Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-17
WHOLE NO. 9SS.

"THE blood of the soldier makes
The the glory of the general.
Tue Z'phy,' brought up the freight
OF The Cuy Of Chester Wednesday.
II is reasonably supposed, now,
tha: our rainy season has full Iy set in.
DEER KILLING is getting 10 be COM
mon pastime among our expert MIN.
rods.
INDIAN women are still seen on
our streets bending under back-loads
Of whortleberries.
NJ. NJ. V. Brown of the albany
Democra; is rapidly recovering from
his lase quite severe illness.
Bur sholt time remains for en-
joyiog the pleasures OF boating upon
the bright waters of our Bay.
IT is The little unsusrecting tree-
toad .bai SO hoa selv C oaks upon
the leahess bianch, over your head.
Prudent pool,ty raisers are begin
ming to count The bomber OF fat
turkeys they CO turn of about holi-
daytime.
THE front gale which was broken
down on Sunday night is swinging
around the circle, again, as if MOTH
ing had happened.
OLD settlers assert tnat our iain-
storm is represented by correspon-
ding fall of snow in the mountainous
regions o; this neighbo thood.
The scholars of our public school
| do not relish he joke of being locked
out if they fail to darken the door
before the ringing of the last bell. =,
Ic would be interesting to know If
that iraie citizen sees any improve
ment in oor schools, this week, now
that the Territorial Fair is closed.
THE second coming of Christ and
the general judgment, will be the
subject CT discourse in The Congre-
gatiopal church next Sunday morn
ing.
WHETHER it is the more correct to
say" girl baby" or "baby GIRL" is
a question of persistent discussion
among several young ladies of this
city.
ONE who has tried il and speaks
feom experience says that a pint
bottle of neatsfoot oil, well applied,
will keep pair of stoga boots soft
as buckskin all Winter.
IT has been suggested that the
Oregon State Fairs be held, in future,
on the Fourth of July. We think
ours will be held on the first and Sc
cond floors of Columbia Hall.
Tar Legislature have completed
tbeir " swing around the circle, and
begun The work of the session with
renewed vigor. But twenty-ei2hs
days remain for The completion of
business.
Ir must have been a man who
dido't believe 10 daily papels who
stouily contended, the other day, that
all The talk about Gen Grants re-
ceptions on this coast was political
humbug.
A POSTAL card from MIR. G.. A.
Barnes, dated at Portland, on the
18th instant, says that DR.. Slade
will be here Saturday, and remain
about aweek. Mr.. B. has had very
satisfactory sitting with the removed
medium.
w. H. CLARK, OF the City OF O:ym-
pia store, wants 70 have it generally
understood that he took in;o due
consideration the present rainy spell
wbeo he selected his immense stock
of umbrellas and rubber goods. A
candid. inspection of those articles
will convince anyone OF his good
judgment.
In bis speech at Astoria, Gen.
Grant remarked that the hills back
of the iown seemed lower than when
be first saw them, twenty-seven
years ago. Why did he not out
with the pretty conceit and confess
that ;be pleasant delusion was only
ibe lesolt of natural law, caused by
the additional cubits which fame
had piled upon his former statureP