The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-10

perch, and vigorously damning the
socket that woulan at hold the whip
he lasbsd the team to tight
run, and on we crashed It a fearful rate,
obliged to make up for lost time.
Morning, and breakfast at Rock Point,
fourteen miles from Jae sOnville, pic
turesque spot 10 which we shall again
allude before returning home. Then
three hours ride brin US to Jackson
willie, our place Of present destination,
and we give a sigh of relief at the pros
pect Of speedy rest, as we look abroad |
over the landscape aud think Of the /
nearby hotel.
Away, away to the left, as the stage |
bounds, bumps aud crashes along, we
see the broad and beautiful valley Of
Rogue River, looking in the uncertain
haze Of the Summer morning like Wis
ion of Paradise. The valleys are so
level, the trees So graceful, aud the
whole so vastly magnificent that it
would seem impossible that want or
greed or turmoil or politics or drunken
ness or scandal should ever enter. At
the head Of the valley, hemmsd in by
an amphitheater of billOwy hills, sits
Jacksonville, in solitary state, like a
reigning queen who scorns to hold COM
muniOn with her surrounding subjects.
The little wooden hotel, in which We
/ find cosy quarters, is a model of neat
ness and comfort, and is kept by Mr..
and Mrs. Savage, who certainly deserve
the patronage they get. There are ever
50 many well-filled stores, and a bank,
OF which c. c. Beekman is president.
There are two churches, three livery
stables, three hotels, three millinery
stores, and more lady clerks than in any
other town on the coast. There is
notable lady here, Mrs. P. J. Ryan, who
was editor Of a newspaper in Indiana at
the opening of the rebellion, who is now
heavily engaged with her husband in
the dry goods business. Mrs. Plymele,
estimable wife of Hon. w. J. Plymale,
who was once a member of the Legisla-
ture, is one of the most active workers
in the Woman Suffrage field whom we
have met anywhere. She is sharper
than lightning, and it is little wonder
that evil-doers fear her. In addition to
:he care of her family Of eight children,
she is a high officer among the Odd Eel
lows and in the Grange, is a writer for
the newspapers, and good public
speaker.
We had crept, more dead than alive,
to our room at the hotel, and, after q
bath and luncheon, had spent several
hours in a vain attempt to coax jaded
nature into tranquil slumber, when
! to our great delight, Mrs. Plymale, &C,
companied by Mrs. McDonough, o
e Willow Springs, was shown to tn,
room, where we planned for campaign
which began on Sunday evening, thi
: 29th ult, in the Methodist Church, be
e fore large and, for the most part
1 happy audience, though the subject
woman and the Bible" proved =
= clearly the palpable fallacy Of the Zone
d sided curse" theory that several man
d rights fogies got awfully scared to thinl
u we'd knocked their Bible pins from un
= der 'em, and they have since endeav
i ored to move heaven and earth to pre-
II vent the men from attending other lee
J. lures. The masses of women and tn
d smartest men will attend, in spite o
e them, however, though the Sentinel, il
Il trying to carry water on both shoulders
gave a very hattering and yet altogethe
Il unfair account of the first lecture, in th
u evident hope to aid the opposition an
i mollify US. But the editor really mean
to compliment US, and it isn't his faul
u that, after we had given him argument:
e we couldn't give him brains to compre
&c hend them. The Times, the other new:
> paper here, has not, at this writing
spoken, though the editor is an abl
Il young man, and we look for courtes
J, from him when he does speak. He is
~ financial success, and is consequent
~ above being hack for weak minde
mans rights simpletons. One peculiar
y ity Of the men has amused us greatl,
Quite a number of them have run liz
Turks-Or turkeys-at our approach
= One, a merchant, who is commi
!, stoned Brigadier- General Of the hon
guards under Governor Thayer, scOote
= out at the back door Of his store as "
"A entered, and we could easily have caI
ID tured the whole concern with a sing
a blank cartridge if his younger broth,
n hadn't held the fort like a man. In th
M instance, the Governor, who is usual
4. correct in his conclusions, gave ii
#. commission to the wrong person. Surel
or he could not have been personally al
= quainted with little Tommy Ream, {
,fr he would not have removed a veteran
q, thirty years standing like General RO
fa to make room for a brigadier wh
= would run from lady whom everybod
,e knows had no evil designs upon hin
no The deputy sheriff was another protectt
~ Of the public interests who deserted b
,s post at our approach, although our oI
in friend Mcpherson had come along to il
N troduce and protect him, and, even if v
n had had any evil designs upon him
il his Office, would not have permitted
q. to injure a single hair Of his coward
at head.
he Every city has its dignitaries, al
re prominent among those of Jacksonvil
ne is Madame Jane Holt, who keeps