The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-07-11

spicies of strict religious sect, whe
are sdown on" secret societies and al
kinds of worldly frivolities. This Col
lege Is presided over by an intensei,
loyal and eminently Puritanlca
preacher who doesn't believe thai
Democrats, Masons and Odd Fellow,
will have any part or lot with the bles,
| In the world to come. He has recent.
ly had the title of Bishop conferred
upon him--the highest dignity, we
believe, that can be bestowed upon the
clergy of his branch Of the Christian
church. A short time ago, we are In
formed, he went East for the purpose OF
having this distinguished title conferr.
eel upon him, being accompanied In
his travels by several persons who
knew him In his own county. These
persons tell the following story:
While the cars were speeding East
ward, through the deep canyons and
wild gorgcs Of the Rocky Mountains, q
couple of gentlemanly appearing pass
engers, who were sitting I'm an adjacent
seat to Bishop c., to while away the
slowly tagging hours producesi q pack
of cards and introduced that delightful
and innocent little game called .'Three-
card Monte" which the same shortly
attracted the Bishops attention and SO
thoroughly absorbed his thoughts rs
% drive away every consideration of
his sacred calling ana the aspiring
mission upon which he was then speed
ing Eastward. Keeping his syes fixed
intentIy upon the cards as they were
manipulated In the soft white hands of
the gentlemanly dealer, he was soon
convinced that he had the correct
"littie JOKER corraled, and just to sat
isfy himself that his judgement was
not at fault the positive Blshop conf
IDENTIFY, but prayerfully, laid a twenty
dollar piece on the Garland won!
"Ah. hat soliloquized this new disci-
pie OF Bret Harte's heather chinee,
"T will proceed with this interesting
game and despoll these young men Of
their ill.gotten gains. that may de-
vote them To more holy purposes; yea,
verify, / will piunk down one hun
drei dollars this time-a M And he
did IL; but somehow the cards were not
properly mixed, or shufied, or what
ever IL Is called In gambler's vernacu-
lar, and behold his Sl00 went up the
fiume! ''Veriii," quoth the Bishop,
"Why Is this thingthu Icould have
made affidavit that had mine eyes
fixed firmly upon the identical spotted
pasie-boarl upon which the success Of
my venture depended, and yet, alas,
the sleek young man has got away
with my filthy lucre-um" He sat
and watched the process of pasteboard
manipulation for little while and at
length being fully confident that he
now could guess the card, and being
desirous OF retrieving his Ill-fortune of
the previous venture, he laid upon his
favorise carl another hundred dollars;
but when IL was turnel up for the
scrutiny of the crowd who hal gath
cred about the gnmesters, II was the
wrong carI-an,l-he had lost, again!
With groan he turned aegay and left
that deceitful game, fully satisfied that
he must look elsewhere for schemes of
gain and means of replenishIng his
almost exhausted exchequer. He has
since returned to his home in the
Willamette valley, clothed with his
Bishops robes, and will shortly open
his College for new and prosperous
year.
The statements herein contained are
facts which can be substantiated by
citizens Of Oregon whose veracity has
never been questioned.
CIRCUIT CoURr IN BENTON
During the progress Of Circuit Court
for Benton county. now sitting at Cor
wallis, weobserved the following climbs
of the law'' In attendance: w. W.
Thayer of Portland; Geo. n. Helm,
Judge Baldwin and j. C. Powell, Of
Albany; J. J. Daily and l.. Vineyard,
Of Dallas; Judges Burnett. Strahan,
Kelsay and Chenoweth, Of Corvallis
The docket il very heavy, there being
forty causes, only six of which are
criminal actions. His Honor, Judge
Mosher, although but so recently hav-
ing donned the ermine, presides with
ease and dignity, and commands the
universal respect of those In attend
ance upon his sittings. He is q quick
thinker and ready reasoner, which,
with his full knowledge of the law, en-
ables him to dispatch business with
rapidity, as well as safety to Justice
We confidently predict that Judge
Mosher will occupy no inferior posi-
tion among the honorable members OF
the Supreme Bench of Oregon. On
Monday, after the convening Of the
Court, Hon. Jno. Kelsay introduced a
series Of resolutions Of respect to the
memory of the late Hon. A. j. Thayer,
Judge of the Second District; after
which able and feeling remarks, eulo.
CYSTIC of his virtues and regretful OF his
decease, were made by Judges Kelsay,
Straham, Burnett, Chenoweth, and
His Honor, Judge Mosher, when the
Court stool adjourned until Tuesday
morning in respect to his memory.
GooD FOR AsToRIA.-At n meeting
held at Astoria, Thursday Of last week
for the purpose OF subscribing to the
stock OF the corporation known as the
astoria Farmers Warehouse Company
81, 800 was subscribed. A committee
was appointed to raise the balance o
81 100, making 5000, besides donating