, 1881-10-22
LETTER FROM THE cAprroLs.

Informing If tie acts Of that body would be
sale repe,ition: hence yuur correspondent
has turnef his attention 70 other subjects
In y ions ago OF the COS xe made 4 trip
! to tins locality by way Of. stage 10 Wailuia.
thence by steamer 10 Cello, thence by stage
70 the Dalies, thence by steamer to the Cas-
cades, thence over the portage at that place
1 by the horse railroad, aad on to Portland by
steamer thence dogn the Columbia 70 the
mouth Of the Cowlitz, by steamer, and from
that po'nt to PumplreyS Gu the hurricane
deck OF c.synse. From there the trip was
made to the capitol on thorough brace wagons
10 uiyinpia AId cas-, OF the mountains man
WAC hid been .uniry tunes precip.ta.ei
/ hha'ifcrea.nt into badger holes and stuck up
like n post. the admiration of the delighted
I cayrscs wh1 trotted OF 10 survey him At I'm
c..tci.able distances. MAS supposed t1 he ed !
ncate,i INTO all the mysteries OF the hrs, part
OF this iand trip from the Columbia Put
oa tine horrors OF that stage ride over the |
mountains and through the mud and rain TO /
Olympia Now listening to the oricrs Of the |
driver, Trim 'er boys 7" .'larboari OF !
''St7r'N.a.'," .ss the cry Was. to prevent tho |
aIson is'.n. nf.ettirg, came up - mud holes |
al u"sv. t:'i # no, Questionable depths
n'ri:,,ii,-s which the early representatives Of !
Na!la Malta r'':luty who were compelled to !
;ithr ii'I- I;Ip IN winter csn never forget. |
Al iLy !.r. lie drivers ceaslsss song was !
i'r..oard or s,srboard. an: the chances ~er.
s."aj cen that these mountain nIsn were ,
d~i! -. III nautical knowledge and went t. !
the larhOard when the call WAS starb0ard, :
upset the stag, sni Mas no mare interested
IN the subsequent proceedings anti! drs~a !
iy comrades fran the Vast depth, r~eking |
with the mud and stuff that we've The :
componenis Of the roadside mudhOiss Aud
| What objects they were when they reached
the capitol after two days OF tins mai.ner Of ,
baptism, Shades Of all the boys and girls
who We're ever spanked Tor making mud pies:
| II ynn conid ha,r been compared with these
eas; Of the mountain delegations, dressed up
III their best togg.ry, when they we're landed
at Aunt R-cca's Pacific House with mnai
covered physiosnomi-s nvaiing her BLACK
complexion, your cleanliness would have
been IN rDnIaris'n as the mud tnrtle 10 the
graceful White swan. And If the SUN OF
yonr offending had been to get no muddler
than these honorable gentlemen how much
cheaper would slippers and shingles have
nov isrn on account Of their accumulation
from non-ie..ructi"n in the uses intimated. !
Then the trip required seven days from !
Walia Naiia. Now We can come in two
and the next representative delegation TO
the capitol will leave Walla Walla in the !;
evening and arrive here IN the early A. NJ Of !
the following day. Excepting the improved /
means OF travel to tins place, there is very /!
little IN the WAY of advancement in the I,
country along the line or growth in and !
about the capitol to impress one with the /
idea that We live in al age Of progress The |
then moss grown fruit trees and roofs Of |
occasional farm houses along the line Of ,
travel are more moss-@own now The cap |
it"l city has grown so:ne but the SAME quiet |
that pervaded ITS streets then characterize
it now. In truth one who has watched the }
onward rapid progress Of every town in our
east OF the mountains country coming back |
10 this place after many years of absence is !
reminded of the stories We read sbOut the |
never changing and chsnseless scenes Of the !
land of the dead SEA- Bat comparison$are |
0,lIous, and there Ar many good things that !
society. lis people are courteous and social /
and the man or woman who can ac ept the !
hospitali,rcs OF its people, and 90 away say !
ing aueht AGAINST them on this score is Mt for
pnltlcs and should be elected to the legsla- |
ture The freedom of the place from the |
haodlum and tramp element is a subject |
of universal commentator upon the !
part Of sojourners The little boys and |
little girls with clean faces ard clean pins !
ioles have always a pleasant look and re- |
sp.ctful answer for the stranger, and the |
wllarves and streets are not lined with the |
smoking, swearing, eatkilhng and Chinese |
Prosecuting kind OF little misereants that |
are too often seen IN our east OF the moun- |
tains towns On this point many OF our I,
Walla Walia parents might learn lessons OF
profit here, and can't you induce Marshall
Justice to send them down, The Walla !
Walla delegation would be unit in voting
an appropriation for 'hstrurPose if ne 'es.ary
The educational institutions al Olympia
are Superior To those OF most of our east ot
the mountains towns and, as for churches,
their name IL legion. But II the oiserva-
ton OF your correspondent as t":the atteud-
| ance ,inr;n. the two Sundays he Las been
! here may lie taken as the rule, the query
NAV properly be made, as 10 whether the
high state Of morality "t the place IS due I"
Ii. Inrn,b.rs ut its clinrch-s the lack oi
attendance npon these ''m-ans Of grace" by
is Inh aht.nts. To 10 the members ot til,
legislative as. mhly DOW sojnurnins hers
p,o,,-r lasic.., can say that they. r" muSot.
,ay, "a, for ,he last two Sundays, "undri
: the IrnpTincs fut, while considering thI:
matter, I lid upon 4 canvass of the honsr,
,,,,ite - li,oraal"n- state OF affairs IN the
/ ..... of the citizens l'iously, the me nb-r,
st,ud tao c,hallc-. ti,e "Orthntoyers an''
-.,.ut,.n ui,-a Univrrsalists. Uii'ar
lnl n!i,Iel-.
+ In the rarl, days ,,i, n,p:a MAS remark
h.. fnr The h-srty Of ,ts flowers AMI orn--
,,,,, 4 shrnhaerv \ few Of the inhahitants
.-,ll ,uitiva,. III. taste they displayed mhrn
vouurer. br, the majority have apparently
rst,o.r,de.ti in aesthetics, unless It may BIZ
IN the matter Of dyeine their hair and boards
/ TINS lstter seem. gnite the rage. and, as IN
most Instances xher an atte nPt is made to
;n,,roye upon ua It Ire is an unpleasant failure.
The u,,,,i reversal OF taste In the matter
( If rl,u,,ng shade trees is exhibited herr.
IT.. h,,utif,l native ey-rgreens are carefully
I,s.,,l.d and tn, trees that, before the FIRST
,.o-,, h.p;n ~ shnw the sere and yellow
,r. tr,nsnIanted in their stead with the nat,
r.,l ..,,.ac. Of streets and front yards lit
tered With falling leaves. At tins season OF