Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-01
sEATTLE AND VICINITY.
-rraer iowa Star Clipper, Aus. q


IskioR passage on the Geo. 4. starr
A. lee )ma, tue terminus OF tEs Northern
fsc'hc, we started for > attic. Ibe
voyage Vas made by night, aud nothing
Ssrled the g9I- Goaosony Of the ssund
until the revolving liRh; at West Point
Riared ahead: tssn the illuuinaiious of
Seattle came IN view, aud shs Whole town
seemed blaze o. light. Did yoa ever
nave a town illuminated n your bonnr? !?
~ yVa never dId. yon have missed that
sensation - oyerma4tering superiority
thst nakes the people IN the coemon
walks OF life oImly visible fron your
eieTation. OGe forgeis that when De is
a. Rome be has 10 rustic for one msal
and tSe inoches a day. and i9azines
thai he has lefi an order with has tailor
for gold moant d costume Of purple
and hne linen. Never vss a party Of
iaooriBR men received With more tokens
OF re-peot- The determinations we're such
a. miGhs have lit the belated steps of
our President. One building. high
above the rest, Rlowed like bonfire;
anc as The words Welcome LII.
Public Schools" we're made oui. such
2 cheer vent up from TIE decks sf the
starr ~ css not ecLsed over tue waters
OF The sonnd for many day. n vas z
O'Clock n the nocrainR when onr boat
came aiofIaside sfs vharf. bus the great
Warehouse and every available point
vas crowded by friends who seemed
anxious 10 sho~ rs every v.iity known
70 American civilization. We mad been
condemned to death, and the population
had turned out to kill us With kindness.
Cobysyances we're in waiting to take Us
"a ha fafa a Al.
opsn "withoaf money and without
price, We would lake an opportunity
10 get even With tbs people for the way
We were treated, but that may never
occur. In the morning We embarked
on the Cascade for Port Blakel,. on
Bainbrid1e island, situated ten miles
from Seattle. The island - niue miles
long and Port Blakely Is its largest
town. Laundering Ia the principal in
terest, and ships from all countries drop
anchor here for cargoes. One mill We
visited had a capacity of 2Uo,O00 feet a
day. and logs l30 feet long we're cut. II
is the finest ship timber in the world.
and one small government revenue cui-
ter was under construction at the yards.
As We stroled along the beach We en-
countered many things curious 10 a
dweller on the prairies. Star fish OF
oolors and various sizes lay along ths
shore. where they had been grounded
by the tide or chung 10 the piling of the
coal bankers aud wharves. The hidden
clam sent Jets OF water into the air.
slippery sesweed lay arouad our feet,
and the Aait sea hresze iHvisorsted our
TIRED bodies and whstted cor Appetites
t. a feather edge. After looking over
the sswmill we we're directed to the
picnic grounds. where the people of Sc
sttls and the island had prepared a
clambake. About ten bushels of the
bivaivrs had been butchered for our
dinners, and II the people had been
certain We liked them they would have
baked more. A log heap had been built
and the CLANS roasted In the confiagra-
tion thus made. The clam IL n hard
thing to form 40 opinion Of. He looks
mean, aud his Ing neck looked to the
andersiRned like a personal allusion;
aud not until we had eaten about forty
could We determine whether his other
good qualities were sufficient to over
come bis physical unconelinsss. Bot
when We had surrounded that number
we became Infatuated with them, aud
the way CLANS disappeared made the
Indians round about live on half rations
for several days. for fear the supply
would run out before the new crop was
ripe for the harvest. liam chowder,
coffee. sandwiches, pickles and some
thing In kegs which we are unable to
name, because ve did not ask what II
was. made up the menu Of this most
glorious picnic. Every bedy enjoyed
themselves. Even the tso ministers
froEa Creston and Des Moines, asou.
whan something has been said. and
sho will yet be mentioned, seemed to
endure IL as we'll as could be expected
oy men who esohsw the world and chew
things earthly. Ii Was a time worthy
OF more noted guests. In the afternoon
our boat called for Us. and, after bidding
ions good, by 10 our hosts, We steamed
90 the sound for Taoorns.
The return trip vas enlivened by gay
soeiesy. Schools of porpoises sported
Gloss tothe side Of the vessel Sea lions
ssowed their deiicatc heads "a thar
swan leisarely along 10 search of prey.
the pulpy BODY of the jslly fish showed
beneath the surface ike Submarine
sanfiower, and many curious sights
amused and instructed the awkward
land labbers out for a picnic.