The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-01

Could have equaled such pressing as his
save the glorious book called the Bible,
sublime in its deep mysteries.
II from rhyme one is born into prose,
The transit from rhyming, thai is,
Involves intellectual throes
No brain can Withstand, nor did his"
The above really excellent hit is the
prelude to some forty stanzas Of verse,
from which, had we time to Gull all
that is not Of a personal nature, aud
consequently valuable only to the young
person for whom il was written, we
could collate some really beautiful and
useful thoughts for public consideration.
We will select a specimen or two:
"The privilege to suffer and worry
Towoman is calamity given,
And liberty also TO marry
a One-sided sort Of a heaven.
Then, woman, arouse thee; the battle
Must sooner or later be fought;
Christ in the manger with cattle
The taxpayers freedom has bought
Acknowledgement comes from religion,
The freedom Christ Offers 70 all;
Woman Suffrage awaits recognition;
Before it must tyranny fall"
We do not know that We care to ad-
wise this writer to scribble in prose, see
ing he so aptly expresses himself in
verse; but we must repeat our sugges-
tion to beginners to abjure all attempts
at rhyming for the public till they can
write cultured articles in unjingling
English. Many a writer fails entirely
in his efforts to get into print because
publishers have not time or patience to
struggle with his imperfect poetry"
We thank our friend for his letter, and
turn to the next one.
A gentleman from Canyon City gives
the following exhortation to apathetic
women, who certainly have need Of it:
"The Rev. Mr.. GrauDis is now hold
ing a series Of meetings in this place,
which are well attended. He has also
had the temerity to present a remon-
STRANGE to a petition for liquor license to
the county court, and employed counsel
and fought it out like a man. Yet he
could not have succeeded thus far but
for the intrepidity Of the ladies who cir
culated remonstrances for signatures,
though in so doing they compelled
some Of the voting population to seek
refuge in the hay lofts to avoid them.
Mr.. Grannis trlnmphed, but may the
Lord have mercy on his soul. From
this day on he will be pursued aud per-
secuted by all who prize tippling above
principle. II ladies were allowed to
vote and sign petitions and remon-
strances, as they ought, the work OF
earnest men in this direction would not
be so arduous. Ladies of Oregon, ap-
peal to you in the name of humanity;
appeal to your sense of justice; I appeal
to you as wives, mothers, sisters, daugh-
ters, to look this matter OF intemperance
squarely in the face. How long, oh,
how long will you look idly on and see
such men as Mr.. Grannis stricken down
in defense Of your hearthstones, while
you refuse to demand your right to cast
an intelligent vote to assist them in de-
fense Of your principles ?i
1t is little wonder that men who are
in earnest about reforming the world
grow impatient over the apathy of
many women.
One gentleman in paying up arrears
comes gracefully and gallantly to the
front, saying, in reply to several polite
invitations to "settle up aud save
trouble" 81 have concluded that there
is no use in quarreling with lady, as
the dear creatures always will have the
last word, and in the end are sure to
win. ] send you So. Please let me
know how much more you want.n To
this we will answer that all arrears are
now paid, and we want just three dol
lars more, to pay advance charges on
the present year. You couldn't be as
mean as the man Bradshaw you allude
to in P. ;, if you tried, for 'tisn't in you,
friend. You're just the sort Of a sub
scriber we like. Shall we not hear from
you again?
4 lady from Salem, whose name is
omitted for the present, till we can see
if the matter can't be righted, sent US a
note last week, saying that the clerks at
the post office had told her that her sub
seriptiOn had expired, and so she could
not get her paper. We sent an extra
copy, with a card stating account, for
which she was not in arrears. Now she
writes again, as follows:
81 have received within the last
month two NORTHwEsTs with the SUBJ
scriber's name torn Off The clerk said
mine had failed to come, but he had an
extra one he would give me. Now, foI
two weeks they have kept it, so please
send me last Fridays paper"
We hope ''that clerk" will subscribe
for the NEW NORTHWEST for his
"duxie" and save our friend further
trouble. We would, if we were be. OF
course we're glad when people are anx-
iOus to read the paper Terms, So per
year.
How we wish some of the would-be
oracles who consider woman better of
as she is than she would be if free,
could see some Of the lame attempts at