Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-01-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
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Correspondence o, til. Gold Hill Daily s.-s.l

Correspondence Of the Gold Hill Daily Ssvs.l
wAsursoros, Jan. o. 1879.
Tho gods Seem to smile upon New
Years no longer since the good old
canops Of lang syns are obsolete. but in
these latter days generally send US slest'
snow or rain A. a token OF disfavor.
This year they delussd us with all three
at once. combined with biting blasts and
slushy streets. making pedsstrianism or
driving equally unpleasant as IL to i'm.
press us with q double sense OF dis
pleasure. And in this the gods sfors-
said show 4 finer discernmsnt than most
Of the ancient mythology gives them
credit for. As q nation We are growing
d~splorably shoddy. ana the "venser-
in9s" have year by year increased till
they
RUIZ SOCIETY.
Receiving ones friends upon the first
day Of the year. exchanging greetings.
and PROTECTING "goods cheers' with
the Arabs idea Of true hospitality
Is one thing. but q promiscuous gorsins
and feeding. Is quite another. True,
there are certain circles at the National
Capital TO whom custom has left no
choice in the matter. but who are com.
PEELED TO make inns OF their houses and
pump-handles Of their arms to an indis.
criminats multitude. but that is among
the pains and penalties Of ofics-ths in.
side Of the pill beneath the sugar coat.
ing. u which they wsro aware before
taking. Human nature is 80 much like
sheep nature that had Darwin chosen
M Of those woolly quadrupeds As the
connecting link" the theory Of evolu.
ton would find more believers. Try to
drive OF coal either race into pastures
new" through u broad plain gateway. and
MORAL on cupoEL sUAsIoS
Will be found alike futile; but let one
adventurous belt.wether crowd his way
through u gap in the hedge and the
whole race rush blindly after. Mrs.
Jones and Mrs. Brown receives" and
therefore Mrs. Smith Whose. husband
has lately acquired fortune In pork or
oil) must do likewise; and Of course II
would never do for Mrs. Hardup (whose
unpaid bills and bankrupt husband dc.
mand that she keep up appearances" Ms
upon that her position d~epends,) to he
behind In any matter OF display. The
family may live on pork and beans for
weeks beforehand. hut the tables upon
New Years must groan under q burden
Of the daintiest and costliest.
PEOPLE WHO ALL
In Washington there are various
classes who make calls. aside from ones
scquaintsnces. There are politicians
with axes to grind; lobbyists who never
neglect an opportunity; the idle and
curious who simply want q peep at great.
ness; the aspiring OF . lower strata who
are perpstually striving to get into 80.
called "good society" and an army OF
fortune hunters, and adventurers who
glory in the custom. n IL gives them
ths rare felicity Of o full stomach.
TIE o Il WEATHER.
Not since the ith OF March. 1879. the
day General Grant was inaugurated the
second time. have we had such q spell
Of cold weather rs the one that has been
passing over us during tho last few
days. The 18th OF March referred TO Was
only a single DAY Of intense cold; but
everybody who was here then will never
forget II nor the incidents that occurred.
The officers aud men in the procession
had thair extrrmities frozen. The In.
auguration ball took place that night In
a temporary frame building erected on
Judiciary square. II wal impossible to
warm IL. Gentlemen danced In their
o~vsrcoats and poured copioua draughts
Of brandy down their throats to keep
warm. The ladies in their full dress
(undress) suffered most terribly. and
there were not q few OF them who
WENT TO THEIR GRAVES
In consequences. The scenes along the
avenue during the progress Of the pro-
cession from the White House to the
Capitol were more like some Of those
we read OF on gala days among the Rus.
SLAMS. and the present spell recalls them
with fresh interest, aud II there 10 any
difference. the gauge OF the Thermometer
is very decidedly lower just now. and
the same indication covers o much
wider range Of the country than II did
on the occasion referred TO. The whole
northern portion Of the continent be-
tween the two oceans il suffering more
or less from the intense cold. blockades
Of snow. frozen rivers. and q general
interruption with travel and river navi.
AUGUST.