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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1885)
Union Milling Co.'s FWI.I. KOI.I.KIt FJLOIJIt TAKES THE LEAD Wherever It has been tried. For Sale by all the Lending Declers Itvorjrwliere. Geo. Wmoirr, President. W. T. WnimiT, Cnsliicr, AL BA1 OP- UNION, OREGON. Docs a General Banking Btifiincsn. Buys nnd eclla cxcliange, and discounts com nicrclal paper. Collections carefully attended to, and promptly reported. COMMERCIAL Livery ai Feefl Ol'rOSITK CttS'TKXNUIi IlOTKI.. JOHN 8. EUOTT, - PROPRIETOR. Having furnished this old and popular hostelry with ample rootn, plenty of feed, fond hostlers and nor buggies, la bottor prepared tlian ever to accommoduto cus tomers. My tonus ar) reasonable. COVE TANNERY. AlUM CltOBHMlN, FltOritllSTOll. line now on hand and for Halo tho best of HARNESS, LADIGO, UPPER and LACK, LEATHER. SHEEP SKINS, ETC. IOItTl,ANl JPIEICJKH Paid for Hides and Pelts. WALLA WALLA BEER DEPOT. Corner Main and A Streets, Union. IS. MILLER, Proprietor. Keeps always on hand tho fluent brands of WINES, LIQUORS, and CIGAKS. Tho very boat Lngcr and Hock Deor in tho market, at U5 cunts aquart. Hour and lunch i25 cents. A flno billiard tablo for tho accommoda tion of customers. Drop in and bo socia ble. RAILROAD FEED MB LITER! STABLE Near tho Court Houso. A. F. UkNHON, - PlIOIMtlKTOH. Union, Oregon, Pino turnouts and first-clans rijjs for tho accommodation of tho pubjic generally. Conveyances for commercial men a spe cialty. 5H6rTho accommodations for feed cannot bo excelled in tliovalloy. Terms ronsonablo. BLUE MOUNTAIN Main Street, Union, Oregon. IIknhy SniiKnu, - - Pitoi'itiKTOii. "Orders from any pnrt of tho valley will recoivo prompt attention. I havo on hand somo very lino DOCK DEKlt. Drop In and sample it. NORTH POWDER Restaurant. PONY STEVENS. PROP. Tho travollng public will plenso tako no tice that, in addition to my Baloon in North Powder, I liuvu opened a first-class RESTAURANT, and respectfully solicit a aharo of tho public patronage. Tho tables will always bo supplied with tho REST THE MARKET AFFORDS, mid no pains will bo spared to make my patrons comfortable. Call on me, eat, drink and bo happy. Tonsorial Rooms Two doors south of Jones Bros.' store, Union, Oregon. J. M. Johnson, Piior-iutrrou. Hair cutting, shuviuu and shampooing done neatly and in tho best stylo. CITY v Main Street, Union, Oregon. ROIIINS it IlUNBON, - PlIOI-IUKTOHB. Keep constantly on hand BEEF, PORK, VEAL, MUTTON, SAU SAGE, HAMS, LARD, ETC. CENTEIIAL -:- HOTEL, Union, Oregon. Pan. V. Moomc, PiionucTou. A .well stocked bur in connection with Die house, and none but the best brands ol Unuow and clgim kept. LARGE SAMPLE ROOMS for the ac oinmodatlon of commercial travelers. 1IOWDMD & LLOYD, Manufacturers of FURNITURE, Main Street, Union, Oro. Keep constantly on hand a large supply of Parlor and lied Room sets, Redding, Desks, Office Furniture, etc. Upholstering Done. In the neat Style. Lounges, Mattresses, and nil kinds of Furniture made to order. PATRONAGE SOLICITED. A N D J. II. Nouine, PitorniETOn. All kinds of Blncksmlthing and Wagon work done in a good work manliko manner. Tlie very best of workmen employed. HORSE SHOEING AND REPAIRING DONE ON SI10R1 NOTICE. KssuShon opposite A. F. Benson's Livery Stable, Main street, Union, Oregon. MONEY TO LOAN. I am prepared to ncgotiato loan upon well improved farms, for a term of years. For particulars call on 11. 0. BILLINGS, Loan Rrokor. At tho office of J. R. Critos, Union, Oregon . Buy the llayward HAND GRENADE Fire Extinguisher. Everybody should havo thoni. Mon, women or children :an uso them. Thou sands of dollars worth of property saved ovory dny. Thoy don't frcozo, are not in jurious to flesh or fabric, and aro always ready. You cannot afford to bo without them. G. J. Ilecht, Gen. Agent, 12 1 Market St., San Francisco, Cai. Cook fc Dwight, Agta., La Grando, Oregon. D. H. REES, Notary Public AND Conveyancer. OFFICE Stato LandOftlco building, Union, Union County, Oregon. SMOKE OUR 66 PUNCH 97 Rest Havana Filled Five Cent Cigar. Jones Bros., agents, Union. E. GOLLINSKY & CO. SMOKE THE "ESTRELLA" KEY WEST Imported Havana Cigar. NONE BETTER. JONES BRO S, Corner of Main and B streets, Union. -Dealers in- GROCERIES, CANNED GOODS, VARIETY AND FANCY GOODS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS GKNTS' I'UltNISIIlNG GOODS. WATCHES, CLOCKS, and JEWELRY, Glassware, Musical Instruments, Pictuu Frames and Pictures, Moulding, Bird Cago. llaby Car riages, etc., Candies and Nuts, Stationary, School Books, Periodical!, Novels, etc, of every description. ALL KINDS OF FRESH FRUITS Alwuys on hand. We keep constantly on hand everythlni usually kept lu a llrat class variety store. tefuOrder from uny l'rl of the country will be promptly attended to. sefiW t In 'jEftfcli SUKE IN EUROPE. rho Iloiifcs or England Osborne Houso and Its Surroundings. IVliHnngham Chnrch 'From Which Princess letrlco Vas Married-Carlsbrooke Castle- ami tti Historic Asso ciations. Che Well a Drink From Which rrcserves Beauty nnd Life Bon Chnre.li ant 1U mstorlea Tho Whipping Post of Olden Itaya. The Isms ov Wight, West Cowes. July 13. Tho inhabitants -of tho Isle of Wight certainly strive to justify tho amwllation of "garden" bestowed nnon their favored region. Flowors aro everywhere in every window, in trout of ovory house, in-ovory hand, in svorv buttonlioio ana upon ovroy ta olo. Two pretty glass vases and a tmalldish aro filled with roses atovery meal and othors occupy bullet anil mantelpiece. Thoy aro rich, fragrant roses, too; not cultivated up to $2 each perhaps, but sweet smelling, and everybody has them, which is their croat merit. You cannot meet a conn trv woman on the road without her "posy." Tho dwellings arc usually low, two storied structures, and tho prettiest aro Elizabethan, with painted roots and Hat. wide, diamond-puned win dows. But there is an unhappy fond noss for bay windows, and, though it is a good thing in its place, yeta bay window out of place, and especially so7oral say four ugly bay windows stuck together, with not tho spaco to stick a pin between, and forming tho ontiro front of a small, two-storied houso is as bad as four noses on ono small, insignificant face, occupying it to tho exclusion ot every leaturo ox 1 copt tho mouth. Tho talk just now 1 among tho good folks is concerning the marriage of tho Princess Beatrice, who is spoken of most highly, and seems to bo heartily loved by "every body. There are subscription papers out among tho "old folks" and tho 'young people" and tho "school children" for wedding presents for her, and she will certainly start hor housekeeping indcr tho fairest aus pices. Nothing prettier or more typi cally English can be iningined than tho surroundings of the Queen's homo and tho quiet village church whero hor last daughter is to change hor stato. Whippingham Church is approached by two roads from East Cowes; one, tho upper road, sKirting the Osborno estate;" tho other, the lower, forming a lovely lane, smoothly linotl with woll-kopt, hard-tliorned hedges, and leading directly past tho row of pret ty cottages, to which tho old and dis abled feuialo dependents of Osborne are retired. 'I he road and entrance to Osborno are commonplace enough, but thu grounds aro beautifully kept, and have some line old trees; tiie man sion and cottages are not visible at all from the highway, but a very good view of thorn is obtained from the sea coming from Ryde. Tlio distance from East Cowes to Norris Castle is only about a mile, or, to bo exact, a nilfo ami a quarter just a pleasant walk. A quarter of a mile farther on thu same road we ooino to tho eutniuco to Osborno, Uis. tinguislied only by a scarlet coated personage, who takes his ease within tho gates, and in appearance and man ner is a singular reminder of Mr. Charles Bradlaugh, tho eminent mom bor from Northampton. A neat board fence encloses tho Queen's grounds, supplemented as a protection by a thick growth of magiiilicont forest trees inside the enclosure Turning down from this road you outer a field through a gate ami taKoapatn border ed on ono s do by tall waving wheat, well grown and thrifty, with bright popples Hashing out from its tender green, not yet mollowed to yellow and brown, and athlete hawthorn hedge on the other the blossoms gone, but full of russet red shoots shading oil into tho brown of tho twig and tho green of tho leafage How full of swuot, hoart-breaking beauty this England is, and what suggestive homines to coin a word in the grouping of Norris Castle, tho onrly homo of tho Queen, whero sho lived und- was brought up by her mother, the Duches of Kent. The modem dwelling, purchased on account of these associations, and the village church, tho foundation stone of which was laid by thu Quoen, when sho was tho Princess Victoria, and in tho yard of which her best beloved re tainers and many of hor frionds aro buried. Tho peaeefulncss of tho spot and its quiet beauty, faced by tho sil vcr thread of tho Medina Rivor, caunot be put itito words. It is tho Tory spot of all others to ho marritHl from or buried in, nnd tho Princess 0Beatrioo, when sho fchtcrs tho sido gato on July 23 to como out a weddod wife will bo environed by associations such as few bridos havo known, and that will havo greater interest for her when her lifo has been spent than they, perhaps, havo to-day. Sho is said, however, to bo most atuiablo and domostic in her habits, and ono would imagine so from her selecting her ten nieces for brides maids and her long, untiring dovotion to her mothor. Poor Queen. What must bo her dread of losing this last and best beloved daughter. A Queen is so far removed from common sym pathy that tho loss of husband or child is in oro than to those who share a common lot and havo hosts of sympa thizing friends. Certainly tho Queen is a typical English mother as well as Queen, and tho "family" aro spokon of as united by tho strongest ties of afTection. Tho remarkable loiters of tho Princoss Alico, edited by the Prln cess Christain, showed that, nnd ex hibited virtues of economy, industry nnd caro-taking, which few give Prin cess credit for. ' Well, tho gown and tho wedding cako aro both ready tho cako was newly made, or at least it is supposed so out tho gown is partly composed of that same famous old Iloniton with tho crown and V. R. in terwoven in its marvellous design, witli the rose, thistle and shamrock of the United Kingdom, which deoorntcd her own wedding dross and also that of the Crown Princess of Germany. Good lace does not go to wasto in that family. Next to Osborno nnd Whippingham, tho most interesting trip is to Carrisbrooko Castle tho beautiful and picturesque ruins of tho prison whero Charles I. was con lined. The remains of the walls and gateway aro highly interesting from their historic associations, dating from jpS tho timo of Edward VI., whoso broth er-in-law, Anthony Woodville, built tho latter, and left his insignia carved in the stono. Tho castle stands on a chalky elevation, and is covered with ivy- it is not so commanding m its appearance as many othors, uut tno grounds aro lovoly, and access is ob tained to them uv tho samo door, sig nalled bv pulling the handle of the same bell as that which admitted Lord Woodville But hero all similitude ceases. On the other side of the heavy bars and bolts a trim English g'rl sits with her work basket and lady's pic torial to roeoivo jour fi.urpcnee and illusion vanishes. Once inside tho gato, visitors bond their steps directly towards the window, lrom mo lower middle panel of which an iron bar lias disappeared. Tin's is the aperture Cfisicec Critic through which Charles 1. tried to forco himself in an endeavor to escape and hack from which into his prison ho was drawn with great dilliculty, when life was almost extinct. A long (light of steps leads to the keep, but fow ascoml tlioni; the majority of visitors rush otl' to tho well room, wliore a donkey draws the water from a mir aculously clear spring, which possesses surprising virtues. Taken every morn ing within an hour at tor suuriso it maintains health, preserves beauty, imparts fairness to the complexion and confers the gifts of long lifo and do mestic happiness. Those qualities, whatever may bo tho ease now, could not havo oxisted in the time of Princess Elizabeth, the unfortunate daughter of Charles 1., who died alone in horyouth in this Castle Carlsbrooke, her cheek THE Yell, Cnaooc' resting on tho Bible which had been tho last gift of hor murdered father. It was to this Princess that Queen Vic toua dedicated the beautiful memorial stono wliloh is cons derod ono of tho finest ell'orts of Union Marrochottl and tho principal ornament of Carisbrooko Church, tho finest church on tho island, containing also three memorial stained glass w.udows to tho memory of tho fair and unhappy young Prin cess, ono of which was subscribed by tho youug women of tho congregation oud is called "Tho Maiden's Win dow," tho othors being presented by tho Quoen and Princo Albort, Mc v$- II i f A month would not suflico to take in all that is worth seeing and knowing in this little enchanted and cnchnnting islatnl; and of courso tho task is hopo Iostj in the spaco of three all too short Vriiys. But wo havo managed Shauk Wn; havo walked down through tho chime, even stopped and picnicked there; havo scon the crab and lobster turn, walked on tho esplanade, and ascended tho successive llightsof stono steps which break up the cliff upon which Shauklin is built Tho chine is a deep cut, or irregular fissure, in tho soa wall, from a ouarter to half a milo long, which begins at tho top and ends whero the water touches tho beach. Its high walls and irregular path, broken by steps at tho steopest in clines, aro a reminder of Watkin's Glen, but tho jagged masses of catho-dral-like rock are absent, the whole in terior of tho chasm being a tanglo of greenery witn a pretty waterlall and brooKs caused by rustic bridges. Chines aro very numerous on tho Isle of Wight There is tho Whalo chine, tho Black-gang chino, tho Wal pen chino, and numerous others, but nono so famous as tho Shanklin chino. Rev. Leigh Richmond, in the "Young Cottager," writes a detailed descrip tion of Shanklin Chine, which was not thon so well prepared for visitors as now that it is rented and niadopartof tno notci property that stands at its summit. Shanklin has bathing ma chines and a fine beach, though not so good as Hyde, but It lacks tho at tractivenoss of West Cowes, possibly becauso it is moro shut in and less varied in its marine character. Tho old part of the town is, however, very charming with its Elizabethan manor house, its rows of thatched cottages, and narrow, shady lanes. It is at tho corner of such a lane leading to tho chino that a rustic fountain is erected, for which Longfollow wroto tho m scription whou on a visit to Shaukliu in 18G8 : O, traveller, btay thy weary feet. Drink of this fouuta a pure and sweet, It (lows for rich and poor the same. Then fro thy wav remembering still The uuysidu well I cneath the hill, The cup of water in Ills imine. Those who aro familiar with tho work of Mr. J. W. Cropsey, the wel( known artist, will remember bis pic ture of tho old church at Bon Church in the Islo of Wight. It was all the more remarkable in its gray tones anil general fidelity to the natural tints of us agu aim uny iiuninciii, uui;;uiu il formed so strong a contrast to tho warm tints and sunny landscapes in which his brush delights. Tho old Bon Church in the village of Bon Church has not been used for many Via Don tHUftcH.' "-,,lJ? years for Sunday services; these take place in a modern eiliiico built in 1817 or thereabouts, but burials still tako place from the old church, anil it was lrom this spot that the Be v. William Adams, author of "The Shadow of tho Cross," was taken to his resting place. The village of Bon Church has many interesting literary associations. Car lylo's "John Sterling" is buried hero; tho former a very frequent one, it i9 said, before he established himself at Freshwater, whoneo ho is to migrate to Scotland in search of that fieedom from intrusive curiosity hunters which ho lias all his life- his literary lifo been trying to find, seemingly with out success, n fato which will "proba bly follow him to his grave. iMiss El zaboth Sewell, author of "Amy Herbert." resided hero, and Dr. Arnold of Rugby, father of Mat thew Arnold, speaks of it somewhere as the most beautiful spot on earth. It was at lion-Church that ouo of the great English naval heroes was born Admiral Sir Thomas Ilobson. Ho was a poor orphan, a parish appren tice to a tailor, who, fired by tin sight of a squadron of men-of-war, joined thorn, and within forty-eight hours by a single act that of lighting Ids way to tho enemy's Hag and cut ting it down decided tho fato of a hattlo, Avon promotion, and initiated tho beginning of a glorious career. There aro few stocks and whipping posts loft now in England, but hero is ono just as it stands in that old town of Brading, whero tho Rev. Leigh Richmond was pastor, and whero he wroto his "Dairy mnn's Daughter" and "Littlo Jane." It is not a cheorful looking instrument, but it seems at though it might bo well to re vivo it for tho bennlit of those brutes whe mnltroat women and children, anil whoso position in the scale of human ity is so low that they cannot be reached by ordinary methods. Brad ing is tho" oldest town on tho island, and very rich iu associations. But it has now less importance than any other of its livelier neighbors, and its principal object of interest is a little cottage once tho homo of the pious young girl that Leigh Richmond immortalized. It la situated in a littlo lano at the foot of a hill, and a visit to tho church yard hard by is awarded by tho stghl of hor gravo and a stone to her mem. ory, upon which is tho following in. scription, written by tho wife of a clergyman at Cowes, 9 , Ye who the power of God dclleht to trace, And mark with Joy. cacli monument of cracer Tread lightly o'er this grave ns ye explore The short nnd simple nuualg of the poor. A chdd repos e underneath this sod. A child to memory dear nnd dear to God. Hejolce, but shed the sympathetic, tear, Jane, thejoutig Cottager, lies burled here. Jknsib June; Copyright, ISsr., G. W. Hamia. A LOCUST HUNT, How the Summer rest Is (Jot iUd of In Italy by Wholesale. 1 was quietly at work in my study at Capri ono day in a very hot Au gust, laboring to breatho as well a the great heat would lot mo. when a wild-looking youth rushed in to mo from Auacapri, crying out that tho lo custs had come J'lio discaso of tho vino had already caused1 great loss, and now thcro wore tho locusts eating up the harvest. A great part of Ana capri was as bare, tho youth told mo, as if a lire bad swept across it. Tho invaders had already got over tho brow of tho mountain, and wcro in tho woods below. Would I go out and see them? Certainly I would. As wo approached their advanced guard under cover of a low wood, wo could hear tho incessant click, click, of tho enemy, and evory now and then wo wcro fallen upon by thoir scouts, which dashed against our faces and clung to our clothes. As wo proceed ed wo found them f rollicking in legions, like imps let looso for mif-cliiof. The atmospliero being rather thicker than I liked, I did not go that morning to sco how things looked at tho worst. L wont back to pay a visit to tho syndio' and ascertain what could bo dono to mend thorn. Troublo of this kicd comes upon Capri every three or four years; but there has been no swarm eo groat as this ono since tho great plague of lo custs which had occurred somo twen ty years before tho time of which I am writing. "That, indeed," said my in formant, "was awful. They climbed our walls, got into our houses and churches, crawled over tho altars, ato up the entiro harvest, and who can say what might have happonod if it had had not boon for St, Antonio? Somo missionary priests wero then among us, and thoy ordained a solemn procession of women; thoy wero all to walk with thoir hair looso about thoir shoulders, with the priest in front car rying tho imago of tho saint. Before the procession was ovor a strong east wind eamo and blow all tho locucts into the sen, just over tho Bluo Grotto. Aii, Signor, St. Antonio is powerful!" iteport having been formerly niado to syndic, his excolloncy, in true of ficial stylo, ordered a bag of the de vastating animals to bo collected and sent oil to the superintendent, who resided at Castollamare, in order that ho might ascertain whothor they wero really locusts. Until that point was ollicially decided, tho syndic could disburse nono of tho public money to arrest the plague, which, in the mean time, was ot courso spreading over the woods and iields with tho rapidity of a prairie lire. Tho grain was boing bitten oft" under tho ear a3 cleanly as thought cut by a knife, tho lig trees being stripped and barked. Tho mes senger did not arrive at Castollamnre till after business hours, when tho deputy was enjoying his ovoning leis ure and would bo disturbed bv no one. On tho next day, however, the syn dic of Anacapri, having obtained the requisite authority, attached a pro clamation to tho walls of tho house, oH'ering a reward for tho capturo of locusts at tho rate of about a penny for a pound. All tho idle population of tho district instantly becamo as busy as bees, and went out locust- hunting in parties of livo or six, pro vided with sacks and shoots. A sheet held by a man at each cornor being lifted up like a wall across tho path of tho invaders ono or two people with brooms beat tho bushes and swept tho oarth, causing tho disturbed locusts to lly on until tho shcot was ulack with thorn. It was then quicKiy douoied up, tho insects scraped from it mto a sack, and preparations instantly mado for capturing another batch in tho samo way. A locust-hunter told mo that ho was earning at this work 1G penco a dny, or C pence boyond his usual daily "wages, 1 was tolil also by tho parish priest of Anacapri that in a few days tho wholo body of hunters in that small district captured upward of twonty hundred weight, but that ho romomborcd ono soason in which there wore as many taken in a siuglo morning. Tho reward for captured locusts was not paid until they wero doad and buried. Doad and unburied thoy would soon putrify under a hot sun and breed a pestilence Tlioro is a point in tho island called Mouto So lario, about eighteen hundred feet above tho level of tho soa. Thither the locusts aro all taken after they have been soaked in boiling water, and after having been in that wav killed by tho sackful, they are buried in a deep pit dug for tho purpose House hold Wonts. "Whero Cholera Thrives. Wlmlnvnr tboorr mav bn hld tin in tho origin of cholera, it can hardly bo eniod uiai, Historically, us inroaus avn always been in alluvial districts nnd river vallovs. Tho coincidence. therefore between tho geographical area of tho Spanish inundations and . r !..!. .. , 1 .1 . V 1 n ma apauiaii euoiera cpitiomiu nuoius very practical lessons. It ipparontly illustrates, in a most striki g war, the main physical conditions undor wnicn tho plague can Hush up into opidomio violence and also indicates tho regions and localities winch will bo most ex posed to it on its futuro travels, while it points with fresh forco tho moral oi itiivorsiil q.ixIi lion na llinnnlv SGCUT- ..... .... UMIIttUklUH . ..w ity agaiust tho dread scourge New orn ueraui. The lloekland. Me., high school graduates rear flftwn irlrln nnd OnW tWO 0OT(. which, according to the loc.l newspaper, U the usual proportion. The fact would go to how that the girls of Maine are absorbing whatever higher education there Is In the state. There seems to be trustworthy evidence to the fact that boiled celery cot the raw atem U a prevenUre ot rheumatism. r s