Two Years in OregonD. Appleton, 1882 - 311 oldal |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 16 találatból.
20. oldal
... leaving those who were thinking of coming out to take the responsibility on themselves of deciding to come or to stay away . Under this system our numbers have grown to up- ward of a hundred , and now rarely a month passes with- out ...
... leaving those who were thinking of coming out to take the responsibility on themselves of deciding to come or to stay away . Under this system our numbers have grown to up- ward of a hundred , and now rarely a month passes with- out ...
21. oldal
... leaving Liverpool , that we landed . The white houses of the little city of Corvallis were nestled cozily in the bright spring green of the alders and willows and oaks that fringed the river , and the morning sun flashed on the metal ...
... leaving Liverpool , that we landed . The white houses of the little city of Corvallis were nestled cozily in the bright spring green of the alders and willows and oaks that fringed the river , and the morning sun flashed on the metal ...
46. oldal
... leaving a net return of $ 2,000 . Supposing that the cost of the farm was $ 25 an acre , or $ 10,000 in all , I think the return is a pretty good one on such a figure , even if an- other $ 1,000 or $ 1,500 has to be added for implements ...
... leaving a net return of $ 2,000 . Supposing that the cost of the farm was $ 25 an acre , or $ 10,000 in all , I think the return is a pretty good one on such a figure , even if an- other $ 1,000 or $ 1,500 has to be added for implements ...
54. oldal
... leaving the road to take its way down below , to round the base of the hill which we strike across . This hill is bare of trees , and is covered now with bright , young , green grass , soon to be dried and shriveled into a dusty brown ...
... leaving the road to take its way down below , to round the base of the hill which we strike across . This hill is bare of trees , and is covered now with bright , young , green grass , soon to be dried and shriveled into a dusty brown ...
68. oldal
... leaving the subject of harvesting I ought to give the cost . It is not now the question of the capitalist who can afford to pay from $ 750 to $ 1,200 for his thrashing- machine in addition to $ 320 for his self - binding har- vester to ...
... leaving the subject of harvesting I ought to give the cost . It is not now the question of the capitalist who can afford to pay from $ 750 to $ 1,200 for his thrashing- machine in addition to $ 320 for his self - binding har- vester to ...
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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.