The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-04-17

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When person once gets the idea in his
head tina: seuIethiug ought to be 'veBtiiIst- :
ed you might ~ wsil try 10 stop Az ava
lanch 0n the Airs 80 ;o sttetnpt To per
sua.ls him 10 b0l ! his tongue. ain In
that m since { &. solved 10 rsiorm I am
all ventilation. I can see more notes In
peoples eyes than thsrs arc stars Ia the
milky way, or aces up gamblers sleeve.
And now that the i'sams are all out Of my
own eyes, IL In v-ry natural for iDe 10
desire to expose tb"ss around me. he'd
several things iu nIy head, the credit - -
tenn, bangs, ito. bat, when saw copy
Of the psw history Of the 4" iiIamsGts Val.
ley, . new and grand theme offered Itself
However expert may he 81 whiting dry
goods boxes,I admire history. or ell works
historical take the lsad fpr s0Itlity Just
put "hlstoryr on - book AID it pickles IL
down for ages. betisr THAI any lost art Of
the aDeisDts. IGis ths making Of IL every
tlms. 30 when I So this work 1 thought
on my old friend. Iii'ts'n. 1lums. LIngafd,
Macaulay, RoliIn, Bancroh, ETC., and
began skimmInE ITS pAss-. Without
very close examinsIon I marked o. X. Oh
the first $50 psSs-. they seadIed tO Off.r
fair representation Of the history Of the
WillsIDsito Valley, tersely aud nuent1J
w0rdsd, abeundIng In good sketches, ,rs m
iBiscencss aud soi'd fac's but when I
struck the last 3iI pages completely
wiIted. or collapsed, II you prefer. They
consist Of short skotcbes OF citizens Of ore
gop. many. II MT Ino~t OF whom were
simply Subscribers % the book, whose
paTass arc lmmprtAlIz'd, no matter how
promlnent.or whether known at all. .simpl,
bsctuse they bslp"d pay fbr the pub.ica-
ton. This Rpg b - been tried b-fJr@ in
the aliases % tin aud other eouniiss,
"Pen Sketchss of Prominent men" st,
which have 'e%n living HrDnnd in my
bumming sx pejlLIsns IN the paSt year and
tho pss pie are heartily tirsI of IL. History
loses all liz jGnl,v when si,ecu' alive
schemes show 'h~ir transparent faces 10
its columns. When 80 bpls see the nameA
0f Dick Jones aud Ton smith, who were
never even J. =, bnt were aubsc.Ibsrs,
and mon like 1hayer. E'aDRsr. Mitchell,
Finn, ETC.. Old Oreg"nIans. left out. .
mice In smslt right OF and it just makes
one sick liks all over. This history itself
rnay be all right. hut - . whole the bsok
is like horse with dogs tail nn her. or
. COW with kanxaToos' legs. Il makes one
think Of ta1y shops. Suppose MAcsuIay
had gone around and gottSn sk@tchss Of
the subscribers 70 bis mastery work,
which should have read like this "Wil.
liam Ewart Disraeli, born 1909. . email
gardener, married 70 Sarah Ann Peel In
1882. Has fourteen sons and thrss dauRh.
torn, tc-w:t: etc :" why people would just
have laughed ell over aRd Aacaulay
would, ,-but, Tidinalous, MscAulAy would
never hAve aono such an un1ignined
thing. Some one may say. swell, this is
not hIstory-or EnglSnd, nor Of the U. g.,
nor even Of Oregon, bDt OF the WIlIsmetie
Valley" but it is history. and perhaps q
good one, the most prominent work ever
written In the Valley. and IL Is really too
bad that the publishers should have ad-
ded this dogs tall - . good horse. II IL
ssy 20 try to sn sah H. over, bat you
! might 80 val try 10 smooth "a old made
temper, Il is not History, nor dignity. aud
any number Of my dry goods box friends
have sAId 30, aud also that all Of their
friends have said 90 and 10 not this author
Ity. Il 10 really . pity that At the present
day so@s catch penny ansir has 70 be sd-
ded 70 every enterprise In sFder 70 maks
It pay, but 20 observe IL 10 be. Eow,
have spread myself more than intended.
I do rot attack thIs new book, Am glad
it has been pubIIshed even with its dogs
tail but do hops the next oAs will leave
Il out, or II the publishers will put It In
just like . cyslopediA. lot lt es rsprsSe nta-
i've and not taffy for subscribers, when
the history itsslf nay bs worth what I
costs.
ID H. w