Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-03-19

The OLD WoMAN.--Once it was
"mother," and it was '"motEer, I'm
hungry, ,"-"mother, put up my din
mel" aud her loving hands would spread
the butter, and sew on the great patch,
heart brimming with affection for the
imperious little curley pate that made
her SO manv steps and nearly distract>
cd her with his boistcrons mirth.
Now she is ''thc old woman" but
she did not think it would come to
that. She looked on through the fu>
ture years and saw her boy to manhood |
grown; and he stood transigured i'll
tho light of her own beautiful lo"e.
Never was there more noble son than
he-honored in the world, and staff
Of her declining years.
Aye, be was her support even then,
but she did not know it. She never
realized that ii was ber little boy that
gave her strength for daily toil-that
his slender form twas all that upheld
her over the, brink of despair She
only knew how she loved the child.
and felt that amidst the mists of age
his love would bear her gently through
its infrmities to the dark hall leading
to the life beyond.
Bat the son has forgotten the moth
er's minstra,iou now. Adrift from
the moorings Of home, he is cold, self
ish, heartless, and 'nother" has no sa>
cred meaning to the prodigal She is
'.the old woman" wrinkled, gray, lame
anu blind.
The Chicago dentists are discussing
the propriesy Of advertising their bus.
nessss Why they hesitate it is hard to
tell We always thought dentists
wanted to draw. and if advertising
woo't draw nothing will. If they
doubt, let them stop advertising, and
see how quickly they will.fall in spite
Of their teeth.
/ Attempts to commit suicide arehere-
after to be published in Massachusetts,,
upon the principle that attempts to
comm. a crime are ind'ctable as miss
demeanors at common law. A person
who recently cndcavo~cd to shoot him
self, but failed, bas been bound over in
Worcester, Mass, Cor trial in the Grim
inal 'ourt.
y nnlnaer of sports'aon from Colua-
bia, South CaroI'na, sdcc eaed in olG>
turing u hugo alligator iu the swatl.fs IL
that neighoorhood recently. The mon-
ster weighs 650 pounds, and is seven
teen .eet long. The JMaair says his
alIigatorshir is safely housed in Column
bia.
] ST. John Masonic Lodge, 40: 5 oi
Glasgow, Scotland, lately celebrated the
eight huattt / u"l t,etlttta anniversary
NJ its existence. It was founded y
King Malcolm in the year 1868, nine
y years previous to the Norman conquest
, OF England
Just think Of any ones taking the
trouble to counterfeit the Urited States
five cent nickel coins. Yet sonc su.
!, pcrduous sw;udlers have done SO, and
Ii is officially asserted that their trust
, in God lp larger than that of the Treas
ury department.
/ Pctruset, the lion killer giant il
form aud strength, is one OF the curios'
\ tiles of Paris. lie has chamber
. carpatcd with the skins of lions slain
in Algeria, aud gives recbcrcre dinners
c therein. lis gun can hardly be lifted
by an ordlaary mau.
a BRuTE.-The wretch who cal
stand in pair OF slippers worked 10
= him by his wife, aud scold her, is
; brute, who deserves to have the gou
: in both feet
: A l.ynchburg VA PAPER announce
It that every man That region is cithc
running Tor office, suing tor debt .
: oeing sued for the same. Business
I, consequently dull.
The "relapsing fever" continues t
infect the badly ventilated and over
r crowded tenement houses in New ior
city. The disease is contagious.
&c At Chicago, on New Years day,
r. ladys poodle>dog bit q sentlnlan caller
'e leg. Tue dog dlan't get sober in thre
,s days.
L
ID The selectmen of Connecticut tow
q lvertises reward of so Tor the retur
r. of stolen hearse "with the body OF ii
10 thief inside"
le Mrs. Amelia Hobbs has just bee
III elected Justice of the Peace in JIG
&c sey county, ILL.,, by a majority of :
'e votee.
NUMERous.-Ap As philadelphian h
found four thousand dilterent ways
~ spelling Shakespeare name.
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