The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-01-30

had TO 90 on was the report that Senator
Squire and Allen had recommended Han
ford. II there is one thing in political
life that makes q man feel ilatter than an
other, It is this business Of premature
announcement and subsequent soup.
N.H
During . very jolly ''straW ride" given
BY Mrs. Vance to . party Of her young
friends, in the moonlight, Tuesday even.
ing, there was some singing on the road
as is quite proper and nice with q merry
company; but some one struck high
note, which reminded the Receives
Of story. He said It was . chestnut,
yet no one heFeabouts appears to have
heard IL: There was once Q Reformed
stockbrokeT who began going to church
and one nice religious evening the singing
started up with shrill-yoiced soprano in
the lead. She was particularly high thai
evening, and came out strong in
aTen thousand foes arissP'
not getting beyond the ''ten thousand"
before breaking.
The Reformed Stakeholder thereupon
suggested: "shi Sister. Start Il ct fl.
thousand and WOrk 'er upF"
Sss
We are not without our fast road
sters, and "the boys" say Dr.. Heg's Blue
Dick Is one Of them. Boyd Cuninghame,
Of the MOxee, used to ride Blue Dick
until the doctor bought him, since when
be has now and then driven single. Last
week he left Nations stable 70 visit q
patient in the old town, made the round
trip Of nine miles, stopped twenty min
utes with his patient, and landed home
in just seventy minutes from the start.
Blue Dick should DO used to chase the
Blue Devils.
Speaking Of devils reminds rs Of q
Chinaman who works on . ranch near
town and sleeps in q room over the
kitchen. He has his Chinese idea Of
ghosts and visitatiOns, and he told the
women folks one day:
''Debbil come in my loom (room) las
night"
"WhAt" tand he repeated the state
ment tribe clearer.)
"What did he do?"
Him walk on flo' and him walk on
bed; bimeby him all same dance like
sand under him feet"
"Hurt your"
mo; 60 way in one hour; come one
clock 60 way two clock"
The Chinaman reported the "debbil"
several morning., until Il transpired that
some one had told him Of the death in
that room, year ago, Of . gardener en-
ployed on the place, 20 no more was
thought about 1.-THE Imagination &C
counting for the 'ehost''- one cold
morning last week Lee came bringing q
little brown owl from the barn, frozen
stiff and dead, and showed Il 10 the
children, remarking:
Now him debbil no come any more.
Owl catch 'em lat, (Fat)-debbil catch
EN- owl. That nuf-he no more come
back
me eook On tne same ranch boasts Of
somesnlns almost hke citisenshlP' and
el-Pl,ys : maiiiase certincate ne brought
nom noise elty, Nhere DC maIfiedSennle
Lung IN American style. ne u very
ptCuo y ne eeIuncate, which % an
eiAoofa.e anail Niin siaring req roses ail
around y - plg e saucers. ne says he
mas anosnel we IN China ana then goes
moarniuiiy ABOUT ms diah washing e
.nouen sises were not ah man needs m
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payer iuliy realised ne ownership IN
bridges ana other county properly %
We 90. IN lit'le group yesterday some
one suggested that sudden thaw would
enaaneet ING mckee bridge, and every
man pLlc ne. % ms ear e though some