Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-08-04

mate can soon be made. He probably gives,
l25 state dinners during the long sessions of,
Congress, and Is at the shor, sossion-beingl
IAN average of twenty dinners annually with
40 guests for each. II we allow 81 tn eachl
guest, the actual cost Of a state dinner will bel
1850, 20 state dinners would therefore cos, SID
1000. The sum of - for each guest is a ycry|
liberal allowance, and within a few francs of
1.-The price paid 10y Louis Philippe King of ihc|
French the riches, monarch in the world, to|
This purveyor, for providing the most sumpiu.
Ious banaucis at the Tuilleries and Fontain.|
sbleau. la relation to the number OF palace
{servants ! shall moi be rigid; ] am willing to|
iallow %. In that number | intend OF course
Ito include all servants that may be employed
without as well as within the palace walls
presume the following officers will suffice
the President charioieer, , Positions, a
I footmen, 9 out. riders, , grooms, 4 French
cooks, ! butler, | chief carver, | cup bearer
| porter, | turnspit, l ~scullion, and 8 cham
Der servants. ! do not deem it proper TO
5name a keeper of the Presidents dogs'-all
though the "keepei ofthe Kings dogs" in Eng
4 land is no inconsiderablc nobleman and a
f@recent London paper announces tina. Lord
kinnaird, the new master Of her Majesty
sbuckhounds, has Just taken for four months
ACol. Cavendish's mansion at ST. Leonard's
IA W ltili ith lilito vi w llilSuts WI liltI
purpose of beirg within the immediate neigh
sborhood of the place of his official duties"
] Excellent servants can be hired in Washing
ston at from SS TO $40 per month-twenty-ive
Ssersants would therefore at $40 per month re-.
Squire a disbursement Of $4,000. Now, sir, not
jwithstanding my admission that twenty FIVE
servants may be necessary for Mr.. Van
Buren,, | am unwilling to concedc that a real
flank Wing could not go ahead very well with
Home fifth of that number. | have supposed,
ssir, that the state dinners and palace servants
sof Mr.. Van Buren, may together possibly de.
Smand an expenditure of $4,000.
TO that amount may be added about So, 500
for provisions of every kind, fuel, oil, Candles
and corn for forage, and we then have the
;gross sum of $1,000, which embraces every
scent that Mr.. Van Buren, annually disburses|
from his private purse, excepting his cxpen-
iscs for clothing and to decorated
This person. And if he is vain enough to spend
his money in the purchase of rubies for his
meek, diamond rings for his fingers, Brussels
Ilace for his breast, filet gloves for his hands,
land fabrique de broderies de bougran a Fan-I
Icy handkerchieis for his ~pocket-ifhe choosesI
Ito lay out hundreds of dollars in supplying
This toilet with Double Extract of Queen Wei
a%toria," Eau de Cologne, Triple Distilled Sal
won Daveline Mons Sens, Bouquet and Arabic
3Corinthian Oil of Cream, L'Huile dc Rose,
1Hedyosima, Concentrated Persian Essence,I
and Extract of Byzantine, the latter the most
charming perfume for the assembly or bou-'
idoir, imparting to the hand kerchief an agreea-
|ble, refreshing and lasting odor, and "patroni-
ICED by her most Gracious Majesty Queen Vic-I
itoria and her Royal Highness Dowager Queen
|Adelaide-if, | say, Mr.. Van Buren, sees fit
to spend his cash in buying these and other
perfumes and cosmetics for his toilet, it can
constitute no valid reason for charging the
farmers, laborers, and mechanics of the count
TRY with bills for hemming his dish rags, for
ibis larding needles, liquor stands, and foreign
cut wine coolers.
have now, sir, arrived at the last class of
expenditures of the palace establishment, viz;I
Celebrations and repairs" And in this de-
partment, after a thorough examination of the
official vouchers, | am constrained TO stateI
THAT there exists more extravaganza, if mott
more downright profligacy, than in any other
In the district of country which / reprcsent,I
a man is said to %"repair" his house if he PATCH
the old roof or put on a new one-or If heI
weatherbOard or paint the outside-or If hcI
hang a new door, or mend the hinges, latch
lock, or other fastening Of the old one, or if he
replace sound panes in the stead of brokenI
window %glass-or if he fasten the old mantle -|
piece, or put up a new One-or if he mend the
lold floor, or lay a new floor. All these vari-I
uns improvements, and a thousand others of,
similar character may he, legitimately, called
''repairs" of the house. BY an art Of Con-s
1gress, passed Sd of March, 1887. the sum of
1900 was appropriated "for alterations and
repairs ofthe Presidents House, and for SUPER
lintendence of the grounds around the same"
Now, sir, having explained what ] understand
by "repairs" of a house, and having referred
|the committee to the law, | will submit sun
dry bills for disbursement under that law:
Here follows two other long bills OF arti-'
3cles and services for repairing in the Presi-
dents House. Cleaning and scrubbing rooms, !
Intending and tinkering pots and kettles, tear-I
ling down old papering and carpets and win-I
dow-curtains, renewing them with the most|
|gaudy and expensive articles, &c. &c. These1
two bills amount 10 two thousand nine nun
dred and twenty dollars sixty three cents ~
This sum was expended for the above PURPOSE
les between the lIth of March 1887 to july
10th 1887 (about three months.
] have Just read five several bills which,
exhlbi. an expenditure, under the act Of Conf
3gress last mentioned, for what are denomina-}
ted s~"repairs Of Presidents House." duringI
the first six months of Mr.. Van Buren's tern,l
amounting altogether to the sum of S4,l27 9s.I
by these bills we are taught what is meant by|
THE phrase .repairs Of the Presidents House. n
in the palace vocabulary. 1t appears that
repairs in the Presidents House, consist i'll
buying scarlet damask and Brussels carpet for3
Ithe Presidents office; scraping or scrubbing. i
and making window curtains for the same5
purchasing silver paper and green silk foil
{ihe Green room; and removing furniture fromI
lhe Audience room to the MAJORS room, and
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