Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-04-19
ABOUT TWO CITIES


II there is one thing more than another,
pertaining TO the general welfare OF a
town, that its citizens should be inter-
ested in, tits its fire department. When
| fire occurs, it is the hremen that stand
the burden and the heat of the day, and
| this Is especially true of a volunteer de-
partment As a rule they labor much for
! little or no pay, and often with but mea-
ger thanks. And In this connection it
may be said that the Fairhaven fire de
! partment, Of late especially, has not
received much consideration at the hands
! of the people. still III a cOntlagration
should enSue at any time fault-iinding as
| 10 It's ineliiciencv would be forthcoming
| at once. IL Is not necessary that "A big
amount OF money be spent, but old and
! tried iircmcn are Of the opinion that 10 is
necessary TO create an esprit du corps in
a fire department II you would have one
worthy the name. And it is understood
! that such Is not the case in Fairhaven.
/ NJ. X. Staight, A. y. Lawrence and T.
! c. Williams, of Lynden were on the Bay
| yesterday. These gentlemen are active
| promoters Of the Lynden electric motor
/ railway. MIR, Staight states that the
| right-Of-way has been secured and IL is
| highly probable that the line will be com
pleted this year
! Daniel dorchester. assistant commits
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| Mr. Dorchester, Ompanied by his wife,
| Is ON "A tour Of inspection of the Indian
schools OF the state On Monday he visit
! ed the Lummi reservation, and yesterday
he went to l.ynden TO inspect the school
there. Mr. Dorchester will return from
Lynden today.
| A good story is told of Harry Clothier.
the veteran Democratic warhOrse OF
Mount Vernon, who is well known in this
county, and who was unfortunate enough
/ to be his partys candidate for state treas
urer last fall. Harry was in place of
refreshment shortly after Cleveland's in
auguratiOn, when an enthuiastic Bourbon
entered. Have something said ClO-
thier. The something vas had and the
enthusiastic Bourbon, turning TO the late
candidate said Great victory we had
last TALL, wasn't it?'' ClOJhier replied.
yes, yes in hesitating manner.
| "Of course said the enthusiastic man,
81 am sorry for the result in this state,
but when YOU come to consider the great
and glorious victory achieved by our party
throughout the United States IL is a
grand, "A glorious, "A magnificent vic
Yes, yes, yes, broke in ClOther, some,
what testify, with vivid remembrance
| OF the cost OF the campaign in which ne
| figured. Il understand there is "A bare
majority of Democrats in the cabinet"
| And the Bourbon Democrat went out and
cOgitated over the peryerSity OF some
| Democrats, and their density Of under
standing.
A gentleman from Ken ntucky. now
/ resident Of Tacoma, was on the Bay the
| other day. lie was eypatiating on the
| Worlds fair and the great benefits to be
| derived from it, commercially and so
/ forth. to a number of friends when one of
them referred to the probable incursion
OF cholera this summer, and the bad
quality of Chicago water MY old state,
! sab, he said, will be well represented,
| sab. in any case, sab; for. by George, sab,
the thoroughbred kentuckian has little
use for wat,r OF any kind, sah.' And the
crowd gave horse laugh.
! Constable George Chariot has acquired
! possession Of the bicycle formerly used by
| DIR. Danel. who j. about To depart for the
| East, and Will soon appear on the streets
| IN knee pants and black stockings,
mounted upon the highly polished nlckle
wheel. lie was observed yesterday after
| noon trying TO get the hang Of the ma
chine In the hall ad djoining his office,
where, assisted by Judge Gallaher, City
/ Assessor Mount and step ladder, he was
diligently pTacticing the ART Of equilib-
| through the narrow corridor. lie scored
seven falls in fifteen minutes and today
| hopes TO be able to try TO run the wheel on
the street If any Of Georges friends
1 Hlttl MIN On the street WIN "a pldsltf on
! his nose they will understand that II II
not the result'of an encounter with yio-
/ lent criminal, but marks the spot where
/ his lace came in contact with the planks
Phillip Morgan, owner OF the Morgan
! block and other property in this city, was
ia town yesterday on his way East. Mr.
| Morgan Is a resident Of PORTLAND He
! reports that city as extremely quiet
Much interest is manifested in the Ore
/ gOn metropolis In the growth and devel-
opment OF the Sound country.
! Spring is not permanently located with
/ US. The days are somewhat chilly for an
/ Italian climate. and Yesterday morning
| Chuckanuts head had assumed frosty
color In place of the green verdure which
usually bedecks II the entire year.
|
/ There are no new developments In the
| baseball situation, and the probability
grows stronger that no team will be or
| ganized.
/ court house official Is authority for
| the statement that whenever dance Is
| held in Ferndale "A forthwith marriage Is
the result. Ferndale is a right smart
town, and It's young ladies must be hust-
=. H. Hutchcraft of the'firm Of Hutch
craft n Smith, shingle manufacturers, OF
Eerndale, was In New Whatcom yester-
day. This firms mill is cutting 10000
shingles daily, and they have three
months orders ahead, but shipments are
greatly retarded by a scarcity OF cars.
There are enough bicyclists on the Bay
to form good club, and the wheelmen
sh luld get together and take steps to or
ganiZe. There is scarcely a city OF any
pretensions in Washington or British Co
lumbia but has its organization Of Wheel
men, and there Is no reason why the Bay
cities should not be TO the front
j. Stuart Yates, Victoria barrister.
was In the city "A few weeks since inquir-
ing into the chances of forming a la crosse
club, but so far as known, his success was
limited. La crosse was originally an In
dian game, but il now the national Uama