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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16
A Strange Old Story.

The editor Of the I'uH IfaU Gazette
publishes the following curious letter:
SIR The incident you have quoted
as 4 singular variation on the 'Enoch
Arden romance" reminds me of an older
one to which you will perhaps allow me
to call attention as an authentic example
OF the most moral, manly, English, and
constitutional behavior, under such 'stol-
erable and not-tp-be. borne" circumstan-
ces. 1t is mentioned in Lyson's sEn-
virons'' as from an entry in the parish
register of Bermondsey, A. D. 1904:
"The forme of solemn vowe made
betwixt a man and his wife, having bene
long absent, through which occasion the
woman being married to another mani hel
tooke her again as followeti
''THE MANS SpEEcH.-Elizabeth
my beloved wife, / ara right sorie that l
have so long absented mysealfe from thee,
whereby thou shouldest be occasioned to
take another man to be thy husband
Therefore | do now yowe and promise,
in the sight of God and this companie, to
take thee again as mine owne, and will
not only forgive thee but also dwell with
thee, and do all other duties unto thee as
| promised at our marriage,
THE WoMAN's SPEEcH.-Raphe, my
beloved husband [ am right sore that
have in thy absense taken another man
to be my husband but here, before God
and this companie, [ do denounce and
forsake him, and do promise to kepc my
sealfe only unto thee during life, and to
perform all other duties which I first
promised unto thee IN our marriage"
Then follows a short occasional
prayer" and the entry concludes with
the names of the parties, and attestation
of the ''parson, clerk etc. I regret
that l cannot find any 'sspeech" Of tie
other nsan's to complete this notice, but
[ hope some exemplary records of his
sentiments may,yet be discovered by local
antiquarians or that in the opposite
case we may indulge in the reasonable
conjecture that he gave cordial consent,
by silence, to the termination of his ex-
perience of matrimony. / remain, sir,
yours most obediently.
y BLESSED BACHELOR
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

THE ANGELS CHARITY-Once upon
time poor man sheltered an angel in
his thatched cottage. He rejoiced at
this high privilege with all his heart and
offered his holy guest everything he had.
The angel sat by his side half the night,
speaking heavenly wisdom about the val
ue of faith and virtue. The next morn
ing, when he had taken leave of the poor
man, he took a match and set fire to the
cottage, which in short time was burnt
to the ground
The poor man was disconsolate at hay
ing no longer roof to shelter him; but
his distress was all the greater that his
guest whom he had SO generously enter
tained could have brought about such an
eyent. He doubted the holiness of the
angel, and began to disbelieye all that
he had told him and taught him in the
night.
When the ashes were cool he cleared
away the rubbish saying, 81 will build
another house with my own hands !;
if I have but roof to cover me, have
enough"
And 10 when he put his hand to the
work, in the old foundation he found a
great treasure, with which he was able
to build house, and save riches besides.
Then he perceived the angels charity,
and believed in the wise though unseen
Providence all the rest of his life.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

FUTURE ENTERPRIsE.-A cotempo-
rary, turning his vision to the misty dis
tance of two hundred years, describes
the following scene:
House of citizen in New York-A. d.
2067. A-telegraphic message has been
sent to servant who presents himself at
the window in balloon.
Master-.John, go to South America
and tell Mr.. johnson I shall be happy
to have him sup with me this evening.
Never mind your coat, go right away
In FIVE minutes John returns
John-"Mr. johnson. sir, says he will
come; he is obliged to go to the North
Pole for a moment, and will call here as
he comes back
Master-"Very well, John now you
may wind up the machine for setting the
table, and telegraph to my wife that Mr..
johnson will be here presently. After
that you may dust out the balloon. I
have an appointment in London at ten
o'clock.
John disappears to execute his orders,
while his master steps down to tho West
Indies to get fresh orange.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

The number of deaths from small pox
at the Sandwich Islands in 1852 was
estimated at 10000. The principal cause
assigned for this terrible mortality was
want of proper vaccine matter. It was
considered unsafe to use that obtained
from the natives, as there is not one of
them whose system is entirely free from
all taint of disease. This is said to be
a melancholy fact and is attributed to
the immortality not only of the present
generation, but of those preceding it.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

"Where is your house ?" asked a trav-
eler in the depths of one of the old,
solemn wildernesses' of the West.
sHouse! amt got no house"
DWELL where do you live?"
81 hive in the woods, sleep on Govern
ment purchase, eat raw bear and wild
turkey, and drink out of the Mississippi.
And" he added, sit is getting too thick
with you folks about here. You're the
second man have seen this last month,
and I.hear that there's a whole family
come in about fifty miles down the river.
I'm going to put out into the woods
again.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

SENAToR-ELEcr INELIGIBLE ON Ac-
COUNT OF Els AGE.-Edwin Harlan,
Democratic State Senator elect from the
Eighth District, Illinois, proves to be un-
der the constitutional age, and cannot
take his scat. The question Of whether
his seat shall go to his opponent, or a
new election ordered is undecided. Mr.
Harlan was a member of the Lower
House in 1867 and registered his age as
27 then.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

When cavalry march or "a cavalry
fight is concerned, says the New York
Tribune neatly, in alluding to the recent
battles on the Plains, there is no need
to enquire further than that Sheridan
commanded. When we add that Custar
was in the advance, we know the result
as well as if we had read the the satisfac-
tory official report.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

Tue ELECTORAL CoLLEGE.E- The
Electors met at Washington on the I'd
instant and cast their votes for President
and Vice President Grant and Colfax
received PA, and Seymour and Blair 80.
Majority for Grant and Colfax 234. The
popular vote is as follows: Grant, 3,021,-
02O; Seymour, 2,716,475. Majority
3O4. .545.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

The Senoma Democrat says that Rich
ard Keys, far1oef on Russian river,
Mendocino township has quite curiosity
on his ranch. It is a young colt, foaled
recently, and which has but three feet
The animal is perfect with the exception
of this, and huge bunch Of hair occu-
pies the place where the foot should have
been.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

SAN JUAN IsLAND.-This island has
at last been given up by the British, and
now Belongs to the United States exclu-
sively It is near the mouth of Puget
Sound, and naturally belonged to the
United States, but being claimed by the
British the matter was settled by sort
of joint occupancy.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

Several wealthy chinamen have pur-
cahsed a number of blocks Of land in
Chicago, upon which they intend erect
store houses for storing goods from China,
by the China steamship line and Pacific
railroad. John is awake to the great
important fact of being in time, and act
ing accordingly.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16
BUSINESS CARDS.
ALBANY BATH Ez0gsE.

YEyHE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT
fully inform the citizens of Albany and Vi
cInity that he has taken charge Of this establish
1aent, and, by keeping clean and paying
strict attention to business, expects to suit all
those who may favor him with their patronage
Having heretofore carried nothing but
First-Ciass Exa1r Dressing Saloons,
he expects to give entire satisfaction to all.
aS- Children and Ladies' hair neatly cut and
shanpooed. JOSEPH WEBER
sep19y2
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

A bright little boy was asked by lady
if he studied hard at school, He replied
that he did not hurt himseH much at it.
"Oh," said the lady, "you must study
hard, or you will never be President Of
the United States" eyes, ma'am," !" he
replied 'sbut I don't expect to be; I'm a
Democrat"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

Last month, on the Chicago and North
west Railroad, a train made ninety one
miles in ninety minutes.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

sambo was has hacking away at a
tough oak when lightning struck a tree
near him and shivered it, eBress de
Lord" said he, II jes like to see um
tri dis one; reckon deg find dere
match p'
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

In Florida, there is a negro Justice of
the Peace who decided a case recently
in a perfectly impartial. manner. After
listening to the evidence, he ordered the
plaintiff and defendant to pay fine Of
one dollar each, and the Constable to
pay the cost of the Court
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

The ten cities of France containing
the largest population are: Paris, L, 1926,
274 Lyons, 323, ,954 Marseilles, 30O,-
131 Bordeaux, 194, ,241 Lille, 4.779;
Toulouse, 1886; Nantes, .956 !;
Roucn, 10O,6el St. Etienne, 96, 620 /;
Strasbourg, 81, 4,167.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

The ponies or horses peculiar to China
are used only for riding and by mandA-
rians, when upon Official business. All
agricultural work, plowing, irrigating,
and the working of rice mills, is done ~
the buffalo,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

Last November witnessed the death
of three men in Paris who were first in
their profession Rossini, the great COM
poser; Rothschild, the great banker,
and Berryer, the great orator and adyo-
cate.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

There are no salmon now in the Ken
nebec river, at Augusta, Maine, where
one man, in 1888, took nearly 400
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16
GEO. w. GRAY, .. D. s..

RADUATE OF THE CINCINNATI DEN
W tai College, would invite all persons desirin g
artificial teeth and frst-class dental operations,
to give him CALL
Specimens of Vrlcauite Base with eold-p!ate
Innings and other new styles of work may be
seen at his office. in Parrish Co.. brick, (up
stairs) Albany. Oregon.
Residence-Corner Second and Baker stS. 2
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

The Railroad from Vera Cruz to the
City of Mexico is being pushed ahsad>
two thousand Iaborers were engaged in its
construction at latest advices.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

Judge Baker of Buffalo has decided
that mans wife cannot be his partner
in business
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

OF the JEFF Davis rewards there re-
mains unpaid only the SUM Of $4,000
for Colonel Pritchard, who cannot be
found.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

Advices from Venezuela state that
Generals Domingo and Smolages are
candidates for the Presidency.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

Joe Coburn, the pugilist, has arrived
at San Francisco, and was received with
marked attention by the plug uglies.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

THE LABOR QUEsrIoN.-What is the
least we can do for the most money.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

The annual earnings of the American
people are estimated at 1900 ,O0O, 900,
and their domestic trade as nearly
$4,000, ,000, 900 year.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

Over $4,000 persons have como to the
United States this year from Norway,
Sweden and Denmark.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

The first lot of Sacramento wooden
blankets were offered to the public on the
11th inst.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

Pillsbury (RadicaD was chosen Mayor
of Charlston, South Carolina, at the late
election, by majority of II.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

Prince William Of Nassau has sued
his father, the dethroned Elector Of
Hesse, for the $4,000 year the old
gentleman promised him if he would get
married.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

A weekly paper speaks Of a play which
has been s'divested of exuberances which
are not envolved by pure publicity"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

are employed in teaching in the United
States.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

A fire. and earthqauke-proof chimney
company have been organized at San
Francisco.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

The Boston Post says the Davenport
brothers have lost their money, married
French wives and got the consumption.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

Missouri has gained $4,000 in popu-
lation since the war. Large bodies Of!
immigrants are pouring into the western
counties.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

A Lynx, measuring 81 feet from tip
to tip, was killed few days ago near
Truckee.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

Motto for the female suffragists-
"Once moro into the brooches, dear
friends"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

The 6,00O female compositors in Now
York average s13 week.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

In California therc is one woman to
three men; in Nevada, one to eight; in
Colorado, one to twenty.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

Relatives are not necessarily our best
friends but they cannot do us an injury
without being enemies to themselves.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

Be timely wise, rather than wise in
time, for afeer-wisdom is ever accompanied
with tormentiDg wishes.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

1t is now the style to issue wedding
cards three weeks before the event trans
pires.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

The Florida Union says more praying
and less cursing is one of the effects OF
reconstruction.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

There are 118 engines in service on the
Central Pacific Railroad.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

The United States steamer double
ender) Wateree, lately washed ashore by
the great tidal wave at africa, Peru, was
sold for $4,000.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16
In heaven ABOVE
Where all is love,
There'u be no sorrow there.

What is the difference between New
Zealander and an American mother !?
One loves tender babies, while the other
prefer baby tenders.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

A new Mint, to cost nearly . million
dollars, is to be erected in San Francisco.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

Double breasted frock coat, tight trow-
sers, Canadian hats and light gloves is
now the fashionable promenade costume
for New York swell.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

The new suspension bridge across the
Hudson will have clear span Of j GOO
feet; the longest yet built on the conti-
nent
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

Philadelphia has raised about 81, 500
for the Swiss sufferers
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

How TO Court IN CHURCH.-A
young gentleman happening to sit at
church in a pew adjoining one in which
sat young lady OF whom he conceived a
sudden and violent passion, was desirous
of entering into a courtship on the spot,
but the place not being suitable for an
informal declaration, the case suggested
the following plan. He politely handed
his fair neighbor a Bible opened, with a
pin stuck in the following text-Second
Epistle of John: verse fve-"and now |
beseech thee, not as though [ wrote a
new commandment unto thee, but that
which we had from the beginning, that
we love one another"
She returned it, pointing to the sec
ond chapter of Ruth, tenth verse /:
sThen she fell on her face, and bowed
herself to the ground and said to him i:
"Why have I found grace in thine eyes,
seeing I am a stanger p
He returned the book, pointing to the
thirteenth verse of the third Epistle of
John: "Having many things to write
unto you, [ would not write with pen and
ink, but trust shortly to come unto you
to speak face to face, that your JOY may
be full"
From the above interview a marriage
took place the ensuing week.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

A weak invention of the enemy-the
coffee we have nova days.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

MEN OF MARK-Those who can't
write their names.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16
The Outside Dog.

You may sing es your dog, your bottom dog.
Or Of any dog you please
go for TIE dog, the wise old dog,
That knowingly takes his easa,
And wagging his tail outside the ring,
Keeping atways'his benc in sight,
Cares not pin in his wise old head
For either dog in the fight.
Moi his is the bone they fighting for,
And why shonld MY dog sail in
With nothing to gain hut certain chance
To lose his own precious skin :?
There may be few, perhaps, who fail
To see it il quite that light;
But when the fur flies I'd rather be
The outside dog in the fight.
I know there are dogs-most generous dogs.
Who think ii quite the thing
TO take the part of the bottom dog,
And 20 yelpiug into the ring.
/ care not pin what the world may say
In regard to the wrong or right;
NJ money goes. as well as my song.
For the dog that keeps out of fight.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

Sherman is going to New Orleans.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16
EiItabideI s. Co.,

". HITABIDEL. T. n. REDFIELD.
Ezi1tabideI s. Co.,
nEALERS IN GROCERIES AND PRO
~ visions, Wood and Willow Ware, Confec-
tionery, Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Notions, etc.
Main street, adjoining the Express office, Albany,
Oregon.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16
z. A. Freeland,

nEALER IN EVERY DESCRIPTION OF
ID School, Miscellaneous and Blank Books
Stationery, Gold and Steel Pens, Ink, ETC., Post
Office Building, Albany, Oregon. Books ordered
from New York and San Francisco. L
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

The New York Obsereer speaks Of the
horse race and the human race. 1t does
not believe that those who attend horse
races do it because they have so much
love for the horse, since they not unset
dom abuse their horses unmercifull at
these places. This love which they bear
to horses is one that springs from the
qualification of certain selfish instincts,
and that has no scruples about sacrafic-
ing the object of affection to pander with
its own passions. Is there any question,
it asks, as to whether the race-course IS
to be included in the course of the christ
ian Itis like attempting to make two
trains pass one another on the same track.
How strange to see people absorbed on
Saturday in the pool for the "Sweep-
stakes" and the pool for the "Feather-
stakes" and on the following day turn
ing to the pool of Bethesda or the pool
of Siloma.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

A curious case has just been tried in
the New Orleans courts. The children
of blind mendicant having been enticed
away by another professional beggar, the
father brought suit. One of the witness
es testified that nine out of ten, who are
led about as blind, have good, sound
eyes. The plan to make blind beggars is
this: The imposters secure a piece of
peculiar bluestone, which when dissolved
in water will make fifteen men blind for
four days. The lids of the eyes are then
tattooed with the liquid which acts as an
astringent, and the beggar cannot see
until the effect wears off. The lids are
tightly closed, and if they are forced
open, there is temporary film over the
pupil which would deceive any but the
most skillful oculist The judge sentenced
the men who had enticed away the boy
and the mother of the boy to six months
in the workhousc in default OF one
thousand dollar bond for good behavior.
It is interesting to know that these one
thousand dollar bonds were given by the
bcggars on the spot. One of the de-
PENDANTS had three thousand dollars on
his person and certificate OF deposit
for twelve thousand dollars more.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

W w PARISH J. G.. MENDENHALI4.
W. w. Parrish & Co.,
EKyHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS
w in General Merchandise, Albany. The
best Goods at the lowest market prices. Mer-
ehantable Produce taken in exchange.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16
of all kinds,

at - low figures a duo regard to taste and good
work will allow. When you want anything in
the printing line, call at the REeIsTER office.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16

THE IRISH BOYS SoNG.-A man go
ing to the station to take the train, heard
a little Irish boy singing,
There'Il be no sorrow there,
There'I be sorrow there.
nWhere?" asked he, for his mind
was impressed by the words, "there'll be
no sorrow p The boy answered,
In heaven above,
Where all is love,
Therell be sorrow there.
The man fastened on to take the train,
but he could not forget the simple words
of the hymn. A world where there is
no sorrow! This was the great thought
which filed his mind. He had been
an infidel, but now he resolved to become
a Christian, and he did become one, and
began to live life of preparation for that
land where there is no sorrow.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16
e. z. Ru sseH,

z. z. Russell,
TToRNEY AND COUNSELLOR LAW,
"A Solicitor in Choaccry and Real EstGte Agent
Will practice in the Courts of the Second Third,
and Fourth Judicial Districts, and in the Supreme
Court of Oregon.
Office in Parrish's Block, second story, third
door west of Ferry north side of First st. II
Special attention given to the collection of
Claims at all points in the above named Districts.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-16
S. III. Claughton,

ATOTARY PUBLIC AND REAL ESTATE
IN AGENT. Office in the Post Office building,
Lebanon, Oregon.
Will attend to making Deeds and other convey
~nces, also to the prompt collection of debts en-
trusted to my l