VOL. 2.
DALLAS, OREGON. SATURDAY. MAY 13. 1871.
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THE GREAT 8I.EET OF IHll. ITS
liFFECT ON THE Fit U IT CHOP.
From the Western Ruralist
Sleet is a natural phenomenon of fre
quent occurrence. It' makes its ap
pearance more or less frequently every
year, and may appear at any time when
the rain-cloutl is warmer than 32
Fahrenheit, and the crust of the earth
and oljects'near; it are below the freez
ing point.
The sleet about which we propose to
ay a few things, fell on Wednesday,
the 25th of Jaouary. It began iu the
morning at 6 o'clock, with the ther
mometer at 27, end rained without
interruption until the inormnjr of
Thursday. The falling rain elevated
the temperature to 30 by nightfall of
the same day j yet most ot the rain was
converted into ice and did not enter the
ground. The measure of the rain was
117 inches, aod we noticed a horizontal
line No 10 galvanized wire enveloped
with an icicle fully one inch in diameter,
with short icicles from below at dis
tances apart as regular, and proportions
as uniform as the teeth of a horse comb.
In the magitude ot its proportion, this
sleet very far exceeds anything of the
eort we ever witnessed before, and the
dismantled forest trees bear evidence of
this, those of brittle texture, with many ;
small branches suffering most. i
We were curious to take some notes
of the proportions ot this sleet, and cut
off a branch of the Wey mouth Pine,
about six inches long The delicate-and
llendcr leaves of the White Tine, which
add so much to its beauty, put out in
fascicles of five upon the small branches,
and radiating around the points; these
leaves assume the appearance of a
brush four or six inches in diameter.
In the branch cut off, each of these
fascicles had presented its points to the
shower, and had become the base of an i
iciclef so that a branch, in itself almost '
as. light as a ' feather, had taken -on
three quarters of a pound of ice ;
.and the parent, a very fine venerable
tree of fifty summers, with foliage too
dense to let through, a drop of rain
JbefoTC freezing, actually had in attach
sznents to points of its interior branches
the respectable weight of three and a
Jbalf tons of ice, being the weight of a
ishower of rain 1 17 inches" upon the
gpace covered by such a tree. ' v
It is not surprising, then, that
branches called on to suspend three or
ifour hundred pounds of ice at arm's
length' should fail of strength, and
. .being too brittle to bend down to the
- perpendicular', should break off and
dismantle the tree a fate that has
overtaken thia beautiful eWrgreen
.above all others. We are not disposed
to question the fitness of those law by
which the elements are ruled; and if we
were called upon to assess damages for
the crashing among the trees which
accompanied this sleet storm, we shorjjd
feel disposed to dwell considerably in
mitigation of damages upon the advan
tage the farmer has derived from the
presence of this sleet. The drought of
last summer exhausted the moisture,
jiptn the earth's surface to a depth ex
ceeding two feet; but up to the 25th
of January! when the sleet commenced
as we had opportunity to know by the
digging or holes in the orchard, only
abiut one foot of this arid mass had
been moistened by the rains of autumn
and winter, and the lower stratum could
not easily be saturated unless some
sponge like material held the moisture
at the surface while it slowly filtered
through. A snow fall is perhaps the
most efficient method of watering the
dry sub-soil, as, beside holding the
water while the snow melts, the parti
cles of snoW'iu falling drop so lightly
as not to close the interstices made by
frost for percolation, of water, which the
pattering of the heavy drops in a rain
fall would do. But the only difference
between snow and sleet is, that one is
water frozen in the clouds', the other
the same material congealed on objects
near the earth's surface, and in thia
case containing, 117 inches, together
with the snow ;and raiti that fell upon
it furnished as much moisture towards
saturating the ground as a snowfall to
the depth of twenty eight inches would
have done.
As to the effect of sleet upon the
fruit crop, we are of opiuion that the
masses entertain an undue apprehen
sion of danger. In April 18G8, many
of our readers will remember that after
the peaches were in fnll bloom, a light
snow fell during the forenoon of the
10th of April, and during the evening
changed into rain and sleet, so that on
the morcing of the 11th, the petals of
the peach blossom were embedded
in frozen snow and ice, transparent as
the clearest crystal, but the thermom
eter .stood at 31, and peaches iu full
bloom were not hurt; so in the late
sleet storm the thermometer was at no
time below 24, while the backward
ness or slightly dev lopei condition of
the fruit bud would secure it from
harm in the presence of any degree ot
cold above Zero, even though surround
ed by sleet.
As respects the prospects for a fruit
crop in 1871, the dry weather f last
summer, we think, has secured a full
supply of fruit buds, which being alive
and bu slightly swollen, will nut pro
bably be damaged, and are therefore
most likely subject to the single future
hazard of parsing the ordeal of hpring
frosts. The damage to the orchards ly
the great weight of this sleet is confined
principally to peach trees with large
hanging or horizontal brauches, and we
think the best thing the orchardist cau
do with such will be, where the dis
mantling is not too great, to head back
the remaining brauches, sparing vig
orous sprouts, and thereby make an
effort to secure a growth of young
wood branches. A vigorous tree thu
treated may have considerable bearing
wood-for the crop of 1871.
A Wonderful Memory.- Daniel
McCartney, a humble laborer in Salem,
Columbiana county, Ohio, 53 years of
age, possesses such a wonderful memory
that be is subject of an article in the
last number of the Journal of Specula
live Philosophy, published in St. Louis.
The article was written by W. D.
Ilerrkre, the State Commissioner of
Public Schools in Ohio. Mr Kenk!o
visited 'Mr. McCartney and used all
possible ingenuity in making repeated
tests. McCartney is illiterate and nearly
blind, but he remembers the occurences
of every day since January 1st, 1827,
when he was nine years old. Mention
any date to him in the last 44 years,
and he tells instantly what day of "the
week it was, what sort of weather pre
vailed, and what he was working at
and conversed about. Mr. Ilenkle pro
vided himself with a journal for 45
years, and, after several , severe cross-
examinations, proved Mr. McCartney
to be correct invariably. Mr. McCart
ney also displayed a remarkable faculty
for mental arithmetic. ' J
DeOnltio a of lllble Terms.
A day's jouruey was thirty-three and
one uitn nines.
A Sabbath day's journey was about!
TCnodJak mil . iUfial
an English mile.
Ezekiel's reed was eleven feet nearly.
A cubit is twenty-two inches nearly.
A hand's breadth is ; equal to three
and five-eighth inches.
; A shekel of gold was $8 09.
A talent of silver Was 8538 32. ?
A talentof gold was 813 809. 3
A piece of silver, or a penny was
thirteen cents. v " ' A
i A farthing wa three cents.
Agarah was acenV
A niite was Vcent.'-''
' An epha, or bath, contains seven gal
Ions and five pints.; '".'S'yyi. ?
"A bin was one gallon and two pints.
A firk in was seven plots. ; V J ' ' 4
1 1 An tinier was six pints. ' ;;
A cab was three pints.
IAVV VERSUS tOVE.
From the Marh alltown (Iowa) Times.
His Honor, Judge Chase, was called
upon last Monday to enforce a decree
of Court, which, to his. honor be it said,
he commanded obedience thereto, while
his heart pleaded foe those who were
made subject to it.. Stern, unrelenting
duty as a Judge, and the silent, earnest
pleading of the heart in sympathy with
a distressed mother, who was required
by Jaw to give up the custody of her
children, and be separated from them.
The scene was the most affecting one
we ever witnessed in a Court room, and
there were but few dry eyes among the
spectators. '
The man, the part that is human and
divine, would crop out in the Judge
while telling the poor heart-brcken
woman with her three children clinging
to her, and crying to remain with their
mother, that he could do nothing but
command her to obey th; decree, until
the Judge himself, conscious of the
unnatural act, choked, whilo his eyes
moistened at the pitiable picture before
him. We honor him for that evidence
of humanity, and a kind humane heart,
while executing the stern mandates of
the lam -
The case was this : A Mrs. 0'IIara,
ten years go, obtained a divorce from
her husband and the custody of her
children. The Supreme Court affirmed
this decision; but this husband, this
human fiend, spared by f I ell to torture
thtc he had sworn to love and protect,
has followed her up in the Courts until
he found some fool of a judge to modify
or change the decree, so as to give the
monHterjCOtitrol of the children; and
this poor woman, with her three chil
dren, from eleven to fifteen years of
a:e, was dragged into Court by a writ
of attachment, to be compelled to sur
render her darlings, to her dearer than
her own life, toa humm monster. The
case is without a parallel in Iowa. It
reminded us of the fugitive slave law,
when the poor runaways were brought
into our northern Courts, their chains
clanking as they walked, to be remand
ed back to the bell-holes of slavery.
This law that stifled the affections and
outrtiged Deity, it.elft was soon disre
garded, and but few Courts could be
found that would outrage humanity and
d fy God, by remanding (hem back to
torture.
Hut here came a hurann fiend, with
the smoke of the bottomless pit curling
around him, and the fumes of the sul
phurous realms on his garments, and
asked a humane Judge to give him his
children, that he might torture them as
he had done both them and , their
mother, when he owued them under the
law. " '
The bar of Marshall County, fo their
honor be it said, rebelled against the
mandate, while admitting that there
was no other way than to obey.
The oldest child, sobbing as if her
heart would break, asked his Honor not
to do so monstrors a thing; her father
cared tlothing for her, and when she
was a mere child, he had abused and
kicked her until her life was despaired
of. She could not, and would not, leave
her mother, who had cared for her from
infancy up,
and
now bhe was
big
enough to help her dear ma, to be torn
from her ; her brothers, younger than
she was, said they would not go with
their father ; they would stay with
their mother; and their sobs filled the
Court house with sympathisers; and
the low mutterings of an 'outraged au
dience became audible, and the fiendish
father soon saw, that, with law or with
out law, those children could not be
taken from that mother in Marshall
town then he agreed that she might
keep-them, allowing hira the privilege
ot visiting them. This ttmoly eonces
sion saved huu from the vengeance of
an outraged community. . 9
t Let it the forever' understood that
Marshalltown is no place to come to to
enforce an odious degree of some pusil
lanimous J udgo, or tear the heart
stringshuman wretches are noi want
ea i this community. We have no
threat to make, but wa An tint, want in
threats to make, but we do not want to
witness any more cases like this.
To Remove Scorch Marks. If
linen has been scorched,' and the mark
not penetrated entirely through, so as to
damage the texture, it may be removed
by the following process : Peel and
slice two onions, and extract Juice by
squeezing ex pounding. : Then cut up
half an ounco of white' soap, and two
of fuller's earth, and mix them with the
onion juice, and half a pint of vinegar.
JJoil this composition well; then spread
it, when cool, pour over the scotched
part of linen, aud let it dry on. After,
ward-wash out the linen, and. the mark
were there will be found to .hare been
removed.
AND THE
SION,
COMMIS-
From the New Jersey Mechanic.
The press of England and also of
Canada has worked itself into a white
heat in anticipation that the United
States would propose to annex the Can
adas, whether eitizens of . those pro
vinces were disposed to be annexed or
not. The difficulty encountered by
the Commissioners has been a much
more practical one how to reconcile
the high notion of the Canadians as to
their control over fishery and trade, with
the rights and interests of England and
the United States. Oo the fishery
question for instance, all our treaties
are wilh England, for even the recipro
city treaty was negotiated with the
mother country in 1851, but now, un
der the Dominion Act, Canada set up
a claim to regulate the Hunt of shore
fisheries, and impose tribute upon our
finhertnen, in direct contravention of
the treaties of 1783 and 1817. The
Canadians are very touchy, too, about
any arrangement between Engbud and
the United States which shall dispose
of the fishery question, except upon
their own terms.
When in 1870 Mr. Fish suggested
to Mr. Thornton that an arrangement
might be made by which lumber, oal,
sail anu n-n suouiu do aamitteu tree
into the United States, or at least at a
low rate of duty, provided Canada gave
us the freedom of the canals, of the St.
Lawrence and the iushore fisheries, the
Canadian Government informed Mr.
Thornton that they looked upon a pro
position of that kttid a wholly iinum
enf, and subsequently Sir Franci?
Ilineks, the linanco Minister, and Mr.
Tupper, the President of the Council,
denounced in the Cauadiau 1'arlianent,
the American propo-ition as degrading
and insultios to the Dominion.
Sir John Macdonatd is undernrtxd to
take the same view, and also tr hold a
position which has brought him into
collision with the Whig members of tho
English Commission. Iu discuH.-iug
reciprocity, Sir John was willing to
Kraut us the freedom of the fisheries
and the free navigation of the St. Law
rence, if wc will admit upon reciprocal
terms, free of duty, trrain, lumber, cat
tle, vegetables, dairy produce, salt and
fi.$b, and ahso throw open our coasting
trade to Canadian vessels. Hut he
would uot consent to have manufactures
thus interchanged; for , as the Oanadi
ans now obtain their revenues from du
ties on imports, they would be com
pelled to tax English manufacturer,
while American manufactures would be
free. On the contrary, Earl de .Grey,
representing the view of the Driliiflt
Hoard of, trade, thought that anv
arrangement made between Canada and
tho United States by which the Cana
dian tariff is lowered upon American
manufactures must equally affect the
admission of English productions into
Canada. A discussion has taken place
between the Canadian and En-jlK
Governments on this point, the Canadi
ans endeavoring to show that, under
tho reciprocity treaty of 1854, England
set up no such pretensions, while the
English Government, on the contrary,
maintained that no such arrangement
can be made with the United States in
which England can not equally well
participate. It is even asserted, with
as much confidence as anything can be
asserted about the debates of the High
Commission, that the warmest discus
sion thus far, was between Sir John
Macdonald and his English colleagues,
Sir Stafford Northcote -rather siding
with Canada, while the other three, and
of course the American Commissioners,
took the opposite view. .
, An old farmer was one day looking
over his broad acres, with an axe on his
shoulder and a small dog at his heels.
They espied a woodch tick. The dog
gave, chase and drove him into a stone
wall, where action immediately com
menced. The dog would draw the
woodch u'ck partly out from the wall,
and then the woodchuck would take the
dog back. The old gentleman's sym
pathy getting high on the side of the
dog, lie thought he must help him. So
putting himself in position, with the axe
above the dog, he .waited for the ex
traction of the woodchuck. Just as he
struck, the woodchuck .gathered up,
drew the dog in far enough , to receive
the blow, and he was killed on the spot
For years after, tho old: gentleman, -in
relating tne story, would always aua
"And that dog don't know to this day
DUi nuav vuo hmuuuiiuvl muiuu iiiui.
Hair Curling . Fluid -nicce
of white beeswax about
-lelt a
the fiizo
of a .filbert, In an ounce of oIifo oil, and
- -
add ono or two drops of otto of roses. ;
Subscribe for the Hefuslican.
PfgUEltlES
PROFESSIONAL CARDS, dC.
Physician & 8urj;con,
IIUENA VISTA, OftECON.
Formerly Practiced with R. C. HILL, M. D.
Albany. 8 tf
WHOLESALE DKAXKRS 15
DRY GOODSj Etc.
MOOHE'S IlI.OClv, SALEM.
100,000 lbs Wool Wanted
For which the Highest Market Price wilt
be paid. 3 -3m
JOII.V J. DALY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
IVotarv Public, &c,
I1UENA ATITA.
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J. C. GRUBBS, f1 D.i
PHYSICIAN AXl) UHCiEON, '
Offora hia Services to the Citizens of Dallas
anl Yiciiiitjr.
OFFICE mi XICIIOLS" Drug Store.
34-tf
P. A. Fbbsch.
J. McMinuj.
NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP,
Eola, Folk County.
All Kindnof Illarkt-mhliliig-doneon Fbort
Notice, ami to the uticUcti'iii of Cuetymers,
mnl at Kf anonnl'lj HaU.
Special attention ai'l t llorae-hoelng.
Oct. 27, 1S70. FKK.NCH A AlcMAHON.
Sl-ly
Y, I. 4El'l'HIE, M. I).,
Phyician and Surgeon,
IiIa, Oregon.
fpecial attention given to Obstetrice and
Di-.cacc of Women. 1 tf
Attorney and Counsellor-at -Law,
am;m, (ui:(;ox,
Will practice in all the Conrt of Record and
Inferior Courts of this State. '
OFFICE In Watkinds A CoY Brick, up
trtirf. I
P. . SULLIVAX,
Attorney U Counsellor-At-Law,
Oallas, Ortpjon,
Will practice to all the Courts of the State. 1
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
Dallas. Oregon.
?p?cial attention pircn to Collections and to
matter pertaining to Real Estate. 1
jko. a. ccnaar.
B. ncntKT.
CUR 5152 Y & HIT II LEV,
Alforncys-At-I.aiv,
LAFAYETTE - - - - OREGON,
1 3 tf
"ItUSSKIaL A: IKStUY,
Real Estate Brolicrs and
Real Estate Auctioneers,
OFFICE. St. Charles Hotel Building,
PORTLAND - - - - - OREGON.
YAG3N AHD CARRIAGE SHOP,
Main Street, Dallas.
Second door north of the.Dnig Store.
The nnier?li;ned wishes to Inform the 1'uhlie
that ho is prepared to do any kind of work in
hi line on the shortest notice, and in the beat
tjle. Thankful to hi old customer and
friends for former patronage, he, respectfully
olicits a continuauco of the vatnej
3-tf S. T. GARRISON.
FURNITURE!
It urea us,
Lounges,
Tattles,
BeclytcnflN.
A Variety of CHAIRS for Parlor ai4
. : Kitchen use.
RAW-niOO OOTTOtn CHAIRS
I ; Of my own make. ' ' :
Shop ncar lVnjniirc's illiU
I INVITE THE PUBLIC TO EXAMINE
ray stock. I shall bo,pleascd to show, you
my goods, and better pleased when you buy.
NEW WORK put n? to Order, and RE
PAIRING done at the lowest cash price.
4-tf j; WR1 0. WILLS, Dallat.
s
ALT. ARMEN t ISLAND AND LIV
ERPOUL Sfllt, in quantities to suit, at
COX A KARIIART'S, Salem.
1 LL KI DS OF m Wimi DONE ON
J Short Notice by Mrs. CeltcU Ellsberrj,
Bear Wajmlre'a Mill, Dalla
PROFESSIONAL CARDS. AC.
J. ill. BAlTiIOSSIi,
I'OHTIjA KI) - - -j, OUEGON.
OenjEral News Agent t
For Oregon and Adjacent Terrritorlea.
A1h SPECIAL COLLECTOR of , all kluda
of CLAIMS.
AGENT (or the Dallas Republican.
WOOL! VOi)L!l
WE WILL PAY THE II IO UEbT SIAK
kct Price in Coh fur WOOL.
Backs and Twine FurtiiaWdj
Wool received at any Shipping Point on the
, Willamette Hirer.
COX Sc EARSIAI1T,
c)Mn:nci Ar street, halcm
ii. p. siiivhu;
IloustV Waoti and igil
Painter,
Dallas, Polk County, Oregon.
IV IS IV W A'GOiV AIVD CASt
K!A(iE MTORV.
HICIIAROON A CO.
Inform the Pubiij that they are now realy-to
do all kiu'l of work iu tbeir line.
CARKl AG ES, WAOU.NS, Ac. Built or Re
paired with Xeatnepa and Dispatch.
WAtiONri curietantly ou band lr tisie.
IlLACKrfMITHIXO doue by au exjrienced
Workman.
One door south of Livtry Stable Dalla?, Ogn.
8-if
Under wood, ISarkcr & Co,
Commercial street, Salem. 'Oregon,
MANUFACTURE ALL KINDS OF WAG
ONS after the most approved tyles
the beet of workmanship, ou short notice, arrd
AT POltTLAXD PltlCESl
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O J J I z-JS
Harness.
vuu.ui viji
Mala at. (oppoite the Court IIoum), Dallaa, ' .
MAN0FA(?TCREn A!?D DEALER IN-1
Ilamesf, Fadd!, Ilridtef, Whip. Collar, ;
Check J.inen, etc., etcM of all kind, which hz
prepared to ell at the lowest liringrstea. ' '
CfrKE PAIRING done on short notice.
HURGREf. SHII1DLER,
Inipc tU'r and Dealers in . , .
FURNITUllE
? AND ' ,., ''
IS E DDItt, v
The Largest Stork and the Oldest Pur
itlture House In Portland. r.
WAREROOMS AND FACTORY .? h .
COKITEB SAtKON AND FIRST STREETS
PORTl.AVn, OREGON.! '
$75 E V E R V W E IJ Ki;
LADY AGENTS. .
We want Smart and Enerjjctic Afrrnts ro
introduce our popular and jsty celhrfvd
invention, in ercry Viltaif,' JWs (Vfs tV' i
Imlispentahle to every Household; . J
They are highly approved of. endor't anH i
adopted by La-lie. 'Ayi'M ami , XirfeM
.m r now a GREAT FAVOllITti with
! them. ' '' ' '
Every Family will Pnrchase One
or more of them. Sointhin? that tberrtnerics j'
are apparent at a GLANCE. : -t;,J'.-i. '; - f
DRUGGISTS, MILLINERS. DRESSMAKERS "
and all who keep FANCY ST'UvKS, will Rn
our excellett articles SELL VEHV RAPID-: f
i"t given perfect satisfaction and netting :
S M A h h FORTUNES
to all Dealers and Agents,
COUNTY RIGHTS F'RT2rE,.;
to all who.desrre cnnsinir. in an JIuorahit,
Itexpectnljle and VnJiubU ttnine$, at the ram
time dcinj; a& to ttieir companions in life. "V
Sample $'i 00, fent free by nuiil on receipt of
price. SEND FOR WHOLESALE CIRCU- '
LAR. ADDRESS, ;
victoria manXjfacturing coMr"Y., r
IT, PAHK PLACE, New Yrk.
mntniTrt r n I i nni
J. ill. K1NC AID has opened a
New Photographic Gallery
In Dallas, where he wilt be pleased to wait o'w .
CuBtoruers in his line of Business at all hour '
of the' day. .f ' r . l 'y ;y y" ' '. 1 1
liiltlrcti't Pictures
Taken without grnmUltnp, at the same price at
Adults. PAtisfuetlou guaranteed., Prices to . ?
suit the times. ... . ,
f Rooms at LafI!ett's Old Stand, Main StreV
Dallas, Polk County, Oregon, April 27th, 1871.
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