The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-11-23

come but once IN hundred years. The
former OF these classes everybody knows;
they arc the
CHRONIC orFfcE-sBLkERs,
OF the "opposition party"---as they
would say in England-who flock here
after each presidential election in hope
OF getting something. "And, alas how
many OF those weak mortals" will have to
20 home again. pennyless, spiritless and
ofllceless, after hanging around for a win.
ter Tor as long az their means will permit
theml ut the Washington hotels. treating
members Of congress to drinks and sena-
tors to wine-suppers, in consideration OF
golden promises of some lucrative en-
pioyment-promises. which our repre-
sentatives sin congress assembled
know so well how to mahe-and forget.
BY the latter class of visitors do not re-
| fer to those ''ccntcnnials' who, clad in
| LINEN BUSTERS AND PAPER COLLARS.
/ Used to make practice OF invading
boarding houses in battalions Of ten ana
! twenty staying twenty-four hours and
! then departing, leaving behind them the
| utter blankness and devastation which
| we used to imagine could be caused by
nothing less than confiagration or an
| avalanche: no. this race has vanished,
with the exception Of few Struggling
| specimens who look lank and hungry
! enough TO inspire us with the hope that
| the race may die ont before the next CEN
| tennial The element | here speak OF is
and abroad, who comes with his family
J to take up his residence here for the win.
.er--comes to spend his money and sec
the sights-and those are neither few
nor far between here.
The principal
EVENTS N CoNGEE-.
During the coming session can scarcely
yet be foreshadowed they will depend.
10 very great extent, upon the result OF
the election IN the southern states. When
| this becomes definitely known. and not
until then, will it be possible to prophecy,
with an approach to certainty, what will
be done and what will be omitted by our
legislators. And in society the question
| is: what will not be done during the COM
| ing season the centennial tca-partles
and Martha Washington fairs of last
winter will be out of vogue : they Will be
supplanted by masquerades, champagne
suppers and other exercises OF more
expensive and jolly, and probably less
hcalthful character.
TIE THEATRES
And other public places OF amusement
have opened for the season, and are now
in full blast. II Is wonder. by the way,
how easily the Washington public, other.
wise tastidious, is duped into accepting
! bad theatrical performances for good
ones. The best theatre we have here
would at any other place Of this size be
considered second rate, and when star
company occasionally occupies its stage
/ II do not speak of the dim luminaries
who have TO brand themselves star IN
Ordcr 10 make the puDnc believe IL II Is
an event which is remembered for days
afterward. Reform is necessary
THE wEATHEE-THE CITY, ITS sTEETS,
TTC.
The inclcmency OF the weather has for
several days prevented our streets from
looking as g"y as otherwise they would
Our Indian summer is past, and we are
now having the misty. chilly, disagreed.
bic weather which usually precedes a
cold snap. Our streets generally are in q
fair condition, however, and If it was not
tor the horrible condition of Pennsylva.
mia avenue, the pavement OF which is now
being relaid, we would have nothing TO
remind II. of the winters two or three
years ago when it was common occur.
renee for beiated wanderers TO come
home shoeless; Tor Washington mud is
like everything else that is bad about
Washington: it sticks W. b.