The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-06-26
HOME AND ABROAD.

Fill your baskets for the rourth'
Matrimonial market languishing.
It's umbrellas one day--parasols the
next.
Guess who is the Poet Lareate of the
Plugs.
Look out for the stunning projam of
the plugs.
The Phelps Troupe created a sensa-
tion in Albany.
Uncle George Hughes has our thanks
for cherry favors.
Flies have opened the campaign
among the 'lasses.
Hazers Climax Washer is all the
rage among housewives now.
Thirty-fye new buildings are in
course of erection in this city
Major Gird succeeds VIM. Reed as
half proprietor of the Granger"
Let everybody whoop 'em up lively
for our coming eagle sereechment.
The Plugs have sniped nearly every
body into their ranks for the Fourth.
Another wedding is talkedof. Where
will it all end? Echo answers, "endW
Our former Linn county friend, J. d.
Fountain, isdown from Jackson county
on visit.
Hon. Geo. r. Helm has accepted an
invitation to crate at Harrisburg on the
gelorious Fourth.
Oh, no! of course it isn't Rube Salt
marsh that's happy over that bran new
boy. Guess not ;!
Foreman Webber has got our fire
engine in good trim, so strike blaze
as soon as desired.
That liberty car with its load ofwhite
cherubs with blue and red ribbons onto
lem, will be gorgeous.
Our Halsey friend, A. s. Bassett, is
happy in the possession of his new
bride. We wish him joy.
The Santiam canal is nearing COM
pIetion, and the force of hands on the
work will soon be reduced.
If you want your friends in the East
to know what sort of ~ country Oregon
is, send them the DEMOCRAT for year
There is bare possibility that thil
office may be shortly lighted by the
d, presence of couple Of lady compost
: tors.
> Sheriff elect, L. G. Rice, has moveC
into town. He has only had about I
thousand applicants for the deputy
:, ship.
During the week several fair an
beautiful Albany rosehuds, dressed ii
n calico and dimity, tloated into our sane
Y tum.
l. We have an item that we can't put
e lish for fear of hurting somebody
'e feelings; and yet it is too rich for any
Is thing.
- MI and Mrs. Rapheal Cheadle al
,f as well as they could be expected.
Ia is u FOUNDER of the feminine pc
v suasion.
"a George Weller will manipulate IL
II strings over the six horse team whic
o. is to draw the Liberty Car on tt
Id Fourth. .
at Eleven and a halfpounds averdupoi
or is its weight and it's boy. Our frier
j. II. Ward don't speak to commc
people now.
rb She tied the halter to her waist, al
NJ led the COW to water the brute toe
at fright, and gave twist-"My daug
~ ter! oh, my daughter!"
n. We learn that the Changers of til
of county have generally concluded to a
III cept the invitation of the Commit
ne and appear on the Fourth in regalia.
ng The ancient and honorable Order
,r- Hornibusques, having thrown off thu
on habiliaments of mourning and cor
~ out of their holes, will fling themselS
lin into sight on the Fourth.
nz This is Strouds new version of t
lin old poem:
VI, The boy stood on the burning deck,
A selling peanuts by the pecl
org A maiden stood by dressed in blue
,,, Said she "Ill take peck or two."
- -, DIR. Alexander and family, d. F
~ man and wife, and others, started dl
~ ing the week for the Mckenzie s
~ springs for few weeks recreatit
~ ~ You see the game law will soon be o
ooo Capt. Wheelers new canal bo
Of 'Redjacket," is now upon the w
,ev waste of waters in the Santiam dit
md and will sail in few days upon
maiden voyage to Lebanon and "
ports. \,
mic A. J. Atterbury, of Madison, N
elk, wants us to send him lot Of ex
,ria copies of the DEMOCRAT to distrib
,as- among those persons who. contempt
ate immigrating to Oregon. He says tn
ent are lots of them. Let 'em come.
g. A son of Mr.. John Weiss came n
sses meeting with fatal accident one
pet- last week. A gun which he was in
act of loading was discharged a
dentally, the ball grazed the boys #
OF head tearing away part of the rir
NO his hat.
fol- The young Corvallis gent whom
en- Lee says "puts on more style ov'
inei narrowed chaw Of terbacker than
cas- body,n was in the city last W
: NJ Well, he is the best boy in the We
tge- and has q right to put on all the s
u he pleases.
Don't say we are not enterprisin
oo1' we don't relate the best joke of
% a season. The fellow whom the jol
Iley' on called on us and showed his ri
'eO- moth physical proportions in SUI
ssriking light that we have concl,
ers" not to mention it.
otA. A German friend Of ours wan