incoln's Love
Affairs
By
Ward Kill Lamen,
Lincoln's Fiiend &nd Eodyfiuajd
CHAPTER XIII.
Marriage to Mary Todd and His Ad
vice to Speed.
V MS R. HERNDON devoutly be
W lieves that Mr. Lincoln's in
111 sanity grew out of a most ex-
traordinary complication cf
feelings-aversion to the marriage pro
posed, a counter attachment to Miss
Edwards and a new access of unspeak
able tenderness for the memory of Ann
Kutledge the old love struggling with
a uew one. and each sending to his
heart a sacrificial pang as he thought
of his solemn engagement to marry a
third person. In this opinion Mr. Speed
appears to concur, as shown by his let- ,
ter below. At nil events, Mr. Lincoln's
derangement was nearly if not quite
complete. "We had to remove razors
from his room." says Speed, "take
away all knives and other dangerous
things. It was terrible." And now
Bpeed determined to do for him what
Eowlin Greene had done on a similar
occasion at New Salem. Having sold
out his store on the 1st of January, .
1S41. he took Mr. Lincoln with him to
Ids home in Kentucky and kept him
there during most of the summer and
fall, or until he seemed sufficiently
restored to be given his liberty .again
at Springfield, when he was brought
back to his old quarters. During this
period "he was at times very melan
choly" and, by his own admission, "al
most contemplated self destruction."
It was about this time that he wrote
dome gloomy lines under tbehead of
"Suicide." which were published In the
Bungamon Journal. Mr. Herndon re
membered something about them, but
when he went to look for them in the
office file of the Journal he found them
neatly cut out, "supposed to have been
Cone." says he, "by Lincoln." Speed's
mother was much pained by the "deep
depression" of her guest and gave him
a Bible, advising him to read it, to
ndopt its precepts and pray for its
promises. lie acknowledged this at
tempted service after he became presi
dent by sending her a photograph of
himself, with this inscription: "To my
very good friend, Mrs. Lucy G. Speed,
from whose pious hands I received an
Oxford Bible twenty years ago." But
Mrs. Speed's medicine, the best ever
offered for a mind diseased, was of no
avail In this case. Among other things,
he told Speed, referring probably to his
Inclination to commit suicide, "that he
had done nothing to make any human
being remember that he had lived and
that to connect his name with the
events transpiring In his day and gen
eration and so Impress himself upon
them as to link his name with some
thing that would redound to the inter
est of his fellow man was what he de
sired to live for." Of this conversation
he pointedly reminded Speed at the
time or just before the time he Issued
the emancipation proclamation.
What took place after his return to
Springfield cannot be better told than
In the words of the friends of both
parties. "Mr. Edwards and myself,"
says Mrs. Edwards, "after the first
crash of things, tol l Mary and Lincoln
that they had better not ever marry;
that their natures, minds, education,
raising, etc.. were so different that
thoy could not live happy as man and
wife: had better never think of the
subject again. AH at once we heard
that Mr. Lincoln and Mary had secret
meetings at Mr. S. Francis', editor of
the Springfield Journal. Mary said
the reason this was so the cause why
It was was that the world, woman
and man, were uncertain and slippery
and that it was hest to keep the secret .
courtship from all eyes and ears. Mrs.
Lincoln told Mr. Lincoln that, though
eh9 had released him in the letter spo
ken of, yet she would hold the question
an open one that is, that she had not
changed her mind, but felt as al
ways. The marriage of Mr. Lin
coln and Mary was quick and sudden
one or two hours' notice." How poor
Mr. Lincoln felt about it may be gath
ered from the reminiscences of his
friend J. H. Matheuy, who says "that
Lincoln and himself, in 1S12. were
very friendly; that Lincoln came to
him one evening and said, 'Jim. I shall
have to marry that girl.' " He was
married that evening, but, Matheny
says, "he looked as If he was going to
the slaughter" and that Lincoln "had
often told him directly and individu
ally that he was driven Into the mar
riage: that it was concocted and plan
ned by the Edwards family; that Miss
ToJd afterward Mrs. Lincoln was
crazy fur a week or so, not knowing
what t do. and that he loved Miss Ed
wards ar.d went to see her, and not
Mrs. Lincoln."
"'he license to marry was issued ou
t!.e -I til of Novptuber. and on the
same il.;r the marriage was celebrated
by fliarlVs 'ror.scr. "M. G." With t'ais
:ato carefully borne l:i mind, the fo!
lowi!?g letters are of surpassing inter
est. Tlrey are re'ici not on'y of a
rjvoat vaau. bv.t cf a rrr.-at n:'j!!.r.
T!:e first i.i frvr:i Mr. Speed to Mr.
Horn .Ion a:;:! cxplr.tns the circura
tiav.co.! uruVv v.;.';t!i t!io correspond
ence tok place
I.rr:tsv!i!o. Nov. S3, 1S0G.
TV. 3". Ilorrulon. Iloq.:
IVnr r:r I ir.cV.?o you cerr-s cf nil
I::t':a of any interest from Mr. Linco'.:i
to r:c.
And His Early
Experiences a.s
el Lawmaker
j9
JAMES., n, .MATHEST-
you may 'flgSCy u'ricferstana iireil'"'Tm
port. In the winter of 1840 and 1841 he was
unhappy about his engagement to his
wife, not beinvr entirely satisfied that hio
heart was going with hfs hand. How
much he suffered then on that account
none knows so well as myself he disclos
ed his whole heart to me.
In the summer of 1841 I became engaged
to my wife. He was here on a visit when
I courted her, and, strange to say, some
thing of the same feeling which I regard
ed as so foolish in him took possession of
me and kept mo very unhappy from the
time of my engagement until I was mar
ried. This will explain the deep interest he
manifested in his letters on my account.
If you use the letters (and some of
them are perfect gems) do it carefully,
so as not to wound the feelings of Mrs. '
Lincoln.
One thing Is plainly discernible if I had
not been married and happy far mom
happy than I ever expected to be he
would not have married.
I have erased .a name which I do not
wish published. If I have failed to do H
anywhere, strike it out when you come
to It. That is the word .
I thank ycu for your last lecture. It
is all new to me, but so true to my ap
preciation of Lincoln's character that. In
dependent of my knowledge of you, 1 1
would almost swear to It. '
Lincoln wrote a letter (a long one,
which he read to me) to Dr. Drake of
Cincinnati descriptive of his case. Ita
date would be in December, 1840, or early
In January. 1S41. I think he must have
informed Dr. D. of his early love for
Miss Rutledge, as there was a part of
the letter which he would not read.
It would be worth much to you If you
could procure the original.
Charles D. Drake of St. Louis may have
his father's papers. The date which 1
give you will aid in the search.
I remember Dr. Drake's reply, which
was that he would not undertake to pre
scribe for him without a personal Inter
view. I Would advise you to make soma
effort to get the letter. Tour friend, etc..
J. F. SPEED.
The first of the papers from Mr. Lin
coln's pen Is a letter of advice and con
solation to his friend, for whom he ap
prehends the terrible things through
which, by the help of that friend, he
has himself just passed:
My Dear Speed Feeling, as you know
I do, the deepest solicitude for the suc
cess of the enterprise you are engaged In.
I adopt this as the last method I can In
vent to aid you in case (which God for
.bld) 3ou shall need my aid. I do net
place what I am going to say on paper
because I can say It better in that way
than I could by word cf mouth, but were
I to say it orally before we part most
likely you would forget It at the very
time when it might do you some good.
As I think it reasonable that you will
feel very badly some time between this
and the final consummation of your pur
pose. It Is Intended that you shall read
this just at such a time. Why I say It Is
reasonable that you will feel very badly
yet Is because of three special causes
added to the general one which I shall
mention.
The general cause is that you are nat
urally of a nervous temperament, and
this I say from what I have seen of you
personally and what you have told mo
concerning your mother at various times
and concerning your brother William at
the time his wife died. The first special
cause Is your exposure to bad weather
on your Journey, which my experience
clearly proves to be very severe on de
fective nerves. The second is the ab
senco of all business and conversation of
friends, which might divert your mind,
give it occasional rest from the intensity
of thought which will sometimes wear the
sweetest Idea threadbare and turn tt to
the bitterness of death.
The third is the rapid and near ap
proach of that crisis on which all your
thoughts and feelings concentrate.
If from all these causes you shall es
cape and go through triumphantly with
out another "twinge of the soul." I shall
be most happily, but most egregiously, de
ceived. If, on the contrary, you shall, as
I expect you will at some time, be agoniz
ed and distressed, let me, who have soma
reason to speak with Judgment on such a
subject, beseech you to ascribe it to ths
causes I have mcnt.oned and not to some
false and ruinous suggestion of the devil.
"But," you will say, "do. not your
causes apply to every" one engaged In a
like undertaking?" By no means. The
particular causes, to a greater or less
extent, perhaps do apply In all cases, but
the general one nervous debility, which
Is the key and conductor of all the par
ticular ones, and without which they
would be utterly harmless, though It
dees pertain to you docs not pertain to
cue in a thousand. It is out of this that
the painful difference between you and
the mass of the world springs.
I know what the painful point with you
Is at all times when you are unhappy it
Is an apprrhension that you do not love
her as you should. What nonsense! How
came you to court her? Was it because
ycu thought she deserved it and that you
had (riven her rearon to expect it? If it
was for that why did not the same reason
make you court Ann Todd and at least
twenty ethers of whom you can think
end to whom it would apply with greater
force than to her? Did you court her for
her wealth? Why, you know she had
roae! Bat you say ycu reasoned yourself
into it. What do. vou . mean. bvAthmqt?
Was It not" that you too fcO " l-OOTStHr-tin-abie
to reason yourself out of. KT Did
you not think and partly form the pari
pose of courting her the first time you
ever saw or heard of her? What had
reason to do with tt at that early stage?
There was nothing at that time for rea
son to. worjt upon. Whether she was
moral, amiable, sensible or even of good
character you did not nor could then
know, except perhaps you might Infer the
last from the company you found her In.
All you then did or could know of her
was her personal appearance and deport
ment, ar.d these. If they Impress at all.
lmoress the heart an(J not the head.
Bay candidly, were not those heavenly
black eyes the whole basis of all your
early reasoning on the subject? After
you and I had once been at the residence
did you not go and take me all the way
to Lexington and back for no other pur
pose but to get to see her again on our
retrr-i on that evening to take a trip
for trt cxp-ess object?
What ctirthlv consideration wouid you
tatlre to find her scouting and despising
rcrj and riving herself up to another?
V.vt of this you have no apprehension,
and therefore you cannot bring it home
to your feelings.
I shall be so anxious about you that I
sri!l W2t you to write by every mail.
Tour friend. , LINCOLN.
S-vlng-ieM. 111.. Feb. 3. 1P12.
D;ar Speed Your letter of the Sth cf
Januarv came to hand today. You well
know that I do not feel my own sorrows
much more keenly than I do yours, when
I know of them, and yet I assure you I
was rot much hurt by what you wrote
me of your excessively bad feeling at the
time you wrote. Not that I am less capa
ble of sympathizing with you now than
ever, not that I am less your friend
than ever, but because I hope and believe
that your present anxiety and distress
about her health and her life must and
will forever banish those horrid doubts
which I know you sometimes felt as to
the truth of your affection for her. If
they can once and forever be removed
(ar.d I almost feel a presentiment that the
Almighty has sent your present affliction
expressly for that object), surely nothing
can come In their stead to fill their Im
measurable measure of misery. The
death scenes of those we love are surely
painful enough, but these we are pre
pared for and expect to see; they happen
to all, and all know they must happen.
Painful as they are. they are not an
unlocked for sorrow. Should she. as you
fear, be destined to an early grave. It Is
Indeed a great consolation to know that
she is so well prepared to meet it. Her
religion, which you once disliked so much,
I will venture you now prize most highly.
But I hope your melancholy bodings as
to her early death are not well founded.
I even hope that ere this reaches you
she will have returned with improved and
still Improving health and that you will
have met her and forgotten the sorrows
of the past In the enjoyment of the pres
ent. I would say more if I could, but It
seems that I have said enough. It really
appears to me that you yourself ought to
rejoice, and not sorrow, at this indubita
ble evidence of your undying affection for
her.
Why, Speed. If you did not love her,
although you might not wish her death,
you would most certainly be resigned to
It. Perhaps this point is no longer a ques
tion with you and my pertinacious dwell
ing upon it Is a rude intrusion upon your
feelings. If so. you must pardon me. You
know the hell I have suffered upon that
point and how tender I am upon it. You
know I do not mean wrong. I have been
quite clear of hypo since you left, even
better than I was along In the fall. I
have seen but once. She seemed very
cheerful, and so I said nothing to her
about what we spoke of.
Old Uncle Billy Herndon Is dead, and
It Is said this evening that Uncle Ben
Ferguson will not live. This, I believe, is
all the news and enough, at that, unless
It were better.
Write me immediately on the receipt of
this. Your friend as ever,
LINCOLN.
Springfield, HI., Feb. 13, 1842.
Dear Speed Yours of the 1st Inst, came
to hand three or four days ago. When
this shall reach you you will have been
Fanny's husband several days. You
know my desire to befriend you is ever
lasting, that I will never cease while I
know how to do anything.
But you will always hereafter be on
ground that I have never occupied, and
consequently If advice were needed I
might advise wrong. I do fondly hope,
however, that you will never again need
any comfort from abroad. But, should I
be mistaken In this, should excessive
pleasure still be accompanied with a pain
ful counterpart at times, still let me urge
you. as I have ever done, to remember In
the depth and even agony of despond
ency that very shortly you are to feel
well again. I am now fully convinced
that you love her as ardently as you are
capable of loving. Your ever being happy
In her presence and your intense anxiety
about her health. If there were nothing
else, would place this beyond all dispute
in my mind. I Incline to think It probable
that your nerves will fail you occasion
ally for awhile, but once you get them
firmly graded now that trouble Is over
forever.
I think if I were you. In case my mind
were not exactly right. I would avoid
being idle. I would Immediately engage
in some business or go to making prep
arations for It. which would be the same
thing. If you went through the ceremony
calmly or even with sufficient composure
not to excite alarm In any present, you
are safe beyond question and In two or
three months, to say the most, will be
the happiest of men.
I would desire you to give my particular
respects to Fanny, but perhaps you will
not wish her to know you have received
this lest she should desire to see it. Make
her write roe an answer to my last letter
to her; at any rate. I would set Knot
value upon a note or letter from her.
Write me whenever you have leisure.
Tours forever. A. LINCOLN.
P. 8. I have been quite a man ataoa
you left.
Springfield, Feb. 25. 1843.
Dear Speed Yours of the 16th lnst., an
nouncing that Miss Fanny and you are
"no more twain, but one flesh," reached
me this morning. I have no way of tell
ing how much happiness I wish you both,
though I believe you both can conceive It.
I feel somewhat Jealous of both of you
now you will be so exclusively concerned
for one another that I shall be forgotten
entirely. My acquaintance with Miss
Fanny (I call her this lest you should
think I am speaking of your mother) was
too short for me to reasonably hope to
long be remembered by her, and still I
am sure I shall not forget her soon. Try
If you cannot remind her of that debt
she owes me. and be sure you do not in
terfere to prevent her paying it.
I regret to learn that you have resoivsd
to not return to Illinois. I shall b3 very
lonesome without you. How miserable
things seem to be arranged in this world!
If we have no friends, we have no pleas
ure, and. if we have them, we are sure
to lose them and be doubly pained by the
'oss. I did hope she and you would make
your home here, but I own I have no
right to insist. You owe obligations to
her ten thousand times more sacred than
you can ewe to others, and in that light
let them be respected and observed. It is
natural that she should desire to remain
with her relatives and friends. As to
friends, however, she could not need them
anywhere; she would have thcsi in abun-fi-Tn
hecsu
HOliE OF NINIAN W. EDWARDS, WHERE
LINCOLN. WAS MARRIE. '
"Crive"uty "..r;id remembrance to Mrl Wil
liamson and his family, particularly Miss
Elisabeth: also to your mother; brother
and sister3. Ask little Eli-a Davis if she
will ride .to town with me if I come there
arain. . .
And finally give Fanny a double recip
rocation of all the love she s?nt' me.
Write me often and believe me yours
forever, LINCOLN.
P. S. Poof Easthouse is gone at last
He died awhile before day this morning.
They say he was very loath to die.
L.
(To be Continued)
Additional Locai.
Mrs. Charles Blakesles went to Port
land a few days ago for a visit with her
daughters, Mrs. Jim Brou and Mrs.
Frank Porter.
We notice that an ad. id the Oregoniun
says that a half-iutereat in a newspaper
in Corvallis is for sale. The ad. says :
'Address M., Box 2,8, Corvallis, Oregon.'
Let as state right here that this is not our
notice, and lhat we understand the party
has excellent reasons for wishing to sell.
Rev. aad Mrs. T. S. Handsaker were
visitors in Albany, yesterday.
Sunday night will be boys' night at
the Cnristian church. The "Boys' Bri
gade" of the Sunday School will be
guests of honor, and (he pastor's subject
will be "Manly Man." Monday evening
the ladies of the congregation will give a
basket social in th church basement,
the public being invited.
In a sense of fairaes, ths following
explanation of Deputy District Attorney
Bryson, which was address d to the court
during the tria' ofOllie Ffclt;er for sell
ing liquor in violation of the law, is here
given. Mr. Bryson said: "It is not
claimed by the state that Mr. Felger is
guilty of anything more than a technical
violation of the law. The facts are that
a C. O. D. package of intoxicating liquor
was expressed him and he gave another
an order for the package. Mr. Felger
received no mooey and did not, I am
satisfied, know that his act was a viola
tion of the law. Having satisfied him
self on this point he offers his plea of
guilty, making no attempt to deny the
facts, and I feel that this statement is
due him, that he may not appear to your
honor, or in the eyes of the public, as a
bootlegger or an intentional violator of
the law. I therefore ask that the mini
mum flue be imposed and will say that I
regret the minimum is not lower."
Mrs. Isaac Lsmon and Miss Jessie
Hawley who have been visiting relatives
in Southern Benton for several weeks
left yesterday for Salem for a visit, en
route to th' ir home at Grass Valley,
Eastern Oregon.
Farmers in Corvallis, Wednesday, from
Northern Benton stated that the worst
hail storm of recent years fell in the
neighborhood of Mt. View, Wednesday.
Manager R. H. Warfield ot the Pacific
States Telechone Company was a busi
ness visitor in Corvallis, Wednesday.
A number of hopgrowers throughout
the valley have reported that in their old
vards hundreds of hi'.ls will make no
showing this year on account of the crown
heads rotting. This does not indicate
that til ere will be nothing next year, but
it does point to the fact that every old
yard will show a shortage this year. It
was at first thought the rumor of badly
frostbitten yards was merely set afloat to
bull the existing market price, but later
reports from reliable sources, by those
who have made careful and full investi
gation, more than corroborate those that
first came in. The few choice lota that
re in producers' hands in this section
will be held by them uitil the price ad
vances. Yesterday's Herald.
Robert Wilson of Saver, formerly of
Northern Benton, was a Corvallis visitor
Wednesday. He stated that Mrs. Wil
son, who was operated on for the removal
of a very large tumor, in Portland, re
cently, is getting along nicely and expects
to be able to come home in about two
weeks.
Mr. Roberts, Secretary of the college
Y. M. C. A.., was given a pleasant sur
prise party by the Cauthorn Hall boys
Wednesday evening. The young lady
guests were mostly Alpha Hall girls,
chaperoned by Mrs. F. Berchtold.
Bliss Emma Purdy left Wednesday for
a visit at the home of her parenls.
representative and Mrs. Purdy, in
Washicgion County.
Miss Alma Watson of OAC ha. gone
to Centralis. (Va?h. Or. arcc.r.nt of
illness in the family ebe will n; t ba able
tJ return to ol!?gs until next fall.
Mr. and Mrs. S- L. Sbedd arc
both very ill, each having suffer
ed something like a strolre of
paralysis, Wednesday evening..
Mrs. Judge Galloway of Mc
Minnville, yice-president - of the
Retekah Assembly of Oregon,
iett vesterdav after conducting
he district convention of Rebek
hs in this city Wednesday after
noon and evening. '. This district
comprises Albany, Philomath,
Corval'is and Bun Vista, but
he letter place was not reprc
f""d S!-sioi j. er- Wld here
Wrdi.i it p '-ion and -vt-
' . ' If Co (.1 i - - ,ri S iflv
- C ' in ' V q ; . O 1
Feilows ball.
Preaching at the Presbyterian church,
Sunday morning and evening bv the
pastor. Rev. J R.N Bell. Morning top
ic, "Hope, The Second Link in the
Chin." Even'ng topic, "The Mistake of
Elijth." Sunday Sih ol at 10 a. m.
S-nior Endeavor at 6:80 p. m. Praver
meeting and Bible Study on Thursday
evening at 7:30. All made welcome to
n'1 of these servii es.
Bad Move for Farmers.
In vetoing the Johnson rotd
hill. Governor Chamberlain no
doubt had a purpose, but what it
ts we have no ide. It was qir e
generally supposed that the Tut-
tle law would be repealed at tiie
last session of the legislature, and
when the Johnson bill passed
both houses, practically repealing
the Tuttle law, no further effoit
was made to repeal it. Now
that the governor has taken ad
vantage of his power to negative
the bill, the Tuttle law is still in
effect and just as unconstitution
al as ever.
If Mr. Chamberlain were
dourtins: favor from the farming
element ior future benefit he
made a yreat mistake. The
Tuttle law is disapproved by 99
per cent ot the farmers and when
the goverhor sanctioned this law
by vetoing one of greater im
portance, he has retarded the
good roads movement in Oregon
and met with disapproval.
Farmers do not want gcod roads
established under the provisiens
of the Tuttle law and citie-i will
not have them. This was dem
onstrated last year in Sivertjn
when a movement was on foot to
build a road east of the city, but
was abandoned on account of
lack of support on the part of
Silverten tax-payers. Silverton
Appeal.
The Modesty 6f Women
.Naturally makes them shrink from the
indelicate questions, the obnoxious ex
aminations, and unpleasant local treat
ments, which some physicians consider
essential in the treatment of diseases of
women. Yet, if help can be had, it is
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wriML in -areciation of the cac
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It sick consult the Doctor, free of chasre
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fixture o well regulated households a
mother, with children, c?n't get along
without a bottle of White's Cream Ver
mifuge in the hone. It is the purest and
best medicine that money can buy. Sold
by Graham & sWortham .
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HOMES FOR SALE.
AS i AM tiOINti OUT OF THE Busi
ness will sell my drain wnrehoust- at
a ba'train, or would exchange for a
good residence in Corva'lU, or a small
fa ni of equal value. Handled 47,0(10
bushel- of grain this season. R. N.
Williamson, Wells, Ore. . 21tf
WILL 8bXL LOTS IN CORVALLIS,
Oregon, on instalment plan and as
e'st pnrchasers to build lion.es nn them
li uesired. Address First National
Bank, Corvallis, Or.
WILL SELL MY LOTS IN NEWPORT,
Or., for tpot cash, ba ance instal
ments, and help parties to build homes
thereon, it dee-ired. Address M. S.
VV cd o k. C -vailis, (
Veterinary Surgeon
DR. E. E J ACKK)N, VETERINARY
surgeon and dentist R sidente 1220
Fourth street. Phone 389. Office loll
Main Btreet, Phone 204. Give him a
call.
PHYSICIANS "
B. A. CATHEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN
n r neon. Rooms 14, Bank Build
i ?.g. Office Hours : 10 to 12 a. m , 2 to
4p.m. Residence : cor. 6th and Ad
auiB bis. Telephone at othce and res
toence. Corvallis. Oregon.
House Decorating.
FOR PAINTING AND PAPERING SEE
W. E. Paul, Ind. 466 Ittf
MARBLE SHOP.
MARBLE AND GRANITE MONU
iiieuts ; curbing made to order ; clean
ing and reparing done neatly: save
ageDt's commission. Shop North
Alain St., Frank Vaniioosen, Prop, Qlitt
ATTORNEYS
J. F. YATES, ATTORNE Y-AT-LA W.
Office up stafrs in Zierolf Building.
Only set of abstracts in Benton County
E. t. UK1SON ATTORNEY AT LAW.
'Jflice in Post Office Building, Corval
tis, Oregon.
WANTED
WASTED A CHOICE PIECE OF TIM
ber land. Must be cheap. Address
P. O. 223, Corvallis, Ore. 20tf
WANTED A MAN, WITHOUT STOCK
to rent a dwelling adjoining Corvallis
who is a kind good workman with a
team of horses. 81-tf.
WANTED 600 SUBSCRIBERS TO THE
Gazette and Weekly Oregonian at
$2.55 per year.
BANKING.
THE FIET NATIONAL BANK OF
Corvallis, Oregon, transacts a general
conservative banking business. Loans
money on approved security. Drafts
bought and told and money transferred
to the principal cities of the United
Ststep, Europe and foreign countries.
MARKET
SEED STORE A LARGE SUPPLY OF
fresh garden seeds in bulb, just receiv
ed. All kinds of farm aiid garden
seeds, seed wheat, oats, barley, pota
toes, artichokes, feed oats, chicken
feed, Land Plaster. Five kinds of
clover and vetch, lean furnish clover
by the tar load. Second door nortn of
express office. L. L. Brooks. Phone
655.
I WILL PAY THE HIGHEST MAR
ket price for poultry, nous, veal, calf,
ect., at T. A. Bouldep's grocery store,
corner Second and Monroe St., oppo
site Corvallis Hotel. Your cash is al
ways ready, and a square deal guaran
teed to all. Thos. Boulden 9tf
Don't Complain.
If your chest pains you and you are
unable to sleep because of a cough. Bny
a bottle of Ballard's Horehound Syrup,
and you won't have any cough . Get a
bottle now and that cojgh will rot last
long. A cure for all pulmonary diseasep,
Mrs. J Galveston, Texas, writes: "I
can't say enough ior Ballard's Hore
hound Syrup. The relief that it has
given me is all that is necessarv for me
to say." Sold by Graham & Wortham.
Listen.
And remember the next time you Euf
fer liom pnln when your head nearly
ln:r-t8 with npurR!.'if try jjallard's
Snow Inifiionf. It will enre yon. A
prorvinenr Itr.sim'po nijm of TIt-mpstFad,
Tt xas, ri't-s : 'T have us-ed w-r.r iini
m''iit. Previous to usintr it I uus a yieat
sutferor from Rheumatir!! rtj! nral
uia. I am plense'J to pnv tbiti now I sm
free from theee ccmplcitits. I n-m sure I
nwi this tr. vnur iinimeiit." Sold by
Graham and Worthani.