The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-29
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

that our next would hail. from Laramie,
or some other point even farther west.
But business and bad weather have de-
tanned US, and we are now to make a
forward movement that seems to US
like snail PAGES, so anxious and impa-
tient are we about the loved ones at
home. We thought we had become
philosopher enough not to fret over
what cannot be helped, but find ourself
badly mistaken over this failure to make
more rapid progress toward the setting
sun.
Leaving Philadelphia on the morning
of the 29th ult., we reached the town of
Latrobe, Pa, at midnight, after having
Travelled on way train till thoroughly
exhausted. An obliging porter here
met us at the station, and escorting US
to the hotel, consigned the wanderer to
a cosy room with glowing crate, where
we were soon in dreamland among the
far off dear ones at home.
The early morning brought good
Father Machesney to meet US from his
home on an adjacent farm, and we were
soon a pleased and welcomed guest in a
rambling, roomy, substantial farm
house, aglow with CHEEKY fires and peo-
pied with warm-hearted friends who
were no strangers to US, although we
had not met them before, except in
spirit.
1t was Thanksgiving day, and good
dinners and public service were in order.
Amid all the glow of good cheer which
greeted US, our thoughts ran out TO an
other Thanksgiving, thousands of miles
away, where loving hearts beat in re-
sponsive sympathy to our longing soul,
and made the prayers of thanksgiving
doubly dear to the spirit of the home
sick wanderer. There were other links
than our own to make the attachment
strong, for the pet and pride of the
Machesney household had been trans
planted to distant Oregon, and loving
hoping hearts were yet aching because
of the pangs of parting.
AS usual, there was work for US to do
A hall was procured and dodgers" scat
tered, and for two evenings the gooC
people came out through the storm anC
cold to hear the women's gospel. Sew
eral subscribers to the New NORTH
WEST, and a liberal patronage to "Da
vid and Anna Matsou," followed as (;
matter of course; and then, on Satur
day, we came away, reaching Chicago
at 10 A. NJ. Sunday, where DIR. A. G
Machesney met Us at the train, ant
here at his house we have been a CUES
for over a week, engaged in attending
the woman's convention and Moody
meetings, when not interviewing news
paper people or writing up the serial 70
the chronological Journal or New
NORTHWEST, or scribbling some poeti
ef'usion for some of the Chicago papers
The woman's convention was decided.
slim in numbers, the Moody excitemen
having filled many women's minds T.
repletion. But the interest was great
the deliberations wise, and the paper
respectful, with the exception of th
Times, which got "Duniway" on th
brain, and was especially worried be
cause Providence hadn't endowed u
with a more delicate little mouth.
Since the men have become so badl
muddled in their political relations tina
they are unable to tell who is thei
President, they are more deferentiall.
humble on the woman question tina
they would otherwise have been.
The old adage, "Its an i'll wind tina
blows nobody any good" is being veri
fed for Oregon, for Governor Grover
gaining newspaper notoriety as rapid
as the women are gaining independence
The Eastern press is full of "Oregon.
The dear name cOnfronts US everywhere
and though we cannot say that we'r
exactly proud of her present politics
standing, we feel little like the ma
felt who was partly compensated for hi
forthcoming execution by seeing hi
condition thoroughly advertised at th
public expense.
Talking of politics, we've patronize
the Machesney dentists, three brother
who do the largest business of the kin
in Chicago, and they have succeeded
making partial plate to fill the gaps
our bicuspids, and so forth, which hare
ship made in them in Oregon befol
dentists were, and ne can 1Oedr the plat
AS this is the fourth experiment of th
kind by as many dental firms, and til
first that has succeeded, We desire Or
: gonians iu passing through Chicago
4; always patronize these dentists. The
make full sets of teeth for S. 90, and al
! getting rich, because everybody neeC
o teeth and can afford them at the pric
If somebody next door would go I'M
the wig business, and supply the capi
larry substance equally cheap, thi
would prevent toothless masculines fro
9 looking on the top-head like frost-bitte
watermelons, they would soon FL
p themselves equally prosperous, for tw
!. thirds of the men everywhere are
4 bald as eagles. Toothless people a
= scarce, thanks to dentists, but bal
O. headed men are plentiful, and no thanl
= to anybody.