The Oregon Scout.
VOL. II.
UNION, OREGON, SATUKDAY, MAY 22, 1SSG.
NO. 47.
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THE OREGON SCOUT.
An Independent weekly Journal, Issued ovo y
Saturday by
JONES & CHANCEY,
Publishers and Proprietors.
A. K. .Tones, 1
Kdltor. f
J 11. Ciiancev,
I Foreman,
hates or suhsciuption:
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Hx months l wi
" " Threo months Tj
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Hby any clianco subscriptions aro not paid
till end of year, two dollars will bo cbanred.
Kates of advertising mado known on npplb
canon.
Correspondence from all parts of the county
solicited.
Address all communications to A. K. Jones,
Kdltor Oregon Scout, Union, Or.
I i
LodKO Directory.
Ghand IIonpb Valley Loons, No. fifl. A. V.
and A. M. Jleets on the second nnd fourth
Saturdays of each month.
O. F. ncu, V. M.
C. E. Davis, Sccrotary.
Union- Loimie, No. 39, 1. O. O. F. Regular
meetings on Friday evenings of each week at
tliolr hall In Union. All brethren in good
standing aro Invited to attond. Ity order of
tho lodge. S. W. Lono, N. 0.
G. A. Thompson, Secy.
Church Directory.
M. E. Cnuncn Dlvino scrvlco every Sunday
at 11 a. m nnd 7 p. m. Sunday school at a p.
m. Prayer incoting every Thursday evening
at0:30. Hkv. Watson, Pastor.
PjiEsnvntmAN Ciiuncii Ilegular church
sorvlces every Sabbath morning and evening.
Prayer mooting ouch week on Wednesday
evening. Sabbath school every Sabbath at
10 n. m. Kov. II. Veuno.v Kice, Pastor.
St. John's Ei'iscorAr, Ciitmcii Scrvlco
every Sunday nt 11 o'clock a. m.
Hev. W. It. PowEi.1-. Hector.
County Ofllccm.
Judge A. C. Craig
SherlCt A. h. Saunders
Clerk 11. F. Wilson
Treasurer A. F. Mensem
School Superintendent J. L. Hlndman
Surveyor R. Slmonis
Coroner E. H. Lewis
COMMISSlONEItS.
Geo. Acklos Jno. Stnnloy
State Senator L. 11. Hinchart
ItErr.ESENTATIVKS.
F.T.Dick E. E.Taylor
City Olllccrcr.
Mayor D. II. Hoes
COUNCILMAN.
S. A.Pursol W. D. Hoidloman
J.S. Elliott J. II. Thompson
Jno. Kennedy A. Levy
Hecordor M. F. Davis
Marshal E. E. rates
Treasurer J. D. Carroll
Streot Commissioner L. Eaton
Departure of Train.
Hegular cost bound trains lcavo r.t 9:30 a.
m. West bound trains lcavo at 4:20 p. m.
l'UOirESSIONAL.
J. It. CRITES,
ATTOItlVKV AT I.AAV.
Collectfng and probate practlco specialties
Ofllco, two doors south of Fostofllco, Union,
Oregon.
R. EAKIN,
Attorney at Law aofl Notary PuWic.
Office, ono door south of J. B. Eaton's storo
Union, Oregon.
I. N. CROMWELL, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon
Ofllco, ono door south ot J. II. Eaton's storo,
Union, Oregon.
A. E. SCOTT, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AIVI ,SUI(I!(K,
lias permanently located at North Powder,
wherohe wlllanswor all calls.
T. H. CRAWFORD,
ATTORIVI2Y AT UW,
Union, - - - - Oregon.
M. Baker. J. F. Baker.
BAKER & BAKER,
Attorneys anA Coisellors at Law,
AND
REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
LaGrandk, - . Oregon.
D. B. REES,
Notary Public
AND-
Conveyancer.
OFFICE State Land Ofllco building,
Union, Union County, Oregon.
II. F. BURLEIGH,
Attorney at Inv, ICral Iiutc
and Collt't'tiiif; Agent.
Land Ofllco Busluoss a Specialty.
OOlce at Alder, Union Co., Oregon.
JESSE 1IAHUKBTY,
J. W. SIIKI.TOM
SHELTON & HARDESTY,
ATTOItNHYH .IT I.AtV,
Will practice in Union, Dakar, Grunt,
Umatilla urul Morrow Countlw, uUn In th
Hupmine Court of Orvtfon, the DUtrlot,
Circuit uud (Supreme Courts ol the UidUd
HtuUN.
Milling aih Corporation bunlnwi !
cittity.
Olllc In Union, Oregon,
J. W. STRANGE,
DENTIST
OFFICE Corner Main anil A Streets
union, Oregon.
All work strirtly flrst-clnss. Charges
reasonable.
A. L. COBB, IY1. D.,
PHYSICIAN LB SURGEON.
Hiivinc nerninnentlv located in Alder,
Union county. Oregon will bo found ready
to attend to calls in till tho various towns
nnd settlements of I lie Wallowa valley.
Chronic 1Iciic a Specialty.
EiJ-Jly motto is' "Live and lot livo.'
EPOT HOTEL
A. C. CRAIG, - - Proprietor,
(Union Depot, Oregon.)
Snlendid accommodations for commer
eial men. Tables iilwiiyn Htipplied with the
I) est the market anonls.
Zifl'IIOT ANI COI.K MlNKH.U. HATll.stjsS
KENTDCKY LIQUOR STORE
AIVO SOMA I'AC'VOKY.
Cor, Main and I Sts., - Union, Oregon
Slli:it,7I.VN VUILI'.V, Prop.
Manufacturers and dealers in Soda
Water, Sarnnparilla, Ginger Ale, C ream
isotlii and (. Iianipagno l ider, .syrups, etc
Orders promptly filled.
Daily Stage Line
From Union to the Cove.
I. S. Er.uoTT,
PltOPKIETOIt
Leaves Tnion at I0::i() a. m.. and ro
turns at '2:110 p.m. every ilny except Sunday
Faro from denot to Cove
Kround trip 51 --r
Passengers will be taken from tho depot
through to Cove via I num.
W. R.JOHNSON,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Main Street, Union, Oregon.
Plans and Specifications for Dwellings,
Itarns and bridges furnished FKEE OF
CHAHGE.
Bridge Building a Specialty
All kinds or Cabinet Work neatly oxceu
ted. Repairing done on short notice.
None, but tho best workmen employed,
and satisfaction guaranteed.
Call and interview me.
FRUIT AND SHADE
APPLE, PEA It, PLUM, PKUXE, PEA CI f,
APIUCOT. CKADAPPLE, CHEltllV.
SHRUBBERY AND SHADE TREES
Of well known varieties, suitable for this
climate. Can also furnish foreign sorts at
one-third tho price asked by eastern can
vassers. I desire to sell trees at prices
that people can afford to buy.
L. .J. HOUSE,
Cove, Oregon.
Or. Van Monciscar
132-134 ThM btrost, Portland, Orept
IS a regular graduate in medicine; Iiiik
beon longer engaged in tho special treat
ment of all Venereal, Sexual and Chronic
Diseases than any other physician in the
West, as city papers show, and old resi
dents know; 1,000 reward for any case
uhich ho fails to cure, coming undor his
treatment, by following his directions.
DIt. VAX is the most successful Catarrh,
Lung and Throat Doctor in America. lie
will tell you your tronhlo without asking
you a single question, and WAKHANTri
PEUMANEN'TlTItE in the followingcases:
NERVOUS DEHILITY, Spermatorrhea,
Seminal Losses, Sexuni Decay, Failing
Memory. Weak Eyes, Stunted Devolop
inont, Lack of Energy. Impoverished
Hlood, Pimples, Impediment to Marriage;
also Hlood and Skin Diseases, Syphilis,
Eruptions, Hair Fulling, Hone Pains, Swell
ings, Soro Tliront, Ulcers, Effects of Mer
cury, Kidney and Illaddur Troubles, Weak
back, llurning-Urino, Incontinence, Conor
him. Gleet, Stricture, receives searching
troatniHiit, prompl relief nnd cure for life.
NEUVOUS DiseasBs (ith or without
dreams), Dir-cased discharge cured prompt
)y without hindrance to bimineH.
JIOTH SEXES consult confidentially. If
in trouble cull or write. Delay are dang
erous.
DImwi'm of tho Eye or Ear. Ulceration or
Catarrh, internal or tuternnl, Dcaliiesi or
Paralysis, Singing or Homing Noises,
Thickened Drum. etc. pDiinani'iitly eiinxl.
LOST MANHOOD pmfwtly rUird.
PANCEItS AND TUMORS M.rmuuntly
rviuovtsl without the kiiilu or ra untie.
Mnlli-inti compounded and furnish wl to
all ituttenttt ii t ollli trlrtlypHrvundvegi
tablw. (JllHI-Ullttw of I'UHll i.vckT uuren in
til raH midm takKii. Cnm'dtntloii fro
ami Htrirtly coalUlmitlal. Ail tunmpon
diNiaM promptly nttnilMl Ut, iHMllciHH ut
uy tnriHi to any mniM ir imm tupus
ii r. 1'itli r ttitilrwrt Prlvatf DUiMjimnry,
No. JOi-lttl Tlilrd fit.. Piii tliiiiil, Orou,
'JVitm dtrlitly moli. Qm Iiuuk Bu. m.
to 8 u m.
IXDUSTKIAli IHUKFLETS.
The 'IVniii'sx'o lioard of liealth ro
ports tliat Uierc i a condition of the
cffir. vcrv little known, which consid
crably impair it- -anitaiy value as an
article of food. Soon after it became
the practice to transport cgs in larpe
quantities anil to lonj; distances by rail
way trains it was found on their ar
rival that adhesion had taken place
between the membranes of tho yolk and
those of the shell, so that the yelk could
not be turned out of the shell unbroken.
On examination by experienced path
ologists this was found to bo preoisolj
the same as that of the plastic exuda
tion in inflammation of the littles or
bowels. It will at lirsl seem absurd to
(speak of inflammation in such an tin
formed mass as an ep;r, but this arises
from our forgetting that, structureless
and unorganized as it seems, the egg,
even when fresh-laid, is a living being
nnd capable of disease from external
causes. The cause of this inflamma
tion is undoubtedly t lie shaking and
friction from the motion of the cars,
and it can not hut render tho egg more
or less unhealthy, as the products of in
flammation can never bo as salutary in
food as tlio.se of hcilthv growth.
A London paper says a project is on
foot for the establishment of a colonial
school and training farm for young
men intending to engage in agriculture
abroad. The undertaking is approved
of and supported by the head-masters
of our great public schools, and man'
more who may be considered to have
knowledge of die need of such an in
stitution from the home point of view.
At present there are thousands of young
men annually leaving these shores for
our colonies, of whom only a very small
proportion arc lilted in any way for the
life on which they are entering; conse
quently the number of failures is la
mentable. An institution at which
sonic practical experience can bo ac
quired of agriculture, stock-raising, and
the other acquirements of colonial coun
try life, and at which tho capabilities of
the intending colonist will be severely
tested, may commend itself to those,
and to that numerous class seeking in
our colonial empire a field for tho en
terprise of its sons.
The Standard Cattle company of
Cheyenne, Wyoming, is about to con
struct an immense feeding establish
ment, including .0,0011 acres of land, at
Ames, Nebraska. The building will
consist of feeding barn, elevator, and
cribs, meal houses, offices, etc. Tho
feeding barn will contain .'5,000 stalls,
and is expected to turn out yearby S.OOO
to 10,000 fat beeves. It is expected that
300.000 to SOO.OOO bushels of corn and
8,000 to 10,000 tons of hay will bo fed
annually. This is the second great en
terprise of the kind established in Ne
braska in connection with randies on
the plains and the great mountain val
leys of the Rockies. These "fattories,"
a3 they have been called, 111113" event
ually change the whole character of
the grazing interests of the great plains
ranches.
A correspondent of The Texas Stock-
man, in writing about marketing of
mohair, says: I havo received returns
from my mohair. Though it was but j
six months' growth. I received (iO cents
for tho best, which was about one-six til
of the amount shipped. Tho price av-
craged 30 cents. One of my neighbors I
received 00 conts for his best mohair,
fall clip.' They wrote 1110 that I should
havo rolled each ileoco up separately.
which 1 shall do this spring. The out
side of tho fleece should bo rolled out.
I expect a butter price for this spring's
clip, as the hair is longer than in tho
fall. Goats will yield more when shorn
twico a year, and it is better for tho
goats.
To havo a line crop of large, rieh cur
rants, enrich tho ground, make it clean
and mellow, and thin out the brush.
Cut away the old blunted wood and
leave the vigorous young shoots. Let
them occupy equal distances from each
other and give tho bushes in some de
gree a regular form. No fruit is more
neglected than tho currant, the bushes
being allowed to become enveloped in
weeds and crass nnd the enfeebled
bushes allowed to grow into u unus of
brush. Tho difference in the size of
tho hordes raised in tho two modes is
about as ono to four.
Cyrus T. Fox? in his "Experiences of
a Lifetime," read before the Pennsyl
vania Horticultural a.ssoejnlioti,
ascribes much of the failure of fruit
trees of Into years to exhaustion of the
toll, and not to diseases and insects,
nnd ho recommends a more generous
treatment. I Id measured an apple tree
in Ills neighborhood which was over
five feet In diameter live feet from the
ground, audit was in a thrifty ami vigor
otis condition. He thinks it is the larg
et applo true in the world, It grows
on high, gravelly Iroiintono land. An
other tree was nearly iu large.
Although tho old reliable Wilton U
a good linn market berry, it is acid in
its ripest stage, and some bettor kind
may be grown lor family use. The
Sharpies has an excellent reputation a
a fanuh lierry, being not only sweet,
but largo and well flavored. The Man
chester and Crescent are regarded as
excellent on light soils, but require be
ing alternated with varieties that aro
both staininate and pistilate. In select
ing varieties for home use this must not
be overlooked, as many varieties will
not produce unless fertilized by other
kinds.
Horseradish should bo planted as
early in tho season as possible, or just
as soon as tho ground can bo properly
prepared, and if large roots are desired
the soil cannot be made too rich and
deep. In planting always use the sets.
These are tho rootlets or branches of
the main root, which aro too small for
table use. They are cut into pieces
about four or five inches in length, and
in such a manner that there will be no
danger of setting the roots upside down.
Sets planted upside down will never
make good roots.
Prof. Caldwell says that some experi
ments made with common salt proved
that the soil of a grass plat, which had
been dressed with it was found to con
tain, ten days after a rain had fallen on
it. twice as much water as an adjoining
lot v Inch had received no salt. The
plants on the salted portion were grow
ing vigorously, while (hose on the un
salted plat were sull'ering from drouglit
This was obviously an exceptional case
but it shows promiso from similar
trials.
1). Dareste, a Frenchman who is ad
dieted to experimenting with eggs, has
ascertained the fact that the yelk of an
egg is lighter than the white or albumi
nous portion. He suspended an egg in
a given position, marking the upper
side, and after it had remained a month
in this position it was carefully lowered
into a saucepan and boiled. The yell
was found adherriug to the membrane
of the upper side of the shell.
G. ('owing, of Indiana, says that, hav
ing mislaid a paper of gourd seed, which
he intended to plant early in tho spring,
he did not plant them till June. The
exterior of the seed had become hard
mid dry; so he carefully split the shells
at once plant ing t lie germs. They came
up in a short lime, and grew vigorously
till autumnal frost, and produced the
only satisfactory crop of gourds lie ever
raised.
Every man in California recently n
ccived SfiOO for a single cherry tree. It
was required to be removed to make wav
for the New Almaden railroad; the own
er demanded :?1I0') for it; experts were
appointed, and it was proved that the
ireo nan lor years vieiiicd Hie owner
crops of fruit which sold for. sums equiv
alent to the interest, on the amount
claimed. Hy a compromise G00 was
accepted for the tree.
Mr. II. C. Johnson, of Champaign,
111., states as the result of his observa
tion that good crops of broom-corn can
not be raised many years in succession
on tlio same laud, even if a considerable
quantity of manure lie annually applied
to it. It appears to exhaust the fertility
of tho sod much (pucker than common
corn, small grain, or potatoes.
Prof. Hrown says that the experience
of thirty years convinces him that of all
animals on tho farm the pig is the most
free from dental irregularities; and the
evidence of age, which a skilled in
spector may obtain from a careful ex
amination of the teotli, may be accepted
as free from any suspicion of error.
If largo watermelons are desired for
show or exhibition purposes, give Iho
vines a very deep, well-enriched soil,
and do not permit more than ono fruit
to remain on a vine. Pinch back the
leading shoots occasionally, and bo very
careful not to injure the vino in any
way during its season of growth.
Mr. J. J. II. Gregory is authority for
a report that a Mr. Curtis, n farmer of
Poabody, Mass., has a variety of apples
so like a Baldwin tliat it cannot be dis
tinguished from that variety and tliat it
appears to have the remarkable power
to reproduce itself true to typo from the
seed.
Mr. I. K. Felchgive3 a formula for a"
chicken food which ho says will give a
pound extra. in 12 weeks, or a L'O per
cent, gain in the egg basket. Twenty
pounds of corn, l't pounds of oats, 10
pounds of parsley, 10 pounds of wheat
bran, to bo ground line and well mixed.
A writer iu The Poultry-Keeper keeps
what he calls "homo-made tincture of
iron" iu a bottle of water in which a
handful of rusty nails has beon placed.
A little of this glaccd in the hens' drinking-water
adds greatly to their health,
he thinks, but it may bo doubted.
A farmer in central New York, where
beans are raised, says the best crops are
prndiecd when they are planted iu hills
two' t apart each way, ami tho soil
wort ! with a narrow cultivator, lie
ad planting from livo to seven
Ik. . it hill.
ADVISING A YOUNG AUTHOR.
The follow ing correspondence is now
gien to the press for the lirst time
witli the consent of the parties;
Win. Nye. Esq.:
Dkau Sn: I am a young man. 20
years of age. with fair education and a
strong desire to succeed. I have done
sonic writing for the press, having writ
ten up a very nice article on progres
sive euchre, which was a great success
and published in our home paper. Rut
it was not copied so much in other pa
pers as I would like to havo saw it,
and I lake my pen in hand at this time
to write and ask you what there is in
the article enclosed thai prevents its
being copied abroad all over our broad
land. I write just as 1 hope you feel
perfectly free to write at any time. 1
think that, writers ought to aid each
other. Yours with kind regards.
Ani:i.m:i!T L. Tkwkv.
P. (). Rox 'J02.
I have carefully read and pondered
over the dissertation on progressive eu
chre which you send me, Adclhcrt, and
I cannot see w hy it should not be ra
venously seized and copied by the press
of the broad, wide land referred to in
your letter. If you have time perhaps
it would be well enough to go to the
leading journalists of our country and
ask tlicm what they mean bv it. You
might writo till your vertebnu fell out
of your clothes on the floor, and it
would not do half as much good as a
personal conference with tho editors of
America. First prepare your article,
then go personally to iho editors of Iho
country and call them one by one out.
into the hall, in a current of cold air,
and explain the article to them. In
that way you will form pleasant ac
quaintances and get solid with our
leading journalists. You have no idea,
Adelbert, how lonely and desolate the
life of a practical journalist is.
Your fresh young face and your fresh
young ways uud your charming gram
matieal improvisations would delight
an editor who has nothing to do from
year to year but attend to his business.
Do not try to win the editors of
America by writing poems beginning:
Now the merry goat let jump.',
And the trilling ynller ilotr,
With the tin can madly humps
Like un ncroli.itlc imp.
At times you will be tempted to write
such si u II as this, anil mark it with ;
large blue pencil and send it to the pa
pcrs of the country, but that is not a
good way to do.
Seriously, Adelbert, I would suggest
that you make a bold dash for success
by writing things that other people aro
not writing, thinking tilings that other
pcoplo aro not thinking, and saying
tilings that other pcoplo are not saying.
You will say that this advice is easier to
give than to take, and I agree with you.
Rut tho tendency of (lie ago is to wear
the same style of collar anil coat and
hat that every other man wears, and to
talk and writo like other men; and to bo
frank with you, Adelbert, I think it is
an infernal shame. If you will look care
fully about you, you will see that tho
preacher who is talking mostly to dusty
pew cushions is also tho preacher who
is thinking the thought of other men.
He is "up-ending" his barrel of sermons
annually, and when they wcro made in
Iho first place from the sermons of a
man who also 'up-ended" his barrol
annually. Go where the preacher
is talking to full houses, and you will
discover that his sermons are full of
humanity and originality. They are not
written iu a library by a man with in
terchangeable ideas, an automat io cog
wheel thinker, , but they aro prepared
by a man who earnestly and honestly
studies the great aching heart of hu
manity, and full of sincerity, originality
and old-fashioned Christianity, appeals
to your better impulses.
How is it with our poetry? As a fel
low-traveler and seasick tourist across
life's tempestuous tide, I ask you Adel
berl, who is writing the poetry that
will live? Is it tho man who is sawing
out and sand-papering stanzas of Iho
same general dimensions as some other
poet, in which he bewails the fact that
he loved a tall, well-behaved, accom
plished girl, sixteen hands high who
did not reqtilto his love?
All, no. He is not the poet whose
orra cotta statuo will stand in tho cem
etery, wearing a laurel wreath and a
lumpy brow. Show 1110 tho poot who
is intimate with nature and who studies
the little joys and sorrows of the poor,
who smells the clover and writes about
lire, healthy people with Ideas and ap
petites. He is my poot.
I apologize for speaTcing so earnestly,
Adelbert, but I saw by your letter that
you felt kindly toward me, and rather
invited an expression of opinion on my
part. So I havo written more freely,
perhaps, than I otherwise would. We
are lxdh writers. Measurably so, at
least. You write on progressive euchre,
nnd I write ou anything that I can get
hold of.
So let us agree here and promis" each
other that, whatever we do. we will not
think through the thinker of anoi'ier
man. The Great Ruler of tl e mi ise
has made and placed upon earth a goml
many millions of men, but he nccr
made any two of them exactly alike
We may dill'er from every one of the
countless millions who have preceded
us, and still be safe. Even you and I,
Adelbert, may agree 111 many matters,
and yet be very dissimilar. At least. I
hope so. and I presume you do also.
In the language of the late Lydia E.
Pinkliain, Yours for health,
IJili. Nye.
German Superstition.
As a rule Germans are not, gamhirs;
but they play sometimes, and when they
do they like to win, so there are charms
that secure their success. Here is ono
of them in rough outline. It is by far
the worst and most blasphemous wo
have heard of in central Germany a
distinct piece of witchcraft, as it seems
to us. To the words of tho charm, dis
tinctly noted down at the time, we re
gret that we cannot refer. The receipt
without them stands thus: Catch a toad
on Easter Sunday morning before sun
rise, take a piece of soft wood pine,
etc., not bench or oak -a little larger
than the toad, and then nail tho wretch
ed creature upon it in tho form of a
cross, hang it on an isolntedpole towanl
the sun, thus gradually changing its po
sition with the progress of the day; keep
sprinkling it every now and then with
w ater, for if il dies before the sun sets
your labor has been in vain. If, when
tho sun goes down, he is still partially
alive, it is enough; take him to tho
nearest ant hill and bury him in it. On
Whit Sunday dig him up. If no ono
has disturbed the hill you will find the
bones quite clean and white, put them
in a little bar, hang it around you neck,
and you will always win in games of
chance. This charm is, of course, a
violation of every law of humanity and
religion; a giving one's self to the devil
even more formally than if one sigired
a contract with him in his own blood.
If we could reprodueu the words to bo
used at the diflerent hours it would be
seen, imperfect as our account even
then would be, what mysteries arc car
icatured and therefore violated. The
man who employs such means; simply
says: "I shut myself out of the fold of
Christ; all I want is to win at cards."
The charm was preserved by an old
man who served in the wars of 18lti
and 1815. Another man, a comrado of
his, whom lie carried wounded off a battle-field,
had given him, when on tho
point of death, his "lucky bag," and
told him how to make a now ono. The
veteran did not know from what dis
trict tho man he had saved for a day or
two had come; his knowledge of the
charm it sol f was evidently inadequate;
ho protested that lie had never tried it;
hut the .bag and the bono were there,
a little blue silk bag, worn and frayed,
witli a name worked upon it that look
ed liko Ella a girl's name, who was
young some ninety years ago, we may
suppose, and who put a ring, or per
haps a few gold pieces, her scanty earn
ings, into the bag, nnd gave it to her
lover before he went away. It was
full of toad's bones when wo saw it.
Saturday Ilcvkw.
An Editorial Wedding.
Nathan Waldo Kennedy, editor and
proprietor of tho Putnam (Conn.)
Standard, popularly known as the boy
editor, sent out rather novel invita
tions to his friends to be present at his
marriage to Miss Ida Greenslit The
invitation is in typewriting on tinted
paper, and at the head of the sheet was
tho diagram of his card bearing tho
words: "Private ofllco of Nathan Wal
do Kennedy, Editor and Proprietor ol
tho Windmm County Standard." Then
followed tho invitations in typewriting,
in which was given a slight history ol
the bridegroom, followed by a com
plcto history of tho bride, with a fow
material facts in regard to her family,
her brother, who is a journalist in Flor
ida, receiving special mention. Editor
Kennedy did not forget to mention al
so that the young lady in question had
been a successful schoolteacher, and
that "her character was abovo ro
prouch." At tho close of tho nuptial
card was tho timetablo of tho arrival
and departure of all trains at Putnam
on tho important day. Hartford Times.
Difficulties of Composition.
A certain eccentric composor met a
friend who asked If ho had recently
beon making any more music. "Woll,"
replied tho composer, composition is a
serious afl'air. if you have a good Idea
you can't lind a paper to wrltu itdown;
if you do write It, you won't lind a pub
lisher; if you do lind one, hi) won't
praise you; ifyourmuslo oventnally ia
published, noliody will buy it; if somo
body does buy It, he won't know how
to play it; and if ho does pluy it, li
won't like it."