Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-30
Letter from Washington.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 1878.

OASIS.
Men here are weak and narrow,
just as they are every place. They
live on half rations st all times eX-
cept holiIays and then they put the
bio Dot in the little one; ea turkey,
pie AMI fried oysters, and pound
cake, drink beer, and get happy,
and thankful and full of
orthodox ideas, all from
the influence of full belly. / IS
well enough, however, to resort 10
the energising powers Of pastry to
create feelings Of gratitude where
those ideas are a little on the de-
cline. This charge is made in view
of recent events in our Govern
ment. The sunny South use
that term from force of habit
has forgotten God and His good
ness to them to a very lamenta5le
Isextent of late. l imagine that the
citizens of the bulldozed counties
will need to engage in q mixed +.
service,sfrst of repentance, then
faith.apsI thanksgiving.
sCdhlsress has not met, but a
8nfScf OF It's members are here
The city IS full of strangers, who
have come on to fl up boarding
houses. This IS not their leading
object, but it is the only one they
will be likely to accomplish Wash
ington i, rs fall Of boarding places
as her average landlady is Of de-
ceptiOn. And they can get up a
lodging with the least expense and
charge the most for it of any people
to be Christians, and
having a lingering hope that they
viii eventually cheat the devil by
going into moral bankruptcy and
securing the amnesty of Heaven.
This refers more directly to
the leading hotels. That class of :
eating houses where the majority of i
clerks and laboring men get their
meals is conducted on more
equitable basis. They give cup ?
If coffee, tea or milk, a small RAJ
ion of bread, potatoes, meat or
ISL, turnips, beans and butter, ard
'harge quarter.
No one saves any money here. Z
The tbeaters must be kept running
lay and night almost, all winter.
We must keep an army of beggars !
Who flock here for winter quarters. Il
All who can, must attend one two ii
'allS week, and as many recep- ;
ions. All young men are compelled :"
y the irrevocable statutes of soci- =
ty, to smoke away % to 80 cents -
7orth Of cigars a day. The fash =,
ons demand also that everybody v
ress out and out, new, every whip a
itch. People are forbid to wolk, who /"
ave any money left to hire con d
eyances. On the streets you can IL
ee every style Of buggy, chariots,
caches, calashes, the britska, chaise,
larence, rockaway, brett, &C., &c.
children ride in street cars to
ehOol. The play houses must be +
rowded every night with men and g
Oys who can't pay for their break 81
It next day. Oae Of these places ',
amusement--the Theater Cons ~
ue-has cheap rates and it Is sur hs
rising to see the jam Of poor, dirty W
9groes and white men -
ID boys who flock in 70
ere every night to see the in
irving on OF this loose, unregen- % %
ed smoke pipe Of hell. There is SC
'mparatiyely little drunkenness on to'
e streets. This may be accounted M M
r from the fact that any man or
und tipsy on the streets Will be at pr
zoe locked up, except he be a a.,
Ind in or about the p4
lpitol. To enfjIc e such law in cal
e case of this class might at W, VT
mes interfere with legislative bus no
esq.
Since President HAYES has to
anged the programme in South r ric
lrolina, | am reminded Of That Bl
)ry which you all remember
nee there was an old man who
pied rude boy up in one Of his
res stealing apples. lie desired vo.
m kindly to come down., but the -
'ung sauca-box told hin plainly IND
at he would not. 3" Won't YOU = Pci
id the old man, "then | will T WI
.ch you down" So he pulled up Nv
me tufts of grass and threw at o onT
N. But this only made the Ger
laugh to think that the oor
| man would attempt to beat him wn,
tn grass only. 7 49,
" Well, well !" says the old man, wa,
neither words nor grass will do, +bc:
viii try what virtue there is in ott,
mes" SO he peltedIhim heartily los.
h stones, which soon made the
hasten down from the tree and =
: the old mans PARTON. Moral: 7
neither kind words nor gentle in
ans VIII restrain the wicked, they M!
ST be dealt with in il more severe {"
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