The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-08-16
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For Grant.." ,.............. Sc everal
! For Greeley ...s.. Frequently
For Captain Pcarce The Male Line
For Woman's rights. The Female
Line
For Louisville =. i. The Gen. Lyt,e
For-get-me-not -, -. The Fat Con-
| tributor
| The above, you perceive, shows a
clear majority for The peoples choice,
i When | announced the .'straw," the
scholarly man remarked, In II solemn
tone
"Behold the child, by Natures kindly law,
4 Pieased with rtttle, ticlcled witha straw.
! heard a man complaining because
his wife w;ls rpnntDy taken With the
oil fever. She llaita piece Of land OF
her own in West Virginia where oil
had been found. and nothing to do bnt
she must organize company and go
to boring. She bored him.to 90 for a
long time, hut he wouldn't so she
went herself.
tod the man he would be justified
| III suing Ior II ulVOFCe.
"On what groundsy" sad the man.
Fright there, on her oil grounds"
II mean what plea could offer.''
'sl'hat she lett your bed and borsd."
AT Louisville | lett the mail boat,
regrettlng exceedingly that couldn't
take it with me, and embarked on The
sternwheeler J. i. Rankin bound for
Evansville.
! | once knew IN old man who bet he
would wheel Il barrel of llourt ten miles
over mud road If Henry Clay wasn't
elected President. never saw such
StaHrheeicr as that man was about the
sixth mile.
made some inquiry at Louisville
as to how the steamer ranks, and was
gntitied to find it rankin about as
high as any Of the stern-wheelers.
There was water enough to permit us
going over the tails, which we did in
gallant style, with colcrs flying.
Justbelow the t;lllswe passed another
stcrnwhceler. We've left herasten, ("
cried the captain Of the Rankin, ex-
ultingly.
IlIlsIled to the stern ofthe boat. ex-
amined it critically. and, returning,
asked the captlinit he wasn't mistaken
about that.
Mistaken about wlmt?" he inqnir-
ed. ~
II think YOU remarked Of yonder
boat, that we lad left her a stern.
find, on examination, that the stern
like our flag, is still there, consequent
| ly you couldn't have left her q stern,
unless you carry an extra one or two
TO leave boats youa on friendly terms
with, which il hardly probable, Nc,
CaptaiA saw Eoll give her ban as
you passed, but yon certainly haven't
left her stern.
Nonsense, exclaimed the captain;
II mean we got ahead of her.
Got ahead fiber. Where is it I?
What do you propose to do with it ~
The captain regarded me long and
sadly, and then lie remarked, in tones
Ofdeep solelnnity, Young man, if it
wasn't any better head than you have
got would throw It overboard.'
And yet | studied steamboatilIg I'M
der Cons. Millar.
The scenery below Louisville isvcry
charming indeed, the river winding
among hills clothed at this season in
the richest yerlure. Always beauti-
fiji, the view sometimes approaches
sublimity. The boNt stopped very
often to put off or take OH freight and
passengers. The gentle villagers came
down to the landing to welcome u:.
1t was really touching to see how cor
daily our mate would shake them By
the hand, and borrow Il cllaw terbackcr
of 'em. Occasionally we passed a
sternwheeler going up, andexclmnged
cheers with her. Our deck hands ex-
changed stools and humps of coal with
one boat they weren't on good terms
with.
stopped off at Camelton, Indiana, |
some seVenty-fiye miles from Evans
vile. Cannelton is noted for posses-
sing some OF the finest minds in the
West, but they are coal mines. Can
mel coal comes from the vicinity. The
American Camel Coal Company have
three extensive mines thcre--two OH
the Indiana and one on the Kentucky
side OF the river. The Indiana cotton
mill, employing $50 hands, is at Can
Melton. ii. ID. Newcomb of Louis
vile is the principal owner; i. Will
bur, superintendent. j. G. Ford of
Louisville chief proprietor of the coal
mines, Hamilton Smith, agent. The
cotton mill is fine structure, built of
stone qlmrried IN the vicinity. 1t turns
out l4,500 yards of cotton cloth per
dry. Cannelton is handsome town
of 5000 inhabitants. lEawesville, q
romantic little Kentucky village, isop-
posite. Adieu.
An ANECDoTE OF FRANKLlN.--In a
speech before the House of Lords and