The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-22
Letters From the People.
a Visit 60 CiatsOp Plains.

Visit 60 Ctats0p Plains
EDITOR AsrOEIAN:
In spending a few days for pastime,
and social enjoyment Of friends Oh
the plains, and to be braced mp by
the breath Of old ocean, had in
tended, if met with anything Of in
terest, to make a note and transmit to
you; but the exercise so fatigued and
tired me that was obliged to emit
notes, and speak of the trip at my
leisure. / found old friends I'm the
enjoyment Of comparative good health,
taking into consideration age circum-
stances. Mr. and Mrs. Condit are
the most feeble and helpless Of all the
old friends there, and will have To
wait but few short days, 1T most.
until they are called home. They
have spent long life of constant toll
and labor, and, having no offspring,
have not the care and comforts they
deserve, and which others Of us en-
JOY. Prospects of health, happiness
and plenty, on the plains, are good.
This is the very busiest season Of the
year for farmers, who are now gather
ing in their hay crop, having found
by long experience that 4 well-iilled
barn is as necessary for the preserva
tion of stock, as Well-stored larder
is for the support of the human fam
lily. The hay crop is very good, also
in consequence of the ample supply
of rain. vegetation is abundant One
thing is peculiar to Clatsop, they can't
have to omuch rain; the more the bet
ter The most thrifty farmers keep
from twenty 10 thirty cows, and the
most of them sell their milk To the
manufacturers of cheese. Some few
manufacture the best quality of but
ter, and 1t does ones very soul good to
sit down To a Clatsop table, furnished
with an abundance of light, spongy
bread, and two-pound roll of the
golden butter. The Dat crop, which
is one Of the principal crops, looks re-
markably fine and viii yield Il good
yield. la passing along yon see at
most of the farms a row of bright tin
cans elevated on platform near the
milking ground, to receive the milk
at each milking. These cans contain,
when full, about hundred pounds OF
milk, and it is taken at the factory
by weight. 4 team from the factory
takes the milk from the ranch,
and returns the empty cans in
time for the next milking. One thing
saddened my heart-the appearance
of the cemetery, the city Of the dead.
1t looks almost wholly neglected.
The enclosure is entirely broken down,
and the graves, not separately en-
closed, are exposed 10 the tramping
and wallowing OF the stock. This
should not be permitted, and those oi
us who have relatives sleeping there
should see that il is re-enclosed and
put In some kind of decent order.
The Seaside establishments are pre-.
pared to accommodate a large number
of guests, but few rs yet have arrived,
and their financial success mainly de.
pends npon the elevation uf the mer.
! curry In the interior. The roads fol
buggy riding are anything but pleas
ant, as they have been beaten dowI
by double teams, So there is a ridge
remains in the center about eight
inches wide, up"n which your horse
must travel, or you are bobbed about
in very uncomfortable way; but i
you can reach the beach, the drive is
superb, and no justling. returned
by way Of fort ClatsOp. 1t was ml
good fortune not To meet any verl
unpleasant circumstance until | arTiyeC
at the office Of the Oregon Railway
and Navigation company. Here
met a young man who seemed to know
exactly how much money | had ol
hand, 81 10, and lac took the pile
for the freight on my horse and bugg,
from fort Clatsop to Astoria, dis
tance of five miles. Tins would max,
travelling with horse and buggy 81 o.
per mile, besides your own fare.
being Sabbath, proposed to settle tn
bill the first business day of the week
but he said no, you must pay now
before the articles are moved. "Whel
the lion of the forest roars, the smalle
beasts tremble." / presume he wa
obeying instructions, and the peopl
must be silent when one In authorit,
speaks. For horse and buggy trans
por tation, | recommend the Skipanol
route. 1t is one mile nearer, ant
nearly two-thirds cheaper. p
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