The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-07-26
0iILY INYELLIGENCER.
Friday, July %, 1878.

.T.EF 4 INCOMING. The warm
o,mmer sunshine and inviti:g aspect
g the country has awakened "a US all
,as.ion for that healthful recreation
I'm business cares for which nature
-. 90 amply provided here. The
.am,.ipg GOODNESS of our forests, where
.be warm sunshine only falls checker
~ on the messy carpet of green the
rippling mountain streams which wan
der through them, and In whose shady
.scesses the speckled trout hides from
x;ew the crystal lakes which nestle
.monp our wooded hills, and the ver-
dant meadow lands just now fragrant
Nth new.mown hay. are all inviting
and hallowed with the peculiar charm
If Summer. II is natural that at such
= .a.son as this We should seek
!" noonipg" from the cares of business
and cankering perple1ities OF our rou-
tine of daily toll. 1t is Natures natu-
raj restorative. Among the health IN
spring Influences of her verdant forests
and green fields we take new lease OF
life Il is poor economy in any one to
.tick 40 assiduously to the tread-mill OF
everv dsy toll ss 70 neglect this needed
recrestion. 1t is no waste OF time.
He. who like the quarry shave, takes no
thought on this matter will coon find
himself physically if not financially
bankrupt and completely incapscitated
for the simple pleasures of life. Dur
ing the past few weeks excursion
parties have been leaving every two
or three days IN one direction or anoth-
er. Some have gone to the island or
the straits to catch the sea breeze,
while others have taken different
course. But to our notion one OF the
most thoroughly enjoyable trips of this
kind has just been completed by a
party OF nine persons, headed by
Messrs Harry Biglow and Orion Denny
with their families. They left here
some ten days ago on bright, clear
morning for the Lake Washington
landing. where they chartered one of
Mr.. Hsmlin's boats and proceeded
across the lake and up Squak Slough.
They worked up through the slough
into Squak Lake where they had an
inviting field opened before them.
They camped along the shores of the
lake, having taken large double tent
with them for that purpose. hunted
grouse and pheasants, and caught trout
to their hearts content. On their re-
turn down they stopped a day or two
at Mr.. Brackets logging camp and be-
ing rendered the use of his hounds kill
ed number of fine deer. Mr.. Biglow
reports Squak Slough as one of the
finest trouting streams he has ever
visited in the Territory. On the way
up some members of the party baitcd
their hooks and let them troll behind
while others rowed the boat, and
caught trout nearly as fast as they
could take care of them. He speaks of
Squak Lake as ole of the most pictur-
ssque bodies of fresh water in the Ter
-itory and nearly as large as Lake
He was also greatly sur
prised to note the rapid improvements
going on along its shore. All about
he lake and for the entire distance
up the slough. settlers cabins and little
patches of newly slashed or cleared
land peep out of the forest in every
direction. Among others they visited
Mr.. Hopkins, former clerk of Mr..
W. A. Jennings, in this city, who about
4 year since determined to adopt the
life of q husbandman in Squak Valley.
They found him and his family thor
Dughly contented and decidedly pleased
with their new departure.