Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-02-11
AUGUSTA, Feb. 10, 1879.

LVA WNbsNN AiO w " 10 1cN t'isNs sA4J
arrival here and let YOU know h1g like
Augusta, ard how | sm pleased with
serving my country in the great and gen
eral court. Well, like II first rate.
meant to have written you before but for
several days after got here my head was
in such a middle at seeing so many new
things that could not compose my self TO
write am getting a little more accus-
toned TO IL nov and will try and perform
my long deferred duty. loft Bostic
with my own team and came to Bethel
when | sent the horse back, and took the
cars Tor the State Capital. Nothing oc-
Cured on TIE way, worthy OF note. and l
arrived ia this city about four O'Clock. on
Tuesday the 3lst OF December. | en-
quired the way 10 the State House which
| readily found as il stands on a hill aud
IS vetY conspicuous object. Going up
the stone steps, reached the front door
and looked for the bell but could not find
| il. then raped several times on the
door before anyone took notice oil me,
and was just going away thinking the
folks were out. when a burly fellow in his
shirt sleeves opened the door and asked
me what | wanted. ! tod him | wanted
to DO shown to my room. lie asked II |
meant the agricultural room, and said l
looked green enough 10 belong To the
vegetable kingdom anyway. told him,
looking at him severely, that | was a
member OF the Legislature, from the
| wanted 70 be shown my room where |
was 20 lodge. This brought him down At
once, aud be very bandy told me that
members aid not have lodging rooms AZ
the State House. but stopped either Al
hotel or at private house. As was
about leaving be asked me what my poll
tics was, and OF course, informed nan
that WAS Jackson democrat He said
he had been republican Tor many years
but had come to the conclusion that The
republican party had become corrupt and
be though, be should leave 10. He iuci-
dentaly Informed me that he had been
employed about the State House dozen
years and asked il | thought be could be
retained under the new administration.
did not wish to commit myself. and 50
told him had no doYDt he would receive
justice At the hands OF the great demo
cratic-greonb party.
secuted rooms and board At "a private
house OF S,rrelI .trvo,, Tho people here
live the balance OF The icar "a what they
&c. out - ne Legislature, and so they
chsrgo ieiriu,i' high .tor everything. |
pa i've dollars week and pay for my
washing ,N,ta. But We live h,sl rate.
MIR Coos. vho represents Waldo COualy
IN the en-, vi Ine REPRESENTATIVES room,
says he only had thanksgiving once
year at home, bat here he has II every
day. II is 50 with mos. OF u. The rep
resentatives' room seems ike u large
school-room. The moderator mas seat
behind a desk aud stays there most ottte
time. His name is Speaker and believe
his given name ia Frank. Then there
are cIorks. messengers and pages, and
IA, kLow what else, bu! haven't got
tho hang OF things 3 o., 50 as 10 tell you
lust whA. lnoy have to do-aud what they
arc heto i,r Tne drst day We drew lois
Tor seats and was lucky eoough 10 get n
back sea, which like bee .nso il is back
out of the way. | expected those who
got lrou, seas you'd want to swap with
M, bat no Que In, III red 10 sci.
Tue hrs, day after We got seated, the
wAi;ors brought Two paper boxes and laid
them before NE and said was to take
oae vi Them home and pa. thB other in
my desk. opened one OF them and
found paper, envelopes, pens and pencils
eoough To last me five years. also
found three bladed. pearl handled pocket
kaiie, better Que than you could buy at
tue store in Bos,ic or kelcham Tor two
dollars. | found also what | supposed to
be pllg OF tobacco, but on trying to bite
of chew, found it was nothing but
India rubber. was much disappointed.
know jus. what 10 DO with tobacco, but
| have 40 use for the other thing. Some
OF the members would DOT take the knife
because they said it would impoverish
the STATE. A Mr.. Pckard from Bangor
had the most 10 say about 1t, but l have
Oeeu Told that he Was clerk in Washing
ton ior sixteen years, and has laid by Sta
tionery and knives enough TO last him bis
lifetime lie can afford to practice self
denial.
have not become acquainted with
many OF the members yet. Most OF them
are very quiet like myself, While others
&C forever sgashing round and talking.
The Kennebec Journal accused Mr.. Pick
ara OF speaking seventeen times in one
day. and the next morning be got up as
mad as a N ,rch hare and declared it was
only sixteen. This man has fed at The
republican crib nigh on 10 twenty years,
and COW calls himself reiormer and
acts with he greenbackers and democrats,
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