The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-08-29
Way Of Trip Down the
Coast.


'RatspAAs NJ - Asa+A Dt the morn
IN. Of the 9th the ID kota cast a from
the dock. bpund oat We foa4,i COOL
ly AMI very Agreeable company Of pas
sengers III bari The Olympia dele
CATION included Msrsh,l Blian aud fam
lily. the Ae-~rs Aliens. and Miss Allen,
Nr. Coulter AMI wife, Mrs. Warbass.
Miss Warbass aud 9th rs. nearly twenty
in all some destined fer the Centennial
and Others f,r Californis Among the
rest were DIR. we.,b, from Boston, Gen.
Howard, Rev Mr. Van Anda, and
wife, of Boise City, and George III
Moore of Seattle
We reached Port Townsend on the
afternoon of Thursday, but did not
stop long enough To interview the town.
From hasty cup doeI We saw unmis-
taxable signs of prosperity OF the Port
of Entry, IN the number aud quality of
new buildings to be seen and the gen
eral air of thrift apparent in the
city.
Casting off We headed across the
Straits, but before getting out of sight.
q green boat was observed pulling off
towards Us for dear life and making
and lay to until the mysterious green
boat pulled alongside II was soon
discovered 70 be propelled by couple
OF stout long -shoremeu and the helm
was presided over with nonchalant dig
nifty by lanky. suceuIent individual.
looking about twenty five years of age.
rather fade in appearance. in n straight
backed ''jeansy" c, at, denims overalls
aud whde boots outside. and All an
tiqne sombrcro, which in broadrimmsd
umbraseousness was oil that sage
brush raqtero could dessire This gen
tleBau, whom for want of his resi name
which We didn't ascertain, We will call
q" kaintuck, proved To be an individual
who had been observed 20 get on board.
out OF the way when the boat left
Townsend. lie languidly sigaiiied his
desire to come aboard. which with all
difference, was complied with, aud the
green boat put back for the port. But
anon. another discovery was made.
When the regular rise came to be made
nbout mid straits. Kaintuck notified
the officer tha. he had neglected the lit
tie formula Of procuring ticket ut Sc
attic and was not disposed TO accede to
what he considered the purser's extor-
tionate demands. In vain, however.
did he reason on the subject. The offi
GERS were dull aud could view the mat
ter only in very ."~""'~ i'shs
Either he must pungle down the
usual fare or go ashore. He proposed
ns compromise to pay 33s per cent OF
the whole amount. No go. At length
no. To stand on trifles and to show his
disposition be would pay
663 per cent and call it square. Strange
to say, he could not effect AL under
standing on that basis Finally (he
didn't care to go back he had left his
purse behind. but would pay the full
score when he reached Frisco. There
were men downin Frisco who wouldn't
begrudge fifty dollars, rather than not
have him come down this trip. Still
his eloquenec and logic produced no et-
feet on our impracticablc mariners.
Evidently he wvs wasting bis powers
on inappreciStive aud prejudiced minds.
They seemed indisposcd to effect All ac-
coui,nodation on any kind Of terms
Kain,nck WAS marched to the gangway,
and boat swung down from the davits.
Fortunately, the Eliza Anderson WA,
passing up at the time. just in sight.
We Sigualed her and she came up, thus
saving our return Ia Port Townsend. AS
Kn alternative of putting him down III
the middle of the Straits, or one Of its
Islands When directed to get into the
boat he mildly but firmly insisted on his
right 10 bo put IN. For. said he. you
hadn't ctt to be so--snaptiouswith u
fellnr anyhow; Ia a borried the money
II yoa'd cnly . given me little more
time Mt Townsend" Before his req.
uirements in this regard could be
complied with. another cause of
delay arose. His baggage must
be hu' ted up and re-shipped too.
This nj length. was all found. and COM
fortsbly embarked IN the boat along
with its owner. As he showed off,
sadly. but not III wrath. kaintuck
waved lps compliments 10 the officer
in charge and called out. "Good-bye
Cap. Iva sure to call OH me, when YOU
come on, 20 fdeyhoe." Such incidents,
though trivial enough. PER st, serve To
divert the tedium of = sea voyage.
We lay a, the dock in E>quinslt
harhor from & o'clock In the evening
until o'clock Thu, sday. Then there
were but two British wsr-vessels AZ
that STATEN, the gun. boat Rocket and
the Fan,ome the Amethyst having
departed To uvev the Canadian
Governor General up from San Fran
cisco. The most suggestive objects
around Esquimal, were several massive
piles OF heavy steel rAils-5.u 900 tons N
sll-,ies,ined TO be laid upon the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad. The British
Columt,ans seem TO entertain - grim
resolution ,hs, this road shall be built
IN the near future. or they will with.
draw from the confederation Of the
Dominion. which may mean annexation
,o the Unit q States, or the isolation
Of the former status. The movement,
at least is frsugh, with deep signit-
cence 40 bearing upon the future des-
,inios aud development Of tina, portion
q, our onasf.
AGIRL TWICE As SMALL As Tom
TnuxB."-A large number of physi-
Clans went 20 Tony Pastor : Ihcater