The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-03-28

tion Of this year will doubtless mske
tho crop double the last.
o. What . glorious season = spring.
The warmth comes on pure. and the
book agent prsoo~s abeut with fisnd-
ish desire 10 persecute mankird; soon
be invepts . bsgfal Of new lies. and
swoops down upon the rural districts to
devous the substance Of the un~ary
granger. Fledgling paetssud poe.esses
plume their wings for fight to higsts.
Pegasus, then verdan,ly sing Of the
beautiful spring. which the editor
sends 20 the .blazes.' About these days
tho sble-bedied males gather on the
public highway and ten naughty
stories and cali it working ont their
road tax. The ssntlsr seq play croqset
nftsen hoses day sd talk scandal ut
the rats OF 10 koots sn hour. Bene-
dict, the married man, catches his meals
On The Ay and plays 'short stop With
bis Tea tsneled in BEDFORD, while
H. eoftsr half 10 in ~ ocseneies Of
'spring cleaning The fashionable
youse blood HES hims<lf 10 thu bar
ber end comes away with his head re-
semnli3g . pump kin. The man who
makssh . garden cricth shoot to his
neishbors hens. The old man cries In
the .orning and beholds bis gate hang
ing BY one hinge and the old mans
dsug6tse ksepssh her own counsel.
The poor yourg man 10 sorely puzzled
70 desiss > way to get 40 spring
suit Of clothes On % per week salary.
The bsllfsog croaekssh dismally, aud
The Thomas =: yowlsth With renewed
sooegy On the nesghbors back porch.
The ssdats gander stands on oue foot
Ard msditatss over prospective gos-
lisGs. TIE carter snake crawleth
srouod, the tu@bls bug stands On his
lad aod the n. P. X. r. man take
proudly OF contrasting the road right
through the Cascade Mountains. By
these siGns dos the wise man know
that spSisg he's arrived.
Every early settler on the SQUAD will
remember DR. w F Tolmie. who in the
palmy days Of the Hudson Bay Com
pany. he'd lcrdly swesp over q g,est
portion OF Pierce comfy, with his
headquarters 1t old Fort NiAqually,
near Dtsilscoom. He il now living in
British Coluwtas. near Victoris. ut .
place called Cloveraale. He has Just
written letter to an old acquaintance
IN this valley, making inquiry regard
ing the sugar beet experiment. on foot
here, and asking tor few If the bret
sssd expected from Germany. His i'll
tsrsst in the subject had been kindlsd
through reading reports In the INTEL.
LloExCIR. He lpquifes altsr many Of
his old usinsanoss. iscludipg Robert
1'hompsoo and 3 Evsss OF Tacoma and
p Noerey Of Steilscoem. His letter
10 somsthi"g Of curiosity 10 its way,
tseatirg - it does In the genuine
Eneissh fashion % alitslc Of most every
thing; agriculture. politics and poetry
bssng blended in . most amusing man
nor. In bic political clause he says:
Whom do you wish Tor next President.
Not Grant. surely. Though as for
merly Liberal in British politics. l
hops to SEQ Bsaconsfield back. Neither
In India. Africa. nor elsewhere. can
peace loving. industrious people, such
- are those under the Union Jack IN
the countries named. live near blond
Thirsty marsuders without subduiDg
them to the arts and ussgss of civilized
nau. Rensselaer,. old friend. that n Q
arc actually about - fee and Repub-
lican % you yeurselves. We have the
paraphernalia ana cost os royslty,
which, however. serves as balance
wheel. You have the ever returning
bother aod disturbance Of quadrennial
Presidential elections. which may be
yeus safety .valvs'-and wiuds up With
. verse Of Scottish poetry from . Cana
dian poet, beginning: ''Tber's ns'er
been . country yet, nor kin, But has
some weary dAw." b.