Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-07-29
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

nifty have such prediction for walking the |
gas, In almost every city, village hamlet, |
thst Aas any pretsnsions to responsibility there
Is ss16mber of parks, or one park, or some green
sPoechosen by common consent as place sacred
to afternoon prOmenades and moonlight love
trysts. duly adorned with shady gravel walks
etc and fastened to the trees and corner posts of
which may always he seen the everlasting adju-
ration, @ Please keep of the grass" These polite
request. are various as to Phraseology. Some,
peTemptory, as. Z" Don't walk on the grass or
- Five dollars fine TO any one caught walking on
the grass or, short and sweet, Keep of the
grass" Some are suggestively imperative, as,
= Visitors must not trespass hereto or. Walk
ing on the grass strictly prohibited Others
partake of the argumentative, as, . Against the
law to walk on the grass while another descrip-
ton are couchsd in language at once respectful,
polite and-useless, as, Tvisitors politely re-
Quested etc. etc. We once read, at the entrance
of village park, in red chalk letters, "Tit' on
pine shingIe. the piquant pronunciamento, sSGck
To the gravel" and during good half hours
stroll there we never once forgot the pungent
mandate
And Notwithstanding that so much pains are
taken by public-spiTited corporations, societies
governments TO cultivate and maintain beauti-
ful grounds, whose neatness and order of ar
rangement should be the pride and glory of every
individual In the community whose home is
made doubly blessed and beautiful by their estab-
llShment. a heedlessness, a want of taste for
everything lovely in nature that is made graceful
and pleasing by art, as well as feeling on the
part of the people that parks public property,
and of consequence belong TO no one, and there
fore may he abused with impunity, cause them
to be encroached upon inch by inch until many
ellis absorbed, and the beautiful pleasure spot
and the artstically laid off grass plats assume
eventually the appearance Of sheep pastures.
One man may not have a soul beyond the stunt
ed shrubbery and harem scarem paths to be seen
in any barren sheep pasture, Yet that furnishes
10 reason why he should deprive another man of
his enjoyment of a beautiful grove of trees yer
dant grass and regular gravel walks, by ruth
lessly defacing them
forcible application of the above remarks
may be- made by any one who is curious enough
TO glance at the infamous manner in which the
ground surrounding the United States Capitol
are mal-treated every dav in the year by hun
dreds. We seriously request the guilty ones
land their name is lesion,) whenever they 2ere-
ORNATE the Capitol gardens to bear in mind the
universal Ekass, and :. keep of of the grass"
THR THISTLE NUIsANcE.-The Corporation Of
Washington Fathers, in their annual appropria-
lions for the expenses Of the city, handsomely set
apart the sum of one handred dollars, to be paid
oyer to the thistle man in consideration of the
services of that functionary in staying in her Dor
ders, her streets. her avenues her Judiciary
square, and all other of her public thoroug hfares
the Tavages and inrOads of the obnox ions weed
whose name heads this paragraph Under the
active and public spirited management of the
thistle destroyer the prickly intruder aforesaid
contrlges To flourish undistuTbPd on innumerahIe
vacant corner lots where it erects its he btafion
and sends out its purple Hat topped blossoms
edcn one containing the germs OF several hun.
dtea future " thistlets' } who are sure to grow
aha Increase in their turn until tue Federal CITY
VIII at some future day be chiefly valuable as a
grazing place for that much abused domestic
animal-the donkey.
We pause here to .;propound an interro1atorv ,,
as We once heard a distinguished petit iuror say.
Why Is donkey fond of eating thistlesi Reader
you imPeTf.ctly glide into the answer-because
he Is an Ass! [NOfs.-Nothing personal TO The
Corporation fathers is intended by the above cen
auEdrnm Directly under the official eve of the
honorable Mayor, the Councils, the judiciary the
constahulary, and the thistle man, or commits
sioner, Whatever his OH cial name NAV be IL he
bds an Official COgnOmen, a bona fde exi stence
the Judiciary Square presents to the observer
most encouraging crop of first class plants of the
dtSts! order, who live and defy the law This
fact has led many persons into the serious con
temptation OF the question 90 Is there a function
AIRY whose duty il is TO destroy the CORPORATION
thlstIes, or is the whole thing myth" A single
squint at the aforementioned locality as we'll as
The Seventh street route to the river and the
various reservations, open lots, and suburban
pavenents, inclines one TO the latter conclusion.
verify, and Of certainty, " it is hard to kick
against the pTioks."
Excursions AHEAD.-The season for pleasant
pic MICS in the country where the air is esb and
the spring water bubbling up needs no ice to
make il paatable; where the breez. blowetb as il
listeth, and keeps everybody in that delig htfully
cool state which gives double zest to enjoyment,
il now In its prime. Even Mercury" who has
heretofore kept his wilfuly shut 10 this sort
OF thing, caves in and acknowledges that - pic
MICS and excursions all the 90 from the cities
OF w ashington, Georgetown and Alexandria,
To-day the Presidents Mounted Guard are
giving their friends 4 delightful time, by a trip
TO Blaklslone's Pavilion. The party return to-
morrow The Eben-z.r Sabbath School and their
friends are also Pic-nicking most pleasantly at
On Saturday, the steamers Powhatan and Tbos
ColIyer offer chances that hundreds will EN-
brace to visit the saltwater regions of the Chesa-
Peake bay and the lower Potomac The Powha-
tan passes Piney Point, Old Point Comfort, and
nnishcs her down trip at Norfolk, returning on
tuesday morning The Thomas Collyer runs
down to BiakisIone's Pavilion, and, remaining
there until Sunday afternoon, will return her
passengers 10 this city on Sunday night
On Monday, Potomac Lodge, No. %, |. o. o.
OF Alexandria, make an excursion to ely
mont, the steamer Mount Vernon leaving this
city at O'Clock and Alexandria at 9 o'clock
On Tuesday, the Monumental Club promise to
such a. desire to accompany them, delig htfui
day at Arlington.
On Wednesday, Gorsuch Chapel Sabbath
school make " GlymOnt'' the Headquarters of
pleasure for day, and invite the public to unite
with them
Ga Thursday, Eastern Lodge, No TO. @
/ propose taking the entire population of the
Navy ard, as well as large numbers from other
sections OF the city, to make the pavilion at GIy-
mont ineIrler than II has ever been before.
Other pleasure trips are proposed but of them
another day.
lhk CCLPEPER FxMALE INsTIIUIR-We
cheerfully add our testimony to that OF the other
patrons OF this excellent educational establish
Inent, that il is in all respects one Of the best
conducted educational institutions in the coun-
try The principals, Messrs George Il Hall are
learned gentlemen of much Intelligence excel
lent Judgment and temper, and irTeproachable
public character men of substance in every re-
spect Their system is parental and successful
Their terms are moderate The village in which
thelr school Is located is healthy a. any other
ia the STATE Of laying a. il does at the
foot Of the Blue Ridge, within three hours
DIV ralI-of Alexandria and five of Richmond
Really, We know of no more desirable school
anywhere See the advertisement concerning il
ia another column.
RESISTING AN OFFIcKR-I.aSt night, Officer
Watsoa was called to arrest Daniel Mininy for
being drunk and disOrderly The onicer under
took to do bis duty when Mining resisted and A
desperate fight ensued in which the officer was
obliged to use his club with all the skill he pos
sesscd Two Of the night police went to Wat
son assistance and helped him TO secure his