The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-18
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.


tic chronicles finds herself afloat upon
the world. Very beautiful is the face of
nature, as, rejoicing in the smile of
spring, she dons heI mantle of green,
all variegated with flowers, and sends
her fragrant breath abroad upon the
earth, very balm of consolation to the
weary wanderer.
| How familiar the landscape along the |
east side railroad line. 1t seems impos-
sible that we should have been absent a
year, and doubly so to the many sub
scribers to the NEW NORTHWEST who
cheerfully liquidate their annually re-
turning bills and Tighten our labors by
bidding us God speed in the ways of
well doing.
The bosom of the earth is everywhere
rejoicing in the promise of an abundant
harvest. Never did farmers look more
Ijubilant; never had they better pros
pects To one who has been travelling so
long among strangers, it is indeed re-
freshing to meet so many familiar faces.
Salem sits as quietly as ever beside
the winding Willamette, rejoicing alike
in her clean, broad streets and leafy
/, shadows, while her church spires point
heavenward as of yore, the left-handed
Goddess of Justice reaches out her re-
vered symbol as in days agOne, and the
unfinished State-house holds aloft its
skeleton form after its wont, revealing
itself in unfinished undress as a re-
prOachful monument of the fiZzled ex-
pectatiOns of mighty lawmakers. a
visit to the inner temple reveals to us
the sunny face of Governor Chadwick,
the smiling phiz of Colonel Cam, and
: the courteous manners of Secretary
! Jackson. Here we also see the carpets
and furniture of the former executive
| apartments, denoting economy, and a
fine crayOn drawing of the State-house
q as it is to be, denoting aspiration. All
of the officials and their employees are
, in fine spirits, except that they express
q very natural regrets both over the
Watts Cronin electoral failure aud
seven-to-eight commission success.
e The Professors and students of the
= University are making extensive prepa-
q rations for Commencement, as is also
e the graduating class of the Medical Col
n lege. What the world is going to dc
= with all the talent that Oregon is mar
q shalling for the bread-and-butter brig
: ade in a State where nobody is raising
Il farmers is mystery that time alone
= can solve.
: The real estate dealers are jubilant in
V Marion county. Property is both rea,
), sonable and in demand. Choice home:
= can be purchased in Salem at fair fig
= ures, and numbers are availing them
4 selves of the present favorable opportu
n nifty to own their own garden patches.
e Mrs. n. a. Conn is in the dollar store
n again; Mrs. J. o. Beardsley is flourish
-e ing in the millinery business in thu
re building formerly occupied by Mrs
], MoXley, who is now a milliner il
n Portland, and Mrs. Millican has a fin,
'e assortment of everything in this lint
re that ladies call for. Mrs. Cross is alst
h in the millinery business, and you cal
c. throw a stone in almost any direction
and hit some business sign revealing
ye what women are doing for livelihood
le Notwithstanding the prevailing ide
le that the dear creatures are SUPPORTS
T. and protected by men. Women every
where are becoming teachers, poets
painters, editors, salesmen, tailors, an
inventors, in spite of the law, while me-
are found in every locality who ar
chambermaids, dress makers, cooks
= laundresses, carpet beaters, hOuse-clean
;. ers, dsh-washers, baby-tenders, an
tape and needle venders, yet they with
" hold the ballot from women lest the de
signing creatures may compel them t
exchange occupations with themselves
- Oh, consistency! consistency (! what
VI jewel thou must be, yet whittier sha
we go to find thee?
- The Breyman Bros. are the leadin
- dealers in general merchandise in So
=, lem, their stock being always larg,
complete, and well selected.
the new water NOIhS are TO De Qull
- an institution, all the water being fl
- tered through charcoal before Ieavin
~ the reservoir.
The Farmers Warehouse is an in
meuse structure on the river banl
through which we were shown by NJ
- Heron, the gentlemanly manager
:. the business, who is justly proud of til
- great building and its many improve
ut ments for the reception, cleaning, sto
~, ing and shipping the wheat that is con
ing in, under the stimulation of preseI
prices, by tons daily. The main built
av ing is one hundred feet deep and eight
full feet high, with many additions and ou
vi buildings for the machinery. We hay
1re not seen better or more permanent a
be rangements for this branch of con
he merce, even in Chicago. There is l
in work about the building which a girl
he fourteen could not perform with ease,
he perfect are all the appurtenances. TT
so days for man to earn his bread in Il
i'm sweat of his face are passing away vii
by the era when women are ruled over |
ap- husbands. Verify the seed of woman