The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-01-18

January I'd, 1862, Columbia river fro
| zen over 50 that the ocean steamers
could not run; thermometer Is deg grees
below freezing point. January 9Th,
snow q foot deep; excellent sleighing.
On l7th, W allamet frozen hard enough
to cross on foot. On Oath. ice gone
out of Wallamet river. March 10th,
snow all disappeared.
January 7th. 1868, Columbia river
closed with ice. On the 11th, Walla>
met closed over so as to stop the steam
ers running to Oregon City until the
28th. No rain fell after the 6rst of July
until September 3d-63 days-and then
none again till October 23d.
am still continuing my daily record.
THOMAS FRAzAR.
OREGON, Nov. 18th, 1859.
And to these records your attention is
especially directed-for they been COM
piled carefully by o responsible man.
The record for 1869, will show q fairer
page than the previous ten years, but is
not yet complete. Up to this date, Dec.
18, 1869, there has been but two
slight frosts no ice or snow and but
about 80 days rain, all told, this fall.
A great many varieties of flowers are
still blooming in the Gardens. The grass
is as green as spring-time; in several
orchards in this town can be seen Pears
of the second crop on the same tree. this
season, almost ripe-and this is not an
uncommon thing-ripe strawberries,
blackberries and raspberIies have been
picked and eaten during last month and
this, as the enclosed paragraphs from
newspapers throughout the State will at
test:
OREeoN1AN SECOND CRoPs We have
upon our table large bunch Of Isabella
grapes, from DR.. Glenn's garden in this
city. The doctor informed us that he
has taken at least one bushel of these
second crop grapes from this vine. The
grapes are perfectly ripe, sweet and de
licious, and much larger than those OF
the frst crop on the same vine. This
vine stands ont in the open yard, remote
from any building, entirely unprotected.
1t is almost the middle of December, and
vet there are many fine punches of
these luscious grapes still hanging upon
the vines In the same yard Bartlett
pear tree produced second crop OF
delicious pears.
We observed yesterday in a garden
large shrub of Pyrus Japoneca literally
covered with bright scarlet flowers.
This shrub usually blooms but once
wear, and that time should be early.
when Winter yet fingers in the lap Of
Spring. but so tempting have been the
warm weather and bright sun of our late
autumnal days, that these beautiful
flowers have ventured out with all their
Spring. time confidence.
Tender geraniums and fuchias are still
standing out in the gardens and open
porches, and almost every garden In
town is full of beautiful roses, as bright
and sweet as those of June. Last year
roses bloomed all Winter in the gardens
without the least protection, and from
present appearances they will do SO
again. The fields and prairies all over
the State are as green as In May, and
TEEN with luxuriant growths OF grass
and grain.-[Oregonian.
The Eugene journal states that ION
Sunday, the 5th day of December, Mr..
Calvin Wallace, and another gentleman
whose name we did not learn, picked
quite lot of ripe strawberries, on the
hillside near Hills saw-mill, in this
county On Thanksgiving Day, the 18th
of last month, Rev. j. M. Dick, of Camp
Creek, sat down to a nice dish of straw
berries and cream, having picked the
strawberries the day before from the
hills near his rcsiden,e. What better
on the climate of Oregon
is needed?
The Soil Of Oregon is equal to the
best; it will produce 335 bushels of
wheat per acre the State over, if well
cultivated. Oats will average SO Bush
els per acre; Potatoes $50 to 400; Corn
35 to 40. Not much attention is paid to
the latter as Wheat. Barley and Oats
can be produced so much cheaper. Veg
etables Of : II kinds grow very large, and
yield abundantly. I have cabbage in
my cellar, raised on the Columbia bot
toms, that will average 90 lbs per head.
Beets that will average IL lbs. Pump
kins so to 60 lbs--all sound, solid and
sweet. They are of ordinary growth
none having been raised or selected as
premiums. AS to fruit, for apples, pears.
plums, cherries, ounces and all the
small fruits, it cannot be excelled by
any country in the world. AS to civili-
zation, our churches and schools will
compare f,vorably. with any Of the same
size in the Eastern States. Our State is
so situated that we have the sea-breeze
from the West, and mountain breezes
from the North and East, rendering the
air pure, balmy and salubrious, and the