Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-05-21
Chambers Prairie Items.

No. 5 Of the first volume of the Peno-
graph, manuscript newspaper issued by
the pupils of Chambers Prairie public
school, dated 18th instant, is before US,
from which We extract the following local
intelligence:
Nry Israel, of Yelm, 10 still very i'll.
Will strawberries are very plentiful and
unusually large. They have begun TO
ripen.
Pidgeons are numerous in this locality.
They ART damaging the grain fields by
picking up the spr,uting grdln.
On Friday, May 18th. the school of Dis
irict No II will close and the Paragraph
will he suspended till school opens in the
Fall.
Little Clara Ruddell met with painful
accident last Tuesday. In thrusting q
cloth into = pail-full Of hot water, her arm
was scaIded from her wrist to the elbow
The cloth projected her hand somew hat
and only the palm WAS injured.
CHUCK Nsse," an Indian, died on the
Nisquslly reservation, last week. He was
an old man and well known here
His erect military bearing, when ON horse
back, made him as imposing specimen
ct the red nan race As could be found ON
the Sound.
The many friends Of Mr.. George Ray
mond will be grieved to learn that he met
with serious accident last Friday lie
WIS taking q load TO town, when the clevis-
pin fell out and the single.tree fell on the
horses heels. They ran away, and Mr.,
X. WAS thrown about ten feet, falling ON his
side. His injuries are very painful, bu'
We hope not dangerous.
Mr. George Collins will soon have n
boat put on the lake near his home, af
fordinga fine opportunity for spor'smcn
and others to explore the quiet beauties OF
this beautiful sheet of water There has
never been any kind of water craft ON this
lake within the memory of the oldt 81 in.
habitant Possibly the dusky savage may
have padded canoe over its pelucid wa
tcr,, in ages gone by, but if so, there is n"
symbol left for record.
Saturday afternoor Mr.. and Ms. George
Collins extended the inequalities Of lteir
beautiful home ~ the friends of their sD.,
Master Stowe Collins. Early in the after
noon the friends gathered on the lawn for
croquet, and in the par.ors for music. Al
five o'clock dinner was servcd-a dinner
as tempting and as dainty as good cooking
and refined taste could make it, The day
was cloudless and the occasion JOYOUS,
stamping memory with picture of bright
but indelliblc colOrs.
Here is an Essay on Boys" the joint
production Of two girls, who sign them
selves "Grace and Hannah:
There is not in all the world another
such an inc0mprehensible animal as a
boy. Hc continually does those things
that he should not do. and leaves undone
these things he should do. Yet, in neg
alive way, their is much good in a boy
He is good to be waited upon by hi.
, mother and sisters, and good to annoy his
father. He is sometimes good to break
windows, to sharpen saws by running them
in the groun'l, and to put an edge on hat
chefs by carving rocks with them. boy
is never found when he is wanted, or
wanted when he is found. If kept in Il
good humor, they make very good friends
Frank White gives his opinion Of
"Girls," in the following language:
This Is a very delicate subject to han
| die, especially in mixed school. Girl,
cry when you hit hard. and don't know
Of any other way of discussing the subject
I A girl will fiddle around all day with .
q doll, trying to make its dress fit, and thi
is what their mothers call industry Sucl
girls. it is claimed, will become honOret
p. and useful women. A girl studies better
in school than a boy, because she has no
. so mnch business to look after ~ DO,
has. There is good deal of nonsens'
about girls.
Here is sample Of the Paragraph edi
torials:
1t is now our time to hold up our hand
q at the lawlessness which stalks abroad il
e the land. Our little "Chinesc racket
loses in importance when compared will
the riots in Eastern cities The war be
|. tween capital and the tradesunions rum
bles and dies away only to begin fierce
: than ever. The Knights Of Labor did no
1 lmemorialize Congress and wait, and wal
aud memorabilia again. Kindergarte
lessons will mske impressions, even Of
i Congress.