Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-23
A Trip to Portland and Back.
From our Special Correspondent.

Left Dixie on the 14th inst jour>
neyed to the ferry at Salem; walked on
board the boat; was medtating on the
beauties of the raging Willamette. I
remarked to the boss that things looked
splendid, when he said, sternly, twenty
five cents. told him that | thought
that it was worth every cent. of it, and
went to start, when he seized my coat
tail, and, in stentorian tones, called out,
twenty five cents. good said I, but let
me pass, when he cited me to the enorr
nous expense of running his boat, and
plaintively remarked, that it was for
carrying me across that he charged me
the twenty five cents, and not for the
scenery, which | was permitted to be-
hold for nothing. | thanked him
kindly for his information, and again
remarked that, from the way in which
his boat labored, it surely was worth at
least twenty five cents. | advanced
into town with due diligence, having
heard that the Portland chaps were on
the look out for country chaps but no
one molested me /; and | can truly say
that Salem is a goodly sight. On every
side was heard the busy hum of indus
try, ON every hand was seen the busy
one, and for the number of people
which | saw, | do not think, taking
their faces as an index, that there is a
happier set of people in christendom. |
went to the Big Hotel, and sat down to
wait for hash; meantime, noticed a
squint eyed individual that kept his
eye on me all the time | finally made
up towards him, when he produced an
ancient envelope, and drew thercfrom n
piece of paper, which he presented to
me- 1t read thus Peter pritryels,
Dr. to Solomon Hogen, Publisher and
Proprietor of the Red Dog Bagte, two
hundred and fifty dollars for advertis-
ing the Great American Wild Cat
Quartz Lead" Sworn to before me,
Silvanus Swipes, n, p, My friend,
said mot a word, said he This is the
seventeenth time that | have dunued
you in two weeks; you thought that by
coming here from California you would
escape me, but | followed you Let me
cnlighten you, said l. No you don t,
said he But, said but and be id
to you, said he. At this junctare, hash
was announced, when friend came up
who identified me, and my prosecutor
left for the table somewhat crcstf4llen
but didn't he eat
Just as | had finished dinner, nrim
young lady entered the room, and sim.
pcringly remarked, that the cars would
start for Portland in about twenty min.
utes. All right. said |. Win you take
a buss, said she Him married, said
| |. But will you take buss said she.
Sarah Jane would be madder than a
hornet, said and by way Of au apol-
! ogy, said |. my will is good, and don =
care II | do; and | made tor her. But
you ought to have seen her eit aud in
about two minutes, in rushed fellow
with great mustache, and the half OF
nightgown tied on in front of him,
and demanded, in bad English, Vot |
makes fool NIT his frow, mine goth
kills you, No you don't said |, and by
this time young man shat will never
die with consumption for the want OF
exercising his lungs, bawled out-All
aboard for the depot. paid my bill,
which was reasonable for the amount
actually received, and | mounted his
vehicle. That young mans success is
assured in this world financial y-he
charged me fifty cents for hauling me a
mile; and his whole outfit, wagon,
horses, harness and all included, could
not have cost him over twenty FIVE dol
lars. The wheels of his hack were
about ten inches lower on one side than
on the other, which made the seats, set
on an angle of forty five degrees told
him about it, and he remarked, as he
put his two piles Of bones at a 24O
speed" Shoe fly, don't bodder me. y
| told him | would not, if he would not
kill me outright on the trip. Got aboard
the cars /: attempted to interview man
they called Holiday, but found to my
CONSERVATION that he was the chief
cook in the Two>bit House in Portland
On every hand the country gave signs
OF thrift; new houses were springine
up on all sides new fences were being
built; and from the number of thresh-
ers running on all sides, and the huge
stacks of grain in fields adjacent to the
railroad track, the people will soon have
plenty of new twepties. Here we are
at East Portland; and for the remain
der of this article eide next issue oi
REPUBLICAN.-KRALc.