The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-20

val of Il supply of paper. The sudden
and severe cold snap ushered in the
present week, reaching, as it seems to
have done, every part of the country.
has ''set back'' transportation lines
several days. and eur freight has been
delayed a week over the usual time In
getting here. We to.the best we can
under the circumstances, hoping to be
able to resume the regular size next
week, and to be compelled to write ho
more similar apologies.
Our townSman, Grin RubartS, who
returned from Washington City last
week, was more successful in the bus,
mess that took him to the national
capital than his most sanguine expec-
tationS had led him to anticipate. Ift
obtained Il patent for his rotary steam
engine, covering more points than he
had intended to apply for. His appli-
cation for patent OH a breecl+loading
gun was still under consideration when
he LETT, and may or may not be granted
Chances about even, probably, either
way. Messrs. Rubarts 81 Paxton.
owners and patentees, think they have,
in their now patented rotary steam
engine, II power that is destined To
supercede. to a great extent, all other
motors now in use. The advantages
they claim are that it is cheaper, cost
ing less by half than any other engine,
it's great simplicity; the perfect safety
with which it can beJhandled, and the
small cost of running them. They in
tend putting up an engine soon, so the
public may see what it can do.
L gil Winter is upon us in earnest.
This change in the almanac happened
on Tuesday, and on Tuesday night
water in shallow ponds congealed to
the thickness of probably a quarter or
half an inch. Wednesday was snor-
ter. for this valley, clear as bell, but
cold. People we met OH the street
Wednesday morning were shrunk up
and doubled together as if they had
/ been weaned too young, or had been
/
rail. For staid, temperance commit
nifty like ours, we never saw so many
red noses, or so many huge icielcs PEN
dant from said bugles. 1t was real
frosty weather. Wednesday morning
was one of those mornings when the
air WAS ''fresh''-in fact too fresh Tor
! SO short an acquaintance. One OF
those mornings when the ''head of the
family wished With all his soul that
he had let the ''old woman sleep on
the front side, as then it would have
been her duty to get up and make the
fire. 1t was al occasion when them
blasted slippers couldn't be found
when that blasted purp had carried the
dr-under-pants, we mean, into some
obscure corner where they couldn't be
found; when the kindlings had been
forgotten and then, when the old man
had waded round in the wood-shed.
barefooted, drawerless, and q shirt on
open in the back. regardless of taste or
expense, for half an hour. and his
Whole body was red as n beet from
cold. his fingers numb, and long
icicle hanging to his nose. he once
more gets back into the house, only To
find that the last block of condemned
matches accidentally fell into Il basin
of water the day before, and now they
won't 80 off worth Il cent, and lie
must go over to the neighbours to bor-
row Il lucifer! lie then essays to put
on his pants; gets one leg in all right,
teeth chattering the while Ikea planer
in a machine shop, but i'll attempting
to stand on one leg, like a goose in til
: barn lot, mad rs wet hen all the
time but speechlcss from cold, he lose
: his balance and tails backwards against
and upsetS the crib, scraping large and
cheerful slices of skin off his lack
getting 4 bump on the head that raises
knotthe size ota walnut, making him
see siXty-three million stars. and SC
confusing aim that he can't really tel
whether the house has fallen in on him
, he has been struck by lightning. o.
has fallen headformost into the cellar
: One thing he soon becomes eonsciou
of, and that is, that he has been setting