The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-18
BRowNsvILLE ITEMS.
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.

BROWNSVILLE, Dec. 18th, 1859.
We were absent last week, hence were unable
to fire our sauib. We were down on visit to
the capital, but we suppose the Salem news
mongers keep you well posted in regard to cur
rent events of that city and surroundings.
We visited our friend Daniel Clark, now Pres
ident of the State Agricultural Society. Mr. =.
is conducting his farm scientific principles.
Few men evince as much skill and interest In the
management of stock and farm arrangements.
He has a neat little steam engine with "hich ne
saws wood, cuts his straw and hay, and COOKS the
feed for his cattle and horses also, the entire
feed for sixty head of large beef cattle, which ne
is stall feeding for the Spring market. This feed
is a mixture of finely cut hay and straw, shorts
oil.eake. etc., which is thoroughly cooked in
tank which holds nearly 100 bushels
We were informed that Mr.. Thomas Cross
is going to England to bring of his relatives
20 tb;s country. also, that our old time friend,
Frank Bewley, would accompany him the entire
trim, Mrs. Cross will go as far as Chicago to
visit her friends.
weary drove of stock cattle from the North
passed through this place few days ago. One
of the party informed us that the drove belonged
to Mr.. Murphy that they had started from the
Yackima, CIV. T.) to Rogue river, Oregon. They
missed their way, took trail that led them into
the Cascade mountains, near the Three Sisters,
when the trail petered out. They wandered
about for more than a month, retraced their steps
and came to this valley by way of the Lebanon
Cascade wagon road. Their riding animals gave
out and part of the party had to travel on foot.
Their supply of provisions became exhausted, and
for four weeks they lived on beef without salt.
One of the party passed over the SHOWS of the
Cascades barefooted.
Mr.. III. C. Hausman finds fault with the REG
IsrER's Brownsville correspondent by saying thai
every other branch of business in the place was
mentioned but his. We will venture to say, by
way of apology, that he can bring more phys
ical force to bear in making good wagon thar
any other Dutchman in the State /; and, by tn,
way, is not slow in making speech in debate
and, since the Winter has set in, he has got ou
two hundred hubs and four thousand spokes, al
of the best Oregon oak.
| During this rainy weather, and in the absene
of snow, the school boys have formed mammotl
slide down steep hill the school house
which bids fair to rival she slides to be found
those grassy knobs which the aboriginese tell u
were formed by children playing long years ago
but it looks more like huge otter slide than an
thing else minds eye can picture.
| We have been advised that w. R. Bishop i
going to arrange Christmas tree for the amuse
ment of the scholars of his school, and those G
| their friends who may wish to participate in th
| entertainment on Christmas eve
| The " Christian - church is holding
protracted meeting in North Brownsville.
| Two Templeton brothers, William and Samuel
| rala at rt for
River, w. T., to-day. They go for the purpos
| of locating, preparatory to permanent settle
ment in that vicinity in the Spring.