Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-06-01
FIRST BOOK OF CHRONICLES.
CHAPTER II.

, |. Md thereon tie numbers oil them
according to the house o. their fathers
that were gathered together under the
/ banners Of Seucius, the babbler, at Chit
woot, which was the chief city of Alki.
! >. Petroleum. the chief, aud with him
mighty men of valor one score.
B. And next to him was Clarence the
amorous, and with him half score aud
three.
4. And next him was Thomas the Ms
qualyite, aud with him half score and
| one.
5. And next him was Samuel the
smiler, and with him half score
6. And next him was Thomas the pious,
and with him two.
7. And next him was Andrew, the sus-
picious, and with him one.
8. And next him was Elisha, the par
Humanitarian, with the jaw.bone of an ass.
and one ca.apult, or engine for throwing
dirt.
.. And of the spoils and trophies of
war there was great riches in the camp Of
Selucius, the babbler.
10. In the tent of Thomas the Nisqual-
lyite were three thousand three hundred
and ten blankets, seven thousand eight
hundred and one pieces Of cloth, nine
thousand and fourteen strings of beads,
three thousand and seventeen ornaments
for the nose, and eight hundred talents of
silver, which were the spoils Of the lost
tribes of Ishmael.
| ii. And in the tent of Petroleum, the
chief, were stored, three sets of judges
gowns, one set of governors robes, one
score and five commissions, one score aud
seven brass trumpcts, twenty and FIVE
thousand shekles in gold, and eight score
of scourges or picked rods.
II. And in the tent of Samuel the
smiler was stored the tribute money which
had been ground from the people, and
eight hundred sinches.
IS. And in the tent of Elisha, the par
| Humanitarian, was great wealth Of fine linen
and silks and peacocks feathers. And on
| the sides were three rows of hooks for the
scalps of his enemies. And there were
seven hundred aud ninety and nine siuch.
| cS.
IA. And in the tent of Clarence the
amorous, were seven cases of epistles, and
three hundred and sixty and five pairs of
boots, fastened with screws, and in each
| boot were twelve screws.
Is. And in the tent Of Thomas, the p-
Gus, was stored the private baggage of Sc
lucius the babbler, of which there were
twelve trunks full Of applications for office,
sixteen trunks full of promises which had
| come home to roost, one volume of the
books of the prophets, twelve hundred
copies of the history Of the Four Kings,
nine sacks Of checks on the bank of Faro,
one set of Good Templar's regala and jew.
els. thirteen camel loads of bottles filled
with strong drink, eight score elephant
loads of Patent Office reports, and one SER
mon on the climate of Alaska.
16. And when he had made good their
| retreat, and come unto the entertainments
with his army and their baggage, and when
he had numbered those that were with
him, Petroleum the chief, was sorely
| troubled.
II. And he gathered together his cap
tains in council, and said unto them, where
are the tried hearts that were with us on
those days when Selucius, the babbler,
overthrow Marshall the headstrong, and
conquered the tribes of Kuklux, and what
shall be done unto them that are absent in
this the hour of our travail.
IS. And Samuel the smiler, and An
drew the suspicious, who were citizens Of
great zeal, bring converts from the tribes
Of JEFF, testified against those who were
absent, that they had deserted the gods of
! Ham, and gone LISTING after the idols of
Jeff, with wine bibbers and beer guzzlers.
10. And Thomas the pious, and Elisha
the parliamentarian, who like unto Samuel
| and Andrew, were renegades from the
tribes of Jeff, spake up and said, is it not
written that he who is not for me is
against me And therefore shall they be
sinched and stoned.
20. And great cry went up from the
camps of Selucius the babbler, saying,
Sinch them sinch them
81. And when they had heard these
things which had been resolved against
them, many of those who had followed the
tribes of Ham through all the trials of the
wilderness, shook the dust from their feet,
and girded up their loins and went over
and pitched their tents with Marshall, the
headstrong, midway between the armies
of Sclrcias and Obid.
%. And these are the numbers of the
hosts of Marshall, the headstrong, accord
ing to the house of their fathers.
%. Marshall, the hcadstrong, and with
him thirty score. -..
| "a. And next to him was Samuel, the
growler, and with him five and twenty
score.
| rs. And next him was Benjamin, the
stiff, and with him eighteen score.
26. And next him was Solomon, the
colonist, and with him four and twenty
score.
| 81. And next him was Christopher, the
convivial, and with him twenty score.
%. And next him was Calvin, the