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So tliey have well nigh me, ami wore my "h
III HI I Ollt, , .
Hut utill I've horne tip pretty well, Mil I imieli
put down,
Till Charley nt to lh HHruuler, ami put me on
l no low n. . I
Over tho hill to th HMrluuH-my eliiMr'u .lfr, j
Minv A iiitfht I've watehed votl hen only -d
AmUiodH Jtt.Uo Wmwii "i but I will Uay
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Tlntt von nl'.nll never fiitt'.r the half 1 '1" to-liiy.
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no reduction forny renoii wlmtHocxer.
Rmn on Jlily tulv,-rillnu nmito known on a)U
ml Ion.
Forest firos are reported in ilitVerent
sections of Western Oregon.
King Edward and Queen Alexandria
were crowned on Saturday, August !,
amid scenes of great pomp and splendor.
The hody of the convict, Tracy, now oc
cupies but six feet of earth in the peni
tentiary graveyard at Salem. The man
ner of its return was stripped of all sen
sationalism and made to convey a whole
some lesson to the convicts at the pen.
If Folk county wants her share of the
new settlers who are coming West this
fall she had better make some efiort to
get them. As yet nothing has been done L jr
toward getting oiu paiiipiiieis uescupme
of our resources. Every town in the val
ley of any commercial importance, outside
of this county, has raised the money nec
essary and is pushing the work. The
tide of immigration will be started this
way next month and we should try and
get our share of it.
Oh. wad Nome T tlio Kittle s'ut u
To ce otiritvl' a tlliem ee n!
It ml true mouitt h blunder frtie tit
Ami foolish mitloii.
Wlnit Hir In dre and unit d ha' i
Ami e'en ilitvotloti,
ltiirno.
The darkest hour iti the hUtory of yonnu man i
when he aits down to study how to get iimney with-;
out enriiiiiK Moritoo re-t.v. ' rt
Sloth nmke nil thins ditlicuil. but hnln-try nil ey j H )
-lienj. Franklin. I
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Stat l-tir.
No time in the history of the Oregon j
Stato Fair has there been such a good Qi)
n
Over tlie Hill to the Poorliouse.
Over the hill to the poorhoune I'm trudgins my
weary way ;
I, a woman of seventy, and only a trifle gray
I, who am smart and chipper, far all the year I ve
told,
As many another woman that's only half as old.
Over the hill to the poorhouse I can't quite make
it clear !
Over the hill to the poorhouse it seems so horrid
queer I
Many a step I've taken a-toilin' to and fro,
But this is the sort of journey I'd never thought to
go-
I'm willin' an' anxious, an' ready any day
To work for a decent livin' and pay my honest way
For I can earn my victuals, and more too, I'll he
bound,
If anybodv only is willin' to have me round.
Strange how much we think of our blessed little
ones!
I 'a have died for my daughters; I'd have died for
my sons ;
And God, he made that rule of love ; but when we re
old and gray,
I've noticed it sometimes tails to work the other
wav.
go 'twas only a few days before the thing was
done
They was a family of themselves, and I another one ;
And a verv little cottsge one family will do,
But I never seen a home that was big enough for two.
I went to live with Susan, but Susan's house was
small,
And she wast always hintin' how snug it was for us
all;
And what with her husband's sisters, and what with
children three,
'Twas easy to discover there wasn't room for me.
And theD I went to Thomas, the oldest eon I've got ;
For Thomas' buildings cover the half of an acre lot j
But all the childr'n was on me I couldn't stand
their sauce
And Thomas said I needn't think I was comin there
to boss.
And then I wrote to Rebecca my girl who lives out
West,
And to Isaac, not far from her some twenty miles
And one of 'em said 'twas too warm there for any
one so old,
And t'other had an opinion the climate was too cold.
feeling among the agricultural classes to
wards the success of the fair as exists at i
the present time. Kvry section of the
state seems to be taking an interest in the
fair and promise to give it their hearty
support. There are reasons for this
awakening of the people to the support of
the fair. One is. the management has
worked hard and faithfully to make the
as broad as the stato itself. J he
transportation companies have come to
their assistance and made very liberal1
rates on hauling exhibits of all kinds.
Another is, the people are beginning to
realize that it is time to let the outside
world know of the wonderful resources of
our state, and believe that the State Fair
is the proper place to meet the better
clas9 of hotne-seekers. This will make
the fair doubly valuable. It will give
those who are looking for homes on the
Pacific coast an opportunity to see in a
body what our state can produce, and
where it is produced, without traveling all
over the state at great expense. It will
also give the exhibitor the best possible
opportunity of showing his products,
whether it be grains, grasses, truits, vege
tables, livestock, minerals or manufac
tured goods.
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Contest Closes October 4 at 6 P. M. .
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First Prize.
mapiticcnt morris Chair.
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Second Prize.
B JM $10 Dmp.
Correspondents
Contest!
3d Prize, $1 worth of Photos
alJ. M. McCakb's.
4 th Prize, vt? worth of Photos
at K. PicKeVs.
5th Prize, Subscription to
Pacific Homestead.
(th Prize, Ladies Home Journal.
Conditions Governing Contest.
One point for every linns item ac
cepted. A Htory worthy of a wpiirate
heiutinif 2ft point. A column nrtielo 60
puiiim. Fur every yearly mibitorlhcr,
new or ft renewal, 76 (mint. than
a ytnir at the same proHjrtiin.
We wiint correuondiit8 in every part
of l'olk founty. Now in the time to
iniike known our renoiirrei, Hfiid in
your contribution whether you are a
eorroHpondont or not.
how Vou Stand.
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