Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-12-13
Our Washington Letter.

friends, from ull parts OF the country nave gain
cred in Washington, until her hotels are filled
and her boarding houses oyerllowed This year
the Capital city grcets her returning guests with
sights and sounds such as made confusion at
Babel. She is not, indeed, repeating the at.
terpt to reach heaven by a sky-picrclng tower,
but realizing at last that cleanliness is next Ia
godlincss, she is making hcrculean effort +,
raise herself above the mud and dust and squalor
that has 80 long been her rcpronch
One year ago Pennsylvania avenue was paved
with wood, and has since been az level. as hard,
and ms smooth MS the surface Of a frozen lake.
The success Of this experiment inoculated the
city with rage for Improvements. The people
of the District, by an almost unanimous popular
vote instructed their legislature to tax their
property four million dollars to be Immediately
expended in public Improvements Instantly the
very stones became animated The earth opened
in yowning chasms through a hundred streets 30
receive their sewers While you were still won
dcring ct the sudden eruption, the rents closed,
and a clean wood pavement oycrsprcad the SUR
face MS 10 by magic In an directions che city
looks us though il bad been disturbed by volcanic
forces In the very hoirt OF the city grades are
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while mountainous piles of wood paving blocks
on the other await the subsideuce of the bdlow
of earth To leap To their places. From every III.
rcction long lines of dn,ys and carts come in end.
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'"' "pp'lo"'e o' a'ninglon is marvellous ind
rA''''' '"o ''''nl'Nel admiration ol nl corners
i"e Improvement "'Ii doubtless go on without
'''''Iup'''n un'.' tn's nec1meS' as 1t easily may
Que o' ''e most beautiful cities OF The word
l"' se",e'eSs 'uea oil 'he removal OF the capital
M'H prooaoy never again he seriously agitAied
rev oil the advocates ol the scheme were honest
u they were earnest 10 TIER euoris u lisa sig
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more Ve resort oil wealthy hmli'c' from othc
'''leS' as winter residence. Hundreds Of hu'
'lu'i's''' costly carriages gold plated hmncs
anu p''ouel h'Ises' with cJachmon and attend
anus '' rug" "'oiy' are DO" seen upon The streets
"'e'' "ne ul'uesl turnout was observed iev
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Wcalth that washington points with pride, as e
Tue i'et tnat thousands u not tens OF thousands
OF substantial ana comfortable houses are being
annually erected within her borders, for tie per
mancn' accommodation OF her rapidly increasing
population Hereafter let no one abuse Washing
ton again until they have revisited her, and thor
t'c'r words OF repr'aeh Will be changed TO praise
ana eonmendation.
1t isanother significant fact, thatu much larger
proportion than formerly, Of the senator, and
members oil Congress and other officials here arr
keeplng house Instead OF living in hotels and
p"iulhg houses Most oil 'hem have been driven
nS - eAoroi@nt rent demanded Tor furnished
"ouSe'' 70 purchase W ould houses Tor them
9e'''S' linus senator Huinunds mas one OF th'
p'e"Sln'e9t ana suHhle't Hule places ~ Washing
ION, s,,uH'e1 On h'gh terrace known as High
'ahu i'-ce' near 'he intersection OF Mass. Ayenu
ana fourteenth street. senator Morrill, has jus
nau erected pam nut elegant house lrontn.
tue clee ON Fourteenth street and nearly OPP
pos'e senator hlmunds residence. The iurut
"'V - now u''Hs moved ih' ana IN "a iew Days D.
"'' We ',',o"eu DS Tue senator ind bis pleasun
..'l,''' ION ~ on'tn, mas rented Inc
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ile most exciting ana interesting topic Of dis
'uS''oh YET developed by the assembling Of Con
s'eSS, Is tue puohcat'on oil the well guarded Sc
''' VI Ue precise nature ana extent OF the diihcul
~ D''|1'u INC government ana the huSshn MIN
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H. ,,,'.e ''''" Sg'',y gossip i"u induce
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'u i''u'a"'S upon th'
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