Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-10-12

got nervous about it, and for few days
few 10 arms (put on my boots aud
got ready to travcr about twenty-one
times u day. For instance, early one
morning l heard tremendous cannon-
sding-dew 10 arms in a big scare
cannonade proved to be q runaway
army wagon numbering along On the
walk-went and saw Willard, and
got my scare o6
Heard tremendous ,latter Of mus.
ketry-1ew to arms-scarc rs before
this musketry proved to be chamber
maids smashing crockery accidentally.
Saw Willard and whipped scare as be-
fore. Heard tremendous charge of
cavalrv-Aew to arms-scarc, as form.
crly. Cavalry charge was small ne
gro Oh small mule. Saw Willard, etc.
And So, for several days, l was contin-
ually flowing to arms.
Willard is very popular-Willard is
man-in fact, three or four men.
Willard keeps his three or fonrscl De-
hind counter, and Willard keeps a
loEg row of bottles behind him-Wil-
lard has great Geal of business with the
bottles, and the officers have great
deal Of business with Willard. In fact
the more officer man is, the more he
doesn't do anything but have business
with Willard. People have an idea that
it is an officers business to tight-not u
bit of it-o6cers don't tight--men fight
Officers look pretty, aud have busi.
ness with Willard.
Do you know Scare? suppose not.
Well a great many fellows do. When
Scare gets hold of fellow. that fellow
Immediately sets Whisky to whip him
Whisky and Scare have u constant
fight, ami Scare always gets the worst
Of it. When you see Il fellow talking
loud, and spelling for fight, aud wish
ing the enemy would attack us, SO that
he might have chance to do such
tremendous deeds of valor as the world
never saw, you may set it down as u
sure thing that Whisky and Scare have
been having another turn, and that
Scare has got another licking. AS a
general rule, the fellows who don't
know Scare are not much acquainted
with Whisky.
must stop now, for I see my friend
ii double.barrelcd general; I must
60 down and pump.handic to him, and
then, presume, we shall have little
business with Willard.
Confdentially, DoEsrIcKs, p. B.
NATIONAL AcE-MAKERs.- the
son of Nimrod first clad in brass the
subjects of his realm, and marshaled
them in hostile front beside the Eu-
pirates, never has there been u war,
however just, however necessary, how
ever unavoidable, but the men who
have gene to battle have been followed
by the groans Of "peace party"
There was such party in 1776, in 1912
and in 1846, and it would be strange
were We without one in 1861. It has
been the custom of these peacemakers.
either to openly oppose every war Of
their time, or sneakingly do 50 by abus.
ing the poverty which it wis prosecu-
ted. The latter is the cowardly game Of
+, the Northern anti-coercionists Of to-day.
They dare not boldly express the sym,
pathy they really feel for the rebels,
but adopt the suffer method Of villityi"g.
the Administration engaged in warning
with treason. During the Revolution,
when the patriot heart was faintest,
peacemaksrs attempted a. put mn end to
the struggle by taking tllS command If
the armies from Washington and en-
trusting it to hotspur. The design
tailed. In 1879 the l,eacemakers were
equally active ia their opposition 10 the
Administration and its Generals. but
the struggle was terminated with hon
or to the nation, nevertheless. At the
/, conclusion Of the war with Mexico. the
clamors of the people sent Scott home
under arrest, but public opinion liberia
ted and cruwned him with triumph on
his arrival there, and no one named the
fault with which hs wss charged. Had
it not been for Ais genius, which the
opposition pres Insult ever: time they
augur disaster To the Federal cause e,s-
tr isted Ia il by the Administration, not
one of the eleven thossand men who
left Vera Cruz would have returned to
it alive, N we'll did . Dkussersfie Cshi-
me- sscnnd the plrss 1t the eommand-
erin Chief~-G j. A1vor.
~ A persnn threw the head At .
goose on the sts4s n the Belviile The-
stre. Corto. advancirg 81 tlse fn'at
aid. Gentlemen, II any amongst
you has lost his he'd. d not Be un-
easy. FIR I will restoes il - ~ sencae.
eion of the noefuem mco-
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