The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-07

uuring a considerable PORTO of the
month, with sufficient castcrly infusion
10 give biting sensation to the atmos-
phere. The range of the thermometer
was from 81 degrees ON the 9th, to 9 de-
grecs TN the 26th, the mean daily tenn
pcrature being 1858 degrees, against a 4
degrees in February, 1899. Total rainfall
for last mOntn 1853 inches, the largest
February precipitation for the last seven
years. the average February rainfall hav-
ing been 275 inches. The month has
been about equally DIVIDED between fair
and cloudy days. The range of the ba-
rOmeter has been from 29. go to 3079.
About six inches Of snow fell during the
month. Unusually disagreeablc weather
here would seem to be traceable the
prevalence of continuous severe storms Oh
the coast and in the mountains.-Evcry
SUNDAY.
The Sa.sop Company's new store was
opened last week. The main store room
is 80 feet wide and about l3o feet lon G
the upper floor being supported by pillars
through the center of the room. The
front is devoted to dress goods and cloth
ing line, while the back part is entirely
taken up with groceries, hardware and
keeper, Frank Ellis. is installed in a
neat office enclosed on one side of the
o'm. The upper floor is packed with
supplies in bnlk, for use when needed
aud an elevator carries the g0ous between
The floors The back room is fitted with
thirteen separate stalls. for each camp
and department. and rs acquisitions come
10 the orders are filed and placed in the
proper stalls awaiting transportation up
The line Everything is very conveniently
arranged.
The Puget Sound oyster is a delicate
and sweet mOrscl although it does not
grow very large; hardly the size of the
biggest edible oysters in the world, which
are fnnud in South Australia. An ex-
change says that they are as large as a
dinner late and the same shape. They
are sometimes more than a foot across
the shell. and the oyster fits his she'll So
we'll he does not leave much margin. II
is new sensation, when friend asks
you to lunch at Adelaide, To have one oys.
ter set before you fried in butter, eggs, or
bread crumbs. But it is very pleasant
sensation, for the flavor and delicacy OF
the Port LidcOln mammOths are proven
bal in that land of luxures.
Governor Ferry, who has lived in Wash
ington nearly twenty years, recently re-
marked that he had never known it to
clear off cold in February before. When
the winter rains begin to abate, as they
usually do in this month. the weather is
invariably warm. Sometimes it is too
warm for the safety of the fruit crop.
Seven years ago tile buds got so far ahead
huf hnctrnx.0H hn frI1l n thof
year. This weather IS unprecedented
Wednesday morning the mercury was
Gown TO IL and the old settlers that have
isles in February, felt that there must be
bureau.-Review.
One of the cOmmOnest mistakes made
is by people In answering question as to
their age. You meet young man who
announces with an invitation to come and
"smilc" with him that he is "2l years old
today" In nineteen cases out of twenty
he is, as matter of fact, but 20 years of
age. He dates his age from his birthday,
not from its anniversary. | have no
doubt that thousands upon thousands of
young men have marched to the polls un-
der the impression that they had reached
the requisite 81 years and were entitled to
vote, who were lacking of citizenship by
a year or the greater part of it-Giobe
Democrat.
Our local of two weeks ago about the
begging woman found its way into the
Aberdeen Herald, with the further COM
ment that she had piled her vocation
there. Tie people of this country are
very generous and charitably inclined
and no case fails in getting help. Don't
give the travelling mendicants anything
but the offer of work. Those We know of
as really needy from among our own
people, should be helped as the case may
warrant, as in the case of the Brown fam.
lily this week, the husband has had
trouble with his eyes, and been sick for
sometime past, and the mother Also
Angus McClain writes from the Olym-
pia Jail: Il wish you would please cor
rect this mistake of Ida McClain s death
for she did not die at the Olympia Hos
pital, she died a. her mothers home in
Seattle, February the eighth and was
brought up to Olympia Monday the 10th,
and was buried the same day in the. ODD
Fellows cemetery where her two children
lie, and her age was 80 years" Our in
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in the hospital at Olympia.
Henry Martin. who, when last heard
from was at work in the Union River
logging camp at Clifton. in this county, is
wanted Immediately 10y his widowed
mother, Mrs. l.. P. Durham. Hawkinson,
Richland county North Dakota. ANY
one possessing any infOrmationT about
said Martin living or dead. will confer a
great favor by reporting to Mrs. Dunham,
or the Editor.
Beginning with its issue of March 8,
West Shore will have a Woman's De-
partment conducted by Ella Higginson.
the welI-known poet and author This
department will make that excellent il.
Illustrated journal especially interesting to
the women of the west, both young and
old Ella HigginsOn's reputation as a
writer OF verse and fiction is national, and
West Shore is to be congratulated upon
securing her services.
Two New Bargains: Neat dwelling and
corner lot on Third street, we'll located
and cheap; room to build on front of lot.
Also. claim of $40 acres good agricultural
land halt.mile frontage on Mason Lake;
three and-a-half millions of fine timber
aud 1000 piles on the claim: Good house
and TWO acres of grass Call at this office.
We have received from j. G. Vaughn,
box 6SS, Chicago, a package of his we'll
known seeds, and also copy of his large
illustrated catalogue for 1899. Vaughn
is 4S hours nearer the Pacific coast than
any establishment capable OF supplying
a complete list of seeds, flowers or plants.
The cattle owned by John Wiudoffer,
near Holds Canal, were in very bad
shape last week, owing to the deep snow
in that vicinity, SO they could scratch up
no feed. He drove his herd to the Canal
and Is now feeding them on some marsh
hay, owned by John McReavy.
Believing that most of our Subscribers