The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-05

Turning to the literary part of the
paper we notice on the first page col
umn and half letter from Portland,
signed "S. J. r." and dated February
18th. The writer tells of the delightful
time he is having IN Portland, ''for nav
igation being closed, business ofall kinds
suddenly cleared, freights, cargoes and
passengers accumulated at Astoria that
threatened an inundation OF the same
when the river opens, if it ever does. y
The writer describes the grand times ne
had skating with .Cousin Mary and
two other girls and gives Cratic de-
scription of an effort on his part to skate
himself into the affections OF his best
girl which effort resulted disastrously.
Returning to the subject of the weather,
which the writer says is ''cold in a man
ner that surprises the Oldest inhabitant"
he gives the following illustration ::
1.-THE other morning / encountered
Bridget-the servant-girl-in the hall,
and asked How is the weather this
morning, Bridget-any warmer?' In
dade sir she answered, 'it's cowlder all
the time; it is not long ago | turned
some biGn wather from the tay kettle
into the hollow of my hand and before 1
could get to the door it was frozen solid
There is a column of miscellaneous
items, the selection of which bears evil
dence that Mr.. Hand knew how to make
paper that would intrest all classes Of
readers. Here is one that will do to re-
peat. ''Dr. Adam Clark, who had a
strong aversion to pork, was called upon
to say grace at dinner where the prin-
cipal dish was roast pig. He is re-
ported to have said: % Lord, if Thou
canst bless under the gospel what Thou
didst curse under the law, bless this pig.
Another tells of a little girl of five years,
who was listening to preacher praying
so Justify that the roof rang with the
strength of his supplications. Turning
to her mother, the little one whispered,
Mother, don't you think if that man
lived nearer to God he wouldn't have to
talk so loud?.'' Still another is so good
that we cannot resist the temptation to
reprint it. "Ben W served IN the rev.
olutionary war, and had been in the
habit OF repeating his long and tough
yarns so often that at last he believed
them himself. Ben would give per-
sonal anecdote of every battle of the war,
in which ne himself always figured as
the hero. On being asked if he was in
the battle of Monmouth, he replied
4 guess l was, I had my right hand
pocket full of powder and my left hand
pocket full of bullets, and 1 had my
fathers double-barreled ducking gun,
seven feet long, Sir Seven feet long
L put in handful of bullets and every
time I set her off knocked the British
down. sir, fifty at a time! General
Washington rode up to me and said,
Ben, do stop; you're doing 'em too bad p
| touched my hat to the general and said
We'll General, if you say so I'll cease
firing, but think ought to kill few
more of the scoundrels.' With that the
general sprung from his horse and
throwing his arms around me exclaimed
/ Ben don't call me general call me
George "
The local column informs us that the
democracy of the city had lately held a
primary and that two full tickets were
in the field. One faction was termed
Radical and the other Conservative
The Radicals had carried the east pre-
cinct of five delegates, while the Con-
servatives elected thirteen delegates
from the west precinct. There lie
nothing in the paper that would indi-
cate that the republican party had any
standing or being il The Dalles.
Attention is called to the fact that the
best way to go to the Willow Creek and
Burnt River mines is by the Canyon
CITY road. There is no danger from In
dians as the military has driven them
all out of the country. Houses are
found at convenient distances all along
the road where there are excellent ac-
commodations for man and horse.
Among these are mentioned Wards at
Cross Hollows, Moppin's at Antelope
Valley. Wallace's at Currant Creek.
Sutton's at Bridge Creek, Myers at AL
xiii, Allan and Stones at the Mountain
Boyd's at Rock Greek and Brackets at
Cottonwood. The editor offers to stake
his reputation against Confederate
dollar bill that man can get meal at
any OF these places that cannot be beat
in any hotel in the city. The Pioneer
oil mill had just started at Salem and
r. w. Helm had brought sample of oil
! to o. S.. Sayage's paint shop and Mr.
Savage had promised to give it trial
Captain J. H. D. Gray had purchased
the steamer u. S. Grant and was goine
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