Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-10-01

such apparent unity. lie has, OF course,
right to make the most ofsuch crumbs OF Off
cal patronage as fall in his way, ami We conf
pli,ncnt him upon his good luck in moulding
circumstances to his will.
WHERE'S TIE INSPECTOR We believe
that our law makes the Territorial Treasurer
cr oijicio inspector Of weights and measures
We have been requested toalludc to this mat
ter and ask the party whose business it is to
see that the scales in use are properly adj
iusted. Several used by our business men
have not been tested for years, and it would
be surprising if they do not vary from the
regular standard. 1t was only Il few days
ago, we arc Uniformed, that farmer "savcd
his bacom' by mere accident.
~ We publish to-day tho act Of Congress
establishing the Northern Pacific Railroad
route, and ask for it a careful per,sal, as it
differs from that creating the Central route in
several important features regarding the man.
ncr of its construction. Our people, VIC fear,
grand scheme very far in the future, and con-
scqucntly do not reflect upon its paramount
importance. We hope they will awaken from
their apparent lcthargy before they hear the
scream of the whistle announcing the arrival
of the first train over the Northern route.
tV The present Territorial Printers. while
Mr. Barnes was holding that office, by reso-
luton denounced us and those in our employ
as rats'-a term usually applied by print
crs to those of the craft who work for less than
the established scale of prices Considering
the present quotations of grcrnbacks, and
their tribulations in consequence. we do not
think it inappropriate to style them "11e
Three Blind Mice.'
IT, Some friend at Port Angeles has sent
us copy Of Punch containing a caricature
upon tho presiding genius Of tho London
STANDARD. which our humorous friend proba-
bly, thinks will apply equally we'll to us. We
feel .Rutved, of course; but can't our friend
find picture Of Horace Greeley to send to
Our cotcmporarys
~ In a list of the prices allowed for ar
ticles impressed for the use of the rebel army,
and lately adopted as the standard by the au-
thoritics in Richmond, flour is quoted at Sls2
per bbl.; oats, SIS per bush; bacon, hog
round, S5pcr b.; lard. IS per H.. and other
articles in the same proportion.
70 The statement of the Oregonian that
the election of Judge Williams to the U. S.
Senate was to be regarded as sectional tri-
umph to Portland, turns out to be false, as we
anticipated it would. Tho Portland dclcga-
ton voted for Pcarnc, who moro properly rep
resented the Portland interest.
t. The space surrounding the monitor
Comanche, in process of construction at San
Francisco, CAL, has been enclosed, aud u
price charged for admission, to be devoted to
the Sanitary fund. The receipts average
$50 per day. and on Sundays the receipts
reach four times that sum.
~ The doy is counted mad when he won't
take something TO drink, and a man insane
when h. takes too much.-CaI. Lodgcr.
We know of some men who would be con
sidered insane if they merely r.jased to
drink.
tY writer in one OF our exchanges has
a new maine for very old disease With
which some people src habitualIy afflicted
The common - complaint" known hrreas,oa's
as iy'ss. i called by him the Chicago dip
rhcsia-
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