Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-10

10 our able, thanks to the generOS-
ity of Messrs. Long & Birmingham,
of Claquato. When we cut it, our
friends will consider themselves in
vited to call around.
The presiding officer in one of the
branches our Legislature is man of
main strength and awkwardness, if
not of elegant and euphouious die
ton. When business rushes, he
beautifully and laconically COM
mands his Chief Clerk to Sock her
through" etc., etc. Who has JEFF
ferson's Manual?
We are requested to state that a
telegram has been received, to-day,
by Gov. Ferry, from Gen. Howard,
announcing that Gen. Grant will be
in Vancouver on Sunday afternoon
or Monday morning. From Van
couver he will proceed to Portland.
Thus there will be an opportunity
for our citizens to see him with
out making the trip to Portland.
A FINE new bridge has just been
completed across the Cowlitz river,
in Lewis County, and accepted by
the County Commissioners. 1t is of
the Smith Truss pattern, and cost
over two thousand dollars. It has
long been needed by the settlers
East of the Cowlitz river, giving them
access to the Northern Pacific Rail-
road at all seasons of the year, and
opening up about 10000 acres of
valuable river bottom lands, which
has been heretofore inaccessible to
market, but will now make one of
the richest settlements in the coun-
ty.
GRADING was begun the % inst. on
the Northern Pacific Railroad, at
Ainsworth, the new town at the
mouth of Snake river. Gen. Sprague
was present, in personal charge of
the work, and as the representa-
tive of Fredericl; Billings, the Pres
ident, turned the first shovel-full of
earth, carrying home the shovel as a
memento of the happiest day the
company has enjoyed for six years.
It is said that the graders have be-
gun their steady progress eastward,
which will not be interrupted till
the eastern and western tracks meet
in Montana.
The beautiful sample of scroll
saving, to which casual reference
has been made, exhibited at the
Fair, deserves more extended no.
tice. The design is "The Lords
PRAYER" the letters being cut in var.
ious and fanciful forms and arranged
in artistic order. The center is
carved figure, doubtless designed to
represent the Saviour, while on either
side at the upper corners, are carved
forms of angels, and on the lower
corners crosses. A base surrounded
with columns, constitutes graceful
border to the whole design. 1t is the
handiwork of Willie Sternberg, a lad
about II years of age, and indicates
plainly the possession of remarka bic
talent in sculpture.
The Directors of our Fair were to
be pitied. Not only did they have to
bear the sings andarrows Of the out
rageous weather, but, do what they
would, somebody was always ready
to anathematize them for it. One
DAY it was an irate citizen inter-
ested in the public schools who
event for them" in e most indig-
nant and spirited manner. He said
that the Fair, for the time being,
ruined the schools, and that to con-
tiuue it till Wednesday was an
outrage upon the public. That the
schools cost Olympia one hundred
dollars week and that this amount
was thrown away because of the
Fair. In vain did the poor Direc-
tors plead that the Fair was great
or public benefit than the schools
and that it was the business of teach
ers and parents to keep the children
at school Fair OF no Fair, the ira
citizen said his say and went his way
to persuade the general public that
the extension of tle Fair was pub.
lie nuisance.