, 1875-09-16
gmget Sound 9ispateh.
FROM DAILY OF THURSDAY.
snohomish Correspondence.

Snohomish Correspondence.
SEPT. I'd, 1875.
EDITOR DISPATCH: The Fanny Lake
arrived to day bringing freight and
passengers. She left for Seattle at
4 o o'clock.
VS. were visited to-day by very
heavy shower from the North West.
The rains are damaging the grain to
some extent. We still live in hopes of
more fair weather yet.
The latest from the lava beds indicate
no disposition to renew hostility.
Mr.. J. G.. Marstonsen has nearly
completed his new house on Pill Chuck,
one and one-half miles from town.
Ouv enterprising Sheriff B. Stretch is
also altering and improving his dwell
ing on his farm four and one-half miles
up the river. The ladies think it means
something that such conduct calls for
an explanation. They begin to think he
has found an affnity--struck oil. Per-
haps Prof. Mcdonald has paired him
off.
Prof. Nc Donald and DR.. Rice left for
Seattle and Olympia on the Fanny Lake.
They intend to spend the holidays East
with the "loved ones at home" They
have made many friends hereand have
played the role of perfect gentleman
during their brief sojourn. Success
attend them, wherever they go and If
they come to our little community again
they will be welcomed.
The new store of Packard & jackson
is now completed ready for the reception
of merchandise. 1t is substantially
built and neatly fitted up, oflarge dimen-
sions and an ornament to the town.
Your correspondent overheard two
wood choppers the other day Dragging
about hard heads. One said he saw q
limb inches through, 10 feet long, fall
from the top of pine tree. and strike
the chopper on top the head, break In
two, and IN three weeks time that chop
per was up and at i. again. ''Po, pc"
saws the other, ":hat's nothing. l
was with gang in the Maine pineries
once. cutting spars, when one OF the
trees went back on the chopper. and
struck the niger cook right square on
top Of the head, drove him three feet
into the frozen ground and broke the
! spar short off in the middle" "Well,
it killed him, didn't it?" "No since
we chopped him on: of the frozen ground
with our axes, and he went home and
got supper for the whole crew that very
same highland don't you think. our
boss was so ALFRED mean, he took the
value of that spar out of that cooks
wages when the gang was paid Oft in the
spring." "Was that so?" "Be dogon-
ed if twant." well, that beats my time,
lets 60 over to the Snohomish Exchange
and take something" And they went
over to the bar and ''smIled." X
Sept. 5th, 1875.
Steamer Yakama arrived early this
morning from Port Gamble. She brought
goods and lumber for Z. c. Furguson,
and is now taking on board a cargo of
of ship knees. That gives US four steam-
ers a week. The Yakima two trips and
Zephyr and Fanny Lake one each.
Good. 1. is almost certain now that We
are to have a small light draft steamer
for the upper Snohomish and the Sno-
qualmie. If not put on this fall, another
season will not pass without it. The
extension of logging enterprises and the
rapid settlement of the tributaries of the
Snohomish renders it absolutely ne-
cessary that these upper waters should
have steam communication.
Prof. Mcdonald may be great man.
At any rate, we all thought SO when he
was down here But we are getting our
ewes open. We think he has put his
foot in it once to often. He examined
nearly every head in town, gave charts
for the same price, 50 so, cash up. lie
also examines animals heads, fills out
charts for them for half price. He also
oives lectures on, common sense,
free. but he don't forget to pass round
the hat just to pay expenses. Well he
took us all in. The men wondered al
him. the ladies got stuck after him
and the little children cried after hum
We'll. he left us, ard we never wouic
have found cut how badly we were sold
had not one of our restless spirits taker
| it into his.head to compare the charts
of the human head with some OF the
animals. One of our farmers has ia
vorite mule. On comparing the cnar
of that mule with the charts given te
several of our county officials, they jus'
agreed to mark, only the mules con-
scienciousness and perceptiye faculties
were the largest. He makes match too
and on comparing the chart of some o
the ladies he paired off with an homes
rancher's favorite filly, you couldn't tel
one from the other, only by the nam
on the cover. One Of our landlord
owns a premium porker, and the char
of his head corresponds exactly with on
of our boss loggers. One of our saloo,
keepers favorite spaniel's chart is ia
simile of one given one of our risin
young merchants. Now we don't like il
But we can, t help it. We are sold an
he's got the money. He's gone frol