The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-08
LOOKING AROUND.
Prosaics Furnished Up,for Gen
eral Use.

eral Use.
Mr.. Jones writes to the Sunday Orsgonian
concerning tha Yaquina bay. Mister Jones
evidently went over to Newport for his
health and failed to get it. The town is
| not especially recommended as resort for
dyspsptics. The people don't suit him. He
says they are prone to supinness and belief
in free silver Mister Jones discusses polit-
ical economy. rock oysters. elysian shores,
butter and cheese, real estate rustliag and
other matters to show his own versatility
and energy. He asks Us to bslieve that the
Yaeuina country il one large charity insti.
tuition, supported by the general govern
ment: that the people are principally a set
of paupers, lazy and dirty, with, very rarely,
an ideal citizen or two among them, men-
tioning especially Dr. Baylsy and Sam Ir.
| vine as glorions exceptions to the general
rule. The Yaquinaltes must indeed be in
ditioas fall below those of tramp reporters.
Mister Jones has decided, after careful scru-
tiny from the balcony of the Ocean House,
that the Yaquina bay can never become =
first class harbor. aud he has grave doubts
of it ever developing into more than nice
place for the sailing of children's toy boats.
Mister Jones kindly admits that the Yaqui-
ma may possibly become summer resort,
if more Portland people can be persuaded to
lend it their gracious presence. Some Port
L. folI hos olrooIxy StuapturadS tharr> he
informs us, but find themselves isolated from
their friends. Horrible, isn't it? However,
he says in his exquisite literary style, "The
increase of Portland travel to Yaquina is
increasing" and the hope is ventured that
the savages from Salem, Corvallis, Albany,
Eugene and sister towns will be left in a
minority.
A minister, preaching at the old college
chapel last Sunday, touched upon the
bloomer question. He was "agin EN-" and
held up Rebekah as model for the young
women of the 10Th century, and asked
| "What show would she have had to catch
Isaac, had she appeared in bloomers at the
well ?" Now, my bible fails to state that
she did not appear in bloomcrs. and it IS
| very probable that her style of dress would
more offend the preachers ideas of propriesy
than does the most fetching, of wide trous-
ers. He finds himself Mortified at ladies
riding s'straddle." ''Isaac," he insisted,
| would have given her one glance. then
turned and fled, had she come to him astride
of her camel" There again is gross pre-
sumption. I doubt il she rode sideways"
or even had riding habit. "Rebekah was
worker" the preacher said, ''and not one
of the lazy, givsn-to dress, piano pounding,
girls of today. She drew water for Isaac
/ and his ten camels." She was a fool to do
| it. And what 1out Isaac was to stand
| around and let her Rehekah may have
been all. right, but prefer modern girl,
boomers andIall. Talk about women spend
ing so much time on dress! 1t isn't half so
bad as taking the time that should be con-
secrated to the worship and praise of God,
and wasting it in trying to make women
dress in the style the preacher particularly
admires The prime social use of dress is to
hide naksdnsss; the decorative considera-
tion is another and secondary enc. As long
as the dress conforms TO both Of these social
requirements, women have q right to con-
suit their health and comfort, in shaping
their clothes. Skirts are neither healthful
nor comfortable. There is nothing immodest
about bloomers, and only the vile or the
silly will claim that there is.
If there is anything that will tempt man
to violate the cruelty to-animal law, it is .
balky horse. To have the animal stop.
miles away from home and positively refuse
without rhyme or reason, to take you foot
further toward your destination, is an aggra
walton that an indulgence in cuss words
fails to alleviate. There seems to be no posi-
tive cure for balkiness. Twisting the tail
pouring water in the ear, pan of oats, rub
bing the nose, whipping, and every trise
and recommended remedy fails IN the tim,
, of dire distress I consulted two ''horss'
| books on the subject, but tho only practica
| advice I found was to ''sell the horse" 1,
these times, even that is difficult thing t,
/ do Napoleonic genius, Jobric patience
a Abrahamlc faith, Paulian logic are alik
n empty and powerless before a baking horse
Us FOLKS.
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