The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-13
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 1876.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 1876.
Ed,tor Rutland Globe The correspond
ent of several of the Vermont papers has
given the people of Vermont an idea of
New Years day at the capital which lie
pleasant no doubt to all who could not be
here TO see for themselves. "The welcom~
ing Of the centennial" he says, twas pairi-
otto beyond comparison" Again he fills
those squares with description of "the
reception at the white house," and all
about "Mrs. Grants silk dress and petit
coat" and "Mrs. Fred. Grants crushed
strawberry tinted silk,' "aignette of
gold" ''crepi do chine &c, &C..
and erery tcord of which was taken
from the National Republican with
out any credit or quotation marks. But
that is not the worst part of it. SO far as
he faithfully copied from the Washington
papers there is an appearance of truth, al
though it reads very much like some dress
makers magazine. But when he leaves off
copying he is all at sea. "Mrs. Senator
Morrill, was assisted by her charming sister
Miss Swan :" says "Sol," the luminary
Now we happened to zee Mrs. Morrill, at
her own home on New Years day, and she
told us that Miss Swan was sick and unable
to leave her room. We called on
our Vermont delegation, and at
about forty other places, and shall
lnrcr ,loaoant roooIlaot,o, &C i,a
ladies we met, neatly attired in none of the
extravagant fashions, and whose tables
were furnished forth in prncely style.
But we have no skill in the vocabulary of
Madame Demorest If we should under
take TO talk like "Sol" Of "crepc lisse, "
| "gold colored pellses, ''sheny" and all the
endless paraphernalia of the toilet, like him
we should be obliged to copy it from some
| fertile newspaper, and then make some
| mistakes. AS for instance, "Sol' says
| "grdpe-lisse" instead of crepe-lisse. Per
| hap, he thought it was in some way related
| to the vine.
| Now as to the welcoming Of the CEN
tennial at the capitol that was beyond COM
parison.r The capitol was dark and de-
serted. He probably meant the capital
the city, and even in that view it was a
great mistake. He may have been con.
fused, or tired, or perhaps fell asleep and
dreamed. Just think of it 'Beyond
comparison" What flashes Of illumina-
ton? What quavers of music? What
| pealing of bells ? What thunders of ar
tillery that should be beyond comparison,
with which nothing in the universe
could be found for comparison,
Tho truth is that Philadelphia had centen-
NAL services with Examinations and great
guns, out here at Washington there was
scarcely ripple 10 distinguish New Years
night from any other. We arrived here
at the depot at halt past eleven, and went
up through Pennsylvania avenue to Capitol
hill at twelve. There were lights in two
or three houses, and at the door of
another q man came out and fired
pistol mp toward the stars. But
"So' says i, was 'beyond comparison.
This is an illustration Of certain proper
lion Of "Washington correspondence. >
| Some ambitious ''scrivener" takes the city
daies and copies out here and there TO suit
his purpose, and bashes it up with few
imaginary incidents, and forthwith be
rides his tall horses as though he enjoyed
the most intimate relations with all the
grandees of the city. "Sol. "Sol" What
a significant name Does it have refer
epce to the sun luminous brilliant Or
is II from Solomon, emblamatic of wisdom: