The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-03-04
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fresh their gigantic minds.
The average Congressman revels in sta
tionery. The man who never read book
with taste for reading, and regarded pen,
ink and paper as punishments, suddenly
wakens to thirst for stationery. He seizes
on hot-pressed satin surface, gilt edge,
French, English and Yankee paper How
he does eye and grasp the snowy envelopes
neatly packed and put at his disposal He
makes a requisition for his stationery in the
house, and sends it to his boarding house
to astonish his wife. In the committee
room the clerk, if he is an amiable man,
draws other and further stationery for him.
Much depends upon this. Once the Com
mittee on Commerce was honored by my
presence as clerk to the same. Some
days after was duly installed the mes
senger entered the committee room laden
with stationery, in response to my requi-
sition.
"Here Colonel" said the obliging mes
senger, clock this up and don't let the
Congressman have any, they waste it So"
But it is when the average Congressman,
first comes in contact with the female lob
by, that he realizes his translation. These
are to him, refined, fascinating and beau
tiful creatures His poor little homely
wife fades into naught. His life seems to
have been barren until then-and now he
30 t1 no,lx ,;ac 41ot ch,,tc /,
out from union with one of these elegant
women
There are two sorts Of processes by which
fraudulent legislation is perfected. One
is called "ring," which means combina-
tion of rogues for some purpose the other
is called the "lobby," and designates
agents living here, and employed by rings
and individuals to push their evil schemes
through Congress.
have made the acquaintance of several
specimens of those two sorts Of jackalS,
and propose photographing them some day
to enlighten my readers as to the nature of
this branch of our Nation& Legislature,
that costs the people more than the legiti-
mate law-making power, the Judiciary and
the executive.
was turning this over in my mind du-
ring the late session while sat on the sofa
in the Cave of the winds, listening to the
blowing to and fro about me, when l hap
pened to cast my eyes to the ladies' gallery
above, and out of the gloom saw a memo
ry come in the shape of fair face. These
galleries were not constructed with an eye
to effect, SO far as female loveliness is con-
cerned, as the dim light from above gives
ghastly paleness that not only destroys
the beauty but seriously damages the ex-
preston. Under the circumstances the
face failed to locate itself, and my memory
was dim and uncertain as the flashes Of a
former life that come to us at times be-
tween sleeping and waking.
was so disturbed and haunted by this
memory, that | left my seat and sauntered
into the gallery, seating myself near my
fair friend, and without rudely staring
found my mind gradually gathering up the
disjointed fragments of the past, until the
fair face was framed in and located. 1t
was a very sweet face, not SO young as 1t
was, bnt with prevailing expression OF
childlike innocence. Add to this man.
ner of great refinement set off and adorn-
ed in the extreme of the fashion, but sub
dued to the best taste and most artistic
harmonizing of colors, and / had an old
acquaintance before me. Although look
ed my fair friend in the face, saw that
she had either forgotten me or was not dis
posed to renew the acquaintance. She was
talking in aquiet, easy manner to well
known member of Congress, and ] consid-
erably withdrew as If / had been looking
in the face of an utter stranger, instead OF
one well known in times gone by. An
hour afterwards happened to be on the
entrance to the Senate Chamber where the
multitude of marble steps seemed to run
out and flow down, when my fair friend
came by, accompanied by her Congression-
al escort, late of the gallery, and almost
brushed me with her dress-the two de,
scended. saw neat private carriage,
drawn by q handsome pair of bays, and
driven by coachman in livery, drive up.
My friend Of the law making power
helped the lady in with bow the door
swung to with a bang, and the fair ons
drove away, while the Solon came up th'
steps, humming tune and swapping hi
fingers, as If especially pleased with him
self. Having speaking acquaintance,
begged pardon for my curiosity, and asked
Solon the name of his friend.