The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-12-14
THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER
A Few Simple Things You
Mayn't Have Been Told.

That was . conscientious jury that tried
Dow for trespsss. There was not man
that wanted to convict and they debated
for three hours to find loop hole by which
they could release Dow without violating
their ostbs. The defense attempted TO
show the place was not enclosed, but the
jury failed even to find hole in the fence
to crawl through TO escape cons,cting the
defendant
The social feeling ia Corvsllis b evapo.
rating. At least. its us1al manifestations
are decreasing. The card party has fallen
into almost entire disuae and the lips can
not utter it without esrving in aalld COZ
tempt. Dancing will soon become . lost
art. Ono cause may be found in the directory
of Lodges and organised socisties. Women,
as we'll - men. nov srs considered OF istls
Importance unless they belong 10 At least
one lodge. Hence We have the Aasons,
Eastern Star, Odd Fellows, Rebekahs,
Workmeu, Degree of Honor, Knights of
Pythias, G. A. r.. w. r. c.. Wsodmen,
Grange, Naccabees, besides many purely
local organizations, as the firemen, coffee
club, etc. Naturally, it requires nearly all
the spare time of 1000 people TO keep
these organizations alive. Thou we arc af-
fecting the intellectual and we meet Sc.
dately to discuss the classical writer's or
scientific principle. Fun and jollity are
offensive terms in our present conditions of
intellectual activity. Another and per-
haps more potent cause for the decline is
that SO many of our young people visit
Portland, Frisco or some other metropolis
occasionally, and return determined to be
dissatisfied with the more simple enter ain.
ments Of country town. When I vas
young, there were no gayer young people
than those of Corvallis and no merrier
gatherings than theirs. Dissatisfaction is
an easy requirement, but it is a pleasure
killer.
story that was almost a sermon on content
ment. It has little application to my pre-
vious remarks, but my mutton was getting
cold, SO will tell it. 1t was the ambition
of German in Woldt's neighborhood, be
fore Ben left the fatherland, to own 80
villages, and live in the magnifceuoe that
their revenue would allow. The possessor
Of 100 villages was required to maintain
number of soldiers at his own expense,
hence his desire to stop at 80. In time he
became the owner of this number and
they yielded splendid income. He built
grand castle and it's furnishings and
grounds were of the most costly character.
He rode in an elegant carriage drawn by
six black steeds. His family relationships
were most agreeable; he had no burden
on his conscience. But before he had at
tanned all his desires he had grown old and
he often remarked: Il would be perfectly
contented and happy but for the thought
that I must die, and leave all this behind"
The U. s. grand jury at Portland in
dicted Hodgins On counts. One of the
charges is that Hodgins caused the arrest
Of a revenue officer for carrying concealed
weapon, knowing that he had right to
carry such weapon. Now the man who
made that charge against Mullay was John
Scrafford, not Hodgins. Probably Hodgins
can now 60 after MullAy for malicious pros
ecution. have "ripped up'' Hodgins. in
commenting on this affair, and simple jus
tics leads me to say that Mullay's conduct
was not altogether praissworthy. He was
probably suffering from an enlargement Of
the head and was somewhat dictatorial in the
assertion of his authority. He may or
may not have been sober when he
had the sst-to with Hodgins, but he was
thoroughly "ginned up" before he went to
bed that evening. Twas case of Greek
meet Greek.
WHoIT Is.