The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-12-30


10 the staid matron who scans tho paper
carefully for useful hint at housewifery
or . domestic recipe Of particular utility-to
every one, We extend afriendly greeting and
fsrvent wish that they may experience q
joyous, prosperous, A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
TIE CH.nrkErA Houss OrEsiNo.-Ths
''subscriber" had the pleasure Of being
3prsssnt at the formal opening Of the mag.
ni6cent new hotel in Salem on last Monday
evening. About two hundred ladies and
. gentlemen were in attendance, and the ut.
most happiness seemed to fill every heart
and beam from every eye. The banquet
which was so sumptuOusly spread upon the
large dining hall, was partaken off with a
{ aess and'relish which sufficiently attested its
superior merits and at its close Gov. Gro.
yer, Hon. !. r. Moores, Hon. D. F. Bonham
and several other gentlemen responded in
neat and appropriate remarks to the loud
and persistent calls of the jolly guests.
Shortly after the supper was over the din.
ing hall was cleared Of its tables and their
yet heavy burden of good things, and the
thrilling chords Of the musical instruments
invited 10 the merry MAKES of the dance
those who desired to indulge in that exhii.
arating pastime, willis the gorgeously fur.
nishsd parlors and elegant apartments
throughout the house were still occupied by
thses who preferred quiet talk or pleas
antz ramble through their delightful laba
rynths. In fact Mr.. Cutting, the gentle.
manly aud accommodating proprietor,
lsfs ne means untried to render the OCCASION
one nf the greatest possible pleasure, and
the way in which his guests enjoyed it was
sufficient evidence of his complete success,
and was doubtless gratifying testimonial
to his many exeeHencies as a landlord.
Ts give detailed description Of this most
elegant and eommodious structure would
require more time and space { an is now at
our command hence we can only add that
itswas the snivsrsal sentiment Of those gen.
tlsmea present upon that occasion that the
Chsmeketa is the best constructed, must
elligibiy situated, most supsrbly finished
and most elegantly furnished of any hotel
on the Pacific coast. and so far as our per.
sonal knowledge extends, we heartily concur
in this opinion. tits an architectural credit
10 Oregon, and we hope will long stand and
flourish as monument to the industry and
enterprise of its projectors and proprietors.
A FEr.RAx EDIToR-Mr. Shepherd, the
father Of Mrs. Dclazon Smith, who arrived
In this city last Monday from Iowa, is a vet
ersn newspaper editor, having established a
Democratic paper at ke"saqua, Iowa, in
1913, which he conducted until 1850. when
he retired. But again he to"k charge of a
Democratic organ at the same place about
the breaking out of the war, and continued
70 conduct it through the entire course of
that bloody struggle, lighting the combined
and overwhelming hosts of Radicaiism IN
that blackest Of States with heroism which
very few Democratic editors in those trying
times had the temerity to emulate and which
gained for him the warmcst support of the
Democracy of his section. He has reached
his three-score years and ten, but Time
sssos to have dealt gently with him, and hut
fer the silver locks which flow over his ven-
cradle head, one would hardly suppose that
he had witnessed the events of more thaa
half century.
a CHsIsrxAs PkEsEsr.-A trio of liberal
gentlemen of this city, the first two letters
sfxhose names are respectivelyE. W. Pike.