, 1864-07-22

of old; two or three nelghDOrS VIII 'plIcn
inn and assist the fourth man, and Uice Versa.-
This as it should be. The crops look first rate,
and there will be abundant yield of wheat,
oats and barley every one, therefore, is wear
ing a smiling face-the sold man." the house
wife, and the sIitte ones" around. The veget-
able gardens too, look verdant and prosperous,
and here are raised all the ordinary succulent
vegetables to great perfection as obtains in
the Atlantic States.
HORTICULTURE.
A few DAYS since, your humble servant had
the pleasure of visiting the beautiful and charm
ing orchard of Mr.. Irvine, this creek the
evidences of hard work and industry here dis
played, reflect special credit upon that popular
and intelligent gentleman. The goose, straw
and Lawton blackberry raised in abund-
ance.
SCHOOL MATTERS.
On Saturday last, was present at the 'Ex-
hbition" of the School, situated some three
miles above "Mullan's Bridge" and kept by
j. W Garrett, Esq. The occasion was the ter
mnation of the last quarter of the School
when a vacation will ensue till about the lst of
September next. There were 80 pupils in at
tendance, and never saw brighter faces among
any set of children in the Eastern States. The
pupils spoke pieces from some of the standard
authors. Premiums were awarded to the ones
who had made the most improvement in orthog-
raphy, reading writing, etc. Iregret being un-
able to furnish a list of the names of the sue
cesstul recipients of the premiums. Mr. o.
merits the thanks of the parents of the chill
dren for the kind care and attention he seems
to have bestowed upon the latter during the
past session. As | looked around and beheld
the intellectual faces of many of the boys, l
couldn't resist the thought that our Delegate in
Congress might very becomingy select his next
.ppointees to West Point and the Naval Acad-
my, repectiyely from this School. Then, let
ome poor farmers sons residing on the Tou-
chet receive the appointments next year; this
feature constitutes heartfelt element of my De-
mOcracy.
am advised that there is much confusion
and mixture relative to the proper distribution
of the School funds 1t occurs to me that there
is "screw loose somewhere. 1t is high time
that there were inaugurated some permanent
systematic basis relative to the conduct of our
public schools; and fear very much that there
exists too much of the shadow and not enough
of the substance in carrying on our District
Schools. In a future communication, the wri-
tel may take occasion to present his own views
at length relative to the proper mode of organ
izing and teaching the public schools of this
valley.
PUBLIC ROAD NEEDED.
The citizens living on the Clover Touchet"
experience no little inconvenience in going
thence to the City of Walla Wala, by reason of
the blocking up oil tne rOdu Wnere IL CIOSoEs
Dry Creek at the farm of Mr.. Esther petit
ton VIII Be laid before the Honorable Board
of County Commissioners at their next meeting
asking that Public Road be located from some
point between the Ranches of Messrs. Manyon
and Hardie, to the City
PACK TRAINS.
Day after day, quite number of pack-trains
well laden with goods for the Kootenai mines,
encamp on this creek, route for the two fer
ries on Snake river.
DIsEDERATUM.
1t is thought that a general Dry Goods &
Grocery Store would do well on this creek
We have a community here of not far from one
thousand persons, all of whom must be clothed
and fed.
SANITARY.
The general health of the community may be
rated as good; per consequence, beet is in
greater demand than physic.
THEY "TAKE THE PAPERS"
1t is gratifying to be able to report that among
other laudable social virtues, inseperable from
the good people of the Touchet they are read
ing people; the Holy Scriptures ETC., met
with in not few f;milies and the Eastern,
California and Oregon journals are found among
the rest. also observe that your paper is duly
appreciated and taken.
From time to time, shall cndeavor to keep
you "posted" regarding the current events on
the Touchet. Yours, &C.,
OBSERVER.