Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-01-18
THE -, EcHoING THE PEOPLES VOICE, A
THOUSAND WELCOMES BIDS TO EACH AND
ALL THE FRIENDS OF UNckk RUrus'
CHOICE WHO HONOR FARGO IN
THEIR FRIENDLY CALL

A fattering reference to the Newspaper men
in the headlines lin rhyme, too,) I leave out
with becoming modesty; but the description
Of visit In company with some othsr usws-
paper men, including the English corruspoud-
ent, to the establishment Of The Fargo-I
should not fail to give Indeed, paragraph
inviting US to call, and pointing out the fact
that there were plenty Of easy chairs In ths
Office, bad appeared on the editorial page In
that mornings issue; and therefore, at tho
earliest opportunity offered We made our way
to two-story frame structure In one Of the
side streets
DAKOTA LIBRARY.
We had not long to wait before the editor,
publisher and proprietor made his appear
neighborhood Of four hundred pounds from
the top Of which sonorous baB voice bade
US welcome and invited Us to enter the ''uanc-
tum.n
''This, gentlemen, il my library" the voics
proceeded to say - we passed through .
dingy apartment whers shelves were ranged
along the wall and covered with reports and
public documents which didn't ssssn 10 have
been used since the town was laid out In loesI
''The finest library in Dakota; this-stsp this
way, gentlemen-is my sanctum. Pray BE-
seated"
Cigars having been handed around,
conversation naturally turned 10 tbs paper
which had been handed 10 uA
Remarkable enterprise that!r ono Of us IN.
claimed.
1--WE couldn't do it better In tho east ~
marked another.
"You are pleased to say 90" bsnignantly
acknowledged the mountain.
'Extraoriinary postry-"
THE MOUNTAIN IN LABOR.
1haw! This II nothing with usi Why d
vigorous puff at the cigar and bringing his
fist down on the table,, during tho Chicago
convention and all through the campaign
that followed Garfields nomination wc kspl
these poetic headlines going--aud mighty
good poetry it wasi Let me read you SONS.
Jonesl calling to . hungry looking indi-
viduaD- Gentlemen, this h Mr.. Jones, my
managing editor-Jones, just get ms thoss
files"
/ will not enrich you with the lyrics 10
which he treated NJ in the courss Of tho next
half hour. In stentorian voice, and with
the finest expression, he relied thcss swert
morsels Of thought under his tongue, all tho
time glancing furtive glances upon his audi
ence to see what impression he was prosiuc-
ing.
THE COLONEL ENTERS.
It was . relief to US when tho cntrancs Of Q
gentleman interrupted the reading He was
introduced to US a. "Col p. D., author of
that famous Fourth Of July speech, you
know, gentlemen"
He nodded assent, but we must have looked
guilty, for the colonel at once put his hand
into one Of his capacious side pockets, pro-
ducing therefrom . bundle Of pamphlsts
which proved to be the famous speech, and
which he proceeded 10 hand 30 thoss prs~snf.
He II the author also Of that fine editorial.
gentlemen, you admired 70 much this morn.
ing"
The object Of these remarks bowed his 60
knowledgments Its but just that the articls
referred to should speak for itself. quote
parts Of It:
PASSAGES At LARGE.
'Tet the bands play Hail 10 tho Chief.
Sound the bugles, strike tho drums Iet thu
the timbrel and harp give forth their giadsoms
notes Of welcome Uncle Rufus has earned
the gratitude and affection Of every true la,
kotan. from the golden grain fields of ths
paradisean Red River valley 10 the silvei
ripples Of the far Cheyenne. from tho won
drous confines Of the Yellowstone 10 tbs gold
ribbed crags Of the Black hills and the bull
calf pastures Of Yankton and Niobrara. n,
and his august party of homo and forcigs
dignitaries and celshrities, he and his friend
are welcome, . thousand times welcome, h
Dakota's soil and 70 her hearts and homrs
May their whole trip be filed with pleasur,
and profit, grand scenery, instruction and fun
May their eyes be far-reaching enough to d
away with all need Of telescopes and Geld
giasea May every buffalo they kill he big
ger than "A elephant. and every spsckie'
trout they catch amid the transccndent sub
Unity OF gsyses and catarscts vic In magnl
tude with the whale that swallowed . ics
profitable prophet than Uncls Rufua Ma,
their days Of snjoymsnt b forty eight hour
long, and fourteen Of them 10 the week. an,