The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-07-18

dressed in a ball suit. with q bat in his hand
and red hair. and identified by tho inscrlp
tion, 'sThe fate of the rcd headed dude--be
ware" They were not real live men bu
4 stutFed affairs. They expressed enough
0 thought TO show that there wore two ncal
Staytsn who had as many enemies a. friends
We clip tho following brilliant (il hit from
! the Leader Of Corvallis: "Dile on tho stom.
r aoh Is what is the matter with man when
, he pens ding like the following, taken from
tho Albany DEMocRAT Of last week ''Cor.
Wallis boasts Of four foot.racers all Of whom
will beat any from Salem or Albany. Cas-
tor oil and turpentino will remove bile. "
Nevertheless tho above boast has boon made,
bile or no bile, on several oocaslons, az the
person who wrote tho above itorn for tho
Leader knows full we'll.
Tho following gobbler story taken from an
exchange Is curicss one "Miss Campbell.
OF Roseburg. Or, has lot OF turkeys. and
among thom is q gobblor that katohed out
nine fine little turkeys. not allowing tho tur
key hen 10 GENE near tho nest during tho
period of incubation. Three Of them have
since died, but ho takes excellent care Of tho
remaining ak. covers them at night with his
protecting wings. hunts food for them daily.
and will not allow anyone 10 interfere with
his little brood.
Here Is rattle snake story Frank
Newman, living near Vinson. Oregon, was
bitten by rattlosnako about two weeks ago.
He felt something hanging to his pants on
tho back part OF his leg. and turning to see
what IL was. hs saw the snake fall 10 tho
ground. and. gathering club, killed Il. lie
suffered nothing from tho bite and after
few days ii gave him no uneasiness but
few days ago happening TO touch the part
bitten with his hand on which he had .
scratch, some Of tho poison got into the sore
and his hand commenced swelling aud IL now
according to our informant. in very bad
shape.
Sauthern Oregon has young lady whs
seems to Fossess considerable OF the mascu. |
line spirit. as the following would indicate
"An old gentleman who resides GEAR Eagle |
Point had business in Lake county and loft |
the premises II charge Of his daughter aud
hired man. The conduct Of the hired man |
was not satisfactory 10 the lady and she paid |
him od and discharged him. lie returned |
tho next day and was ordered TO leave the |
premises which he refused to when the lady |
drew pistol aud fred at him. tho ball pass.
ing through tho rim Of his hat and the pow
der burning his face badly"
He was poor lone sailsr tramp with blue
brOechos but he was human, and 30 when |
approaching the metropolis Of Linu county
hS saw fresh looking piece Of bacon by the
road as !. was natural enough for him TO |
pick It up and cat il poor fellow. he had
not tasted . mouthiul for three or four
hours. Alternating the lacon he became
deadly sick and had esnvulsiona Getting . |
pasner by TO bring him 70 Albany he stopped
at the Sheriff. sthee. when Drs Wallace and
Irvine were called. aud they soon relieved
him OF the poison that was on the bacon. |
Soon Afterwards hS went on his way towards
Portland, with an empty stomach.
The following from, New York City pa
per shsws that our salmon arc kumtuxed
there: Salmon at this season have never
been known 10 be 90 abundant or cheap.
Fine Oregon river salmon sells for Is cents
pound. KeRnsbec salmon cost 20 cents
pound for a whole fish, and 25 cents pound
for ''cut." There are two varieties Of Orc.
gon river salmon now in nArkss-''blue-
backs" whish weigh from three TO FIVE
pounds, and ''ehinooks." that weigh frsm
ten 10 fifty pounds each. Both these kinds
sell for Is cents pound. Epicures psrfer
''chinooks" for flavor. Although the Aeah
OF ''oiuebaeks" Is intensely rod. when cooked
it IL dry, and much Ike that Of ffoEsuaAl.
mon Z"