The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-08-29
EXCURSION TO BEAVER CREEK.

EDITOR GAZETTE: This delightfully."-
situated place of resort is six miles by
one of the smoothest pieces of beach
from Newport, and claims to be the
best trout fishing creek in the county.
On last Wednesday party consist
ing of Mr.. w. B. Carter and lady,
DR.. Vincent and lady. B. w. Wilson,
II. E. Harris and o. P. Jaycox, of
Corvallis, Mr.. Ogilvey, of Portland,
Mr.. Frasier and Prof. J. T. Gregg, of
Salem, yours truly and wife, crossed
Yaquina, and by carriage, mule team
and horses, reached the camp by IL
o'clock. Mr.. J.. E. Davis and wife,
who are Indispensable on trip OF
this kind, besides bringing any guam
tity of good things to eat, furnished
croquet set, and in few minutes
after our arrival game was in prog
ress fires were soon smoking under
the thick foliage of the alder and crab
apple; song aud jest passed freely !;
soon a loud halo, given by lady
troubled with consumption, was ans
wered by Mr.. Surman, who had vol
unteered the day before to procure
the party fish enough for dinner; he
was seen coming down the creek, and
had fully done his duty. Some of the
finest trout | ever saw were in a few
minutes ready for the pan. The fish
fried. coffee boiled, and clam soup
gave forth savory smell that soon
interrupted the croquet game; around
the improvised table were gathered a
dyspeptical crowd, people who had
come miles over the toughest roads to
regain a lost appetite. J-c-x en-
joye6 the fish a good deal better than
his table neighbors; he is without
doubt the champion troutist. DR..
V. isn't slow at storing cargo either,
and Bush, for a man who insisted on
being "under the weather. is no
slonch; he can come as near making
a "eorner on grub as any man l
know Mrs. DIS, Vt and Bill
seemed devotedly attached to green
cucumbers and clam soup. Prof G.
and his modest companion, Mr.. F--r,
tried hard to impress Salem's import
ance as to schools, ETC., but this was
only a strategical movement to file a
pre-. emptinn on section of goodies,
and they had actually made quite a
clearing" when Mr.. Og-vie set up
a prior claim, and vowed that neither
SOP or Alisky & Hegle ever set a
table equal to the one at Beaver creek.
After dinner came cigars, compli.
ments for the ladies, and DR.. Vt
fonnd a fiddle slowed away in his
buggy. How that fiddle got there is
mystery second only to Cams sys-
tenn of book keeping. The DIR. imme-
diately commenced a very difficult
piece of music, said to have puzzled
Remenyi-it certainly did his audi
ence. 1t was a great relief when
yours truly took that violin and play
ed one of his tavorite airs, the Barn
Door jig" The first scrape of the
feline intestine brought every lady to
her feet, and the widest excitement
prevailed. l had played before i'm
mense houses, and was prepared for
musical frenzy. Those unfortunates
who never attended dancing school
in their youth executed the most ex-
travagant steps; every note brought
f>r Il 1.,eo
an oyster can controlled by the new
theory of vibration, struck me on the
bow arm, and / had to desist amidst
the greatest commiseration for my
SELF. IF any of your friends want to
enjoy life, and trip that will always
remain green spot in memory, just
get Lem Davis and lady to e0 with
you to Beaver creek. Lem under
stands all the points, and his wife has
the happy faculty of making every.
body comfortable. No one coming
TO the coast can afford to fail in a
splurg of this kind. Mr.. Surman mas
the thanks of the party for the basket
of fish, and the party the satisfaction
of having spent most agreeable day
at Beaver creek.
A very large party leaves here this
Sunday morning for Alsea and the
coast; they will have "good time. y
r. A. Habersham is busy surveying,
and in few weeks the long and anx.
iously desired verdict will be render
ed, and no doubt in favor of Alsea
Bay as a shipping point. The peo-
pie of the Upper and Lower Alsea
only have to unite and open the pro
ljected wagon road to tide water, and
that country will take its place among
the most favored on the coast, for it
can have steam communication with
a near market, and facilities for secur-
ing its supplies second to none, as a
country possessing the advantage OF
climate and soil like the Alsea must
grow to prosper. RIALTo.
NEWPORT, Aug. %, 1879.
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