Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-05-12
Mere Mention.

rlcS.
Al last we have fairly entered upon our
Spring-timc weather.
\ Sacred Concert was the attraction at
the Presbyterian Church last Sunday
evening.
/ New potatoes have been exposed for
/ sale the past week, but they came from
! California.
! The building improvements in our city
are decidedly on the increase and every
carpenter is busy.
! Mr.. \. l.. Phillips has opened a shoe
! shop on corner OF Fourth and Washington
! Streets and solicits share of public pat
! ronaGe.
! Hamlet failed to put in an appearance
! Wednesday night. Cause-Iiamlet and
/ the ghost had 50 ne words" i'll Victoria
and the company busted"
Rev j. X. Thompson will conduct the
usual public worship in the Presbyterian
Church, next sunday. Theme of MORN
ings serInon, True Courage; of even
| ngS lecture, PRAYER.
| DR.. Lansdale has bought half interest
in the water privilege at Tumwater owned
| by Mr.. Gelbach, and proposes to use it
for running acarding machine, and III
timately IA wooden mill.
Mr.. Portman is suppl ed every steamer
with all kinds of tropical fruits and Cal
ifornia vegetables. lie makes a specially
| of M fnnnI in ha
I usual stock OF a varity store.
Cannot somebody of muscular build
tumble old Winter out of the lap offspring?
The old fellow has had his day and might
very properly he banished To the realms
where none dispute his reign.
Me>srs. J. \. Gale. Mat. Hugcley, JOS.
Baker and +. NJ. Dwyer, are all making
preparations for erecting buildings for
residences this season, while renovation
and Improvement seems to he the special
order on all hands.
Bangs are slowly going out cf fashion.
Good common sense is getting the better
of stupid vanity, and it is to be hoped
that the brain development of the average
young lady will once more become a
thing of Occular demonstration.
The small dwelling house and lot on
Fourth steet sold a few weeks ago by Dr.
Willard to Mr.. Pix for 81 900, he has since
sold for $1,000. and this indicates the gen
eral ratio of advance in the value of town
real estate during the past month.
The gate-lifting COW with a bell on and
| har har i.,,
our streets. Grass up 10 her eyes OH our
neighboring hills istoo great temptation
for her to idle her time away longer in
town. Thanks to the April showers.
The champion fruit dryer has at last
been invented and is now being ex hibited
10y Dir. Thos. j. Overman to the orchardists
of Olympia and the Sound country gener
ally. 1t exceeds all others in being sc
automatic in its operation as to require
little or no labor to run it,
Mr.. Fred. Brown, of Tenino, has SOLD
out his stock of goods, store building anC
warehouse, at that place to Mr.. J. Blu.
mauer, formerly of Portland, who witt
his sons, has taken charge OF the bust
ness. Mr.. Brown will hereafter divide
his time between this place and Tenino.
Ifall the fences now doing service il
the United States were extended i'm .
straight line they would reach more thar
six millions of miles into space. They
would suffice to crcumscribe the lunal
orbit four times, while the remnant woulc
supply the farmers of Washington Terri
tory for a lifetime.
Several hot-beds in town are supplying
their owners with liberal yield of new
lettuce, radishes, peppergrass and MANY
other delicacies In the vegetable line. 4
little work devoted to such al object, ir
the early Spring, is about as good as play
and the result will repay the expenditure
of time and expense.
Curiosity the other day prompted us t.
measure IL load of wood sold to us for three
quarters of a cord at the high rate of 81 PEI
cord. The three quarters " of what pur
ported to be standard cord, instead o
measuring 1856 feet. barely figured 80 feet
and when it was unloaded "a still greater
swindle was exposed. The large three
cordered slabs were piled so as to leav,
nearly their own size in empty space, thu,
cheating the customer out of at least TWEEN
ty-feet more. The three quarters" thu,
dwindled down to a scant one half cord
and fixed the price at the exor5itan
rate OF ST per cord. 1t would be well fol-
consumers to investigate this matter fo
themselves, as we understand the practic,
has become general of giving short meas
urcment.
The comedy of Senator Silverbags
performed i'll Columbia Hall, Saturda,
evening, was one OF the most successful
pieces ever placed upon the boards
Astounding as it does in much broad hume
which always delights the American peo
pie. II matters little if the obiect~is I.
satirize nahonial customs and hold II,
to rldicule the salient points of our own ma
ture, the applause is none the less heart,
because the shafts strike near home
Senator silverbags finds occasionally
veritabie counterpart in real life, and Mr.
kennedy's conception of the characte
seems to be in harm ny not only with tn
spirit of the piece but tina; of the peopl
. and the age. The minor parts were al
remarkably we'll sustained, making it tin
most satisfactory presentation of the sea
son. On dit, one of our local scribes grave
ly pronounces the play a burlesaue O,
! American craftsmanship. and as an ex
Ponent of high life, glaringly false an,
full of errors" There is " freshness" 10
you.
, VI the II ,061 persons committed
to prison in Massachusetts, last year
only about Is per cent. were women
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