Smyrna times., 1879-05-07

Machlnery Hall. w Wherever l go l see |
relics of the Centennial Like the Hebrew |
children, they are scattered over the world. |
Dat Pennsylvania avenue l strolled and !
bought newspaper. | gave the boy a |
dime. He had no change and walked off |
| called him back and recovered my money. |
| would not pay ten cents for Washing |
ton newspaper made my way to the
White House, and, as looked at the |
modest affair, | thought it was not such
grand thing to be President of these United
states after all. Excavations were going OH
III the grounds, and workman told me
they were giving Ruthy more gas. Across
the avenue walked into park. Several
colorrd men were cleaning the walks.
What park IS thi,?' aske
" Lafayette, sah.'
"Oh, yes, see there a statue of Lafay
cite, said, pointing to an equestrian
figure
No, sab, that's jackson, sab"
gave him quarter not to laugh or 10
spread the news among his fellows. |
moved along and looked At the outside Of
the Treasury Department and saw IL"
countrsses going to work. | next came II
the Patent Olfcr | know all about that
department, and think it needs reform.
ing. sent a valuable invention there
once-an invention that was to revolution-
lze the bread bakery business. The patent
was rejected. They said the idea had been
covered ten years before. | have the
evidence Of the departments corruption at
home in the shape Of notice to that
effect. 1t is all have to show for $50 and
many wakcless nights.
was told that | might get back to the
Capitol by taking a horse car or a chariot
chariot! That was the thing. A chariot,
and perhaps a chariot race Memories Of
ancient Rome and Barnum's Hippodromc
crowded upon me, and | rushed back to
Pennsylvania avenue to take a chariot
that is, if the rushing steeds could bc con
trol!ed long enough for me to get aboard.
| saw IA chariot. TO say was disappointed
does not express the idea. The English
language issometimes very weak. Imagine
"a vehicle the nearest description of which
is that 1t Is a cross between Il hotel coach
and one-hOrse CniOn.line night car You
nced not Imagine the horses. Suffice is to
say that they did not prance and they did
not race. They rot to the Capitol at the
pace that 1l!den is going for the White
House, the only difference being that the
animals did get there.
Standing on the terrace, viewing the
avenues which spread out like the spokes
of wheel, | was approached by a colorel
gentleman in considerable dccav--that is as
TO clothing. lie wore fringe on the bottom
of his trousers ANA his coat was of many
color> HIS hat would have canned him in
any city but Washington.
Fine view from herr sah," he said.
assented. Dat buildin' on de far left
sab. is dc house dat Washington iigrd in
/ You don't tell me?" said, yiew!n. a
! faded brick cdiGcc with awe
dat huldn' to de obstreme right, sab,
is where de fust Congress met
! "Indeed.'
Right underneath here, sab, in de
vaults, lie bread for de army of de Potomac
was cooked, sah."
Where did the smoke go?"
II don't know about dat, sab did YOU
eher see de bronze doors that cost $50, ,0O0%'
| never had, aud he took NE and showed
them to me, and pointed out houses in
which he said different events had occurred.
| saw the buildings in which all the great
| things of the revolution aud rebellion had
taken place, and was much edited. lie
pointed out Ben Butlcr's house. | asked
him If he knew widow Oliver
Does she keep boarding house here
sab ?"
lIllOIlllCu lllIll ludI meant cameron
widow Oliver, and enlightened him about
the breach Of promise.
"Oh ter, sab know who you near
now," and | firmly believe that he
did not. You see dey walk here-dat',
where she waited for him every day She
never came near de Senate proportion q
de building, sab, but she Jest walked rounc
and round dat walk waiting for him. Nv,
seen her many and many a time. "Oh
yes know her we'll, sah."
He then pointed out the statuary.
"CouTbu~ Discovering the World, World
> sab; Peace and Prosperity, sab; Wah
, sah."
) "Who is that facing us?" | asked, az
thought | recognized a familiar face.
Dat, sab, is Washington. Fust in wah
fust in peace and fust in dc hearts Of his
I stop, or you die!' cried, and he stop
! ped.
Y lie then showed me the different ''prc
r portions" of the Capitol, as he called them
Y remarked that he was pretty famili:,
] with the sacred edificp, to which lie an
| swersd:
e " ] worked about dis here building, sal
e nigh Onter eight years, but you see wha
f dey call de Dimocrats-dey showed me ou
5 and got permission to show the place t
!. ! strangers. Ever Oln 10 ue SMITHSONIAN III
| stiute? Fine collection, sab. Dey've &C
n a pair of boots made from the hide of
l. man, sab, and de skin of a snake dey ca
a the bo' constructor, sab. All strangers z
to de Institute, sab"
Is | said | would inspect that hide Of ma
s, when | had more leisure. and left to loo
1t into the inside of things at the Capitol.
K no sooner entered the doorway than ! wi
approached by a man in blue shirt, wea
~ ing badge and carrying stout cane.
ID You are a stranger, sir? ~
ID "Please don't take me in.'
n 81 saw you talking to that colored fello
M outside, and | thought you would like to
II, shown around. | am the guide insid
to sir
ne | preferred to show myself around, al
It, as | did 80 discovered thatthe man in &
blue suit had either lied to me or else h
no come into the world several dozen at
time. Guides pounced on me at almC
se every step all told me | was a stranger.
ed | engaged none of them.
off | saw the Z" House. which is only o roo
en- and the Senate chamber. looked il
he the Supreme Court room. They we
an sweeping it out. man told me tn
ne swept it out every morning since [
memorable day when Hayes was declar
my elected by eight to seven. | climbed
As into the dome and looked down uT
of Washington, and then came down to
oss and started for the Smithsonian. Th
ith were fossils and fossils, but never saw
nil boots made from mans hide; not t
Al -, ,,,o,, not ho thara for I nayov