The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-07-27

satisfaction in their operation. Water
, for both domestic and irrigation
| purposes IL obtainable at a very nominal
cost, the city owns only its street system
Of electric lighting and lie not equipped to
supply private individuals water and
lights. These are furnished by private
corporation. The street lights are en-
joyed by the city at actua! cost, the
expense per annum being but about $97
per lamp or monthly average OF a
trihe more than SO. So much for
municipal ownership.
The bloomer fad was short.lived so
far as its general adoption as street
costume was concerned but Fredonia has
one staunch advocate Of this manner OF
dress. The woman in question has
! adopted it exclusively and even attends
church and other public gatherings in
her appointed costumes She appears to
have become unmindiul OF the guying
and dearth of pertinent remarks TO
which she is subjected and the fact that
she is the only person in her home town
that wears the costume does not operate
as an argument for discarding her
eccentric mode of dressing. She exer.
cises the came care in having her bloom
ers properly and continually creased as
is noticeable in the dude of fastidious
inclinations with the munifcent salary
Of f25 per month.
One day recently, / visited an old
cemetery on the outskirts of the city
whore my attention was called to the
unique inscriptions that adorn some of
the tombstones. The cemetery has
been in use since the beginning of the
nineteenth century, a newly laid out
burying place being now used. Not
having had an acquaintance with the
departed ones, am not able to testify
regarding the appropriateness OF the
unusual inscriptions will quote from
tombstones that we're erected early in
the nineteeth century.
| observed the following inscription at
the graves Of two young children;
"Whea the Archangel's trump doth
sound
And souls TO bodies join,
Millions below shall wish their lives
Had been az short as thine"
The following from the tombstone OF
a young wife aged "a years;
"In the fair regions OF the blest
We hope she takes her quiet rest
That rest sublime with her TO share
ls her fond husbands earnest prayer;
This stone, 40 like her virtues fair,
Is raised to show his tender care"
This timely admonition appears ON
Several tomb-stones.
Remember me, as you pass by
AS you are now, 30 once was
Ae am now so you must be,
Prepare for death and follow me.
Another Of similier thought at grave
of l9-year old boy, reads;
80 think Of me as you pass by.
And don't forget you have 10 die;
Though young as | was here as you may
see,
Both old and young must follow me-"
This eulogy appears at the grave OF
man buried in 1878:
"Arouud this monumental stone,
Let friendship drop sacred tear;
A husband kind, a parent fond,
An upright man lies buried here"
This verse found on the tomb stone
OF a young woman who died at the age
Of Is years;
"Snatched from our sight by deaths
embrace.
This lovely youth here hides her face;
Her pretty form which here is laid,
When Gabrlels trumpet wakes the
dead,
Shall all its beauty re-assume."
The attractiyeness OF Oregon 3 delight
tul moderate climate was emphasized 10
me in an unusual manner the other day.
was converting with Fredonian who i
had spent several years on the Pacific
Coast aud the weather being warm
or, our conversation materially driited
into discussion OF climatic conditions
when | took occasion to comment on the
wonderful moderateness OF the weather
OF the trans continent coast and par
tlcularly the Willamette Valley when
my acquaintance surprised me by say.
ing; "Yes, that Ia the trouble. The
climate OF the Willamette valley is so
-- moderate that you are compelled 20
eliminate the weather from the topics
Of conversation. The weather neither
warm enough nor cold enough to register
any complaint and the only resource
for the residents Of thaG locality
is to remain perfectly oontented."
the gentleman upon living
in New York state where lac had both
excessively warm and extremely cold
weather.
Next week am going 10 spend few
days at the farmers Chautauqua As.
ISOLATION grounds at Chau'auqua Lake
and In my next letter will attempt a do
OF the finely appointed grounds
aud till something Of the wonderful ed.
wo-k that is conducted there
ev cry summer.
JoHS w CooHRAN.
Needed "a Chain.
A story II being told about German
who has hotel far down town. An