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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-30
NOTICE.


The undersigned would inform the mer-
chants and FARMERS of Clarke county, that he
is one Of the renters Of Loves mill, and has
pat the same in order 10 make The best grade
Of noUr Parties having their grain ground
here cam rely ON getting the hest Kind of flour
and al, the wheat will mskc. Al kinds of
Grain ground tor customers ON the shortest
notice. d. G. ADDISON,
Love, MIL.
Ann. lNl ~ m
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THE MATTE MACLAEy.-Last Saturday
evening the steamer Vancouver brought to
this city the bark Matte Maclaey, to receive
a cargo. All day Sunday the work of load
ing was carried on. She carries away 5000
fence posts and several tons of oats. The
cargo is shipped by Sohns Schuele, and is
bound for Honolulu.
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In Vancouver, August 20th 1877, Of lropsy
on the brain, Lucy Knight, infant daughter
OF j. j. Whittier aged months
Funeral from the residence Of Mr.. John
Jaggy, at o'clock P. NJ to-day. Friends of
the baby auJliamily invited to attend
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The Independent.
LOCAL.

FOUND the Mill Plain road, five
shooter, Colts pistol. The owner can have
the same by calling at this office, proving
property and paying for this notice.
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Postponed.

Owing to continued indisposition, Miss
LOOMS will postpone for few weeks the
opening Of her school Due notice will be
given of its rc-opening
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Rev. J. r. Pershall will preach in the NJ
r. Church at II o'clock A. NJ. next Sunday,
and Dr. Goddard will preach in tho evening
At the usual hour.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-30

The Russians are getting the worst
of the conflict and peace measuresare
being considered.
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MUl'l'iCd.

At Olympia, August 10Th, 1877, Prof. NJ.
G. Royal and Miss Yirzah Bigelow.
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Final,ce ana Produce.

Legal Tenders jim Portland-Luyng, IS
selling, 9G.
Silver Coin, 4a5 ( discount.
Wheat in Portland $l.li per busAoL
Oats, so cts per b,ehcl
Potatoes, 60 cts. per bushel.
Hay-balcd, $3.50; loose, $l0aSl2
Eggs, Is cts.
Wool, dull at % cts.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-30
To John Duuing, Defendant

In the name OF the United States OF Amer.
lea, you are hereby required 90 appear i'm am ac-
ton brought against vou hy the above uamcd
Plaintiff in the District Court of The Second
Judicial District Of the Territory of Washing
ngton, holding terms 40 Vancouver iu Clrrkc
County, for the counties Of Clarke kIcbttat
and Skamania, and TO answer Che complaint
hled therein "a copv of which accomIaale,
this summons, within twenty days tcNcus.Nc
Of the day OF serviccl, after the service nn you
Of this ~Gmmons--il served within this county:
or. II served out Of this county. bat within the
Second Judicial District within thirty days (:
or. II served out ~ said District. tAen Within
sixty days-or jUcg hy default VIII be-
taken against YOU according 10 the praser ~
said complaint.
The said action Is brought To- recover FROM
you The sum 50 one hundred dollar, Ia Uuit,d
States gold cola, with interest thereon from
July 9th, lN,3, al the rate 40 one and Is half per
cent per month. being the amount Cue a.
Plaintiff upun a promisSorv note made bY Won
on The olO dag of duly, 1872, a'ld payable to
Plaintiff, 10 force lose ceftaii mort d. he made
by YOU To secure the payment of ihe said
pTomssory nots, and a. osslin Judgment ior
the costs ui said action .al4 "a rcarunut.it slln
as aii attorney, Tee, aud you afo hereby nau
He'd that II Nou flil "a appear and answer said
complaint. as above required. the FiaiuNA Mili
take judgment against Won far The sum At
money above stated, Gectee 90 f1rccioseure AZ
said mortgage, aud Judgment lpr costs and at
torneys Tee as prayed Tor
Witness. gOiER > GREENE Judge az TIE
| - said District Court, aud TIE Seal oi
-. said Court this twenty eighth Gay 81
t. August, A. ID. 1871.
RIG. O'BRTEN. Clerk.
per q. 7 MCDOWELL Deputy
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Michael o'Conncn, vs.. John Duniny.

Action brought in the District Court of the
Second Judicial District Of the Territory of
Washington, holding tcrais at Vancouver
for the countie, OF Clarke, klcAitat and
Skamania.
Complaint filed in the County Of Clarke Ia the
office of the Clerk of said District Court The
twenty third day Of August, 4. ID. le1a
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/. y TIE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SEC
ond Judicial District oi the Territory of
Washington, holding terms al Vancouver for
the counties of Clarke, Kiici,itat and SAama-
min
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Angus, 2,d, 1871 -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05


The VALUE OF THE SOUL like
says DR., Plumer, the story of the old
minister in Kentucky. Some one
rudely said to him, "You have beer
preaching hereabouts for twenty years
and have never heard Of your con.
verting but one man "Aud who
was that ?" said tde humble preacher
A man of fine Christian character was
named to him. He modestly said, 81
had not heard of that before. Blessed
be God for so great mercy And
now, by Divine help, here is at it for
twenty years more, and if God shall
save another soul, that will be two
and either one Of them will be worth
more than all this world
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05
English SparrOws.

The rapid multiplication Of English
sparrows in this city and its vicinity
having already caused much discussion
as to whether these little birds do more
harm or good, the following testimony
of Mr.. Townsend Glover, entomologist
and curator Of the Agricultural Museum
Of the United States, in favor Of these
immigrants, may be reassuring to those
who fear that the sparrows are rather
the ravagers Of vegetation than its pro-
tectors. Says Mr.. Glover (page 90 of
Agricultural Report for 1879: y
1.-THE English house sparrows, recent
ly introduced into some of our seaboard
cities, have become entirely acclimated,
and have increased rapidly, and it is uni
versally acknowledged that where they
exist in any numbers the caterpillars,
which were formerly such nuisance to
pedestrians, have almost entirely disap-
peared. There is little doubt that SPAR
rows will also eat certain grains and
small fruits whenever they can find them
readily but as these birds reside in the
cities mostly, this is not of much conse-
quence, especially as, should they ia
crease too rapidly and migrate into the
wheat fields so as to become nuisance.
a few birds may much more readily be
destroyed by shots or traps than the
myriads of insects, which would lie safe
ly hidden amidst the dense foliage of
the shade trees, or in the creyices of the
bark, where the hands Of man cannot
reach without much labor and trouble.
An English paper states that out of one
hundred and eighteen sparrows killed
tor the sake of testing the amount of
benefit or injury done by them, only
three were found to have been living
the preceding twenty-four hours on
grain,-beetles, grubs and large having
been their diet. Out of seyenty-fve
sparrows, of all ages, there were hardly
any without insect remains IL them.
1t has been found in most
cases that wherever certain birds have
been destroyed as injurious to some of
the crops, the farmers have been over
run With grub-worms, wire-worms. &c..
for years afterWard, and have been only
too glad to import again the very same
species Of birds for which they once paid
SO much per head to have DESTROYED.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

PERSUASION BETTER THAN FORCE.
Deal gently with those who stray.
Draw them back by love and persua.
sion. A kiss is worth thousand kicks.
A kind word to the lost is more valua.
BILE than a mine of gold. Think Of
this, We who would chase to the grave
an erring brother. We must consult
the gentlest manner and softest methods
of address; our advice must not fall like
violent storm, bearing down and max
ing those to droop whom it is intended
to cherish and refresh. Thrust descend
as the dew on the tender herb, or like
melting fakes of snow; the softer il
fails the longer it dwells upon and the
deeper it sinks into the mind. If there
are few who have the humility to re.
ceive advice as they ought, it is often
because there are few who have the
discretion to convey it in the proper
way, and who can qualify the harsh
ness and bitterness of reproof against
which human nature is apt to revolt.
To probe the wound to the bottom,
with all the holiness and resolution Of
a good spiritual surgeon, and yet with
all the delicacy and tenderness of a
friend, requires very dexterous and
mastery hand. An afable deport-
ment and csmplacency of behavior will
disarm the most obstinate whereas If,
instead of calmly pointing out Their
Mistakes we break out into unseemly
sallies of passion we cease to have any
influence.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

VINO ARE THE Poor GIRLs?-The
poorest girls in the world are those
who have never been taught to work
There are thousands of them. They
have been taught to despise labor and
depend on others for a living, and are
perfect helpless. The most forlorn
and miserable women on earth belong
to this class. 1t belongs to women t Q
protect their daughters from this de
plorable condition. They do them a
great wrong if they neglect it. Every
daughter should be taught to earn her
own living. The rich as well as the
poor require this treatment.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

OBEDIENCE TO PARENTs.-A Chris.
tan merchant, who, from being a very
poor boy, had risen to wealth and re.
nown, was once asked by an intimate
friend to what under God he attributed
his success in life.
ITO prompt and steady obedience to
my parents" was the reply. ''In the
midst ofmany bad examples Of youths
ofmy own age, was always able to
yield ready submission to the will o.
my father and mother; and I firmly be.
lieve that blessing has, in conse,
quence. rested upon me and all my
efforts"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

Wise men say nothing in dangerous
times. The lion called the sheep to
ask her if his breath smell she said.
"Ay," and he bit off her head for a fool.
He called the wolf and asked him be
said NO" and he tore him to pieces for
taak2st.tte-er. At last he called the fox,
and asked him Truly" said he, II
have got a cold, and cannot smell"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

HAD HIM THERE "A reverend
sportsman was once boasting Of his in.
talliable skill in finding a hare. 'If /
were hare. said Quaker was pre-
sent, Il would take my seat in place
where | should be sure of not being
disturbed BY thee from the first day
of December why. where would
you 90 2 Into the study
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

mo man will ever prosper who has
the curse Of ruined woman upon him.
The murderer OF the body can be tried
and executed by the worlds laws but
the murderer of the soul is tried by
heavens laws and the execution is sure
as divine Justice" Aust Betsey said
this as she folded the white hands of a
beautiful girl and put white flowers and
green leaves about the marble cold fore
head. There was a tidy babe beside
the girl-mother. The house was hushed
and there was mourning such as few
know. Half glad that the mother and
child were dead, the rest Of the family
must perform the last sad Office of bur-
ial and bear the family shame. A
haunted house! A ruined home! God
the architect and man the spoiler. The
curse is there and the destroyer can
not escape.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

From the time that . Chief Magis-
trate of the United States has beenin-
augurated who was not elected, have
lost no opportunity on every accession
Of saying that the life Of the Nation
depended upon that act being branded
as crime, and if not so branded, there
would be no hope of our surviving as
uation. repeat that now.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

HOW A REGULAR YANKEE TOOK DOWN
COCKNEY.
~

[From the Golden Era.]
Talk about yer dnrned fast lines"
said Yankee to a cockney who was so
impudent, as in the natural way of his
countrymea, to commence Dragging on
English railroads, while the couple were
progressing at the rate of forty miles an
hour on the Birmingham railway, ''why,
mistur, this ERE road is purity consider
able for England, bat it won't do for
.Meriky. We ride straddle Of the tele-
graphs there when we're in hurry but
when we amt we take the railroads.
Now them roads an's slow as I'll tell
you. I was comm from Philadelfy to
York. when, ses I to fellow settin' by
me, who on airth owns this garden
with white palms around It y"
"I don't see no white palms, ses he.
'''I don't see nothin, else, ses I, and
mighty tall fence it is, too
"The fellow burst out larfn. wy,
you darn FOOL ses he, 'them's telegraph
posts.'"
"And sure enough, when the engine
Teller stopped 1 saw them posts hun
dred feet apart; and we had been going
so ALFRED fast they looked for all the
world like palms"
At this moment the bell rang at sta
ton signal, before the cockney fully re-
covered from Jonathan's last dose.
"What's that bell ringin' for?" in
quired the latter of his friend.
''We are approaching D."
"Well, them kind of bell fixings does
for these ere slow cars. but we can't use
'em in 'Merlky.'
~"Ah; why not?"
Gravel too fast-fact, beat sound all
to smash. We would be smack through
a village before the noise Of the clapper
was in the neighborhood."
"Yeu don't say?" exclaimed the as
tonished cockney.
''Fact, again, by thunder! Why, I
was on the New York cars when them
ere Whistles were first tried. Maybe
you've heard of the terrible accident.
No? Well. sir, we were going it strong.
Harrycanes were nowhar. All nature
seemed shakin' to pieces, when several
miles off something was seed on the
track. The whistle was let loose. and
she did scream awfully, but it was no
manner Of use, for after tumblirg over
span of smart horses and a big market
wagon, was just rising from a pond
when along came the whistles holler
mixed up with some big curses minded
to have heard the engine man rip out
when he saw the big wagon. But the
poor fellow was dead when his voice ar
rived. Fact-got the documents"
EXTRAORDINARY" exclaimed the hor-
ror-struck cockney, land you use vistles
yet?"
BLESS yer soul, no. Congress stop
ped 'em right off, and now we acts on
the principle that light travels an all
fred sight faster than sound, which will
do, perhaps, for this generation. We
now tell 'em we are coming by bustin'
out light that does astonish animal
creation, and 1 reckon rather surprised
the planetary system at first. When it
was first tried at night the roosters on
the road commenced Growing and the
chickens all got down from roost, think
ing it was morning."
The cars suddenly stopped, when
Jonathan, having arrived at the point
ofhis debarkation, looked around at the
bewildered cockney, nodded his head,
and with little carpet-bag chucked I'M
der one arm and an umbrella under the
other, took his leave, sober as deacon.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

TURNED WHITE IN A SINGLE NIGHT.
Here's another warning. A man
down town refused to stay home after
an early supper and help bis wife
white wash the back yard, and bis
black hair turned white in a single
minute. His wife's painful awkard-
ness with the brush caused the sudden
change.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

Wordsworth said Charles Lamb
one day told me he considered Shaks>
peare greatly overrated. There is an
immensely of trick In all Shakespeare
wrote he said, 'and people are taken
by it. Now, if | had a mind. could
write exactly like Shakespeare Sc
you see, proceeded Charles LIANT
quietly, st was only the mind that was
wanting
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

The Administration is still trying
to stop the threatened disclosures of
the doiugs of the Louisiana Returning
Board during the progress Of the
Electoral count, aud of the directions
OF the National Republican COMMITTEES
in connection Herewith. p 9di
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

A MORAL PIcTuRE-Wife (whc
has become an amateur painter)-
"What do you think ofthe sketch, dear?
Husband" Well, the drawing OF il
involves no breach of the likeness Of
anything that is in the Heavens above,
or that is IN the earth beneath, or that
is in the waters under the earth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

A tramp who called at a Daubury
house for something to eat, and was
ordered off the premises, Indignantly
inquired of the proprietor, SIS your
name Hilton = ''No." "All right
them" rejoined the tramp in softened
voice q was going to say wasn't g
Jew"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

y OIL politicians are queer people"
said an cid business man to an impe-
cunious partisan. How sop asked
the politician. Why, because you
trouble yourself more about the pay
ment of the debt Of the State than you
do about your own" ---
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

A young lady in Newtown county,
Ga, is possessed by a strange mono
mania. She fancies herselfa baby, and
has not spoken word in three years,
although her powers Of conversation
used to be of an order higher than the
average. Notwithstanding this absurd
hallucination, she is inconsistent enough
to read and write letters. -o
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

A young man who is evidently with
out pride of ancestry or hope of poste-
rity, is constructing a raft on which he
expects next month to ride over Ma.
CARA Falls. The raft is being construc.
ted on scientific principles, but there is
no doubt the young man will be drown
ed in the common way.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

Aa exchange says that the champion
scholar has turned up. Being asked to
sign his initials to documant, he want
ed to know what nishuls were"
"Why, your name being George Gould,
YOU want two G's." ''Oh, l see," he
said. and he wrote 80 Geeze."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

Between uew-made lovers "Then,
Adelgitha, you will be mine z" eyes,
Ferdinand. ifpa is willing. always
do what he wants me to-. "But will
he give bis consent :" sHe will. Pa
always does what | want him to-"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

my own coin. But l was too wide
awake for you to catch me-"
"You are certainly too wide awake
for me now. Will you please explain
yourself?" said DR.. Scroggins..
"April before last you received let
ter to the effect that if you would call in
Wall street you would hear something
to your advantage"
81 did," replied the doctor.
"Well?"
II called accordingly and did hear
something to my advantage"
"What ?" Top looked very much
surprised and disappointed at the same
time. Sand you did not write me a
similar one last April ?"
It am above such cold hearted cruel
| ty, sir" said the doctor, in tone that
marked his real feelings. ''The person
who could do such thing must have
something bad about his character,
and 1 want to have nothing to do with
him."
"Good morning, DOCTOR" said Mr..
Top.
The two gentlemen bowed stifiy and
parted. Top felt very uncomfortable.
He finally decided to call at the place
referred to in his letter. Thinking it
might still be an April fool trick, he
made few purchases for his store and
gave his name.
| Benjamin Top" said the person
with whom be was dealing. 'Do you
reside in the city ?"
Top told him the name of the village
in which he lived.
"Did you ncven receive letter from
this house ~
81 did /; but as it was dated the first
day Of April, 1 thought it was an April
fool trick, and never replied to It."
"Far from it," answered. the man.
can old gentleman from Ohio came
here about that time, and said ne had a
brother living IN this State, and he was
in search of him or his children. We
heard that gentleman by the name Of
Benjmin Top lived: in your village, and
dropped him line but as no answer
came, we thought the information must
be incorrect"
"Dead. Your sister, Mrs. Jessup,
who resides near this city, answered
the letter we wrote her in person. She
took him home with her, and short
time after arriving there he died, leav-
ing her the whole of his property,
amounting to fifteen thousand dollars"
''He was my uncle" said Top.
''Then by not attending to our letter
you are the loser of at least one-half
this property"
Top went home sadder man than he
was when he left it. He knew that it
would be in vain to appeal to his sis
ter's generosity, for she was widow,
and when poor, with five children de-
pendent upon her, he had treated her
with unkindness and neglect, and there
was little likelihood of her sharing her
good fortune with him.
Top was, after all, the April fool
and 50 great was his disappointment
and chagrin that never afterward was
he known to send an April fool letter,
or to play trick on one Of his friends.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

"My son." said mother to a little
boy 4 years old, who above all Others
will you wish to see when you pass into
the spirit world? ?" "Goliah!" shouted
the child with a joyous anticipation I;
unless he quickly added, there's a
bigger Teller there" .-..,-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

A judge, joking a young lawyer,
said eff you and | were turned into
horse and an ass, which would you
prefer to be 2" "The ass, to be sure.
replied the lawyer. Give heard Of an
ass being made Judge, but a horse
never lf l1AaN e. h
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

I can't say as he went to heaven, re-
marked Fort Scott editor ola deceas-
ed townsman, but he paid bill Of elev-
en- years standing only the day before
he died. and you can judge for yourself.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

His wife is very sorry that he was
sunstruck, especially as it made his
breath smell like those miserable fell
lows who drink whiskey.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

A young man on the hill came near
creating riot last Tuesday by asking
a red-headed woman if she carried a
thermometer in her bonnet.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

At Oberiin Collge an unpopular stu
dent has been seized by six of his fell
lows and tarred and feathered, and
Oberlin is such loyal, moral place.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

A minister who had twice married the
same couple-a divorce occurring be-
tween the two marriages-remarked
that he didn't wish to add a repairing
department to his business.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

We were asked the other day would
the, devil" beat his wife, ifhe had oHe:
Guess MOTOR the women generally
beat the devil"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

Somebody adyertises in one Of the
Westfeld papers for servant girl
who would not be above placing her
self on an equality with the rest Of the
family" .... --us u-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-09-05

Wit loses its respect with the good
when seen in company with malice I;
and to smile a, the jest which plants
thorn in anothor's breast is to become
q PRINCIPAL Ia the mischief. a.Dlsa.