, 1875-12-04
Our SEATTLE LETTER.
From our own Correspondent.
SEATTLE, Nov. 2S, Is

which hover around OFI iONH-
send, and which some people COM
plain Of, are, in comparison, no
more than gentle zephyrs fit to
cool the delicate check Of blush
ing beauty. But on that occasion
up here, King Lear's admonition
to the elements
Blow; winds, and crack your eheeks;raee,
was obeyed abundantly, and in
perfect consonance with the tu-
multuous passions which the poet
so graphically describes as raging
in the breast Of that unhappy king.
Many houses were seriously dam
aged. Some blown down and
Others carried off their foundations,
while trees in the neighboring for
est were blown down and frag-
ments carried in every direction.
1t is surprising that no person was
neither killed outright nor serious
ly injured.
THE BUSINESS OF THE TOWN
was obstructed; the coal mines on
all sides were obliged to suspend
operations, and all hands were set
to work to remove distractions.
At the present writing, however,
business has resumed its usual
course. Fortunately the shipping
in our harbor, sustained no injury
worth mentioning, which is GER
tainly surprising.
THE cHEEXIEsT" MAN
in the world has visited your cor
respondent. He is an itinerant
vender of a patent fluid which is
celebrated for its cleansing prop
critics, particularly for removing
grease from articles of clothing.
He came in with the air of a man
who has business of vital import
ance on his mind. He has a pecu-
liarly slouching way of insinuating
himself, and one of his shoulders
is elevated to about the same lew
81 with the top of his head, the
latter being somewhat depressed
with a sort of compromising ten
dency to meet. the shoulder half
way. Reproduced certain bottles,
but their contents not correspond
ing in appearance with the great
requisite Of this thirsty generation,
| lost all interest in the matter.
He said he was the proprietor of
the most remarkable compound in
the world. / told him l hadn't
the slightest doubt of it. He said
he would convince me. l told him
l was already convinced. He said
the price Of these bottles was fifty
cents. / told him l felt inexpres-
sibly grsti6ed that the price was
so low as to bring so necessary
an article within the reach Of all.
Said !, g You have EelieTed~my
mind Of very serious spprehen-
sions in the interest of dirty and
greasy humanity; as philanthro-
pist l rejoice at your extreme gem
erosity and moderation; in an eoo-
nomical point of view you arc
henefactor to your suffering fel-
low mani" He seemed pleased at
what said and wanted me to buy
half q dozen bottles. l said, "My
friend there are two reasons why
l decline to invest any capital in
your very convenient and neces-
sary commodity. In the first place
! have no capital; in the second
place | am not greasy nor dirty,
neither in literal, moral, social
nor political point of view, and
hence have personally no need
whatever ofany of your merchan-
disc" He was not yet satisfied,
but insisted that | was incredulous
as to the merits of the fluid. /
said | was not. But he still had
doubts, and said he would satisfy
me, and thereupon made certain
demonstrations, one of which was
to shut the door which / had left
conveniently open with a view of
facilita ting his exit. l stopped
him, intimating at the same time
that his presence was distasteful
to me. He then said he would
leave, and I told him that was the
earnest desire of my heart. So |
embraced him tenderly and he left.
There arc a large number of
VESSELS IN PORT,
and the maritime appearance of
our harbor is quite creditable.
Some are to load with lumber and
some with coal; SO that our people
are busy-in fact,even in the right
the business of loading goes on.
Seattle is a busy and lively place.
The town is full Of people and
more are continually coming. Our
hotels are more than full, and our
hotel-keepers must be getting rich
1t is "meat and drink" to me to see
AN UNPREJUDICED JUDGE.
So that the other day, as 1 casual
ly happened into one Of our JUS
tees courts and witnessed trial,
l went away proud of our glorious
American institutions, and partic-
ularly of our local Judiciary. An
unfortunate victim of untoward
circumstances had been arrested
on a charge OF larceny. What