Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-06-23
Our Washington Letter.
Washington in the Centennial Year Washing
ton Sern and Unseen Coreorn's art Gat-
lery-- Congressional Debating Society, &c.


ton Seen and UnsesR- Corcorans Art Gat-
lery-- Congressional Debating Society, &c.
WASHINGTON, June &c, 1876.
Mr.. Editor In starting out upon this let
ter the writer must bear in mind that il should
be written to please the general reader. re-
CARELESS of the facts or fiction it may contain;
but the writer will try and confne himself 10
| facts.
Washington s no Centennial or dream land
to the readers OF the Sentinel; they have all
'done' Washington, and know as well as the
writer what it is. Whether their knowledge
on that point is favorable 10 the Capital OF the
nation will leave them TO say
To foreigners and those living in remote
sections of the country Washington is an APP
pendage of the Centennial, and one of lit
tie Importance either, as the city is usually
taken in on the Centennial excursion, and as
| the capital OF great republic is probably
looked upon with as much or more interest
than the 'birthplace of liberty" the scene
of the Centennial. The ever-moving throng
of visitors at Washington, though not so
great as that of Philadelphia, is of no little
magnitude, and The Centennial will prove
success, as far as business is concerned, to
| Washington well rs PHILADELPHIA.
Foreigners are not as q general thing daZZed
Fby the splendor of the public buildings of
| Washington, but they are struck with their
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lie the remains of Washington and exclaim
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