Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-13
: Hawkeye Dots.

phone that came over il tue May Hover.
just rs we expected. Az of our
best things left out OF toe anEursl.
Gautlemcn, we c2n SEE tae iron Land OF
Conkli' g i'll this.
jay Goull used 20 work Gu q farm.
And they 10 saw ho c9ul2 fence r4orr
laad into 40-acre piece, thar any
ten other ncn conld crowd into City.
Well, We didn't * oecs piece in his
ola cabinet, anyhow. What? YOU'VE
liar; We never said we did. D,dn't
exper; it and didn't want ii; wouldn't
have 1t, any how.
President Garfield has more callers
than the president Of II busted ' bank.
AID, brethren, he is a dreadful Sight
easier to find. Don't you go away and
forget that, too, neither.
Congress should have waited until
after the rains Of this week, before 1t
passed.. the River and Harbor bill. Sew
eral new streams have broken out siuce
the showers. especially ia cities with
out any system of sewers. Bat mag be
Supplemental bill can be passed during
the extra session.
Tue debt Of the city of New York is
little over JOG millions of dollars. All
that we want to know is, where ary
city can get trusted to that amount.
Then we shall buy ticket to that
place, if the rest of the fGmily have to
walk. You hear our MARBLE?
Look at this nonsense. The enemies
Of the William Tell story come forward
now and prove that apples didn't grow
in Switzerland at the time the sup
posed Tell did the alleged shooting.
Well, what of that? Couldn't they
have bought one Of the train boy
Only three for nickel.
At the recent legislative dinner in
Boston, the Chaplain of the House, in
his speech, said that "God IL still
Governor of tho Commonwealth of
Massachusetts," This is very f.ttering,
very f.ttering indeed; and it will also
give people more exalted idea of the
greatness of the Almighty. Esl ecially
when they remember that Ben Butler
ton three or four times,
The recent legislative investigations
seem to develop the fact that in some
asy lums the popular method of treating
the patients in the asylums for the in
sane is for the attendants to stand upon
the patient aud trample him out about
fiat. Then, if the patient cries, or says
| that it hurts, it is n indication that his
mania il OF the most violent and dan.
gerous character, and he should be
kept under the closest restraint. The
trouble seems to be- that the worst luna
tics are frequently on the wrong side
of the bare.
We extend our cordial sympathy to
our old friend. the British lion, in his
present domestic and neighberhood
troubles. We congratulate him on the
menacing attitude of the Russians on
his scientific Asiatic frontier; We felic
itate him on his unhsppy relations
! with the Bssntos; We are pleased to
hear that the Zulus are becoming rest
less again; with the deepest concern we
learn that the Fenisns are drilling in
Cork; our dispatches regarding the
growing strength and boldnsss of the
Land Lesguers are Of tho most cheer
ing nature; We extend our hearty sym
pathy for him in the most awful licking
the Beers have Just given him, and at
tho same time desire to express our
deepest concern for the other one they
are getting ready to give him; and
while, in the pleasant memory of past
favors, We sincerely regret that we
have no Alabama to turn loose on bin,
to add to the prevailing bilurity tina.
surrounds hts national heatthstone, we
still wish to impress upon him renewed
assurances of our most distinguished
consideration.