The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-31
NOTES BIZ THE WAY.

| NOTES BIZ THE WAY.
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s-e1ss- great s5zz1sr * sse izss Se-
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.-cE Washington territory. Ton STRAIT
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n1s cnar and 81 - wurS Speaking If tbs
tz<1esrr- Col = B Merry enicyec tsrlHx
sssS ssEy a. pccr S--s1eea's expense.
E11 grew trad ~ tzIStrx szaxls bard
e about his beloved casxs. ard decided
sn2r - cccz1 &c better service On the
sfz-s2 A<a.ressszx his fellow c5rize.s by
Sas seors al ne god qualities cf his ia
vorsr- cacGl1zte- Tie on.y thing -
lArkst rzs s5<ech- and knowing that
Mr. Gar1ei.e could SHAKE = speech. ard
. g0o<s one. too. sat 81 els sleeve shsn-
ever re feiz so inclined. Ssrattoc co--
sgutsd - vHss- oEyEpaA and ask hsrz to
SHAKE cut che for asz1 When Serafrca
called On Mr.. G2rf=a6e 2ax lad his p1a1s
before ARA ard made his wants
a1t Wishes kc1xn the candidate
laughed heartily At tie seAl u
as friend and szxgsstse that IS
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campaigning. that Mr. Serafton should
ac-or5ary hin and take rotes. after
which he wculd - at.s 70 prepare a
Speech for himself. This plan vas agreed
r7oc- ar1 TWO weeks later The people Of
Port Lzz1acw we're notified BY large post
e-s s-Uck Up ali around town that Mr.
Thomas s-ratten soasd address, his fei-
lov-ctrizsns an the political issues Of the
day On Tie following Nsz1ay AZ rocn n
f-onx of tia Cook soaze.
THIS poster had TIE tss.ree eject Of
drawing 9 l-x. crowd for everybody
knew Tom StrattaE- and every body want
ID 20 hear what he had TO say excepting
the saw eier n the mill. who was Demo
Graf IL politics and always devoted tho
noon hour 20 Sharpening Up tie largo
circular SAWS. Pleased At 80 large .
sAfsertr9 Mr.. Scratron mounted 4 cedar
stump Ia the middle ct TIE street. and
spoke a. fellows. LADIES' and Gentle
rea- We rssoice that ws 1--we n n land
vher. thu blessing q popular education
sss barry shoulders Of the hard-farfnsy
POOR: We re1oscs that religion 10 spreading
Asr celestial rAdsancs ever our fair land.
ard that the sound Of the cncrck-xofng
bell fr6S grateful rs-erho In thu hearts %
an Industrious and a sfod-fearing people,
and y that rcd-asaie6. ccck-eyed Demo-
crzt over rhsre n the mil don't stop AL
Ing that saw Ehfs I am making this
speech III go over there and pot such
hsa6 On hira ais mother von't know him
from Revolutionary ghostG'
This speech wus lot made In vain. for
II echoed and re-echosd throughout the
Land until finally one Of the vibrations
reached the national capital aad Tea
Ssrzttoa was appointed hgnthcusekseper
tn one Of the Puget sound lighthouses,
whore he p<oved himself a worthy pghllc
servant for many years- He died few
years ago. and think his body was laid
TO rest in tie csrassery AZ Port Town
sand He vas q man ever true TO his
frierds. and wf1tla do ngf know whether
he left relatives or not. I venture the pre-
tlction that this day his grave 10 covered
the haods Of fris1es who hold him In
kindly reneuhrance-
received . letter the other day ad-
dressed 20 the Post-Inteiiigencer from
ny coed friend p 3. Van Trump, known
by the pioneers Of Washington a. THE
oIi man az Mount Rainier" although
rot an old man He vaS born In OHIO In
is51, and came to Washington territory
IN $50, settling "A Olympia On August
=, B1a in company with Gen Hazard
Stevens. son of Washsngton.s trss COVER
Nor. Van Trump. for the first time known
10 white men. actually reached the south
west peak OK Mount Rainier. which they
named Peak Success. and then Climbed
the central or eastern peak. which was
chratsaed Crater peak They discovered
the Old crzters and iee-cases. In ens OF
the latter os which they PASSED the night
Four times since has Mr.. Van Trump
climbed to Eainier's summit, and four
nights has he passed in the Ice caves He
has stood upon each CT the three summit
peaks. and Stevens and Van Trump gave
TO them names which stand Success.
Crater and TahoEaa peaks form nobss
trinity OF names. wei bestowed. an1 by
those who earned By hard climbing the
right 20 beStos thera- Many years ago
NJ. Van Trump married Miss Shelton.
one CO Olympia's mos. popular young
ladies'. and settled on farm on Yelr,
prairie. . few miles from the capital city.
where he has lived eoEsented and happy.
In this letter 10 VIII be seen that Mr..
Van Trump claims the Hon Francis
Henry entitled 20 the credit Of producing
the cartoon Of the Lost Trunk while
gave the credit 10 Ir. Fred EIsx. Ny
ture came out no ore SET up claim TO its
authorship. while the friends OF 10th Mr..
Elite and Mr. Henry wfnksa one eye ana
looked wise II Mr.. Henry {. entitled 70
the credit Of the picture I certainly do
rot desire TO detract on. fota frcr, his
fame N-. Van Trunp's letter VIII be
enjoyed by the old settlers. and ii Is here
given Il full:
YsIm. wash. May =. rsw.
Editor Post-rrteliigercer read ssf,h
interest. as no foub. did other osd-tire~-.
s. L Crawford's entertaining political
"reminiscences % Washington territorial
days. which appeared In the Pcst-frtefft-
ge1cer Of the fist inst There Is one par-
ttczizr In which Mr.. Crawfords rere-zl-
iy accurate memory il az fault. and I
feel constrained TO correct II as being
due 10 the genius aad memory of a
zortsv pioneer Of Washington. row De-
ceased Mr.. Crawford attributes the
authorship Of the celebrated cartoon OF
that time. entitled "Garaelie's Los.
Trunk" 10 Fred Elite, then a resident Of
Olympia Elite was good drzugh,srzn
and evirced considerable talent a. n
humorous sketchsr. but as a carrconfst
he could not be compared 20 the late
Hon Francis Henry, who was the real
s1thor o, that excellent ard witty car
toon- Old-ttrne olymp.ans WITH recall
many ssde-splitting productions Of hf,
gifted pencil Had Henry's genius been
backed By ambition and more sesy-asSar-
rivensss: had he wrought with his per-
ell as he should have, instead Of faxf1v
using II as an occasional pasfsrne he
would have become the Mast OF the Pa
cfsc slope. He xas full % h1rno- ana
quaint wit. and enjoyed immensely a.
preparation Of q Joke. u seemed almost