The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-03


not % fastidlous In the matter
Of eating ~ they are today.
NJ They were not only cortsnisd
w with q much smaller variety OF
vfands, bu. did not reject them
Whsn favored with SCOT and smoke. While
the pot hung over the nrs lump
Of SCOT would sometimes drop into u
~ the cook removed the I'D to STIR
the contents: while the saucepan contain
Sng q stew rested upon the Goals. smoke
and sometimes ashes mingled with the
contents. Though not paiatabie. this sea-
soning was not unwhoEesome. therefore.
the food was eaten: indeed. IL was often
case Of eat or 80 hungry.
This brings to mind m experience OF Ben
Jonson and friend while On 4 tramp in
Scotland. Reaching a humble cottage m
hour before noon. they learned on inquiry
that two hours later they could have din
ner. The friend then stroiIed some distance
away. leaving behind . woman. . i0.year-
Old boy and sonson. who decided 70 stay
indoors and rest Halt an hour later JON
son wandered into the Kitchen. where he
saw the boy attending to the boiling OF
leg OF mutton In = big pot hanging over the
IRE. He Wan soon deeply interested In shs
actions Of the boy. who was industr ously
scratching his head with one hand while
stirring the 20. with the other. Now and
then he would catch something AMI crack
Il between his thumb nails. Persuaded
that some Of what was In the boys head
had gotten Ia the pot Jonson concluded he
did not want any boiled mutton for dinner.
He then went out to look around.
When the friend returned, the nrst per-
son he met was the boy. barehsaded and
scratching his head vigorously. He wore
. woolen cap when last seen.
''Where II the cap you had On this morn
mgr" asked the friend
Mother took 1t to boil the pudding In"
replied the boy.
At the table Jonson made . meal Of pud-
ding, while his friend confined himself to
boiled mutton. The joke was too good to
be kept secret Each chaned the other
until :he whole story was told. Ben JON
son delighted In telling Il At cornwall
gatherings long after 1t occurred.
There were no pubic cemeteries seventy
years ago. Each church had Its own
graveyard. usually iimitsd to two city lots
16xiD feet each. Sometimes the graveyard
adjoinsd the ground occupied by the
church: sometimes Il was half 4 mile dis
tant- Not until about 1sE did some en-
terprising individuals conceive the project
Ut establishing public cemetery. where
people OF all creeds and people Of no creed
might b buried. Starting with 100 acres,
Greenwood cemetery. believed to antedate
al others in the land. was established In
0oueA Brooklyn. N. Y. II at ONCE became
popular. Soon II WAS apparent that ICo
acTse was very Inadequate. Adjacent iead
WAS purchased from Tine 10 time until
the original area was trebled
Churches were warmed. very meagerIy.
u winter with large square stoves, Ave fee,
long, 10 admit OF burning cordwood.
schools and public halls were warmed In
Akc manner. Among the wealthy church
hn
coaches II was customary to carry 10
church small iron furnaces containing
charcoai nroA. covered with sheet-iron
screens. on which they placed their feet
during tho service
Perhaps nothing showed more clearly
the little progress made at the period re.
sesred To than the election laws. Three
DAYS were devoted to the election Of an
alderman. . sheriff. Q goyernor-~in short.
all elective officers. A precinct might Goa
tain DO or 400 voters OF mattered not how
Few or how many. and they were ex pected
10 Keep on voting three days without
ceasing. They did not. AZ mign, he sup
posed. vota early and often bu, re-
CURED three days TO make up Their minds
whom 20 vote fer. Much OF the time the
only persons near the polls were the can
oidafes ana lot Of bunmsrx. the latter
getting all the rum and beer they could
Each ward had one voting place anly
The candidates for mayor ana aldermen
kept ose~ house from the beginning to the
enc OF each city election. Al these bou.e.
wines and liquors. were dispensed with ina
utmost freedom. A. the raayor,l,v asnir-
ants were always wealthy men. they could
vel anord the expense. which inyarsDly
nc.odso sae purchase O! new furniture 10
replace that destroyed by their guess
hF.~a H.
ticieA ruined costly carpets with mud 10
oacco guide and cigar s,umps
In several OF the presidential eauuaigr.
prominent features Of the Democratic nra.
cess'ons were diminu;ive ships on wh..l.
wstn sailors on deck. ard on each aid, the
legend. Free Trade and satl,y.
hignts This Was the period wnsn IN,
nrSe Of the American Industries wa. ,,rr..
o"ne TOT existence. Next In excitetriun: 10
.ae Harrison election IN isie was that o.
FOLK. -FOUR years later. Henry C1ay. polx'.
opponent. was ,doiIxed by the Whiv. -,
New York. mary OF whom s:akes ali ,hsv
p"ssesssi on his election Some bet ,h~tr
MONIES. some Their horses ard drays som,
sesir ssores aud stacks Of goods. SO san
eaine were they OF his election.
"stcnss were often = source Of yax.tsn,
aaa some Tines profanity brfs.. Ia IN.
seh'ioh OF the s'smwsnsilns attachment.
- A.
N pocket. eloggeS with dirt. sarustt,,n.
'me fssssss vas broken. II was usele~. IN
s'ta'er case onrl the lost was found or tbs
damage repaired. There being M -. -
pso.ss' u. 40 Dow. tho crystal was or,.n
BROKEN copper ana brass css~4 xa,-sa.
were very common. While gold rsz,a xe,.
very rare. TIE prccsotss nnsfs.x WEI. 80,
80 Plentiful then as now
Win ne exception - conner cs-,.
tfitcd States coias were very rmr.tx -.
u circulation before i%a. The .aFvs- us.',
IN trade was largely Spanish. % "A. go.
a es. isse ana = cents each TneMA 49,
called sixpenees. shil5!r0s ana sws .htiirw.
one-fraac and Sre-fgsnc French coin. 49,,
Circulated 70 snne sxtsri The n,tn.. q,
Portugal. Mexico. Peru srs ether ~s,t-.-,~.
were all represented 60 a small sxf.., a
TIRE silver used in trade. In She, -.
eeinH 81 AL lands except car own were tn
evidence. ''
Tae monetary conditions that then .tis,-
ed woshs TO-DAY Re REGARDED a. in the Atoe.
est degree ceplorshse. TIE eosasrr rn.
Hooded with notes t~~a-s nv .-respon.lsls
hanks none Of wnice ca0s4 Ne rsss-n.s -.