Two Years in OregonD. Appleton, 1882 - 311 oldal |
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20. oldal
... hundred , and now rarely a month passes with- out additions . Of course , a process of natural selection goes on all the time . Not every one who comes remains ; but we have every reason to be satisfied with the repre- sentatives of the ...
... hundred , and now rarely a month passes with- out additions . Of course , a process of natural selection goes on all the time . Not every one who comes remains ; but we have every reason to be satisfied with the repre- sentatives of the ...
24. oldal
... hundred votes to me in the end . " It was a little startling at first to see a rough Oregonian ride up to our house , dismount , hitch his horse to the paling , and stroll casually in , with " Where's Herbert ? " as his first and only ...
... hundred votes to me in the end . " It was a little startling at first to see a rough Oregonian ride up to our house , dismount , hitch his horse to the paling , and stroll casually in , with " Where's Herbert ? " as his first and only ...
25. oldal
... hundred inhabitants , all kinds of religious denominations repre- sented - Episcopalians , Presbyterians , Roman Catholics , Methodists North , and Methodists South , Evangelicals , and Baptists - but very little rivalry and no rancor ...
... hundred inhabitants , all kinds of religious denominations repre- sented - Episcopalians , Presbyterians , Roman Catholics , Methodists North , and Methodists South , Evangelicals , and Baptists - but very little rivalry and no rancor ...
28. oldal
... hundred miles between farmhouses every quarter or half mile all the way . Nearly every farmhouse has its orchard close by ; but one big barn is all the out - buildings they boast , and farm - yard , in the English sense , one never sees ...
... hundred miles between farmhouses every quarter or half mile all the way . Nearly every farmhouse has its orchard close by ; but one big barn is all the out - buildings they boast , and farm - yard , in the English sense , one never sees ...
36. oldal
... hundred and forty acres each . Each township is numbered with reference to a base- line and a meridian , fixed by the original survey of the State , thus giving a position of latitude and longitude . From the land - office duplicates of ...
... hundred and forty acres each . Each township is numbered with reference to a base- line and a meridian , fixed by the original survey of the State , thus giving a position of latitude and longitude . From the land - office duplicates of ...
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Népszerű szakaszok
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.