The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-06
THE, PASSING THR0NG.

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- ss1ysuser vacation II Seattle.
optnu -, r,i.yaug me part of a tramp
h - 80 an wlssksrs did not later
fscsnss.. ,ss character. and. fn fact.
fers 40 allowed a crop 10 acetusn-
,i~ face. few days ago ne
- "a Seattse t. JOIN his vie afio
-. standing OF tbs street became tfse
vn1 - ,n,,rf. xosscifgcs Oh the part OF
.Ss..rs ia Cxl1ihee. Yesterday taas-
-sss talking of IL In front OF the
~ - xnrsheru offices IN Pioneer place.
" .zv iris fellow . said the 9elseitYt-
....ssfUg on the sidewalk ana in"lss ~
800 ike con man walked
- q, e him, AID Just rs vas ats'1l 70
ss~.t IN him be said; " ~, you sasssfs0
49,, yaur Then BE- went on To
- - os his whlskers. and sac 't'as N
49,, h. was shadoSsd for tsaree Gays
~ ! asteetive who Was trying 10 se'
rsxt 70 hin So. .x,.ertercsa
=. .ans. and he knew as soon aH
sa rgdibee piping him That he
A. copper. So he just Played the
rf.sre Ia a reatsersassS about a
man vino Ii looking for somebody TO
-. -. :. ard Lang simulated IL 30 well that
-. s.astIe detective felt he had a man
s~si ulth tia. might be- part NJ the
n..s,. overflow. Before he and Suainee
-. h. Rad given the detective picture
= himself 10 character.
~ sad friend said DICK Stevens,
a. hal listened 10 the story about
-. ewbo xas o steamboat man on
=. wtsssx1opi. when he tied uE for the
.-s.,sr he Iefs the upper river Tor St
80. v,a Chicago. When he got to Chi
ron mar met him and started To
80 ont lie regular game Of talk. Ny
sl~aa said TO hiE1. II you viii tell me
10, sbere is about me that made you
.as,k that could be lobbsd. I'll buy you
rev Eat
ssweu.' said the cor man, that nat on
.,.prs looked little yellow. and thought
I I'd Try you
me friend asked him X he would go
,,d nick out a new hat for him, and III
j. hsssed IL he didn't do II. Ny friend
,.rht TWO hats: one for himself and the
s,sxr for the con man
q n. Lilly Of Liily, Bogardus n Co.
has recently returned from trip To the
ysst. during which be spent i.,any days
IA evenings wheeling about the city OF
Chicago and its suburbs.
.Thsatefs had no attraction for me" he
.,M Yesterday Every night | took a
s,aa and saw more Of the city OF Chi
s,ro than could have done in a much
sssrY time without a wheel. There are
5 hills 10 climb In that city. You would
s. aston!shed al the number Of empty
hu,ldInrs in Chicago. There are blocks
tha, are almost deserted
ses.. stf p n
! merchant who came here from Spokane
Susiax the l. o. q. +. Grand lodge meet
iax He WAS much astonished at the
sIzns OF prosperity ne saw here. He told
,ae that he had expected, from what he
lad read and heard in Spokane. 10 find
.RatsIa absolutely dead. A visit to the
TRANSPORTATION offices and Wholesale
houses was revelation 10 him, and he de-
dared that Seattle did more business in
tay than Spokane did In "a week
George W. Tibbets. of IsSaquah. who
drops into Seattle occasionally. has a clip
gag from The New Crusade" which
ss*aks Of bis old friend and army com
ssas. the late DR.. Minor. II Is to the effect
rhat the eminent and popular writer. Col.
Z W. Hggirson. of Boston. was recently
asked regarding the bravcst thing done
within his knowledge in the civi: war. He
urose:
on mature reflection / should award
the palm to something done by a young
assistant surgeon az mine. not quite 81
ssars old, DR.. Thomas T. Minor. then NJ
Sanford. Conn, at an exceedingly con-
viyal supper party OF officers. TO which
sss Of my younger suhalterns had been
Invited.
They sat up late, and the fun grew fast
and furious, tbs songs sung becoming
gradually Of that class which Thack-
Gays Col. Neweomb did not approve.
kefae OF the guests tried 10 get away. but
tasld not. and those who attempted IL
Tefe required To furnish In each case n
Hohk. story or toast. Minor was called
lpan for bis share, and there WAS a little
hssh a. he rose up. He had slngulariy
sYsh face. and his maniiness of charac-
20 vts known 10 all. lie said. Gentle
sen cannot sive you song or story.
ea' vii oner toast which will drink
water, and you shall drink az you
aTase- That toast IL. "Our Mothers
" course. an atom OF priggishness or
hRronsciousness would have spoiled the
Whoa suggestion. No such quality was