Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-11-08
Prom Our Regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.

NAehlNGIOkf ~ ~ NOf. l. lOo-
In less than five weeks congress will be
in session, and while the election that is |
to occur next week cannot affect the per-
sonnet of this congress, it will no doubt
influence and color its action and inaction |
on various questions.
Members of .congress and the host Of
fashionable people who come here in the
winter will notice some changes in the
revisited Washington. They will find the
favorite ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ave-
nue-improved with new artificial stone
sidewalk. They will see new and beauti.
ful residences that have risen like magic
during the summer. Fifteen years ago.
the private houses in Washington that
were worth $4,000 apiece might have
been counted on ones fingers. Now, they
are numbered by the hundred.
The repairs and improvements to the
executive mansion now under way will
not be entirely completed before ahe first
of December. They are of a somewhat
extended character. The private apart
ments of the president and that portion
of the building devoted to the transaction
of business, including the cabinet room,
the presidents private reception room,
and the executive offices, are, however,
in order, and could be prepared for the
presidents use upon days notice. The
president is expected 10 return to the
White House to-day, and the rooms in
question are being put in order for instant
use. The public portion of the building,
such as is utilized upon all state occasions,
and for receptions generally, is still in
process of improvement. Messrs. Tiffany
, 81 Co., of New York, who have been
assigned the work of rcdecorating the
blue and red parlors and the ceiling in the
g main corridor, commenced that work to-
} day. This portion of the work will be of
, an elaborate character, and will add very
much to the appearance of the mansion
q The president will notice decided change
@ for the better in the White House when
1 he returns.
e The Garfield monument fair which will
: be opened a few days before the begin
i, ming of the congressional SESSION will
d attract many visitors to the city. Arrange
g ments have been made with the railroads
for reduced round trip tickets to Washing
Il ton during the fair. The managers are
l. rapidly completing their plans for what is
d expected to be, by far, the most complete
t, industrial and art exhibition that has ever
It been seen in Washington. The art anC
d admission committees met last night, az
), did the Iowa board. Circulars were sent
!, out offering prize of $500 for the bes
r bale of upland cotton. 1t has been decided t.
d give monster sacred concert on Sunday
It November &c, the: two theaters and Lin
Ie coin Hall being used, and the prinoipa
lie artists appearing at each place during tn
t. evening. The rotunda of the capitol vii
l. be occupied by four art houses, Tiffany
lie Sarony, the Gorham manufacturing com
ut pany and the japanese manufacturer;
S. company. The center will consist O
Id a temple emblematic of the enterprise
Y. Willard Hall has been engaged for distrc
lie exhibits. The hours during which tn
Is fair will be open are 10 A. NJ. to midnight
lie Since man nor woman either can liv
lie on art exhibitions and concerts alone,
g, will be cheering for those VINO are comm
m here to know that Washington hotels an
re boarding houses, nicely adjusted to ever
IS, pecuniary calibre, were never before a
ut numerous or so well equipped for tn
in business of eating and sleeping as the
1t, are now.