The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03
sEATTT.E.

There used 20 be village, ont orr way n
the West
n wsxr's much for buildings, but TIE
scenery was tire best
That ever village stood n There were
snowclad peaks al round,
10 say nothing OF tire beau-@es OF grand
old Puget sound.
Why. 20 see the sun Asserting any evening
sn July,
and sea and sky
Making red, and gold. srsd purple. each
STOW crown. cloud and wave.
TIL esae splaSfss OF rich color alled up
every nook and cave
Sinking lower. icwe~. lower. tz1a hes al
NEST out OF SIGHT
Then peepcng back 70 give Rainier tn
gersng good night.
You talk about your olushss-nsver
nra.den young ard fair,
Wore da@ntier Hush OF pleasure On . cheek
OF beauty rare.
We'll the sswash was enc rncnercA OF al
that ne surveyed.
And the town was mostly tepss~ and %
~ might have stayed.
But the white folks wandered QUE here.
and decided 70 remain,
And appreciate the scenery ana "a she
WORLDLY gain
n be reared from che resources Of q
country rich and faer
wfrn gold in streams and moxntasns. and
good health IN the AR.
20 the cepeee charged to hcuses. ana shs
village grew amaan,
Il was osiled for Chief Seattle, that Indian
who came
And warned hEs rale-taced neigAhors OF
destruction near az hand.
For his people gru6ged invasion OF their
own most cherished land.
So the first mishap that threatened 20 de-
kay our cfty's growth
Was avez-sed by this chfeftsan. ana An
gei.ne. who. both
In years 20 come were spoken ct WIN
praise and DUE respect.
And honored for the help chey gGvs ehss
city TO erect.
Bu4 naue seemed hard against us, and In
few years more
The big Seattle fire swept Oh our hard
earned store
rrcm out cur grasp. And then you'd
think we'd so discouraged be
Wed have no heart TO build again a city
by tho sea-
But tell you that disaster just acted ike
a spur
And touched up more ambition, ard enter
prise. ard stir
Than the old place could accommodates.
and so. you see, that led
TO timber beng chopped and burned. 70
make room for che spread.
Fine streets cut through ard overall Tho
hills from Sound to lake
And electric cars and cables now DO their
best TO make
The distances all easy; and I ten you.
wfaa folks see
Al che end OF all rho~s car Rnss. 10 worth
a monstrous fee:
And the buildings. and the houses. the
banks and stores. with all
The newest OF improvements. just make .
stranger fall
Gn1o q meditation. and wonder II tts true
That this big and so,id CITY. from such
recent ashes grew.
why. there are factories ard fosrndxtes.
drydocks and army post,
And lumber mills and cannerses for flsh-
ing on the coast.
The mines up In the mountains. and the
salmon IN the sea-
You'd Thank enough for any place. by way
OF industry.
But tell you all this region 80 tho richest
sn the land
And the city OF Seattle 10 Its pride; you
understand
That IT'S beautiful ana modern. and boasts
improvements fine,
Just remains divine.
The Cascades and Olympics are che
boundaries OF view,
And they tower up above u. almost foss
in hepaven's blue.
The poet and the dreamer. and the artist
here may find,
Luxures for the body and entoyments
for the mind.
Hail, city OF Seattle. tho Queen City Of
the West,
May prosperity be TN thy walls. and tftne
Industries be hlest,
May earth, and air. and water. give TO
thee OF slreir store,
And all thy days be blessed now. and
blessed evermore.
MRS. BUTTER POTTS.
(Mrs Jessie Hilton Farrell, Seattfe.)
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