The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-02-07
HOME AND ABROAD.

Oregon has 80 newspapers.
Farmers Clubs everywhere,
Smeit at Herren's. No PUN, 'pon
honor, reader.
Write us short letters for the paper
from everywhere.
Our circulation Is increasing with
] amazing rapidity.
Lots of folks have paid up during
the week. Thanks.
+. L. Cranfiil, our Jefferson agent,
will accept thanks for new subscribers.
Regular meeting Of Corinthian Lodge
No. II, A. +. & A. NJ, tomorrow even
Ing.
Ell Carter, Esq, 10 still agent for
the Home Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany.
Frank Trimble, who was killed In
the battle with the Modocs, formerly
lived In this city.
The .Onesters" covered themselves
oil over with glory land with water
ut the fire Monday night.
The settlers In Goose Lake Valley
protection against the Indians.
"lfodoc punches are the rage In
Jacksonville. Here they generally
ask for "mo whisky punches"
One dry goods establishment In
Jefferson furnishes employment for
about six statesmen and clerks.
The nightly religious meetings In
this city continue to grow In the num-
ber In attendance and In interest.
An Indiana woman laments that her
husband had not better sense than to
take the best sheet to hang himself
The Oil Company at Salem has now
under contract some 1000 acres OF flax
crops for 1873; principally In Linn
county.
An Utah man, aged 81, having no
children Of his own, and yearning for
juvenile affection, Is about to marry u
girl OF 13.
II. Brcnncr, late proprietor OF the
st. Charles Hotel, has moved to Port.
land. We wish him prosperity In the
Metropolis.
Why is Dubois good hotel Keeper
Because q man can always put up with
him. IN. b.-This is intended to pro.
yoke larfter.)
Allentown. Pennsylvania, Is the
place to live In. Eve-y wife In town
gets up and lights the fires without a
word of complaint.
\ Linn county man who tried 20
larrup q mule into pulling, now tells
us that compulsory education Is fall
ure on that animal.
Elsewhere will be found O spunky
and able article from the pen Of Judge
Baber, one of the champions Of the
Farmers Club organizations.
II Is singular that hardly anybody
ever wants to he Road Supervisor for
second time. II seems to be n good
deal like hanging-oncc Is a plenty.
J. B. Sprengcr, the popular proprie-
tor Of the elegant ST. Charles Hotel,
in Portland, popped his head into our
Office for moment last Wednesday.
We are pleased to learn that Mrs. II.
Chcadle Is fast recovering from her
late dangerous Illness. Her little girl,
however, Is still very sick with typhoid
pneumonia.
II thine enemy offend thee turn him
loose among the fiddles. toot-horns,
etc, In this print shop just after the
boys have commenced hostilitics I'm
the evening.
That blue bird which we spoke Of
last week has gone back into his hole
and pulled the hole In after him. The
frisky grounding did the same thing
last Sunday.
Mr.. V. II. Caldwell has presented
US with a supply OF the incest ''prarie
Seeding" potatoes ever raised any
where out Of the classic bogs Of the
Emerald Isle.
The oldest existing Good Templar
Lodge in the State Is at jefferson. The
highest officer of the same organization
resides at the same place, viz, Jacob
Conser q. w. C. T.
The Road Supervisors have been fl
ing their reports during the week, and
the County Court has been busily en-
gagged In allowing their claims and ap-
pointing new "sups."
The latest mathematic Droblem: II
Sam May keeps door for Lish Apple.
gates lectures, how long will 1t take
the unsophisticated 'Lish to come out
o busted community
We have several dogs Of the sooner
breed in the city. They would sooner
suffer death by slow poison now than
suffer the scorching pangs of their
cowardIy poisoner in the next world.
The Jefferson School has a daily at
tendance Of from seventy to eighty
pupils. ]. F. Royce, Principal; Miss
Maggie Irvine, Assistant. the latter q
former resident and teacher of Albany.
A young fellow offered TO bet the
principal Of young ladies' seminary,
who was boasting Of the proficiency of
his pupils, that he kadn't girl In
his school who would "decline" hus-
band.
"a bushel Of Herd grass seed weighs
IA pounds; Timothy, A; Meadow-oat
grass; Z; Orchard grass. II; Italian rye
grass, Is; Bluegrass, 13; Red clover,
81; White clover, e5; Crimson clover,
60; Lucerne, go.
An Albany lady few days ago
found four little hoodlums playing
"seven-up," in the hay-loft, and the
way she made 'em high-low- -jack-out
o. that was a caution to all future ju-
| Yenile disciples of HoYle