The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-04-20
Summit Ibema.

Our bill of fare the past week consisted |
Of wind, rain, hail and snow, very pleas
ant conglomeration, which, when we'll
served upSs simply delicious to native,
but rather monotonous to foreigner.
Last year in February and March rain
fell on Is and Is days respectively, whereas
this year there were but wet days in Feb
ruary and ditto" in March.
By the way ditto" reminds me of good
anecdote l once heard: 4 bashful and not
over-educated ov young fellow went to see his
girl one night. and as be started away, he
put his arm around her and whispered In
her ear. Dearest love YOU" to which
she sweetly responded 'sDitto," meaning, OF
course reciprocation of his tender passion.
The young man could not find ditto" IN
his vocabulary and asked his father. the
next day, as they were hoeing cabbage,
what it meant The old gent rested on his
hoc, aud pointed to the cabbage in front Of
| him, with the remark:
:'you see that eabbage?' p
''Yes, =" responded the youth.
| "And you see the next one there?"
| eyes,
'sWell that ia called ditto"
"D-n her ?' exclaimed the impotuous
youth. ''She called me cabbage head. "
Many of the ranches in this neiahborhood
hare sown down considerable mesGuit grass.
which is now coming UP, and will well re-
nav them for the triaing expense Of seed.
Mr.. Herzig's brother, who lives in Ohio,
| is intending to move with his family, to
! Oregonthe coming summer and to locate in
this neighborhood. .
| Mr.. Haas Californian residing in the
Upper Sacramento valley was in Oregon
last December and finally bought so acres
ofIMr Herzig. Sfr. Haas is expected to
arrive here with his family next July or
august.
A gentleman frorl Dallas was
| through here week or two ago
who was ont hunting for land. He was
much pleased with the green 6imbered coan-
try, but was not very favorably impressed
witt, the burnt timbered. He failed to see
any thing attractive in black stumps and
logs 1t seens i.owever, that the cattle do
| lust as well, il not better, in the burnt dis-
tricts imagine that the reason is this,
where there is much green timber the trees
shade the ground and little or no sun reaches
the ground Now it is well known abun-
dant sun Is necessary to produce abundant
! vegetation IL the tropical regions vegeta
| tien is far more luxuriant than mere; moth
ing will mature In the dark This is the
| reason presume that vegetation Ia 40 scan
| " beneath the green timber Cut down
| the pine trees, clear the ground, let the
| ground be IN its natural state and III a short
! time you will fipd wild grasses, wild flowers
aud shrubs viii spring up where previously
/ there were none. Some oe these more par
/ ticulary the pea-vine, wooilen breeches
| locally so ca'led} and wood sorrel are good
feed for most any kind of stock. Tais is
| why the burnt tirnbered country is the bes'
| stock country 1T gets more sun and the earth
/ very naturally produces more.
| was going to the Summit the other day
when in. one OF these disagreable April show
/ ers, the wind bie1. down one Of these huge
black sentinels in rather too close Pro1iEn-
| ity TO me to be altogether pleasant. get
out of there mighty quick. The old Nick
himself couldn't have made better time
| 40 sir. IN not stuck after them.
Ma John Duncan and family are now
/ living with the Messrs Warren on Yaquina
Mr.. Jack Ayies, son Of Captain Aylcs,
left Rock creek the week before last and IN
conIpany with Mr. Graham formerly Of Cor
vail lis intends taking "trip to Eastern Oregon
/ Co view out the land.
Summit, April 18th.