Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-29

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psrsd 60 that over which ~e had been
travelling. Every village has its church,
q long. one-ssoried building. with stose
wallis, earth roof, 10 windows and . nas-
sivs door in front, with . smaller door on
esch side, evidently to allow the attend
ants thereto = large chance to get IN.
With two small chances to get out again.
They are plain and rude in construction,
and devoid Of either external or internal
adornment. There are usually two or
three bells suspended either in an arch
in the walls or else from wooden frame
work erected in close proximity 70 the
church; they are rung by cord tied to
the tongue of the bell, and vigorously
pulled BY some of the attaches to the
church. They are not the only tongue
tied bellies that are heard throughout en-
tire neighborhoods. Sometimes the bells
are firmly fixed in the timber, and when
rung have none of that clear vibration
which gives the full sonorous tone they
should posses, but send forth a dull,
harsh sound, somewhat like that which
would emanate from fractured gridiron
upon it, being beaten.
The e-yard was devoid of vegeta-
zion, aud small sticks, cobble stones and
fragments of adobe were the only land
marks to designate the space of ground
set apart for different families. With
such spot in view NO one would ever
long to lie in the grave; there were no
winning features about it, nothing to al
lure one from the active scenes Of life to
the calm, quiet slumber of the tomb; its
very sterility was repulsive; its heated
and sun-scorched surface rather had
tendency to awaken in the mind associa-
tions of the antithesis Of heaven, and of
course held forth no allurements for the
pilgrim, wearied of life, to come hither
and lay down bis buTthen.
The sinuous course of the road gave to
the journey the semblance of ride
through an immense park, and presented
the most attractive character Of any por-
ton of our route thus far. There was
ouch . wonderful variety Of foliage, such
an attractive display Of wild flowers.
One novel feature of the forest was that
almost every tree was covered with thorns,
aud that 20 many of them were beam
bearing; not the edible beans which con-
stitute the national dish, but numerous
varieties from narrow, podded class, from
the size Of young string-beans to those
of the largest locust beans in the United
States.
The mountain peaks were still in the
far distance before US, and seemed to re-
cede even a. we approached them. Now
and then some cliff nearer to Us would
stand out in bold relief brightly against
their sombre mass, which was still dim,
vague and indistinct, like the half formed
thought in the brain, or the outline Of q
heeting cloud of the early morn.
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the Rrass beneath the shrubbery at its
aide; some standing idly, with listless
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