, 1855-12-21

Skater CrieE, Thirston county, 1855.


about. this war is maxim tarnation fuss
in the nation, & kickin up a rnmpuss a
mongst the naybors out here, d we mout
say, as has bin suggested to me, 90 IN Lem
mons, for we begin to think, out this way,
that it is as much Of political war as it is
a Iniun-GuN-pocder war All the great
guns of the Territory are MKT up in it
common guns-poltical guns-whg guns
aberlition guns-fuseion guns-no nOthiA
GUNS-and ev'n down to little Pop-gunn
that belongs to the Puget Sound Cerrier.
1t is a terabIe thing to sling mustcrd-
seed shot-tha skater like fury for when
the CerrieT wants to shute its thing off, it
kicks I'D sich all alfred muss that nobody
noes which way it's goin to pint How
sumever it does nothin but skear folks all
the time, and you noe we would jst as sune
be kilt dead slap, as to be skeered to death.
Now if the little critter will jist only hold
its -, and not tare nothin, we will tell
you sumthin that will settle its stumack and
it will feal rite smart chance better. To
drap little PEPPERMINT in his Ticker, would
help him sum. But it has sich strange
way of tellin things, that it keeps its STUN
ack riled oil the time. A heap of people
have that kind of way Of doin things,
which 1 think is mighty rong but out
hear on Skater crick, we don't noe much
about what is goin on.
Folks out hear say that the Injins have
bin long time gittin up this war fuss, and
long before Gov. STEVENS beginned to
make treaties with 'um. A heep peepel
say so that nose all about these things !;
but that littel feler down to Stealicum, keeps
a saying that Gov. STEVENS maid all this
alfred fuss and confushun, jist all By him
self, and raised row with all the Injins all
over the country; and if he did kick up all
this rumpuss, all by himself, with nobody
to help him, he must be screamer, and
can't be sum Of your quarter nags, but
must be good for "mile heats" or we don't
noe any thing down in these diggins, and
CESS we noe sumthin. Folks, out hear,
don't think jist eggactly like that little fel-
Ter Of the Stealicum nusepaper, and that
ar kind Of people who hope him to git up
muse, (excuse Pike county for sayin moth
in, for tina seam to have sich tarnal way
Of jist maxim muse to suit the markit tina
sell it at, jst to sute one sett of peoples
stumacks and ftTnenst anothers, that we
have commenced to "scream murder and
growl at the calamity" / kalkerlate to
say how the PAizee is goin to work. Now
they ort to do il up sorter 'onner brite," )"
or kinder "BrOa0n" as people say down
hear. People hear, have bin lookin round
to sea how Gov. Stevens has bin doin
things since he got to this country, and q
great many think be has dun rite smart for
us but most pursons think he has dun
nifty well indeed | meen to say, the folks
what live in the county and intends to stay
hear for to live, for pertend to b'long as
porshnn oV those "tilicams" who makes
bread and meat for the milyun, aud not
one of those what lives in town. But
Governor Isack likes em all, and be is for
Washington Territory and her people oil the
time, and no mistake this ar fact, sartin
and shnfe, and this is what we likes him
for. '7
Sum folks would like to kick up ALFRED
fuss and informal row with Actin Governor
MaysoR II tina noed how to get at it; but
he's sum to, and thars no yuse a tawkin.--
Now, rs down hear, thinks he's dun nifty
well, endead, kOnsiderin the timber be had
to work with. Sum folks say, that tina
don't think its Mise to sea one Of the big |
Judges holding q sodger's offs. tel EN-
tina don't noe law like be doz, an better say
nuthen, but jist think as tina plces, fur he
mite want to kick up sum sorter aw-fuss
with em-then fling hisself back on bis
dignetyj and l tell em, tina wood then sea
sites Mister Editor, l don't meen town
sites. ! jist tells em that tha're mad, (thoze
what tawk bout him) caus he hold offises
II is jnstise, and the tother Is jist the
same as justise, and now he Good do jHstise
in bubble qpik time, if he war kalIed on in
hurry Now sum oV EN- don't quite like
mi idears, but | don't kear mutch miseIf,
and do say il in the Ease ov day-lite, he
has jist as menny rites as emmy body. Now
look at his friend and rite bower over the
way he has a kinder ov o law-ofis, to
keap o heap'ov books all rite and let the
rte kinder folks haY EN- TO rced and he |
has rit q letter to his uukel who lives in
the white house, away Of, for nuthcr law
oils; and then tina say he wants to be Pub
lick Printer besides. Now he's got 9 oGises
and wants wun more, and then he'll hav 3,
and haint the judge jist as good rite to
otises as emmy body. But you noe sum
foxes will talk heeps- and sum oV em say
that the judge is maxim the most monny
but between the 2 it has bin sorter polisy
IL tikkel yu, yu tikkel me-"
Some people say, that providen the Judge
Suckceeds, that after while he may want
to go down east agin," towards Washing I
ton, ,Sbut ! tells em that the Judge is dim
ocrat and that he is got no Idly Of goin that
way, Mr.. Editor, we don't care nuthin
bout theas tarnal fuses, bekase we don't
noe nor keer how,tha are goin to "pan
out"
Well, sun Nv the boys that wants to
hav alfred row, and begin to call things
by there rite names, maiks no bones in saiu
"outrite," that the felIer ewsed to side with