Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-09-07

Celebrating th, Arrival cf tir First
woman ia "a Colorado Min;n. Camp
The Reception speech.

Celebrating thr Arrival cf In" 'iis>:
Wnm,n'' in Colorado" Min;n. Camp
The Reception speech.
June - was a day OF Publication
at Carbonate, Cob, being the advent
Of the first wagon. the first woman.
and the first board from the mill.
Il would have been interesting 10
the reader l. have witnessed the
electrifylng effect on the ncn III I'll"
camp when word was passed along
the line that woman was coming.
Long before she was within a mile
OF the camp knots cf ren We're
gathered here and there watching.
looking in the direction from whence
the wagon was to come. As 81" hove
! in sight, each one gathered around
his or their camp rs when an alarm
/ had been sounded in prairie dog
town. When within Il few yards of
tie outside habitation the woman
alightel and accompanied by her
husband proceeded towards the
County Clerks Office. ut had been
advertised that the donation Of Il
town 10: would he given the first
woman who came in Curious eyes
were watching her every step as she
! approached the Clerks quarters.
But the crowd which had gathered
around the Office for mail, rcccdeI
respectfully each side Of the en-
trance. AS she passed in, Col. For
guson scrcnejy doomed mp, ana, sail
ing out among the boys, agitatel Il
reception.
Seized by the inspiration hundred
hats were removed from heads of
noble structure and design. siluriated
somewhat, perhaps, and a hundred
horny palms passed over the nn-
kempt locks to smooth them down,
, vests were pulled down. ard hut
bred pair OF eyes ran down the re
spectiee owners digging clothes y
proudly inspecting the inevitable
''ball stitch" which rejoined the dis
membercd seam or held in place the
patch of conspicuous dimensions.
BY look of common consent the
| colonel was the man selected to make
the reception speech. Uneasily plum
ing his mustache with carbonate
! stained fingers, the colonel approach
l ed her and followed by the uncovered
9 heads, lie inadvertently yanked a
e frog from his throat and began:
, THE SPEECH OF WELCOME.
4, RESPECTED MADAM" al a hun
. dred heads nodded assent. Appeal
h ing again to his mnstache for tne
: needed inspiration the colonel re
! sumed again: "Respected Madam
the Illuminating spectre of this most
: fascinating occasion" Aud hun
: bred heads bob5ed serenely again i'll
! assent. Plluning again the source
). of inspiration, the hating colonel
> staggered on: Foot prints of thine,
which have first fallen on orr ear
boniferous soil, we welcome thee
Mercury in her aerial fight trails
through the starry architraves OF
heaven. to trail over the silurian ont
, crops of Garfield country, which has
= become sacred to us from toll. vicis
STUDIES and privations. 1t is ours
by right of discovery, and You are
welcome. We are conversant with
your sex and some of us have been
victimized. We have learned to love
and cherish in memory the tiny fingers
= which were rubbed over our biscuits
l in other days and we languish for the
same. The delicacy of sewing OF
buttons thimbleless) is ours, and OH,
toil-stained robes bear the traces OF
9 the silurian outcrop. For months we
have been hero surrounded by the
beautiful crystalline pearls of heaven
which have banked about and around
. us and our only solace has been the
!; chirp Of the camp bird and the weird
; wailings of the metamorphic blasts
We have long anticipated the daisy
= struggling through the snowy depths
. to comfort us. as the day drew near
! when we laid by our SHOW shoes or
!. the limestone led ges. but this occasion
is most sublime, undreamed of and
: unprecedented in the history of oul
new country. Thou hast come upon
us like perfume freighted breath Of
the gentle spring time, and thou arr
!, the shrine to which we bow and bring
r tribute, and in behalf of these, my
l partners in the struggle, who stand
before you with uncovered heads
some of them glistenihg like a burn
ished disc in the silurian sunlight
heads which have been robbed oil
capillary traces from inevitable con
tact. I again say, welcome"
3 And she dropped Denver News