The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-16

IL ): :: Co.; =: !:
because OF awe,
rarity or use. up
on trees, houses,
! - md hooks. and the hundred and one
E6tels and articles in which the lover
3lotms. the antiquarian, or the collector
|tIn delight or that have become en-
&uod for some special reason TO the in
xtfsAl The mother loves the little
- she nrst put on the chubby feet OF
/ = est horn, perhaps twenty or forty
Nn go; the lover treasures the lock OF
r. n the faded rose given him by hts
Gul1eart; the home OF ones childhood
. - ~ familiar objects In and about 1t
y aevsr Implanted In the affections by
~ homes
~ I'D schoolhouse. with Its play
-: the old tavern that has entertain
1tSo or three generations of people; the
= church IN which parents and children
- Norshiped together under the minis
1loe At many pastors. and where the
nG<s. the christenings and the flu
~ have taken place for a half-century
INC have all a place In the hearts OF
pecple, and to those who for many.
ytars have entered within their por-
"a seen them grow old. they be-
tn6eared. and II II like losing an old
- % ~ any one OF them destroyed.
y Il b. that Its site may soon be
g(l4 ~ . costller. more imposing and
usse beautiful structure.
- the Puget Sound Weekly was the
IL p4pof published In Seattle, and If
loy does not play a false part, the
~ - outside OF Olympia in all WASH
ln territory west OF the Cascade
Utnloo. In the Issue OF July 30, a feel
I'm to the foregoing inspired its ed
- y pm the following in announcing
- &noliti0n OF II, l.. Yesler's .'old cook
which then stood on the west
~ First avenue south. where the
pu1acher Hardware building Ia now.
Aail
nv was nothing about this old cook
very peculiar. except the interest
- Which old memories had invested II.
- simply dingy-looking hewed log
- about twenty-five feet square, a
~ lore than one story high, with a
addition In the rear. and to
maHn and newcomers was rather an
yeeen and nuisance In the place. stand
Wh did In the business part OF the
among the more pretentious build
modern construction. like a quaint
marian among a band of dandyish
- 81 foung America To old settlers.
'sssvr It's weather-worn roof and
ast'a'Aekened walls, inside and out,
vastly interesting from long famil-
~. and many pleasant and perhaps n
unpleasant recollections connected
as early history OF the house, which
Axn' make subjects OF small vol
great Interest. had We the time
he u Suffice 1t 10 say. however.
snss Old c0ekhousc was one among
~ buildings erected In Seattle, was
Ms the use % the sawmill many
- snee' and though designed espe-
wf cookhonsc has been used for
- esery conceivable purpose tor
ips cabin Ia new and Wild
~ may b employed.
many years tia only place for a
- niles or more along the eastern
- faget sound where the pioneer
~. Vpuia De Hospitality entertained
$3.50 uash and set a square meal was
voAhoaise, IN Seattle. and wheth-
~ ~Na money or not. no man ever
- ~ laieh string OF the cookhouse
- " went away hungry from the
49, $500 aoof and many an old Puget
80 eh'2efs the happy hours. Jolly
n Ate encounters and wild scenes
4 i,.as,s'ea around tho broad firenlace
A&sSf''"ose hoard OF Yeslers cook
4 s 30 ne Indian war this building was
kNns !, fsadearous OF the volunteers
* epea,rs Ns s.lsg the thinly popu-
arsus against the depreastions OF
nss. and was also the rcsort OF
kA SsAerfs ON the same duty on tho
y s..'.. sanders Office was held IN
n 40 " the dining room: the audit
y ~. Nv sNtae time was kept under
IN Wi and indeed il may DC said
R'x -, ~ Shsa Tor more purposes than
$50 "uink On The Pacific coast.
n u sseftat depository from which
mi - ~saee were dispensed through
~ /, ~ aeepe et surrounding country.
I& ass,,A avsoAt times served for town
m se,a l''ssse' Jall military headquar-
r ss-ss ..sS, aotel ana church. aud Ia
sss ns,. seafS of its history served an
&sSn, az eaee. II WAS the place
ii ~. e,eslens' and political parties
~ i. 4, "N'' eheir MEETINGS and eau
s<1tz 49, 1Ad Quarrolcu and made
- Ma, and ate, drank laughed.
zak ~ ~ and slept under the same hos
kssf.ss u there Was 70 be a public
I Az ~ y me settlers OF any kind ANA
4 n ~ r@spose, no one ever asked where
~ meeting was To be. for an
n a." 70 De at the cOokhouse.
ser - sermon ever preached in King
n 4 ~ preached by the Rev. Close in
v ~ Ahonse. The first lawsuit
he trial OF the mate Of the