, 1876-07-22
'Ihe Fourth ON tlse SOUND.

'rr'ing TO your request that | should
irOp you line now and then. take
p"n N hand to say tlmt the Fourth has
Zen we'll celebrated ull along the line
|"u Of course know about Seattle and
''c terrible disappointment whlch there
came upon some oi your SnOhumish
iIryitrS who wouldn't celebrate at
u,mr, hut must 90 down to the city ol
r"a dust and bUhcomb, mean Iunkcrs
~ rs to have 81 high oe dihUS." 1t
-,"ms that the city OF great expectations
and biz lottery schemes pot u little i Is
a.. hrug the gamblers paradise nnd
rumhrr of the Iawlcs, ,mrnt found the
inside ut the stone tor woudcm Jug
II they do this thing to their own citi-
Pens, what thing would hc too bad tor
any would Ic law breaker from the wildS
o Snohomish! Remember do not ly
any means say that all oi our ShOhO-
mi,hitcs who went to Seattle to spend
rhr Fourth, instead Of spending their
money Mt home, did so, in order tn Get
away from the restraints Of dccrncy and
order which are strong in your little city,
ior believe that some of the best Citi
a.ns OF the county were in Seattle on
'hat occasion. But those who did 90
down to have "a regular spree away
from the eye of friends must have been
very much dsgusted when they found
that in nct the city authorities lad de.
,ided upon having reasonable amount
Of good order ON the occasion, | am
glad of It, | am glad for the sake ot
Seattle, and am glad for the sake Of our
disappointed ncgbors, that scme OF
tGcm were thereby restrained from de-
Uram tcmcHS and other kindred evils
The celebration OF the Olympians took
'he form Of mammoth pic mic on
Chambers Prairie, about five mi rs from
thc city. Everything with four legs and
reasonable locomotive ability WIS pressed
.nto service Us common carrier. Every
small boy who was the happy owner oI
. large dog, Every youth who had an
AK or COW well trained to the saddle
vas happy in the contemplation Of his
i've stock, and suprrmely happy was
that young man, or maiden, who owned
or could beg, or hire, or steal Il saddle
horse Somehow nearly everybody left
the city upon the occasion, so that it was
literally a" deserted village" They had
a good time on the Prairie, and Mr..
rmnCis H. Cook your brother quill and
typo of the Echo delivered, (but did not
rsddj what good Judges and old settlers
pronounced "thG best F0Nrh V Juiy
Jrltion cDer deiir.rod Ia ThWrSton c0aRty,"
How is thot for the newspaper iratcr.
nifty? Able lawyers, including one L.
r senator and Others who think thry
have congress heads" on have GRATED
10 this people, but your brother Of the
QuIll and types has outStrpped them
Ill.,
The Puyallup Indians also had grand
celebration of the Centennial Fourth.
Gen. Mlroy acted rs President Of the
day. Rev. j, r. Thompson of Olympia,
es orator Spnlt rs Grand Marshall and
Rev J, b. Hewitt as Chaplain. A mum.
Der Of Bosrous' were present by invita-
ton of tine Superintendent Of nStruc
t.ou hrv. NJ q. Mann, whom Gen.
Nilroy has placed in charge of the Res.
4ryutIon About 1000 Indians including
""mcn and cmII,.n participated in the
iestiyitc, Of the occasion, which con-
sisted in rnrt Of marching singing, horse
racing and oHWg. The dinner WAS ex-
,rlut and the location Of the speakers
stand and tables just tho thing, under
the sOndow of thc grove by the bank OF
the PuyoIiup River up which came Il
refreshing breeze from the Sound mpN-
ing It delightful coo'nrs, on that hot day.
Inccd not add after all this praise that
the location WAS selected by the ladies.
The Portland celebration was perhaps