The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-12-26

farewell to Il In the following manner, in
very elegant handwriting:
1 shall not renew my subscription Tor
1891 as | am now too old 20 read news
papers, being IN the s6th year Of my
age. have been subscriber for Ave
periodicals.; but only one political the
other four were religious. Two of them
were published in America. One, called
the "Slgns Of the Times,n Ii published
IN Middletown, New York and the other
in Greenfield, Indiana, called the "prim-
itive Monitor The two English PERI
odicals are both published In London,
one called 1.-THE Gospel Standard" and
the other called "ChristiAn's Monthly
Record but Tor the last three or four
years | have not read one-fourth Of them.
l live very lonesome life entirely alone.
am company for no one, and no one ls
company FOR me. am nearly deaf. /
do my own cooking, washing and iron
ing, saw and split my own stove wood,
feed and water my horse, travel and
preach for three churches, which occupies
nearly all my time, so that have but
little time left for sreading religious peri
odicals than do political. SO bid the
STATE Rlolrrs DeMocRAr last farewell.
Aifectionately your sincere friend,
JouS Srirr.
Scio, Oregon.
A RuRBER STAMP IlrLK.-Not only the
preachers aud plasterers are sometimes Wis
lied BY impostcrs, but even the lawyers
are not above being taken In occasionally.
feat generally supposed 10 be impossible,
Recently man claiming to represent the
Portland Rubber Stamp Cc., (not Ia cxis-
tencc) was In the city and took quite a
number OF orders for repairing stamps,
and for new ones. particularly some flom
few prominent lawyers. They were to
be delivered in six days. They have not
yet appeared and never will AS Il only
costs a dollar or two IN each case the
matter Is not very serious. The same
fellow was Ia several olher towns bllklng
people.
teal test was made at Cottage Grove on
the question of petitioning the legislature
for S7So,ooo appropriation Tor the Co,
lhmbisn Worlds Exposition. Two petit
tions were placed side by side one asking
for the appropriation and the other
against No effort was made 10 secure
signatures TO either. Within two days
the petition against the appropriation had
81 names attached TO Il while the other
had but one The peopl. generally. VIC
believe would favor moderate sum, but
we do moi believe they are In favor ut a
sum that partakes Of Job and iunkeling
observation-disclosures Guard.
a TRAM wREcXKDe-This, time the Or
egonian gets the wreck. II happened
yesterday. AS mixed train was running
from Coburg TO Woodburn near Crab
tree, five miles north OF Seio, the rails
spread and couple of freight cars were
thrown from the track, ono being badly
wrecked. A box car loaded with wheat
was thrown from the track and Is In the
ditch. The trucks Of the other left the
track. The cars that went of being 10 the
rear of the train, the balance of the train
went on north. No one was hurt aud the
ccident Is not an expensive one.
A IloME ENTKRED,-On returning home
Sunday night from church Mr. and Mrs
w + Crosby heard noise In their pantry.
On going 10 Il Mrs Crosby discovered a
ma. In Il about to help himself to lis con
tents. He jumped from a window with
great alacfity and fed IN the dark. He
had entered the house by cutting through
a screen At a window. He was discovered
just in time and nothing was taken.
THE WILLAMETTE at this city is slowly
Using, having come up three or four
inches IN two or three days. Its now ten
nehes above low water marx. AZ Salem
Il Is said TO be 37 inches above low water
mark. Boats will soon be running, an
event anxiously awaited by shippers, a. II
means generally lower rates. A larger
number Of boats will run than ever before,
several new ciafts being ready for basi-
ness.
The Man About Town realizes his own
awful puerility in the following item
about the strongest man in the world:
A New York athlete, Louis Cyr, ata re-
cent exhibition lifted dumb bell
weighing 232 pounds and held It out at
arms length he then lifted $50 pounds
with one finger, and finally accomplished
the extraordinary feat. lifting platform
bound by iron, Ola which were IS men
and 232 pound dumb bel, with his back
and hands.
The ASHLAND 3. & l.. A.-A small
sum of money was loaned az only II
months interest In advance by the Ashland
Binding x Loan Association, at the
monthly meeting Monda, night; but
money doesn't seem 10 be in very brisk
demand here, for larger sum was left In
the treasury 10 60 over 10 next months
loan, there being no bid for it.-Tidings.
That's getting down to bed rock.
Az EXPLOSION. = This morning Ed
Schmeer, clerk at Mueller & CARROTS,
was at work among some Christmas hens
and turkeys, when lantern, by which
he was Illuminated, exploded. He ex-
tinguished the flames by throwing his
coat over them; but in the operations
one OF his hands was burned in pain
1ul manner.
PRICE RArsED.-The Albany Electric
Light company has raised the price of in
candescent lights IN stores and Offices
from so .ents 10 81 for 9; 90 lights, 81 50
for = O'Clock lights and 50 for all night
lights.
ALUTuRRAS MEETiSG.- The LGiherans
Of Albany and vicinity are kindly re-
ques'ed to meet AZ the First Presbyterian
church, Dec 25th, 10 ] III for the pur-
pose Of organizing. In the afternoon NJ
? o'clock service by Rev Gust y Meyer.
BLACK DREss GooDs - make a spe
cialty of keeping fail line Of black silks
Silk Warp Henriettas, Wool IIenriettas
and all the late novelties in black dress
goods, and trimmings.
SAMUEL z. YoUxo.