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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16
LETTER FROM FOREST GROVE.
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Dear 1frs. Dniway,-Cpon return
ing from my weekly visit to the Sanetu-
airy on yesterday, l found a quiet, leis-
ure hour awaiting me. Wishing to pur-
sue the charitable train of thought in
dueed by the discourse to which had
just listened, and remembering that
literature Of a moral and elevating ma
ture is for this purpose recommended by
Sabbath-school teachers and divines,
cast about me for something TO render
profitable the hour. Uncertain what
to select from the pile of newspa-
pers and periodicals that filled my desk,
l stood awhile perplexed-but stood not
long-for a luoky-or as the sequel
proved unlucky-turn Of the Christian
Union revealed q Forest Grove Hnde-
pendent, which being under the direct
supervision Of learned ID. D., could
scarcely fail to be orthodox and godly
enough to quiet the conscience of the
most old-fashioned seeker after the letter
and spirit of the fourth commandment.
Expecting, Of course, to find the cream
of its oft-boasted morality in the edito-
rial columns, turned to them at once,
and imagine my surprise TO find, before
| had reached the foot OF the first col
umn, TRADE of abuse, abounding in
malice, envy and all uncharitableness,
and setting at defiance all rules of de-
cency and courtesy! Finding by q
hasty turn of the sheet that | had not
mistaken the paper, stopped, removed
my spectacles, carefully wiped and re-
adjusted them, and being convinced that
the Sunday reading must be i'm another
column, glanced nervously across the
page, and my ruffled feelings were for q
moment smoothed, for there, conspicu-
Gus in heavy type and double exclama-
tion points, stood "PHifcdtion ~ Alas,
that your correspondent must again ae-
knowledge himself the victim Of mis-
placed confidence. Yet such is the fact
for following close upon the delusive
word came "PerditiOn ," And from thi:
last emenated as many gross mis-state-
ments, and as much self-righteous as.
sumption, as the prince and ruler of the
realms invoked could possibly crowd
into such meagre space. l had by thi:
time n feeling that moral ~ Literature
Of the kind furnished to the readers o
the Independent by its nominal editor
and his worthy assistants OF "headless'
fame and ministerial attainments, wa!
not just the thing to induce a Christian
frame of mind on n Sabbath afternoon
So after receiving the assurance from
another column that "violent or unius
attacks would be excludedn from tn,
paper, and finding still further proof o
the truth (?) of this extraordinary state
ment in the expiring wall of the "fa
=. NJ" in his lugubrious attempt a
merriment, threw the paper aside, re
solved that if In the future I should vic
late the fourth commandment, II shoul,
at least be done in q more exeusabl,
manner than by reading the Forest
\ Grove Independent. NJ.
FOREST GROVE, January IL, 1874.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16
WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE.

Professor Sheldon Amos, 4. NJ, in his
recent work entitled, "EngIish Consti-
tuition and Government" says: 1.-The
argument in favor of allowing women
to vote is still stronger than that in
favor OF lowering the franchise for men.
This movement is the more important,
as a bill for the purpose of extending the
suffrage to women is brought in every
year into the House of Commons, and
two years ago passed its second reading.
There is q strong body or association OF
people in favor of the movement,
though there is In some quarters great
dislike 10 it. The arguments in favor OF
it are: l. That under the existing law,
women vote in all municipal elections
on the same basis "a men. .. That
many women own land and houses and
all other things in exactly the same way
as men do. 3. That women pay exactly
the same taxes estimated on their prop
erty rs men DO. 4. That women are
affected by the law in the same way as
men are. ). That woman's interests are
injuriously affected in Parliament
through women not influencing the
elections. 9. That ordinary women are
in all respects as much qualified in their
minds as ordinary men, as is shown hy
= woman being Queen OF England"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16

THE ADVANTAGE OF ADVERTISING.
After the crash of '57, when everybody
was almost scared to death, and the
croakers predicted that the country had
gone TO smash, dry goods house was
opened in this city, which proceeded OIL
the principle that in order to reach the
boarded money in the pockets of the
people the proprietOrs must sell at very
reasonable prices and advertise very
largely. They worked vigorously upon
this principle. Their brother merchants
who did not advertise predicted that the
new conner would be ruined, as they
paid too much for advertising. Never
theless, they persisted. In q single day
they paid five hundred dollars in gold
to the Daily Wisconsin for advertising,
and at the end Of seven years they re-
tired from business with n fortune OF
one hundred thousand dollars, while
the other merchants OIL the same street,
some Of them opposite their store, had
lfailed.-MtWdukie Wisconsin.
The n. Y. Post, in copying this para
graph, says:
1--WE remember q similar instance
among our advertisers in the panic OF
1857. A merchant continued his adver-
tisement in our columns through the
whole period OF stagnation, nOtwith-
standing many predictions that lit
wouldn't pay His testimony afterward
was that his sales were steady and his
profits satisfactory, while many n mer-
chant around him who couldn't afford
to advertise, saw his clerks stand idle
behind the counters"
A financial panic does not mean that
no one has any money. There is plenty
of money in the country, and those who
hoard it are just the ones to be eager for
the bargains which fall in the prices
holds out. But to buy they must know
where to buy, and the merchant who
| tells them receives their cash.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16
ANOTHER DEFEAT.

The telegraph brings the news that
Caleb Cushing couldn't come into the
Chief Justiceship. Cause, too much
Southern Confederaey, We hazard a
guess that this appointment was made
by the President, knowing that this re-
suit would follow; and we also predict
that the experiment will be repeated
with another luckless aspirant or two,
after which Williams will receive the
appointment without opposition. The
President, Attorney-General and Mrs.
Williams are the three longest-headed
politicians IN Washington.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16
LETTER FROM INDIANA.

Mrs. 4. j. Diniicdy-D Dear Madam
y few days ago as l was travelling on
the Illinois Centrall Railroad, stranger,
hailing from Oregon, gave ME number
OF newspapers, among which were two
copies Of the NEW NORTHWEST.
had often heard favorable accounts oi
you and your paper, but must say that
l was not prepared for such a sensible,
crisp, saucy, moderate convincing,
piquant, descriptive and argumentative
journal ss you publish. | was deeply
lntererested in your letter, describing
your Journey "Down Puget Sound. "
Your encounter, too, with a Kalama
lshmaelite-have you many men ol
that stripe on your coast ? Not many,
thank goodness.-ED.l Pray tell me,
who is "Iours Truly?" Is she marriage
able? And have you many girls as SHARP
ana sensible? IShe's an Oregon pro-
duction, sir, and we have plenty such.
II you want TO know more about her,
address "YOurs Truly" care New
NORTHWEST, and We will forward the
letter and ask 10 questions.-ED.l
l have long been contemplating a
removal to the Pacific Coast, but my
parents are aged and heed my presence
and care, and have feared to remove
them to new country on account OF
the hardship. Old folks are not rs easily
transplanted as young bachelors.
The woman question which you bat
Tie Tor so vigorously is gaining ground
very rapidly in the west.
l think your plan of compelling poll
hcians to feel the necessity Of woman's
aid in the Government is sure to win.
enclose SO 20 for subscription to the
NEW NORTHWEST for one year, begin
ming with January lst.
Respectfully,
ID. G.. CLARK.
EVANSVILLE, December 80, 1873.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16

4 DEAD CITY.-Meadow Lake is one
of the strangest towns in California-One
of the strangest on the continent. 1t is
the California Pompeii, the years of
whose antiquity one can reckon on the
fingers of his hands, whose entombed
lava is the summit snow storms, which
somtlmes bury it twenty-five feet deep
on level, and whose annual exhuma-
tion is brought by the summer sun. OF
all the eloquent and melancholy monu-
ments of that "dead work" with which
California and Nevada are strewn so
thickly-that work which was eonse-
Grated with human toll, human heroism
and suffering, albeit often stained with
deplorable exhibitions of avarice, folly
and crime, on which money and splen-
did talents and dauntless energy were so
prodigally expended, and which all
went for nothing-this Is the most strlk-
ing. This abandoned and desolute city,
stapding in the far solitudes OF the sum-
mits of the Sierra Nevada, presents
spectacle sadder than GOldsmith's DE
serted VILLAGE because not redeemed,
like that, by the softening touch oil
human affections, traditions ana mem
ories, by the glamour OF tender asso-
Citations, or by any ivy-growh TuiIs ~
and mellow, pensive landscapes, Wll!ch j
might relieve the harshness ana haIg-
ness of the almost Arctic shTrouIlu-
inQs
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16
ADVICE.

What has the beautiful town of Forest
Grove been guilty of that 1t must be
scourged continually with the support
of a scurrillous, filthy, profane, lying
and imbecile editor? Our first impulse
was to copy ''stick-full' of false ac-
cusations aud profane TRADE against the
NEW NoRTHHEsT that burdened the So
called Independent, organ of Gov. Gro
yer at Forest Grove last week, but the
thing was not fit to print, so we must
leave our many readers who are so for
tunate as not to see the lying missile, to
their own imaginings concerning it.
When the Iadepeadont came out a
fortnight since with column or 40 OF
the Luce-est Misrepresentation We ever
saw, sandwiched between some very fair
statements with which the editor sought
to sugar-coat the whole so that we
would swallow it without dissent, we
had compassion on him, and retained
from administering a well merited
castigation In consideration of his vapid
verdancy; and now that he has thrown
on the sheep-skin coat behind which he
was blestiug, and exhibited himself as
the malicious, fangless and impotent
wolf that he is, we are still constrained
to spare and pity him. Therefore, we
shall, for the present, rest content with
this little gratuitous advice: When you
sir, next undertake to print bare-faced
falsehoods against your betters, TO be
circulated and read among Intelligent
and honorable people, be sure that they
are not 30 far-fetched that but some one,
at least, may be deceived by them, and
then you may succeed better.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16

We call the attention OF real estate
agents and others who are interested In
immigration schemes, so badly needed
for the development of the wonderful
resources of Oregon and Washington
Territory, TO the correspondence from
Europe in another column. VIII some
gentleman be kind enough to furnish
us the facts in relation to the rainfall
of III and %, signed by the required
number Of responsible citizens, for the
consideration of the Scottish Board OF
Emigration
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16

\ HEARrLEss MoTHER.-The San
Francisco papers have an account of the
departure Of Mrs. Janet Asher for Oregon,
leaving behind her two children both OF
tender years, totally unprovided for. II
IS safe to wager small amount that this
heartless mother i an advocate OF
"Woman's Rights" - Vdlid UdHa
Stdtesndn.
The other day the Portland papers
gave an account Of husband who beat
his wife in shameful manner, compel
ling her to sign away all her property to
a courtesan with whom he was intimate.
1t is safe to say that neither this man
nor the prostitute is an advocate of
"Woman's" Rights"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16

ANOTHER HEROIC WOMAN. - Mrs.
GOnlette was snow bound three days and
nights in the valley between Ureka and
the Thirty-mile Springs, Nevada. Her
teamsteT, who was go to Cherry Creek,
while wallowing through the snow,
slipped under the wagon, crushing both
his feet, which were afterwards frozen,
and being unable to proceed farther they
camped there. They remained three
days and nights in the seyerest storm
which has ever visited that section, with
little to eat and no fire but what they
kindled from boxes and pieces of furni-
ture from the wagon. Under these trying
circumstances, Mrs. Gonlette, bestriding
one of the horses, made the Thirty-mile
Springs after a hard struggle, lasting
all day and far into the night before she
made the trip. During all this time the
teamster, with his feet mangled, was
lying In a helpless condition and alone
by the roadside. The few blankets
thrown around him afforded but little
protection from the storm. As soon as
Mrs. Gonlette reported at the Springs,
men at once started out to rescue the
teamster, who was found alive, and
conveyed to the station.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16

NATURAL CoNCLUsIoN.-The Jack
sohViile Sentiael is responsible for this:
a number of young chaps were ex-
pi0Ilng lire clackers in the street when
d .c.hhlnaman, passing by, stopped to look
a. a. tnem; says a genuine specimen OF
sne hoodium order-for they exist here
~ ~ mlId iorm-"What do you think Of
~, J9hn ~ "Whatee for you shootee
1IIe-cIacRer to-day ?n Because this is
christmas" "Whatee Klismas 2ii saws
John. This is the dav we celebrate
Mclean mans God" celebrate Meli-
can mans God,eh? Shootee fire-clacker
alice same's Chinaman, ELI? Chinaman
no shootee fire-clacker at his God-he
sno9tes him at devil. Mclean mans
zoo alice same's Chinaman's devil ?n
apparent disgust.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16

a NEW PHASE IN SPIRITUALIsM.-A
very happy discovery has been made in
England-nothing less than that the
services of the departed are at our COM
mand, not alone as advisers and prOph-
cts, but as cooks and foOtmen, buffers
and housemaids. The organ of the
English SpiritUlilsts gives an account Of
sednce at which spiritual attendants
brought in a feast and spread it in the
dark When light was introduced the
"guests" were agreeably surprised to find
table richly loaded with all the essen
tials for making a hearty supper. There
were cakes, bread, grapes, butter, milk, a
teapot and kettle of boiling water, the
nose of which had been prudently
plugged by the spirits so that nobody
might be scalded. The food was not all
spiritual in its nature, but of a substan-
tial quality, and the meal was heartily
enjoyed. After an hours feasting the
lights were extinguished, and the
spirits cleared the table with marvellous
celeTity. Now this is q particular re-
suit of spiritualism worth talking about.
/ If the spirit can only be induced to go
4 into this thing on general principles the
millennium will dawn on households af-
| tiicted by the rule Of Bridget. Invisible
servants will prove the blessing of the
age.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16

WOMEN on SCHOOL COMMITTEES
This isone of the good signs of fthese mod
ern days, for it is becoming an acknowl-
edged fact that women have minds as
well as meu; and therefore we are very
glad 10 learn from the Fall River Daily
EUeniRg NoiCS, that our able and liberal
correspondent, Miss Susan IL. Wixon,
was elected last week on the school
Committee of that city. She seems to
have run well, as the politicians say, as
she obtained 1924 votes, while two cler-
Rymen on the ticket did not receive l20
Between them. Well done Fall Rtverl
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16

Gov. Campbell of Wyoming, in his
message to the Third Legislative As
sembly of Wyoming Territory, makes
the following statement in reference to
the practical working of Woman Suf-
frage there: "The experiment Of grant
ing to women a voice in the Govern
ment, which was inaugurated for the
first time in the history of our country
by the First Legislative Assembly OF
Wyoming, has now been tried for fouT
years. / have heretofore taken occasion
to express my views in regard to the
wisdom and justice of this measure, and
my conviction that its adoption had
been attended only by good results.
Two years more of observation of the
practical working of the system have
only served to deepen my conviction
that what we, in this Territory, have
done, has been we'll done, and that our
system Of impartial suffrage is an I'M
qualified success
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16

MARRIAGE FESTIVITIES Syria,
weddings always take place at night.
There is feast for the whole week, and
then the bridegroom goes to the brides
house, to get the bride from her father,
and carry her to her new home. Musi-
clans walk by the side of him. There
are men and youths to blow the horn,
the trumpet, the flute, the dulcimer, the
mouth organ of pipes or reeds; and
Others to play the Tyre, the harp, the
viol, timbrel, the cymbals, and the tab
ret. Girls and boys dance as he walks
along; and number of unmarried
young women-"yirgins, as the old
word was-go with him also, with
lighted torches, to give q welcome to
the bride, and show the way. These
torches, or lamps, are fixed at the end Of
a long stick. They are something like
brass dishes, and then are filled with
rags, oil and pitch. The oil soon burns
away, and more has to be poured in; so
the young men must carry oil with
them, or their lamps will 90 out, and
then, besides the pretty procession be-
ing spoiled, the people would all be bust
ling against one another, becauz The
night would be dark, and they cOui lOt
see.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16
DIED.

Mrs. Mclean, sister Of Susan b. An
thony, and one Of the noble fifteen who
exercised their right Of suffrage in
Rochester a year ago, died on the 9th
inst. after n long and weary illness.
Miss Anthony attended her almost con-
stantly during her illness with n devo-
tion which those who know her best
most deeply appreciate.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16

AssAULT.-On the 18th ult., Nathan
Smith of Norwalk, while intoxicated,
went to the house of Mrs. c.. Camp, and
beat her about the head with tea-kettle
filled with boiling water, infiicting a
very severe wound. He was arrested
and sentenced to pay fine of Sl00 and
costs, and to serve three months in the
county Jail.
This must have been "cOld comfort''
to poor Mrs. Camp for so hot an appli-
cation to her head-also n sad misfor-
tune to Smiths wife and children, who
are deprived of the 500 and the benefit
Of his wages. Ought not the man who
sold Smith the liquor help pay these
wemen and children for the damage
they have sustained p -lp0mdlfs Jour
nal
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16

THE WHIPPING-POsT.- late num-
of the 'piOusu Boston ITGCeieC says;
i.Six men were publicly whipped-a at the
whipping-post, in Newcastle, Del, on
the 5ist 1It. That rascally little State
oupht TO be shoveled out of the country.
Those who govern it have no more title
fo be considered Christians than had the
worst rulers of the worst days of the
worst of the States Of Barbary." Why
don't Comstock, the stipendary detec-
tive Of the New York Young Mems
Christian Association, look after ''little
Delaware ?"-Or are its Christians of to-
day of the same stamp as were those in
Massachusetts, in ye olden time, when
they hung n poor woman on Boston
Common for being n Qnaker?
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16
BENEFIT OF THE NEW NORTHWEST

A Centennial "Toast and Tea Party''
will be given at Masonic Hall on the
evenings of the 3Oth and 3lst of this
month, at which the most attractive pos
sible 'Bill of Fare" ," both intellectual and
eatable, will be served up for the benefit
Of the mental and physical man.
Programme and other important par
tlculars will be given in due time.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16

Those friends ofthe New NORTHWEST
VINO are willing to contribute supplies
for the Centennial Toast and Tea Party
are requested to address, centennial
Tea Party Committee" care of this of
nee or call upon us at our residence on
Il street, between Third and Fourth.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16

Many Of the most prominent cotton
factories in New Hampshire are now
running on One-half and three fourths
time, and some companies have entirely
suspended, and will not resume full ca
pacity this Winter This will be Sc
we're blow to the thousands of opera
tives, the most Of whom have nothing
but their daily labor to depend on for
bread,
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16

Thewoman who made pound oil put
ter from tine cream of n joke, and
cheese from the milk Of human kind
ness, has since washed the close of the
year, and hung them to dry on tne
euuinoctial line.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16

;; A. Clarke is making some very
readable editorials OF late. His trip to
washington did much to enlarge his
mind and polish his manners.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-07-17
DeSparadO Hung.

On the 18th of March last Sid Wallace,
the johnson county desparadO, was hung
at ClarkSville county. He came from
one of the best families in the county,
and having IA large connection, his father
having been a Methodist preacher, and
once member of the Legislature, the
execution of young Wallace created II
great excitement at the time, and ven
gcance was threatened by Wallace 5
friends against all engaged in it. Deputy
Sheriff Kline conducted the execution.
Yesterday morning Kline left the city
for ClarkSville in company with young
man named Banks. They arrived at the
depot, half mile from Clarksville, ut =
O'Clock p. NJ, and started on foot for the
town. They were fired at from the
roadside by some unknown person, and
Kline was severely wounded and young
thanks slightly. 4 man named ROBIN
on. a cousin of Sid Wallace, who had
- crn in the county but short time, was
u rrested, charged with the shooting, and
# N,,s recognized aS the party who fired ON
IN. Kline had no warning of his IN
luton.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-07-17
w. & l.. E. r. r.

We are gratifed to be able this week
70 give to the friends of the Wheeling
Il Lake Railroad some cheering news,
President Wood has just received intel
ligence from the Hon. Walter Shanly
To- the effect that he has completed ar
runrcmcnts in the East that will en-
able him to proceed at once with the
construction of the road In view of an
early and vigorous prosecution of the
work. a meeting of the Board is called
y, Norwalk. Ohio, on Wednesday even
inc. july 22d, 1874. There will also be a
meeting on the following day at the same
place, of the various friends OF the enter
prise from various points along the line
from Martins Ferry to Tocdo. 1t is to
be- hoped that the representatives meet
inc appointed for Norwalk will be large
ly attended. and that the Dire tors will
be- urged to prompt and ener-
grtic measures, looking to TIN progress OF
the work. The Importance of this road
to the lake and river interc4s and to the
people alone roete demandsactivity, not
only along the route of the managers but
Of every individual who is Interested in its
completion and who has aduty to per-
form in pushing along the,nterPrise.-
Olo valley NewS.