The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-23
FROM REV. J. r. DAMoN,s BROTHER.


Lynn Mass. Item.
II il six months today that I left The
Union station. Boston. 10 seek health and
rest IN the far West / have found beth
and am SO much improved in health that
saaa stay through this winter Lynn
Trends will be Interested 70 know that /
am staying with nv brother Rev. John
damon. who VIII be reraexrat 7ered as a
4ser. he having gone 70 California
around the Horn at that time His iaHt
VISIT 70 Lynn was nine years ago and he
remembers the pleasure OF that visit with
sne keensst relish. Tha, De Is a busy man
may be inferred from the fact that sinut
ne was East he has married 1857 couples
and attended ga funerals 7 wish ven
could see his home whish has been mine
now Tor SO many months. X is on hill
overlooking the city. and includes some az
the finest views herea bouts You can
stand on the balcony and look eff over the
country, with Mount Rainier. crowned
With Snow. on the left. Mount Baker on
the right, and the beautiful harbor IN
'front.'. with ell its islands and picturesque
scenery. At another point looms mp the
Olympic range or mountains
The main streets OF Seattle are paved
Win brick which, oui here. wear well.
There is considerable rain. but the people
seem 70 thrive on IL. The fishing IS spleu-
did. as you can hire boat ard row out
eniy little way into the harbor and get
all the salmon yeu want There are lakes
and parks all about. and the big logging
camps are very interesting / spent the
nisht at enc recently. and saw them cut
down q tree feet inches through. There
was a magnificent team of horses ten OF
them. ard they said none OF them weighed
less shan l.90o apiece. They drew a car
with six OF these huge logs On II. as II il
were nothing. They hauled il 10 A landing
M rf7ffa I
II | were 70 write about all the things that
seem new and wonderful TO me, you would
want to say, 'ob. dry up" SO / viii take
new tack.
The KlondIke fever is on harder than
ever. Our mayor has his desk covered
with letters Of inquiry regarding it. some
OF them OF the most preposterous nature.
Folks are right TO send 10 this city for
news Of that region. for il is the place TO
find il, and the acknowledged place to get
supplies. But some letters like the fol-
lowing extract, are 100 much. A man
asks the mayer 10 find some one 10 pay
his fare out 10 Seattle and then en- To the
klond;ke, when. this done. he viii be will
ing 10 work there for Zen years at Sic a
day. The mayor says. Not much, Mary
Ann
They seem TO think that the mayor Of
Seattle is the chief Of The Kiondike" No
enc who has been here and seen the KIon-
dixie business go On for six months would
think OF starting for there without al
least $1,000 in his pocket. A young man
OF whom know writes to his sweetheart:
Il have secured TWO claims. but here it is
every man for himself, and the devil takes
the hindmost. | expect many more will
come up here in the spring. but they Will
have TO hunt new fields, for all the land
is staked out hereabouls for hundreds of
miles, and only a few of these claims
amount TO much. There are plenty of
women here, and they seem to stand il
better than men. for they nearly all grow
fat. while the men get lean. | wish you
were here with me, for l had rather be a
wooden Indian in front Of n cigar store
in Seattle than a millionaire IN the klon-
dixie alone.
One woman came here from Connecticut.
and proposes TO drag her sled overland to
Alaska Another one. well dressed and
apparently intelligent. asked If she could
not walk there In my opinion. there are
as many fortunes here as up there. You
can raise forty-iive bushels of wheat 10
the acre without dressing the soil for sew
eral years Here, In the state of Wash
ington alone, there were raised 5,eG0 eco
bushels of potatoes this year They raise
enough Of the principal staples in the state
10 supply the whole United States. In the
copy of the Post-InteIligencer that / send
you there Is a picture OF a great natural
log bridge formed by single log. l. saw
the original Photograph. and there were
many more people upon ii than are shown
In the picture in the paper. Ii is curl
osty. The regards OF my brother and
myself to al Lynn friends.
CON DAMON.
80 Fifth Ave, Dec. % 1887.