Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-03-23
Communicated 10 the Journal.
Letter from Puge Sound.
BuREAu or INFORMATION, STnfAcoos, !
PuoET SouSD, WASH TER, Feb. II, 20. !

! RANDOLPH Farmers Clrn
Almost every mail brings to postnasters an
editors letters making inquiries about the countr
bordering upon Puget Sound. The persons 3
addressed have not the means to spare TO dolru
the expense of such correspondence, nor the time
without neglecting their own private business. -
This association has been formed for the purpose Il
writing letters to various parts Of the Eastern
Middle and Western States, and furnishing in
formation with regard to the western half of thi
Territory.
Steilacoom is the county seat Of Pierce County
and contains about four hundred inhabitants
Court House, where two terms Of the United State
District Court are held, each year. Jail, which
is used as prison for all that part Of the Ter
ritory lying West Of the Cascade range Of noun
tains tannory, a brewery, two blacksmiths,
tailor, Chinese laundry two markets, sever
stores, eweller, IA timers shop aud stove-,tore
a barber n drug store, telegraph, bakery, tw,
| livery stables, two hotels three whiskey shops,
fancy gardener, u ship yard, dress maker a wag
on maker, "a public library Of 800 volumes d
Good lemplar's Lodge. Masons Lodge. school
Tor young ladies. undercontrJl OF Sisters OF Chart
y, with about fifty scholars a district school, ia
session about half the time two wharycs. eacl
800 feet long, giving twenty feet water at low
tide, where ocean steamers land Il receives q
mail every other day during the year from Olym-
pia, the Capital olthe Territory, aud one mail each
week from Victoria, Vancouver Island. Il is the
trading point for the entire county. with several
logging camps located in different BAYS and inlet-
passing into the Sound, and two large saw mills,
engaged in making lumber for the San Francisco
market Il has several fine cottages, surrounded
by gardens, filled with the best fruits OF the eli.
mate, md good selection of njwers, some Of
which, though standing out OF door. were in
bloom as late as the 18th of December.
From the Goth of December ill after Christmas.
we had five or six days ol terrible cold weather
iccnn inch thick was formed upon puddle Of water
standing ia the road and the ground was frozen
quite MS deep, The wind hauled round to the
south, and before New Year, the ice and frost
we're gone, so that on the lh dag of January.
1870, Hon. WILLIAM Il DowSEy finished dig.
ging his crop of potatoes # is not usual to de-
lay this kind Of work later than the beginning of
December. On the ith Of January it changed
from pleasant to cold. and continued SO for four
or five dnys the ice be,aroo tl,r.,. ,,,,-,h. - 49,,
inch thick ON the l6th sp,y c.u hale a. ;.1t.
dccp. and lay ON the grs,d ,,ro ,l,,,, ,,,.,,.
four hours bnt tbonk bcayep ,,o ,,.-, -, H..
blessed with thaw and the ice left rs after visi,
OF four Days The weather since has been "A mix
ture OF sunshine and shower. grass growing
green and fresh in DAYTIME. and frn,s .in,ir. q,
nirht
Thi, barb,r was selected +, lsto rs, ,,,i;,,.
officers. establishing F,rt Steil,c,,r n. ,bo an.
ch,rire of government vc.sels s;,i. ,l, So,
The nitel States steamer pc,.,,.t, 9,..st;, -
the North p,ciGc S.,,ojr,r o3oo ,,os ~, i.,...
since anchored within fonr bnrjrsl foo, ,r.t,.,
Ocean steamers run T., Portland. OREGON ,,y was,
of yietoro The barh,r il f0,,, ,,,;.. -,
ten miles wide. and i. in nh rcsne,,. .,,,.-i.- =,
the harbor of New York the ,.,r,,,r, .,.r,,..,l
inr IL i. botter fitted f,r tbe ,iteoro -.
than any other point up,n the S,on5 II ,l,,,,
one hundred and seyenty.i,e miles 70 .h, p,.;e..
ocean. by way of the Admiralty. I,i.. ,,d ST.,
of Fuca The latitude or Stoiloc,,,, 4. Go,
seven degrees north IL b,s q s,,,,,,,,. h.
than that of Ouel,.. and , y.i,,.- ,. 49,.
Norfolk. virginia Il has neither the hitter g.,
nor the bnrnin, heat ,e Nevr Vol p,,,,o, s.,.l
is never frozen over SNOW, G,us ,Io,',.. 60,
winter T., the d.ptb or TO-, ;,.l.. h,,,i,',.,..,,.
disappears within , w-ek heo,,.. ,h,. -.
seldom lr,zer and ,b,. ,l,.r,,..,,o,o.
long below, the tbo,in, noir,
Ordinarily. stock will sulsi., d,,r,r.. ,l.. ,,;,
ter months without leipo b,n..d t,, =, =. g..
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