, 1872-06-06
2u9et Sound 9ispateh.
Port Townsend Correspon.
dence.

1 0VubSVo
This ancient Port of entry and COM
mercial emporium still sits at the en-
trance of admiralty inlet waiting, "like
patience on monument smiling at
grief" for some new thing to occur,
either in the shape Of flash of light
ming, an earthquake, or party of rail-
road surveyors. In thu meantime busi-
ness of all kinds is nearly at stand still,
and reminds me of old Capt. Cozzen's
coffee which he offered Gov. Stevens,
1T is weak, Governor, said the an
cient mariner, in fact, it is id weak, !"
and SO is our business. However, when
the railroad people have exhausted their
resources of humbug and really apply
themselves to the work of finishing
the road from the Columbia to the
Soun and when the public are assured
OF the locality where they really mean
to terminate the road, then and not till
then will we see business revive on the
Sound, and as soon as business does
take start. let the terminus be where
it may, Poit Townsend is sure to be
benefited. Thus far. however, the ef-
feet of the railroad movements has been
to paralyze all kinds of business on the
Sound. The uncertainty attending their
operations has kept capitalists from in
yesting, and has only benefited lot of
unpnneipled land sharks by allowing
them to gull the unwary in buying lots
in imaginary terminal cities which look
ed well on paper, but had no existence
in fact. When the terminus is decided
on, this class Of Shysters will have to
take up some more honest calling.
THEOLOGICAL.
We have of late been well supplied
with iterant preachers, who seem to
think themselves authorized on the au-
thority of Ros: Browne. TO denounce us
as the most wretched sinners this side
of Sodo.l. Clerical mountebanks. re-
ligious horse jockeys, ct id genus omnus
come here and when they fnd that their
style fails of attracting converts or I'LL
ing the hat, they take their pay out in
denouncirg the community. We have
three churches here. Methodist. Episeo-
pal. and Catholic. The txo first have
regular rriee every Sunday and are
well attended. and the last, whenever
Father Prefontaine favors us with a
visit.
The muscular member of the church
militant, who wanders at stated intervals
from his Sa'em home, and who care
here with such great expectations, re-
tired with disgust, having accumulated
five dollars and one bit, and a Feejee
war club, which he promises to keep to
remember the town. This reverend
told one of our local preachers that it
was sin for him, the local, to remain
here aud preach, for We were utterly
and entirely gone to the devil, and there
was no hope that any one who lives in
Port Townsend will be saved from the
wrath to come, Selah! We will now
sing the first four verses in long partic-
ular metre.
We like to have these men cone here,
they have the same effect rs q mustard
poultiee. They produce irritation and
slight inflammation, but when they leave
us we laugh at their self-couecit and i'm
pudence, and let them pass.
AanIcrLTURAL. -
As you seem to notice the work of the
farmers in King County, will tell you
about one Of ours, Mr. James Nichols,
a market gardener. who has a couple of
acres Of land On the bluff near town,
where he successfully raises vegetables
for market. Mr.. Nichols has had for
two weeks past, new potatoes of the
early rose variety. which he planted in
January and for six weeks Past has been
regularly supplying the steamer North
Pacific, aud other customers with Broc-
coli, early York cabbage. lettuce, rad
ishes. peas, eto- Mr.. Nichols sows hio
seed in the fall and the plants live
through the winter, and by the time 9TH
er people are preparing hot beds and
sowing seed, he has his broccoli and
BRUSSELS sprouts, and other early vege-
tables ready for market. Mr.. Nichols
thoroughly understands his business,
and as a consequence, has been very
successful. Il other farmers would
profit by the experience Of Mr.. Nichols,
and do certain kinds Of planting in the
fall instead Of the spring. they would
produce better results.
TxLEGRARH.
The principal thing we require here
just now, is to have the telegraph ex-
tended from Seattle to intersect with all
the mills on the west side of the Sound
and terminate at Port Townsend. If we
had telegrarhic communication at this
place with other localities, there would
have been many persons with their fami-
lies, who would have made this their
home. have been forced to go elsewhere,
where they can have the facilities offer
h., Ha to1ooront,