The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-23
aYoURs TRULY AFTER FACTS.

1NO0S @NOA@ n A4-@N NASAS'
What ails the genus masculine? Is
there neither honor nor honesty, truth |
nor righteousness in the species2
Yours Truly is only & school girl, but
she knows full well the mighty differ
ence between these antagonistic ele-
ments, although charity suggests to her
the idea that legal voters do not know,
else they would eschew the criminal
double-dealing with which, in an edito-
rial capacity, they so often seek to blind
their readers.
The other day Yours Truly got leave
of absence from school for q season and,
gathering the latest Portland dailies OH
a string in her effort to solve the diff
cult problem of considering wherewithal
she should be clothed, arrayed
herself, as a girl of the period should, In
tip top hustle, jaunty hat and stylish
redingote. Thus rugged she went aboard
the train on Fourth street and was soon
bound for the Governors residence,
which for old associations sake she still
styles home.
Once there, and time hung heavily.
True, there was plenty of work to do.
Dick and Phil had been at home for a
visit and their rooms were strewn with
old boots, fishing tackle, guns, powder
TASKS and empty bottles, and Yours
Truly, who possesses the bump Of order,
quite as well developed as does the or
binary girl of the period, couldn't rest
till all these things were in their places.
But mother, dear, good, patient, plodding
soul that she is, had everything in apple
pie order in the range Of her orbit, and
soon there was no other occupation for
Yours Truly than tattin', tattin', tattin'
Now, if there's anything on earth more
silly than mans pastime of whiting
sticks or chewing tobacco TO make litter
for the women to bother with, this
endless tat-tat-tatin' is that silly thing.
So Yours Truly got disgusted! She'd been
accustomed to reading a formidable
array of newspapers every day in the
city, and here no paper is taken but the
Salem Mercury, which is just that much
worse than nothing. Finally brilliant
idea or two struck her. Wasn't she
rigged up with half dozen late pa
pers-O -Oregonidns and Bulletins-a-la-
dromedary! And wasn't she out in the
country where these things would not
be appreciated as bustles, but where
they might be highly valued for news
of came the hustle In a twinkling
What if Yours Truly's dress did flaI
Imply upon the floor, a foot too long fol
her ? Wasn't she in the country, out o
the reach of the eyes Of her broad-shoul.
dered young man, with whom the gov
ernor and his lady are not on the best o
terms?
Yours Truly Strengthened out th'
newspapers and sat down in the cornel
by the open fire to read. 1t was TIA,
first time in many weeks that she baC
more than glanced at the editorials, bu
now, while the Winter storm. howle,
without and the merry fire craekle'
within, and mother sat nodding in tn
armchair with her knitting lying idl
in her fingers; while pussy played will
! her raveled ball, and the governor, will
his feet on the mantle-piece, pored owe
his political Bible (the fore-mentiOne,
; Merc,Ty) and gobbled, without a singh
e grain of allowance, its many ribal'
: lies, Yours Truly read and pondered
5 She had before read the official proceed
e ings of the late United States Court, II
5 which it was stated that one repeater
e n Nesmith voter in Salem-had beel
S convicted at the extra session, aud il
her simplicity she had accepted the OF
u fetal fiat as fact. Judge then of he
T surprise at seeing a declaration in tn
u OregOniaa that eleuea indictments ha
d resulted in sercl convictions, and tina
e one man who was clearly proved guilt,
: of buying votes had escaped through aI
I, error in the indictment! Now, it ism
p at all to be wondered at that men VIII
cannot tell the American eagle from tn
y turkey buzzard should make other mis-
= takes, but is little singular that the
u should so distort facts when they knov
better,
Being thoroughly nauseated with tn
!. Oregonid's uncandid stupidity-a dull
+ ness whith fails TO see bribery I'm th
i Corbett Wakefield infamy OF many hur
: dreds Of dollars, though choking feal
= fully on an imaginary ''two dollars and
= half'-YOurs Truly turned to the Bu
: letin and there read the "other side
@ Now, will some editor be kind enoug
+. t0 give the public an unbiased statemer
II of the facts as they occurred? Thel
% must be a mean between these strans
"a extremes, and that you, Mrs. Duniwa.
A or some other capable and hone
!. woman, will take pity on school gi
:. of an inquiring turn Of mind and pO
, tray this history from an independel
standpoint, is the ardent desire of
Yours TRULY.
10 ANcWrRg IN. CORRESPONDENT