Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-04-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MONITOR
WASHINGTON u @ Mar 90 1891

WASHINGTON, d. c., Mar. 20, 1881.
1t seems most excellent and fortunate
thing that something new occurs each
day or our thirst for news could never be
satisfied, and what would become of our
newspaper men? only think Of it, if they
should be obliged to locate on farms, till
the soil and become mere plodders like
ordinary people. Yet / have no doubt
they would sleep more soundly and have
less dyspepsia than now with their over
worked brain and the chances of final
mental wreck. AS for matter of interest,
Washington is full of it. The excitement
over the course pursued by the Virginia
senator, Malone, has been very great,
Chamber were crowded until there was
not spot where standing room might
be found. In the diplomatic gallery was
Sir Edward Thornton with other members
of the English legation, also Japanese
dignitaries and Mrs. and Miss Blaine.
The seats in the ladies' reserved gallery
were filled, with the exception Of the
front seats which had the careful watch
of capitol officer, one Of these seats was
entered by Miss Kate Chase Sprague who
wore about her neck a silk handkerchief
the color of which was the same as the
one which always protrudes from Conk-
ling's breast pocket, (that senator wore
the same colored ribbon tied in his button
| hole). If these two individuals follow
| Partisan fashions the world will make it's
| own comments. Malone spoke for three
hours, but as all papers throughout the
| Union will print, at least, a synopsis of
the speech 1 leave ADLER pens than mine
to comment. There is at last certainty
| that we will have no extra session OF
Congress, and the harpies who prey upon
those forced to reside here for a few
months of each year must seek some
other game for the summer months that
will yield less profit to the square inch.
The lady who was left to die alone and
uncared for in the boat house, whose case
1 mentioned in my last letter, died Of
apoplexy, and her family are deeply
stricken by the terrible affair. Her pastor
speaks most highly of her and that she
should have been suspected Of drunken
ness adds another woe to the weight
already borne by her husband and family
The officers of the boat house feel theil
conscience clear in the neglect the dying
woman met at their hands, but the public
cannot quite forgive them.
On Sunday, the 9th inst, a noted wo
man, who has led life of shame and who
filed her splendidly furnished house will
all the choice beauties culled from quad
room and octoroon society, died of pulmo
nary disease. Jennie Milford was, herself
almost white, and her history reads lik,
a fable rather than something real Sh,
parted one man and wife and it may be
dozen more. 1t is said mahogany Hall
was the resort of our leading men of thu
Army and Navy, besides being rendez
vous for some of our senator's. What
reflection upon our great men, truly, ''th'
higher up you get the lower down yOl
are" This same abandoned woman LEI
hundreds to perdition with her. Dying
she left fortune, the bulk of which il
said to have fallen into the hands of on,
of her truest friends who has stood by he
for many years. He is also a man wei
known, of proud, old stock, though
suspect a degenerate scion. 1t is sai(
that Washington buries more murdered
babies than any other city in the world
Surely our capital enjoys fame that il
not to be envied.
This week we have the great actress
Janauschek, at Ford's. At the National
Carcross' MINISTRIES, all minor places o
amusement are in full blast. Then come
Forepaugh with his ten thousand dolla
beauty and his beasts. Following upol
his heels is Barnum, so you see we ar
we'll supplied with material to keep u
lively and cheerful. The struggling Offic
seekers still press their claims upon tn
president. The hotels are overcrowde,
with migratory specimens Of wingles
birds, all waiting to witness some new
celebration or the unwilling of some rock
hewn hero. AT Richmond, last week, tn
''Star Spangled Banner" was sung an
cheered for the first time since the wal
Richmond is preparing to celebrat
yorktown HIS X MARK.