Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-06-16
A SILVER LINING.
MID CLOUDS WITHOUT THERE'S
JOY WITHIN.

"NeeP n Shown Dem Clouds
Away" Some Patches of sum
shine Seen Through CIoudiand,
by the Keen Eyes of s.YOurs
TruIy"-An Embryo city.
ED. STANDARD:
How can you keep your wcll-known
and cOmmendable equanimity of tenn
per these harl times? How seem to
be happy this sloppy weather, with
banks failing and everybody grum-
bling at the many misfortunes, imag-
mary and real, that bcset us on all
sides?
One is almost afraid to open news
paper, teeming as they are with all
sorts OF frightful disasters and horrible
transactions, as an appetizer for the
morning meal. The dime novel has
fulfilled its mission, and now we have
in real life the horrors which have
hitherto dwelt mainly in the magma
ton. The morbid taste for such liter
allure can now be RECALLED on the real,
instead of the fictitious.
But life is but a succession of tran
sitions, and We must shove the clouds
away" for the contemplation OF bright
er things.
"A good time is coming boys.
Wait a little longer
Olympia will be ain it," to use
street phrase. Our capitol will soon
be under construction, and the anx-
ious faces OF the expectant laborer will
be replaced with the contented coun-
tenance of the thrifty workman.
Never, within the history of our
town, has the cultivation of flowers
especially roses, been so general as
this year. One of the prettiest collec-
tons is on the west side, Mrs. A. p.
Fitch's. She is the happy possessor of
over one hundred and fifty choice
roses all in fine condition. A number
of ladies are making a speciality of
chrysanthemums, and if successful
will hold fair this fall (weather per-
mitting).
1t is worth walk to the end of the
Long dock Just to see what tremendous
work the dredger is doing and watch
the real estate looming up in the
muddy distance. Next thing we
know. Mr.. Forest or Russell & Russell
will be selling corner lots. or estab-
fishing town site there. The Clara
Brown had to stop and ask "where
she was at" this morning when she
landed herself high and dry on one of
the future boulevards, and caused
delay of an hour.
Speaking of the Clara, she is to be
congratulated. Her Lines have
fallen in pleasant places" She has
been recently purchased by Mr.. White
and his two sons. C. o. and E. NJ.
White, wealthy capitalists of Syracuse,
N. ", who with their families have
settled at Tacoma, where they have
invested largely. Yesterday they con-
cluded the purchase of nearly five
thousand acres of splendid land, fifteen
miles from here and seven miles from
Shelton, close to where the Port Town
send Southern railroad crosses the BAY,
one OF the loveliest locations on our
beautiful Sound. These gentlemen
expect fifty-two families within the
next three months from their State of
New York. All this land has to be
giving employment to a great
many laborers, then planted with
fruit, especially prunes, and sawmill |
is to be erected. The Clara Brown is
to he thoroughly overhauled, new ma
chinery will replace the old, and more
secured for passengers. A
smaller steamer has been
purchased to take the Clara's place |
when necessary, as Mr.. White is de- |
to have one Of his steamers
leave Tacoma at 7 o'clock every morn
ing, arriving at Horr's dock at IL and |
at Shelton at 3 80 p. NJ, returning to
Horr's dock at and on to Tacoma at |
NJ. When their land is all cleared
and planted, it is the intention of
Messrs. White to place it on the mar
ket in five and ten acre lots, half cash
and five years in which to pay the
balance. Yours TRULY.