The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-23
Local News.

winter ended and Spring began,
according to the calendar, this week.
The reading room is becoming a
popular and we'll attended resort.
Have you visited it yet?
Next Sunday is Easter. If it rains
On that day, the old idea is that it will
rain for six Sundays following.
In another column will be found a
list of the vacant surveyed lands in
Mason County, said to be correct to
date
Geo. Weymouth has about Is little
1nonth-old pigs, which he is selling
about town. Who wants a pig to
raise?
Granger & S1ater's mill at Summit
is turning out about 10000 feet of
clear cedar lumber daily for the Co.'S
,nopolis Mill Co.
The directors have had a cleaning
bee about the public school, and the
building and grounds have been made
clean and healthy.
Martin Bingham is putting in his
spare time in learning his dog to
jump. The animal can clear five
foot stick with ease.
Mat Draper broke the ice Monday
by trolling out on the bay. He caught
dozen fine trout, and now everybody
is fishing for trout
The Shelton Band has continued it's
practice during the winter, and is now
making fair music. The membership
now numbers fourteen.
The Olympian says that observa-
tons for II years past show that a
stormy ST. Patricks day is followed by
fine weather, and vice versa.
Capt. Fred Wilson had command of
the Willie last week, while Capt. Gus
tafson was detained at home on &C
count of the illness of his children.
10. Shelton is now able to walk
about the house on crutches, and his
injured knee-cap is mending so we'll,
that he expects to be able to use his
limb as we'll as ever.
James Neil has purchased five acres
of land from Dan Myers, and has
lumber on the ground for new house.
The land is good, and being close to
Shelton, will make a good home
The Easter services, singing and
speaking will be held in the Methodist
Church at the morning services next
Sunday. DR.. Hickerson will deliver
his Easter sermon in the evening,
however.
The Grand Lodge knights of Pyth-
les will meet IN Olympia On June 4th,
next. The meeting will be quite inn
adopted, and full subordinate lodge
representation will be present.
Cal. Saegar reports the arrival of a
fine jersey calf from the lower Sound
last week, and is gradually improving
| the strain Of his stock. Mr.. Saegar
has the best all-round profitable farm
in Mason County, by the way.
The steamer Willie broke a VIII eel
shaft while landing at Olympia last
Tuesday morning and the damage is
now being repaired by Frank Duncan
at Olympia. The boat is expected out
today, meanwhile the Doctor is carry
ing the mails.
Messrs. Marshall & Morrison have
moved their blacksmith shop into the
old Duncan shop, next to the JOURNAL
and are prepared to meet their former
patrons and fix up their breaks in
vehicles or tools, as cheap1y as ever
Remember the new stand.
Mrs. Elizabeth Morrow, the pion ee1
lady who died in Shelton last week
was an aunt of VIM. Wyatt and re1at-
ed to all the branches of the Wyatt
family in this section. In mentioning
the relatives we neglected to include
this large branch of the family.
This is the season of the year wher
Everybody gets the spring fever to
clean about the house and premises
and it would be a good idea to clear
up old rubbish, and begin to dig
around in the garden. However, the
good weather brought out the garden
ers, and planting is going on apace.
A scow load of so tons of hay ar
rived Friday for Williamson. The
steamer Cascade, which started start
ed from the lower Sound with the hay
sunk near Seattle, and is complete
wreck, her tow being completed by the
| Zephyr, which boat also towed a raft
of logs to Tacoma. ~
Some sneak silently stole away with
Mrs. Frank Willey's bean7pot from
the kitchen porch, last Saturday night
1t was full of beans, but Mrs. Wiley
! regrets the loss of the bean-pot more
than it's contents of the New England
national de1icacy. She offers another
square for the return of the utensi1
| Frank and Will Freeburger have
begun the construction of twin boats
on a similar model, but to be faster
than the boat built by Frank last
vacation. Frank will take his down
to vashon College when he returns
| and run around the boat he sold to
Willis. The boats will be strip-bui1t