Puget Sound weekly Argus. [volume], March 08, 1878, Image 1

About Puget Sound weekly Argus. [volume] (Port Townsend, W.T. [Wash.]) 1876-1882

Image provided by: Washington State Library; Olympia, WA

                
P. . A - , “in“ m“ . ~;'+lLa:-ui=:
n' (5' ”A (v. 7 : ‘7l! n ""‘_ [h I> . 3‘3: 715??“ IVI'":""'|"""|‘ w: jgva
ii a :1 aE _, 11-; F" r. "- (i aW" ",5: ”I I‘VE?“ > M:
LU w mfi£k ..gf--i.;.1-( j.“ _g-j‘pz‘fi Ji- '2
b ii," .3:— ._ :2“ .
VOL. 8.
PUGET SOUND ABGUS
IS l’l‘nMSlHll) EVERY FIHIIAY AT.
Port Townsend, Wunhlngtmn Territory.
A Lr. 141‘s “' I]: I n.
lalu'rnn ANI) l'lml'llll-I’I‘HR.
'l'ermu olh‘uhwrlptlon. - £3.00 per 1111111111 l
m mlvanuc: six months. 01.50.
RATES OF ADVERTISING:
0110 mm. flrfit luv-mun. .. .. .. . .. ..$1.50
Each «nlwqm-nt imvrtiou .. .. .. .. .. .50
'l‘rznwivut' :MIVI-rthw-nwnte m lusnn' in
sul'tinll mud lu- avmulwmiml by well.
”All Amounts healed Monthly...“
Tlll‘} Al'l’l-JAIMM‘E 01“ FRAUD.
Tina roarinmo “Tahaoasu” ox
wash: slim-Ann. ,
Several months ago a. young man
named Jesse Shepard, claiming to be
the most wonderful pianist in the
world, came to our city. Although
the daily press teamed with long
“pulls.” all of which were paid {or as
advertisements, the smooth-tongued
youth managed to impress upon the
people that his principal attribute
was extreme modesty. He was very
delicate, indeed; he could not or
would not. perform in a public halll
and would admit only a very few to
his private concerts. He claimed
never to have received any instruc
tion in music, but depended entirely
on the good will of the spirits which
he claimed made it their special bus
iness to attend upon him. This was
Jesse Shepard when he first came.
He staid here a few weeks and then
went on a tour of the sound. His con
duct there was strangely inconsistent
with his extreme modesty in this city.
He gave public concerts and
drummed up by hook or crook just a:
large audiences as he could. He was
no longer the sensitive youth whc
shrunk from public gaze. \Vhen he
‘ 1‘ I I I f, l
returned to 'l’nrtland he again he
came very select; hut though he had
never received any musical instruc
tions, as he said. an advertisement
appeared in the daily papers to the‘
Moot that Ola. “rounwuod” Jami
Shepard had consented to remain in ‘
Portland a few weeks and would take}
a few—only a very select few—pu
pils. Since that time he has been
dodging here, there and everywhere.
giving concerts, seances, etc., all
ways charging extortionate prices
therefor. Every few days the “re
nowned Jesse Shepard,” according
to his own story, receives urgent ap
peals from crowned heads or emi
nent musicians requesting his pres
ence in Europe. In the name of
common sense, why don‘t the young
man go? Ilis veal and instrumen~
tal performances are remarkable—‘
for their extreme thinness. His “won 1
derlul exhibitions” can only be done
under cover of darkness and from
behind a screen. He certainly goes
“high and low," Ind as the newspa
ers say. his voice is “clear and flute
iike". He does not pronounce the
words of the songs which he sings,
and the notes do not half so much
resemble the sound of the human
veioe as that oh flute or other good
instrument. There is certainly
crookedness somewhere. If Mr.
Shepard is possessed of “wonderful"
powers why don’t he exhibit then
openly and in the light. ?‘
The above is a flagrant example
of unfairness in dealing with the
question at issue. Mr. Shepard re
mained a few days in Port Townsend
during the past week, in the course
of which he held anumber of private
seances besides giving a public con
cert. The latter was spoken of by
many who were competent judges as
well asirnpartial persons as being
one of the most rare and grand mu
sical treats they had ever listened to.
Although we were prevented, by
other appointments, from attending
and listeng, it would be folly to assert,
even were we so disposeddn the face
of such reliable testimony, that Mm
Shepard is not a pianist and singerl
of wonderful powers. There can be
no doubt that the country, in this
fast stage of its existence, teems
with frauds of every type and occu
pation, and also that forcible and
plain language ought to be used mi
and about them whenever necessary
PORT TOWNSEND W. T.. FRIDAY. MARCH 8. 1878.
in Correcting the evil tendency of
their itnpnsitions, but at, the same
time the fact is plainly established
that sensational newspapers, in their
zeal to create it stir of some sort, go
to the other extreme and many
timus denounce adventurers in terms
which evince no spirit of fairness end
just dealing. \Ve do not, by any
means, accept the profession that Mr.‘
Shepnrtl’s powers have a supernatual
or spiritualistic origin. yet we pro
pose to warrant his hand and he ahle
tn logically and fairly expose him be
fore making any attempt to in
influence public opinion.
HoKo Rivera-« The cannery at
this point is now in process of erec
tion, and will soon be ready for busi—
ness. Hon. E. B. Ebey, the Presi
dent of the company, was in this city
yesterday, and informed us that they
had some idea of canning halibut as
well as salmon. Their only fear was
that the flesh of the halibut did not
contain as much oil as‘that ufthe sal
mon and, for that reason would not
keep so well. We don’t think that
will materally interfere with the
canning of halibut, for we have used
cans of chicken and turkey that have
‘hcen put up for three years, and
found them invariably sweet; and
they contain no more fat than hali
but. The next five years will wit;-
ness a. marked change in the coun
ties of Clallam and Jefferson. Fish
ing villages will dotevery little nook
and hay between Port Townsend and
Neah bay, and as fisherman cannot
grow their own produce, they will
have to purchase from the settlers
who are taking up the fertile creek
bottoms along the straits. The fish
urios will, before the close of 1880,
make a cash market for all the gar
den truck that the settlers can pro.
Iducc.——“lntclligencer.”
Poor Mr. Lincoln, being where he
cannot contradict his assailants, has
been made responsible for a great
many poor jokes and a great many
jokes that were bald-headed and hadi
moon mrehn'n log- u-lwn he was born.
But it really is too had for the pa.
pers to resurrect and make the good
Ahe responsible for that very ven
erable and senile answer to the con
undrum: “If two little pigs weigh
fifty pounds, how much will an old
hog weigh ?” I don’t know,” said
old Abe; “step on the scales and I
will weigh you?” Now, it is well
known that this joke was old when
the l’homcciuns first suggested the
pyramid to M. Cheops, and caused
many a wild gull'aw among the mem i
hers of the Symposium. In {actfi
this is the very reply which Libra
made to Achilles in pro-historic
times, and Olympus rocked with the
responsive risibility, when Libra said,‘
“ Get on my scales.” 1
A dispatch from Kalama informs
us that the convention nominated
Mr. Gilmore of Klickitat, for delegate
at large, B. F. Dennison for the judi
cial district. and A. S. Abernethy
and J. B. Allen for council districts.
These nominations we consider ex
loellent ones, and have no doubt but
they will be well received by the
people. From these nominations we
judge the convention was not as
partisan as former Republican con
ventions at Kalama, but that an
earnest effort was Inade to obtain
good ahd capable delegates to the
constitutional convention. To secure
agood constitution that the people;
will endorse, delegates mdst be elect-l
ed who throw aside all partisan feel- ‘
ings in this matter; and to obtain
admission as a state, our plea must
he backed up by the whole people,
and not as a party claim.—“ Olympia
Transcript.” I
The Temperance people of King
county have nominated J. W .
George as a. candidate from the coun
cil district to the constitutional con
vantion.
A man shows his character by what
he laughs at, and his culture by the
way he does it.
l’A'l‘EN'l‘Snnd how to obtain them.
Pamphlet or 60 pages (me. upon rewipt
otsmmps for {)nwtllge. Address
GILJOR .. SMITH. & 00.,
Solicitors of Patents. Box 44.
47 . Washlngton. DC.
(‘. M . InmlmnAw. WM. A. Imus
BRAD! HAW a. TINMAN.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW A'SD PROCTORS
In Admiralty.
Port Townmnd. W. 'l‘
r Judson & McFadden,
{ATTORNEYS}? CDUNSBLUHS-AT-LAW
l ollcc(Joulilonmrugz.w 211;;{rn‘3-clnu. ace. kc
H. L. BLANCHARD,
Attorney as Counsellor At-lnw
PRDOTOI IN" ADMIRAL". ‘
PORT TOWNSEND - - W. I‘.:
Dr.‘lsaac N. Power
PHYSICIAN A/VD SURGEON.
OFFICE AT
LA CONNIE, W. T.
W. H. ROBERTS
TEACHER 0F PIANO AND ORGAN.
Port Townsend, W. T.
G. MORRIS HALLER.
ATTORNEY 'AND (.IOUNSELLDB AT LAW
Proctor in Admiralty.
Money loaned, Raul Estate lmughtund sold
Farms to Lease,
Uohecuo n unmade. Conveyancing. ac.
PORT TOWNSEND. W. T.
Dr. Thos. T Minor
Managing 8v icon. Murine Hospital.
Port Townsend. W. 'l‘.
Can be consulted, night or day, at Hospital.
wofllce hours ut Central Hotel Imm 11
to 12 A. 31.. xmd u-om 7"0 a r M
rum-x. u. ILARRABEE. c. u. HANFUHL‘
Larrabee & Hanford.
COUNSELORB l. ATTORNEYS A'l' lAW.
‘ HJGAT'I‘I4E. ‘V. T.
1 Practice in the Counl ol the ad Judiciul Dist.
THOMAS DRUMMOND,
PORT TOWNSEND. VI. T.
Brlcklayer, Plasterer, and
Htonu Mason.
55‘ Work done at. the lowenl reasonable rntoa.
Jobbing promptly attended to. Hi
New Barber Shop.
[N CENTRAL HOTEL BUILDING.
Joseph (16 Barrows.
859" Shaving. [lair Cutting, and Color
ing. (lone in style.
U. 5. Restaurant W Hotel
(Next door to Louis Scllurs.)
ALEX VINCENT, Proprietor
WATER. em. PORT TOWNSEND.
Hood macmmnodatlons at CASH RATES.
New Shoe Store.
WM. VE T T ER,
Fashionable Boot and 81108 Maker.
,A”s:3l.2lo22,:‘Emirs'mn'ms‘ Wm “22;“
WATER RT.. ~ - PUiIT TOWNSEND
i l
DALGARDNO S HOTEL
VVA'I‘ICR H'FIIIGI'IT.
Port Townsend, w. I'.
THE ABOVE "01””) IS I’AR'I‘ICI'LAIUJ’
mlnplull m tho accommodation of ull
who «It-Mm A RESERVED AND NH'E
PLACE to Board. und n-slwchuly Families
and snjmu'nvrs whhluu goo: _roonni.
COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL.
v. "mam ('LAPP, Proprietor.
THIS WELL-KNOWN AN!) POPI'LAR
"mum hm: lmun rumrnlnhml nml rustitrwl
In all Its (lopmrtnwntn. and Is now nrunurml tn
fm-nlnh 111-u ('lmuo neeolgllnmlutlmm to it.-I
patrons. lit-1m: ellmnly nmmtml It In mmy or
humus hy the trnvuling pnhllc. Its tuhlu- wlll
alwayl’slmuulmllml with lhu host. thenuu‘kot
utftm u. Rooms for fnmllws. wlth bounl by
he day or week. [5
\VI. Donn. J. 13'. l'uuu
CENTRAL HOTEL,
' Situated at hem! orUnlon Wharf.
Port 'l‘owmoend w. T.
This House in nuw and newly fnrnlxhcd, and
pmncnnenull tho ummlntuu'ntsotu ‘
First-Ola.- Hotel. 1
[ts Bur in Hupplted with the bust of \Hnos.‘
Liquors uml (.lgurs. Thom luu "rut-chm»: lill]
lurd'l‘uhle and Itexuilnu Room In tho llntul
Nothing will be hm. undonu to make this
Hotel second to none in the 'l‘c-rrltm'v.
3-; DUDD a PUG".
Be S. JIIEEEZL
a??? ‘
Head of Union @‘@f§% Pt. Townsend
Wharf. :i’: 9:; w. 'l'.
Carries the Largest Stock in the Territory
—————_________+__
i , JMMES JENES,
Corner Custom. House swam.
IF YOU WANT
Reading Matter
Stationery of all kinds
School books
Picture Frames, ALL sxzms
Book-shelves 825 Brackets
Nice Fresh Candies
Nice Fresh Fruit: Best Gigars
Go to James Jones.
WATERMAN & KATZ,
SfllPi’lNli AND DIINIMISSIIIN
MERCH A N T S
AND DEALERS IN
General Merchandise,
Keep Constantly on Hand "
THE LARGEST STOCK
ALL KINDS OF GOODS,
Furniture,’Lumber, Doors, Windows
BR 10K, §~ um Kinds of B UILDING Jlfaterial
. And will Sell
CHEAPER FOR CASH,
Than any House on Puget Sound!
AGENTS FOR
Wells, Fargo 85 Company’s Express
Our Facilities for Purchasing in
the Leading Markets are
Superior to any.
We will give and take Exchange on
SAN FRANCISCO AND NEW YORK
At the most Liberal Discount.
W'ATERMAN (S: KATZ.
NO. 3