Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-02-14

strident notes Of stringed instruments
caused lively sound-wave to pulsate
the untutored" ear. A selection OF
several dollars worth of records was
made rs the assortment was passed
through the instrument for approval.
Ed. Thomas, deceased, of Aberdeen,
was buried in Masonic cemetery, near
this city, Tuesday, by the Modern
Woodmen. While at work in q meat
market, at Aberdeen, the o, her day, lie
attempted to put part of carcass
of hog upon hook, at the same time
holding long, sharp knife in his
hand. He missed the hook, and the
weight. falling, forced the knife deep
into his right thigh, severing the
femoral artery. He died from loss of
blood while being taken to the hos.
pital. He leaves a wife and child.
The many friends of Attorney A. P.
Fitch will regret to learn that he has
transferred his residence permanently
to San Francisco, Cal, where he has an
opportunity to build up good prac-
tice. Many of our people have known
Mr. Fitch the past decade, or during his
entire residence in this community,
and We have yet to hear all adverse
criticism of his ability or honesty.
The best wishes of host OF friends
accompany him in his new field of
labor, and they bespeak for him the
same confidence and respect he has
earned here.
If Herr Anton Romanoff had not
adopted the aesthetic violin gymnas.
tics, away above G, in his solo, played
tween acts of For Her Sake" prob
ably he would not have been guyed by
the gallery. That part of the house
is irrepressibly bad enough, we know,
but why in Hades can't big. headed
musicians give the people something
they want and can appreciate? Gov.
Laughton always after an exhibit of n
sea of melody stirred up by his magic
bow, gave his audience something SIM
pie, and cherished, and redolant of
old-time associations, something that
caused the heart-strings to vibrate in
unison-even though it be hut the
"Arkansaw Traveller" - and always
brought the house down on his shout
ders as reward. We reiterate this
fact to impress it upon those who so
often fail to discover the popular
method.
1t seems that professional jealousy
between two Aberdeen doctors and
the ardor of their respective fool
friends probably resulted in the death
of Edward Thomas. the man who was
buried here by the Modern Woodmen,
this week. The femoral artery had
been severed by a stroke of a knife
held in one hand while hanging up a
side of pork. DIR. Scammell stopped
the flow OF blood, but before the oper-
alton was completed, friends of Thomas
gathered about and demanded the
patient. that he might be subjected
to treatment by DR.. Smits, and despite
protest took the dying man from DR..
SIS Office. During removal the wound
broke open and Thomas died; how far
this is caused by the act is, of course,
unknown. The strife was the result
of long-standing enmity between
the two doctors, in which sides were
taken by their friends.
John T. Browning, one of the chez
chacos of Lewis county, visited this
city, day or two ago. His visits are
now rare and uncertain, when half a
century ago. they were frequent and reg
ular. Mr.. B. kept, along in the COS,
. station on Windsor's stage line from
Monticello to this city, and the writer
remembers with lively feelings of the
gustatory anticipations Of the few pas
sengers who passed over swampy
Sanders Bottom" and the slippery
hills on Cowlitz, to find a comfortable
haven and q regular country repast-
sugar-cured hams, fresh eggs, splendid
butter and incompatible hot. rolls-at
Browning's. In pioneer days all the
old time families between Budd's In
let and the Columbia did their "trad
ing" in Olympia, and the visit of
"Bill Pumphrey," "John t." the
Davises and the Tilleys, broke the
monotony Of ordinary trade with
the Indians, who we're then the main
support OF the few few stores in this
place, their no uncomfortable resources
being derived from annuities from the
government.
Ash Wednesday has passed and We
are now fairly in the Lenten season
which imposes forty days OF abstem.
ious living. 1t symbolizes the forty
days of fasting by the Saviour and is
observed in tho Roman, Greek and
oriental churches. The earliest allu-
sion to it, speak OF it as an established
usage handed down from the fathers.
The forty day period of fasting was
similar perfunctory season of fasting
Of Moses and Elias, commencing with
Ash Wednesday and ending with Eas.
ter Sunday, emblematic OF the resur-
rection. The rigor OF ancient Oh
servance 10 now somewhat relaxed. II
formerly enjoined abstinence from oil
flesh, but the substitution OF one meal
y day, with slight rejection or COLA
ton, is now very general. In Spain.
during the crusade and the war with
the Moors, . practice arose OF permit
ting in certain cases, the substitution
Of a contribution to the holy war for
observance Of the Lenten abstinence,
and although the object has long
since ceased the alternative is still
permitted in some churches. under the
same title OF the Crusade. In the
Protestant Episcopal Church Lent is
retained as a church season, with
special services and proper collects
and prayers.
STATE NEWS.