Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-10
rRen an Oh REsrpExT.

The following d AZ sxfrset from .
pirate letter written by J. z Clark
lDuR sRo dssiisF Ia the then ha11ts u
seattle. Mr.. Clark il nsw = resident Of
Los Angeles. where he carries o. tie
bosiness 0f dra9gisg. de evidently has
left IN his hsArf = sar7 spo< toF the pio-
nrers Of the Qse~n Guy;
You m4s be assoutsbed 20 get line
IL, o. 80 old seAttleErs. Sho. lac jour
@e.i. fvo2hK. bird, and dida't die dGriDg
tie D syuo.d Of your no~ grand city Of
tn- Norm sect. slDo- 1 issg "a . the tsI
Afs aId oig slam2s % yo1r oarz ] have
lad many a.S aud dosus Of ht-; and,
tb0uRa ny head Is q ate s1iTery, ] ara
81 iS,lDg sOod cssELsi zud physical
h-aiIn. aad ny golden prospects are fair
tor tasa Of 80 skaters since | lett
Seattle ! bz.Te pitched nv teat all along
toe line, from BItu - Ayres south 10
latks H0Fit; sad u have Tot aeq 1IFsd
large bsnk aeoOnGt, . toSnsae ~ =
coat uzios, 1 have gained izSge kn0vi-
edge Of tie continent We tive on and
learned souaztning of man and his sur
fooadinR4.
Ny Fret wife, whom goa kneS. died
10 lssa. F0ur years later married
aQH.iu. ] have not heard from cay nfss
ebIiJ, Charlie, fOF ave years. fhe last
kEiov Of him he went 70 Maila Nalla.
II he IN living, he h the only ons left II
my hFst fatally; having no children
since last harmed. 1 have been Ia this
action for six years, ana do not expsqI
u sfvsr leave here, 81 this il he mot
delightful climate and e0sntry on the
continent. | would hike to drop dosn
on University bill. ID your town, and see
the great improvements twenty years
have accomplished.
That PresIdsut house and fence. which
painted in l-b2, rnusg have gune TO de-
cay and a more pretentiops one Ass1med
tta place. And then the school, no
doubt, has q large class in Greek aud
LAeta. III place Of only one scholar in
the dead Languages, 80 that ths IBstit1-
ton might conform TO the letter Of the
Law, as VAS the case 10 primitive days.
would like to grip the hand of Ii. L. T.,
who was the worthy chief of the little
town on the savdust at the mouth Of
the slough. | am glad to hear that he
aud his genial wife are alive and pros
peFoas.
I would like 10 meet Gard. Kellogg,
(ehip of the same kind OF block as my.
self and SCI his establishment to poke,
purge and sweat poor, ignorant descend
snta of the genus homo, who know little
Of pills and prayers and less Of natures
lawn, or We w0ald ne like Othello, "0ur
occupation gone"
Alas! I am told many of Seattis's old
pioneers have gone 70 their final rest.
| woald like 30 greet DIR. II. A. Smith
and the Dennys, Bell of Belitown, that
10; Judge Mercer, and then Dutch Hen
rvs laugh would rejuvenate me ten
years, 1t least; and the WoOdiRs-well,
can't name them all, but ! appreciate
their the moTy nome tbs less.
Mr.. VIM. Denny has told me much
about you all; and, by the way Of pa
renthssis, / find him very cordial gen
ueuian. heard from you through DR..
j. l.. York, an old and intimate friend,
whose faith ] am disciple Of, "a Of old;
bat ~ years roll by think. with Col. II.
q, lngersoli, this life is the only one
sc are right sure We know anything
about" hence / enjoy 10 AZ best ! can,
and, when the boat crosses the river
StyI, will jump IN and take the chances
vito the Othsr boys.
IL circumstances ever call you 10 this
place, you may reese assured our latch
ting will be AZ Jour service. Yoa will
mud this country abundanlly supplied
With VINE, mix and honey, and fFagr mt
sithi the blossoms OF the rose, every
month IN the year. and the people are
mostly a. genial rs the climate.