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

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NAMED In eennecttoo vith tbs psest-
dsscs." snsassGed shs correspondent
sHss - old - Be. reserssd the old
man. AN Pa all used 90 With rhe7ens
tsz, like ano<s sz3y other fsau thss uas .
boy vita ~. Coms 10 think Of is.
shooek. him an his folks vas smart
snoasb to ess cot q sEis damp seras in
the tssountains"
some selks.s whispered the a1ids.
~ses ssssr houses rsgps against the soil
u tie siiIssds and sfssu blame the ell
z1asz tor thsis yheassssn and consomp-
ton. Bat say, La. did zoo ever beat
Jim rowing OF swtmnirRf
Mot that I can semsWbeR. onsbes
san Any body esss. 1 guess. jim hsd TOO
much fnnscie an innas 10 10 bess ~
any fhtfe that nseded strength. Used
70 make ae mad, though, the wav bed
alssys e5ne ccs Of any tnssse. lookss-'
ffesn an serunssioas. wolfe !, o. any
ssess fellow vBs happened 10 BE- to u.
would look eli suckessd oct"
sIhss's 4 fsci." said another ustive;
200 matter boz hasi Jim bad played
Al anyshfrg. he always looked fsesh
snsosh TO begin again and do u oil
ever
Jim Bisinez' said genial Bonifaes
oa toe other side Of toe river, As ho
| esssd . ts.f dollar which tbs cores
o,ndsbt psodsred In payment fer bis
| dinner. "Weii, vssh l hsd ono Of
thess eolas for every TINA I've seen him
spisshin2 asuund 10 the river here.
fbsrs wasn't any complaining shout
boys swimming cioee 70 houses Ia those
days. MAybe sha eiSis dsdn't hsvs spy-
glasses then. You'vs heard The spy
glass story, s0ppossr'
The correspondent recalled Governor
Peer sissyesznt. blushed and changed
tbs subject By ssyina:
Everybody spsaks veil Of Blaine ~
. boyi dad his rspatatioa Lass INTO man
hoodr'
"Yoa'il have 10 ask At Washington,
The county town. about that, Jin veni
there 30 college whon be vas only thir'
leen."
"Thirtsenf Asen'. yoa mistaken By
two or three yearsf"
mo. That question comes up afrest
In this tevn about ancs IN six months
ana IL has beec proved again and again
that yonng Blaioe vas onis Thirteen
xhsa b. matrteuiated. Bat believe b
might havs catered earlier had ht
tried. Hs knew everything that comic
he taught him IN school, all be cou.t
learn 81 home, and be had such 3 gen
iiemaniy vsy OF going 10 the smarter
men 10 Tue village aud asking spesia
questions thai u was pleasure 70 ans
yer him."
How vas hs when DO came bach
from ooilsgef"
"He didu't come back. Just before
be grad mated his father was eiscssd pro
shoaotafy Of the county, and tbs vhois
family moved 20 Warrington. ID,
oouusy town. 'ruas great loss TO TIL.
nciGhborhood, for Jim's father and
mother, although rather dignified snc
reserved 10 manner. vere tne very bssl
Of neienbors and citizens Their wore
vas ss z iod ~ any sody's b1ad. 81
Vas Jiui's-"
Said another old resident: "Yoy
should have soen the Tremendous turn
cot Ia this county when Biaius csm,
through here fec years ago. IL ,hes'
had been Q general election that ds,
fno opposition vouldn't have go
eueseh votes 10 count. He Was as If.
fsbls aud friendly 10 everybody as II ns
had aixays lived here. fou should heal
tbe man who lived In tue old Balm,
house At the lime seii Of sim's hna man
nefs IS he asked permission to iooh
through the old house and see the room
10 winch he uss born. By the way
that building IL being distributed piso,
By piece all over the tniou- Saot
,hinss sometimes happen to homes 81
sfaat men Who havs died, bu. iivinS
men are seldom % compiimsnsed."
! Containing his researches, the Herald
correspondent looked for some one vhs
had known yeuse Blaine ss college.
prominent merchant 10 o large city
saidl
Il ought TO know Blains very veil,
Tor lived IN his home for a year OF
moro while we Vere al Washington Dol
leps toestser. That was rot tbs frs, oil
our srq1ainsanoe, either, For we wtfs
brouabt rp vsEy near eaca other IN
Western feunsy!vsnia. We lived on
| spyss sides of the Aononeshe ella
Jim's bsms icing AZ West Brovsssilie
ba, IL took son1tn'ua bigger than saah
river 10 kesp boys apart in those Gays
for playmases we're not ~ plen;ifa! q:
tbev arc now"
what was his reputation In those
daysf'
cit vas unusual aud peculiar far a
boy. lie gas very smart, very lively
aud yet no one ever heard any com
visint sEatsss him ou any score What
ever. tie hsd all tue natural txl5er
ance OF heaisby bty-and What a
hesishy boy be was, G3odne.sl
cab't feGali 10 thu ebtife cisy b0y
physically "a handsome aud vivaoions
~ Jim Blame. People tslk sbsat the
human race tnproyIce, generation By
generation. hut II Jim vas a fsir spscs-
men Of BIS asy and AGE III like - see
the Issvea ~ tue almanac turned haos
fofty or Atty years. Hts ete xas lsrge,
40 wss lie gagil-it seemed aims. ,um-
iusns somtsimssi his oomVirIiop "a,
So isir ard clear As n QiTl's, sud tsaeFs
was splendid bic crimson hlosoh 90
/ each eh ek thai so ~car.nsss. sxertson
az Sid ooaia remove. Add b.s siEeE 40
wty, he vas yonnz balloek; bis
| che.t sas almost As ruGoi as harf,l. "
"rnen hs mast have heaa 80 sesfss
axe fsliaw,n
Net IN tie lsasL Ha lad spy sfeoaat
If so stfsaas vitality. oct he ussef
worked u OF IN uRi,uess- Ga ihe Gee
traFs. his energies. oat OF sch0el. ran
| alnsssi entirely 90 yiasfuiBess. While
other eoys woaii be scuiaine aud hsat-
ine. Jlm would es siy'y eharsias lie
coaients Of tteir rcckets OF rot,irs