The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-23


ssr. wss1h CHANGED 20 see:
Once upon a fsrze tbs ssan aaf naosrs
ssasiss vfth the same brtSataess-saat IL.
the u1ossn's light wss bright as tks
Aun'a 81, day. so ali the people xoTas1
al The tErse, and were working themselves
TO Death high. ard DAP. The aun and
us2on sa@ this would E9s Go. 20 sney sata
tn eaeh other: One OF liz must ps5. o;ss
our light or aii Of gar children css earth
WILL soon be dead Then the fit said
4 am Inc stronger. / VIII pat out nay
hsas. No. naxa ,ha nsgon- Though you
are .fAs stronger. I am tae mother.
must pot oat my light, but must go and
30 asy children once q month whe. they
are asleep. So the moon pat out aer
Aghs. and iess II cofne or. In ia fuli bright
ness snea ;ss2ath. and fasn she sasis
her light E9gs a resting world -
Isn't this 3 pretty fairy story for the
Aisaflsu children 10 llsten 20 az they sss
weaving those softly tinted Indian bas-
ksss that are 50 quantity and deffly col
oredy
some odd tslngs happen way up there
in Alaska. Listen 70 this: An old German
named schneli, who started for Dawson
from California with eighteen thousand
eggs packed IN ten barrels Of lard aaS
Obliged 10 stop az Mufook on account OF
his steamer beirs late. Having landed at
s1abf3h anu EtiifsE- E8fal ne NGJsJ rave
10 winter there. 51aneis tried 70 ssi hin
eggs lie opened oae hArsei and found the
eggs BAD he opened another barrel and
found sste eggs had sgais. and SO the poor
Old fellow sent out in TIE Ice and gloom
and hanged himself Just think, as dI8n't
have eSen q Eicc green tree To hang him
self on. buf bad To DO the deed on a
fruzen bough. all sgsow ard ieIeIes
Waen II was found that Mr.. Schneis Was
dead bssyora recall, the barrels were ali
opened and the eggs were found TO DO
~ fresh fresh could be. and we're sold
at 80 cents Sozen. and the people OF
Aunook. while sOrFowsng for the aged Ger
man. ate their gi-osnss-a~ dozen Seattle
eggs an long ss they lasted. ard raJoieed
and wars glad with osaeiets and cakes
Faasse with real Eggs.
- IL is written in the darkey's bible.
Ono name meat Ii the other man .
piEen.'
I'm this letter which I had the pleasure |
Of reading there was funny story about |
George Hyde Preston whom every Seat
sieste knows and likes very much. He |
had been away building d cabin and for |
thrsa weeks had not washed himself or /
shaved. as there was no water where he /
had been He bad been living In a tent !
and f1tixAiHg Is with great pluck ard en- /
ergy On getting To Rampant city he /
went Into the cabin Of friend and sat /
down opposite a looking xlaas He gave a /
starr and ssld. Good God. IL that thing |
mel"
There was quite AN interesting aecaun, !
OF Christmas dinner given by a nice
FELLOW who. when at home also lives in /!
Seattle. The dinner-siver asked his guests /
what they would like. and each one chese !
his esfn dish. One of the ladies was dy- !
ing Tor real potatoes~EFot canned or evap. /
GRATED, but real pntatncs~fried brown In /
butter. Ono OF the gentlemen wanted /
marrow on toast. CThis was obtained (!
from carsboo ard moose shinl One Of /
the gentlemen wanted rum omelet and !
this. thanks 10 Mr.. Sohneii's egxs vas /
an easy dish 10 serse. because there's no |
mining camp without rum One Of The |
men wanted champagne. one .sany dish
cooked French fashion so now / vii, /
give yoa the menu or the dinner which the |
dozen people sat down To and enjoyed
Christmas day:
Soup,
Cartboo. Gree. Turtle.
Roiiesi fresh pickerei and rnayonaiss
Bronea marrow on toast.
Rum crnelat
MInee Pies. Nuts Dates. RaIslns
WIN this dinner they drank sherry and
champagne.
Some az the mer had the influenza or
something waa the matter that cause.
their eyes 70 redden and their handser-
chiefs so appear when toasts we're aeafref
to those NJ home. and Questions were asked
each other as 20 what the particular s'shes'
Vas supposed 10 he doing. OF ts1e partsc,i-
lar 'ahs' supposed to be saysnE abou,
that time. chrsTmas,inse away from
heEise, away from ala we love can't ha
very Jolly, even IL ore does get real rsota-
toss and real champagne
When We stop IN think that a letter
written Ia aiasks few days altar christ
nsss. reaches the nearest posas. Seattle
In time 80 he az the hrfh % the sangnu
AMI the rofnlng-aus party of tire aasYa-
dowad,llses. that aisnast four long. dark
ereary. gieomy winter months have gsssso.!
While eae tiny little letter that near.
on 50 ntsch. = creeping along en- sled
ard on sleigh through tee ara snow.
through esfd ana slusa. BY deg team. hy
small eea; and b'g. then tndsea. We feel
and klsow THAI "ail that sils;sne il net
gold ard many are the stsps between,
ths nsiggst AVID tie hand
hat what 10 gup say - picking m mug
gefs Of seven oepcese Ana issten 80 .h~ss~
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