Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-08-05
HALF AND HALF.

just as Inc Oo6SL leaps 1EOLu uAo loH
Pc clatawa iscum muckamuck.
He views the landscape far and near,
Klosh tumtum copa illahe
Where oft he's chased the feet wild deer
Yaka halo tkke elite.
He sees the mountains summit high
Wake clatawa sockale copa cold
And for past dangers heaves a sigh,
Elup yaka chaco old
Upon its hooks his rife rests;
Wake tikke alta mamook poo.
His leather belt and buckskin vest. .
MamOOk chaco warm, hiyOu.
Are hanging by his faithful gun
Wake yaka ipsOOt mowitch skin.
Each day he counts their service done.
Copa sitkum sun pc let :intin
Farewell old gun. we're growing old.
Musket klOsh. clahayum six.
Our tales of pleasures have been told.
Wake hOloiama, copet let.
Wen leave these haunts to younger sports,
Clatawa siyah capa stick,
And hunt quiet. cool resort.
Eiup nika chacO sick.
sochalie T, -hce, nantch nka;
Alike nika mimaloose
Lolo tumtum cOpa nika,
Pc potlatch klimmin seahpoOse.
WE find the following particulars of
shocking accident in the Oregonian of the
9th inst: Monday Mr.. Louis Powell, who
lives near Lewis river, w. T., left home to be
absent most of the day, leaving at home Il
little son about six years of age. That day
Puwe!rs brothcr>in-law, Il man named Mil
Ter, was engaged in moving the meadow
81. 80 ha hnuSn Tho
child went out into the meadow and spent
several hours in playing about, following the
mower, and amusing himself in catching lit
tie ground mice. Several times the child
ventured too close to the machine, and Mil
Ter cautioned him repeatedly. Late in the
afternoon Miller stopped the team to unhitch.
Just Us lie got out of the seat mouse ran
out of hole and scampered oft in the grass
in front of the sickle. With chldlike heed
lessncss, the little fellow sprahg after the
mouse intent on securing its capture. The
noise and efforts of the boy frightened the
horses, causing them to suddenly start for
ward In an instant the boy was caught in the
sickle and had one leg severed just above the
/
ON his arrival found it necessary to amputate
the limb above where it had been cut off.
At latest accounts the little sufferer was doing
we'll
THE shade trees Of Olympia are famed all
over the northern country for their luxnrant
beauty There are NAPLES. weeping willows,
cherries, elms, popials and mountain ash.
The latter. in our judgment, are more fit for
the purpose to which they are all devoted,
by reason of their slower growth, ans, they are
certainly lnoSl attractive to the eye. In about
two weeks Their dark green, symmetrical
leaves and bright scarlet berries will present
IL bri!!ant contrast hardly surpassed in beauty
by hoqurt of pinks, roses and geraniums.
| THE boom Of the Curran Brothers, contain
ing million feet OF sawlogs, that had been
brought in from Lake Washington and ans
chored at the head of Seattle bay, broke or
was broken open early Sunday, and the logs
all permitted to escape. The owners organs
lied temporary camp on the beach ana arc
engaged picking up those that did not get
out of the bay. They will save the greater
part probably.
| MARTIN VICE has just commenced the con
struction at San Francisco of a small steam
yacht for the u S. Coast Survey service.
She is to be % feet long, 6 feet beam, and 20
inches deep, and is intended for service on
Puget Sound, under Mr.. E. Ellicott, of Seats
tic. Her machinery arrived on the last trip
of the Dakota, and the hull will probably be
up fortnight or month hence.
UNDER the heading of Benefit Of Adver,
Using" the Seattle Tribune has the following
IAN owner for the curls advertised US found
in last evenings Tribune turned up very
promptly today" We do not imagine the
lady will be over well pleased with Toms
frankness in making the matter public.
THE new tug of Hanson, Ackcrson, &
Co., was to have been launched at San Fran>
cisco ON the evening of the Goth. The name
given her is the Tacoma, and she is spoken
Of by the press of that city as one of the
finest and most powerful tugs in the United
States.
MORE than sixty thousand residents of San
Francisco have been puncturcd with bovine
virus since last May. \ ''bear" of Califor>
MIA street remarks that if it all takes the DO.
vine element of the stock market ought to be
pretty active.
The great race of the series over the Seat.
tie course was run yesterday and won by
Billy Bigham in two heats out of three. 1t
was 9! miles and repeat for purse of $500.
The entries were Tom Merry. Cragicburn
and Bigham.
A NEW ship was sold at East Boston last
week for $54, 700. o: at the rate of $37 so per
registered ton. No wonder Eastern papers
say that ship property is selling ut ruinous!y
low figures
ARRANGEMENTS are making to organize a
party of ladies and gentlemen to so out and
camp few miles from town, week or two
and spend The time in fishing and hunting.
H. S. CRocKER & Co., of San Francisco,
have sent US a very fine Calender, for the
year ending June 30, 1877. printed in four
colors and gotten up in excellent style.
THE wife of Hon. C. NJ. Bradshaw, is quite
i'll of fever She has been making her home
with her mother, Mrs. Holmes, during the
absence of her husband in the East.
| Col. BENZ ALvORD formerly of the SER
vice in Oregon and WASHINGTON has been