Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-15
WARRINGTON TERRIToRE ". Ne.
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B1ASkA
From the Firth (Neb.) Tss,es.
We rep0blish below letter from Mr..
Lyman WOOD. formerly of this place, but
Who now resides IN Washington terrific
~: Aside from the prejudice he bears for
this part Of Code footstool, Mr.. Wood
writes An excellent letter. We have Ia
ken pains to inquire and have yet to find
q resideot In this locality Who has Wit
messed q cyclone here. or any more
damage from lightning than occurs h
any other State at any time. To be sure
Ne have 1ophyI now and then that
would all the sails Of an ordinary sail
ing vessel, but no serious damage results
from them. The winds Of Nebraska,
blow they evss % hard, have NO horru1
tn c0mpaIison with those Of an earth
quake. which occasionally comes along
and swallows people and their property
IN the land OF our correspondence adop-
ton. @
SEArr1x. ". T. Sept. /.
Ed. Times and friends in Firth:
The merry May hath pleasant hours,
and dreamily they glide,
As II they dOated. like the leaves, on the
silvery tide.
The trees are full Of crimson buds, the
woods are full of birds,
And the waters flow to music, like y tune
with pleasant words"
Do not for one moment think have
forgotten you. After fellow arrives in
heaven he generally wants to rest a
while, look around a little, renew old
acquaintance, form new ones, ascertain
what kind Of q people he has fallen
among, TAKE his bearings, get the lay of
the land, ETC., before returning TO earth
~ affairs, and now that / have been
through those preliminaries l suppose
you all wish to know how l like this far
away wonderful kentry. Must say "this
is the way long have sought like it
hsre-it is Just what expected to find;
with me it fills the bill; It supplies the
long felt wait that haunted this peace
full breast. BY my continued silence
some have thought ] did not like the
promised land; but right here allow me
to disabuse your minds Of all such evil
thoughts, for ] am we'll pleased with the
change. although the trip took all my
pocket change" and cannot begin to
express to you my delight, the calm sat-
isfactiOn and relief / feel in being away
fror those scOrching hot south winds,
annoying dust storms, terrific lightning,
tremendous water spoats, and awful
cyclones Of Nebraska. YOu know for
nights and weeks and months at a time
could not close my eyes in sleep in the
raspinR climate; but here there is no
electricity and the moment drop to
bed Morpheus clasps me in his loving
arms and holds me in his luxurious en-
brace until broad daylight of the fol
lowing morning. / am making up for
lost time. It ''seems as if evening
breezes from that other land Nebraska
pfobably-Ed. Timesl laden with fra
GRANGE, plays upon my cheeks and luils
my heart" and il I thought there was
~ much difference between heaven and
earth a. three is between Washington
Territory and Nebraska, would Danish
my doubts, waive my objections, join
the crowd and 90 to heaven.
This is truly q nice country, and Just
revel in this cool, gray climate; for the
mist and gloom Of these soft, mild rains
twice q month are balm to my soul,
moisture to my system, oil to my ears,
and luxurious repose to my nerves. The
first six weeks We were here We could do
nothing but wonder and admire, sleep
and enjoy. But before fellow can CON-
prehend the country he has to come
here and "be born again." aud any of
you who think Jon are old to commence
life anew, had better remain east of the
where in the s. or 40 years of
your lives you have kind o. got the run
of things. This being "bOrn again. is
tarrible; twas bad enough the first time,
but the second time IL worse. You may
read all their emf gration pamphlets, be-
lieve every word, and then know the
tenth part has not been told Of the beau
ties and resources Of this productive
country with it's warm winters and cool
summers; and should over SO far for
get myself as to come back to Nebraska
to live, l trust one Of those terrible cy-
clones will come twisting its heel around,
seize me by the scalp lock and jerk me
into heaven 80 quick it will make my
head swim.
Money is plenty, health No. l, wages
Rovd, saws, hammers, steamwhistles,
and factories are ringing mersily on ev-
erv side, and everything booming right
along. But do not understand me to be
urging any Of my friends to como here;
it is against the principle Of tho people
on this coast; they are very particular
about that; Il ID 300 miles travel, the
expense is considerable, and they might
not like it-but few at first do-t6en
blame would attach. and no one likes to
incur that risk or assume the RESPONSE
bility. One thing certainly speaks we'll
for this country. Those who have been
here longest like it best, and you can
hear NO Rrumbling. growing or CON-
planning; all seem to b we'll satisfied.
Bnt in the wet weather, from November
until April, / expect they howl; if they
do, I'll let you know, for do not wish
to misrepresent anything, though give
everything the coloring it assumes to
me.
am truly glad to note BY the press
that you have excellent crops in Nebras-
ka and Kansas, And short in Iowa and
Illinois. This inst sets the average Me-
bfaskans Wild With enthusiasm. They
pull themselves up by their bootstraps,
wink, fill out their cheeks, chuck each
other in tina ribs or under tho chin,
tickled nearly to death, crow, cackle,
and make - much noise as q little pull
let that has Just laid her first egg. But
next year at this time you will $50 them
moping around like = COW that has
lost her cud, lower lip dragging the
ground, and faces a. long a. . meetin'
house crank. Verify, the hambuQRed,
beniRhted. hopper-ridden, terror-strick-
On Nobfaskan Is a stupid bird; he
writhes and twists and swsys about in
the incessant winds, wrenched ont of
joint by tho rheumatism or cyclones,
beaten down by tue hailst0sm, be cow
ers and quiyers with fear from the vivid
liRhtnings, sinks afri0hted into his dug
out from the terrible tornado, ID washed
out BY q tremendous water-spo1t, and
Immediately thereafter relsntlessly put
sued by the mortgagor for getting away
with mortgaeed property. when, in fact,
he had nothing 70 do with it. The hot
south winds penetrate and pesmeate his
entire system. He dances and he yells,
keeping time Ill the time to tho desicat-
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