Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-06-30
d" Summer Sluntering>."


imaginative as to suggest the thought
that nothing real or practical could
be sail Of it. Here it is:
Miss Schemerhorn tapped the bell
twice, lad the ruler down on her
des4 and gave utterance to her I'M
mistakablc desire to have the Geo
graphy class now come forward, take
the front seats ana recite.
Master George. remove that bent
pin from your brothers chair and
deSist throwing spitballs at Caroline
Snyder. Miss Katie, just put aside
that dried herring, till recess, and
rise. What is the capital of Wash
inston Territory"
Olympia"
What is the climate of this Sec
ton of country?'
Rather moist in winter but in
summer months lovely beyond COM
pare.
Very good. Where is Olympia
situated ?"
AT the southern extremity of
Puget Sound"
What is Puget Sound ?"
No answer.
What? Not scholar in the class
knows what Puget Sound is? lam
afraid the committee will be disgust
ed"
" If you will permit me, Miss
Schemel horn, interposed the white
haired committeeman sitting near
the window, L have foand that a
correct description OF this beautiful
region has batlled the ablest writer's
of the day; and. as an adequate idea
OF 1t can orly be gained by person.
al visit, propose that we organize u
little pleasure party, during the va
cation which begins to- morrow, aud
make a short trip over there"
So morning or two later, behold
festive few upon the Astoria boat,
leaning over the sides, watching the
waters parting at the PROV or COM
menting pleasantly on the ever
changing panorams of fields, forests
and fairy-hke homesteads on the
banks. They burst into admiration
at the magnificent propect which
greets them as they leave the William.
cite and pass into the Columbia river.
Everlasting white-capped peaks on
every side, anear and afar, rejecting
divinely the radiance of the summer
sunlight and speaking to them in q
LANGUAGE more poetical than words,
thrill their hearts with deeper
thoughts of Him who placed them
there at the first dawn to proclaim,
by their unsealable heights and i'm
penetrable SHOWS, the mightiness of
His creative hand aud, by the calm
and grandeur which clothes their
sum mits, to speak of the heavenly
peace which is to follow.
In the distance, to the right. Mount
Rainier invites them, and they have
scarcely left this delightful contem-
plation when Kalama comes in sight
and they step from the boat to the
Northern Pacific train in waiting.
Mss Schemerhorn's attention is
now mainly occupied in keeping the
heads of the frlsky ones within the
car windows (ergo upon their should.
ers), and in dldactic chat about the
nature and growth of the immense
trees through which they are pass
ing. She tells them, too, about the
celebrated Tenino Mounds, concern.
ing which there is grave doubt as
to whether the hands of the abort
Sines from the shores of Asia built
them, or whether the winds and
earthquakes threw them into their
present shape. She, perhaps, adds
that sometime an enterp.ising man
from Connecticut will dig into them.
extract a wondrous bit of broken
pottery or Cardiff Giant and charge
them half a dollar each to 90 and
look at it.
AT Tenino our saunterers take the
Olympia and Tenino train fifteen
miles to the capital, q pretty little
city OF twelve hundred Inhabitants.
in the midst of a great many natural
attractions. From here we can 90
driving, boating, fishing and hunting
i'll as many different directions. The
stately frs at the edge of the CITY
will he sure to attract attention.
Our party agreed that the STAY
here was not too long, but lust
long enough" and when they board
ed the boat for Tacoma the fatigue of
the rail was just sufficient to make
hugely enjoyable the easy motion of
the steamer and the magnificent view
down the Sound whose waters, some.
times mlrror-like, sometimes glisten.
ing with wind-caps, are dotted with
hundreds OF heavy timbered islands.
Mount Rainier, 10 the right, looms
up in in it peerless grandeur; and
oh. how the boys wish they we're
up there to have a grand old battle
in the snow!
Then over the gang plank again
at Iacoma-next to Seattle the bust
est shipping port on the Sound
with its great saw-mill having cap
acity OF ninety thousand feet dsily.
After q pleasant stroll about the
town and its suburbs, filled to the
brlm with happiness, the little flock
takes the train for home.
The le-haired committee man
Is nova great favorite with the young
folks, and the girls are working him
an alphabetical " sampler" as a testi.
monial of their regard.
1t seems strange that the white
haired committeeman should have