Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-09-27
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still yellow Of the harvest barely GAL
nered. Hop pickers' wagons were trail
ing into town, laden with camping
outfits. The large hop yards are still
fuIl of laborers. While Chinese COM
pete with Americans 10 producing hops,
the native Indian tribes compete With
both at harvesting the crop. The abor-
igine, like the paIeface. employs hif
entire family in the hop field, but the
Chinaman goes 1t alone. The Mon
golian is an alien, even to the faIDi y
institution.
The train leaving Salem was un-
usually crowded. A Methodist churcl
conference wss already on board. Rem
nants of the state fair, which closed a.
salem the 22d, but had been unable Il
get away on any other train took this.
The fragments left over of the fair,
owners of fast horses, pool-selIers, show
men and mountebanks of various kinds
packed into train already crowded
with preachers made q strange medley
The mau who went up in the balloon
sat In close proximity to Bishop JOYCE,
who had led the entire conference in
many an ecstatic flight heavenward.
The ministers were going to their new
circuits and charges. The others were
going to the next place on the racing
circuit.
Sheriff Knight accompanied US and
the ministers and the state fair faklrs,
and two fine horses that Were loaded
into the express car at the fair grounds,
as far as Portland, when we boarded
the Atlantic express for the East, bid
ding farewell to the sheriff, who now
went of after other game.
The ministers were a Jolly crowd.
The conference had left those having
good churches in possession for another
year, and improved the situation of
Others. A Methodist preacher If he Is
good for anything generally progresses
upward into q fatplace, becomes presid-
Ing elder and finally one in thousand
gets to be bishop. The thousandth
man must excel spiritually, intellect
ually, oratorically and politically the
other 800. 1t takes pretty good man
to become presiding elder. Bishops are
made Of material fit for the presidency.
The cars were musical with laughter,
witty repartee and good stories, while
the older heads discussed fine points of
theology such as only come out when a
hundred or more theologians come to-
gether. We noticed that the men who
had the big discussions bought very
few peanuts.At each station that min
lister got off leaders Of his church met
him and often he returned with bunch
Of them to be presented to the bishop.
Occasionally a thiH-faced scrawny
preacher got off at poor wretched-
looking place and wandered Off up the
mud road alone. The man who has
the biggest audiences In the Northwest
and Is very popular was never left to go
In that forlorn way. He was always
met by band of well dressed sisters
with bouquets and smiles and cordial
welcome.
Mrs. Jas. p. Miller, who has been
visiting the family of A. A. Miller, late
Democratic candidate for justice OF the
peace at Salem, returned to Illinois on
the same train. In the center Of the
car Of jolly, hilarious well-dressed and
well.fed ministers sat q sad-faced little
woman with black rings around her
eyes. On one seat was a little girl and
on the other lay baby boy. his face
F. white and forehead throbbing with a
fever. The little woman's eyes filed
with tears ever and anon, and her lip
quiyered as she drew the little girl
closer 10 her. The sick child was rest
less and fretful. At Roseburg the night
before her ten-month's child had sud
denly become Ill and passed beyond re-
call almost before she knew Il. IL was
occupying oasket in the express Car
as sat aud talked with her. Her
home was In Snohomish. She had
been visiting her sister In Douglas
county. Her husband was 10 meet her
la Beattle--a sad meeting. got the
little girl Bom. peanuts. She carefully
divided them. ''rhese are for Willle,"
--the sleeping one. "rhese arc for the
baby" obliyI0us Of the absent one.
We famed the iiIes away from the lit
tle sufferer. Ia splte Of the nolss IN
the car that the ministers made, the
loud calls " the bsakemsn announcing
the stations, the rattle and roar Of the
train, the child was soon Ia . sound
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