Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-29

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know We did not have 70 pay anything
for board. We boarded round, 40 they
used 70 say; that il. We stopped wherever
we happened 10 be and got our meals and
lodging aud feed for our horses. As for
our clothes. they were not 20 expensive
AZ they arc nov. We got the h0mespCn
cloth and had the tailors out our clothes,
which were made - home. There were
very few clothing stores then. had a
place where used 70 stop once in three
weeks for svo or three days. ! never
thought Of having room anywhere, bat
prepared my sermons and studied nv
Bible and Greek Testament on horse
tack. suppoos have read good sized
library in that wav. could without
difficulty prepare nv sermons any place,
and never allowed anything TO inter
rust me whom at work. lcould sit down
in the little cabin OF some settler, and,
with tbs housewife at work, the children
playing shout me and the chickens and
gsese in tho little plsee, too, snd study
out my sermon.
~ have slept in the same room With .
whole family, somstimes in bed and
sometimes on the door. Sometimes
had 70 sleep in tbs garnet. where il was
% cold that went TO bed with all my
clothes, my 0verc0at, my bu6al0 over
shoes and my mittens On, With my ears
tied up 10 keep from freezing. Then !
have boou in some Of those log houses
in Wisconsin With shake roofs, whore the
SNOW blew in; I'd shake the bedclothss
before going 70 bed, and put my clothes
undsr the bed to keep thsm dry. Iwaked
up ID the morning with three or four
inches Of snow over me. have also
alepe In empty cabins, with no bed bat
the door, no osver but my saddle blanket,
ard my saddle for pillow.
"Onoe ! va caught On the east hide Of
The wisconsin Yivsr, and had TO spend
the night In cabin, where slept on the
6oos, and tor supper had potatose And
beef, and for breakfast best and pota-
toes. Il Vas hard life something's, bot
] lived through It and do not regret a
eingle year."
did you have any churches to preach
inf'
Every few. We preached in school
houses or the cabins Of the settlers, more
often the latter. The people knew when
thsoo services would Be held, and We had
larger congregations at that time than
nov. They quit work IL the meeting vas
on Weok day, and came dressed up "a
church. Sometimes they travelled sev-
eral miles 20 attend these meetiuss"
TaE WHITE Rrvx1 CHxxsx FAcrosY.
4 correspondent Of the Tacoma Ledger
writes - follows: There h . we'll ap-
pointed cheess factory In White River
valley o. The river bank, twenty miles
from seattle and twenty-five or there
ab0atD from Tacoma. Is h three-ouar-
tes Of Q mile from the new railroad stde
tion, recently named Kent. Steamers
ply on the river 70 and above the factO-
y. The Building 10 oomplete, and neat
y finished inside and out. The engine,
machinery, tanks, shelving, platforms
and everything connected With it ia
built with . vieu TO permanence and
eouvsnisnoe. The factory hss nov run
Tar four yeArs pr moro. Hundreds Of
tons Of cheese have bcsn made there,
and at 3 profit 30 the owners. They
have deserved success. Tue cheese has
bocoms famous. The quality was the
very bet full cream cheese its price
the highest, and IL market the briskest
Of any offered. There Was NO lack in
demand. No Stock accumulated. And
yst this factory u likely 70 remain
cloeed. - are told. for the want Of q
suppay Of milk. Not that there v mot
. supply Of milk In the near vicinity,
neither for The lack of inclination of
the farmees 70 ell NE milk, only from
she fnee ! q they can do bsttsI. The
value of land y too great, the facilities
Tor sAippinQ from that locality too con-
veoisat 20 sdmit Il ohssse- making 70
remain. Sssamess viii carry hay TO Sc
atele tor twO dollars per ton. Potatoes
esll foE forty cents Per bushel on the
Tank tor N average Of yeax, arc worth
nfty nov; hay viii average twelve dol
lAss pr ton, and other farm prOduCts
II propostiou. This y the result Of
cheap transportation. Ailk has cold
foe osae cent par poand delivered q the
history. The eAssss makers ny they
vii l04 pay mere. The fasmess cay
ehey can Do bsGteg, and - theee b
deadlock peuoabls. and fall cream
ehsess b likely 70 b one u Tie THINGS
q 10 paas.