Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-11-09
- [FrOm'o Our Regular Correspondent.l
Is Washington letter.
WAsuISaroN. D. c.. Nov. S. 81.

"AoulN0TONs ". Sss ANON- u o.
For the next four weeks Washington
will devote herself almost entirely to fix
ing" for the session. The president has
gone to New York. some say to vote,
others lay for a purpose romantic and
matrimonial. One thing is certain. he
cannot vote, for be has failed to register;
hui who will say he cannot get married?
OF course the elaborate fixing" that is
going on At the White HOuse.-new car
pets, frescOing, furniture upholstered in
gold, regllding, and other exquisite details
of beautliication.-may have nothing to do
with permanent female occupant. But
the personal interest taken by the president
in the new installation of the old mansion
would seem. at least, to indicate that he
knows something about moral decoration,
aud the aesthetic befi ments of the home of,
uf-well let US say the executive of a great
nation. Perhaps he will live alone for
three years and four months in these splen.
did halls and luxurious boudoirs, but it is
the most inappropriate case for an anchor
tie that Satan ever invented. Furniture
has been ordered from New York, and it
is expected that everything will be CON-
pleted. and the mansion ready for occu-
pancv, nv the 20th inst. The east room.
with which visitors to the capital are most
familiar, will be refurnished throughout
and the wood work will be carved in
modern and elegant designs
All the government departments are be-
ing repainted and placed in proper condi
ton tor the winter. But it is not the gov
rrnment alone that is laboring to improve
The national seat of government and pre-
pare it for the thousands of visitors who
come every winter to spend few days, or
a few months in Washington, to engage in
its fashionable gayeties; to view its historic
md architectural monuments; to see its
ut collections; and, especially to hear in
the two legislation halls of the capita,
sCme men who, though living, are historic
Such are the power and facilities of the
press that men and history are given. as it
were, by instantaneous photography, to
lwellers in hamlets, and our public men
may see the judgment Of posterity in the
criticism or the praise reflected from the
factory, the farm house and the miners
camp. To return from this DEPRESSION
| began to write something about the pri
vate Improvements and the growth OF the
city. Real estate agents say that such
activity has not been known hero fol
several years. There are at this tim,
fewer houses vacant than ever before, anC
all houses situated In desirable localities
ire readily rented at prices ranging from
i've to ten per cent in advance OF the price,
"urrrnt last year. The class of house.
ought, too, are of a higher order thar
hose in demand last season. The north
west section of the city seems to lead
hough in Georgetown anG Capitol Hill tn,
emand is steady and the prices little il
tdvance of last year. So great is the de
m nd for residences in the northwest sec
ton that many, still unoccuped, ar,
already rented. During the past year
larger number of substantial dwelling,
have been erected than in any season fol
years. The outlook for building mex
season is bright, and argues well for tn,
advancement of The capital of the country