The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-06
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

mere ana LQere aQOW0 Lu6 NdleS Ol tue |
departed years. Whittier have the hours
flowni and whittier are they going now?
"on viewless wings, still rushing on,
To join the flight Of ages gone,
Their silent course they ply"
But why should we llnger over refiec-
tions like these2 All eternity is yet |
before US, and we only see in the added
stature of the almost grown up children,
the added wrinkles in our own care
worn face, and the gathering glory in
the raven locks of our gracious liege,
the unmistakable ravages of the time
that has intervened since last we gath
cred round the domestic board.
We believe we last addressed you
from San Francisco. From thence, TAX
ing the cars for San Jose, we were soon
dashing through the valley of Santa
Clara, amid an enchanted wilderness of
variegated hues, with the bracing and
breezy Pacific on the one hand and the
Bay of San Francisco upon the other,
while The Cliffs reared their green
crowned heads in the glimmering air of
spring and the chains of the Sierra Ne
vada, long and white and undulating,
bonded the far-off sky, while here and
there beautiful white-faced town, with
eyes of green and drapery of flowers,
smiled at the traveller through long
shaped cypress trees and gracefully
swaying acacias.
Two hours and San Jose. What a
beautiful suburban city greets the eye as
we enter. A carriage awaits the wan
derer, and we are soon a guest in the
elegant home of Mrs. Sarah L. Knox,
the widest awake of all the workers in
patton. Few ladies, when situated like
Mrs. Knox, with everything that heart
can wish at their command, have been
found capable of understanding their
thoroughly alive to the live issues of
liberty as was Washington in his splen-
did clothes or Adams in his elegant
abode. On the Fourth of July, last year,
when men were celebrating the Centen-
! nial of their liberties, she procured the
, finest turnout" in the city and adorned
! it with banners, inscribed with all the
, cardinal principles upon which men
a base their right to liberty, supplemented
, with equally appropriate notices of bel
own. Thus equipped she and several
other ladies fairly led the procession
Upon her house was placed banner de,
claring that taxation without represen,
tation is tyranny, which everybody
could we'll interpret to apply to her, fo
!. she is one of the wealthiest citizens o
Il San Jose, and of course one of the heav
# lest taxpayers. She denies being a cit
g izen, however, claiming only, as do tn,
A Chinese and idiots, to be subject. II
o hear her talk is better than to read
l. sermon. Gentlemen admire her. a
Ie they always do bright women who hav
r, courage to want to be free, and ladie
like Der in spite of themselves becaus
to of her goodness of heart.
Id We had not been long in the city be
IL fore arrangements were made, unde
- her direction, for course of lectures
a which we gave on three consecutiv
e. evenings before immense audiences
y, with Mrs. Knox presiding and the thre
daily papers vieing with each other i
= giving good reports of all the meeting
70 Mr.. Owen, of the Mercury, is th
to leader of the van of progressive though
q in the newspaper line, and the othe
dailies rapidly follow noble exampl,
10 Our old friend from Salem, Mrs. CARR
ad NJ. Foltz, is residing here, and has give
"a several lectures upon the woman que.
90 ton recently before good audience
40 These lectures are highly praised by til
or citizens, many saying they have nev'
~ been excelled by any speaker who ht
- visited San Jose.
lie Governor Woods and his excellel
,r- lady also reside here, the Governor g
al ing to his business in San FraucisC
L. during the week and returning on Sa
,rs urdays. AS usual, he is active in GOO
al words and works. He sings in the choi
tie teaches a Bible class, practices lay
NJ makes political canvasses, and do
-er everything UeU. Above all, he is
g. Woman Suffragist, and not afraid
,u- ashamed to say so.
ty One of the pleasantest drives amor
ra- the many delightful ones with whiC
lis the county of Santa Clara abounds
let the Alameda road, running throuG
for Santa Clara, the Oxford of the Goldt
of State, and like San Jose the home
lst many sterling sutfragists, promine
we among whom is Mrs. Laura J. Watkir
MS an indefatigable worker of much abb
ity. Here a party Of friends to Il
,ut cause met US one day for a social reu
IN ion, as did party on a previous occ
rn- sion at the home of Mrs. Knox, al
I'VE any one to witness the elegant Dime
red that suffragists can give, and hear Il
he witty and logical conversation til
ro- sparkles like champagne, while t
to laugh goes round and round, and t
ed, talk is not of flowers and fashions, b
SITS craftsmanship and Sixteenth Amen
yer ment, would become q suffragist fro