Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-12-29

Three diilcrn, bills for Coy rrmrn
Postal rclcgraphs have been INTRODUCED
in,n Congress. Out Of thcsr will prohab
" grow system at Postal Telreraphy
that will greatly enhance the value Of the
Telegraph t" the people.
Soiurncr Truth. the Cplorel eyin'. md
/ cturcr. died at Battle Cre,k. Nah gan.
RECENTLY At the age u, 1913 years.
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The following privite letter from
Mrs. Amos Bowman TO her sister.
although not intended for rublica
zion. will be interesting to her many
acquaintances:
Ottawa, Canada, Die. Cd 1883
n-ar S,llie.
We arrived at the Cana
dim Capital on Saturday night, aln OF
three weeks siuce We staited from
Anacortes. having stopped Mt Sra''
Portland. Helena. ST., Pan. Chicag" "nd
Detroit in order tn see Something of thsc
cities Noul have like to remain n
week in Chicago; itlsa Wonderful lbcr
to stop in. oulcive it would t; Ike
ncorly that time to 90 over one store wc
visited called the Fair. do not dare
to say how big il is hut We spcl three
hours going around in it. and then did
not see tnll of it. 3. Paul a'so Is a
handsome city, mud the Minn-s' t. girls
route until we got to Montreal where we
found ourselves the day before Thnnks
! giving. with Just time tor run down to
! Boston, tn spen the Ee'i lay in . n,tice
place. After nine hours rite which
! seemed like flying, We fetched mp in
Boston at JPN We drove TO the
| Crawford House. a nice hotel in the
7 center of what seemed II tremrn'o hes-
! hive. 1t was nearly ten b. tore we
felt quite free from dust and ready itr
supper.
Mkt, morning we went around town to
get n view Of noteworthy and historical
.o,,;e cts of interecf. II WIS c"id. clear ard
frosty. the sun was bright enough to i
! the day. md So we're the people, the we-
men at least; though they were unmi' :
! ,akabiy plain. k pit sharp looko'
f"i pretty faces, and cannot say found
one, certainly not gno'l complexion;
y,nng aul Md alike were pale sallsw and
had an unhealthy appearance. In fact
| believe the slarkics are the only people
who have good complexi. n IN Boston.
| After noon we went to matinee to "e
..Talmar' "A spectacular play gotten ub es-
petiMlly TOR Boston. The spectao ular
! plays | have seen in San Francisco w,r'
n,thing like this. The rainbow dance
| by a hundred ballet girls clad in vapsry
r,imcnt of prismntic hues. and the silver
army composed of two or three hundred,
. rfectly drilled and equipped in II
most dazzling, armor, was something 10
remember. II had M Intoxicating ,ffc t;
my head felt giddy after seeing this bril-.
lient corps of shapely young m,nazons 60
through their wonderful evolutions. The
! last tablenu wasa HiniOo's idea of Para.
disc and I must say WAS cntici1g, and
the clouds the lIindoo angels sat IN. did
not look damp. nor did their angelic
hosts appear IN sposless robes OF flow
ing viii O. according I" our orthodox
ideas Of angels Alter the mstince we
went to Newton 10 see the Curtis cousins;
we had a delightful visit with them, and
E.he n. xt day visited Cambridge, snsnd-
! the afternoon among the old u'll' .
| b il.lings | was most interested in
| Me n, raj Hail. whore the students dir' /,
and where they have their theatre, per-
for uing those greek plays you remember
s,:ing illustrated n the "C~nlury". le
dining Hall 10 like fine old caih-' raj
With ito lefty ceiling of dark carved wo {.
and i $ lovely stained Windows, and inc
oil paintings. The tables were set for
dinner for $50 students. In the marble
walls of the vestihulc ar entrance hall
were cut the names OF those c"rns cted
with the college who had died in Il cir
countrys Cause during the REBEL i.
On our way back to OTTAWA We stopp d
few hours in yontreal, it was showing
and blowing, too cold to he cut. want
to spend short time there inter they
build the ice palace. must tell you
about Ottawa in another letter. 30 tar tue
weather, though csld, has been delight,