The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-02-09
SHE COULDN'T WAIT.


A buxom German girl hailed g
street car at Fifth street and Avenue
about eleven o'clock on Saturday
night. 1t was so crowded that she
hesitated about getting on. The
conductor told her to hurry, saying
that he couldn't afford to wait all
night.
"You needn't wai:," said the gir),
Il can got by der Grand-street ferry
pefore dot gar.''
The car started off, and the girl
returned to the sidewalk, where she
broke into a lively run. Her pro-
gress was unimpeded by tight shoes,
or other fashionable attire. She ran
with a freedom and grace that won
the applause and admiration of all on
the car. Young men on the rear
platform shouted encouragingiy to
her, and waived their hats. People
-on the sidewalk stared at her in
wonder.
The car stopped on Second street
to let woman ont. The girl also
stopped, in the interests of fair play.
She started again when the car did,
keeping up the same pace. She
bounded through Houston street like
a trained pedestrian, receiving ap-
plause and encouragement all along
the route. She stopped whenever
the car stopped. When the car
turned into grand street she was still
even with it. The young men on
the rear platform shouted to her to
keepi. up, and passengers inside put
their heads out of the windows to
see her. She passed the Grand street
terminus of the route thirty feet
ahead Of the car, and disappeared
through the ferry gate, laughing
merrily.-Neao York San.
The Post-Aate1igemce., a most
ably-conducted paper, in a recent
editorial gives some good, practical
ideas on diversified farming: 1t
says:
Every man who owns a 2o-acre
farm in this country ought to salt his
own pork, cure his own bacon, put
mp barrel or Two of prime corned
beef, for home consumption, dry or
salt his own salmon, can his own
fruit, be independent of the world i'll
the matter of butter, eggs. chickens,
turkeys, ducks, geese, and vegetables
of all descriptions. People do these
things, all except the salmon, which
they cannot catch or get Siwash
to catch for them, in California on
ten acres, in some cases on FIVE acres,
where they have to pay high rates
for irrigating facilities.
Our people ought to do these
things on 20 acres; and have a large
surplus to dispose Of, a surplus the
money valne of which would buy all
the clothes, books, sugar, coffee and
tea and other household supplies
needed.
Until the diversified farming-and
it must be conducted industrious1y,
intelligently and economically takes
the place OF the present system,
which looks in too many cases to one
staple as the source of supply for all
things; years of superabundance will
continue to alternate with years of
pinched scarceness, and the. number
ofcozy farmhouses built with refer
ence to the comfort of all their in
mates, and adorned with all the use
full modern Improvements will de-
crease father than increase. Pasture
lot, pig pen, orchard and fowl house,
potato field, stable, berry patch and
kitchen are each one necessary and
inseparable adjunct of the well-con-
Quoted farm, the diversified branches
of which the intelligent farmer will
find fully as much pleasure as profit
in. The tendency Of the farm Of to-
day however, and OF this region Is.
we are sorry TO say, too much in a
different direction. We look and
hope for change Of front all along
the line.
THE BACHELOR JUROR.