Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-29

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Z ksfIl oniy sit stfii snd tbink sbous
q toSu BE- vas born IN" Il
The speaker. srttss = corrseeomoens
n Ia ksv York Hsgstd, vss nsssve
4 Wess Brownsville. tes Pssesyfssnfs
viilaae 10 which Mr.. Blsins nfsI sac
- Ilshs, and ahs native snd Hsraad
rossespopdert we're SANDING in frsnt Of |
90 bsuss IN which TOE fepzbiiosn had
.Jcss Iooh sssnnd avbiis and take u
N H. esnsinoed the native WITH
vave 81 bis hand which entirsiy boxsd
~ eomUass. "Ootss 20 think Of u,
,ou'll have 70 tmasins soms shines osf
4 fhs cav that vssen't here when Sfm
- : boV. For ons thing. there vssn't
- satlsosd track bstind the house
-. ara In front shsre sersr's any
1ssty sseaubossa sporting h'Ask smoke
~ uusbina along diftiss essl harass.
rhAss usrsn't any Of sts near iittls
- rsies that came IN With tire factor
- ~ cosi miass. WAX along oar
20 stssss--haif q mile each vay--snd
voo'Is and thirty. ~ forty. aood, soisd,
IA fsslss0oad houses that yon can sea
vers buiis By peorie Who bad sorns
mooeg and good taste, also. Isooh
enross the river; did goo ever sss q
ksn6somsr ooiisoiion Of bills sDd val.
~. and aesees In 40 iitti~ dissaueaf
T6su last inrn around and look behind
500 q this ridge thousand feet hisa.
vith 4 sIope almost ~ steep ss . elm
lost imagine those ugiy mills and mod
ssu brick houses across tbs Fivsf eas of
- vay. ard roo can SEQ that the VII
Iaee mast have looked very pretty sise
~ many old fashioned ht mes yeu see
pssebsd one above another ON sbs Dill.
sldss. Then Imagine this beautiful
Nouonc ahsls river ff,need With trees
md sbs afr snsifsiy oisaf. instead OF
foil Of smoke. and 700 car SOS how
Shinss locked 10 little Jim Bissne from
Shs tine be nrst began to take notice !"
Il required no violent stretch OF
fmsatuatien ts see that the $40 Bsovns-
viIlss, with the river bstsesn, must have
made . charming picsafs Ia the days
bsfofs manafsctosiss cfspt backward
from Pisssbuvs aud hogan crawling 40
she rivers that form The Ohio. On
Wei Bsnvnsviiis's long. single street.
nov monopolixsd ~ = railroad track,
there are iadsed q SANDER Of old
houses whtoa have features deiishtfal
10 Iovsss OF the pioinfcsque. Inside OF
so.ns Of these oi1 bous-s ara great hss-
riso<.-, With high wooden NANTES. sap
uorsnd by heavy ooinmns. others can
sssa ana IND old clocks thgt waaid ersste
4 s-psatlou q = bfio-a tsac suctiou IN
Nsv York. Bsbisd the asiy bniijtnss
witch fringe tbs opposite bank OK the
river. 10 nsownsviIle propsr. are ios OF
nasro0. winding, billy streets, foil OF
ooaipt old houses, and basiness 10 ~
duII thas there 10 no indaocment 10 tear
down the cottages and rscihos tnsm
With houses iarper and ssiisf. ihe
visv from Mr.. Blaius's earlier home
Gas, indeed. ons 10 deiishs ana satisfy
Ths houss In which Blaine vas born
3 Tar ths largest Of ths oidsr bniidines
IN the nsiabboshood. ArchitsctnrAliy,
o. veil A. in point Of six% IL sili CON-
pare fAvcrabiy With many an old Dntrh
manor bonas OF ffeneh ohs,esu. II 10
!, 20 she most thorough ruth ia the Mo
NOS. ,aheIs valley. The original buiid.
ian ,,bioh Bls,ns's father pureh ssd
more III. q sixty years ago, wss about
fovtg Zee, vide. two stories aud a bali
hiah. built q. Idly Of stone. covered sitb
slacso. and psinted in imitation OF
cream colofed brisk. Along the entire
front II a possis poftiao. snpported eS
rtsuusi soiumns Of brick. TINS bnilding
the elder Blsins made several times lar.
aes By Q solid L.sbapsi atditinc OF
brick. The window of the addition are
vssy large, thongh the psnes OF glass
are oniy eight By tsn inchsa. al tns
doors are capped BY Norman arches Ia
brick. aud Ia ons OF the gables IL q
ssmi-oiscular viudnx, the base Inns OF
which measures about fifteen feet. but.
alas, ihs great vindov IL nov oiosed by
hos sds; there IL not enough whole glass
IN ths entire house TO oil q single sash
. PIG ssye IL built aGslnst the base of
the possico. ihs rotten hoos OF which
weld tFsmhis under she football Of \
cat. TIE honss has long been nnooea.
pied except By sqoastefs, who have
made room OF Two tenahle.
A. the Herald cofrespondsnt looked
over and tbroarh the battling. the IA
tive vho had volunteered a. guide esn-
Sinued his efforts TO dlve~t the sGrfoand-
tass Of all modern additions and 10 IN.
DO the savasss Of Times remorse.ess
tooth.
.From this porsics % the river. when
I Gas boy" said he. there was nesh
ing but clean. grassy slope. through
vhieh vas road leading TO the ferry
there was no bridge then 10 connect the
tvo towns Look across that dirty
railroad embankmcnt behind the house
aad yoa'li ne. she Of tie bandsomeat
mouutsip evses In The vorid. Jim's
father was always knevn as having 80
es-s fcs the bsst ~ everything. aud be
sbo,-ed 10 by b1yine thls particular es-
tate. His orchard, arspefy and asrdeu
we're en- sho lower part OF The slope--
pesfsct dsah. aee. 700 sec. as well as alb
soluss pre,ess.ou against the bard
winds that always come from the west,
And this psrtlse--shinA what place u
must have been for toe OF taree ffients
20 chat over Pipe and glass"
"it must have been q glorious eouhtFy
for boys.' suggested the Correspondent.
-Ah. wssn's itf Zach family lad
either a battesu, which IL The game
thins ~ q ska. sxcept thai both ends
are square, or q tusont. which Is west,
cru for canoe. There wera slests Of
Dish Ia The river and io,s ef gsns IN tbs
woods. aud ihars v "a stlii sa lndiau or
tso remaining. whe ccaid tell n DTS
lies ~ ans boys ears coaia sska In. Al.
these wsre great times We BOYS baa
no oesss.oa TO enyy boys sisashHfe.N
"tiiAipe was eantcnte3 Dor .heng'
III be vssn's, his loaks b,iisi hiea.
far ne cas- the ohesrtcsi by | ever
knew, Meet hin anywhere, 10 any ear
cumstar, vs-and even Ia this, tfsd's
country, ~, canidnt sometimes help
nraIns tae weather Toe set ard aintay
fos bali. or usarbss~. OF sit- ntirg. 90
M snasse- Bow seioss sere
w~ always could be ssfe 81 nadins Jlsn
Blaine smiling, eonteutsd a1i .assy,
making the beet az things Ia stssh To
body else esnld naa ANYTHING tot tie
worst"
1T 10 said .hss NJ. Rlains's father
xss tie pFeudsss man 80 Washington
ccunty. Was yoane jtGs sBythgrg s'ks
bin 10 thai rrssscsT"
Not that ] can FsneuheF. Jssa EAs
always a hish tsntS feiio~. bat Ess 10
tie least eypish. There we're sonas
hpys be would scsrNeiv spesS 10, est
tss<p's on acsssat OF poverty OF eaHa-
mon parsntase, Jfea's only avsFs;s1s
were rneAn boys and the.s vito tos1
dissv sser,ss."
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