The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1893-06-23

ward me, and the artist is liable TO make
picture of him, am brought to see
that it would be great wrong.
The moral Of theabove incident is that
the man who is wise and who has been
abroad as far as Escanaba, Mich, or Is
quimalt, b. c., will open the escape
vGlvc of T. radiator when it acts that way
and let the hot water squirt and squirt
and squirt He will not try to save the
carpet.
New Whatcom and Fairhaven together
constitute a beautiful semicircle about
Bellingham bay in the new state of
Washington. Fairhaven is quiet just
now, good lplace to think in or bring
up'a family, but 1t fears not. 1t is gen.
orally believed that James Hill is wait
ing till property gets low enough to buy
readily. then will scoopit in and establish
the terminus of the Great Northern rail.
road there. Should he do this he would
have one of the pleasantest private towns
OH the coast.
do not know whether he will do so or
not. Some think he WILL and some think
he will not. once lived In q town for
some time and held two lots with the
hope that Mr.. Gould would build there
and erect large shops employing over a
thousand men, but AR. Gould died with.
out having done so. Finally exchanged
the lots for an agents prospectus of THE
Family and Horse Doctor Book" and be-
gan TO canvass for tho Same at rs per
cent of the receipts.
Is,; a,,l NA,t, yVhoton,,, ,,.,tl,
transcontinental road would be great
success. All they lack is people. That
is true of this whole region.
More honest sweat and less scanning OF
the horizon for railroads would worl:
well. The growth of all the cities of this
new northwest even in the three years
since visited it Is astonishing even tc
one who has made solemn promise that
he will never be astonished.
There was never better time for the
dissatisfied man Of the states to come.
He should not expect to make coinpe.
tency while playing "high five' and wait.
ing for his lots to go up, but come here
with his working clothes and go in to
win. If you buy lot, buy it for 20.
year investment and not for the purpose
of selling it tomorrow for banl; to build
on.
There are q good many large trees to
be cut down in Washington and many
farms TO make in order to support suc,i
cities as Seattle and Tacoma before
trade can be built up with Mongolia.
But everything is new and up to date
wherever one goes. You will find no bell.
cords with tassels on them in these cities,
but the very latest thing made. 1t is so
in everything. Even the Salvation Army
looks moro prosperous than it does in
older states. Its band is more attractive
and sometimes plays tune. Ithas done
great good by working among the coach
men who gather. with their carriages,
about the entrance to the opera house
where we play.
Colonel William Lightfoot Visscher of
Kentucky lived for some years at Fair
haven us an editor. He liked the town
very much. but his wife thought it very
crude. and she missed her old friends a
good deal. while the genial colonel knew
everybody in the United Stases, and SO
was not lonesome. This is often the case
with popular men. They frequently pre-
fer the tribute OF laughter and bonhomie
down town TO the quiet evening at home
By the fireside, reading from "Plutarch's
Lives" and giving the children their bath.