, 1870-04-02
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AZ they are in the act Of embracing. perhaps.
the sracious doors Of tho E.aud chamber swing
wide, and the Congressman, Of many tetnls,
Reacy.fer, of tic Bucks District, steps III with
butintRs ttriie.
tlcssreck," he sayn '.the p.aoplc Of Fodder.
town lost the ouly available barn in the llace,
for temperance meetings, and nov they want
r,e to get them something on tho toploftical
order; Grub City wants Custom House. as
the Collector there SAYS he could sec a sail
once or twice quarter, il be had high hon.c
O.! to climb onto. Grdyasr would like qnaran-
tine, an the people arc we'll down with the
fese17ager, aud they think that something off
Poet Office, On the Gothic or Aasyriau, might
how to read and write. AS for cirhc.in,
tAer'rc the best constituency in the world
a deputy architect takes both gentlemen
through tho spacious GALLERY of art. Mr..
EcsleScfer looks ovcr sha illuminated architcc-
turcs, like tr. Legrce bnying larkey III the
market. ilr. Snirps, newer. resembles rural
gentleman selecting the Kind Of photograph
he might like.
Sav9 Rc4ievefes:
''NEat kind o'.ling ss the vatican? Oac Of
my constituents 1,cz a daughter who has been
all OYER Europe, France mud other countries
and Fho eays tslc Vatican flattens 'en, all out,
It would be kind OF delicate compliment to
her. you scc,-apd her father votes our ticket
ktraieh. every ti1ue!-to build the Vatican in
tiruh City"
sn;,1,, %Ihe r.cashe7; in T5preeanoe" sdds NJ.
CEopereet form Of idec for cur Poet Office.
That. or the srhynx."
"Oh! eho! e1cl1ins Eedoyefoz, 4that air
| Srhynz WAS on the Asiatic order Of arFhstecter
= sor Of Corinthian. you know. What you
want is m edefce more abst1uHo for i Post
Ot.ice: the Iizauthian or the MaDrard!'
INN nn<3I1 al, Nrsr .,fY
with him twenty o.hez Cocg1rezmen more des-
| Pcrate than himself, all bent upon having new
l.ouse built in come ctoss-soting section Of tho
| district. Or. Perhaps some one influential
up in the heart Of his tuw1,, to tie dotEimcnt
| tf ite growth. paving t.1cs with dogScd
| avatice. In anticipation Of selling the same to
The government for costly cdiGce which shall
| improve the real estate lying round about it.
| There twenty Congressman resolve to join in
with any clique, ring, tariff. OF Tser-atld-liar-
| lor eet, which will exchange votes with them,
MD thu nl,!iginE Architect nf the Treasury.
rrona Of his art and tho exercise Of it. has no
mind to discourage anybody who wants n tino
etiiiiec ret up with these word. beautifully en-
/ gtaved over the portal.
| A. n. 1sC1LET. ARCHITECT.
| Now. to take up the eober edo Of the matter.
| II IL fact that one Of the grossest e1traya-
Ganccs Of the period is building \ govern
me1t building is reycI built ehearly. aad there
arc always Influences at work to promote nn-
Necessary building. to uproot old houses and
restore them with more expensive ones. to
ccvet = government lot and to get 1t cheap,
tdi6ce AID all. Tho history of the time Il
full Of such rcandals-sllc Chicago Marine
Hospital. tie New Orleans Custom House. the
| Carscn City Assay Office
Nn. XCLLETs nE5oRra
II We examine, We thA1l lind that almost
| every government huil,linE has cost far mnrr
| thnn tue original estimate. and that not one
| has coet LEES.
The Custom House It Bangor, Maine> should
have ce.t, viii, ground, ace"riing to the arclli
tees.s admission, S6H, ,Gss. It has coat s1y3.N0
The Chicago Custom House ran up from
S5iG.0GO to SAG, 200.
| Tlt Detroit Custom House tan from 32s ,o0c
to S.l7,0e0.
To present this matter in tho most vivid
way. figure out this table from tlo atchi.cct' !
| 1eru1t of 1sG9: