, 1864-04-09
A VOICE FROM BELOW.


The man Of wit and treachcrous folly,
Whose cognomens Wat, or alias Ola,
Now runs at large, unmarked and free,
Like other swine that have less need to be.
The sleepy inhabitants of the mud fats
at the head of the Sound have been awaked
again from their peaceful slumbcrs by
voice from Watson, who, in his slashing
style, makes general sweep at the head Of
the Sound country, and, Ike an avalanche,
carries all before him. o, what n mighty
instrument is man, when possessed Of a
wee sheet Of his own to blow on. but, as a
northern breeze seldom lasts long in this
latitude, when so near the head Of nav ga
ton, We may soon look for a lull, or, at
least, hope the tempest may subside. The
prospect seems good at present for cessa-
ton of hostilities, for Watson tells US that
his paper is filling up so rapidly with ad-
vertisCments that there will soon be no
room for reading matter. His patrons think
this a consumnlation devoutly to be wished,
Us they have become so disgusted with the
monotony Of his original, that they are
willing to gil up his paper with advertise
mcnts, in order to get rid Of the local slang
that appears almost weekly in the Gazette;
but he is determined his subscribers shall
not get the lest of him on that lay out, for
he proposes to double the size Of his sheet,
which will then be nearly as large as a bed
blanket providing he is able to double his
subscription, (Which will be one of the
things that are mott and in order 10 do this,
every other subject having failed, he re-
vers back to his old hobby about the mails.
and pretends to tell us much he knows
nothing about, and pronounces it very good !!
lie requires his paper to so dewn the Sound
tri-wcckly; it is going down fast enough,
God knows. Again, he tells us plaintively
that his male (maiD facilities have been
cut of it is hoped, however, he has enough
left Tor handle, or at east another fishing
excursion. This mail matter, though a sub
ject Of much interest to us, We propose to
let rest, as it has become somewhat stale
from the many rcretitions it has had from
the hands Of one Watson. 1t is really as.
tonishing to read the local items that APP
peared in the last weeks issue Of the Ga
zeile, but, as the editor confesses derangc-
ment Of the brain, after his return from
Squak, VIC may in measure pardon his in
sanity. In his bombastic style he bangs
away at the people at the head Of the
Sound without mercy, and only withdraws
from the Ere, when his battery becomes too
hot and unmanageiblc. Again, in his cor
tracted views relative to the interests Of
Washington Territory, he seems inclined to
subvert, rather than build up healthy and
fertile country. A stranger might be led to
believe that there was but one point on
Puget Sound worthy Of note, and that all
others were worthless; We arc, however, Of
the opinion that man who has not the
whole interest of the Territory at heart, cs.
peciaIly if be acts in public capacity, is
not worthy the suffrage Of the people, and
should not be tolerated in this community,
for If he chooses to become the prop Of
divided house, rather than to sustain the
whole cdifce. I say knock out his under.
pinni1g and let him down, and perhaps a
few fails may bring him to his senses. We
do not eensure any one for flvoring their
own locality, nor do We think it necessary
BY so doing to pull down all others. The
Quixotie manner in which we have been
assailed by this wanderer has no parallel
since the days Of Cervantcs. Look at the
Gosele and weep; for WHO can control the
fruitful FLYER in the ceye when ones posterity
is threatened? Father Adam would scarcely
endure il; still are We told Of the possibility
Of our progeny being stirred up with long
pole. We shall not give ourself any uneasi-
ness on that score, for we do not believe
that any Of our posterity will be found in
the company u baboon. We recommend
our ncighbor Of the news depot to & hus-
bandry Of his resources, and adTise him to
hang on to thai pole until he makes another
excursion to Squak, as he may need il again
in crossing Washington Lake. Now we bid
him good bye, feeling confident that, if we
may judge from the dryness Of his brain,
his progeny never will suffer. 3-53
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