DA ( L V VOL. 1. NO. 99 The- Daily Reporter, IE‘PORTER M c M innville , O regon F riday , D ecember < h A New Years Dream. iss »; minute and treated as if they An old man sat musing one evening. were of -mall consequence» They Entered in the Poetoffioe at MoMinnville for In his arm chair ere going to bed ; were obliged to >tand in a wait Transmission Through the Mails as Sec The tire on the hearth was still burning. ond Class Matter. ing room about half an hour. And the embers were glowing and red. ---------- o---------- The Prince of \\ ales* wmt to The storm with great fury was howling, And shaking the windows and doors ; D. C. IRELAND. E. L. E. WHITE. dinner with the empress of Not a star in the heavens was smiling. Brazil on his arm while the em D. C. IRELAND & Co., It was dark as the Plutonian shores. peror of Brazil escort ed the And the dock in the corner went tick’ng PI BUSHI HS, Tick—tick—tick -tick. princess. Gen. Grant was given And with its monotonous ticking to Mrs. 1‘ierrepont. the wife of I' he D aily R epobteb is issued every day The minutes went tiok—tiok—tiok. in the week exoept Sundays, and is delivered the American minister, while But the embers on the hearthstone were in the oity at 10 cents per week. By mail, 40 Mrs. Grant was handed over to mocking oents per month in advanoe. Rates for ad His body decrepit and old ; vertising same asfoi^l'nE W eekly R epobteb . the Brazilian minister, whom And the storm in its fury was jeering the emporor looked upon as his His heart that was wicked and cold. Btok & Jeb PrÎMtiuff. And the clock like a deamon of terror. lackey. At the table Grant and We beg leave to announoe to the public Recounted to his conscience the shame his wife were seated l»elow the that we have just added a large stock of new Of a life full of sin and errort nobles. When the ladies rose novelties to onr business, and make a special Til! guilt and remorse shook his frame ty of Letter Heads. Bill Heads, Note Heads, the Empress of Brazil and the His semblanoe of youth he saw dancing Statements, Business Cards, Ladies Calling A’ith a skeleton, in it's hideous embrace: Princess of Wales passe«! out Cards, Ball Invitations (new designs) Pro Then towards him slowly advancing grammes. Posters, and all descriptions of together, leaving Mrs. Grant to The skeleton threw the mask in bis faoe work. Terms favorable. Gall and be oon- take care of herself, and in the vinoed. D. C. IRELAND & CO. And the tears from hie eyes came stream dancing room no courtesies were ing, And he cried and prayed for reprive ottered (Jrant and his wife, the E. E. COUCHER, M. D “ O the past, that is past redeeming. blood royal keeping by itself. O my youth that I fain would retrive.” PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. And yet this apparent rudeness When suddenly— list'ning. liat'ning. McMinnm - O bboom . He heard ringing of bells from the tower. WAS Only COUTt etiquette which And looking on high be saw glist'mng Offioe and residence, corner of Third and ¡demanded that the rovaltv and The stars from their heavenly bower. D streets, next to the poetoffioe. nobility should proceed Grant. And quiokly nia youth oame returning. And vet how absurd all this act And his breast heaved of relief— DR. I. C. TAYLOR, For he, a yonng man, had been dreaming, I ion must have seemed even to ---------o-------- Only dreaming on New Year's Eve. Late of New Orleans, La., sensible Englishmen. Grant MoMinnville, Deo. 81, *86. Piles and Fistula a Spe had commanded a million of ciality. Consultation Tommy Loves a Lord. * men in war. He had for eight fYee. No Cure No Pay. years ruled 60,000,000 of people ; Oregonian Gen. Badeau’s story of Grant’s he had risen to the level'of the Office with H V. V. Johnson, M. D., MoMinnville, Oregon. treatment by the English aris world’s nobility of genius in war tocracy from the Queen down is and government ; and yet he was f m ’ o AIN. ■■ HXTBLBY. a striking revelation of the dif subjected to the etiquette of court McCain & Hurley, ference between the ruling senti and snubbed to the point of in ATTORNEYS- AT-LAW AND NOTARIES PUBLIC, ment in England and America. sult by a man who was his infer Lafayette, Oregon, We have dudes, snobs and fools ior in intellect, morals and Especial attention paid to abatrsots of title in America, who imitate the in manners. The royal code of •nd settlement of estate« in probate. Offioe—Jail buiding. up stair«.__________ firmities of English society with manners in England would give Mrs. M. Shadden. out any excuse, but this is mere the king of the Sandwich islands ly a local disorder; it never has a seat above Grant at a state become and never will become dinner, because the olive-sided Fashionable Dressmaker. a national epidemic. In one of king bird of the Pacific had royal |^*The Taylor System of Getting and Fit Gen. Badeau’s recent articles he blood in his veins. The English ting omployed. tells of a dinner given by the aristocracy is a conglomerate Third street, Neat to Bishop A Kay'a etore, queen to Gen. and Mrs. Grant, jackass ; it is as much out of McMinnville. Or. whdre Grant’s son, Jessie, was place in the harmony of our not allowed to sit at the queen’s modern civilization as the med table. The boy objected to this ieval theology is in the modern ■air Csuisi. SMam. distinction and said he would pulpit. The absurdity of Eng- peeia* Parlar. 15c SHAVING 15c. sit at the queen’s table with his lish manners, which would seat parents or dine elsewhere. Gen. a man who had commanded a C. H. FLEMING, Proprietor. Badeau’s story of the treatment million of men in war and aply (Suwsasor U A. 0. Wyndham.) of Grant at the hands of the ruled 60,000,000 of |>eople in Ladies and children's work a specialty. MTI bar* jut added to my parlor tba Prince of Wales illustrates forci peace, below a royal mediocrity, large«* and finest stock of cifare ever in this bly the difference between the needs no explanation. It is as •ity. Try them. social sentiment of America and indefensible as injustice ; as ah- England. The emperor and em surd as insanity. press of Brazil were the cheif A fifty dollar dress for a dol guests of the day, and Grant and lar is an elegant gift. At Mra. his wife were invited at the last M. Shadden’s. V PRICE TWO CENTS The Hone Renemben Kmdn Wallao.*. Monthly. A very remarkable incident in the history of the original Bush Messenger illustrates that though abuse may seem to, it does not wholly destroy the l»el« ter nature,and that one touch of kindm s> ealls into life all the old virtues. \ ears after he was sold Mr. Bush determine«! to sea his old favorite, whom he found in a pasture surrounded by a fence ten feet high, through a hole in which the l^od and water were pa>se<l to Messenger as if he were “a dangerous ew'ict?’ Mr. Bush w as warned not to en ter the enclosure for his very life, but he went in and, unob served, concealed himself be» hiud a tree and whistled. The horse raced around the pasture, and when at the height of hia run Mr. Bush exposed himself and whistled again, Messenger wheeled ami made directly for him, while the onlookers tremb led in terror. But instead of seeking to kill, the horse came up gently and laid his head over hie old master's shoulder to re ceive the customary cares*. When Mr. Bush’s time for de parture had come, he had pro ceeded out a few yards from the enclosure when there was a crash and out Messenger came, bound ing through the strong bars. He followed his former owimrto the stable gently, whffre he wax secured by strong ropes and for a long, long distance noon the road homeward Mr. Bush could hear the noble animal neighing, lashing the stall and struggling to be free and follow. It is * good thing for a man to be mas ter of his horse, but to lie mas ter of his affections is an absol utely noble thing. The impression grow* daily stronger that English society ia badly in need of a disinfectant* Who say« it? The Telegram is responsible for this assertion: ‘’Yamhill county, through ita representatives, will again peti tion the legislature to permit the voters of the county to say whether the county seat may not he removed from Lafayette to McMinnville. Citizens of the latter place claim that all they want is a chance to yank the capital to a more eligible place and leave I>afayette to the bate and owls.