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Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-09
How Pat Dug the Well.

Not great while ago, an Irishman
was employed ia village where Was
we'll known to dig well, pro bono pab-
leo. The contract was made that he
was to be paid certain sum per foot,
and warrant free supply Of water
At it he went with will, and his daily
progress was intently watched by inter
ested parties. Early and late he delved
away faithfully, deep down in the earth
full of confidence in the speedy com
pletion of his labors, He had reached
the depth of about twenty-five feet and
soon expected to "strike water" Early
in the morning Pat returned to the
scene of his labors and horrible to tell
it had caved in and was nearly full
He gazed with rueful visage upon the
wreck, and thought Of the additional
labor the accident would cause him
After a moments reflection he gazed
earnestly around and saw no one STIR
ring, then quickly divesting himself of
his hat and coat he careful " deposited
them on the windlass, and speedily
made tracks fora neighboring eminence
that overlooked the village. Here, hid
among the underground, he quietly
ava, e the progress of events. A
the morning wore on the inhabitants
began to arouse and stir about Sew
eral were attracted to the WELL, think
ing that as Pats coat and hat hung
there, be was below, of course, at work
Soon the alarm was raised that the
well had cavcd in and that Pat was IN
it. A crowd collected and stood horri
fed at the fate Of poor Pat. A brict
consultation was held, and soon spades
aud other implements were brought to
| dig out the remains of the unfortunatc
man. To work they went with a will
when one set becomes wcaricd with the
UNUSUAL labor dozen ready hands
grasped the implements and dug lusti
ly. Pat quietly looked on from his re
| treat on the cminence, while the whole
village stood around the well, and
with breathlcss suspense the work 90
brayely on. As the dig2ers approach
ed the bottom the excitement Of the
| by ISLANDERS grew intense, and they col
lected as near as safety would admit,
gazing fearfully down into the well
With great care and precaution the dir;
was dug away, and when the bottom
was at length reached 20 Pat was dis
covered. The crowd, before 50 anxious.
| gradually relaxed into a broad grin,
which broke forth in uprorious merri>
ment when the ycritable Pat walked
up with smiling countenance and adj
dressed the crest-fallen diggers, who
now stood weary and soiled with their
labors. Through the kindly aid of his
fellow citizens Pat soon finished his
well. and it remains among the monu
ments Of his genius to this day
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-09

A country clergyman, paying pro-
fessional visit to dying neighbor, who
was very churlish and universally un~
popular man, put the usual question :
"Are you willing to go, my friend 2"
"Oh. yes" said the sick man, 81 am. +"
"Well,' said the simple.minded minis
ter, Il am glad you are, for the neigh
bors are willing"
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-09

"Why," said Miss Anna Dickinson,
on one occasion. stepping forward To
the footlights and commencing lee
ture with lofty flight Of eioquence.
Why was. [ born % She paused and
a thrill ran through the audience.
Again the rich tones of the winsome
woman rolled over the expectant audi
ence as again she repeated the ques-
ton. "Why was | born p and again
she paused, that the due impression
might be made by her hearers before
she answered her own question. "Why
was | born p she asked once more in
touching and almost painful accents.
when a wicked boy in the gallery
shouted, 81 give it up!"
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-09

TIE RETGaED CONDUCTOR Girls,
IF the Cincinnati Times relates of an
old conductor, promoted to train dis
patches as follows:
Habit was exceedingly strong with
the ex conductor As be sat in his Of
fee he would start every time he heard
a hell ring and yell, "all aboard. .
Then he would go about the office at
intervals and try 70 collect fare from
his assitants.. We dropped in casually
one afternoon and Billy wanted TO
know if we had pass. He couldn't
get accustomed to his new position. He
pined to be again on the road. One
day he begged the boys to put him
through collision, which they did to
his entire qualification, They tore his
clothes nearly off, BACKED his eyes,
broke a kerosene lamp over his head
and piled red bot stove on top of him
Billy was in IN ecstaoy Of delight, and
declared he hadn't enjoyed himself SO
much since he had bile
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-09

A Louisville burglar tied cork
screw to the end Of pole ond pulled
through broken window the clothes
of the sleeping occupant of the room.
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-09
Ghe Orfgon gepubliran
Is Issued Every Saturday Afternoon at
Dallas, Polk County, Oregon.
BY D. M. C. eaULT & COMp'Y.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

OFFICE-Mai street, between Court and
Mill streets, two doors south of the Postofiee.
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-09

The French practice squadron is at
Newport, Rhode Island
The Census Superintendent asks an
appropriation of s2,326,000.
The report of the intended recall of
Motley is discredited in London.
Eighteen hundred tons Of ice were
sold in New York city on June 25;h.
The Fenian trials at Canadaigua.
New York, are postponed until July
18th.
Three hundred clo'hiers' pressmen
in Boston have struck fsr higher wages.
1t is said an American offers $780,
600 for Dickens residence at Gad's
Hill.
The Howard investigation is closed,
and Gen. Howard is fully vindicated.
The run from Cheyenne to Denver
'105 miles, is made over the new road
10 Ave hours
The manufactures Of Cincinnati last
year amounted to more than $780,,
600, 900.
A fund of sl0O.0 900 has been secur>
ed for the library of Princeton College
New Jersey.
Shocks of earthquake were felt by
sensitive people in New York and
Brook lyn June 9th
Four cases Of sunstroke occurred in
New York June 9th. Notwithstanding
the weather had changed aud become
cooler.
A destructive fire in the woods on
Long Island has destroyed about three
thousand acres of timber. Loss esti-
mated 100000.
All liquor shops in New York will
be kept closed hereafter from one tc
five o'clock a. M, and also on SUNDAYS
under a penalty of heavy fine.
The City Council of Richmond, Va
decline to accept the j fl. Davis Man.
son from the Government, unlcs.
the latter will pay rent for it while il
its possession. Rather cool.
Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-09

SINGLE COPIES-ane Year. 50 80; Six
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Subscription must be paid strictly IN adrance
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DALLAS OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY g. 1870.

tion to procure a state-room for the
young couple To the credit of our
lady passengers, they were. the most
liberal in their donations; and in less
than ten minutes we had collected S14
93 Presenting fhis sum to the agree
ably surprised young, we informed him
that he could now procure a state room
with two beds-one Tor himself and
wife, the other for the boys. Thanking
us with big watery eyes, be rushed to
the clerks Office, W here he was met by
Captain Pierce, agent Of the line ],
Captain Evans, commander of the boat;
and Mr.. Carter, the clerk Captain P
ex claimed:
"Hele, my good fellow, here's tick
ct for yourself and wife toego to Chi
cago. Get West as fast as you can !;
go to work on farm and look out for
the laDdsharks.
Captain Evans pulled out a glitter
ing coin and said -
Here's FIVE dollars keep yourself
in GOOD condition and
Here, the vor hy Captain forgot his
speech and ran off laughing.
The clerk, Mr.. Carter, handed the
man a key and said:
''You are welcome to one of the best
state-rooms on the boat 1t has two
beds-one for yourself and wife, the
other for the boys"
Captain Evans having returned, ex>
claimed, Give the boys another room
They amt no business in there. They
ain't no business"
Here he broke down with laughter
again and hurried away to give orders
On the boat
The couple now retired to their sump-
tuous apartment as happy as poor NOR
tails are allowed to be on this earth and
the passengers gathered in groups to
praise the liberality Of all concerned
and the comical oddity of Capt. Evans.
Smyrna times., 1870-01-26
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Dr. A. L. sCOvTLL is the inventor of sevs-., -
ra'iohs which have become very populs, AZ, eS 'FeI
uSFI among his inventions Halls 'ti''
Lungs and Li'er"0rt end Tar" F,rtb. 4 'o' '--
better Lung remedY has been offered t, M '4 year .
following letter from DR. scoyii referring tg, '' IL
Messra J. y. HARRIS co,
GENTS: make the toIo.j,c ,......-...
from perfect conviction and knowty m " ''s'raI3ht
ALLENS Lung BALSAM in cu-i,y -, 'S o'h"l'' 90
PULMONARY GoNsrMPTIoN! have wj,nes,ns aer2'rae'
the young and the old ami can truly 10 el'c'S "n
Des, e&psct"r@nt rsmriy with which AN acquainted | .'
OonSS' anu All the early stages Of uak c,u,,' fT
u 10 be certain cure, and <, .ry family ~, "-''"
'hem ready to administer upon the fr ~
ABOUT the Lungs there wOuii be very f.s '"'e
SUMPTION II causes the phirgin and matter r., ~ '''
irritating those delicate organs ,he Luo,. t 49, ".'"'
aucnS constipation Of the bowels. Ii also g,yr 80
tue system stops the nght,s~eats aud ,la,, al ~ 10
secretiOas to healthy state. Yours resD,cfro, | 80
A /. SCOvILL
Sold by all Medicine Dealers.
Sold BY J. W. DENNY Snyrua. Del
Smyrna times., 1870-01-26

institution will be undrr the control of the R;.b
op and Convention OF the Diocese Of Eastor
(EpiscOpall but it is announced FIAT no H.
elimination will be made in confcrrinr It's hnmn.
fits. o''''
Ffre n Caroline Co'mty.-The Easton co.
Sette reports the destruction of three dwelling
houses by fire in Hillsborouyh, Caroline connty
on Thursday night. The houses were occI'
Eied by Capt. Kemp, Frank Morgan and Benz.
Colgan. slaughter house, several hundred
Yards from the dwellings. was also DESTROYED
Capt. kemp's house was nearly new, and ycry
little OF the contents of the houses was saved
Shpep kdlnl.-The Kent Ne,rs s,vs. NJ
w. IL. Stewart, residing near this CheStertown
mad SIX fine sheep killed by dogs ON SatnrIay
hight week, Last week We mentioned the loss
OF number of sheep in a similar manner, in in
the lower part of our county.
Dr. George G. NJ Roberts, Ill D.. we'll
Sn"wn physician as well as minister of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, died in BaItimor,.
on Saturday morning last, in the sixty-fourth
year OF his age. Dr. Roberts enioyed wide
spread reputation not only in Baltimore but
throughout the country.
Ellis G. Chandler, County Surveyor of Cecil
CO., vas found dead in his bed at his residence
at Brick Meeting House, on the morning of the
Dist lust. - ''''
Smyrna times., 1870-01-26
MARYLAND ITEMS.

Il. r. from. M0ssey's to Ekton.-A letter
from Annapolis to the Baltimore Gtzefte dated
January 18th, says: A bill will be intro
duced to incorporate the Elkton and Massey :
kallroad, which will connect by link of less
than twenty miles, the PHILADELPHIA, Whining
ton and Baltimore Railroad at Elkton with the
hent Railroad and the Queen Anne's Rail.
road at their junction at Massey's. From this
place running down the Queen Anne's road, a
point may be reached from which branch
road OF seven.miles will connect with the Mary
land and Delaware Railroad, thus connecting
Clayton, Del, and EastOn and Oxford. An
other short road will connect with the Dor
chester Railroad. The friends of the bill saw
that this will give an entire Eistern Shore
Railroad in Maryland, that must be in the in.
terest OF Baltimore. 1t will reduce the present
distance to Baltimore some fifty miles-a route
requiring no rcshipment, and open summer
and winter. Only twenty seven miles of new
road Is required to give us an entire Eastern
Shore Railroad.
The Negroes az Sussafras Neck.-The ne
groes around Fredericktown and Cecilton are
becoming rather OhstreperOus They knock
and shoot and burn property pretty lively some.
times say some of the papers. They recently
knocked white man down and shot at anoth- |
er at FredercktOwn. Auolher act of yilliany
was the taking of a horse belonging to John |
Ward Davis, Esq, leading him into the woods !
aud cutting his throat. Recently they burnt
the fodder and sheds of VIM. S. Potter, the |
young man who shot colored man who was
hired to him, last harvest, and who was recent |
ly tried for the same and acquitted Since then.
it is alleged, they have threatened to take
Potter life, A public meeting of many of |
the mostrespectable citizens of Sassafras Neck. |
was held at CeciltOn, on Saturday last, and
means devised which it is believed will effect
the object. Potter himself has offered re-
ward of five hundred dollars for any informa-
ton which will lead to the detection of the in.
cendiaries, and it is believed that a clue has
been found that will lead to the perpetrators of
all these acts Of villiany.
Orphans Home torthe Eastern Shore The
want OF home or refuge for triendless orphans
has long been felt in the Eastern Shore of
Maryland, and recently tract of land in Tai.
bot county, five miles from EaSton, was ten.
dered provided, the necessary building be erect
ed there on. In behalf of a large number Of
ladies' who have taken the matter in charge.
MISS Anna Earl, Mrs. Elias O. Dawson, and {
Miss Alice f. Colquhoun, of Easton, have Is.
sued an address soliciting subscriptions Their
plan Is to obtain the names of responsible Ia
lies in the several counties who will net as col
ectors These are to secure subscriptions of '
my amount towards the immediate erection of q
he buildings, aud permanent subscriptions Of
) per annnm from the largest possible number
or the regular support OF the institution. The .
Smyrna times., 1870-01-26
Let Wounded Birds FIutter." and
Crippled Ducks HaIInNY

If B. t. L." the author of " Wounded
Birds, &c, in the last issue of the Times. .bo
is trying to defend the w & w. mariine. is
sorely CALLED in consequence of the HowE ,ra-
chime being sold where the w. ". had been
tr7ed, condemned, and discarded, and writhes
under the plain, bold facts, of the supertoritv
Of the HO'ce Family Sewing Machine, it is moi
at all surprising. 1t the w. & w. wants to
know what the HOWE will do, that their ma.
chine Will not, we are ready and willing to
meet them at any time and place, that they
select, to put up machine for machine, upon
the merits, excelencies and relative advantages
OF workmanship; the trial to be Witnessed and
eec'ded upon by competent and impartial
Judges, lII chosen in a fair and honorable manner
nc loser to forfeit the machine at stake, to be
Sold together with the winners, and the pro-
ceeds to be given as a donation in the name Of
the victorious machine, to any Christian, hu-
name, or beneficial society that the Judges may
designate. This challenge is also open to any
other sewing machine that is willing to COM
pete; We hold that the HO,ce Family Seeing
= 11Hach,He Is the best in point of excellence. |
Facts and figures that will soon be produced, !
Will cause b. I: LIS "withers to be soruag,"
and the CALLED jade to vince"
.. A. A. McKAIN,
Agent for the Howe Sewing Machine.
122 Market ST., Wilmington, Del. |
Smyrna times., 1870-01-26

In our last issue we published a few of the
many reasons for purchasing lots in Spruance
City. The enterprise-then in its inIancv- .
now assumed proportions sufficiently largo to
Danish all doubt relative to the ultimate src-
cess. aud to warrant Us in assuring its natrons
OF the speedy completion and CARRYING omt Of
the most comprehensive scheme of local inn
ProVement yet conceived on this Peninsula.
Indeed, the wcll-known energy of its proinctor
left little Dom for uncertainty as to the res"It
from the hrst, and it is with genuine pleasure
we daly witness the cordial spirit in which onr
cltlzens respond to his call So nromnt is
thcir appreciation Of the numerous a,lv,ntnpeS
to be reaped from this measure that olreadv
has ITS protector found it expedient to e>trict
buyers to given number of lots, in further
ance nc! OF the original plan of securing as MANY
"tVere"t owners as may be possible He asserts
Eahd we think iustly-that an extension Of in
ulvldual interests will, in all cases, tend toward
ennanTcethenG In property value, and conse
quently result in profit
With llberality characteristic of all his
views on matters Of public interest. Mr.. Snrn-
ahce SO divides his land that each lot fronts ON
an avenue, varying from forty to sixty feet in
wldth. Some OF these are combinations of the
streets OF Smyrna-Othcrs run parallel to and
lnterSect them. He also pledges a lot gratis
ior school purposes, as well as one to each re.
iiglous denomination. Nor do we hesitate to
bespeak from him generous substitution
when the time for the erection of churches and
school houses shall arrive
10 capitalists seeking a favorable location
Tor manufacturing purpOses-to PhiIadelphians
desiring quiet, healthy residence. away from
the city, yet within easy reach of their bu,i-
ness-to the laboring man of small means, TO
whom home of his own iS-or should be a
primary object of life-to each and all -indnce.
ments rarely equaed are now offered. The
terms (Sl0O, in five equal annual instalments)
the posIt[re certainty Of getting lot worth
at least its cost the possibility of securing one
OF eleven on which buildings at from $500 to
5000 now stand-the superior advantage for
education afforded by the Smyrna Semina-
ry, and of worship in Churches ably supplied.
all combine to commend Mr. Spruance's un.
dertaking to the public, and we heartily en-.
dcrse it. ~
From the present prospect the list is likely
to be full by Feb. 10, when--or as soon after as
arrangements can be made (due notice being
previously glven)-the selection of lots will be
made by committee appointed by the pur-
chasers, from among themselves. Parties from
early.
Smyrna times., 1870-01-26
MARRIAGES.

HARRTNGT TON N-DENNEY.-At the residence of the bride
parents Dover the 18th by Rev Cru Hunting
ton William Harrington and Martha T., daughter oi Iho'
II. Denney.
FOREAkER-BROWN.-A the residence Of the bride MON
eI IN Dover on the evening of the a BY the 'aHv
Thomas Foreaker aud Miss Margaret Brown both Of per
HOPE-JONES.-On the evening Of the inst at he fe'
dence of the brides father, Dover by the same James
NJ Hope and Sale F. dau sher Of Richard NJ Jones oh "
Kent county.
the residence Of the brides mof on
the morning OF the goth INST. by Rev James ii LsayaI"
John II. Jones' Of the firm Of T. X. Jones BrV and ''
Alphonsa Pratt. both OF Dover.
CLAYLAND-HENDRIX.- the 3Oth ultimo by Rev J. B.
Merritt Lloyd Clay!and and Miss Emily Hendrix b'h O'
Queen Anne county, Md
Smyrna times., 1870-01-26

LECTURES IN MDDLETOwN,-Mid
IS having run on the lecture question. On
Monday evening Madam Ducker lectured on
the proper sphere of women, opposing wo.
man rights and women lectures. And Rev.
Dr. j. &. NJ Cabe, Rector of st. AIMS church.
OF that town, proposes to deliver two lectures
next month, on ;. Woman's Worth aud Wo-
mans Work, and " Woman's Rights and Wo
man Wrongs the proceeds to be devoted to
give the people there pretty good idea idea on m
the woman question. Also, DR.. B. f. Chath-
am, Cashier of the Philadelphia National
Bank, formerly of Odessa Bank, will lecture
there tor the benefit of the Town Hall. shortly
Subject" Life and Death. p"
Smyrna times., 1870-01-26
IN MEMORIUM.
BY MISS :. H. "

OLIVE t. wife Of r. F. Smith departed TINS XII January
eerinY illness, at ther residence near Mnf % Of the
Ji 1870, aged ~ years She cOu>lS'hl ~ and sister
church, devoted wife loving mother dauSn , though ID
n KIND friend and neighbnr. Our loss Is drtp onsed
that loss is her gain we are Srents nov
reside. After marrying the husband Of her choice e
chidhOods happy home, make Of her o in l
To BinRhanptun ~ " and moved thence 70 W. 10 5re
Autumn OF ls6s. Though her sOjourn with us ""'
had all learned to love her.
:" None 81 her but 20 love her
None knew her but TO praise i, Tho vi
Her death Is mOurned by large circle OF nie"N
long cherish her memory.
Dearest Olive. how miss thee
We meet on earth no more
We mourn for thee, loved and lost
Till We meet to part no more
The grass will wave above her head:
Aud downing tenGriis So,
They hide from memory cIeA
The loved one sleeping below
But weeping ne 'er can bring her back
Sine has crossed the rolling river
She has gone to be angel far,
And dwell with tfnd forever.
MooRroN DEL- January. 1870. ,,l
IBinghampon, n. Y. and Montrose. Pa. papers ple.
Smyrna times., 1870-01-26

LONGEVITY IN CAMDEN, DEI.-The nanes
and ages of twenty three persons, residents Of
camden, 20 years of age aud upwards have
been handed to US for publication. Nearly all
OF them were born in Camden, and a majority
2r 2 them Leiong TO the Society of Friends
OF more than 80 years Eight Of them are S0
years OF age and upward The names and
ages are as follows Bowers Loper. az. Ruth
Jenkins, 81; Michael Loper, Sc; VIM K
lockwood, Sc Ann LOper, 80; Thomas How.
ell, 80; Jabez jenkins, 80 Margaret Lind. 30 :.
John Loud, 7S; PAMELA Adams, IT; Elizabeth
Gatts, IS; Avery Draper, IS, Ann Sarde IA !.
Thomas Miillin. 70 Elijah Register, ~; Da,
yid NJ Smith, II; Thomas l.. Temple. n
Maria Clark, II Susan Paine, II Ann Smith
HIdInm Il Isaac - Gary O.; Thomas Hudson, 70; Mrs
Smyrna times., 1870-01-26

THE CouNTERFEIT MONEY CAsE.-Wm. G.
Jump and Patrick Mellon, OF Kenton, the par.
ties implicated in passing twenty dollar coun.
terfelt notes on the business men of Middle.
town, were arrested by Marshal Dunn, and
taken before Unitcd States Commissioner Rum.
tIrd, IN Wilmington, on Wednesday last, who
after hearing the case, held the parties to hail
IN the sum of $1,000 each, to appear at the
April term Of the Court and answer to said
charge, The Transcript says another coun-
terteit has turned up since the arrest, making
seven in all, passed by these parties. It was
of the same denomination and on the same
bank a. the other notes 1t was passed unon
Mr.. ThOs. n. Naudain, of Washington. Who
happened to be in Middletown the dav The
notes were passed
Smyrna times., 1870-01-26

FARMERS CLUBs.-Therc is movement
manitestng itself in this State, and more espe-
cially in this county, in favor of farmers clubs
We are glad to see such an inclination on the
part Of our agriculturalists, and hope organi
cations, or clubs, or associations, or whatever
they may be called, may be formed in everv
Hundred in the State. These clubs are to the
farmers what boards of trade are to the buSi
ness men OF cities-Or ought to be. They can
accomplish by organization what would be i'm
possible for them to effect as individuals. The
peach Interests developed this subject, and has
made its Importance manifest.
Smyrna times., 1870-01-26

A plan is now in contemplation by the Post
Othce Department to centralize the postal SER
wee OF several Of the cities adjacent to New
York, for the purpose of an experiment in the
trial Of the English system. 1t is proposed to
close the Post Office at Brooklyn, Astoria, f lst
New New Fork, FlatbuSh, Greenpoint. Long Island
Clty, rMorIsania; Williamsburg, Hoboken, Jer-
by the New York office. Ii is argued thar
there Is no place in this country which presents
SO fair an opportunity for the experiment as
New Y Ork, and it is estimated that succc ssf1I
trial would save the Government in salaries
rents, fuel, &c, about 100000 annually.