Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-03

! Washington County Press, July s.


We ferry the train over the Columbia.
now mighty food. and reach Tacoma,
the legal and nominal terminus of the
Northern Pacific road. at night, the
wharf alive With it's 700 people, and
take q boat for Seattle across the
Sound. The Sound is a magnificent
Mediterranean Sea. with an average
tide of IL feet, and salty as Mrs. Lot,
100 to 200 feet deep, steamers tying up
anywhere close to shore, furred on its
hills with its infinite peltry Of pine and
hr, illimitable forests, impenetrsble,
trees standing in hedge 80 close and
impervioas that hunters have to send in
dogs TO drive deer out to be shot. We
steam under the stars till past mid
night. aud l fall asleep in the cabin.
At last the committee of visiting states
men, our genial Seattle escort, an
nounee that We are rounding the bead
land, and there bursts on our view the
New Jerusalem. Seattle illuminated in
oar honor. " My Joe John" put us in
fne carriage, and Jehu drove like mad
through town and up steep hillside,
and We aliehted at Judge j. Il. Lewis
beautiful home, greeted Mrs. Lewis,
talked an hour and then went to rest
At 8 O'Clock we came up smiling to an
exquisite break fast on fouuders, most
delicious of fish. juicy meats and dainty
berries. etc. On that coast you sleep
like too; the nights are always cool
and covers are needed In summer the
air Ia Lsthe, nepenthe and all volatile
narcotic drugs great waves of drowsi-
ness roll over you, and hair grows on the
brain young spoons do nos Isl. up" till
midnight in that atmosphere of ether or
chloroform | could go to sleep on my
feet. The LIS drove Us two hours all
over the smart city with 1900 people
and fell in love with it, would like TO
live there, and mean to in the next state
of existence, IL not sooner. That port Is
next on the list TO New York for ship
ments-think of that aud be astonished
ships lumber to Central and South
America, Sandwich Islands, Japan. Chi
ma, Australia 500 billions of feet of iun-
Der, and before it can be cut of another
forest would be ready thenthe whole
country IL rnderiaid with soft coal. in
- TO 20 foot veins. and fruit and fish
cries, and mines in sight; several mills
visible, cutting, each. q quarter million
of feet Of pine and fir day; ship tim-
Der that squares four feet to she ssde
10 feet up. Winters never severe, zero
or 20 degrees above. q little chilly, and
summers never hos, q city with all the
modern wrinkles, and real estate with
a boom in IL; city With great future
before, not behi1d Il. Tacoma Is its
mated rival. The Northern Pacific has
a track to Seattle, bat won't use it,;
they'll see IL IL won't. They von't have
anything in common. not sven the
mountain peak: no 90 operation even In
that, bat jealousy. In Seattle they call
10, a. they ought, Mount Rainier" in
Tacoma, Mount Tacoma" Is il q
glorious dome of eternal snow. with a
glacier, AMI once volcano. Gravity
does nos afeai lit noats as bubble
10 the azure. and when sunset eilds II
the air blossoms like an immense pink
rose. the mountain blossoms in purple
and red" At 10 a. m, after chalkine
all our hats and bounets as hotels, the
citizens took as In two boats across
the hay and gave Us q clam bake. In
the woods on that point. Judge Lewis
mounted q stump and made funny
speech of welcome, In exactly his old
style. saving the beverage vas light
even for Iovans (the beer was flowing
-
1t vas q good State. he thoaRht, till
be found a better. and nov IL 10 good
State 10 leave; he bid rs welcome to
the seat of empire and 10 the-clams
and things am not partial TO CLANS;
they are leatbery. and tbs like eating q
bats wing; they are no nearer being
meat than pretxels are to being bread;
but 10 vas q novelty ve all priced We
found shells and, over turning stones.
saw a world OF marine wonders. star
nsh. sea urchius. crabs. cacumsers. eels,
and lots Of amazingly curious things
that Prof. I'd. 8. Meany of the univer-
sity and local prsss told me the names
Of. A hideous old hae Of q squav was
digging CLANS With q stick. q cross be-
tween Caliban and q witch.
Seattle 10 lSo miles ffea the 60. and
nearer the Orient, not 20 mention Alas
Ia, snan Portland or San Francisco.
Ihe Japan warm cnrrent lapst The shores,
and gives the latitude Of Newfoundland
the warm, humid climate Of the Britiah
Isles lsved BY the Gulf Stream.
We hade the Ssattlers fearful rood
bye they CHEERING. our club singing a.
ve alss cheersA. and ve we're OF.