The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-02-11

takes the plckerel 10 sce sharp. anJ
the founder TO be fiat.
An ex-prize fighter Is post,ns.ter
In eastern town. Ills old fighting
nature is still In him, aud hardly a
day passes that he doesn't Iicg. an IN.
nocence little stsmp.-E0Lomo Tr;.
bane. lie stamps on the letter.. rhe
malicious wretch.
The report that the Afghan. are
wsrsted Is a creweI yarn.
"Chimney Sweep" II tho nsfoe OIL
trotting horse. IL II said tlat ~ /
his last race he fairly hue.- Eons S~a
fiaek Which didn't SCOT the hackers |
OF the nag that had a brush with him. |
y. J. Eeics. Sort Of put danpcr on |
their spirits, eh ?
"Little Wheat" Is one ofthe chiefs |
Of The Upper Utes. Its time he was
planted. .-Andreic's Qneea. Little
Rye is their chief ruler. Isn't il
about time for somebody 10 be going
"through the Rye" In that section.
Twas near the close Of sul,ry day
In July, when a solitary horsenan
might have been scen-well. lePs
see; any horscnan might have ben
zane by paying for #. What was /,
we were about 10 say anyway?
An OK was captured in tho river at
Aoshy's Point, ;wcnty-eight miles
above Wilmington, y. G., by negro
man on fiat boat and towed 10 the
city. swimming behipd the boat cv-
cry foot g 'he way. Good steering
that. -Piiiotelp.aa Bulletin. 4 new
way Of watering stock, we should
say.
'ia the bright complexion Of ny
youth III have DO such word as pale'
and with the complexion OF an angel
she reached for the rougc-box.
"Are We extrayagant," ASKS the
Boston Commercial BaIletin. II yOl
pay five cents for n cigar when you
can beg one, you are. -.Torris,o,ca
He~alI.
There are hundreds OF entertaining
writers who would be good historians
II they did not know 80 many things
that have never happened. r..
Pecay,ne.
How time changes. Ia the good
eld testament days il was considered
a miracle for an ass to speak, and now
nothing short of p miracle will keep
one quiet.
Julius Vinegar is in jail at Trenton
for. insulting and abusing ladies. Vim
egar evidently did not have much
respect for his "mother." The "juc''
IS the best place for Vinegar anyhow.
A hotel Is TO be built at Quebec
over the place whero Montgomery
charged and the charges In the fu-
ture there will probably be a long way
ahead Of Aohtgomery's. .-Bosion Com
DsSrcisE bulletin.
The husbands of the deaf mutet
have one advantage over other hus
bands the wives OF the former have
to get out OF bed at night and strike
a slight before they can curtain lee
ture.
A man met his friend the othel
day in charge OF policeman on hi:
way 10 the city calaboose. ''Wher,
are you going" asked he. al an
showing this man the way to the City
Hall, F" said Jones. -NcGreypr Ns,os
The man who seeks to win a repu
tation for prodigal generosity by pub
liciy astonishing some poor beggal
with the presentation of dollar, rare
~ surprises his wash woman ia tina
way.
Son--"Father, the lecturer at th'
hall tonight said that lunar ray
were only concentrated luminosity o
the earth's satellite what do you
think about it ?" Intelligent parent
"All mOonshine, my son, all moon
shinew
"Any letter for me ~ asked /,
young lady of the female postmaster
in a country town. ''No," was tht
,, reply. "Strange," said the youn:
lady aloud TO herself, as she turneC
away NOhiAhS oti0hSC SOouL II,
cried the (. p, through the deliver.
,, window, "you amt answered the las
letter he writ ye. ."-Cincinnati ,Satuy
. day Night.
: Gilhooly listened to a sermon OIL
. charity last Sunday, and he was s.
moved when he came out that he said
.. 81 never was so stirred up abou
charity in my life. l'll be blamed i
| don't" "Give So to the poor p
"Not exactly, l mean feel like
; want to go out begging, such an ei
: feet did that sermon have on me."-
GalceSton NelrS.
! One by one the rights of America
q white citizens are being gobbled u
n by the red men of the forest. NJ
: many generations ago where yo
y now stand, the Indian hunted tn
I Buffalo, but now, within wee
!, Ouray, the great chief, died of Bright
Il disease of the kidneys. How rapid
ly the aborigines are adopting th
customs of ciyiligatiOn. n.-Peck's Ia
acdk,e Sasa.