Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-11-22
A Moist Climate,

John Phoenix, poet, philosopher, humor-
ist, and "likewise also " correspondent
Of the Knickerbocker Magazine, has been
scjourning in Oregon, and thus gives utter.
ance to his experiences in that climate, in
a letter Of an August date, from Portland,
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It gives me unfeigned pleasure to in
form you that am about to quit the gloomy
and never-to- be-dried-up sky of Oregon.
and "repair without unnecessary delay -
to D--n, on our borders. Yes, sir, I'm
off "services no longer required on
these inclement shores; shores which,
when you read of in Irving's Astoria" :"
you naturally wish to behold, and admire
old Astor's pluck in making establishments
thereon, and which, when you reach, you
wish you hadn't, and admire still more old
Astor's good sense in breaking his estab-
lishments up, and quitting while there was
yet time. :H W .rss" sra1e
Rain is an exceedingly pleasant and
gratifying institution in it's way, and in
moderation it causes the grass to grow,
the blossoms 10 flourish, and is positive
necessity to the umbrella maker; but
when you get to country where it rains
incessantly twenty six hours in day, for
seventeen months in the year, you cannot
resist having the eonriction forced upon
your mind that the thing is slightly over
done.l That's the case in Oregon; it
commenced raining pretty heavily on the
Sd Of last November, and continued up to
the 18th Of May, when il set in for long
storm. which isn't fairly over yet. There's
moisture for you. a ala6t eaiiatso ST.
The Consequences Of this awful climate
are just what might be supposed. The
imn,es use quantity of the proto1ide squrted
about here causes the trees, buildings.
streets. everything, to present diluted and
wishy-washy appearance. The women
lose their color, the men their hair, (wash-
ed off, sir, and the animals, by constant
exposure. acquire scales and fms, like the
natives of the great deep. In f.et, all the
iahabitanss Of this Territory have = gene
ral scaly appearance, and rejoice in a Pc
tcuIiarn SMELL a combination; should say
i of fish-ball and fresh mud-sucker.
Tho rains Of Oregon beat everything in
that linesI ever beheld or conceived Of.
Those that fell 'on Noah's Ark were not
more heavy those Of Nero, Caligula. and
II, Nicely Johnsoa not more terrible; nor
those Of Lady Suffolk and Moscow longer
or stronger, which is slightly mixed
metaphor Of 4 very heavy description. So,
upon she) whole, Fm glad I'm off; yes.
am quite sure Of Il; and Il long 10 ge.,o
D., where othe people enjoy The light
of tho blessed sun, and where i can enjoy
It also, anddg my ahings, andfead Irving s
{" ASTORIA 10 .0.5f Gi .5si9,8 taods
/ Howbeit, there arc maay interesting
and curious things in Oregon many odd
and entertaining people also therein and
i have seen much that was funny. and
Laughed thereat, and should have laughed
louder and longer If my mouth had not
filled with rain before had half finished; !;
and might perhaps rgret leaving a
couutry in which have had 90 much Po-
sitivs enjoyment, were i not that have
chronicled all these amusing things and
|pecaliarities, and shall be. glad to get
somewhere where Lean have . dry laugh
over them. Such thing as "dry humor," !"
lin Oregon. is, Of course. . physical i'm
possibility. q sagiE :3I*ss5ssih aa' 70
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