The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-31
JOTTIEGs AND JoURNBY1Ees

- CA- l'N~-N VI NAAl NeillA-
paign, We will attempt brief jotting of
our journeyings, asking our readers to
bear with US if we should grow prosy or
prolix.
The evening Of the second inst. found
us at Salem snugly ensconsed in Mrs.
Riley's Commercial Hotel, and at the
hour appointed for the lecture we were
met by large and deeply attentive au-
dience, in Col. Reeds Opera House.
We were surprised and gratified at this
reception, as friends had told us that
such was the apathy Of the public mind
that no speaker could Tally a respecta-
BILE audience anywhere during the cam
paign. 1t was our first visit at Salem
since the Temperance Broil," and we
glanced around us furtively on entering,
half expecting Modoc Thornton to at
tack us as of old but the superannuated
warrior has gathered himself home to
his Father in the subterranean abodes of
the ''ardent," and we failed TO encOun-
ter his creaking voice and sinister coun-
tenance. "Thus passeth away the glory
of the world" Roquiesat in pace
whatever that may mean.
After the address we spent an hour in
pleasant reunion with many friends who
crowded up to greet us and renew their
subscription to the Peoples Paper, and
when, a half hour later, we sought our
quiet room, it was with an humble,
grateful feeling that some lasting good
had been done to Freedom and Morality
that we consigned our weary brain to
sleep. The morning dawned clear, bland
beautiful; one of those superb October
days Of which we can only say, "they
are perfect"
Salem has the appearance of n quiet,
inland Eastern city. Its people are re-
markably progressive, liberal and intel
ligent, and we doubt if more genuine cul-
ture can be found in any Capital in the
Union. We have here a very large sub
scription list, and it steadily increases,
as old subscribers grow tired Of loaning
the papers that they wish to keep for
files, and old borrowers grow ashamed
of reading the NEW NORTHWEST at our
expense.
Taking the train for Albany, we were
soon in snug quarters in the elegant
home Of our staunch Human Rights
friend, Mrs. NJ. J. Foster, who, with her
worthy and influential husband and in
teresting family of SONS and daughters,
are always foremost in good words and
works.
In the Court House in this place We
had an excellent audience of Demo-
Gratis and Republicans, who seemed un-
willing to leave the hall after lecture
of near two hours length. All the
leading citizens of this place are SUBJ
scribers to the Peoples Paper and, OF
course, we were among friends.
Albany improves slowly but steadily,
and we remark with pride that really
poor people are scarcely TO be found
| in its borders. Its schools are in very
fiourishing condition, and its business
interests keep pace with its education.
Saturdays train took US to Eugene
where we had the Court House crowded
with fashionable, intelligent and hap
Ply audience. We were never better re-
ceived anywhere; and if there were gen.
tlemen or ladies present who fancied we
were "outof our sphere" they certainly
! forgot it, or there is no language in beam
ing faces. But we did feel sorry fol
Buys, Of the Guard. He went out and
straightway buried himself in the
debris Of his paper. Poor fellow! Peace
10 his carcass. How We wish we had
time TO portray the beauties in and
around this thrifty little city. But we
believe we promised to be brief.
Sunday, and we were on the way to
Roseburg.
Everywhere, as we looked abroad over
the broad expanse of country, we saw
long lines of teams, loaded down with
wheat. And as we passed depot after
depot, where granaries, shops and stores
were filled and garnered with grain, the
query repeated itself, where does all
the grain come from >" Verify ours i,
goodly land.
/ Our train was laundering on toward
Oakland, through a charming valley
bordered by undulating landscapes from
whose bosoms beautiful hills rose abrubt
ly, crowned by oaks or firs, and the long
line Of cars was winding in and out
along the serpentine roadway, wheI
suddenly, OH a down grade, the engin,
whistled sharp, quick signals that plain
| ly ment "down breaks, Distractions OF
the track"
Our train was nearly half mile il
length, and several minutes elapsed be
fore she could be stopped. Then, Will
engines reversed, she started back, anC
We, desiring to learn the nature of tn,
calamity, stepped on the platform of thu
rear car and watched and waited. Pres
emily black object, by the roadside
which we at first supposed to be horse
but soon saw was a man, came plainl!
into view, with ghastly face, and bleed
ing nose and mouth, his whole franz
quivering in mortal agony.
The man had been intoxicated, ant
gone to sleep, lying beside the track
with his head so near the rail that tn
heel of the COW catcher drove il
mighty spur into his skull. May W
never look upon the like again. Evel
now the horrid vision haunts us. O