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DEVOTED TO POLITICS, NEWS, LITERATURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF OREGON.
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VOL. 9,
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 11. 1875.
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I'liy.-sieiiin Sc Sni'irooii.
FF"If i: -Xi-xt ti t li:i;-m.w'n Store,
R siJ.'iic? M;iin tr ,('t. two door above It.
I'auii -Id's star.'.
T'i I ..! or is Fxatiiiuin Sureriri for
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ATTORN EY-AT-LAW:
QlllM CITY,
OREGON.
WOl'FICE-Charm'hTi'f brick. Main st.
omarlSTJ :tf.
JOHNSOM &. ftflcCOWN
VTTOSXEVS AD I'OL'XSL'LORS AT-LAW.
Orooh City, Orosjon.
ity-Will iraoti?. in all the Courts of the
stat. Special attention Kiven to cases in
lie L S. Fand Uilie- at Orc-on City.
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L.G T. 13 A JZ I jST
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
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OFFICE Ovor Tope's Tin Store, Main
i'.rett. 21niar"3-tf.
OREGON CITY BREWERY.
Henry Ilumbel, -
Having rrnciiAS- i If
od the above Rrew- gfiJ 333
frywisiu's to inform the public that tie is
now prepared to manufacture a Xo. 1 qual
ify of
L AG BH Ii Uli R, .
as rno.I as can bo obtained anywhere in
state. Orders solicited and promptly
filled.
W. II. HHJHFIELD.
tabltlP,l since iO, nt ie old staml.
Main Street, Oreron City, Oregon.
$2. An assort nent of Wathes, Jewel-
'J'.and Seth Thomas- eifrht Clocks
Clo.S iiu f,f which are warranted to bo as
TT presented,
r 'ipairinsr done on short notice, and
aQkfui for past patronage.
JOHN M. BACON,
In IW?RIER AND DEAT.EIt Si
i-PVHonery. Perfum-
:j Oregon City, Ortgon.
KAt the Tost OQce. Main street, east
O to 90 ?er Day at home. Terms
lf;bl G STivenU' Address
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SUMMAKV OF iSTATIi XIJWS.
Joseph Teal, Jr., son of Colonel
Joseph Teal, has made his mark at a
California College, and thus we see
the youths of our young State giving
promise of distinction in whatever
profession they may follow in after
life. The young geutleman delivered
the valedictory essay of his class at
the recent Commencement exercises
at St. Augustine College, Benicia,
California, w here quite a number of
other Oregon boys have received
their education. Of Mr. Teal it is
sud that he stood at the head of his
class for the year past, and was a
very promising student. He will re
turn to his home by the next steam
er. Andrew Mitchell, traveling agent
for the Home Sewing Machine Com
pany at Corvallis had a leg broken
by being thrown from his wagon last
week.
The Odd Fellows of McMinnville
have concluded to give a grand ball
on the occasion of the Fourth of
July celebration.
A Mr. Bell was thrown from a
wagon in Polk county, opposite Sa
lem last "Wednesday, and had a leg
-and arm broken.
W. T. Gray, an Oregon boy, has
jnst graduated with full honors, at
Santa Clara College California. His
parents reside in Salem.
Mr. D. F. Davis, an old gentleman
living near Forest Grove, got his leg
broken just above the knee one day
last week.
Wm. Itowland has been held to
answer before the grand jury of Ma
rion county for borrowing a horse
which he did not return to the owner
but sold it.
Mr. McCay, of Glen coo, "Washing
ton county, is nearly blind from sore
ej-es, down from the feather beds
having got into them while changing
the feathers.
Crows, squirrels and pigeons have
proved very destructive to crops of
wheat, oats and corn along the Tual
atin bottoms. Mr. Nestor had to re
plant several acres of corn on ac
count of the depredations of squir
rels and crows, while several farm
ers complain of the ravages of pig
eon .
The H'f-arrf says: During his ab
sence of nearly two months, D. ll:nv
land. as State Superintendent held
two institute-, visited all the school
districts in Union county and nearly
every o:ie in Kistern Oregon. He is
discharging the duties of his ofJko
with great thoroughness and cfli-ien-
There will be a meeting nt Co
quille City on the od of July, at 2
o'clock P. M. for the purpose of tak
ing the initiatory steps toward start
ing a masonic lodge at that place.
An agent for the grangers of Ma
rion county offers 00,000 pounds of
wool for sale.
On Monday last, Bishop Morris,
assisted by llev. J. II. Babcock, laid
the corner stone of a new Episcopal
Church at Albany, with appropriate
ceremonies.
Mr. Crane living near Centerville,
came near loosing his life Sunday
last by taking a dose of strychnine
by mistake for a dose of homeopathic
medicine. His wife crammed two or
three pounds of lard down his throat
and Dr. Bowlby came to his assist
ance.
The Governor has appointed Jose
F. Godoy, of San Francisco, a com
missioner of deeds for Oregon.
Columbia conference of M. E.
church South will convene in Albany
on the loth of September, with Bish
op II. II. Kavanangh presiding, who
is expected to arrive in Oregon some
time in July.
If farmers receive a fair price for
their grain this year it is fair to esti
mate, says Mart Brown, that at least
400 Linu county people will go to the
centennial in '7G.
A son of J. I Thompson living
near Eola, fell a distance of 30 feet
from the top of a tree the other day,
but lit in the mud and was not hurt,
but was pretty well buried.
Jacob Nye an old Oregon ian, died
on Monday night at his residence
about 12 miles above Lebanon, aged
about 83. He was a Mason, and was
buried with Masonic honors.
Tbe Jefferson Hosiery Factory has
a manufacturing capacity of 22 dozen
pairs per day, comprising two or
three varieties, and seems to be in
excellent running order.
Forest Grove has two dry eroods
stores, one millinery shop, two cabi
net snops, three blacksmith shops.
one paint shop, two wagen makers'
shops, one livery stable, one meat
market, one barbar shop, one watch
maker ana dentist, four physicians
and only one undertaker, o'ne col
lege and academy, a district school,
three churches, a lodge of Masons,
Odd Fellows and Good Templars.
Mr. Wright who came to Coos coun
about two years ago, last Sunday
night attempted to cross the bay
from Utter City to Henryville in a
leaky skiff. After he had left the
wharf a short time, he was heard to
call for help. A number of gentle
men hastened to the place from
whence the call came, and found the
skiff filled, the oars afloat, and Mr.
Wright missing. The body has not
yet been found.
Mr. J. H. Hackleman, assistant
State Treasurer, has made a compu
tation of the number of school chil
dren in our State from the official re
turns of the population between ages
of 4 and 20 years, or whom the ap
portionment for division of school
money is made, - and he figures up
the sum total at 43,272. 1
TKI.KCSKAIMIlc X i:Vs.
Mahoxey City, Ta., June 3. At 3
r. m. to-day, Sheriff Warner tele
graphed that his posse had been fired
upon, and asked for military assist
ance. The Fottsville light infantry
and Gowan guards immediately left
by special train for this place. On
their arrival they found the mob had
slunk away into the outskirts of town.
The citiz-us were greatly excited and
all places of business closed. The
first disturbance was at Tyler & Co.'s
colliery, when Sheriff Agnew with a
posse ordered the rioters to disperse.
One of their chiefs fired on the sher
iff. The firing then became general,
the rioters firing a volley on the citi
zens who were outnumbered. Henry
Leitenburger, policeman, was wound
ed and is in a critical condition.
Henry Lochman, wounded in the leg;
Wm. Ecnke, shot in the head, and
another man in the shoulder. Eight
rioters were wounded and carried
away, one of them kilied. The strik
ers have dispersed in different direc
tions. Col. Huntsinger has establish
ed his headquarters in the Mansion
House, and the troops are quartered
in the city hall. Much excitement
prevails. Miners will again resume
work to-morrow.
Chicago, June 3. The marriage
of Lieut. General P. II. Sheridan
and Miss Irene Pucker, daughter of
Major ltuckcr, assistant quartermas
ter general, was celebrated at the
residence of th bride's parents, 501
Michigan avenue, at half-past 8 this
evening. The following iersonswere
present, with the exception of the
President, who asked to be excused
on account of the pressure of public
business: Mrs. Grant, Gen. and
Mrs. Belknan, Gen. and Mrs. Sher
man and staff officers, Gen. and Mrs.
Van Yleet, Gen. and Mrs. Pope,
Gen. Augur, Gen. Terry, (Jen. Ord,
Gen. and Mrs. Crook, and Gen.Her
ry. The ceremony was performed
by the Bight liev. Bishop Foley, ac
cording to the forms of the Catholic
Church, of which both parties are
members. The gifts were numerous
and of the most expensive kind.
After partaking of an elegant dinner
the bridal pair, accompanied 'by Col.
ana .Mrs. M. rdieridan, were driven
to their residence on Michigan ave
nue, which had been handsomely
decorated for their reception.
Cixt inxati, June 3. In the brew
ers' congress to-day, the committee
on resolutions made a lengthy report
which recites the fact that brewing
pays about 9,000,000 revenue tax,
and would probably pay more but
for the str'-ngent rules of the revenue
ofiicers. They request the Govern
ment to remove the unnecessary re
strictions under which the malt liq
uor interest labors, and ask that
Congress be petitioned to amend the
internal revenue laws, an 1 to limit
the power assumed by the commis
sioner of revenue of deciding the
amount of tax a brewer is liable to
pay.
II trxTsvi rnn, A la. , June 3. Deputy
Collector Holnian was shot and killed
to-day by an illicit distiller.
Cau'ago, June 3. At the National
Temperance Convention to-day, a
resolution that women should be
entitled to the elective franchise,
and that the convention had the
sympathy with the warmest efforts
to that end, was defeated by 7S to 52.
Ixiiaxapol.is, June 3. A heavy
rain storm occurred here yesterday,
doing large damage to various parts
of the city. The whole north section
of the city overilowed to the depth
of from three to five feet, filling cel
lars and lower stories of a large num
ber of dwellings in the best part of
the city. The damage to the rail
roads of this section is very serious.
Great fires are raging in parts of
Pennsylvania. Iu Monroe county sev
ural lives have been lost. Locust
Bidge, Evergreen, Stoddardville,
Gouldsboro, and many other lum
bering settlements are all driven
from their homes. Hundreds of
people have saved only what cloth
ing the wore. Families are driven
for miles before the advancing con
flagration, and several old and feeble
persons have been burned to death.
New York, June 3. The silk mer
chants here are moving to protect
themselves against smugglers, and
invite the co-operation of merchants
of other cities.
Pottsville, Pa., June 4. All the
collieries resumed work this morn
ing. Citizens think it will be neces
sary to retain troops several days to
insure continued work. Adjutant
General Lotta arrived from Phila
delphia last night, and was met at
the depot by General Siegfried, who,
during the night, had a conference
and left in the morning.
Bostox, J une 4. George W. Pem
berton, who has been on trial several
days for killing Mrs. Bingham in
East Boston, and the 22d of March,
was to-day found guilty of murder
in the first degree.
Scraxtox, Pa., June 4. Daniel
Harris and Mr. Wagonhurst were
killed by a boiler explosion near
Gouldsboro to-day.
"Julius, why don't yon prolong
your stay at the springs?" "Kase.
Mr. Snow, dey charge too much."
"How so, Jnlius?" "Why. de land
lord charged dis colored individual
wid stealing de spoons."
On Friday evening, May 2Sth,
Mrs. Zinc aged 78 years, residing
about one and a half miles from
Philomath, in the hills, was run over
by a horse and very seriously if not
fatally injured.
Josh Billings says: "Tew enjoy a
good reputashun, giv publicly and
steal privately."
It is always in our power to make
m -a 1 Oil
a iriena oy smiles; wnai a loiiy,
then to make an enemy by frowns.
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The-House that Koweu Jiuilt.
rijmoufh Church. This is the
house that Bowen built!
ir
Gra'-e, Jf-rci and Peae. This is
the meal that lay in the house that
Bowen built.
Ill
Paroxysmal Kins. This is the
mouso that hid in the nieal that lay
in the house that Bowen built.
iv. ;
Gossip. This is the cat that hunt
ed the mouse that hid in the meal
that lay in the house that Bowen
built.
V.
DissimufaHon. This is the dog
that worried the cat that hunted the
mouse that hid in the meal that lay
in the house that Bowen built.
VI.
VicJiif. This is the cow with the
crumpled heel that kicked till the
dog was ansgespiel that worried the
cat that hunted the mouse that hid in
the meal that lay in the house that
Bowen built.
VII.
Sir Mi tr mad uke. This is the swain
all tattered and torn who soothed the
cow with the crumpled heel that
kicked till the dog was ausgesjd'd that
worried the cat that hunted the
mouse that hid in the meal that lay
in the house that Bowen built.
VIII.
Elizabeth. This is the maiden all
forlorn who jilted tjie man all tatter
ed and torn who coaxed the cow
with the angry heel that kicked
till the dog was ansyespiel that wor
ried the cat that hunted the mouse
that hid in the meal that lay in the
house that Bowen built.
IX.
II- TH This is the priest all sha
ven and shorn .who almost wished he
had never been born when he kissed
the maiden all forlorn who jilted the
swain all tattered and torn who coax
ed the cow Avith the lively heel that
kicked till the dog was ansgespad that
worried the cat that hunted the
mouse that hid in the meal that lay
iu the house that Bowen built.
X.
Mrs. Muni to. This is a "Slice of
the Judgment day" whose "down
right truthfulness carried dismay to
the naughty priest in "the cave of
gloom" who "sat on the ragged edge"
of his doom when he kissed the
m i.len all forlorn who jilted the
man all tattered and torn who south
ed the cow with the vicious heel that,
kicked till the dog was attsgcspid that
worried the cat that hunted the
mouse that hid in the meal that lay
in the house that Bowen built.
XI.
"Mg Dear Vo .Vo -?." This is
the name of the Mutual Friend who
carried the secrecy through to the
end for the sly old priest in the cave
of gloom who kept a dangerous cup
in his room when he kissed the maid
en all forlorn who jilted the man all
worried and worn who coaxed the
cow with the versatile heel that
kicked till'the dog was ansgespisl that
worried the cat that hunted the
mouse that hid in the meal that lay
in the house that Bowen built.
XII.
Mrs. Mrvt. This is the typical
' mother-in-law with a terrible tongue
and flexible jaw, the eagle eye and
avenging claw, who told of all that
she heard and saw, who indulged in
various comments aloud, and made
it sultry for all the crowd, for the
Mutual Friend who dared to refuse
to let her get at his budget of news;
for the priest who caught in what he
had done, said, "Mother, I wish you
could call meson;" for her desolate
daughter all forlorn who jilted T. T.
(Tattered and Torn) who coaxed the
cow with the frisky heel that kicked
till the dog was ausgespiel that wor
ried the cat that hunted the mouse
that hid in the meal that lay in the
house that Bowen built.
XIII.
lite Graphic. This is the cock that
will crow in the morn when Justice
blows her delinquent horn, com
manding all to acknowledge the corn
for the mother-in-law with the lin
gual thorn, for the Mutual Friend
with his lofty scorn, for that slice of
the Day of Judgment born to com
fort and scare and guide and warn,
for Bessie, who as she has sworn, by
Marmaduke from her bed was torn,
and unto his screaming and sleeping
borne, for the social priest all shaven
and shorn who kissed the maiden all
forlorn who jilted the man all wor
ried and worn who soothed the cow
with the limber heel that kicked till
the dog was ausgespiel that worried
the cat that hunted the mouse that
hid in the meal that lay in the house
that Bowen built. TF". A. Croffut, in
X. r. Daily Graphic.
Which Breed of Pocttby Eats
Most. An Ohio poultry dealer re
cently took ten pullets of each of the
breeds mentioned below, about two
months old, and gave them a yard
forty feet square with a comfortable
house, and kept exact account of eggs
and feed as follows: The dark Bra
mas ate 3G9i quarts of corn, oats
and wheat screening, laid C05 eggs
and weighed 70 pounds. The Buff
Cochins ate 40G quarts, laid 591 eggs
and weighed 73 pounds. The Gray
Dorkins ate 309 quarts, laid 524
eggs and weighed 59 pounds. The
Houdans ate 214J-, quarts, laid 763
eggs and weighed 45? pounds. The
Leghorns ate J32J 1-5 quarts, laid
809 eggs and .weighed 36 pounds.
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During the month of April and
May there were five interments in
the Salem cemetery: three in April
and two in May.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
BERKELEY. CALTFDRNTA .
The New Hampshire Democrats.
The New Hampshire Senate is in
the hands of the Democrats because
of a number of illegal votes, cast for
opposition candidates, having been
thrown out by the Governor and
Council, whose dnt3r it was to canvass
the returns and settle all questions
of irregularity. Their duty was
clearly defined by a long-standing
statute, which they could not disre
gard except by a gross violation of
their sworn constitutional obliga
tions. The faithful performance of
this oath-bound obligation places the
control of the State Legislature in
the hands of the Democratic party.
lhere is no sound cause for com
plaint here, and no justification for
menace of a violent attempt to re
verso results. The reason of the law
was "and is a good one. It has borne
the test of many years, and is similar
to the election laws in many other
States, which havo been uniformly
upheld by the Courts. There is no
reason to anticipate that the Supreme
Court of New Hampshire, when this
case comes before it, will act incon
sistently with long-established piece
dent in election contests, let we
find the jurisprudents of the "Inde
pendent" press, the Call for example
finding fault with the action of the
authorities in New Hampshire in is
suing certificates to the legally elect
ed Senators, and comparing such a
course with the conduct of Southern
carpet-baggers, in their usurpations
in the "reconstructed" States. There
is no analogy between a bald usurpa
tion and the faithful discharge of an
inelastic function. The statute of
New Hampshire did not admit of
construction by the Governor am
Council. It was peremptory am
plain in its meaning. .o doubt, l
the rejection of the illegal votes ha
ousted Democrats, the cortkieates
would have been given to the oppos
iug candidates who might have haii
a majority of the Irg d votes cast.
Examiner.
The CIiurelTamithe World.
We read that a new church edifice
has been built in New York for the
ltov. Dr. John Hall at a cost of one
million dollars, and that one man,
Hubert Bonner of the Ledger sub
scribed one huudred thousand dol
lars towards the erection of this mag
nificent temple.' At the first sale of
pews by auction enormous sums
were paid as premiums for choice of
seats already rated at an extravagant
rental. The church is an Old School
Presbyterian one and its pastor is
one ot the straitost of that strait sect
an orthodox Calvinist of most intlex
ible rigidity. This development of
luxury in a church whose greatest
virtue was once esteemed to be its
simplicity and freedom from tlio ap
pendages of vanity and pride, shows
to what an extent . the devil has. got
into the house of God. To think of a
disciple of sturdy old John Knox
preaching in a million dollar kirk to
pew-holders paying live and ten
thousand dollars a a car for the priv
ilege of listening to the storv of
Dives and Lazarus, and the other
parables which tend to enforce the
difficulty experienced by rich men
in securing entrance into the abode
of the blessed. "And the poor have
the gospel preached "unto them," in
million dollar edifices, ami the stock
speculators, grain-gamblers, rail
road "ring" robbers, and all manner
of Mammon-worshipers, find out
how they may cheat the devil of his
dues on' the "Lord's Day in the gor
geous tabernacle after having served
him with fidelity during the six sec
ular days. "My house was a house
of prayer, but ye have made it a den
of thieVes."
Oregon in the Centennial.
U. S. Cextexxial. Commission, )
FiiiiiAPELPHi v, Apr. 20, 1S75. f
Epitor Oregoxiax:
We are here, in the commission
rooms, all right. Have organized,
visited the park, and there can be no
conception of the amount of labor
being performed, and that has been
performed already, in perfecting the
work necessary for this great exhi
bition without making personal in
spection of the grounds themselves.
We are informed by the contractor
(Mr. Dobins) that fully G,000 work
men are now employed in the con
struction of the memorial building
alone.
"We have applied for and obtained
2,100 square feet for the exhibitions
of our State in the several depart
ments, viz: Minerals, mines and
mining, 400 square feet; geological
exhibit, 100 square feet; agriculture,
horticulture and textiles, 1, GOO square
feet. Total, 2,100 square feet.
"We have made special arrange
ments for the exhibition of geolog
ical collections, or cabinets, and we
hope our friends will not be slow in
assisting our worthy friend Condon
to forward his cabinet as a specimen
of the geological wealth of our
State. Yours in haste,
A. J. Dufur,
Centennial Com'r for Oregon.
Horrified. The economical spir
its of the Massachusetts Legislature
were horrified by the presentation of
a bill of 1,000 f6r the Presidential
banquet at the Revere house at the
time of the centennial. Most people
would be surprised, remarks a con
temporary, that they could eat so
much. The best part of it is a bill
of S400 for damasres done to thA hrdol
by General Babcock's leaving a fau
cet open. Now tho question arises
as to what kind of a faucet, that tvna
and what Babcock was doing with it!
George Mealey last week shot four
elks within fifteen minutes with a
Remington rifle, in the Cascade
mountains, near Soda, Linn county.
Mrs. Stumm.
From the Detroit Free Press.
If all women were as cool and matter-of-fact
as Mrs. Stumm! But she
is one of a thousand. She was over
at Mrs. Moody's, on Macomb street,
the other day, her iron-gray hair
combed down flat, and spectacles
adjusted to gossip range, when she
suddenly rose and said:
"Mrs. Moody, be calm. "Where
do you keep the camphor bottle?"
"Why?" asked the surprised Mrs.
Moody.
"Because they are bringing in your
husband on. a board! I think ho is
mashed dead, but bo calm about it!
I will stay right here and see to
things!"
Mrs. Moody threw up her arms
and fell down in a dead f lint, and
Mrs. Stumm opened the door as the
men laid the body on the porch
"Is he dead?" she asked in an
even
tone.
"I think so," answered one of the
men; "the doctor '11 be here in a
minute."
The doctor came up looking at the
victim, and said life had fled, add-
1U?.:
"His hack and four or five ribs are
broken."
" "That's se nsible, that is," said Mrs.
Stumm, gazing at the doctor in ad
miration. Some physicians would
have said that his vertibre was mor
tally wounded, and would have gone
on to talk about the 'larynx,' the 'ar
teries,' the 'optic nerves,' and the
'diagonis.' If he's dead, it will be
some satisfaction to know what he
died of. "Well, lug in the body and
send a boy after the undertaker."
The men carried the body through
to a bed-room, and Mrs. Stumm went
back to Mrs. Moody, who had reviv
ed and was wailing and lamenting.
"Don't, Julia don't take on so,"
continued Mrs. Stumm. "Of course
you feel badly, and this interferes
with taking up carpets and cleaning
house; but it's pleasant weather for
a funeral, and I think the corpse will
look as natural as life."
"Oh, my poor, poor husband,"
wailed 3Irs. Moody.
"lie was a good husband, I'll swear
to that," continued Mrs. Stumm,
"but he was dreadful careless to let
a house fall on him. Be calm, Mrs.
Moody! I've sent for one of the best
undertakers in Detroit, and you'll be
surprised at the way he'll fix up the
deceased."
When .the undertaker came in Mrs.
Stumm shook hands and said that
death was sure to overtake every liv
ing thing sooner or later. She men
tioned the kind of collin she wanted,
stated the number of hacks, the hour
for the funeral, and held the end of
his tape-line while he measured the
body.
Several other neighbors came in,
and she ordered them around and
soon had things working smoothly.
The widow was sent to her room to
weep out her grief, doors and win
dows were opened, and as Mrs.
Stumm built up a good baking fire,
she said:
"Now then, we want pie and cake
and sauce and raised biscuit and
floating islands. He'll havo watch-
ers. aud tnc waccuers must nave
plenty to eat."
AN hen the baking hail been finished
the coffin and undertaker arrived,
and the body was placed iu its recep
tacle. Mrs. Stumm agreed with the
undertaker that the face wore a natu
ral expression, and when ho was go-
g away, she said:
"Be around on time! Dont jnit in
any second-class naciis, ana tion t
have any hitch in the proceedings at
the grave!"
From that hour until 2 o clock of
the second day thereafter she had
full charge. The widow was provid
ed with a black bonnet, a crape
shawl. &c., the watchers found plenty
to eat, a minister was sent for, eigh
teen chaus were brought from the
neighbors and everything moved on
like clock-work.
"You must bear up," she kept pay
ing to the widow. "House-cleaning
must bo done, that back yard must
be raked off, the penstock must be
thawed out, and you havnt time to
sit down and grieve. His life was
insured, and we'll go next week and
select some lovely mourning goods."
Everybody who attended said they
never saw a luneral pass oil so
smoothly, and when the hack had
landed the widow and Mrs. Stumm
at the door again, Mrs. Stumm asked:
"Now, didn t you enjoy the ride.
after all?"
And the widow said that she would
not have believed that she could have
stood it so well.
Cautious Piety. Last Sunday was
raw, blustering day, but several
converts to Christianity were suffi
ciently warmed with faith to enable
them to enter the portals of the col
ored Baptist Church through the
turgid waters of the Grand River.
But the scene was too uninviting for
one little fellow, who was to have
been immersed on that day. He
dodged behind the crowd that stood
on the river bank, and hid until the
ceremony was over. He afterward
explained his strange conduct by
saying: "Ise got suah nuff 'ligion
Ise done found Jesus but dat water
did look too cold. S'posen I catch
my deff o' cold, an' die?" It was
suggested to him that, in such an
event, he would have gone right
staight to heaven. "Dunno," he re
plied, slowly shaking his head, 1
eel putty sartin in my own mmu
dat Ise 'ligion, but a fool niggar s
UnTiIa t- Via m itfllren. Don't want
to take too many chances on it jist
yet." The Brunswicker.
A bride in Indiana, after the con
clusion of the ceremony, sieppeu
gracefully forward and requested
the clergyman to give out the byn; I
This is tue way l long oave
Six Wives in a Life Time.
From the Troy Press.)
They live at GO North street-Mr. and
Mrs. Smith. The husband is ninety
three years of age, and has beeli mar
ried six times. The wife is pretty
old, too nearly eighty, perhaps
but she refuses to tell her exact age.
she is a grand-daughter of Mr.
Marsh, at one time Governor of Con
necticut. Mr. Smith is now exceed
ingly frail, and almost deaf. In 1813-
he married his first w ife, by whom0
he had three sons and a daughter,
three of whom survive, the eldest
being sixty-two years of age, and the
youngest fifty-three. He cannot now
remember the names of his first, sec
ond, third and fourth wives. All
that he remembeis of them is that
except the first, each of them did not
live long, and that he lived happily
with them all. His fifth wife, who
had considerable property, died
about four years ago, leaving the
bulk of it to her husband.
"I have had six of them and they
have all been good wives to me," ho
said. "I am too old and feeble now
to have another." About twenty
years ago Mr. and Mrs. Smith No. 5 "
removed to Troy where he has resided
since, Mrs. Smith No. 6, three years
ago, having only courted her two
nights previously, according to his
statement, but a great many nights
according to Mrs. Smith's.
The latter, indeed, was inclined to
be not a little indignant at the state
ment of her husband that they had
only two evening's courtship before
marriage. She knew all about him,
she says, before they were married.
She did not want to "be understood,
however, as saying that she had not
enjoyed her married life. She liked
her husband, though, he was so in
firm that he could scarcely walk,
and so deaf that ho could scarcely
hear. She would remain with him
as long as he lived, and after his
death she would go and stay with
her rich friends. She continued: "I
like married life, and if 'my husband
would die to-day I would marry to
morrow again if I got the chance."
On being asked if she thought she
would have any chance, she answer
ed that she did not know but she
might; but this she was sure of,
that if she got a chance to marry
again she would not refuse it. "I
got a chance," she pursued, "to mar
ry when I was eighteen, from a wid
ower, a man with money, wheh I
was down South on a visit; but my
father would not allow me to accept
it, because 'tI was too young, he said
to undertake the charge of ten chil
dren. I never got another chance
until I was seven" "Seven what?"
suggested the reporter. "Oh it's no
matter," she rejoined. "It has al
ways been a rule with me not to tell
my age to gentlemen. But I was
going to say that if ever I got a
chance again to marry, although the
man had fifty children, I would ac
cept it."
"Quite right," said the rejorter;
"but in the mean time what will be
come of Mr. Smith?"
"Excuse me, sir, I forgot about
him. Poor man. It's a good thing
that he could not hear what Lsaid.
I must go and make him some tea,"
and here ended the conversation.
"Williams Going. "Williams has
resigned the great Williams "Will
iams, of Oregon Williams of the
landaulet Williams, the incarnated
constitutional learning of the Gov
ernment of the United States. Only
twenty-two days more will his ser
vices be given to tho country. On
the fifteenth day of May so near, so
appallingly near a time he will leave
the Government bereft. And then!
what then ? In what other brain is
there a lore of the law that can make
good the los3 of Williams? And who
can take up and prolong the fine ex
ample in official life that he has set?
WTho can grace the edifying landau
let when Williams has stepped out?
And who, oh, who, can manufacture
law that will fit these times that try
the patriotic carpet-bagger's soul in
Arkansas and Louisiana? Perhaps
Carpenter; perhaps Pierrepont; per
haps Tremain; perhaps Ben Butler.
But there is hazard in any choice to
fill the vacant place of "Williams. We
can sympathize with the President
in his bereavement. lie has not ac
cepted, it seems, the resignation of
his great law minister. He clings to
the hope that Williams will relent
aud stay. But the soul of the Ore
gonian, we have no doubt, is firm.
He scents a Senatorship from afar J
he will not be wheedled or overcome.
We may as well steel ourselves to
endure the agony of his farewell on
the fatal 15th ot'lIdj.Bufalo Cour
ier. Just So. One of the evils under
which the country press long labored
was that of an indefinite credit system,
but it is believed it has been largely
relieved from this, and it is hoped
will be entirely emanciated there
from speedily. The press in this way
grows more efficient and valuable to
subscribers and the public generally.
When un trammeled by losses and
getting all its earnings in cash, it
can dobetter service in every legiti
mate field. The people of the coun
ties should take pleasure, as it is to
their interest to sustain their local
papers. No State in the Union can
claim a more respectable and honor
able body of journalists generally
than are those conducting the coun
try press of this State. There is,
with rare exceptions, an avoidance
of that which would derrogate from
the good character of the press. Sub
jects are generally treated legitimate
ly, and in many instances much in
dustry and becoming interest 13
evinced in connection with local
affairs. Baltimore Stat.
"To bo a great man it is necessary
to turn to account all opportunities.
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