, 1881-10-15

gives himself away by slandering hi, credi-
tors. Whenever he is presented with bill
and forced to pay he blackens their reputa.
tion.
Ad. Chapman, famous as the scout and in.
terpreter of the Nez Perce war, Vas in the
city on Sunday under orders from headauar.
tiers to proceed to Vancouver. For some
reason he had to 90 to The Dalles overland.
But her farder is wathful and wary,
A very iil-tempered old churl,
And he's not the sort of canary
To be kicked for the love of a girl,
and he skipped.
We'll hnish this poem next week.
-Le1rjStoR Teller.
That's an awful nice piece of original po-
etry. At least We thought so when we stole
it out of magazine four years ago and pub
lished it,
The Indian medicine men are saving no
cold this winter" These fellows are such
perpendicular liars that it " i'll be Just as well
~ lay up treasures of wood. blankets and
potatoes.
As the season for putting up cooking stoves
in the house is row here, it might be well
to suggest that the elbow was made to lit the
oven door, and three blows from an axe viii
generally fix a joint-for the wood house.
The California Pdcifc Coast says: Look
out for bogus CONS" We'd do it in min
Ete if we had time, but we aave all We can
do to look after good coin Just at present.
Let some one else look.
The way for the city marshal to get new
jail now is to catch one OF the 'cIty dads
out late some night and lock him up on sus-
picion. One dose VIII bring about result
that will be decidedly satisfactory.
The Idaho Democrat didn't turn all OF its
column rules, nor do much of that kind OF
mourning, but We hung out longer strip OF
black calico aud dropped it more gracefully
than did any other printing office in Idaho
Territory. VIII President Arthur and the
cabinet lease make note of this Idaho
Demo-,
Boyakin, of the Idaho Democrat, and
| Kelly. Of the Satesman-th two most intel
lectual and finest looking old touGhs in
America now play the carrier boy by dis
tributing their respective smut-mills to city
subscribers. Amt it, Milt, or is it too tociy
+ to, or too utterly ut:
Grandma Scott, of the Oregonidn, Is to be
| congratulated ON her new love. Poor old
| soul she has to have some one 10 love, and
her days will be so short after Mitchell gets
the hatchet dug up that no one can refuse
her little comfort in her declining days
| Farewell Scotty. Rip"
The OR. & n. Co. are handling 500 tons
of freight daily at The Dalles There is
nerfect swarm Of laborers working day and
night al the wharf beats.
It has cost the STATESMAN Office $50 for
cord wood for fuel for the winter; with coal
nlentiful about half that amount would keep
rs warm for year. Mr.. Willard, hurry up
the coal pleas.
Tom Sutherland was so mad when he read
last Mondays STATESMAN that he cut us oil
his exchange list. It's too bad We couldn't
discover any sense in 1t, anyway AS mon
compos mentis," Tom is the ''bcss
It's "respite and nepenthe for our clti-
zens that re ,eivers chnm together. Tor they
have lately been so bored and talked 10
ds.tb that the sight ct one Of them on the
street Is the signal for grand skedaddie'
Cannot the registers, who always appear
bnsv find these fellows som, thing TO do:
Our city seems to be very quiet nov. NO
,o,ys and very few drunks- Guess We must
have too efficient a police farce
Miss Francis f. Mddaash, tn well known
m,s:c teacher. lei. Oh Wednesday e'tnmS
train for Stockton, California "hefe sue
goes hoping the change Of climate may nm
Drove her failing health. Her many friehis
az, .;+y INN in wishing that her stay IN
the Golden State may be oen' nciA' anu
happy one,
We desire to stick pin right here anu
-, chat the STATESMAN JOB rooms are
now turning out some Of the finest "0iA II II
the CITY. and that orders are coming !" a.
IS. a, tney can be filled Under tne snper-
,';,; ,v Of Mr.. Swash, who has non= ou. '"e
,., 0f workmen. the STATESMAN can boast
IS ,bs largest and finest commercial ana psr luo
printing departments in the .1r',so,s ,~ng w5ere
to come.
rur Standard says that the reason ,sa f,I.. .hs
"a M do .nit improve its water ou..es s - sne .e
land doss. I.rss the bars between there ane
sea Is ,.onth ps Of the Columbia would De SO :"
the n,IJ SsTsrses against hostile iieet cap'''
ma many Sr1ssns assspssa metropolis. :,
/ III YES: that's good Bat by the os'
Yes yes s's hossilss @ should capture the me
surr ,uaTolis. wouldn't one smell Of the repa's .
.;,n of Grandmother Scott MAKE ''''
.hs;r M labsr had been in SAins
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