The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1875-04-30
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HOME AND ABROAD.

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! Days nicern anybody.
2 Dig worms and go a-fishing.
Nights delightful for snoozing.
Corinthian Lodge tomorrow night,
Winter clothes and corsets shelved
5 now.
Commencement week at Albany Col
8 lege.
} Picnics and spellin' skewls al the
} talk.
: Send Us items from all parts Of the
county
New buildings going up in all parts
Of the city.
The Onester's May-Day celebration
will be away up.
McLain's sprinkler keeps First street
in excellent order.
Col. Meek lectured III Lebanon last
Wednesday night
i Crops in Sacramento Valley are al
most total failure.
The Teecher- Billion nastinessstill be-
shines the telegraph.
4 Every new tangled concern will be
named Elaine now,
\ This is no time nor place to demand
money from any body.
The lawyers and doctors Of Albany
are to have a spell-match shortly.
Gen. w. I'll Effinger and Col. 10.
Teal were in our city last Sabbath.
Sheriff Dale, Of Yamhill, has bois-
| ferrous young Granger at his house.
Prof. T. ]. Sites is the champion
spellist Of Albany, so far as heard from.
Prof. Warren starts for the East next
week, to he gone about three months.
Prof j. M. Garrison is teaching a
class in peninanship at Albany College
The brick store room of Tate & Hill
is having its front newly upholstered
The State Dental Association meets
iii this city the first Wednesday in
June.
AS. Mercer, Esq, ofthe Granger, is
erecting a cottage residence on Gospel
Ridge.
These spelling matches are a good adj
vertisement for dictionaries and spell
ing books.
An interesting account Of the Har'
risburg Odd Fellows Excursion ar
rived too late for print
Ben. Simpson is offering q superb
chrome as premium to applicants
for surveying contracts.
Two things in this world not to be
trifed wlth--a woman's opinion and
the business end of wasp.
DON'T ask Mayor Froman when he
is going to move those old buildings.
II isn't healthy conundrum.
Mr.. Crawford, merchant Of Corvallis,
called last Tuesday and reports business
fair to middling in our sister city
Joe Weber turned over to Rev. 7.
B. White 500 as the proceeds of his
'iMethodist shave' last Saturday.
The wife of Or. J. w. Mcclure died
at Buena Vista last Sunday, Of inflam-
nation of the bowels, after short i'll
ness.
Mayor Froman has commenced tear
ing away the old rookeries on First
street, to make room for his new brick
block.
We are not a gilt-edged speller but
we can most effectively get away with
"septimegeniousnessn or other easy
words.
Farmers are industriously plowing
and it is settled that much larger
breadth of grain will be sown than
ever before.
Jack Bercaw opens beer hall On
the corner Of First and Ferry streets to I
morrow, where he is going to sell only
Roseburg beer.
Hon. David Newsome, 6. T. Bnrk-
hart and many other practical and
scientific farmers are regular contribu-
tors to the Granger.
The hairs ina persons head average
l4O, 900. But Dixie friend Of ours
says this is before man has married
his third mother-in-law.
Major John Parker and VIM. III.
Brown arrived from Green Horn mines
on Wednesday, and report bright pros
poets for the Green Horners.
Hon. Geo. n. Helms many friends
throughout the State will be glad to
learn that he has SO far recovered as to
be able to appear on the street for an
hour or two each day.
We are on the ragged edge because
our New Foundland pup has got the
and the doctor has ordered
Us to limit him to three pounds Of beef
steak and one old roller each day.
The Directors last Tuesday let the
contract for the construction of the
new school house in this district TO
AIessrs. Dowell & Baltimore-they be-
ing the lowest responsible bidders.
Although oyer 200 Immigrants have {
arrived in this county this spring,
nearly all of them are already estab-
lished in some sort Of business or occu-
patton which affords them livelihood.
Balsam says geology is all well
enough IL It's way, but II takes twice
.he science to understand getting into
/ pair Of breeches when the lining is
torn, than it does TO permeate the SUI
urian or any other Of the Palegoric ,
ages.
Breathes there man with soul 80
lead, that never to himself hath said,
'IIl rise up and tale my May Blossom
lnder my protecting EsIs and 40 to
%. and throw much Arc I
lie Soda apast her lovely lips. Yea,
verilil9
ItissimpIy absurd totaIk about wom-