The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-02-03
A LETTER FROM DO YER.
DOVER. n. r., Jan. %, 1893

| ,I
righteous anger was upon me for
fear [ might use language un-
I worthy a man of my ability, bat
now that my wrath has somewhat
abated | think that | may trust
myself to read you short lecture,
which-though it may not be ac-
ceptable-I trust will be beneficial.
Here had ! been three whole
weeks telling. ng.everyoue with whom
| held converse OF the many ad-
yantagcs we possessed in far away
Oregon, dwelling at length Oh our
delightful summers, our mild
though misty winters; | had told
them of our noble forests, our
fields of waving grain; | pictured
TO them the beautiful Willamette
AS it winds its way through a
country rich in agriculture | had
told them that high winds were
unknown 20 us, that snow was a
curiosity--in short, | had given
them to understand that With US it
was almost perpetual summer, and
that our scenery was unsurpassed
and while have been thus eulo-
2izing my "sunset home," you
have been seated in your editorial
sanctum and, while surrounded by
every luxury, ignoring the many
Gifts with which nature has sur
rounded you, have with one sweep
of your diabolical pen unraveled
the whole beautiful fabric, causing
my hitherto spotless name to be
used as a synonym for everything
untruthiul. Nevertheless, like
Banquo's ghost Il will not down."
but, Phoenix like, out Of the ashes
of my former de:eat rise to higher,
Il nobler life.
Speaking Of nobler life natur-
ally suggests love and marriage,
now how love can exsist in this
climate l am at loss to under
stand. Picture to yourself a young
bride standing at the altar with
icedrops on her silky eyelashes, all
iclcie hanging from the nose of
the groom, while cold waves play
at hide and seek up and down the
spinal column. Can love exist
under such conditions? Never.
The idea is preposterous, and with
out love marriage is failure.
Now | do not intend reading you a
, dissertation on this subject,-I am
. am simply giving you some Of my
thoughts-one cannot help think
ing even though imbeded in an
iceburg, and | am so near it that
the Illustration is applicable for
7 this has been the coldest winter
known in these paris for fifty years.
The mercury has been cavortine
around down about zero--mOst OF
the time away below for the past
six weeks, and out of door exer-
) else has not been considered, gen
orally speaking. pleasant. But
having friends living at Ports
mouth, seaside ss.,town : OF some
twelve OF fourteen thousand in
habitants, ten miles east Of Dover
t whom | was anSiousa.to see, !
, boarded the train one frosty morn
ing and wended my~Way thither
On first entering Portsmouth
the narrow, irregular streets, the
old style OF architecture, the alb.
sence OF street railways, ETC., are
s so suggestive Of the good old colo
, NAL times that one cannot help
noting the absence of the pow
dered wig, The clawhammer coat
with gilt buttons, the frilled shirt.
front, the knee pants and buckles
and other articles that went to
a make up the apparel Of our good
= old forefathers ofy ancient times
] But on further investigation the
many modern improvements not
:. noticed at casual glance, gradu-
ally dispel the illusion and one
s finds oneself III an active, bustling
: city. Port boasts Of hav-
, ing the largest dry and fancy goods
store, the largest and most com
modlous hotel, the largest and best
: equipped brewery, and the largest
/ boot and shoe factory in the state
9 Of New Hamshire.
0 | would have greatly enjoyed
visiting all of these establishments
but my time being limited had to
confne myself to visit to the last
i named, an immense brick strsc-
4 ture six stories in height. | was
t taken in charge by Col. Berry,
= the superintendent, who kindly
showed me over the entire build
ing; and | assure you it is a sight
? worth seeing. Twelve hundred
5 operatives were bnsily engaged