The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-02
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
NoRTH YA,ruIrr.. August 30. 1850.

selves into that space Of time that as
we sii here, in the village Of North I
Yamhill, and send our busy thoughts 4
back 20 Astoria, whence our last letter /
hailed, we pause and almost wonder /
who aud what and where we are.
Our loved and houorsd sire, who Tor /.
many years has lived in the secluded F.
enjoyment Of his suburban home with f.
in the classic shades Of Forest Grove, is .
stricken low with the inirmities Of age, /
and the busy world has weli-nigh heen
forgotten since We have been at his bed
side, counting the hours as they glide
away, leaving him at every cloek-strOke
visibly nearer the Evergreen Shore. /
But the great world cares little for in
dividusl affections or family bereave-
ments, and We try to realize this fact As
We turn our thoughts from the sick
chamber, which we have left a temTo
rary intervals through the week in the
pursuit Of our well-known aud ueces-
sary work. \ dispatch from the
Grove announces that Mr. ]. T. Scott
died at three o'clock yesterday aner-
noon, September lst.-JUN. Ed
We found Forest Grove enjoying its
regular Summer vacation Of pupils and
initiation Of city boariers. Several new
and tasteful residences have recently
been erected, aud others have been en-
larged and besutified. The bay-window
mania has reached the town and at
tacked many OF the houses, thereby im-
proving them much in roomiuess, light
and general appearance. Business has
thrifty air. The kindly faces Of old
I friends greet us at the stores aud shops,
aud We know by the look Of content
that beams from their eyes, as well as
the alacrity with which they settle their
yearly dues, that they are all prosper
ing. There is no pleasauier, prettier
rurei retreat than this; and Summer
/ bOarders need go no farther TO lind the
recreation they seek. There are monn-
/ tain streams near 10y for fishing, and
the canyons, plains and forests abound
in quails, grouse aud pheasants. The
orchards are loaded with fruit, and the
carriage drives are lovely. Mrs. Sloan,
who keeps the popular hotel, and is
known far and wide as a woman who
understands her business, has had her
grounds cleared aud fitted Up in a pleas
ing style, in good keeping with the rest
Of the premises. Her low price for
board, s. per week, is quite an item for
rest-seeking mothers with little ones
needing country air.
But the crowning feature of Forest
Grove just DOW is its Indian school,
which we visited hy invitation Of Mrs.
Huff, the efficient matron, who has a
mothers charge over some forty or more
children of the forest, and who takes a
pride in them that is at once justiiiable
aud praiseworthy. The buildings con-
sist of two large ,wo-story frame struc-
lures, in advanced stages Of compile
tion-one for tine schools and the dormi-
tories ami play-r1oms Of the boys, ard
the other for the diuing-room, kitchen,
laundry, sewing-roOm, ma-ron's rooms,
and the d0rmitories Of the girls. Pro-
fessor B0ynton, who has had much ez-
perieuce in Iodiau schools, is the
teacher in charge. Indian children, like
negroes, excel In singing. some OF
them are from the Warm Springs Res
ervation, aud were formerly under the
excellent training Of Mr.. Cyrus Walker.
These singers naturally lead the rest,
and the music is a pleasing feature at
all their exercises. Mrs HGif, who is
evidently the right woman in the right
} place, informs Us that the girls under
her care are quite as orderly and obedi-
} eut as so many white children. There
is no quarreliug among them, and ap-
= parently no disposition 10 shirk their
duties. Like the negro or the China
man, they are easily impressed with the
; Christian faith, and many Of the older
boys aud girls can "speak in meeting''
> and "tell their experience as we'll as
mature white folks.
We had speut an hour OF two In the
, afternoon in examining the premises
J from every quarter, and were then in
+ vited back to attend the evening ezer-
eises. We went, accompanied by friends
aud expecting to be entertained, but tc
our surprise the Professor arose aud in
troduced US to his dusky constituency
aud announced that the "well-known
: advocate OF woman's rights and mans
rights would now address them" The
: dilemma was little embarrassing al
first, but we soon got over it, and fol
about forty-fiye minutes We talked and
talked-to the children's evident ed q
cation and the amusement Of Rev. Mr
. Hud, the matrou, few other friends
and the urbane Professor. Surely there
never was another speech like it. W,
retired at last, enjoying the vague cou.
4 sciousness that one political missionary
had succeeded in making laughing
e target Of herself for the delectation o
: her hearers, after having supplemented
e her success by accepting the unauimoui
T Invitation Of pupils, teacher, pastor anC
e matrOn to 'cGll again"
Everybody who doubts the wisdom o
Captain Wilkiuson's latest Indian ex
ploit should visit this school. While Il
, is well known that we have never beer
sanguine Of the success Of engrafting th,
Christian religion upon Indians, yet W.
do believe it possible TO engraft th'
young Of any tribe upon our civilization
, whenever, as in this case, the top root