Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-11-24

tirld-. II ~,HHn~ IL IT There Wa Il tiorh
If crow frr each lou lu not los,
-i4ht If ol" flock before seeing
another. and i, l. not at All uncom
mon t. ecrtvu TT tire" ticck- al the
same time. Owing totlc fact | sup
p,,-r. that. ini%in@ from the clothes
th''y wear. thr pc"pi" want all the
ra4- that can be- procured for them
-"!Nr-. thar" -,,.ln- /" h,. !, efficiently
about getting up 7r'tr"rrnW-. at lra-t
these -lN WEI. the ~ha-tli'--; Ilirn
! die uItuh ~carrcrOW~ that can H."
| imagined \ rr~prctahl" ocarrcrnW
| in America would feel ashamed ui IL
~ociatin% with such di,rrIItahl"
! looking brethren. and certainly no
crow with ANY ~"li Respect would per
init linn ,rlf to he mimhu4"..d by
>ur! booking things This rnurmpu~
/ incl"a~, IN tins nHmhrr Of crows l.
I the direct result If dioarmir. tia.
| p"up'r, lrraIi-." the farmers who
would keep them down. have no
"un~ /" >h"vt them With. OF r"ur~,'
ii would hr wildly absurd t. claim,
! that Il propl, ~huull b, allowed To-
carry arms Surprising. rr couT-r.
that There Is good and sufficient r"a
son for tie di-armin% Of thrn i'm
! pl y Ia keep down tine Grows Hut
with 50 many thuu~and., Of th,~r
birds flying about. it must be that
the loss III gram l. 10y nu means light.
| The crows seem fat. too At the
time Of the unvailing of OConncll' :
statue | had Il talk with a Young of
| iicrr III on" of tn" regiments stationed
in Ireland. who had come to Dublin
for the celebration He. cave me =
better iIr. than ever had before o.!
the kind of work demanded IF tn"
regiments here and of
ThE FftIi\G> -. TAI "iIIctKS
| About that Wuih n am stationed in
County -. H. rlid. ami Il HAY"
cumnand Of ii troop d,wn there.
-Four nights ia thu week have f.
tax" my lntn ont and rllc after the
cunoiahularl ui,trr the leadership of
some magistrate hunting Tor men with
arms, Now, III the first place. We
m3kr hose rnruyh To let ANY man
within miic know We are coming.
! and the magistrate ar never >:1i~
| fled Unless W. come "ut with all the
| jingl. It l. po~>il,ir Ia make We
rid" around for two ur three. or
mavhr four hours. and then ", ga
back t. the barracks. not having seen.
much less rlu"iIt. amy man with
arms or amy thing like them Thc
man whH ALLOW himself to lr caught
under such circumstances Nuuid hr
little les than a fool. II Is u fact.
though. ;hat nearly all the men are
armed. CT at least hay" gums. l2ralls,
the game j. almost rNt,rminat, Il
But We lever catch ANY Of them AIN,
never Vii! 10 tell the trrth. am
sick and tired of the work
"iioM dothr people look upon thc>'
man hunts
How Il" y"u -uplo-, they louh
upon them They hate liz with :
bitterness If hatred that cannot J.,
described And do not wonder
OF course. if it brram. necessary il
the Way of di-cipIin" t. lire up,
thus, Inu.lr | would ORDER my in,i
to do ~. and they wuuid obey But
the fact IT the Elaltcr l. that many
and IN fact most Of the rows which
take l'i@c" ave brought about hv tn,
cnn~tainl"rN IT the magistrates. 81
the lal.ilurd> aniihrir agents. They
treat the people Is Though they hac
no rights at all Ii / were in til,
place OF those prupl" would hghl
Just d they dc. on!y would Tight ;
Erra! dealer SOONER We soldiers -,
all this. and W. 81? how the prupl,
are treated. know lots of fellow.
wha have resigned rather than stay
i'll Ireland. and if | could do the sam,
| would. The work of Supprcssing
the people. d. the magistrates cal
1t, is the most dieta,tcful ven can i'm
aTinc. It, not soldering: its unl,
doing police duty. and | for ON,
would welcome Il transfer anvwhrr,
to get away from it. Half the tim,
the magistrates want lis 70 fire when
there Is no more cause for II then
there would he for me to fire at YOU
now. It's Il horrible thing. tirn. at
people who can only throw stones
at You III return, and ,lo not
ENJOY shooting down crowd When
| believe the people i'll that crowd
have only done what | would Il,
were | in their place.