Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-12

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bold 5000 and The others also haye
5000, and which, thanks TO the ignnr-
snoe Of Mr.. FerEuson regarding drafts,
ETC., vas IN my hands when be torned
me OF and assumed the Richard 10
himself again v posture. Its dreadful
90 Alrg county tnesninG the TERRITORY
OF washington that their mea did no;
Know snouRh 70 pnrioin the enolaments
a. we'd - the labor. for the exhibit will
certainly Be ~phtxxie- unless I arm
hired over again. 50 my faads can Be of
service 20 the gang. You will doubtless
De % kind, a. my requests are few 20
you, 20 give me credit for enterprise in
one thing, which. though instructed.
shows plainly my good nature. ! AIlude
20 tank which / erected IN the midst
OF our space when heard preacher
had been appointed CLERK Of the CON
mission ! supposed the clerical gent
was q Baptist, bat since his arrival /
discovered in him one sf the fellows
with shifts for Sunday wear. II is pro-
posed, however, to convert the tank into
a bath-tub. which / trust the Posi-
INTELLIGENCE will sse will save consid
cradle. willis there are 30 many TO clean
Then It Is only to be used By Seattle
| people, % can charge il up to the share
which, With 5000 more, " I was going to
deal out" like . prince for the good,
harmless people Of King county. ana
a suspicious looking fellow, according to
the 'ost. and should have frankly avoved
the fact and reported before beginning
my labor, bat being fond OF " scandals
OF such small order" as the Posi-
IsTKLLIGKScKR can deal in, have Just
| acted az though the P.-I. did not belong
| TO the commission, and have ate nv
quail on toast, charged IL to 'the fund"
altogether too weildy for seven people
| TO handle alone, and hold back my re-
port. By the way, Johnson, since you
are q reporter nov, would il not be
rekirkee" (French) for the Grand Mo
gul TO report through his fluent clerk?
OF course among the items would ap-
pear ito A. P. s., $a6G6 the Governor
drew for him and 5000 he drew for
himself. that We expected" This of
course would necessitate my sending
forth especially for the illiterate people |
Of she Territory that bought a baneh |
Of toothpicks, small size, sharpened at |
both ends, and supposed TO be feathers
Of goose with faint smile and sweet |
song just before death, and this with a /
pair of diamond cuff buttons consumed |
the entire fund. Now / could perform |
my part and smile provokinRiy at Law
and order, bat mGst likely / would not |
do 1t. preferring TO put in the items,
wheat from Umatilla county. Oregon, |
and WOOL from The DaIles, as Washing |
ton Territory did not respond to NV
eloquent appeals. justify this, for |
when any man can descend to write for /
nothing poetry like this on beets, cab |
bage and pumpkins" rich beyond mea-
sure 10 the beauty Of her rivers and |
valleys and mountains. poor beyond |
computation in the ability of her,
etc." he should be permitted, on get /
tiRg no response, to send to foundry i
and display brass" Nay, more when |
be has to dine and wine reporters $40 |
worth. to get i've lins item about the /
great and only original monopoly of
wonders" he ought 70 be able 20 gather
the reporter afterwards by tuft Of his
hair and the tough part of his pants and
gaze into his hmpid, cayuse optic, while
be sQuelchsd the squeal from stem to
stern, from mainstay to mizzsn. But
be amt. A beautiful providence says
be must not. and like Lieut.. Wilkeson's
lighting ON the Columbia river, when be
hnds the enemy in easy distance he
must stop operations TO report. Now as
obtained my money all from the Di-
rector General, and that individual re-
fused the report and would not take the
remaining funds, and as the money was
not set aside for the Territory, but for
the use Of commissioners. the Legislature
does not want it. Aha! Perhaps the
Governor would be pleased to see his
name at the head Of a lengthy letter
signed by me to mystify printers and
telling all know about the funds, CON-
he Fnn1o 1pa l
and extracts from letters. Egadi He
shall have it. aud il will doubtless pale
all his blood stirring episodes about his
official visits to the Exposition in " Pa
ree;" nay, more, IL will explain tedious
dissppointments in seeing the pretense
governors of great ferritsries, for,
verify believe that the great Watson O.
Squire, with all his experience in expo
sltions and desiring reporters 10 men,
ton his name TO give the commission
tone" can be proven beyond peradven-
ture to have spoiled the exhibit of our
beautiful King county. am ready to
report A. p. SHAkPsrKN.
OF his letters to the Walla walla Jour
nal We have nothing but an extract and
q reference; this being the extract:
Being not In a mood to further serve
as free horse to be ridden by an ordi-
nary Governor, left everything In boxes
and berrels for the use and enjoyment
of the rising and succeeding Ferguson
and his clsrk, furnished contrary TO all |
that was fair, honest and right. These
functionaries, four at Washington's en-
pense, have been here ten days, and the
goods still linger about the depot wait
ing for King couuty's agents 10 act. /
deplore this as much a. anybody, bat, if |
it we're the State of New York, before /
would let pigmy on mountain use me /
for q tool, I'd toss the whole exhibit into
the gulf and damn the man who first /
cried hold, enough!
And this the reference:
Arthur p. Sharpstein was in New Or
leans Jan. Is and about TO 90 to Florida
to hunt alligators for q while. He writes /
that be retains $500 Of the commission |
ers' fund. and that. IL any shall be left /
after he has passed six months In the /
sunny South, be will turn ID over.
The letter following was intended for
publication in all papers in the Terri
tory, bat mp to this time has found its
way into one oniy-she paper addressed:
NEW ORLEANS. La, Jan. i6, 1856.
EDITOR WArcHMAN; / have noticed /
with much satisfaction in a resent num- |
Der Of your parss partial defense of |
my ofiinial conduct, which am well |
aware has been the subject Of uniast in |
sinustiilg attacks from q Puget Sound |
paper. l am not at present prepared to |
crafty the curiosity Of the editor Of the |
INrEIIiaKScKR with financial exhibit. |
and will for this days labor confine my
self 10 4 recitation Of the work per |
formed by me M 20 date Of my success
or's arrival. In doing this shall make |
statements which / consider in the |
knosledge Of the public, and 10 each |
challenge the criticism of parties 10 the |
localities mentioned. Daring the month /
Of July was informed Of my appoint |
ment ss alternate commissioner to the /
exposition, and desiring 10 serve In any
capacity that would do justice to our /
rich and progressive territory, | ad-
dressed isttsr 10 Hon. Z. Q. Ferguson,
who had held his commission three /
months longer. asking him the mature
Of oar ampioyment snd the money. II /
any, 20 be obtained. After @ delay OF |
ten days letter xss sent saying he knew /
nothing Of the matter, bat woald be