Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24

Rarely a day passes IN my life that my
| thoughts do not travel back to the dear
old village between the hills where .sehild'
hoods happy hours" were spent. Return
my phantom visit and view with me The
bounding waves, the islands In the dis
lance, the silent mountains capped VIII
snow, the steaming tugs towing scow'
loaded with salmon, and the long. silent
canoes gliding by, filled with Indians
going to the fishing grounds, taking theii
families and all their household Penates
with them. As / was walking through
the Carlisle cannery, two miles from my
home, few days ago, stood and watched
the stolid faces OF the Lummi Indian
squaws, as they silently filed the many
cans with salmon, previously cut for them
by a machine into pieces the right size.
Cinnamon were pitching salmon with
hooks from scows onto the cannerY hoor.
Then they were lifted up 10 machine
which tailed them Tor curtailed them
rather, lifted them up and cleaned them
and tossed them into an elevator which
carried them into a vat to be washed.
Cinnamon, Jsps and Indians all work 70
prepare the dainty salmon that the world
at large can relish il az their own tables.
The Indians are making good money catch
ing fish with seines for the canneries.
They are getting 10 and 12i cents apiece
for ''sockeyes,n the best for canning pur-
poses, as they retain the red color after
being cooked, while the springs, siiyers,
steelheads and humpbacks fade into pink
when cooked. But they are all canned
more or less. japan has ordered 2,1l0 tons
from one firm alone on the Sound, 80 the
demand ever exceeds the supply. The In
dians are in shacks and tents on the beach
beyond the cannery. The road Is dlled
with papoOses, dogs and chickens. Some
OF the chickens ] noticed had tiny piece Of
green calico tied to their wings, others red
calico and others yellow, 50 that all may
recognize their own poultry. Long poles
strung with salmon were being dried In
the sun, being prepared as food for winter.
Ia proportion 10 the amount OF fish they
sell is the size o. the game OF gambling.
A game sometimes lasts all night and the
and singsong that goes on
sound weird In the extreme.
To come back to the island. This Is a
Veritable Garden OF Eden. ] cannot real
lie any hot weather or severe cold weather
any more. ] read Of sunstrokes and heat
in the East, but with cool
winds ever blowing and really cold nights.
Il D. hard 10 extend a sympathHing hand
for want Of realization OF the heat expe-
rienced elsewhere. Large crops are pre-
dlcted this year. Trees are breaking down
laden with pears, Italian prunes, Bartlett
pears and apples.
Everybody, figuratively speaking, takes
] tent and camps for month or six weeks.
The island is bordered with campers now,
and music from mandolins, guitars and
oanios mingled with voices, floats out on
he dancing water IN lovely rhythm.
My cup would e'tilled with happiness
sould see some Of the dear ones In Chel-
sea out here for time, that they might
drink la some OF the balmiest air they ever
oreathed and view some OF the most mag
lifcent scenery their eyes ever beheld.
Potatoes are "spuds" here. a quarter Of
iollar, 1.-TWO bits, half-doliar, "four bits, -
md one never carries anything here, they
pack IT, A young gallant will ask his
ady love as they walk along, II be cannot
pack her gloves or parasol or jacket.
People here do not seem to think that
span Is very Tar away, and trip contem-
Hated there does not seem a. great a. 10 go
O the Eastern coast
Thousands flock here TO the cities and
owns every month, and Seattle is now a
reat metropolis OF the West.
As Aunt Samantha saws, 'smore anon.n
FANNIE WINsLoW.
Mrs. Fannie Winslow Granger