The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-26
IN OLD NEWSPAPER.
Irrational News of the Sound
Forty Years Ago.
~ ABOUT THE INDIAN WAR.
e6.eee4fng ExtYaets From the "Puges
eSssA Courier" the first News
paper in the State.

c.,k. q. II. Parker, of the steamer State
sguhfsgton, Is the owner OF a relic of
=. ersy days on Puge. sound. with which
| !. rnuld not part or large sun Of
.r.ex. This /. No. 20 Of the Puget Sound
A.vsfy. the hrst newspaper pub ishsd on
=. sound, and probably in the then terri
- The paper 10 described in its title
.. "A weekly journal, devoted to agri-
~sture. eommerce, literature, useful
..i1nees. arts. politics. news and general
s.t.iiigence, and the legend. by Z. T.
cana" appears in line with the date:
s.ssesIacoom, ". T.. Friday, December 7.
us6." I, 10 printed on thin rag paper in
add BREWER type, with solid matter in
- advertisements and the poetry in non
,srr;l. while the head lines, which are
scasoed TO . single line over each article,
nsia boid-face nonpareil. The type 10
eIssn and clear and In general appear
ssce the paper viii compare favorably
With the average country paper Of the
yssssns day
The reading matter and advertisements
ers naturally the most interesting features
!. sboas the old paper. as they furnish true
seizure of the life of the people Of the
honsisr in the days when the settlements
On the Sound were in their infancy and
etsilacoofn, being the headquarters of the
nrrison and the site Of the Hudson Bay
Company's trading post, vas the princi-
nj town in the territory. The first page
/, headed Agriculture. News. &c." and
he fsst item under this head is poem of
III eight-line verses entitled "A Gem
From Fanny Forester" in which daugh-
ur pours out her love 10 her mother.
Then comes an article on Attenuation of
Crops then one on Sailing Mutton and
Beef" followed by third headed MA
dime for Making Butter" all clipped
from exchanges or pamphlets. There Is
then description Of what IL termed ''Ths
splendid triumph Of American inventive
esn.ns at the Paris exhibition" credited
10 the New York Tribune. This is de-
mrption Of the trials at La Trappes, thirty
miles from Paris, of the agricultural inn
plsments which were then comparatively
pev. The article says that .'for the minor
operations tho English machines carried
OF a. least two-thirds Of the honors. Bat
the great interest OF the occasion attached
10 the reapers mowers and threshers, and
IN these contests the American machines
we're 80 far superior to all others that the
struggle wa. confined to themselves"
After daily clarifying American genius.
NJ. Gum seems to have turned his atten-
ton to such cheering but uninebriating
drinks as tea. for he next devotes over half
acolumn to excerpts from an article in
the Edinburgh Reviev on "Tea Table
Drinks" He introduces q description of
vancouver aud the scenes along the Co
lumbia river, which follows. with this par
sraph:
The following glowing description of
Fort Vancouver. Washington territory, we
clip from the Oregon argus. We are sorry
friend Adams could not have extended his
visit TO this part of the country, for We can
ssure him that We have a few more such
sights left among the scenery Of our beau
hfal and pleasant Washington. Should
become over To our section our devil says
hat. In the exacerbation of delight, he will
ill fish.--Ed. Courier" Under this, with
fist pointing to II. Is paragraph which
vii interest all who wear buttons. read
ng:
Buttons. rivaiing jet in beauty of gloss
and finish, are made from India rubber.
The United States navy, il is said. have
adopted the new style"
From the Southern Tim>s is clipped an
article on 'City vs.. Country" comment
Ing on the growth of the city rs com pared
With the country population in the Allan
lie states and attributing IL to the increase
Of manufactures and commerce, 70 the
Opening of the great West" drawing off
slarge number of farmers and 10 the fact
she equaiixing power of railroad. has
compensated distance by facilities" Tn
der this is letter from Acapulco, Mexico,
clipped from the Alta Cali orHia, now de-
fgnct, telling OF the elevation of Gen. Al
vsrex to the presidency and letting in
light on the uncertainty as tn who really
vas president, which formerly made life
Interesting in the republic 10 the South.
After this little excursion into the field of
foreign news Mr.. Gum returns home 10
isli of the gifts TO popular educ alton made
BY tierrit Smith. of New York.
bas Il is to the editorial page that the
principal interest attaches. for that con-
tatns numerous illusions to the Indian
war, which was not vet ended. besides
soms spicy letters and paragraphs, which
shos that the art of roasting" was well
understood in those days. Under the
Ute At the top OF tho editorial column Is
The motto: Truth Without Fear" and
then comes sn editorial. with the legend:
, The Northern Indians Again" 1t be-
gns:
I'VE are informed by Capt ]. q. Parker,
o. the steamer Traveller. that the Northern
indians have been committing depreds-
ions a. Port Madison. TO what extent We
have net been able to learn, but that the
injuries received from the people at that
pssee were such that tho sloop-of- war
Decatur lets Seattle to ehas,ise them, If
possible.
Las; week We cautioned our citizens
asaiad these Northern thieves. and spoke
saat they hai done on sunday last at
sAss place. These seonndrels who have
eesa Tor the last three months proving
around every village and town on the
want have escaped in most instances
saFao.ested. They are the same handitii
'ss shose apprehension for stolen prop
Wy there Wers men sent FROM Olympia
@N Amonth ago. The FIRST Thing known
hesn sgsin Vas here. and after leaving
as piscs are found committing the same
sAaa Of Expectations down the Sound.
fef our osn defense we have done all
sFe"pse, weak ss We are. could have done
'sa hostile tribes IN our midst Must IL
eaai eur citsaens shall still he robbed by
ssssa Northern brsgands ara insaltei AFTER
~as p4unaeEedf Ii may be policy 81 re-
we've our friendly Indians. hus IS il good
tSeF u ss; these foreign raseAls remain
= N2f seFrstoryf IL they belong IN Brit
n sssriiory les ghem BE driven 81 Of ours.
'eAsVe had - mach 80 We coalt do 10
SsN a'tey ghose Indians who clsra = p,aE-
's q this coautry - their uwa-ani
~s3 they not. when reservations have