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WARRINGTON As WINTER RksrpEsor.
Generally, washlaxtou city d becoming 70
the country at large, IN winter, what all nc
great watering place. ssa-side reeHts, ~,
are to II In summer Ashs rssort o. ~ pleasure
seekers. From ali quarters Of The Union
come all who weary Of travel In the winter
for relaxation or pleasure, while not q few
families Of wealth, belonging elsewhere, have
winter residences among us, rs many have
summer residences at Newport aud Saratoga;
their houses here, however, being on much
larger and more elaborate scale Of housekeep-
Ing than the summer boxes Of the Million
aires at cooling places Of the North. This Is
% IL should be. The man Of means can OBJ
tain In Washington, ut very reasonable cost,
snch comforts and enjoyment for himself
and family as nowhere else on this continent.
wAsHIsoTos SOCIETY.
Nowhere else In tho United States is 30.
clety SO greatly made up Of persons of intel
lect, learning, refinement, travel and accom-
plishments generally as here; because public
sffalrs keep hero, for the winter, 90 many Of
the leading men Of every State In the Union.
4 gathering, social, literary, scientific, or
political, In no other American city embraces
q 1.-THE Of the celebrities who are always In
Washington during the sessions Of Congress,
and arc present at such reunions occurring
here, They may be attended by any respect
sble persons, Il matters not how unostenta-
tiously they may live while here, whose mind
or manners mark them for people OF refine
nent, and who take the trouble TO comply
with the simple conventional rules Of WASH
ington society. Elsewhere, where society Ia
local In Its characteristics, 1t is extremely
dificult TO get upon what the world considers
9 desirable footing with the rich, the learned
and the fashionable. Here, one has but "a
be known to be respectable, and to bc capable
Of contributing In some way or other TO the
pleasure Of society, to be universally vel.
coined by 1t. . p.
MEANS OF ENJOYMENT.
Then, too, Washington possesses tho
largest and ono Of the best public libraries
In America, open to all without charge, and
horticultural treasures which all may freely
l visit without cost, such as arc to be enjoyet
nowhere else In the United States. Tn,
scientific and lovers Of mechanical ingenuit,
have, In the Smithsonian Institute, the Paten
Once, &C., unrivaled free opportunities 70
substantial qualification. It is not wonder
full, therefore, that every few weeks the pub
lie hear Of tho sale Of Washington city prop
srty to parties from distance proposing b
reside hereafter In the federal metropoli
during the winter.
COST OF LIVING IN WASHINGTON.
Those thus purchasing Washington res
dences can live or sojourn here for as llttl
money as In any other American cit,
Groceries are sold as reasonably In wasl
Ington at retail as In New York. Fuel lal
in In the summer is cheaper than In Ne
York. Quickly perishable provisions, meat
oysters, game, butter, eggs and vegetable
bought as all should buy them, In consider
|, | bic quantities, aud Of dealers who recei,
7 them on consignment from the surroundir
: country, are as cheap as In any other Amer
/. can city. speak from the record, havir
d paid no more this winter for fine beef ID
n the hlnd-quarter) than from 0 to II cent
y for fine oysters, from IS to 75 cents p,
I bushel-equal to from ~ TO 90 cents per ga
Q lonj turkeys, 20 cents per pound; for vel
: ison, from 0 to 0 cents, (by the decr) 4
: eggs, from IS to IS cents per dozen; chicken
10 cents per pound, and for butter, (unsui
: passed by any in the markct,) As cent
u The wages Of competent servants In Wasl
: ington are much less than are paid in Ne
g York, Philadelphia and Boston. Thr
= where families owning their residences ha'
d the means Of buying for cash, and will ID
In supplies to last for a week or month
such provisions as they require, they ca
v keep house comfortably in Washington 4
q quite as little, II not for less, money than
a facts, II widely made known, will be like
to increase the number Of our agreeable au
a desirable winter deniEens, and l thereto
4 take this occasion to call public attention
Il them.
wAsHISGTos REAL ESTATE.
II In no other American city, may just
n add, has real estate been more steadily
70 creaslng in value during the last nye yea
~ ~ than In Washington; not by fits and star
Of speculators, but regularly and surel
a Every additional bushel Of wheat grown ar
IN where In the United States; every new V,
q y, sci built or farm opened; every new wor
,9 shop or factory established; every emigra
II coming anywhere In the Union to iucrea
70 Its aggregate population; every addition
n ae mine opened, and every new railroad bul
On insensibly increases the amount Of the G'
he ernment's business, necessarily transact
TO in Washington, and thus serves to increa
"a (insensibly, Ii may be, for the time belnl
be the population Of the federal metropolis
of which increase that Of the value Of Washir
ton city real estate Is based. So no safer
ct vestment and none more sure to pay fall
~ In the end can be made anywhere else.
The facts take occasion to mention abo
'h have all had due weight In attracting wint
IN residents hither, whose number Is destin
4. to Increase In far larger ratio hereafter.
10 GRANTS REPLY.
y Contrary to the expectation Of many,
~ pecially among the opposition, the remar
Is Of General Grant, In reply to the joint col
I'd mittee Of Congress that announced to hi
'n his election to the Presidency, seem to INT
-, unanimous approval among the Republics
of both Houses. have not yet heard Of ,
. first man Of them who falls to admit the j