National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-07
GOOD WORDS FOR THIS CITY.
EXTRACT PROM A LETTER OF GEORGE
-gre ALFRED TOWNSEND. rl.i't


EXTRACT PROM A LETTER OF GEORGE
-gr ALFRED TOWNSEND. r7lg.t /
The following e1treet from recent letter Of
George Alfred Townsend to the Danbury Hecs
is well worthy Of P.rassl:
Three iOurths o. the year ~ have the elssSest
skies-frank, young.gfrl skies which neither
as usSt s . ssr s
the North occupy the District alternately, and We
IS eSen the sSas
best is spring. when the buds bsrst Ike all the
ballotb boxes for the good candidate On The eth Of
ment on the trees to blossom a. young couples
who are engaged have when they pass the par
ssnage. s You can can, see the grass Ercw IN Deem
Capitol terraces-young, shy. pceplng grass, like
vegetable mice, ready to run back II the frost
cracklcs. =. " ..l
All the year round thereis something good to
can scarcely say tho same OF any other place.
The fsh run riot In the rivers; the shed cone like
one Of the plaques e EGypt:rssui.s Marine u,
seine boats, rowing SLOW and hard, while horses
at the windlass grind ashore to bring the loads.
Perch fOiS, and inst opposite the ey can Be
your live bait ike eoit Of phosphorie nxed am
sna l ssga e al: , II. n oo%s
may cit at the Great Falls, like . lone savage at
Niagara, deafened with q roar like the loldest
abyss and switch your By in the green pools where
the bass and rock are churp:ns themselves into
butter. r ..
OYSTERS, CRABS AND DUCKS.
As for the oysters, they fill fleet half the year
bard the Capitol. Every dangerous she'll con-
tains little red crab, adopted by the oyster and
snekled there, and the way yon discharge the mis-
rusty knife and shuck. He passes tho shell up to
rup is full Of crabs you feel like cannIbal about
10 feed on the esculent offspring of royal line.
The crab is supposed to enter the oysters shell to
acquire his political Institutions and is all Chris
TANNED and baptized when the pirates tongs
descend upon both civilizations.
The celery grown around Washington must be
the best In the world for It is certain wild eel
cry growing IN the bays and i, sounds Of The Chess
from Greenland and Aleutis. They get no mile
singing
..Dear mother, I've come home to eat.r
The upland celery with US is quite Is good, but
the ducks are . little awkward In the feet and
prefer to swim for it. What. joy there must be in
beside an oyster bank! Methinks the sea should
at once turn into Burgundy and the earth into
currant jelly! sE,5
THE soFr-sHELL CRAB, F.
the harlequin Of the marine Kingdom, meets here
II
Departure, at which time we condignly pick OF
his delegates and broil them alive.
This soft shell democrat has to take to the mud
at the mouth OF the Potomac in June and July in
order to sweat OF his hard armor and get smother
suit adapted to his growth. HI wants to shed
himself nse little boy who yearns for boots, and
to that end must wear out his shoes - quickly as
possibly.
Getting down in the succulsnt mud, like young
pig 10 the luxury Of eriefor fullnsss
an effort TO By born again. The process is good
deal like Hainlets reading to Polonius and call
the skskspearisn scholaf's attention to the re-
Their faces are yrnkled; their eyes purging
. ds, v sst s.n and sa should S
pc as ols:Is am, II, Tire eraa, you could 60
mi; Is SlegProsr that shakspssre had not only
eaten early peas and potatoes thsTe, bat Grabbed
| in the Chesapeake.
The SOFT crab exudes calcareo-mucous gum like
Upward and ioosens his she'll, and then, quite quite
| weak, takes to the shadows along shore to get
out OF the way Of big fish. He has most weak
Along shore the sutures begin to relax, the edi-
BILE parts to be detached, and with mighty effort
the crab backs out OF his clothes, and nude, ex-
harsted, edible, unresisting, lies like Q scslped
Nature hastens 70 restore modesty to the young
formed which hsrdens gradually, turns white and
vslesosnce, the epicure comes He sees the lovely
Helen and bears her off to Troy. There Is great
war over her at the table, and finally some armed
Achilles gets drunk, and everybody 10 both Aga
memnon and Ulysses. Sing, Muse:
Pass the mountain oyster and the young shad roe.
Lei the Cha ,s xgscn on the s"R ss nov.
Tomorrow for the Congress water!