The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-24

characteristic of the Northwest as the
sunbonnet is of the South. Below Mason
Dixon's Justly celebrated line the sunbon-
net is remarkably prevalent. Quite gen.
orally ii is made of black material The
black sunbonnet is one of the saddest
things / know OF. Especially is this true
If ii has lost its vertebra. One can stand
the yertebrated sunbonnet. but not the
other kind. In fact it cannot stand ITSELF
The fiip-hap sunbonnet, made of Grape
or black calico and belonging to the
radiata or molluska family, would cast a
gloom over a hanging and take away all
its cheerful aspect. The enervated sun
bonnet made of q large black pancake
that soured before it could raise" is a
sad sight. While | have been tempted in
my youth to sneak up into the fragrant
recesses of a freshly-starched white sun
bonnet and linger there for an instant. L
do not think could have done so if it had
been one of the black and neryously pros
trated variety. 1t seems so now. at least.
The buffalo overcoat, however. is pass
ing away. Two years ago l noticed
in st. Paul and Minneapolis only seven or
eight of them. and they were almost en-
tirely bald. With the determination of
the buffalo, l judge that the buffalo
overcoat will become more and more diff
cult to obtain. l have reasoned this out
during the past winter besides doing NV
| am getting accustomed to it now, so that
it does not produce a nervous shock apy
more. / am getting so l like it,
The soldier overcoat has passed away.
and soon the buffalo overcoat will go. The
old gentleman wearing large gray shawl
and gimlet cane, carved out by a convict
in the state penitentiary, is also fading
away.
Yesterday one of these gentlemen got
on the train outside OF Cincinnati, with a
large black workbasket, capable of hold
ing about half bushel. When we got to
Hamilton, he slipped ont at the rear plat
form and opened basket, ejecting a large
and melodious cat therefronl.
1t was tall, gaunt cat. of the Theodore
Thomas variety, and had wild expression
of countenance, like John J. ingalls, when
apowerful electric light strikes his specta-
Giles Just right.
The cat lit ont down the track like n
long, black pencil mark, and I'll bet my
West Shore dividends for this year that
he was in Cincinnati two trains ahead of
the old man in the gray shawl
The following letter was shown me by
a physician friend of mine in Ohio. He
sends it to me to show that women do
not have monopoly OF the postscript
business:
1892
Shelby ohio march eight Docter-sir got
one OF your pamphlets on the treetls OF fnhailiug
medsfns up the nose and was too see Mrs
baker who is a sufferer from your treetis < thru
them am indused TO write you and ask OFT you
your iowist terms off treetis for we are not able
TO pay much as we have bin paying out &
paying out for sickness & still no better so
thot would write you and give you my simp-
toms head ache pain in chest bIonicle tubes
Affected shortnes of breath with a good eel of
hawking and nervousness once in a while n
site feaver and also chiiness now please let
us no in next mail what you think you can do
for me and the least you can do it Tor direct
TO Shelby richland Co Ohio.
BENJAMIN KRIPEs
ps am bilious and have bin ali the time have
to take medicine all the time it is my tcifs and
not nae that is sick. h KRiPEs
Isn't that just like a man, to go on that
way all through the letter without stop
ping for breath, feed, water or semi-coIons,
and then lay the whole business off on his
wife?