The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-04-26
An HOuR WITH CORRESPONDENTS.

aye knew your duty, but ye did 60 not"
AN HOUR WITH CORRESPONDENTS.
A gentle but independent lady writ
ing US from Yamhill takes US TO task
for sending the bill for subscription to
her husband, instead Of to herself.
There are two reasons why we some .
times do this; the first is that many .
women sign their names Mrs. Henry or /
George or John Smith, a proceeding, in /
our estimation, in extremely bad taste. /
In looking over the books to make out
bills, the masculine cOgnomen is OBJ
served, and the bill rendered accord
ingly. The second reason is that nine out
of every ten husbands carry the family
funds, and must be appealed to directly
in order to reach a settlement. Our
Yamhill friend, however, uses her share
of the family funds in her own way, as
the following extract from her letter
shows:
"AIy husband attends to the settle
meut of his own bills; 1 attend to mine.
When 1 find my part Of the funds get
ting low, I economize when and where
my judgment dictates, without going to
him. So please send the bill to me and
discontinue until l notify you, which l
hope and believe will be soon. shall
miss your paper more than I can tell,
but there are many things in life that
we miss, and feel that we cannot do
without, yet life moves on just the
same"
The bill has been cheerfully rendered,
as ordered. We regret to part with an
old and valued friend even for time,
vet, as one Of the great lessons the NEW
i NORTHWEST endeavors from week to
week to teach is the proper exercise of
individual judgment in financial mat
tiers, we are glad always to see the les
son applied, and are sure that careful
engineering Of household matters will
shortly evolve the three dollars for next
years subscription.
But what have we next? Just the
opposite Of the above. \ Mrs. Melissa,
of Benton county, whose name has ap-
peared on our books for several years,
sends the following plaint in the
cramped ehirography Of her proxy
"Mr." Melissa:
"Your paper is tinctured two mulch
with spiritual ism for me bee sure and
stop it when the time is out"
Perhaps if "Mr." Melissa would take
a few lessons in spelling he would be
able to read more nnderstandingly. We
offer this as a suggestion well worthy Of
trial, and promise, as we part company
with him, that when we deliver lee
ture on 'Bigots" we will send him a
ticket Of admission duly labeled "Admii
r one"
A German correspondent, not a sub
4 scriber, sends US a note which we art
unable to decipher, but from the besI
knowledge we can gain of it, it seems tC
: be a complaint that in the list Of pos
D Offices published for Clackamas county
. Boone's Ferry is omitted. These littl'
post towns spring up like Jonah's gourC
in so many localities that we do no
pretend to keep account Of them. !
subscribers and friends residing in sucl
e places will, after rubbing their eyes an,
2 surveying the wonderful growth SOM
}, morning, take the trouble to post U
d concerning it, we will publish thei
e items cheerfully. In the meantime, W
e will atone for past neglect Of Boone
II Ferry by publishing the following
3 which accompanied the above letter:
rs "Charles Wilson, postmaster and mer
Of chant at this place, proposes to lay ou
l. forty acres of land on the river for
z town site, and the embryo city has al
s. ready been christened WilsOnville."
IS A postmaster's blank, telling brief
e that a subscriber has "left the place,
J. comes next. Turning to the books, W
It find he had paid up, so we draw ou
pencil through his name, and pick up
V dainty sheet Of note paper about thre
d" inches long, feeling that we have stun
ie bled upon something disagreeabl'
10 Sure enough! A man says to us, "M
Of wife cannot read your paper longer.
e, will not allow it to comeinto my house.
E. After this the fellow has the effronter
ne to sign himself "Yours very respecto
be-" Not if we are a judge Of tyranti
but We cancel out "my wife's1 nam,
without feeling at all as If we were al
at tending the funeral Of the NEW NORTH
ad WEST.
S. A letter from Slaughter, Washingto
Territory, containing a renewal, a ne,
lie subscription, and words Of cheer; al
Of other from Needy eongratulating us O
me our safe return, and closing with kin
TO wishes for future health aud prosperit,
Sc several containing money orders in r
IN sponse to bills, aud roll Of "Editori
lgs Correspondence" which warns us to Ct
1m this short, that ''ye Chief may be hear