The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-10-16
rnr PETITION QUESTION ONCE monr
Editor Democrat:

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the columns Of the DEMOCRAT to give
an airing to the malicious falsehooi,
for the circulation of which l publish
ed VIM. Paul in previous number Of
the DEMOCRAT. see in the last num-
Der of your paper an attempted an
swer to my letter, with the name of
VIM. A. Paul attached, and backed up
by the afadavits Of a few persons
whose hearts are as destitute of honesty
and veracity as their heads are of
brains.
l had not supposed that any man
would make oath to any such misera-
ble stuff, for the reason I did not be-
lieve in the total depravity of the hu-
man heart and mind, but 1 am now
conyinced of the utter depravity of
some men, and that they are dead to
every noble impulse, and have allowed
the rank and poisonous weeds of dis
honesty, ignorance and selfishness to
choke and smother out the noble facul-
ties and attributes of heart and mind
that ought to belong to men; / under
stand from the attempted answer of
VIM. A. Paul, and the affidavit of
Dave Bilyeu, that they pretend with
about the intellect of child, and that
sense of honesty one might expect of
a couple of Cinnamon, to say that the
petition presented to the Court was
not the one they signed. Now the
poor pitiful fools know as well as they
know they live, that they signed the
original petition with the express CON
ditions that the petition was to be
changed, as it was changed, or else
their names were to be stricken there
from. They speak of the discontinue
ing of part of the Gaines road being
part Of the agreement. Now l have
this to say on that point: l never
heard by them or any one else of the
killing of any road or any part Of any
road, until after the petition was pre-
sented to and acted on by the County
Court, as for that excuse it amounts
to nothing no way. One Of my neigh
hbors tells me he offered, if they would
withdraw their petition, to get up a
petition and kill that part Of the
Gaines road to which they refer, at his
own expense. | have repeatedly made
them similar offer, and did finally
n ffou th dol Ia tn a alInup
to do it at my own expense, what they
profess to clamor for.
Now when the proposal was made
to change the aforesaid petition, ] had
but few days over the legal number
for giving notice, so the petition might
be presented at the ensuing term of
the County Court, so Immediately
posted notices in accordance with the
law, and setting forth exactly the pc
tition as proposed to be changed, and
as presented to the County Court.
From the time of posting the notices
till / made the proposed change of pc
tition, think was not less than ten
days and it might have been more.
During this time / had either myself,
or through my father, D. f. Crabtree,
with one exception informed all the
petitioners of the proposed change,
and had received their consent that
said change might be made. The one
exception was G. l.. Morris. In few
days after said change was made | saw
G.. L. Morris, told him Of the change
and what it was, asked him if he was
willing for his name to go on the pc
tition as changed, and he said he was,
et,ifoJ him haitian fbnn first
drawn. Now if those defamers of my
private character know Of any unlaw-
full proceeding of mine, / invite them
to have q legal investigation of the
same. JAMES CRABTRE
IMMIGRANTs.--T Iowa settlement
on the other side Of the Calapooia,
about nine miles southwest Of here,
received quite an accession to its num-
bers one day last week. "Uncle Andy"
Robb, father-in-law of Mr.. David Cur
rie, of this county, and his son William
arrived 1T Shedd's Station last week
from Winterset, Iowa, and intend maxi
ing this county their future home.
Mr.. Robb was also accompanied by his
daughter, Mrs. Haddon, widow of Rev.
Mr.. Haddon, of Abba, Iowa. We ex-
tend to them cordial welcome.
BRooMs.-Mr. w. d. Bedding has
got back from California and has again
settled down in this city, this time
with the intention Of making it his
permanent residence. He manufacture
ed the first brooms in the city, and
when he left had acquired quite a rep
utation in that business. He is now
engaged in the old business at the old
place in the Metzler building, near
Fosters mill, and is turning out large
quantities ofhandsome, durable brooms.
BEAD WoRK.-We have been shown
q nice piece of bead work, executed by
Mrs. Geo. Settle, which was on eXhi-
bition at the County Fair. The work
is done on a shot-pouch TO which is at
tached a glass powder horn, sent to the
present owner, Mr.. J. P. Settle, by his
uncle back in the Hosier State. Al
though the work is very neatly exc
cuted, and shows cultivated taste on
the part of Mrs. Settle, the article
failed to geta premium, through some
mistake.
LOOK HERE.-Our little friend Nor
ris Morris is agent for the "Unrivalled
Printing Press,p and lets the people
know the fact by advertising. He sells
the press, with three alphabets oftype,
and bottle of indelible ink for 81 50.
1t is just the thing for printing your
name on clothing, or for printing labels.
Send in your orders and Norris will fill
them promptly. Look at his ad.
"PRAIRIB QUEENS. This is the
name of q new variety Of potatoes
raised bv Mr.. Jesse McGhee, on his |