The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-22

i mower "witb the people," Whether he
l. enough Of o power to get elected re""''n'
| to be seen. la.
He has money; he has brains; he mas
readiness Of repartee, and he Is determines
| 10 bc Governor OF Massachusetts,. 80 wen
| il this known that some voters think theY
had iust ms well vote for him, elect MN,
and let him die in peace.
understand that he Is very odious 10
the Harvard people. and that u VIII Ne
bitter dose for them II he Is elected, LOT
then. according TO ancient custom, ne VIII
ride M there I'm state, and they VIII nave
10 confer upon him the degree OF LII.
D.---B. +. Butler, LII. ID.
Buffers newspaper friends often recte
his services TO his country; but they rarely
II ever mention his greatest work-Dutcn-
Gan canal. II will remain to us to erect
nj HOLLYWOOD q cenOtaph, and lnsci1De
upon IL "B. Butler, author OF the Dutch
Gap canal"
The Republicans here have managed to
Get I'D tirst-class row in their camp.
Crapo. NJ. c., and Bishop, president OF the
Senate. are the rival candidates for Gov
ernor. Crapo is bitterly denounced Tor
voting for "thc river and harbor steal,' rs
they call it up here.
Their Convention meets wednesday, and
il is now predicted that both Bishop ana
Crapo will be thrown overheard.
Butler Is going to make tremendous
fight. lie believes in brass-bands and fire-
works; wherefore the newspaper-men,
who are ever wanting in reverence, de-
scribe his canvass rs follows:
The rockets rush. the rod-llghts' glare,
The whiz OF pin wheels through the air.
The blast OF irumpets, blare on barc,
For Butler and the Offices.
Tho thunders' tread Of manly feet,
The steady march through street on stree',
Tie banners fOuting all defeat,
For Butler and the Offices.
Tho big bass-lrlIms that shake the air,
The rockets fiZZ the torches glare
The blaze of bonhrcs everywhere,
For Butler and the Olhce'.
FRAGMENTS.
The BARRIERS here have their signs and
poles painted white and black, except the
colored BARRIERS, who throw in streak OF
red.
Ii is quite common thing to sec q BRICK
or llmbcr-WagOn drawn Dy three or four
horses tandem. The driver has no line or
reins Tor the leading horse, but directs hlm
by word OF mouth. and with rcns controls
| tie shait-horse. Such teams are needed Tor
the narrow and tortuOus streets. Boston
streets are more crowded, anyway. than
New York's. though the population OF the
city IS not 4O0, 00O. 1t is busy, busy place,
and surrounded by prosperous towns ana
| villages.
1t is the law here that all bar-roOm, shah
be closed on sundays and cCefY night at l.
O'Clock. The law seems to be well en-
forced.
The ordinary IIerdic coaches are two
wheeled hacks, drawn by one horse.
You enter from the rear. There are seats
for four persons. For twenty-five cents
| they will carry man anywhere within the
old city. For depot service there are larger
| lIcrdc,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebcrle, Wcll-lnown in
/ Richmond, are playing at one Of the
/ theatres here. Raymond is here. went
! TO see "Arolnd the World in Eighty
/ DAYS" al the Globe. Il was marvellous
spectacular demonstration. The costumes
were all aesthetic, but some OF them were
too short on top.
Here, q, in New York, decent seat in
the theatre costs 2l.j0; ilr,t-rate one,
$500.
\ railroad yelocipcdc is one OF the at
fractions Of the Institute. 1t is like the
one invented 10y q Richmond gentleman
some years ago. There are two wheel,
running on one track and one wheel on
the other. \ vigorous man can run 1t ten
or fifteen miles an hour.
Sunday the weather demanded oyercOat>.
To-day "wednesday IN alpaca coat is COM
Portable
Ladies here are both ornamental andusc-
ful. They fill hundreds Of positions where
in our section men are exclusively en-
ployed.
have been TO Bunker Hill and seen the
tall monument, bat why Mr.. Toomb,
should ever have wanted to call the roll
OF his slaves there can'tSoe.
They have mixed schools here, but !
imagine that the mixture i about one hum
bred OF white to one OF black
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