The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-07-28
LOCAL prcK1Nas.

Harvesting progresses.
Harvest hands in demand.
New potatoes, 8 cts. per ib.
Wood taken on payment of debts
due this Office.
Two of the iron cells for our county
Jail have arrived.
Jack Alphin says "Unk Weed"
means dog-fennel.
Wheat In Liverpool, lis. 3D.; In San
Francisco Sa,17@2,27.
Two large brick-yards are In success
full operation in this city.
s. A. Clarke, of the Statesman, spent
Tuesday night in our city.
Tickets for the Firemens Ball to-
night. including supper, $3.50.
Regular Masonic Communication at
Corinthian Hall tomorrow night.
Quite refreshing shower of rain
visited this region last Wednesday
morning.
The Buckeye Sewing Machines are
all the rage, and Miner 4 Pearson are
selling 'skads" of them.
Running off with another mans wife
is styled larceny in st. Louis. Petty
tcoatO larceny, probably.
Senator Strahan, of Benton county,
left his compliments in our office dur
ing our absence last Monday.
f. c. McLain and family have re-
turned from Upper Soda with Mrs.
Mes health visibly improved.
Experience warrants us In recon-
mending Halls Vegetable Sicilian
| Hair Remover as sure remedy for
gray hair.
John Claypool and his bride have
gone to their mountain home at Fish
Lake to spend the golden days of the
honeymoon.
\ large number of invited guests
witnessed the nuptial ceremonies oi
John Claypool and Miss Pennington
last Sabbath.
We are indebted to our elegant friend
]. Il. Grouse, for complimentary tick
es to the Harrisburgh ball which came
Off last night.
If Marshal Weller don't tend to driv-
| ing the nails down in the sidewalks we
will mention his name right out In
these columns.
| We acknowledge an invitation from
our friend, A. u. Sears, To attend u ball
Mt Harrisburg last evening. We trust
our neighbors of that city had Joyous
and festive time.
Mrs. S. \. Johns will In few days
move her stock of millinery up stairs
over Beach's store, where she will fit
up one of the neatcst establishments
of the kind in Oregon.
Mark Twain says: 'I have seen
slower people than am-and more de-
liberate people than / am-and even
| quieter, and more listless, and lazier
people than l am. But they were
| dead.n
| The remark of an exchange, "that
many of our successful lawyers COM
menced life as preachers" Is gracefully
corrected by one of the legal gentlemen
referred to, who begs leave to state that
| he began life as an infant.
! J. ID. Titus and wife and Nathan
/ Baird and wife have returned from Il
/ pleasure-sceking trip to the mountains
and had gay and festive time. Titus
| says there are two hundred camps oi
i excursionists between Lower and Upper
/ Soda Springs.
( Johnny was telling his ma how he
1 II. ,..tsx
he was a man. His ma asked, "John-
ny, how do you expect TO get your liv-
( ing when you get to be man 2"
"Well," said Johnny, "Pll get married
and live with my wife's pa"
We are requested to present the
thanks of the Baptist Society to the
people Of this city for their liberal pat
ronaee OF the Festival last Friday night.
To DIR. Tate the managers of the Fes-
tival are especially grateful for the free
use of his hall on that occasion.
/ Jason Wheeler, Abe Hackleman and
! Andrew Cowan, accompanied by their
respective families, went to the noun
t tains lastfweek and gathered one hun
dred and fifty gallons of blackberries!
Wheeler killed buck and Hacklemais
slew little lamb dcer-vulgarly called
a fawn.
Jack Grouse has gathered up quite a
collection of stuffed animals for his sa-
loon. What with the three savagcly-
glaring cougers, the vicious looking
wild cat, and other equally formidable
and ornery looking beasts, his resort
presents the appearance of a young
/ Barnum's Museum.
/ An irascible old gentleman was taken
with sneezing in the cars lately. After
sneezing in most spasmodic way
eight or ten times, he arrested the par
oxysm for moment, and extricating
his handkerchief, he thus Indignantly
addressed his nasal organ "Oh! &c
on-go on, you'll blow your Internal
brains out presently"
/ Delicious! extatic! ! blissful!
The sensation which creeps over a fel.
low after taking draught of Caroth.
ers' Arctic Soda. Go and do it If yor
/ Wdub Do IeeI llhe couHLTy HcW5pdpcl
editor with the office full of advance
paying subscribers or a school-marn
with her 4th of July fixins on.
We had the pleasure, few day.
since, of meeting Mrs. Joseph Young
of Eagle Creek, Clackamas county
who is at present visiting her many
friends in this county. She was for
merIy a resident of Linn county, ant