The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-31
CHAT WITH CORRESPONDENTS.

Seated once more in our cozy sanctum,
in the metropolis of the great North
west, and devoutly thanking heaven for
the priceless privilege of being home
again, our first impulse is, dear letter
writers, to take up your missives, one
by one, and proceed to read and answer
them.
The first we open halls from Mount
Pulaski, Illinois, and is directed in the
well-knOwn hieroglyPhics of a dear
family relative, who, to our delight,
says, among other good things: 'I have
recently made the acquaintance of Mrs.
England, of Salem, Oregon, one of your
subscribers, who married an old school
mate of mine. She is a warm friend of
yours and of your work. L like the
lady's appearance very much, and her
principles even better. She is on the
broad gauge platform, in favor of human
rights, irrespective of sex, color, or pre-
viOus condition of servitude."
How it gladdens the heart and light
ems the weary burdens of political
missiOnary's- soul to receive frequent
tidings from distances so remote from
the scenes of our toll that, only a
few short years ago, it seemed i'm
possible that we should ever often
hear from the dear friends of our youth,
much more impossible that those who
know us here should sometimes visit
them and US, and by the connecting
links of harmonious purpose be so
placed en- rapport that we should indeed
be one in sympathy and public aim.
Rest assured, dear friend, that we shall
not slight you when we return to the
East. A visit to ancestral haunts is a
passion with US, even when the loved
ones are all absent. The interest is en-
hanced a hundred-fold when well-re-
membered faces and voices are there to
greet US with the sweet, glad welcome
of ye oLden tyne.
The next welcome ''chirography"
that greets us halls from Astoria, Ore
gon. The writer is valued co-worker
in the vineyard of freedom, who, in re-
mitting her subscription, overpays it
with twenty-five cents, 'as woman's
way of doing business, because she was
not little more punctual." If that's a
"woman's way" good friend, it's very
taking one. May Fortune grant that it
may soon become universal. She adds,
II was printer once myself, and hope
1 may be type-setting myself sometime.
This household, from its head, who is
man, down (?) to its silent (?) partner,
who is a woman, are with you heart
and hand for human freedom in a very
wide sense, and so we bid you God
speed in your good work."
Phe subscription is placed to your
financial credit, and the letter-there's
no use in trying to estimate the great
value of all such words of cheer. In the
classic vernacular of the stage-coach
regions, it can't be did. Thanks, and
let US hear from you often.
Another, and one that deeply interests
us, halls from Pendleton, Eastern Ore
gon. AS we read it we are carried back
through the vista of nearly twenty
years, and we see ourself a young,
unfedged, inexperienced literary as
aspirant, with nobody to appeal to, and
not single literary friend to advise us.
The writer says: "Ever since I heard
your lectures, and gazed upon your
kindly face, L have felt that you could
be trusted as warm friend to your sex.
And so presume to address you as
friend. was married very young, and
have very little education. My father
is Methodist minister of some renown,
living in California. He has long
written for the papers, and believe
have some talent of the same kind if it
were properly encouraged and culti-
waited. Would it be asking too much of
you to request you to read some of my