The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-02

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dstxeesffne Dc yrsrsi1 ~ hxingfng private
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ths press. ~ fed Justified in this instance.
snasnuch - The snmmons sets fostA - .
eauss q acsion. thss ~ ara. and hsve been.
for he space Of Ten yeaxs, . confirmed
drunksrd without hope Of recovery. and
tossliy unwilling 10 provide for. and main
tain oar sid vie.
THAT - have Ken given % drink. Ne
do not. at this time. andertake 70 deny or
in any vsy controvszt. bat that Ne cannot
quit Is sny time, - do most earnestly
contend
I'm 1857. on the 9Th day Of July, Ne mar
rssd our via. II vas joyful day. and
earth had never looked 70 as 20 fair or 20
desirabie q summer resort . Il did that
day. The flowers hloomed. the air was
fresh and exhisaxating, the little birds and
the hens poured forth their respective LAYS
IL was day long TO be remembered and II
seemed ~ though We had never seen Nature
get up and hump herself 10 b. 30 attractive
~ she did on this special morning-the
morning Ut Ill morninGs-the morning On
which Ne married our wife.
Little did Ne then dram that after ten
years Of varying forsune Ne would today
give utteyance TO this editorial. or that the
steam power press Of the Hsennse< would
squat this legal notice for divorce. rsscssio
81 fkDyo. into the virgin page OF our paper.
Bat such Ii the case Our wife has aban-
d0ned rs 10 our fate. and has seen fit 10
publish the notice In what We believe to be
the spiciess paper published we1of the
Missouri river 1t Vas not necessary that
the notice should Be- published. We we're
ready at any time to admit service. pro-
vided that plaintiff would serve IL while We
were sober We can not agree to remain
sober sitter 10 O'Clock q m, In order TO
give people chance to serve notice on US.
But "a this case plaintiff knew the value OF
advertising. and she selected paper that
goes 70 the better classes ali over the
Union When our wife does anything she
does it right.
tFudged along together. Ii has been q
record Of errors and failures on our part:
record OF heroic devotion and forbear-
ance on the part Of our wife. II Is over
now. and with nothing 10 remember that
is not soaked full Of bitterness, and
wrapped up In red flannel of remorse, we
60 forth today and herald our shame By
publishing TO the world the fact that. rs
husband, We are depressing failure. while
as red-eyed and rum-soaked ruin and
ali-round drunkard. we are . tropical tn
umph. We print this without egotism and
We point 10 IL absolutely withoutyain-
glory.
.'Ah. why we're We made the custodian
Of this fatal gift, while others were denied 7
II Twas about the only talent We had. bat
have not wrapped il up In . napkin some
times We have put cold wet towel on it,
but We have never hidden it under .
bushsl. We have put 1t out at 3 per cent.
month, and IL has grown To be = thirst
that is worth coming al the way from
Omaha 10 zee. We do not gloat over IL.
We do not say ill this 70 the disparage-
ment OF other bright young drinkers, who
came here 81 the same time, and who had
equal advantages with us. We do not
wish 70 speak lightly Of those whose pros
poets Tor filing drunkard's grave were at
one time even brighter than ours We
have simply sought 10 hold our position
here In the grandest galaxy of extempor-
sneous inebriAtcs in the wild and wooly
West We do not wish to vaunt our ewn
prowess. but We say. without fear OF sue
cessful contradiction, that We have done
what We could.
"0n the fourth page Of this number will
Be found. among other announcements,
the advertisement of our wife, who IL about
70 open mp the old laundry II the corner of
Third and Cottonwood streets. in the
Briggs building. We hope that our citi-
Gems will accord her = generous patronage,
not 50 much on her husbands account.
bat because she Is deserving woman and
good Iaundress. We with that we could
as safely recommend every advertiser who
patronizes these columns rs We can our
wife.
.'unkind critics will make cold and un-
feeling remarks because our wife has de-
cided TO take in washing; and they will
look down on her, no doubt, but she will
not mind it. for Il win be pleasing relaxs-
ton to wash. after the ten years Of torch
light procession and Mardi-Grss froIic she
has had with US. Ii IL tiresome, OF course.
10 chase piilow-case up and down the
wash-board all day, but IL Is easier and
peasanter than il is 10 run one-horse
Inebriase Home for ten years on credit.
'Those who have read the Pf.enpeed for
the past three years will remember that IL
has not been regarded as an outspoken
temperance organ. We have never claimed
hat for 1t. We have simply claimed that
50 Tar as We were personally concerned, We
could take liquor or we could let it alone.
That has always been our theory. We
still make that claim. Others have said
the same thing, but were unable TO do a
they advertised. We have been taking IL
right along, between meals, for ten years
We now propose, and so state In the pros.
peetus. that We viii lei il alone. We leave
the public TO judge whether or no, we can
do what we claim
After the foreman bad sci up the above
editorial he went Ia 10 speak % the editor.
but be was stlll siumhering. He shook him
mildly. but he did not wake. Then Elijah
took him by the collar sud lifted him up
30 that he could see the editors face.
IL was pale. still face. firm in its new
resolution TO forever .'iet it alone - On
the temple and under the heavy sweep of
brown hair there Was a powder burned
spot and the cruel affidavit of the Smith
4 Wesson" that our wife had obtained her
decree.
The editor OF the Eszea.sesS had demon
stratet that be could drink or he could let
1t alone.
Happy Adam and Eve.
Warrington ross
When you come to think of it coogly