The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17
EpITORIAL ooRREgPONDEN0B.

Among the other objects Oh iuteiS9'
that attract the stranger who visits Cor
Wallis, we are pleased 10 make mention
Of the Agricultural College, neat
commodious, though unpretending edi-
fee, in which about eighty students are
gathered for instruction, under the su-
pervisiou of President Arnold and Pro-
fessors Emery and Hawthorn. These
gentlemen are scholarly, atlable, ana
progressive, three combinations rarely
met in an entire college faculty. The
course Of study is thorough and compre-
hensive, and the school is doing grand,
good work.
/ 1t was our pleasure, in company with
several lady friends, to attend Professor
Emery's Sunday evening lecture one Of
/ a series, upon the Mosaic Cosmogomy."
The question was dealt with in a spirit
Of liberality and fair dealing especially
I gratifying to a cosmopolitan thinker
who usually fails to find the clergy as
tolerant Of investigation as they ought
I to be. Though adhering TO the Mosaic
account Of the formation Of "the grass
and the herb, aud every living thing,
whose seed is in ITSELF after its kind, as
being more terse, comprehensive, and
plausible than the conclusions Of mod
ern scientists, who postulate rather than
affirm their theory Of molecular forma-
tion FROM invisible protoplasm, he
was careful to state the opinions Of his
opponents fairly, and held a large audi
ence interested throughout the entire
discourse by an earnestuess and elo-
queuce OF speech that would do no dis
credit to any pulpit, from Maine to Ore
gon. The professor is an indefatigabie
worker in various fields Of literary and
religious enterprise, and grows less and
less dogmatic, by his own admission, as
he explores more and deeply the endless
realms Of science and philosophy.
The ladies Of Corvallis have organized
an improvement society" which bids
fair to become permanent. as it is al
ready a prosperous institution.
The political caullrou seethes here, as
elsewhere, at high rate Of tempera-
ture, though there is much good feeling
among all parties in relation 20 Mr..
Carter, Republican candidate for State
printer, for whom many bedrock Dem
+ ocrats'are declaring their determination
to cast their ballots.
Corvallis boasts q liberal share Of the
educational element, the school keprby
Professor Miner being one Of the best.
There is much interest manifested iu
the woman movement, the cause being
much more popular than at any time
previous to our last visit.
The IN health from which We hav,
suffered periodically for a term of year.
, grew Glore aud more exactiug upon oul
time aud strength, and finally com.
PEELED us TO forego other engagement.
, and beat a sudden retreat for home; bul
not until we had bad the pleasure Of be.
. ing one Of number of ladies aud gen
tlemen who discoursed chicken fixin'.
and enjoyable association at the bom,
OF good Mrs. Nichols, another one Of th,
many noble, ambitious women VIII,
, have risen beyond the old business o
a., competing with Chinamen i'm all eXcep
wages, and have gone into honorabl,
and profitable business on their own ac
+, count. In the past four years Mrs
=, Nichols has sold some forty thousan,
= dollars worth Of pianos, organs, AN,
r sewing machines, from the profits o
a which she has already laid up the uu
cleus Of handsome fortune, in addition
r. to providing bountifully for heE inter
l. esting family during the time. Ia thu
Al asserting her right to DO business ant
. elevate herself above the rank Of ser
10 wants without salary, she has met am
conquered the fatal opposition which
alas, has crushed SO many wives, only
, little less heroic than herself, who hav
- gone back to the old life Of masculiu
n domination rather than brave the storu
II that was certain to follow the self-asser
y, ton Of their own inalienable right,
:, We are proud Of Mrs. Nichols, aud W
ID recall the few days spent in her plea,
y with feelings Of grateful satisfaction.
a We much regret that illness preveute
E. US from calling at the homes and bust
Of ness places Of the many cheerful one
ID who greeted us at the lectures and caIle
h at the residences Of friends where W
q. had the honor Of visiting, but we az
10 like the damaged engine Of a weather
r, beaten steamer. It's easy enough {
p patch up the old machine so it can d
ID temporary duty, but very difficult {
ID contine il to prolonged action requirin
5, high pressure power.
le Returned by steamer "Occideut' {
y Salem, where the many obliging friend
p at the Chemeketa Hotel made as q
le comfortable rs a raging fever, pulsir
IS temples, and racking bones, marrow
- nerves, and muscles would allow; an
e. on Thursday morning we reached hom,
nj where our good Dr. Murray says sh
ID will compel the half-worn engine to p,
in main for while for necessary repair
l. At this rate Wen get to SoutheT
ge Oregon some time in October Lon
ago, when we were young and jolly, W
recollect having a Pennsylvania bear
IN who started from a certain rural distri,
IN in Illinois TO Harrisburg TO make
ct visit But it took him all summer
,e get there, because he had 10 come bac
e. every Saturday to be ready 20 tab