The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-02-28
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ALBANY, Feb. a5, 1873.

breaS in Jefferson, and feeling the
need of rest and recuperation after our
stupendous. literary labor, we came to
the conclusion to make tour of ex-
| ploration and Investigation toward the
interior; consequently boar led one of
Holladay's moving hog palaces and
arrived at Albany, where we passed n
pleasant evening, visiting the county
Jail, foundry, and some other places of
amusement, winding up the day in q
| fruitless search for u Good Templar
demonstration which we understood
was being exhibited to q select and
private audience. Our search natu-
rally led us to a flrst-class saloon,
where we had the pleasure of witness
ing ''hotly" contested game of bill
lizards between an editor and fiddler !;
but we didn't understand the noble
game well enough To know which was
vaneuished. Nor did we suspend our
G. T. rules to drink any of the proprie-
tors "cussed stuff" as they frequently
do in jefferson, for no one offered to
treat. IIe left Albany the next day,
equally delighted with the place and
the glorious sunshine or weather, and
"a an instance of the genial influence
OF our winter suns, we will mention
having casually noticed an interesting
game of cards being played in the open
! dir in front of livery stable! Think
of that We storm-tossed, snow-bound
deni.zens of the Middle and Eastern
States!
We again ''took the cars" and pro-
ceeded ON oIr journey through an ex-
tensive patch o: deciduous grubs, from
which FREQUENT giimpses We're had of
the grand prairie, of sold Linn"-the
'.garden spot of OreA Aon."
The first place of iLlpoi tance after
leaving your city is Tang ent--a new
and interesting village, containing a
weli-built and coinmodious storage
house, blacksmith shop, several
6omicils in the near distance, and n
sufficient quantity of oak grubs to pay
off the national debt, ut the rate OF
dollar per grub; yet this city is not in
corporated.
We left the cars at Shedd's Station
and found its inhabitants just recover
ing from the effects of ludicrous and
windy war between an ex-County AS
SCISSOR and an ira>cible pcddier, about
an old sow and four dead pigs. No
blood shed. Shedd is 4 place of con-
siderable business Importance, or at
any rate we judged il TO be such from
the amount of the customers assem-
bled ut Whee!er's store. There is an
other store here, the proprietor of
which was also very busy-not waiting
on customers, however, but doing
nothing; nor is this to be wondered Mt,
as he neither advertises nor takes the
DEMOCRAT. Failing to impress any
one here with our Importance, or 10
find anything OF value that we could
appropriate "a memento, we again
''took up our line of march," making
detour to the westward into the
neighborhood OF the old town of Pco-
ria-one of the few villages in Oregon
OF which ii can be said "tbey were,
but they are not.' Perhaps we are too
fast however, as the place is still the
abode of several of the sterling citi-
zens of "Old Linn" and the village
blacksmith still remains-an excellent
workman, by the way, and one of the
most accomplished and finished whis-
tiers in existence. We passed several
days in the vicinity of this antiquated
town; noted some fine fields of wheat
Of fa.l sowing; numbers Of farmers
busy plowing, and found the principal
topic to be the farmers movement in
We here induiged in
that exhilerating pastime-duck hunt
ing-aDd succeeded in imbibing an i'm
mense amount of disgust over the use
less wafer resources OF this favored To-
cality, and the solitude-Ioving charac-
teristics OF its water fowl Our stro-
fys" of the chase summed up one duck
and one dead goose. The latter we
generously gave to a Accommodating
stranger. whom we Glanced to meet,
thus ooeying the scriptural injunction,
aye shall not eat. &c. ,"-Dcut. 14:2I-|
and proving to our pious friends OF
Jefferson that we are the possessor OF
religious proclivities, and our willing
ness to conform to the divine teachings
in any reasonable matter. On cur
homeward journey, we passed through
the precincts of "Ciyil Bend" a re-
gion once famed throughout all the
surrounding country for its numberless
"hOe-downs," shooting matches, mid
night disturbances, and gay pugilistic
between whiskey inspired
But all of these ancient
''roughs" long since followed their an
cesters, the coyotes and Indians, to the
remote frontier; and the Bend is now
populated by an industrious, contented,
and law-abiding community. We
that we are growing lengthy
and ill conclude, leaving out the in
formation that we gathered.
Thanks to Mr.. and Mrs. C., and
others in the latitude of Peoria and
Shedd. for kindness and hospitality
experienced and appreciated.
Abruptly yours, ALPHA.
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To MEET IN ALBANY.-The Oregon
State Temperance Union, which was
formed last week, at Salem, by the
seceders from the boisterous Woman
Suffrage Alliance, adjourned to meet
In this city ON the second EridaY