The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1893-12-22
Local News.

reaching all its subscribers in time for Christ
m as reading.
The JOURNAL enters on its eighth
year to-day.
The public school closes today for a
holiday vacation of two weeks.
Read the business locals, for bar.
gains in holiday goods, and other
good things.
Considerable water fell Wednesday
night, and the creeks are raising in
consequence.
The Freeburger's give a turkey
shoot 1T the Point tomorrow, per
notice in business locals.
The Zephyr towed a raft to Tacoma
Mill Thursday morning. Only one
more raft remains made up.
The local saw mill was running two
days last week, getting out lumber for
the Franklin street sidewalks.
The local w. C. T. U. have shipped a
barrel of clothes and provisions to the
White Shield home for unfortunate
females at Tacoma.
Mr.. c. S. Brumbaugh brought a lot
of big turnips to Mcdonald & O'Nei1l's
last week, one weighing eleven pounds
and three, % pounds.
G. Rosentha1 sends the JOURNAL an
"ad," that those who visit Olympia
may give him call, as his prices are
the lowest in that city.
We have received from Mrs. Ger
maine, Hong Kong, a neat hand
painted Christmas card, with her
compliments of the season.
The Biz towed a big raft of about
1000 feet of logs from Sol. Si1np-
sons boons at New Kamilche to the
B1ake1y Mills, Monday.
These are "grippy" days, and nearly
every family has some members
under the weather. However, we
have heard of none seriously i'll.
Unthun1, thoughts and unkissed
Kisses have worked disaster to many
an ardent youth, but it is the unvoted
votes that raise so much mischief in
politics.
The tug Queen City removed Tom
Swans logs from Atkins place, down
the bay, Monday. They were pur
chased by 4 Seattle mill, and will
loosen quite a bit of needed cash down
the bay.
A butternut tree which was planted
at Olympia, Wash, by a pioneer fruit
raiser, Edmund Sylvester, is now
forty-five inches in circumference. 1t
has borne crops of nuts every year for
many years.
This office has presented busy
scene this week, on account of the
brief in the lien cases, and other work
required in a rush, calling for five
workers-th is, if Doug. Shelton's
''circular" work is counted.
A western paper once published
something about somebody which
made the latter mad. On seeing a
lawyer, to know how he could break
up the paper, he was advised to buy the
paper and run it himself for about six
months.
NOTICE. Rev. Father Wo1fgang will
say Mass at the Catholic church in
Shelton, on the fourth Sunday (the
"a of this month, at 10 a. N. All are
cordially invited to attend. ST. AIMS
High Alter Society will meet at the
church after Mass.
The steamer Willie broke the wheel
shaft while coming up the bay Tues
day night, but gradually worked in
about midnight. She will be laid up
a couple of weeks for repairs, mean
while the Estella will carry the ma lis
and make the noon trip.
The JOURNAL, wishes it's readers a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year, likewise many happy returns of
the same. We had planned something
extra for our readers this week, but all
hands were forced to go on the big
brief in order to get it out at the ap-
pointed time.
What Shelton appears to need most
is daily boat and daily mail to Taco
ma direct. IN trading, local merchants
can make as good prices as those of
Olympia, and nearly all the outside
trading is done down sound, and as to
the mails, the present execrab1e con-
nections at Olympia, practically iso-
late Shelton.
The last annual circle of wood leaves
an accumulation of living cells upon
its surface, and toward midsummer
these cells produce an abundance of
new ones until the aggregate is suffi-
cient to form a new annual layer.
| This process on common trees re-
quires about six weeks.-Exchange
Those who have young orchards
could prevent much damage to their
trees, by simply shaking the heavy
wet snow from the limbs, in the morn
| ing, after a snow. AS the snow falls
so seldom, it is not much trouble to do
this few times every winter. Small
fruits and bushes should also be
tapped gently to shake off the snow
| We want every resident and tax
payer i'll Mason County to subscribe
for and read the JOURNAL. If you
want this paper, don't be bashfu1, but
come around and we will see that you
are enrolled, whether you have the
have the cash or not just now. Or, if
you prefer, we will furnish something
to work it out, while you are doing
nothing else.
Several of the papers have been
taken in by that old catch about Christ
man and New Years not coming on
the same day of the week this year,
and after the P.-I. had answered q
correspondent that they never did
another bright man "calls it down.
Christmas this year and New Years
following in next year come on the
same day of the week, but never ir
same year.
Some sneak has been getting away
with Mrs. VIM. Stewards preserves
at their home up the railroad track
Six two-quart jars were taken las
Friday night and the thief broke il
again Saturday, but the fruit had beer
moved. The fruit was disappearing
rapidly before that. Anybody 81
mean as to steal the fruits of muc1
labor from family who need it them
selves this winter, ought to be shot.
The Editor regretted his inability t.
attend the state road convention thi.
week, especially after expressing The
hope last week that none of Masor