The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-01-26
"OREGON JOURNALISM" !"

Tom. u. Merry, who is now chief
ink-slinger on the Yreka Union, and
who is mad at Oregon because he
couldn't sail up the turbid waters of
the classic Santiam in wash-tub,
using bottle of "Jackey's Best" for
"jack-staff," perpetrates the follow
ing base libel upon Oregon journal
ism. Hear the ignoble and fond-
ish slanderer:
"While sojourning few days in
Douglas county, Oregon, last fall, we
happened to catch glimpse of an
elaborately printed placard of the
Oregontan, a very fairminded but de-
cidedly old-fogyish newspaper pub
lished at Portland. One feature on
the placard struck US forcibly. 1t
read thus: ''It is the oldest paper
in the State and still maintains its
place in the front ran ok Oregon
journalism"
Now to benighte2. ignoramus,
whose groveling instincts had never
led him beyond the north boundary
OF this county, this would seem moth
ing but harmless piece OF self-laud
alton. II an editor doesn't speak
well OF himself, who will do it for
him? Echo and the owls answer
Who? But we have been thar and
can give our readers some idea Of
what Oregon journalism consists
Last fall n year ago, Webfoot prin-
ter who published an intellectual and
benign-in fact, We may say, seven
by nine-newspaper, had the audac-
the privilege of buying a young Ia
dy's toggery for the. rest of her life.
Indeed, as they we're to trot in
double harness hereafter, and had
been through the halter, nothing was
loft but for my friend TO take bridal
tour. SO off he went TO Astoria, of
course. He left US to edit the paper
while he was gone. We found that
we were transplanted into new at
mosphere. We tried to do the To-
Gale. and got things horribly mixed.
Not being good proof-reader, the
villianous compositors made wretch
ed work of our manuscripts and no.
body discovered the mistake until the
entire issue was worked off. In fact
the proofs were badly taken, as the
only roller the Office could afford was
an old piece of firc-engine hose COW
cred with layer OF dilapidated
horse blanket. We wrote an item
one day, TO this effect:
PnooREssISq.- learn from Mr..
Romeo Mc1iinnis, that his wagon road
To the forks of tho Luckiamute will be
done in about ten days. Mr.. Mc6. il
doing this as a private enterprise, and
would have finished IL long ago but !oy
"a lack Of scasouable rains.
When the boy set this up, lie got
1t III as lack OF reasonable brains, -
and the next day McGinnis got after
Us with a four-year old hickory plant
We drove him off with q "revulyer'
as the Dctchman called it who loan.
ed it to us. That fight was indefi,
nitely postponed. under suspension
of the rules.
But ono. thing we noticed most was
the Chestertieldian style that could
not fail to impress the most careles:
observer. Here are some paragraph.
from our exchanges of that memora.
bic week.
tfrom the soaE Greek sluns nsullion.l
They have new editor for the Po.
dunk Palladium. He is an English
man by birth and wears Dundrear,
whiskers. He is the author of the
| gross libel on Hon. Romeo McGin-
mis-. in the last issue of that paper
We are informed that when the car
pes-bagger found out that he was go
ing to be attacked, he hired a ston,
mason to build him n "bloody bar
recks," as he designated it. We ap
prehend that whenever Beauregart
Skaggs, Esq, the talented editor o
that paper, returns from his brida
tour, he will give the Brittisher hi
walking papers. Mr.. Skaggs ant
lady passed through here last Frida.
night, looking as well as could be ex
pected. They are spending thei
honeymoon at Wapatoo Lake.
lie has gone to the lake in the camas swamp
With his bride so loving and true;
And every night, by the moons pale lamp,
He paddles her white canoe.
From the Long Tom Lifeboat1
The editer of the Rickreal Repro
bqte says that illness in his famil,
prevented his attendance at the Goo,
Templars' Ball. last Friday night
This is base lie and we nail it t
I. the cross. Will the hell-hound c
the Reprorate deny that he was lay
ing abed while his wife was washin
his shirt on the night of the ball ?
We challenge an investigation of th
facts and defy the base coward t
show his hand.
From the Chehalem Cherubim.l
Some God -defying scoundrel ha
entered our sanctum while we wer
sparring old Jinpigg for our morr
ing cocktail across the street, an
stolen our manzanita pipe. May th
, lightnings of Heaven blast his Gov
ardly carcass, and rot the foul ma
row in his necrosized bones, as /
flies from the scene of his crimc wit
the brand of Cain upon him an
his face stamped with the hoof {
sin.
!; [Prom the Yamhill Yeoman.l
The sneaking, cowardly cur WI
edits the Pokerville Bugle, intimat,
: that our worthy and efficient Coul
: ty School Superintendent is givin
> all the girls in the county teacher
( certificates. regardless of fitness fl
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