THE COLUMBIAN.
St. Helen, Columbia Co., Or.
FJIXDAY, JXJ1TE 23, 1882.
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OUT 07 THE DEAFT.
Consumption" wan finyer so thin and .to cold,
Clutched the thnwit of my brother w th unyield
ing hold,
Aad he died in that city that Quantrell'a base
horde
In their malignant hate laVely put to the sword.
But they brought hi soul's casket away from
the West,
To rest in that spot that of Earth he loved best ;
In th midst of our farm by our father ho lies
'Neath the marble that point where he's gone
to the skies,
And over his grave many a vunimer ha laughed
No war-trump can wake him he's out ok thk
draft!
My mother oft goes where each dead treasure lies,
And wipes the big tears from her old faded eyes,
Her hair that was once a most delicate brown
Is now wliite as, the snow on Mt. 'Washington's
crown.
And her face that was loveliest of ali ths Maine
girls
Is wrinkled wkh sorrow that's whitened her
curls.
agir onen u wxsn o er ner spine nas roiiea
Her husband were living and she were aot old !
She's reconciled now to the cup she ha quaffed.
He's living in heaven, aud OUT or THE DArf !
How oft of my dear brother Charley the speaks
While the tear-drops unwittingly roll from her
cheeks,
He was but ait infant, and died on her breast ;
A neighbor, not tbe since related the rest.
How all of the blood from her warm-hearted
frame,
In great purple spots, to her mother-cheeks came
When the death-angel touched with his wand
the dear boy,
And withered forever that branch of htr joy.
To manhood ne'er grew he, an untimely graft,
He w& torn from Life's tree but he's OUT or
THE UKAKT !
There was one son she had that was""tt.dly be
guiled. Hate followed his fooUtepa and Fortune ne'er
km i led,
On-others his country bestowed every gift,
To hiburden she gave not a Pharis-se's lift.
But while others forsook .her, and left her to
wreck,
To her rescue he went at her agonizedibeck.
Through the wild surge of battle God steered his
frail craft,
He'e a volunteer soldier, and out or the draft !
Of sisters there's one, the other when small
The angels inveigled away from us all,
Of the living my mother oft mirthfully said
She had wished that a boy had been lxrn in her
stead,
For amidst the wild whirlwind while men jos
tled on,
A girl, like a straw, was borne hithev and yon.
And oft mid Life's tempest she floated abaft,
But now 'tis all right, for she's OCT of. thk
DRAFT !
K. C. A.
Our New York Letter.
Special Correspondence of the Columbian,
New York, June 7, 188 2.
THE RICH MAN'S RETURN.
William H. Vanderbilt has come back
from his vacation of a month, three
fourths of which was spent in watching
the curling waves and drinking in the
ozone of the North Atlantic. Perhaps
he comes to put his broad shoulders unr
der the drooping stock market and give
it a "spring boost," but Idoubt it.
Why should he t What need he care
whether stocks go up or down 1 He is
not one of the weak lambs of the street
to vrhoin a rise or fall of ten points
means salvation or ruin. He would
drive as fast horses, drink as costly wines
buy as rare pictures, and sleep as easily
under the canopies of a live thousand
dollar bed, whether the market is boom
ing like the Mississippi river at Vicks
burg or as dull as a Patent Office report.
I know of no man who so easily carries
tite burdens and cares of enormous
wealth And great official responsibility.
With his massive frame, his daily out
door driving and walking, and his recre
ation of visiting and receiving in that
palace of his, he is likely to.be as vig
orous twentv years hence as to-day. It
in the fashion to dcelaim against Van
derbilt as a purse-proud monopolist"
and to shower like epithets at the posses
,-f.J.I mil1inn lmt. f)ir fn-f w
that, after all, other people get a good
deal oj bis money. U e spends liberally
and these who charge to his pride and
ostentation the possession f ft house
costing anywhere from one to two mil
3reds of thousands have gone from his
strong box into the hands of carpenters,
bricklayers, painters, artists, decorators,
iron workers, furniture makers, glass
blowers, carppj. weavers, ancj the hosts
of ar$isaiis whose combined brains and
handiwork have been called into requisi.
ion for the erection and furnishing of
the superb mansions on Fifth Avenue,
And that a large part of this mouey will
so-day be found to their credit in the
savings banks... I believe in the right
and duty of rich men to spend their
money freely, and so get it into the
hands of those who have greater need
for it, and this i something which Van
derbilt does with no niggard hand.
-UNIQUE AND PRECIOUS. -
No doubt Mr. Vanberbilt's library is
filled with rare and costly books, and I
should like to have free range of its
shelves and time enough to enjoy the
contents thereof. The old Commodore
was not much of a ' literary feller" and
knew no more of classics than he did of
the chemical composition of a cucumber,
but he had some of the most costly books
that the world ever saw, nevertheless,
and if William II. inherited these, it is
safe to say that he don't keep them in
his domes, the library, but rather in the
vaults of the offices at the Grand Cen
tral Depot. A friend of mine was nego
tiating with the Commodore, a few years
before his death, for a proposed new is
sue of Central and Hudson bonds. They
dilTercd in half of one per cent on the
price offered and asked, which is'nt a
big difference on a 1,000 bcid, but counts
up when the amount under discussion is
$10,000,000. Finally the Commodore
irot a trifle mad," it" said he. I
knowthe bonds are good, and if people
don't want them at my price, I'll take
'em myself as 4 1 have done before. Look
here," and he took out of a vault one
of a series. of small volumes, opened it,
and rapidly ran over the pages. Kaeh
leaf was a bond for $0,000 payable to
Cornelius Vanderbilt, aivd there were
five hundred leaves in the book; Two
millions, five hundred thousand dollars
between the covers of nnc volume, and
there were more where that one cann
from ! The monotony of the literary
contents might be forgiven for the sake
of the soundness of the principle in
volved, and the (7 per cent) interesting
way in which it was treated.
" MILLIONS FOR n? fence"
The bronze fence around Vanderbilt's
hous s cost $40,000, but a poor little
Lutheran chureh society in the city has
paid ten times as much for a fence they
didn't build. Several years ago in fact
in 1796 the church in question was
looking around for a new building site,
a lot containing six acres " out in the
country " was offered them as a free
gift provided they would not only erect
the churt'h edifice but put a neat and
substantial fence around the entire tract.
They demurred at the fence, it would
cost too much and the place was so far
out of town th t the fence was unneces
sary except to keep the cows out, and
they had no objection to the cows being
in. So they declined the offer. That
six acres embraced what is now the cor
ner of Broadway and Canal streets, and
six millions would be too small a figure
for it to-tfay. If the church had built
the fence and held the ground, they
would now be rivals in wealth with the
aristocratic Trinity church corporation
which hardly knows how to spend its
income. The Lutherans of the present
day think of what might have been, and
rail at the indefensible shortsightedness
of their ancestors.
Stewart's stupendous store.
With the present month will go out
the house ot A. T. Stewart & Co. The
doors are to be finally closed on Jiine
30. Four hundred employees have al
ready been discharged, eleven hundred
njore are to go. I've no time and you
no space for moralizing on the downfall
of a great house. The papers have done
all that for the past three months,
Stewart died and the business has been
dying ever since. In England the busi
ness and the good will of so vast au es
tablishment would have beeri. "taken
over" by a joint-stock-company of prac
tical merchant?, and the name would
hare been saved to the mercantile
world. But that, is not the American
way. No one man cared to buy it out
and Now York merchants do not go in
to co-operation transactions. What will
be done with the great edifice on Broad
way is not yet known. There was talk
of making a museum of it, but that was
an absurdity and would never have paid.
If it was not so far down town, it would
be ttiore successful as an apartment
dwelling house, its great Interior court,
and its four street sides giving all rooms
light and air, and it may come to that
yefc. There seems to be no other as prof
itable use of brick and morter and mar
ble now-adays as to put them into enor
mous ' French flat" houses, which are
no more liko the genuine Parisian flat
than European Hotels in New York are
liko the inns of London and Berlin.
ctevtart's business honesty.
A. T. Stew.irt remorselessly crushed
out and undersold smaller tradesmen,
and he had a despotic and arbitrary way
of dealing with his employees which
made him feared but never loved. And
yet there was never a merchant who
more rigorously insisted on fairness and
honesty toward his customers. Whether
you paid high or low prices ; whether
you bought Merimao prints or Persian
carpets, you got what you paid for, and
you got it at a fair price. An incident
will illustrate this characteristic of the
dead merchant princev At the very last
occasion on which Mr. Stewart ever
gave a dinner party, indeed it was the
last time he ever sat at his own dinner
table there were present a very few New
York people to meet ah English gentle
man, who is now a member of Glad
stone's cabinet. Conversation ensued
.t
upon Mr. Stewart's principle!; of busi
ness which had contributed to his great
success, y retireu iwiiKer or tins city
remarked: To my mind the great prin
ciple which has guarenteed Mr. Stew
art's preeminence been the absolute
confidence lie inspired in his patrons.
The first time I was ever in his store,
( now thirty years rtgo ) I saw a piece
of goods which I pleased my eye. The
price was surprisingly low. 1 asked the
clerk if it was he best quality of its
kind. He said it was aiid was extolling
the goods, when a voice behirid riie said,
' Young man, why do you say this is tlie
best quality 1 It is not the best quality,
and you know it, you will report at the
office this evening, Sir.' Then turning
to me, the stranger said 4 The clerk
made a mistake, sir, this is second qual
itv good3 having handsome finish but not
the wearing quality, you may desire to
secure at a higher price.' It was Mr.
Stewart that was addressing me, ami
from that day I traded with A. T. Stew
art it Co., with absolute confidence in
getting honest goods for the money."
Mr. SteVart almost blushed at this
tribute to hi -honesty and illustrated
another secret of his success a wonder
ful memory forjdetail by saying: Mr.
S. . I remember the circumstances so
well that. I can tell you the exact kind of
dress goods you were admiring' and he
did so, to the iiiriuenient and astonish
ment of the company around tlxts table.
After dinner on the above occasion Mr.
Stewart hud a. shawl thrown around his
shoulders while he spent a few miuutes
in his picture gallery with his guests,
then excused himself as he was not well,
and this was the last time he ever ap
peared in his own dining room.
business depression
The times are hot as they were a year
ago. Financially there is nothing doing,
and the broker mourn. Stoeks which
were up in a balloon are coining down
with a thud. jThe outside public are
not buying ?.o the holders at high prices
find it hard to unload. The railroad
war cut down .earnings frightfully, the
iron mills are not sorry for a temporary
strike of the workmen, for new orders
are not plenty ami many old ones are
being cancelled. Railroad building has
been carried too fast and too far. The
cold and wet spiring is retarding the" corn
planting and causing f!orebodiiigs ot
harder tinies for both railroads and spec
ulators. It is a curious fact that odtside
the street" these who come in now and
then to try a j speculation in stocks al
most invariably speculate by buying and
not selling. They will buy on margin
and take the chances for a rise, but sel
dom venture to sell what they havn't
got on the hope of a fall. No outsiders
are now buying, hence the daily fluctua
tions of shares are simply the marking
up or down by the members of the joint
stesk mutual association, known as the
Stock Exchange Quotations dropnd
droop, day byday, and there is no good
ground for the hope of a permanent rise
for the present. Meantime before an
other 44 boom" begins it will be a good
time td examine into the ways and
means by which innocent and hopeful
inventors are made to build up enor
mous fortunes for the sharp manipula
tors and promoters, and this I propose
before long to1 help my readers to do.
!
"SOME RUMMER
weather is upon us at last, and the poor
belated leave3i and flcWers and grass are,
just jumping wi joy and warmth. It
is marvelous how rapidly the foliage has
come out in the little city parks, within
the past ten days. With the birds and
and the babies in Watson Square will
coue George Francis Train, to fee4 tho
sparrows and hold the boys and girls on
his knees, an4 Jet tbs t?unght stream
down on tlje grey hear) which bas, in its
day"ovolve4 audacious and prodigious
ietiemes enQugb to overturn the world
if they could all have been carried out
but wftieb j,oje c!iients itself with writr
ing to the newspapers in favor of an oat
meal diet and on living on twenty-five
cents a day. Like a burnt out and over
driven locomotive, Train has had his
day of tremendous energy aud fire, when
no obstacle was too formidable for him
to attack at full speed and with a dan
gerous head of steam, but how he is laid
up for repairs, the fires drawn, the
valves rusty, and side-tracked to make
room for newer models.
The 4th of July at
Vancouver
A Grand Encampment.
Preparations for celebrating the 4 thof
July at Vancouver ara almost complete
in detail.
ELLSWORTII POST G. A. R.
of Vancouver is arranging to entertain
the comrades of Posts in Oregon and
Washington Territory.
GEN. MILKS
Commanding the Department of the Co
lumbia, who is also a Grand Army com
rade of the first call, enters enthusiasti
cally into the affair and has promised
to furnish camp and garrison equipage
for a Grand Encampment on the Milita
ry Reservation.
All visiting comrades are requested to
to take quarters in the Encampment,
where, recitations, old stories and songs
will revive many a half obliterated
memory of the stirring days of the Re
bellion. Ellsworth Post will have charge of
the encampment, and do all in its power
to make the occasion one of pleasure to
their visitors.
As the numbers visiting Vancouver
on the 4th. will b- fr in exeesj of the
accommodations of its hotels and restau
rants, families and parties should pro
vide themselves with luncheons.
Anijjle tent accommodations on the
Garrison Ground wiil be provided, not
only for comrades of different posts but
for their families also.
In the evening a grin.i display of
FtKUWDKKS
will be exhibited near the encampment
Tiiif pjyroUvhuic display is a gift from
the
MEXICAN WAfv VETERANS
of Portland and Vancouver Barracks, as
a recognition on their part of the hospi
table manner in which they were enter
tained by Gen. Morrow and his estima
ble lady on Decoration Day.
The Orator of the Day will be Gen.
Morrow, comrade of Ellsworth Post.
Major E. G. Adams, Editor of the
Columbian; will be To?X of the Day, and
deliver a poem composed for the occa- j
sion. Hon. N. 11. Bloom iield will also ;
deliver an oration and Hori. Charles j
Brown will road the Declaration" of In-
dependence. i
4
The Phi.'ddelpfiia Jfttsical J ourndl for
April, fully maintains its high character
and certainly will delight all who see it.
It contains the following choice selec
tions of sheet rUusic, arranged for the
piano: 44 Douglass, Tender and True'
a favorite and beautiful ballad j 41 I'm
going home to Clo'," a popular and tak
ing song ; 44 Little Birdie Mine," a song
sure to please everybody ; 44 Maid 6f
Beauty Waltz," a gliding and pretty
melody; and 44 Sweet Smile Schottische,''
an excellent composition. These selec
tions alone are worth the very moderate
price charged for the number ( ten cents )
and if bought in the regular way, at a
music store, would cost more than a
year's subscription ( one dollar ). But
the Philadelphia Musical Journal does
not rely solely upon its sheet-music fea
tures. It is full of excellent and highly
interesting reading matter, consisting of
the latest musical news and gossip, able
and fearless editorials, books, reviews,
answers to correspondents, etc, etc,
George D. Cox's amnsing and entertain
ing serial, 44 Love's Artifice," is tone1, aej
in the current number. Ye cordially
advise all 6ur readers to send for a copy
and see, for themselves what a miracle
of want and cheapness it is: Published
by Wm. Nuneviller, No. 1300 Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
44 The most perfect gem in the song
line that we have seen for many a day
has, just been isssued by Sherman, Clay
fc Co., of San 'Francisco. The title is
i4vThere May be Eyes as Brightly Beam
ing," the music is arranged by H- M.
Oosworth, the song is in the original key
of E. flat, as sung by Mr, Digby Bell in
4 Madame Favart'. The marked price is
35 cents."
gIf yoU w'ant a deed, mortgage or
pqwer of attorney executed properly,
call on F. A. Moore. Notary Public, St.
Helen. Oregon,
Corrcspoinlence.
Beaver Valley, June the 10th.
Ed. Columbian Dear Sir; As
have not seen any items from this part
ot the valley, so I will pen yoji a tttw
lines. We, the people of Beaver Valley
and vicinity are going to have a Grajid
Celebration, July the 4th; i'832. Thr
celebration will be in the beautiful ce
dar grove on G. T. Maya's farm iii Bra
ver Valley, Columbia Co. Ogn.
Tlie people of Beaver 'Valley and n
cinity met at the school-house to adopt
programme and regulations for the 4th.
of July '82. Meeting called to ordjr;
Dr. J. W. Meserve ras elected Chair
man of the meeting, J. W Richaij.ls
Secretary of neeting. A- comraittjee
was elected to form regulations and pro
gramme; committee on programm, W. 1.
Hankins, G T. Mays, J. Nelson, O. B.
Anstine, J. Hudson, I. S. Parcher, ajid
it was voted that the people would brijuj:
provisions and set the long table and
have a public dinner free to all. j
Committee on programme and regula
tions elected.
Dr. J. W. Meserve, Orator of the day.
W. H. Han kins, to read the 'Declare
tion of Independence.
Rev. G. B. Riggs, Chaplain.
. J. W. Richards, Marshal. .
Moved and fecondjd that Dr. Meserve
appoint table committee. The following
were appointed as tab'e committee, Mrs.
Winchester, Mm. M i.ys; Mrs. Nelson,
Mrs. Malconi, Mrs. Kiser, Miss Ella
Malcon?! Miss Nina Malcom, Miss Nan
cy Hudson, Miss Alice Smalley, Msr?
Susan Hudson; Miss Mary Hankins,
Miss iiinna llankins, Miss Myrtle
Washburn, Misf McKee, Mr. I. & Parch
er, Mr. j. Hudson, Mr. O. B. Austin.
W. II. Hankins wa appointed id pro
cure music at Portland for the ?th:
We will have refreshments and gdod
order. There will be no intoxicating
drinks at or near the speaking; We in
vite all. As there, was no more busi
ness, we adjourned:
To Our Renders.
The West Shore, Oregon's illustrated
Magazine, is now one of the institutions
of tlie country, it is jut eiiterincr it1'
eighth successful year -of publication,
and starts out with brighter and better
prospects than ever. Its circulation is
large and widespread! reaching in to ev
ery State and Territory in the Union,
and the amduut of good it is doiil. for
the Pacific Northwest cannot be calcula
ted in dollars and cents. It is handsome
ly illustrated, ably conducted, moral in
tone, costs only $2.00 per annum, and,
therefore, deserves- the n?ost liberal sup
port. It is t!i most reliable exponent
of the resources of t:ie Pacific North
west, 8 nil every resident of this section
may well feel pro'ild of it. The original
founder of the publication, Mr. L. Sam
uel, is still at the helm, and judging bj
his past effofts, we can look to Tie West
Shore being better than ever, during
1882. For the especial accommodation of
of our subscriberSi and to assist in swell
ing the list ct this most deserving publi
cation, we will, for the next two weeks
receive subscriptions for The West Shore
at this office at publisher's rates, or they
can be forwarded direct to the publisher,
L. Samuel, Portland, Oregon.
The Verdict of The jnry,
. We have just received a copy of the
most popular piece of music ever pub
lished in this country, called the 44 Ver
dict March," composed by Eugene L.
Blake. It is written in an easy style,
so that it can be played on either piano
or organ. The title page is very hand
some, containing correct D0TtlW 0f
Hon. Geo. B. Corkbill, j." Por
ter, and Judge v; a 0qx . ft
rect pictn-e of twelve jurymen who
cCr"iivioted the assassin of our late be
loved President This piece of music
should be found in .every household
through the entire country. Price, 40
cents per copy, or 3 copies for $1. Pos
tage stamps taken as currency. Ad,
dress all orders to F. W. Helnaick Mu
sic Publisher, 180 Elm Street Cincin
nati, Ohio. -
A Doctor'? Opinion.
Mr. J I Knapp, of Santa Clara,' Cal.,
who was cured of acute inflamation of
the bladder by Warner's Safe Kidney
and Xiver Cure to many hundreds of
people from Texas to New York, have
seen it tried by many of these, and have
yet to hear of a single case of failure.
Col. John C. Whit.ver.
Th Wfgf Slum should b5 patronized
by every one. It is a prime necessity of
Oregon, not merely an ornament, !
Arriv -d i'.hi we-?j ,. fid. i ;r iu;vi, .if
newest styles of dre..; .go ds i::'t li:r
Brocades, GnMi-vdln.--, Ji '' ut-, Seer
suckers, fc'auey Ginghams aud n:on
ie cloths also Amerie.in prints, whit
goods, fcfrdtes' and MUse' ho defy in :ll
colors, Lisk'-thread gloves, E.u broidery
&c. ifce. nf Ic Bride's Store.
.. ,
J. It. Frierson will deliver an oration
at Ciatskanie on the llh of July, A. I.
1882. -We have no doubt it will be a
splendid one. We shall publish it, and
our readers may expect a rich treat.
Mr. Frierson has o (int. 'mind in a body
shattered with wounds obtMued in the
War of the Rebellion. It seems the
Republican party of Columbia county
should have done something for him thw
last election, but with many of them, the
t
extent of their patriotism, and love for
thos- who rescued the land extends on
ly to thnir. lips; in our ease did not even
extend that far us thev lied about via
'i
with a malignity and meanness that
makes them hang their head even
though they succeeded.
A distinguished man in Colombia
City was ought last Sunday tearing
down the fence around the Neer field on
German
tall grass.
lill to let his cows into t!io
f'ox and some other party
nted it were lyiu in wait,
who had n
and cMUght tlie gmtfWAn. The Sunday
before whn we and our family were up
thre, while we were in the UD!r fu'd
after strawberries, we heul some onj
calling their eowsj and when we cam o
back, saw the fonce torn down and went
to work and put it up.
M tjor A l iiiis will have a pl ice of
honor in the splendid vo!;iij. of New
Hampshire p'et: soon to br piM'.siieV,
the compiler, 1'eia Uleipin informing him
he should insert liine of his pieces. Hen.
W: I). Fen t o
the world j; if
said New Lnid tnd rule!
Majf-r Ad.iins gains tin
ear of New England, ns he soon v.-ill, his;
fume will jbecoiue world wide, aud liko
Lord Byron some tine morning he will
wnke up iy.mort tl, 'and h.s ueLini ,-rs will
fel exceedingly sie.tll.
JTuTy isU 188;?, fee ::i i nl
Parties :w'i so accounts are i a nra r-
jiieat d to call and nnk-; th ; re-jdi tr
.11 ,
semi-annuiil settlement or uecunts en or
before Julv 15 th. Aec-.'n:!' which
have been doe for on yir or more
i J
must be paid, or settled by note imme
diate! v.
G. W. McTUUDK.
Received a call from Miss Dora Cop
land and Miss j.ivis and Mr. Espy on
Wednesday. Miss Copeland has im
proved very much iu looks, and will b
fully as
Kellogg.
beautiful as "Sirs. Meld
She has the brilliant looks
i
of her mother, aud will be a perfect im
age of her in figure and appearaifce when
little older. Mrs. Copeland is irt
Portland at her daughter's.
We hate received a pper, the Gar
nett Plaituleakr from Garnett, Kansas
from a son of a cousin of ours. Th!
gentleman's name is Lorin H. Gordon J
he is Justice ot the Peace there, and was
lately elected Delegate to a convention
to nominate Member of Congress. The
i
paper was from May Gordon, a name
pretty enough for a poetess.
Mrs. F. A. Moore ftnd .JamC8 Muckle
Sr., delegates tb the Grand Lodge of I.
O. G. T. bve returned from TheDaI!e
t.'ere the Lodge convened. Mrs. Moor
was elected Worthy Grand Marshal.
There are only 9 Bands of Hope in Ore
gon, and the one at St. Helen in No. 0.
The next session of the Grand Lodge
will be at Astoria.
JLMVia r. i?ox nas sent us a paper vara
Daily Territorial Enterprise-, Virginia,
Nov., containing n account of the aw
ful accident that lately occurred in the
raine3 at, Virginia City, whereby two
persons (rescuers) lost their lives, tho
parties, most in danger, being ultima
ly saved! through the heroic endeavors of
the other miners.
Mrs Olive E. Adams, (sister of Mrs;
Adams), residing at Durham, New
Hampshire, is having success as an Ar
tist, and has &j3huraber of pupils, even
from Boston, the Athens of America.
If she could visit Paris, Germany and
Italy, her friends think she would de
velop into one of the finest painters in
America.
t m,.
The MansaniUo will make her trip? to
the Clatskanie, down on Wednesday.
back on Thursdav.