Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15

Ihe Uympldn says that the sneak
ing abomination" who stole the fish
from the city pond is just such s
vile reptile" as would steal the
coppers from the eyes of their de.
ceased relatives or cheat a lame dog
out of a meal" Our contemporary
must have been thinking of a copper
head when it emblszoned that idea
upon the popular mind. The cas,iga.
ton is deserved, however, and it il
sincerely hoped the " sneaking abomi.
nation" will initiate Judas.
Mr.. Percival announces tie follow.
ing relative to rates for the State
meeting OF Masons. to be held at Sc
attic June Sd to 18th: One and one.
fifth fare for the round-trip, on the
certificate plan, has been authorized
from all stations on the Great North
ern Railway in Washington. The
Oregon Railway and Navigation COM
pany have arranged to give delegates
in Eastern Washington, on their line,
one and one-fifth fare for this occa
sion. Tickets to be sold via Spokane
and Great Northern to Seattle.
DIR. Newell reports that an infant
child of Andrew Miller, Chambers
lake, had the bones OF the forearm
fractured by accident while in her
mothers arms at Mr.. Patnude's resi-
dence in this city. Also that Miss
Avis Olston at Delphi, who received
severe wound with an ak, while
splitting wood, severing the tendons
and cutting through the hand-bond of
the forefinger, is recovering from the
injury, but will never have the original
strength. Also that the three-year old
boy OF Mr.. Curtin, Eastside, who had
the fingers of his left hand badly
lacerated on Sunday last, by being
caught in the chain of bicycle while
revolving, is doing well.
Some "Smart Aleck" Wednesday
night " fished" all the trout out of the
plaza lakelet. 1t is not to be supposed
that the act was done for profit or
from an inordinate appetite for "brain
food" or the sportsmsn's peculiar pen
chant for angling, but simply under
the same unaccountable impulse that
prompts "boys" to change business
signs, carry off gates and perpetrate
other senseless acts OF vandalism. The
The lUes OF the trout, however, is a
public one, for they had become de-
cided pets, and would swim to the
border OF the lake whenever food was
thrown to them. There were about
thirty of the speckled beauties, aver
aging ten or twelve inches in length,
and as but two remain, the proficiency
OF the nocturnal angler is amply
shown.
Jim Radcliffe proposes to open in
this city, in connection with his auc-
ton business, an agency for the COL
lection of bad debts, in which some
hitherto unheard-of devices in this
meek OF the woods" will be employed
to make the delinquent debtor dig up.
He will wear steeple.crowned hat
somewhat after the style of the
chimney-sweeps' tile, on which his
occupation as till-collector will be set
fourth in large plain letters. This
will be worn during business hours,
and when the ample corporosity of
that individual, thus decorated, az.
sumes a station on the doorstep of a
creditor with the prospect of remain.
ing for hours, the disposition to "dig
up" will be overpowering. The only
thing needed in the prosecution of this
business is "cheek," and it is very
generally admitted that Jim is liber-
ally endowed in that respect.