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Year: 1876

J. S. Patterson, of Erie county


Ohio, having been on a trip of OBJ


servation through the South,


writes to the Country Gentleman
giving his opinion of our section.


He speaks of Tennessee as being
one Of the best points for the
Northern men to settle, and then
adds:


"Let no Northern man be de-
tered from going South by the
partisan hue and cry Of Southern
nate and intolerance toward Yam
KEGS. This is one of the devils
own ISLANDERS. Nothing promises
so much immediate aid to the de-
pressed South as the influx of
Northern energy and capital. =
This is perfectly understood and
freely acknowledged. Every In
telligent person you meet, and all
the leading journals in the South.
are vlelng with one another, each
in his special way, to encourage
immigration. They do not want
Northern politicians to come down
there and run their State and mu
nicipal governments, but they do
want working and business men
from the North to settle among
them. All are sure of cordial
welcome. I am quite inclined to
think that farmers may do better
10 go South than to go West i
hence / send this brief statement,
founded on personal observation.
No one has employed the writer to
say or not to say anything what
ever concerning the South or its
people, and he has not the slight
est interest except that Of having
the facts known
Year: 1876




Do not laugh at the drunken
man reeling through tbs streets,
however ludicrous tile sight may
be I; just stop to think. He is 90.
Jog home to some tender heart
that will throb with intense ago.
ny some doting mother, perhaps,
who win grieve sver the downfall
of her once sinIess boy /; or it may
be a fond wife, whose heart will
almost burst with grief as she
views the destruction Of her idol;
or it may be a loving sister who
will shed bitter tears over the deg
relation of her brother, shorn of
his manliness and self-respect.
Rather drop tear in silent sym
pathy with those hearts SO keenly
sensitive and tender, yet 50 proud
and loyal that they cannot accept
sympathy rendered them either
in word, look OF act, although it
might fall upon their crushed and
wounded hearts as refreshingly as
the summer dew upon the withel-
ing plant.
Year: 1876

Two workers in one field


Toiled on from day to day:
Both had the same hard labor,


Both had the same small pay.
With the same blue sky above.


The same green earth below,
One soul was full of love,


The other full of woe.
One leaped up with the light,


With the soaring of the lark;
One felt it never night,


For his soul was ever dark.
One heart was hard as stone,


One heart was ever gay,
One worked with many a groaD,
One whistled all the day.
One had flower clad cot


Beside merry mill,
Wife and children near the spot
Made it sweeter, fairer still;
One a wretched hovel had.


Full of discord, dirt and din,--
No wonder he seemed mad
Wife and children starved within,
Still they worked in the same field,
Toiling on from day to day:
Both had the same hard labor,
Both had the same small pay;
But they worked not with one will,
The reason let me tell,-
Lol the one drank at the still,
And the other at the well.
Year: 1876

We tender our thanks to the
Vermont Judge who the other
day, in pronouncing upon a di-
vorce suit. laid down the opin-
ion that when a woman marries
a man of known intemperate
habits, she takes her happiness,
prosperity, and welfare in her
own hands, and has no claim
for riddance Of him thereafter.
We have great pity for the wife
who is joined to an intemper-
ate husband, but we tremble for
the fate of the woman who mar
ries an Incorporate man. IF
these words reach the eye of
any woman under engagement
of marriage to such a man, we
most solemnly appeal to her to
pause before she imperil her
well-being by accepting any
such risk.
Year: 1876

From the Nevada, CAL, Tribune.


A teu-mule team, drawing
lumber, while coming from the
vicinity of the lake this morn
ing, went over the grade near
the head of Kings canyon
The driver sprang from the sad
die, thereby saving his life
He then stood still, a horriied
and speechless witness to one
of the most terrible scenes pos
sible to imagine. The mules,
wagon and lumber pitched down
ward in one confused, rolling
mass, nearly two thousand feet
into the bottom Of the gorge,
wild cries from the crushed and
mangled animals ienling the
air as they were hurled madly
down the steep mountain side,
until, when nearing the bottom,
and life becoming extinct. the
agonizing sounds ceased, and
all became silent in death. The
man says that after the first
hundred feet had been passed
the entire mass became hidden
in great cloud OF snow torn
up and scattered through the
all. but that he could distinctly
hear all sounds proceeding from
the white cloud as it rolled
swiftly onward, until it struck
the bottom Of the canyon with a
shock like that of an earthquake.
Year: 1876

The khedive Of Egypt provi les
a daily feast for the cats of Cairo,
at the great mosque, and great Is
the tumult at the hour of prayer.
when they all rush to the distri5-
uting priest for their allowance.
Year: 1876

TRINITY CENTER, March q, 1876.


EDITOR JOURNAL The long yellow
days of March are now with us, and
soon the regular prosp ector for the Lost
Cabin" or the "buried treasure" will be
able to try his new plans, studied out
the past Winter, for the recovery of the
long looked for but never found treasure.
The man who is now the best disciple of
Isaac Walton will be, by the time the
streams are about dry, the most expert
gravel miner in the State ard he who
has been telling of iabulons wealth bur-
ried in the sands of Rogue river or other
far-off mining camp, or has three foot
ledge of copper and silver in Shas ia
county, will soon be found upon some of
our neighboring ranches laboring for
his regular per diem.


We are awaiting the coming season
with hope, in view of the many different
ideas ofimprovement in mines and ranch
es now spoken of. Among tho new
ranches that are to add to the product of
the valley, we would mention Mr.. Will
lett's, James Ellery's and Conway &
Co.'S. All the old ranches are to be cul-
tivated to their full capacity and the
crop of hay and feed for cattle will be
doubled this year. There has been no
serious losses of stock so far, and we are
pleased to mention that "Boston's" horse
is in good condition, and u.at you will
probably receive II call from the old gem
tleman himself this Summer.


Our school has shown quite an increase
in membership this Winter and will
close in about two weeks, after term of
very successful teaching by Mr.. II. H..
Bragdon. Mr.. Murray our telegraph
operator, is recovering from a recent
severe accident, the result of snow-shoe-
ing. Our genial hotel proprietors, Hall
" Hall, are waiting for the Spring ana
Summer travel to commence, when they
will be prepared "to take in" their
friends and the public generally in good
style.


Very little has been done in the CHINA
bar District this Winter, but number
OF mines will be opened besides those al
ready under way, and large number of
men from 4reka propose to prospect and
engage in various enterprises there the
coming season.


Our mail service is burlesque on the
genuine article. There is report that it
will soon change hands, and we hope for
the better. CHAs. SELDOM.
Year: 1876

ILENTY OF SNow.-Johnny Coyle was


IN from Trinity Center on Thursday. He
informs us that the Cinnabar trail is vet
closed and the only communication that
can be made with that place is on snow
shoes. He thinks it will be month yet
before packed animals can go through.
Year: 1876

A MINING EN1ERPRIsE.-Mr Frank
Abrams, who resides at the head Of Coffee
Creek and Salmon, in what used to be
Klamath county, iHformSus that an En- g
lish Company have taken up consider
able ground in his vicinity for mining
operations, and as soon as they can get
in viii commence work One of the To-
Gators was up in the vicinity prospecting
around sometime last summer, and this
company is formed on the result of his
observation. Mr.. Abrams who has been
engaged in mining and cattle raising for
number of years, gives it as his opinion
that the company will do well.- Y'cha
{Iuipp
Year: 1876

CoRREsPoNDENCE.-A new Trinity
Center correspondent, from whom we
hope to hear often, furnishes letter this
week. We should be pleased to receive
an occasional letter from every Camp in
the county. News items should be plenty
now
Year: 1876

MORE New GooDs-M. Lang this
week announces the receipt Of nice lot
OF Ham, Bacon, Shoulders and lard al
so large supply of Potatoes and Wheat,
and a quantity of Fresh Seed Potatoes.
Lang is sure to have anything and every
thing that is desired in his line. Freight
communication with Reading is now full
ly established, and Lang will receive new
goods every week. Remember that he
offers special inducements to cash Gus
toners.
Year: 1876

VERY DUIL.-This was the opinion OF
the Bread of Life" man who visited
Weaver this week. His Bread of Life is
doubtless good for every thing and more
too but people here seem to have no de-
Sire to live forever.
Year: 1876

WEAVER CREEK, above Douglas City,
is not tordable now, except early in the
morning and before o'clock in the after
noon, before the water from the afternoon
runs in Weaver Basin gets down there.
The road to Douglas City, Indian Creel;
and Hay Fork is an important one, and
for the safety and convenience of the
many crossing Weaver Creek good sub
stantial bridge should be built.
Year: 1876

OLD BoREAs has been holding full
sway for several days past, aud March
which came in like lion goes out just
the same. There is nothing hmb-like
about the zcphyrs Of the past few days
and nights.
Year: 1876

JUNCTION CITY.-From this lively
camp we learn that miners are all bust
iy engaged in hydraulicking with more
water than ever before known and pros
poets way up" More work will be done
there this season than during the last
three combined and gold yield will be in
proportion. The claims in that section
have been thoroughly tested and are re-
liable
Year: 1876

FRANK W. YOUNG has been reap
pointed Notary Public, in and for this
county, to reside at Wcaverville, and is
prepared to attend to any business that
may present itself in that line.
Year: 1876

nhlllhoIb hiltIlchutl n


A religious sect, which for some
time has been in existence in Sibe-
ria, Is making many proselytes in
the government of Tamboff Russia
In most respects the people are or
thodox Greeks in their belief, but
they have adopted some ideas which
are decidedly revolutionary in char
acter. Their leading doctrine is
that all must marry on becoming
of age. Added to this are two
other doctrines which lead us to
suspect that the body originated
with women, and has developed
upder their influence. Their doc
trines are that the husband must
be subordinate to the wife, recog.
nizing her as the head of the fami.
IL; and that be must at least once
in a week confess his sins to this
household ruler.
Year: 1876

some many acres in extent, Others
measuring but few feet; some
showing a bare, bald-head a little
above the level of the water, while
a short distance off a large island
or rock, covered with consid cradle
growth of pine or cedar, will rise
abruptly out Of the water to the
hight Of eighty or one hundred
feet. This is a fayorite spot for
shooting wild fowl of all descrip-
tions which are found here.
Year: 1876

It is said that in the case Of j. W.
Watts, Presidential Elector in Oregon,
who was Postmaster Of Lafayette, the
Democrats will apply to the Supreme
Court for writ enjoining the Secretary
of State against issuing certificate to
Watts. and directing him to give it to
the highest elector on the Democratic
ticket. 1t appears that the law Of Ore
gon provides that the Secretary of State,
in presence Of the Governor, shall count
the votes and give certificates to the
persons having the highest number Of
votes, thus giving him no power except
to count and to issue the certificate.
Year: 1876

The result Of the late Presidential


election is apparently no nearer settled


to-day than it was last week, and the


whole country is kept in state Of con-
slant suspense and excitement in conse-
quence. United States troops. in as


large numbers as the President had at


his disposal. have been ordered to the
States Of Florida and Louisiana for the
purpose. the President says, Of afford


ing protection to the Returning Boards


in the prosecution Of their labors of can


wasting the votes. Why this should be
deemed necessary in States where not q
single violation Of the peace has occurr-
ed, and where no disturbance is threat
ened. but where oil is quiet and peace
ful. Il left to conjecture IN the mean
time prominent gentlemen Of both polit-
ieal psrties-msn in whom the people
repose the greatest confidence have
been invited and have gone to the scenes
of the contest to witness the counting
Of the votes and to see fair play done.
This is most extraordinary proceeding
and can only be justified on the grouHds
that the occasion which permits it 10 one
u most extraordinary character. It is
. virtual admission on al sides that
just and honest return of the votes in
those States could not and would not be
obtained we're the matter left in the
hands Of the corrupt and disreputable
men Who compose the Returning Boards
10 those States. In fact, nobody can
and Nobody does expect that anything
like justice or fairness will Is done BY
. Board composed Of political adventur-
srs and men Of the school Of Kellogg
and Packard. The former. four yssrs
ago, usurped the government Of Louis
lana to which he vas not elected and.
despite the fact that thevots Of the pso-
pie Of the State was overwhelmingly
against him, be Was kept 10 the position
to which be lad no right. BY force Of
Year: 1876




SYMPATHETIC. 1T is reported that
Mr.. Hayes, when be first supposed him
self to be defeated, said that the princi-
pal subject Of regret was the probable
treatment Of "the poor colored people.
After their experience in the Freed
mems Bank and the general robbery Of
the States in which they mostly live,
the ''poor colored people" are certainly
entitled to sympathy. but whether the
reinstatement ip power Of the party by
whom they were plundered is likely to
afford them relief would seem to depend
upon the question whether they have
anything left in their pockets to be re-
lieved of.
Year: 1876

The British newspapers are consider
ably agitated over the tone of the Czar's
Moscow address, and think it serious
obstacle to speedy ard permanent peace.
The Russian people are wonderfully
unanimous in their Endorsement Of the
position taken by the Emperor
Year: 1876

ssy We noticed an excellent letter from
Franklin county, in the Little Rock GA
zette a few days ago, and would have
liked to have copied it, but we lost the
paper having it in. We agree with the
writer, that the time for compromising
with the Cravens Boilers is passed, and
the only course left is to make the fight
and beat them so bad that they will not
lift their heads again in the democratic
ranks.
Year: 1876

This is the opinion OF the Boston Ad-
rertiser;-"rhose who wish to vote for
General Butler or account Of their per-
sonal regard for him can do SO at any
time. But it will be fatal mistake,
and one we have no fear they will COM
NIT, for the Republicans Of the district
to attempt to make their organization
responsible for him, or for any one who
is not honestly in sympathy with them
on these vital questions.
Year: 1876

The treasury department decides that
under the law domestic spirits cannot be
transferred in bond from the bonded ware
house 10 the manufacturing warehouse,
there to be manufactured into an article for
expectation, with the rebate or drawback Of
the internal revenue tax.


The secretary of the treasury has be
fore him the decision of the supreme court
affirming the award Of the court Of claims in
favor Of the Union Pacific railroad company,
but before taking final action awaits the
opinion of the encouragement, as to whether
he has complied with tin clause of law re-
lating to three per cent net earnings.
Year: 1876

The report of DIR. Linderman, director
of the mint, as to the establishment of a
branch mint at some point in the Mississippi
valley recommends indianapolis as "A location,
for the reason that in that city there is .
government building no longer required for
other purposes, which can be utilized without
the delay or expense attendant on the con
struetion of new edifce.


The following is statement of the
United States currency outstanding at this
Year: 1876

Chemically, black is the absence OF
all color, and white is the presence of all
colors in their original combination max
ing the hue of ray of white light. But
in ordinary parlance both are colors
According to the dictionary, black is A." the
color of night and white is the color
OF pure snow"
Year: 1876

THE mystery which has from the first
surrounded the explosion of dynamite
on the quay at Bremen grows denser with
every new dispatch concerning it. The
confession of the suicide Thompson has
not been born out by the facts yet dis
covered. A careful search of the cargo
of the ship Salier has resulted in the dis
covery that there are no cases OF dyna-
M te ON board that vessel, as Thompson
asserted that there were. Stranger still,
investigation utterly fails to confirm his
assertion that improper insurance had
been effected upon the cargo of the
Mosel, and hence the motive which he
said actuated him in seeking to destroy
the steamship appears never to have ex-
listed at all. There is every reason TO
suppose therefore, that the confession, 80
FAR at least as its details are concerned.
was simply the rawlings of an insane
man. Yet the fact that the dynamite
was on the quay ready for shipment re-
mains and there can be no doubt that
Thompson meant to destroy the Mosel,
although there seems to have been no
motive whatever for the crime other than
that which Il diseased Imagination was
capable of furnishing The whole story
is a puzzle which is to be hoped that the
authorities in Bremen will spare no pains
TO solve.
Year: 1876

SMALL FARMs.-An Agricultural paper
tells US that Farms make near neighbors;
they make good roads they make plenty
of good schools and labor; less labor is
wanted; everything is kept nearer; less
wages have to be paid for help; ess time is
wasted; more is raised to the acre; besides,
it is titled better; there is no watching of
hired help; the mind is not kept in a
worry, step, fret, all the time there's
not 80 much money to be paid out for sgri-
cultural implements our wives and chill
dren have time to read-to improve their
minds. A small horse is soon curried, and
the work of a small farm lie always pushed
forward in season Give us small farms
for comfort; aye, and give US small farms
for profit" And all this is true if we carry
to the small farm the cash capital that we
has had very varied experience this sea-
son, extending from Canada to the Gulf of


Mexico, undertaken chiefly in pursuit Of


Agricultural knowledge, and he is quite
sure that If more of our farmers would sell
half their land, and put the labor and cap.
ital sprdad over large farms 10 the smaller


once left, it would be great. move in the
/ right direction.
Year: 1876

mind to be deprived Of very many OF the
advantages enjoyed by poor people in
this country. He should go with the
idea OF finding home for himself among
his own race, Of a very primitive char.
acter.


The colored people who carry out this
programme of preparation, instead OF
rushing of to some imaginary Eldorado
where work is easy and money plenty
will be likely to do some good for them.
selves and their race by going to the
Southwest. Tho.e OF them who do not
thus prepare themselves will probably
make great mistake.
Year: 1876

The Boston CalticatOr tells this story
of Captain Parker, of the whaler West
Wind: n good many years ago, while
on one of his northern voyages, just
after he had struck a whale, and the
monster was plunging down under the
sea, by some unlucky movement his left
hand caught in the sliding harpoOn line,
and he was dragged after the whale to
an awful death. He was perfectly con-
scious while he was rushing down, head
foremost, and with incredible swiftness,
and 1T appeared to him that his arm
would be torn from the socket, SO great
was the resistance of the water. Dur
ing these awful moments, he was well
aware of his perilous situation, and that
his only chance of life was to cut the
line. But how could he do this? He
could not move his right arm from his
side, to which it was 50 closely pressed
by the force of the element through
which he was being drawn. The pres
sure of the brain grew more and more
terri e, and roaring as if thunder sound
ed in his ears. He opened his eyes for
a single instant, and it seemed as though
a stream of fire was passing before
them. And now came that inevitable
activity of the brain which character
ICES all such perilous situations, where
ones whole life seems to pass in review
in an instant of time. Blu: the Captain
was a very practical man, cool
and courageous always, and con-
sequently still self-possessed. He be-
gan to struggle with all his muscular
power to reach the knife which he wore
IN his belt. He felt that he was grow
ing weaker every instant, and it was
now or never with him, though we
should say, parenthetically, that what
requires so long to describe occurred in
time which was reckoned by seconds
rather than minutes. o, if he could
but command his right hand for one
stroke upon that fatal line! Now his
heart began to fail him. He did not alb
sOlutely despair, but his brain reeled,
his nerves seemed to alternate before
his eyeballs, and his head felt as though
compressed in an iron wise. Were
those his last moments? He thought,
in spite of the agOnizing pain he en-
dured, he would make one more brave
effort. The line providentially slack
ened for a second; he reached his knife,
and, as quick as thought itself, as the
rope became taut again, the keen
edge was upon it, and by a desperate
effort of his arm it became severed.
He was freed, and then commenced his
upward passage, caused by the natural
buoyancy of the human body. After
this he only remembered feeling Of
suffocation, a gurgling spasm, and all
was over until he awoke to an agOniz-
ing pain of reviving consciousness, in
the arms of his boat-crew. Truly, one
of the most remarkable escapes from
death on record.
Year: 1876

them with more than twice the velocity
of the swiftest express train on
railroad. To pass down the steepest
of the streets on long, trim-built,
steel-shod coasting-sled is the next thing
to being shot out of cannon. Toward
the end of the course the velocity at
tanned is fearful. The sleds frequently
leap from ten to fifteen feet when a
slight ridge is crossed. This in itself is
sufficiently dangerous, but the danger is
greatly increased by swarms of coasters
on all parts of the grounds, the fences
along the route, the posts planted at the
corners of the streets, and the teams and
sleighs that are passingin all directions.
Hallway down the run the sled of some
Impractical coaster capsizes; the sled
closely following strikes the wreck, and
its occupant or occupants are also cast
away; others follow, and there is a grand
''pile-up," in which several are more OF
less injured, some one, perhaps, getting
an arm or leg broken. When such ac-
cidents happen the wounded are carried
from the field, a doctor is sent for, and
the sport goes on among those sound in
body and limb.
Year: 1876

Among Andersen's peculiarities was
a mortal fear of dogs. He once wrote
to an intimate friendresiding in Geneva
that he meant to come to pay him q
visit, and would arrive on a certain day.
The family possessed a large but gen
tie and very intelligent newfoundland
dog, which, in anticipation of tine poet S
visit, was carefully chained up. The
day appointed for his arrival came, but
no Andersen made his appearance.
Days and weeks succeeded, and still he
did not come. At last the family re-
ceived a letter from him pOstmarked
Nice. "Dear friends" he wrote, " |
arrived at your house on the day |
stated, but when | got to the gate ! saw
such big dog in the yard that l did
not dare 90 in, and 50 l took the first
train to Italy,