Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-13

sort and deepest dye-a scuryy, low
lived, contemplate, set Of tmorous idi>
OTIS. Wherever you plant corn you
should plant pusnpkin vine, mul-
berry tree, field OF clover, an orchard,
turnips, cabbage, rye, and all sorts of
cereals. The name Of such farm is
phalanstery, which, however, will not
be perfect unless you place in the same
spot lot Of horses, hens, asses, tur-
keys, saImon> trout, Goldfish and eels.
Thus only can perfection be obtained.
o come, my feIlow>men, my sisters my
brothers, come you blear.eyed, lop-
cared, lantern,jawed, long haired set
If fools and donkeys, let us together
establish phalanstery Restrain not
the longing clover from iructifyin9 the
grape, nor the tnrnip from maing with
the daisy Think of it once-of its
beauty and utility; the pumpkin shall
lie down with the skunk cabbage, and
the little child shall cat them" Ezre-
rienced farmers shook their heads aud
would not take his advice-thc scurey
rascals-but u few believers established
model farm OF this sort at Brook
Farm, aud then Greeley left them 10
their innocent enjoyucnts he had lei
item thithcr aud was too honest to re-
main with them. lie hated 10 be
an5hed at after being ridiculous j,
While he was doing the absurd thing
he cared nothing for mirth at his cx
pense.
Failing with vegetables, he tried II
make cnts live an1cahly with dogs by
vanishing the first with oil aud sol ing
he latter In water Ii was on the
allure of this experiment that he be-
came "a quiet, una,-nming gentleman,
anxiaus 70 avoid notoriety and e&c8re
sllicisn, N the Tsstaae aitertarI,
lscllngIy remarked, lie became dis
2ulteh with animals. and determined
Lcucetofth 10 eat nothing but yescta
| bles, TO which he was driven, not because
| he loved them, not because he could not
u-tain himself by partaking merely Of
minerals lle tried to cat dirt awhile
| but his health began to iail, and he
| reHE4ui@hed the utet.
His reputation "a n philosopher ard
friend Of man had now spread far aud
q ear, and from all sections OF the conn>
try people flockcd to see the Chip
Chopper OF Chappaqna,' Tor such a
| utle, among many others was one he
loved, and one he had received from a
well known habit Of his. Whenever
he WAS nominated for any Office he ran
away TO thappaqun, sat down by the
indow and watc-cd. As soon as he
saw people come near his house, who
looked as If they might be delegates.
he tucked his trousers into his boots,
seized an ak, and ran out to meet them
at such times he always honestly de,
cIared that he had not seen them. and
was then on his way to cut down some
trees, like a plain, blunt man, honorahly
endeavoring to earn a living. Such are
some Of the anecdotes that are told OF
him, but he himself declares that they
arc infamous lies and wrctched sophis-
fries, invented by malicious men, who
knew them to be so--N. Y. World.
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Mr. Colfax had occasion to enforce
the rules of tic Senate under somewhat
peculiar circumstances the other day
The sale of wine io the Senate rcstau-
rant is positively prohibited Seoator
Spencer went in and ordered dinner and
wine for himself and a party Of friends
| The keeper Of the restaurant protested
that he could not furnish wine, as the
| Vice President had given him the very
strictcst instructions to comply with the
Senate rules. Spencer stormcd and
said he was Senator, etc, and said he
would be obeyed The wine was fur
nished aud the Vice President was nos
tilted that Senator had given positive
orders to be supplied with wine. Mr.
CoIfax came down III person, called Mr..
Spencer out, and quietly informed him
that he must respect the Senate rules
or be at once reported to the Senate es
breaking them. At first Mr., Spencer
was disposed to resist, but after very
slight reflection, he agreed to comply
with the rules and finish bis dinner With.
out wine,
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WHOSE SNAKE Is IT p The New
York Sun, which is seldom satisfied
with things, objects to the proportions
Of rattlesnakc recently seen in Garter
county in this State, and described as
reaching from one side of the road to
the other, while its body was as big as
an ordinary churn. The San says "it
was very badly proportioned snake"
and that sit shonld have been good
deal longer or good deal thinner
We should like to know who is uoning
the snakes Of tins State, the State her
self CT the editor Of the New York Sun.
Louisville Courier journal.
We furnish the Republican and
| Qem0resfs Monthly for 81 o. year.