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COUNTY ITEMIZER.
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POLK COUNTY ITEMIZER.
«A TU BU AY,
ORGE E. GOOD.
M u b ic r lp tiu n
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Devoted to the Best Interests of Polk County in Particular and to the Paoiflo Coast in General.
Six M o n th *.........
T h re e M »iit'iK . .
MUST DK PAID in ADV’ANC*.
VOL- VIII.
DALLAS, OREGON. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 3 0 . 1883.
Ml»
IM.1TH MILL'S UVIII.W E
A tu m v rs or c h o it .
stood a saw-niill. Mr. Tracey, the j two roads, with no other house in lain, and he sank senseless on the
SOTSEa.
owner of the Half-Way House, was ! sight, and was a common slopping floor. The remaining burglar has­
“ Shall you miss we sweetheart?"
‘In all bis life, Ben Hill, the
Pizarro McGiuness was going
6le» f ami aimlessly out of tlie engaged at work here, ami he | place for persons passing to and tened to his comrade’s assistance,
from the city. Mat stepped boldly buthe was like a child in the hands away, far away to the trackless soli­ great Southern orator, never did a
.anikred p<»or, lmlf-witted turned aside to speak to him.
t pleasant summer after-
lm on business for the K iro, upou the broad piazza in front and of a giant, and in a moment he, too, tudes of Ht. Louis, and when he had more graceful thing,” said General
had no particular dosti- and I m Bein’ to your house,” lie with a fuil consciousness of his was helpless and motionless. Nat told Daphne McCarthy of his intend­ Evans in his funeral oration over the
late Senator from Georgia, “ than
hln<r n
only goin’ somewhere’ — announced with the dignified grav­ right, walked unhesitatingly into stooped and drew the two insensi­ ed journey the girl had spoken not when be made his last visit to tho
a
word,
but
laid
her
head
gently
on
Mrs. ble forms toward him.
IU® Uixlis rP. I v always to any question in ity that belonged to his roval com­ tiie pleasant sitting-room.
portrait of bis mother, which hung
“ Now bring them ropes, and I ’ll his shoulder, and wept as if her heart in one of bis rooms. When Presi­
Tracey came forward to meet him.
•egaialto his movements. During mission.
was breaking.
hang
a—
”
he
paused
and
left
the
that
you
Why,
Nat,
“ On business for the King, and
V .V i { ! he
ruing he had paraded the
But when lie asked her the ques­ dent Garfield placed his manly arm
Yes in,” he answered gravely. sentence unfinished. “ But there tion with which this chapter opens, around bis venerable mother in the
dllagjfcdreet, his hat trimmed lux- gain to my house, eh < answered
the person addressed, a good- “ I was told to come here an' get a ain’t no millstones ’bout here to the little head with its coronal of presence of * the vast multitude that!
^OOOEN ■■■iria" tIy ¡1 with
fwitliers* vvl,il° he i
hang 'round their necks," he added, fluffy brown lmir, had risen slowly, witnessed his inauguration, and {
nmd*! forth his own praise \ natured smile crossing his kindly square meal. The King sent me.’
The King sent you ? Well, 11 looking up bewildered. “ I)o you and the pansy-brown eyes of the girl kissed .her with lips fresh from pro­
.rough the medium of a till lioru. | face. “ Well, ! reckon that’s a
i J i coijr
he hail attracted atten -1 High honor to me. You’ve got a guess I’ll have to give von a supper i b’lieve a bjg rock would do? I had looked into his and gleamed nouncing the obligation uf the Presi- ■
with the Holy light of love that could dential office, he drew unto himself;
illp ^tOCi jon
small army of urchins had tramp afore you, though, N at—a then,” said she. “ And by the way, j must obey orders."
the warm heart of American mother-1
No, I don’t believe a rock would never die.
•
Nnr, did you see my îusbnnd on I
utrouaded him,front and lear, and good seven miles.’’
“ Shall I miss you?” she cried dee- hood forever. So when the great
lo,” replied Mrs. Tracy, smiling in
“ 1 must obey orders,” replied your way here ?”
T O ¡5 *. ( t ie hadjtaken their shouts and toas-
Senator went as a child to gaze upon
“ Yes’in ; nnd he said for me to spite of her alarm. But they will pairingly. “ Ah,yes, sorely enough. his mother’s pictured face, and mur-
*^^ng retiarks for applause and ad- Nat simply.
But
you
cannot
understand
this.
lie
coming
to
presently;
I
would
uiratwi. But now his grandeur
That's
right— obey
orders. ' tell you he’d be Lome to-morrer
No man can feel the loss of kisses mured, ‘I will soon see her,' be left |
0.. E t c ., vas S t e . One by one his follow- Well, if you do go, tell Mrs. Tracey | night, and for you not to be uneasy ju st tie their hands and feet and
and
love-words as a weman can. the sont of tbit State and the Union i
leave thorn until morning.”
rs had forsaken him, until at last I’ll be home to-morrow night. Tell about that money,
No man can feel the deadly hunger a lesson of filial love they should.
WHr *. j . u,W|0
alone in his glory;” tier, too, not to bo uneasy abou t, “ O dear 1 1 did so hope lie d
“ Yes’m, so I will. The King in time of famine that a woman feels never forget. The portrait shows a ,
sai.l tie ’em hand and foot— that’s when love, that always beckon* and dear, old, good faoe, well traced with !
rile d .
,
j
^
K
l
.
poor
Nat,
like
the
rest
of
that
money
bein'
in
the
house,
’cause
come
this
evening.
» l l l 'O O V
She was indeed uneasy on account his orders. They won’t offend his allures her, is out of reach of her marks of intelligence. * The wrinkles j
whit does glory amount to when I’ll see to it when I come.”
are there, the atoop of age and i
ere are none to witness ?
“ What money's t^st ?" asked a of the money in the house. She little ones any more,” and in a few longing bands and loving lips.”
“ But I shall not be gone so very other sign* of failing life. Long \
lot«, tud ta I Wy ri A n iso he move 1 onward in Lis fellow workman as
Nat turned had slept but little the preceding minutes Nat bad them safely se-
long, darling,” whispered Pizarro, since she went away. Butthe wasted
night thinking about it, and had cured.
o r C »iWp n *g * uncertain way across the away.
“ nnd I have told the candy man to statesman became a boy again in
worried
about
it
all
through
the
I
need
not
tell
of
the
night
that
“ My pension. My claim was al­
reek i ft the edge of the village, up
feeling, gazed with a true adoring
•«rior ituluvetw nti^ M |
until his stalwart form lowed last week, and I got the lav, and now another lonely night followed, of how Nat kept sleepless let you bavo whatever you want on love upon the portrait, and then
my
account.”
[¡it against the sky— for Nat money—five hundred dollars—yes­ was before her. As she was pre- guard over his captives, and of how,
■
“ You have done this?” asks the above the faded picture looked with
>UNTKY PRODlCi’ a a n [long in body though weak terday.
I was foolish not to put it paring supper for her guest another when morning came and help came girl.
eyes that saw Home and Heaven and ;
Mother, all in one vision of transcen­
I; then lie passed down on into the bank l ight oft’, but J didn’t, thought came to her. Could she j with it, the burglars were safely
“ Yes,” was the reply.
Hi Savi» Money by P ®
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>r side to where the road and as I didn't have time t •> go to not induce Nat to stop there for the lodged in the county jail. All that
“ Then,” said Daphne, the wistful dent glory.”
a forest which stretched town yesterday, I had to leave it n ig h t1 His noti n of wandering is easily surmised. And at last look gone from her face, “you can­
A Detroit lawyer took ip a new
ro co ry
s away. It was here quiet at Lome. I reckon it’s safe enough, made it an uncertain request, and Nat was a hero— not only in his not start too soon.”
boy the othor day, and, as he had
luelv, but Nat fancied this, though, till to-morrow night, nnd even if lie remained, with his be­ own eyes but in the eyes of all
suffered to some extent from the
J . BUTLE
clouded intellect, he could not be others. He bore his honors meekly
Savs a correspondent
•esp'
of the Farm- depredations of the former une, ho
[i-asionallv liked to escape then—”
her a. ISSI.
and
with
dignity,
as
a
right
belong­
■ moan voices and human hub*
“ Hist! interrupted his compan­ depended on in ense of trouble.
decided to try tho new lad's honesty
Still lie would be company, and ing to a servant of the King. He which six years ago the felloes shrunk at once. He therefore placed fifteen
1 M l A t f l H k t® S0*" away by himself and ion, suddenly. “ What’s t h a t !”
L. sV( A i^k v|i|t, tlie birds, the trees and
peniaps lie might aid her—she accepted the numerous congratula­ so the tires became very loose. I dollars in bills under <\ weight upon
Tracey paused to listen.
sled tions and band-shakings, wonder­ gave it a good coat of hot oil and his desk and walked out without say­
lor that— if she lieedi
“ I didn’t hear anything,” he said. pra v
lie flfwcrs. Here in the wool the
ing, perhaps, what it all meant, and every year since it has knd a coat of ing a word. Upon his retun half an
Holoinu Bio*.), , i!dj »agarics of his brain found
“ 1 thought I 'heard some one help.
replying to the questions heaped oil or paint, sometimes both. The hour later, the bills were gone and
poured
“
Nat,”
she
raid,
as
she
nil pi y. Here no one disputed over there,” pursued the other,
upon him with the simple state­ tires are tight yet and thev have not seventy-five cents in silver had taken
“
won’t
is cl a ,ns t > greatness, no one de- pointing to a large, high pile ot' out a glass of milk for him,
been sot for eight or nine years.
ment : “ I just obeyed orders.” Many farmers think that ns soon as their place.
* K E I t ied I n being a noted general, a boards a few feet distant— the yon slay here ( »-night! ’
“ Boy, when I stepped out to got n
“ 1 don’t know whether it be | Nothing, however, could induce him their wagon felloes begin to shrink
iftcd lrato r or musician, when the boards being piled in the foWli of a
draft in London I left fifteen dollars
to
accent
any
reward
for
his
ser­
orders,”
ho
answered
uncertainly.
,ancy L. ized him to be such. In square with a large cavity in the
they must go at once to a blacksmith uuder that weight?”
¡ ■ ■ . i t always had “ greatness center. “ Most likely it was rats, " Parson said the King sent out j vices. The royal command was to shop and get the tires set. Instead
“ Yes, sir.”
his messengers, an’ they wasn t to j take no bread, no money in his of doing that which is often a dam­
linisuupon him ; he was never an though.”
“ And now I find only seventy-five
age
to
the
wheels,
causing
them
to
purse,
and
he
would
not.
take
no
money
nor
nothin'
to
eat,
“ More likely to be rats than any­
*
I'dimu’ .- man in his own estiina-
cents?”
‘dish,’
if
they
will
get
some
linseed
But Nat did not lack for friends
thing else, there’s so many of them an’ I don’t know if it bo right to
ion, at 1 he was not now.
“ Yes, sir; but you see you hadn’t
after that. He still continued his oil, heat it boiling hot and give the been gone five minutes when a man
But ■ hi this occasion a now fancy about here," answered Tracy. Th en stop.”
“ O yes it is,” replied Mrs. Tracey, wandering, and, as the story spread, felloes all the oil they can take, it came in with a bill against you of
“ Maybe,
fiad ta en possession of him— he he added jocu larly:
will fill them up to their usual size
for ine
the King,
. ns gn
fi I business ior
ivmg. j though, it’s them burglars that’s catching at once an idea of his homes and hearts were open to him and tighten the tire. After the oil a $14.25, and I paid jt. I guess the
Yhatll ing, or what was the par- been playin’ mischief ’round these thoughts. “ I heard what the par­ everywhere. But it was at Tracey’s coat of paint is a good thing to holp change is correct.”
“ You—you paid a bill?”
Dallas, O 'iculÄ
ra
iusincss he did not precisely parts for the last week or so— son said too. VYh.en the King’s that he was more especially wel­ keep them from shrinking and also
“ Yes, sir; there it is, all receipted.
hou: he was comed, and as the years came and to help keep out the water. If you
:now|biit lie had derived his idea I maybe they’re stowed away in that | messenger enh red
to ' stop. went it was noticed that his visits do not wish to go to the troublo of The irfftn said it had slipped your
there— that
My ! if I really be- to rd
TH IS W E L I.lt rom v. nous sermons he had heard j pile of lumber.
propose to conduct it
became more frequent and his stays mixing paint, you can heat the oil mind for the last four years, and
be uneasy myself, j Don’t you remember ?”
t the
so—”
cho<® which he attended With I for the chaps would have heard all
Nat considered the proposition. more prolonged. Indeed, as Tracey and tie a rag to a stick and swab
Ho didn’t get any further before
tliein over ns long ns they will take he was fired from that office, yet who
rI ' 1.0
Nlcrupwous punctuality thiough all j 1 said about my pension."
! “ Yes’m, that’s his orders. Ill expressed i t :
oil.
A
brush
is
more
convenient
to
“
He’ll
get
his
orders
to
come
•eathfc: s, and although lie under-1 “ What burglars is that ?” in - , stop,” he said.
was the most honest, the lawyer or
>\ RATES.
to o d lu t little of the proceedings, | qulred the other.
“ And, Nat,’ pursued the lady, here an' die yet, I reckon ; an’ lie’s use, but a swab will answer if you do the boy?
not
wish
to
buy
a
brush.
It
is
quite
__
et chance sentences had fastened* “ What burglars! Why, man, j rendered eager by her success, welcome to all the care we can give
n saving of time and money to look
Fred. McCabe, the ventriloquist,
jhemsllves on his sluggish brain. I don’t yon read the papers ?. Why, j “ there's another thing the King him. An’ I just believe that away after the woodwork of farm machin­
H o n P a id
was a great joker. Some years ago he
up
in
that
other
world
we
read
on business for the King,” only yesterday the sheriff nnd his ; said— voiiheard it at Sunday-school.
t » lo c k .
ery. Alternate weltiug and drying was on the Mississippi, on board one
reaching up his great deputies rode by my house on the j lie said, ‘ SiifU i little children to about, he’d be as clear-headed as injures and causes the best of wood of tho steamboats, and, making an
NAT. HOL] ,e mutt
such
little
anybody,
and
in
genuine
earnest
come
unto
mo—
’
that
is
Crosgkiand nnd wrenching a huge hunt for ’em. Last Saturday night
soon to decay and lose its strength acquaintance with the engineer, ho
verhap ,dng branch from its place they broke into Lawyer Burkes children as mine there pointing ! will be forever on busines for the unless kept well painted. It pays was allowed the freedom- of the en­
i to keep a little oil cn hand, to oil gine-room.
nd spt; ililv converting it into a house, in the village, and carried to them a < they stood a t her side. Kin
He sat down in a cor­
fork handles, rakes, neck-yokes, ner, and, drawing his hat over his
.•alkigg stick. “ Yes, I’m on busi- oft about a hundred dollars, and “ And the King said, to o ,’ Whoso­
lin iO K O Iü
I T E M 'S .
whiffle-trees
and
any
of
the
small
eyes, seemed lost in reverie. In a
MORRISON’Sess fdi the King, the King of all then on Sunday night they got into ever shall offend one of these little
round here, the birds, the trees, the railroad station, broke open ones it is better for him that a mill­
Pugilistic: A gentlemen talking tools ou the farm that are more or few minutes a certain part of the ma­
chinery began to squeak. The en­
lie flov> ; !s and the bumble-bees. the safe, and made off with about stone were hanged about bis neck the other day Po a bright little five- less exposed.”
gineer oiled it and went about bis
S T A B L > sor,t m''. lm did. I’arson said three hundred more. That’s the j and lie were cast into the. sen.’ | j ear-old boy «ho lives up the street
In nine cases out of ten when an
o t'other Sunday. He said the biggest of their hauls, though they ! T! King doesn't wish any harm to somewhere, asked him; ‘ Do you animal issick, the digestion is wrong. business. In another few minutes
the squeaking was again heard, and
ever
fight
at
home?”
“
Oh
yes,”
said
come
to
his
little
ones,
in
any
w
ay
;
have
entered
several
other
places.”
Cing sont out His messengers to do
Charcoal is the most efficient and
the boy. “ Well, who whips?” “ Oh, rapid corrective. Tne hired man the engineer rushed over, oil-can in
The conversation» was continued ; — yon remember that i”
Dallas, Oregon1' 3 wftk
He sent out twelve on
hand, to give the offending spindle
mamma whips.”
“ Ye.s’in,” replied Nat absently.
came in with the intelligence that another lubricating. Again be rush­
mi once (. an' they wasn’t to take on this topic for a few minutes and
“
She’s
a
dear
good
girl,”
said
a
‘
Well,
then,”
continued
Mrs.
i
one
of
the
finest
cows
was
very
sick,
then
dropped.
Neither
of
the
men
j
io money in their purse, nor nothin’
ed to his post, and again the spindle
St Louis young man in reference to
y bought the s '0 1at- 1 !’ k ' ss 1- u sent me, 'cause I thought it worth while to investi­ Tracey, driving the concluding nail a Chicago fair one; “ I assure you and a kind neighbor proposed the began squeaking louder than ever.
usual drugs and poisons. The owner
I««» in the New st.bjilffii’t evt no money an’ haint had gate the cause of the noise, and j into her argument, “ if any bad dY ;
father, she is all soul.” “ Yes,” re­ being ill and unable to examine the “ Jupiter!” he yelled, “ the darned
»tilled thereto two Fin , v . > .
, ».
*" ,»
thing is bewitched.” More oil was
they pursued their work for a sh o rt; wicke men should come here to­
are prepared to furn*lDtinill»itO Oilt £1:1 fifty.
plied his stern parent, the old prej­
He strode onward, murmuring time and were then called over to night, and try to hurt me or these 1 udice against the Garden City em­ cow, concluded that the trouble administered, but the engineer began
came from over eating, and ordered
us thoughts as he went, until after the other side of the mill. Ju st as little ones that belong to the Ring, bittering bis words “ I saw her foot- a teaspoonful of pulverized charcoal to smell a rat. Pretty soon tbe
spindle squeaked agnin, and, slip­
i a t L o w R n ; time Lc came upon a public road they disappeared a face peered over you would help us, wouldn’t you ?" |
! print in the sand by the lake side. to be given in water. It was mixed, ping up behind McCabe, the en­
She wait;' i anxiously for the re­ You nro right; she is all soul.”
«I m H i '” <i through the wood. A the top of the board-pile from the
placed in a junk bottle, the head gineer poured half a pint of oil down
t hostler,
H u ^ are
r - on
’^ hand
r i l a aj- c . a .- d fastened to a tree bv
the inside, another followed a moment ply. Nat looked at her vaguely for
The Irish question: A famous turned downward. In five minutes the joker’s back, “ 1 guess that ’ere
- .
oadsuie attracted Ins attention, later, and presently two rough, vil- a moment, and then his eye wan­ temperanco agitator surprised .hia improvement was visible, and in a spindle won’t squeak again.” And
> «erre the public.
ind h J | a used to consider it. He lianous-looking men came into view dered aimlessly around the room, son, a lad of 14, in the act of attempt­ few hours the animal was in the pas­ it didn’t.
T]Jould l i t read, but as bis eyes were and seeing they were unobserved, and then back to her. Finally he ing to extract the cork from a whisky ture quietly grazing. Another in­
ST A B LE A
bottle. “ What are you doing there?” stance of equal success occurred with
Careful investigation has establish­
_ _Sjcinl lij on the printed characters sprang quickly to the ground and said quietly :
“ The King sent me. I’ll obey ho asked indignantly. “ Father,” a young heifer which had become ed tbe certainty that a 1,000-pound
of a cow-bell was heard hastened into the forest.
l in e s
returned the boy, placidly, “ I cannot badly bloated by eating green apples steer needs eighteen pounds of good
“ Close shave that, as bein’ as we .orders."
road, and presently- a cow
tell a lie; I'm trying to solve the after a bard wind. The bloat was so hay per day merely for his support.
How
far
lie
understood
she
did
was
hid
there
all
last
night
and
all
tame { j to view, followed by the
and
•Irish question.’ ’’—Brooklyn Eagle. severe that the sides were as hard as If be improves nny he must have
dun t, aurdy figure and round freck- day till now,” said one as lie pushed not know, and all her efforts could
The motto for the week on a little a barrel. The old remedy, sak-ratus, more. A steer, therefore, which at­
draw
out
no
more
definite
reply,
through
the
underbrush.
ibinet M a l i 1 '1 ^r' 9 lYuiimy Brock. Tommy
was tried for correcting the acidity. tained to that weight, but haH no
“ Y e s; I thought as once them and with that she was obliged to be girl's Sunday school card was, “ Get But the attempts at putting it down appetite for any more food, or power
was Miirishing a large stick and
thee behind me, Satin.” There were
content.
As
the
evening
grew
late
rut * fine lot of E^hnutag at the cow in his effort* mill chaps was a coinin’ to look,”
gooseberries in the garden, but she alwnyB raised coughing», and it did of assimilation if be does eat more,
o k c® her in a proper homeward responded the other. “ Good for she provided her guest with a sleep­ was forbidden to pluck them. Pluck little” good. Half a teaspoonful of is unprofitable to the owner. He is
es and Cask^'r,!c^'fn' -^3 l'° came up he ex- ’em as they didn’t, an took us for ing place in an adjoining room, by them she did. “ Why didn't you,” fresh powdered charcoal was given. daily consuming valuable food with
rats; ’cause the p'licc be on the look throwing a few quilts on the floor asked her mother, “ when you were In six hours all the appearance of no increase. If a steer will demand
■laimeip
“ H<|i'>, N at! What are you out now an’ we don’t want, to use — for Nat would sleep nowhere else tempted to touch them, say, ‘Get the bloat had gone, and the heifer and assimilate six pounds more per
ALSO-
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day, then one-fourth of his food goes
no shootin’ irons an’ make tilings — and then she lay down without thee behind me Satin?’ ” “ I did,” was well.
.loin’ l i r e ?”
to the profit of the owner. And so
“I'liwon business for the King,” too hot. We must move out lively undressing, on a bed beside her she said earnestly, “ and he got be­
The now electric locomotive and on in proportion to the nmouut ha
from ’ere, Bill.”
J children. But it was a long time hind me, and pushed nae into the
replie*N at with dignity.
railroad patented by Edison is at­ profitably consumes and converts in­
“ Not till we get that ere pen- \ before sleep visited her troubled bush.”
“ On business for— who ?’’ asked
tracting considerable attention in the to meat, fat, muscle, etc., the more
“
I
feel
I
am
going,
going.”
said
sion,” answered Bill significantly. \ spirit.
! ommf in surprise.
east, and if it realizes half of the an­ profitable is Buch stock. And this
As for Nat no thought of worry the sick mau as the doctor felt his ticipations of its projecters, will is what stockmen mean when they
*
“ For the King. He sont me,’1 “ That lay-out were as good as
ynid 1 s t again. “ That's his orders pitched at us, an’ it’d be a pity not or anxiety for the future was on pulse, and his wife hung over the create a revolution in locomotion. call certain stock good feeders.
footboard of the bed eagerly watch­
Or^liere.p take it,” pointing to the to take it. ’Sides, the gov’ment his mind, and lie “ slept the sleep ing tba physician’s face. The pa­ In an interview with a Star reporter And this is one of the que tions
of the just,” and his dreams were
in New York, recently, Mr. Edison breeders and feeders must look to.
owes
me
a
pension
for
all
the
time
'.¿card
“
What
is
it,
Tommy
?”
tient raised his eyes, and catching
and
Why that’s only an ad- I ’ve lost in jails and prisons, an’ peaceful. But after a time those a glimpse of her expression, contin­ explained the workings of bis exper­
T
t rtiiA .ent," answered Tommy, his this ’eres a good chance to get it. dreams liecatne disturbed and dis­ ued in*a clef rer nnd stronger voice: imental roads at Menlo Park, New • A poor boy was attending school
" /l'' ' 1
11 1 rt» o||. ning wider in astonishment. I knows where the crib is, ’cause cordant— a voice seemed to be call­ “ Yes, I feel that I am going—going Jersey. In the course of the inter­ one day with a large patch on one of
view Mr Edison said that his later
_ -
It sav . '(lo to Tracev’s Half-Way wo stopped there last week for ing to him from his King, and pres­ —to get well.” Then she left the experiments were designed to demon­ tbe knees of his trousers. One of
ently
lie
awakened
with
a
start.
room suddenly arid wept such tears strate to Henry Y’illard the possibil­ his schoolmates made fun of him
somethin’ to cat, don’t you mind ?
DROWN, H o .m y ir a S , junre Meal.’ "
’
I know’ll it ! I know'd it!" This feller that owns it was there i “ N at! help! Nat, the King as only a woman can who encounters ity of opening for cultivation the im­ for this nnd called him “ Old Patch.”
“ Why don’t you fight him?” cried
d—Nat exultingly. “ The at the time. There is noW ly b u t! wants you I came in smothered the crowning disappointment of her mense tracts of arable land ou the
one of tho boys. " I ’d give it to him
life.
aid to take no money nor a woman an’ two little uns, an’ tones from the other room,
line of the Northern Pacific railroad, I if lie called me so.”
lVrrydale, Oregon, August 4,1882.
Judge Tarbell tells the following which cannot be done, with economy,
In nn
fln instant he sprang lightly
to rat, nn’ He’d take keer of they’re easily fixed, an’ there ain’t!
I® S treet, Dalla«. Oregon. 1
“ O,” said the boy, “you don't
good
story
on
himself:
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his
stick
no
other
house
nigh.”
I
to
his
feet,
and
g>-asping
by
a
steam
railroad.
If
the
experi­
[e says ‘ do,’ an' i ’ll obey or-
A short time after his retirement ments are successful, Mr. Edison | suppose I'm ashamed of my patch, do
" But there’s that other chap as he strode forward and opened the
N o tice o f A ssig n m e n t.
ind instantly bis tall figure
■
■
■
■
I
you?
For
part.
I'm
thankful
fora
Be Warned in Time!
D FRIEN DS AND THE
door. A fearful struggle met his from the liencli, he happened to said that the company intended to ; „q0(, mothor to keep 1Iie out of
rving swiftly down the road, said he was a goin’ there.”
f>ul<J announce that 1
. IB H EREBY O.VCK THAT 1TNDER AND
meet nn old friend whom be bad not build several hundred miles of road. I m pr0U4j of mv patc]l (or ber salie.-- | \ O T bv t c r rtrta«
n and carriage wood
of
«nd
in
Accontane«
with
th«
provi«,
“
Hi
m?
He’s
crazy,
an’
if
he
view
as
he
entered.
Two
rough,
my gazed after him a minute
seen for some time. The judge, all
and at the most l _
ion« of «n act of th« Legiatativc Amenably of the'
- -
—
This was noble.
That - boy had State of Oregon, entitled “ an Act to m u r « Creditor»
• % g«K»d stock of thoroi
Shirred silence, and then cx- goes there at ail he’ll only stop a evil-looking fellows were there— smiles and heartiness, effervesced Surveys have also been made, he | —
f havo b e e n appointed Re*
diviaion of the Fatate« of Debtor« who convey
1 emphatically as he turned | bit an’ move on. A tap on the one holding Mrs. Tracey, and the over his dear friend in such a way explained, for short roads for pleasure tho courage that would make him | a to ju.it
Aatiffne«« for th« benefit of Creditor«,’’ approved ce iv e r and C ollecto r o f the
>d L u m b e r .
and
local
traffic
ir
Philadelphia,
At­
October 17. 1«78, an «mtanm«nt for U m benefit of all
successful in the struggle of life.
\ head 11 settle liim, anyway, if he’s other the children— the villains as to provoke the inquiry
hi« < reditar* has been (Italy executed by W. D. Col«,
lantic City, Long Branch and other
b u e ln e s s o f M cGrew & Jo h n *
of 8<mver, Oregon, and fttad in th« ofBc« of th« Clerk
there—but then he won’t be there.” I were evidently trying to li bind
and
a
candidate
"W
hat
office
are
you
but ain’t he cracked f
.
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i
places.
The
process
of
supplying
th** Circuit Court of th« Stata of Oregon, for the
ADE A SPECIAL!
Moss on shingle roof* may be re­ of
During this time Nat was not gag their victims. As N at wit- for now, judge? -
I tb e lo co m o tiv e s with the m otiv e pow-
< ounty of Polk, and the tinder«ign«d has been ap- e o n , into o f Porrydalo.
rapid steps Nat hurried
AH
and ha« qualified an aaaigneo of the estate of
Mrteed. Otre me a trial
The judge made a deprecatory ; w j , by mean* of atations along th e . moved by the following method: póiiitad
l l . swinging his huge slick iJle. His tall form, with steady m ssed this scene Ins tall form seem-
•«aid W. D. Colo. AB pontone having claim« again«« p e rso n s ow ing th e firm twill
Take a few pails of slacked lime, ac­
estate are hereby notified and required toprewont
[Iking to himself. He had and long stride, was hastening for- cd to tower yet higher, anil a movement with an outward turned roaj ( (en ,„j]es apart, from which cording to the size of the roof, and tuid
F. A. B R O *
the «am«, duly verified u required by taw, within
Ittt.
the electricity ia committed t« the
three month« from
«, to the undersigned >« save th e m s e lv e s tro u b le and
I the placard as a veritable ward “ on business for the King.” I strange, fierce light gleamed from palm, and said:
hi« place of busiifeee.
the city of Albany, U m
, ” F ° r no ne a t all, my dear brother;
an(j tbence to the locomotive, throw on the roof just before a gen­ County,
|nd to go to Tracey’s and It did not occur to him what he ¿his eyes.
Oregon.
e x p e n se by c a llin g on m e a t
tle
rain
or
just
after
a
shower,
while
MuSKS RTKRNRKRG, Aeelgaee.
should
do
when
he
had
reached
i
“
I
belong
to
the
King
!”
he
t’
n
un-
I'm
simply
a
candidate
for
the
king-
—
.
—«
►
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[word he directed his steps,
j D allas and s e ttlin g at o n c e .
dered. ‘ How dare voii offend his dom of heaven.
| Richard White Grant fainted tha the roof is wet, and in a few days Dated thie 2Wh da> of Ju ly , 1MT
not the first time he had Tracey's and had been supplied
little ones i"
'
I His friend regarded hnn wrrow- other day when a friend, whoa« tbe moss will all loosen and tba wind
St.. Saa Francisco,]
M. M. E L L IS, R eceiver.
iere. On previous occasions; with food. At present he was
c. a . jorum.
l t .i ■
t i
! fully for an instant, and then with ; grammar be was correcting, told him will blow it clean off tbs roof, leaving W. TRUITT.
lie had pass, d that way h e o b e y i n g orders'—and beyond that
D allas , Oregon, July 7, 188*2.
At this unexpected intrusion one mof B wit than politeness, and more of a Western girl whosa companion the ahingles clean and white. Tba
Jobbers of the Celeb!
TR U ITT A JO H N S ,
f< n kindly treated by Mrs. bis thought« did not go. It was of the burglars released Ins hold of
fanity tb. 0 either, said:
Mk«d her at a party: "Sh all I akin moss being of a spongy nature bolds
i A a a b week In your own town
. . j u bet you don't carry a ainglc a i * na„a for you?” “ No, I thank th# moisture several days, which A t t o r n e y u « u t « L n w
and perhaps that had some- indeed a long walk he had under- Mrs. 1 racey, and sprang with an
S i K R *•'‘ risk, everything new
t i l l I t I qulred. We will furnish
1 you,” she repliad, “ Ihavaone already causes tbe ahingles to decay, and
o do with the alacrity of his j taken, and it was ju st at dusk when oath to meet him. But it was in township?”
▼
Many are making fortum
also causes the roof to leak. Th*
Doubtless the judge lost sight of gkun.”
D A LLA S, O R E G O N ,
hent, and he hastened down he reached his destination. The vain. The great stick was whirled
lima also acta as a preservative to th«
in
the
air,
and
then
came
down
with
the
man's
profanity
in
admiration
of
j
id till it brought him to a Half-way House was a lonely hos-
f t m e« ox mill itreet , north of ^ covrt
thingl««.—N«w York Tribune,
Subscribe for T * i I m a m .
a« much as men and hoys and gti
►tream. r n the lank of which telry, situated at the intersection of fearful force on the head of the vil- khia sublimely truthful candor.
HE KING'S BUSINESS.’
E
M tm
& S R l
HORRIBLE TO CONTEMPLATE!
Assassins still at large, but their
retreat and place
sC
well known to the citizens of Polk
and vicinity.
3
of rendezvous
The unfortunate vic­
tim, fine, large, fresh and desirable,
knocked down in its prime (just
w hat everybody wants), will be laid
o u t in th e s t o r e o f
¡TABLE"
McGrew £ Waller,
For the public inspection and profit,
on the first day of September next.
W e w ill positively commence our
Clearance Sales on the above stated
date, to continue up to October first,
and as all goods w ill be sold w ith­
out profit to ourselves, we have the
consoling thought that the ill wind
is doing our appreciative patrons a
pecuniary good.
Now, Mends, while it is not busi­
,
ness to buy what you do not need,
iust because it is cheap, it is real
business to buy cheap of w hat you
do need.
Our stock is very large and com­
plete, and promising to keep up an
assortment for your benefit, we
shall expect your patronage for all
that you m ay need in our line.
CARRIAGE Mi
M cG R E W & W A L L E R .
ESSINCER & Cl
m m ii
WARRAXTKD HOT 1
1 g *od« for farm
I k Smith s, led
1
Reader, if yon w ant« bt»dne«e «1
great nay all the time you work,
ta n . n » U « T T * Co., »orttand,
If