Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-02

buildings Over q large schosl bsi.dina
IN Iettsis OF IRE ghIcn could be read for
miles across the water, blazsd tie words
Our Pubic Sebool" Inoagh It was
hoS midnight, q large deleRation vas
% hand at the wharf 10 gr=es ns and
conduct us 10 our hotels Retiring a.
once ws arose the next morainR 10 find
ocr kospitable hosts en- hand with teams,
10 afford those disposed q rlde absot
town, and Ia every imaginable way 20
assaFe rs hearty welcome. Tue town
has pornlati-u Of about IL ,oo0, and Is
handsomely and sollcly ouIiE. Several
national banks, large and eonmodl0us
hotels, hne churchee. large stocks of
Qoods, all tend TO c0nvince the visitor
that here b q town OF solid merit and q
eoantry Of great promise 20 the hardy
settier seeking place 10 b0ild him
home and fortune. BY invitation of
our entertainers ve prooeeded from
Ssattie 10 Port BIakely, Just across the
bzy, for a clam bake. Just as vas
taking the boat / was pleasantly sar-
prIsed 10 meet our old friend and neigh
Osf, >. >. Waldo VITO informed me that
ns has turned fsrroer aud setgied upoa. |
fine tract OF land near toe city. MAny
OF nv Older readers, especially those OF
Nev England rearing, need no explanA-
ton OF clam bake, bat 70 me It vas a
flfst experience. WHen We arrived OF
the ground the bake was already In pro-
gress. As near ~ / could see without |
oetrsying my ignorance by asking too |
maHy questions. the process ID OF q very
simple and primitive character. A ire |
was first built on the stones lining tue |
beach, which, the right degree of heat |
Delng reached, Was Faked on and IN the |
bot and glowing bed vas deposited sew
eral bushels of CLAIMS, gathered from the |
sind exposed by the reoedIng tide. Over |
tue heap thus made, were laid vet grass |
and leaves which served TO keep in the |
heat and steam and hasten the cooking |
process. AT the proper time the covering
was removed. disclosing the bake, ripe |
for attack. Each individual clam had |
opened the door Of Its shell IN which it |
lay nicely cooked seemingly asking to be |
eaten. They didn't have to ask that |
crowd twice Not one of the party in |
tended 10 90 home and have it said he |
had missed the clam bake. As one of |
the boys expressed 1t, he had come all |
the way te the Pacific to eat baked |
clam and he felt il his religious dety 10 |
eat it or die in the attempt" Each one |
reached into the steaming pile and |
helps himself. Taking tbs open shell in |
one hand you discover each clam is pro- |
yidsd with little stem or handle (for !
the life of me can't tell you whether it |
is the head or the tail which you Law |
hold of aud lft hinI to your mouth. !
While not inclined 10 20 into raptures |
over this bivalye as an article of diet. /
found it quite palatable and have no |
doubt that one may soon learn to relish /
IL Ill -
Rhode Islander. In addItioR to this /
a fine picnic dinner IL the edge OF /
the adjacent forest, to which We ali did /
ample justice. Indsed, if the hospit.
able people Of Seattle and of other /
places along our route are Oaly chArit-
able enough TO estimate our gratitude |
and appreciation by the size of our ao- /
petites, We have certainly earned a
lasting place in their memory and re-
gard. The forest erovth about as gave |
all she signs of vigorous life and lavish
growth which | have spoken of else
where. Near where our dianer was |
spread | saw common ferns or brakes,
growing from SIX to eight feet in hight /
and canes of wild rose fully ten feet /
long. Judging by my observation (but
without consultation Of the recordsl | |
oonelude that the climate about the /
shores of the Sound compares more /
nearly with that of southern Virginia
and North Carolina than of any local
ity in the Eastern States. The wonder
of this becomes apparent when you
stop to think that Seattle is farther
north than the city OF Que &c, which is
ice-loeked for more than half the year.
But time passes swiftly. and long be
fore We exhausted the pleas
ures Of the clambake, and
shile the oveIhowiDg hospitality OF
our hosts was still planning new schemes
for our entertainment the steamer which
wss to take as to Tacoma came putting
into the little port and vhistled per-
ernptorily fer our return. We leave
these friends With q feeling of genuine
regret. They received u3 royalty, enter
tanned rs most courteously and endeared
themselves 20 as In thousand ways By
the most conslderste and kindly treat
ment. The city Of Seattle certainly has |
great futare. Puget Sound Is simply one
great natural hafbor in which every sail |
OF every nation may ride in safety With /
room TO spare. All afouud her Is an in
estimable wealth Of forest. In her i'm |
mediate vicinity are inexhaussible |
niuns VI cuaA@ Atun ote ~ uoAk ~ uanu.
The soil once cleared is rich and pro
duetive. With the completion of the |
Northern Pacific railroad, Asiatie com-
merce will most quickly reach New |
York through the Sound perts. The |
people Of the Territory are vide awake,
intelligent and progressive. They are |
bound to win snd 10 needs no prophets |
vision to see IN their near future success |
and s1raar,n ritv au~h a : hava r,laasaa fasu
communities In this favored land.