraordinary opportunity,-
For particulars inquire of the Editor of R 4
tan