The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-06
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the following tester, dAteo @t SeAttte, w. T., to the Boston GieSs.
 | am up here oD the Sound in two senses. l rode down to-day from Taco ma on the Sound, and tonight 1 shall lecture at Frye's opera house
 Seattle is a good town. The name lacks poetic warmth, but some day the man who has invested in Seattle real estate will have reason to pat himself on the back and say Ina, ha," or words to that effect. The city is situated on the side of large hill and commands a very fine view of the worlds most calm and be au,iiul collection of water, Puget Sound.
 Icanuot speak too highly of any sheet of water on which can rde all day with no compunction of digestion. He who has tossed for days upon the bEiny deep gill understand this and appreciate ;s, even if he never tossed upon the angry deep, if it happened to Dc all he had, he ~ill he glad to know that the Sound IS a good piece of water to ride on. The gentle reader who has crossed the raging main and borro ~ed high priced meals oi the steamship company for days and days, will agree with me that when we can ind a mooth piece of water to ride on we should lose no time in crossing il.
 In Washington Territory the women vote, That is no novelty to me, of course, for lived in Wyoming for seven years, where women vote, and held office all the time And still people say that fr- male voters are poor judges ot men, ana that any pleasing $1 Adonis who comes along and asks for their suffrages will ge, them.
 Not much!!
 Wom an is a keen and correct judge of mental and moral worth. Without stop. ping to give logical reasons for her course, perhaps, she stil. chooses with unerring judgment at the polls.
 Any one who doubts thus statement will do well to go to the old poll books in Wyoming and examine my overwhelm- ing maioriues-wilh a powerful magni- fer.
 have just received from Boston a warm invitation to be present in that city on Forefather's day" to take part in the ceremonies and joln in the festivities oi that occasion.
 Forefathers, tthank you! Though this reply will not reach you for long time perhaps, 1 desire to express to you my deep appreciation of your kindness, and though l can hardly be regarded as a forefather myself, l assure you that sympathize with you.
 Nothing would give me greater plea sure than to be with you on this day oi your general jubilee and 10 talk over old times with you.
 One who has never experienced the thnll of genuine joy that wakens man to glad realization of the fact that he is a foTefAther cannot understand its full significance. You alone know how it Is yourself, you can speak fsom experience.
 In fancys dim corridors see you stand, away back in the early dawn of OUT national day, with the tallow candle dropping and dying in the socket, asyou waited for the physician to come and am nounce to you that you were f,reiather.
 Forefathers, you have done well. Others have sought to outdo you and wrest the laurels from your brow, but they did not succeed. As foTefatheTs you have never been successfully scooped.
 hope that you will keep up your justly celebrated organization. If fore father allows his dues to get in arrears, go to him kindly and ask him like a brother to put up. If he refuses to do so, fire him. There is no reason why man should presume upon his long standing as a forefather to become insolent to other forefathers who are far his seniors. As a rule, notice .ha, i, is the young amateur forefather, who has only been so few days, in fact, ~hc is arrogant and dis. obedient.
 have often wished that we could sb. serve Forefathers' day" more gener- ally in the west. Why we should allow the eastern cities to outdo us in this matter, while we hold over them in some other ways, cannot understand. Oar church sociabies aud homicides in the west will compare favor Ably with those of the effcter cities of the Atlantic dope. Our educational institutions and embez. zlers are making rapid strides, especially our embezzlers. We are cultiva,ing a certain air of refinement and naughty reserve which enables us at times 10 fool the best judges. Many of our western people have been to the Atlantic sea. board and remained all summer wi,hou, falling into the hands of the bunko artist A COW gentleman friend of mine who bAthed his plump limbs in the Atlantic last summer, daring the day, and mixed himself up in the mary dance at night, told me on his return that he had epj oyed the summer immensely, but that he had returned financially depressed.
 "Ah," said with an air of superiority which often assume while talking to men who know more than do, "you fell into the hands of the cultivated con- 6dence men2'
 "No, William" he said sadly, worse than that, worse than that l stopped at a seaside hotel. Had gone to New York city and hunted up the gentlemanly bunko man and the Wall street dealer in lambs pelts, as ny better judgment prompted, 1 might have returned with funds. Now am almost insolvent. begin life again with great sorrow, and the same old Texas steer with which 1 ;~ta ka ~atsl. iuAastgu See