Two Years in OregonD. Appleton, 1882 - 311 oldal |
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22. oldal
... , with an occasional planked crossing , needing a sober head and a good conscience to navigate safely after dark ; for , when evening had closed in , the THE BARBER'S SHOP . 23 only street - lighting came 22 TWO YEARS IN OREGON .
... , with an occasional planked crossing , needing a sober head and a good conscience to navigate safely after dark ; for , when evening had closed in , the THE BARBER'S SHOP . 23 only street - lighting came 22 TWO YEARS IN OREGON .
29. oldal
... crossed binders to keep all steady , divide the farm from the road , and a litter of chips from the axe - hewed pile of firewood strew the ground between wood - pile and house . Here and there , even in the home - field , and nearly ...
... crossed binders to keep all steady , divide the farm from the road , and a litter of chips from the axe - hewed pile of firewood strew the ground between wood - pile and house . Here and there , even in the home - field , and nearly ...
53. oldal
... crossed before we reach it , is the Slough of Despond - a big , deep , un- compromising pool of black , sticky mud . The horses eye it doubtfully , and put down their noses to try if it smells better than it looks , and then step ...
... crossed before we reach it , is the Slough of Despond - a big , deep , un- compromising pool of black , sticky mud . The horses eye it doubtfully , and put down their noses to try if it smells better than it looks , and then step ...
56. oldal
... crossed by a wooden bridge close to a farmhouse on rising ground . Two of our recently ar- rived Englishmen have bought this place , and are well satisfied with their position . About eight hundred acres of their own land , of which ...
... crossed by a wooden bridge close to a farmhouse on rising ground . Two of our recently ar- rived Englishmen have bought this place , and are well satisfied with their position . About eight hundred acres of their own land , of which ...
59. oldal
... crossed to a tidal watercourse , with a channel fifteen feet in depth , and , having left its youth- ful vivacity behind , flows gravely on , bearing now a timber - raft , then a wide - floored scow , and here the steam - launch ...
... crossed to a tidal watercourse , with a channel fifteen feet in depth , and , having left its youth- ful vivacity behind , flows gravely on , bearing now a timber - raft , then a wide - floored scow , and here the steam - launch ...
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1. oldal - Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, While the landscape round it measures ; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide ; Towers and battlements it sees Bosomed high in tufted trees...
1. oldal - Turn thy wild wheel thro' sunshine, storm, and cloud; Thy wheel and thee we neither love nor hate. 'Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel with smile or frown; With that wild wheel we go not up or down; Our hoard is little, but our hearts are great. ' Smile and we smile, the lords of many lands; Frown and we smile, the lords of our own hands; For man is man and master of his fate. ' Turn, turn thy wheel above the staring crowd ; Thy wheel and thou are shadows in the cloud; Thy wheel and thee we neither love...
159. oldal - That any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the United States, or who shall have filed his declaration of intention to become such...
158. oldal - No person shall be entitled to more than one pre-emptive right by virtue of this act ; no person who is the proprietor of three hundred and twenty acres of land in any State or Territory of \ the United States, and no person who shall quit or abandon his residence on his own land to reside on the public land in the same State or Territory...
160. oldal - ... resided upon or cultivated the same for the term of five years immediately succeeding the time of filing the affidavit...
146. oldal - The Governor shall transact all necessary business with the officers of government, and may require information in writing, from the officers of the administrative department, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices.
159. oldal - Every person, being the head of a family, or widow, or single person, over the age of twenty-one years, and a citizen of the United States, or having filed a declaration of intention to become such...
161. oldal - As the law allows but one homestead privilege, a settler relinquishing or abandoning his claim cannot thereafter make a second entry; but...
146. oldal - He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the legislature by proclamation, and shall at the commencement of every session communicate in writing such information as he may possess in reference to the condition of the State, and recommend such measures as he may deem expedient.
188. oldal - Did the Indians bother any while he was gone?' " 'One time a pack of them came around the cabin and got saucy, finding only the old woman at home. They crowded into the house and began to help themselves, but the old lady she took the axe and soon made them clear out. When the old man came back she told him about it. "Well," says he, "I reckon I shall have to stop at home a day or two and fix these varmints.