Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-05
DRIFTWOOD
Individual Opinion.)
BY LUE F. VERNON

A Happy New Year to all.
You may be full of charity,
Speak words of courage and cheer,
Yet, you're not half so happy,
AS one full Of Olympia beer.
P. Sand it's me tn at knows it.
Stranger in Olympia: as this the
morguef"
Olympia Pioneer Citizen: "No. This
is the Epening Recorder Office"
"Mose Goldsmith, of Seattle, is a
blacksmith in telling daylight robbery
tales" said an Olympia man, Tuesday
afternoon.
If some sober, intelligent person
will explain why the Olympia Chron.
icle is published for-except the legal
ads-he should be voted gold medal
There probably never lived q person
who could resist the temptation to tell
strange dream, although no dream
was ever strange enough to interest
the listener.
Why is il that all revivalists init
mate that the majority of their lis
teners are making Q straight shoot for
hell3 Why don't they iniuse a little
more charity and heaven into their
sermons?
How times have changed! A thiei
entered the house OF q Presbyterian
preacher in st. Joe, Mo-, and stole a
diamond stud worth $75. Not many
years ago $75, represented q Missouri
preachers years salary.
The Morning Olympian is published
in building painted yellow. Yet is
reported that the color of paint used
on the building is in no way response.
bic for the yellow" colored editorials
appearing in that journal.
"Mose Goldsmith, who claims to
have been held up in the Lincoln ho-
tel at Seattle, is tired Of fire sales and
wanting something new invented, the
hold. up.daylight- Lincoln.hoteP sen.
sation," remarked hobo, recently.
Here is a story they are telling on .
well-known Olympia man. His wife
vouches for it. A citizen of the West
side kueeled down to pray and his bare
flesh came in contact with tack, the
sharp end sticking up. The man said,
"D-n il, who left the tack there?'
He then went to bed. The fact that
his wife tells the story lends truth to
it.
Sunday . man was pointed out to
the writer with the remark, "Mr. -
has made in the past FIVE years over
$4,000. / wish that was in his
place." This man who has made $780,
600 might as we'll be poor, for he is
too stingy and grasping to every enjoy
his money. But it is just that class
OF close listed people who acquire for.
tunes.
There was q distracted man on Main
street, Tuesday, who wanted 10 buy a
dog that would howl, and howl loud.
He said that his next.door neighbor
started in on the piano at the break.
fast hour and never let up until mid.
night. He wanted to pit the dog
against the piano and play game Of
freeze.out. He was willing to pay $40
for first.rate bowler.
Nick Carter" wants to keep his
eye on one Nose Goldsmith OF Seattle.
Goldsmith was locked in . bathroom
OF the Lincoln Hotel in the Queen
City, recently, and robbed. Moses
was not in the bullrushes" under
stand, but in Seattle. Goldsmith
could unload to Nick many expert.
ences while being "frisked" that would
enable Carter to produce story that
would scoop Diamond Dick" But.
falo Bill" and others, so they would
appear like lead dime.
The housewife is busy getting the
little ones ready for school. Johnny
has worn out all his clothes during va
cation and Mary must have a new
gown. The books are scattered over