, 1878-12-19

over DunrcnesS river was unsafe,
and the river was too high To ford,
and that the road beyond WAS OBJ
structed by big fir tree which had
fallen across. listened to their pa
rather, and having dispatched an In.
dian to SsQuim to let my friends
know that was coming, quietly
sat down in Bartlett's comfortable
hotel, where the Hon. Elliott Cline,
Chief Justice Shaw, Judge IotchkiSs
and lots of old friends passed very
pleasant evening in inspiriting con.
versation about early times, or as
truthful Jeemes would say, sin swop-
ping lies"
The next day, that sturdy veteran,
quaint old Sam Brooks, came with a
two horse team, and having pro.
nounced the road good, and the
bridge safe, we started with Mr..
John Donnell in our company, and
drove out to Sequim without cracking
Il bolt or shedding tear, dispeliing
by Sans vigorous manhood, those
myths and allegories about the rotten
bridge, and dangerous road which
had originated in the fertile brains of
some of those jokers who were bent
on making me stay at Dungeness and
feast off of mammoth turkey weigh
ing some 80 pounds, which Albert
Bartlett served up thanksgiving day
to host of admirng friends.
My resting place in Sequim Prai
rie was at the house Of my old friend,
George H, Gerrish, Esq, whose un-
bounded hospitality is proverbiaI.
The next day was Thanksgiving, and
in the afternoon Mr.. Gerrsh and Pro-
fessor Watkins, the philosopher of
Sequim, who had been to Port Town
send. returned, and our company was
enlivened by the advent of uncle
Bill Crane from Port Townsend, who
also put III an appearance, Joseph
Leighton and John Cornish, two well.
known pioneers, were also there, and
with such a crowd of old friends
there was some of the old time talk.
Among other things, Mr.. Cornish
asked me if | remembered story he
formerly told about great hollow
cedar tree which he had seen on the
Chehalis river near the block house,
in which farmer, having utilized it
as barn, had stored hundred tons
of hay. | said | remembered his
telling the story, but supposed he had
forgotten it by this time. 81 never
forget the TRUTH" said John, so ac.
cept the statement as fact, and
mention it to show what enormous
trees grew on the Chehalis river in
the early times of the old settlers.
The professor had purchased an en-.
tire new outfit at Rothsohilds, con.
sisting of handsome dark suit with
new boots and boiled shirt to match
We made him put them on in honor
of the occasion, and greater trans
formation never was seen. He made
a speech: "Gentlemen," said he, II
believe in transsubstantiation. For
nearly twenty years have not had
on bridal shirt or store clothes. /
have been living like pismire in a
rotten log, or chinch bug under
decayed bark, but have come out
of my chrysalis state and am before
you like a new-fedged butterfly. i
went out Of this room as "Old Yank," }"
and | now return in the disguise of
a gentleman under my real name as
Professor Watkins" We all con.
graduated the professor on his won.
derfully improved appearance, and
we sat down for conversation.
l asked the Professor if he had
read that article copied from the
"Science Of HEALTH" relating to the
perihelia of the four great planets,
Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn and Nep
tune, and Of DIR. Knapp's prediction
that we are to have period of pes.
thence, and what he thought about
it. ~ have read the article" said
he, "and after tax ing the subject in
to consideration, my mind has fruo
tilted, and | have come to a conclu.
sion that DR.. Knapp is correct, and
the cause will be the atmosphere
coming in contact with the hemis-
phere. Now the atmosphere is com.
posed of the essence or spiritual por-
tion of every thing which has ever
existed on the earth or in it, every
kind of metal or mineral is found in
an ethereal form. There is oxygen
and hydrogen, and nitrogen and car.
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