The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-05-09

the public schools of this city, and cit
izens from almost every portion of Linn
and adjacent counties will be In at
tendance. An address by NJ. Y. Brown,
music by Albany Brass Band, singing
by the Glee Club, match games of base
ball and croquet and other rural sports
and vernal pastimes will fill to the
brim the measure of the days amuse-
ments, and the festivities will close
with grand ball at Pacific Opera
House, under the auspices and for the
benefit of Albany Engine Co. No. L.
The public, especially of Albany, who
delight in bowling ut the shrine of
Terpsichore, should not neglect this
opportunity of gratifying themselves
aud contributing to the maintenance
and support of our very superior lire
company. All persons of respectable
ity are invited to the ball, tickets, In
Guiding supper, having heen placed at
the low price of $3.50. The East Port
land Quadrille Band has been engaged
to furnish music for thu occasion, and
no effort will be spared to make 1t en-
inently recherche in all respects.
IMPORTANT TO FARMERs.-On last
Saturday Mr. Addo Borchers, of Tan
gent, had on exhibition in this city u
, newly-invented elod grinder which at
tracte;i Il constant crowd about 1t dur
ing the day. 1t is made wholly of iron
the ribs, or runners upon which the
machine travels, being cast, aud the
rolls which form the screen through
which the clods are ground are o!
wrought iron or steel. The specimen
on exhibition is - feet long by feet
wide, and, drawn by light span OF
horses, is capable of working up thirty
acres of the most stubborn c!ods per
day. BY this process the elods are not
pressed down into the earth, rs with
many other machines, but are stirred
up and completely pulverized In pass
ing through the intricate wires of the
"grinder." The machine has bsen
/ fully tested by Messrs. Martin Luper,
| Philip Low, and st veral other scientific
farmers of Linn, and all speak In the
/ highest praise of its utility. Mr.. Dor
chers has filed his caveat and applied
for a patent upon the machine.
/ Nor FLaTTERING TO OREGoS.-
The brig Orient brought some 200 wag-
ons to Oregon, which, may he set down
as shame to our State. IFi;h timber,
lumber, iron, and everything requisite
tn manufacture her own wagons, as well
ical implements, it Is worse than n
shame that We must drain our Golfers
tn patroniZe foreign markets, and thus
send away yearly hundreds of thou
circulation at home. Hurry mp the
Saut:am Ditch, and let our Albany
capitalists erect here q manufactory for
wagons and agricultural machinery
that will he the pride Of the State and
of ircalculahie bencti. TO our people.
u "HoaE AGAIN."-Dr. Rice and fum-
lily have returned from the Lapwai
/ Reservation, aud wi | in future reside
! in this city. where the Doctor will re-
sumo the practice of his profession.-
! We much regret to learn that Mrs.
/ Rice's health is still feeble, as her
| friends fondly hoped that she would
] have become fully restored by her
Ayear's sojourn among the invigorating
6rcezes OF Northern Idaho.
! MATCH GAME, MAYBE.-The AL
tany Base Ball Club has challenged
the "Athletics," of Corvallis, to play
4 match game at the Firemen's Picnic,
near this city, next Tuesday. I. is
/ also probable that n m9tch game OF
croquet will lie played at the same
time and place. Other nsdtches will
| probably be male up on that OCCASION,
unless our girls and boys act different
from all others on similar occasions.
FIXING Up.-The Er01elphian SocI-
ETY. of Albany Collegiate Institute has
just received from Portland chair for
| the use Of their President, costing Sic,
and also have decorated their rooms
with other useful and appropriate fur
niture. They have ordered nearly one
hundred dollars worth OF new books
from the East, and now expect to put
themselves upon q genuine literary
footing shortly.
! ANOTHER PIONEER GoyE.-George
Simpson, Esq, of this county, has just
| received the melancholy intelligence
of the death of his father, Francis
Simpson, in Pitt River Valley, Califor-
MIA, on the 22i of last month De-
ceased was in the 9th year of his age,
and leaves large family TO mourn his
loss. He was an old resident of this
county, having settled here in 1852.
ISsURANcE.-N0w that there are 50
many fires and ramors OF fires In the
country, every man should secure an
insurance policy on his property. ELI
Carter, Esq, represents the Home Mu-
tual of San Francisco, one of the most
reliable Companies in existence. See
the new add.
If anybody thinks he can edit this
paper this week any better than we
can he is welcome to try it on during
the next issue. What ..th the game
law in force, which prevents shooting in
the corporate limits of town, and the
4 chicken ordinance not signed by the