Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-11-26
Port Gamble.
PoRr GAMBLE, Nov. II, 1870

WIN, tuCIC regular IOstCt
of persons in commission, or men charged
with the supervision Of. the various depart
mcnts of the operations. There are men
Of high and low degrce'in the lumber man
ufacturing business. A beginner, as
matter of course, is obliged to start at the
alphabet Of the proceedings, and work his
way gradually into more mysterious and
difficult stages of the modxs opcrand,.
| am not able to state correctly the number
of degrees, or high, higher and highest
positions, belonging to and obtainable in
the science Of sawmillology, not having
been put thoroughly Through the mill"
but from an outside standpoint, l am we'll
persuaded there are many of them, and
that some of the many tyees at this saw:
dusty burg have gone up to the highest
platforms or pinnacles of the said science.
Nor am / competent to give the distinct
i've official prefxes or titles of the heads of
the different departments. All l know
about the matter last in reference is, that
there is one grand tyee, or a sort of Gen
eralissimo, with lots of subordinate issimos
or tyees, in regular graduation downward.
Standing upon the higher ground and
looking down on tho mills, puts me in
mind of beehives in honey gathering time.
At such time the bees arc in constant
stream of ingress and egress, and so it is
with the operatives in and about the mills
here, some going in and some coming out
constantly, and all pursuing their allotted
task in regular order. But as to honey
and general sweetness, there is in all prob
ability more Of it in beehive than in
sawmill. Such at least is my view of the
matter. 1t is believed that the bees, in
their industrial associations, have their
regular organizations, with kings, queens,
and tyees of lower degree, and that these
constitute the aristocracy of the swarm or
hive. And so, just so it is in the sawmil
communities, the persons Of high, higher
and highest degrees in sawmillology con-
stitute the aristocracy of the locality. But
distinctions among the people have existed
from the days Of Harold Marriage to the
present time, and they may as well be cre-
ated by proficiency in sawmilological sci
ence as by anything else ,sl t!.f
Something has been said about and
some effort make towards the erection of
church at this place, but as yet it seems to
be q sort of no CO. l am entirely unable
to account for this failure, except upon the
supposition that the inhabitants of this
"spit" are already too far advanced in
Righteousness to need the services of Cos
pei ministers. They consider themselves
fully able to work out their own salvation,
temporal and spiritual, without ministerial
assistance. <. ~,ltt
With regard to the health of this locali-
ty at the present time, l infer that it must
be unusually sound, from the fact that the
resident physician for the want of patients
through whom to drive his pills, has been
for several days past welding the carpen-
ter's hammer and driving nails into the
roof Of the new sawmill. Hurrah for the
doctor! When he can't drive pills he
drives something else for livelihood.
Our feet Of vessels in. port is uncom-
monty small. The ship Elizabeth Kim
ball, Capt. Keller, the bark Poschattan,
Capt. Blackstone, and the steam sloop
Piledricer, Capt. Mckay, make up our
entire feet Of ssea-soing Crafts at present.
The ElizabetA KimbaN will finish loading
to-day, and wind and weather permitting
will sail tomorrow for San Francisco.
Although I have already written quite
as much as intended, you will please in
dulge me in few lines more, on subject
entirely too long neglected. In an article
long time ago, took occasion to men,
tion the fact that at this place a sewing So
ciety had been formed by the lady resi-.
dents. / do not remember of writing any.
thing more than simply announcing the
above fact, but in justice to the members
Of the society, I am now going to put upon
record something additional concerning
them. From the first settlement of this
town down to the past year, no pains had
been taken to prepare q suitable cemetery.
The bodies Of deceased persons had been
taken to the top Of the bank in rear Of the
settlement, and inferred promiscuously in
vacant spots among the bushes, until last
spring, when the lies Of the sewing so.
ciaty took the matter in hand. A fair had
been previously held by them, at which
the productions Of the society in various
articles Of needle-work, both useful and
ornamental, were put ON exhibition and
disposed Of, yielding several hundred dol.
lars to the producers. After celebrating
as to the best and most proper use they
could make Of their funds, the sewing Ia
dies decided to expend it it preparing a
proper and respectable town cemetery.
In pursuance Of this object, men were
hired, large plat of ground cleared, made
smooth and handsomely fenced, and Port
Gamble can now claim to have one of the
most convenient and handsome cemeteries
to be found on the Sound; and for its nos.
session the credit belongs to the industri.
Gus, considerable and generous ladies of
the sewing society.
The Mercantile Library Lottery did but
little for the people here, especially when
the amount expended for tickets is taken
into account. A triAe over 500 is all I
know Of being drawn bv any here. Rnt