, 1875-10-14
Snohcmish Correspondence.
SNouoMIsu C-.Y, October 9, 1875.

Your correspondent was passenger
On the Fanny Lake on her lasttrip hero,
from Lows and also retn ned toLoW-
ell next moaning. The distance fron
Priest Point to Srohomish City via
Steamboat Slough, the channel usually
travelled by boats, unless they have sp
eial freight 10 other pats of ho river
Is about twelve miles. The Fanny Lake
made three landings between Priest
Point and Lowell. and three between
Lowell and Snohom sh City, making
seven landings i'll all, a thing much to
the credit Of the Office Of the boat, as
they by so doing show disposition to
accommodate the local freight and travel
Of the liver. Should this spirit OF ac-
commodation still continue, our farmers
cannot complain Of want of market, as
the boat will land or receive freight at
any po;nt on .he riys-. Neither can
they exciaim against the exhorbItant &c
nasnds of our local merchants, for, il
not satisfied with prices charged by our
trades, or given BY them for farm proc
ucts, they have only to put the pro
duce on the liver bank, beckon with tho
fore finger to our S Gamers, the Fanny
Lake in particular, {she must have cre'i-
il for initiating this spirit of acs ommo-
dation} and ship their produce to 10
Gamble, Sea. le, or even to San an
cisco, and buy their supplies wherever
they can do best. Hereafter if our ia n
ers whine and ha 9 back, and complain
''that its no use to pit seed in the ground
for we can't sell nothing when we do
feisc it," le. them be -eferred to our
communications with the chief mar-
kets of the Pacific coast, at last, IL
times n week, and Il they cannot COM
pete with CON munilies 'iat depend on
the s me markets til 10 bel er facih-
ties of transportation than We po ess
then lie. them sell out to those that can.
Speaking of steamboats, reminds me
that no VI ANA has just reached our
wharf. She bri igs inst. lments for our
brass band. Already the toot, toot, toot,
IA to, toot c. er, horns prnt tic ,n8, Is
heard all over 9Mn. For tn. next SIX
months the sounding of gongs, the roar
ing of bulls, the screech Of steamer
whistles, the squeezing of igs.permew-
ing of tom cats allowing Of dogs VII
be . welcome va ETY. to the Distracted
tympanums Of oHr bewildered citize :.
Petition the august Legislature to enlarge
the Insane Asylum at once, for If we DO
not send ou- full quota in course Of the
coming winter, then sleepless nights.
and hideous sounds u I eeasing as Mag
1a's roar cannot effect the serenety OF
human reason. Heretofore peace and
eontentmsnt have reigned supreme IN
our modest little town. But we ;ro
having our visitation now. And only
think. it is but the beginning of the end.
How dearly are We paying for the lu1u-
1ies of civilization. Already, is the
weary, heart. breaking sigh heard for
the days Of our primeval simplicity,
alas! now gone from US forever. The
prayers of the good are solicited every
where throughout Christendom, that we
may have strength 10 bear our heavy
Affections. We thought Prof. McDon-
Md about an average dose for stricken |
eonmunity, but that new brass band is
the traditional last feather. We weak
en-, we wilt, We succoEb, nothing now
can affiict us any more. Send thunder !
elaps. typhoons, s;roceos. tornadoss,
grasshoppe,s snd a7aianches, whirl- |
winds, tidal waves, earthquakes, 10
Gusts, frogs, smallpox. war. famine
or anything 10 divert attention from the
voc, woe, wee, that Ri q in our ears
svery hour Of tho twenty -four. Our
dogs are melancholy, the hogs won't |
even grunt. our cows are drying up, the
calves are Iookin 8 detected, the roosters
u6Sc CtiAStu W C-uhJ OtiA S6too tiAO - ~
less, the cats don't oven blink, the mice
cave the cheese Untasted, al the fish
are turning belly up and font on the
surface, tbs river IS lower than evor
known before and has terrible odor.
the children don't play, nobody smiles,
sparkling the girls and moonlight walks
are abolished, there is stagnation In
the air and an unprecedented depres-
sion and fearful foreboding hanging
over us like the sulphurous canopy OF
nm erruptive volcano over doomed city
Of the plain. Should any Of the prosent
nhabii ants survive. 1t VII be miracle;
if not, please preserve this article that
the future antiquarian, as he plies his
pick and hammer, in this region of des
olatiom, may be able to truthfuliy ac-
count for the calamity that overwhelmed
this once happy people.
MAXINE InselIEse nee.