Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-03-16

ber much.~ The Judges lady, who Is
considered one of the best butter MAX
ers in the country, here spoke up and
said that Ford never had sold any of
her butter in Olympia she was sure, but
she would like the Colonel to tell what
he knew about the affair, for she had
noticed that the judge looked very
penitent when he came home after that
visit. SWELL" says Mike, cit hap
pencd in this way: Ford had been in
and transacted his business, spent all
his money, and was bound home on
horseback; but just as he was passing
Gov. Stcvens's house, on the hill, who
should come along but Uncle Gabc
Jones, on his bay mare, with tin pail
full of nice butter on his arm. Where
are you going!' says Uncle Gabc to
Ford. ooh, Tm dead-brokc and going
homc,' replied the Judge. Nonsense
turn back. l have got kettle full
of butter you see, and ! will sell that
and have a nice time Ford, nothing
10th, turned his horses head, and the
pair descended the hill. They now
met man in wagon coming out of
town, who was crying. Both the kind
hearted men stopped. For" added the
Colonel, "with all Ford's faults no one
will deny that he is one of the most
hospitablc and kind-hcartcd men in the
Territory, and Uncle Gabc is another
Well, they stopped the man and asked
him what the matter was. lie replied
that he had brought in "a little butter to
sell to raise some money to buy grocer
les. but the butter didn't sink, and now
he had to carry it home, and his chill
drcn were sick and he had no money
to buy groceries with. Nonsense says
Ford don't cry, man, we will buy your
buttcr-won't we, Joncs?' Yes, says
Uncle Gabc; we will put this nice but
ter of mine on top, and then Ford do
you sell the whole and pay the poor
man. The agreement was then made,
the butter fixed and sold as | have said,
to Gallihcr, and with the proceeds of
the sale the two old boys and the
poor man had a jolly spree
While the Colonel was relating this
Munclauscnism, the Governors son
and nephew, and myself, remained ST.
lent, struck with intense admiration ut
the fertile genius he has for invcnting
parallels. Ford looked very silly, but
could not say word. Not so his lady,
who. inccnscd at the idea that Ford
should pass off lot of rancid butter as
her manufacture, and upon the Gov
crmor too, was little too much, and so
she expressed herself. Old Mike. find.
ing that things were taking q serious
turn, and that in his zeal for a joke he
had rather put his foot in it, was f,in
to take the lady one side and explain
matters to her, much to her relief ln
the meantime, the Judge called me out
of the house, under pretensc of smok-
ing ripe together, when he asked me
if had heard Gallihcr say anything
about the butter. "Ccrtainly;" said |,
he stated publicly at the table that he
got That butter from Judge Ford.
Wcll," says the Judge, Il thought
all the time that the whole story was
one of Simmons's id lies, but as you
heard Gallihcr say he got it from me
suppose it is so. but the fact is, was
SO eight that I don't remember any
thing did on that visit-but don'tyou
tell Old Simmons"
did, however, tell Simmons, and
subsequently told Uncle Gabe, but he
allowed he was as forgctfnl as Ford,
and was willing to settle the affair with
Galliher. This he did the next time he
met Ford in Olympia, by treating the
whole crowd, and I doubt very much
whether he or the Judge ever know,
before they see this in print, but what
they actually did sell the rancid butter
to Galliher. JAMES G. Swan.