New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-01-24


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ms at last been snccc - tie hands
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The Sugar Beet ,l,1ssts .sOciiety of sthe
.saoxthro 30 Frauct,; cosus Is hos 10 de-
sire g grow their seed, 70 select Tor
that purp0so - ed iMm.sizesl root sOfs y:
jpslear rose color. but slightly out ofs the
soil. and hay iSg Meth too few' nor tnoE
many leaves. spiniiie shaped root ID
snFete rabls. Int not witt IA CROWN
that insaicatesla tendene fD ran III
Iced. Repiants early; cover vel, and
avoi,s nitrates. 81, 80, and sheep man.
How Oongrsssmon Iive.
The Warrington corr nj 81 the
New 1ofk tines yi,;..s the fs1llOwing nn-
3 attractive sketch II lie lifc.off the aver
age Cong essnaaii:
So many fine new houses il Washing
ton having been latcly descir- iihssd ia tls.
t Itpaes. sperhapS IS readers think that all
thoshigher officials OF the Government,
including the members of boil, houses
OF Congress. ike hare ID stinlpt,:o,is
style. As ., Mastt.r. q. fact. however,
comparatively few. .sy..nsof the SSena-
tors. keep hn,,s.: her :.,id fewer stillSo.
the Representatives $ I
The style or rsttler luck al IL il tha
Conventional sense. in which many tx
them live while Is N asLington would
amaze jewellers III other cities II truth
fully depicted; SO 4 will give, By way t,f
contrast 70 the luxurious mode az life of
the officials who are occupying the
splendid mansions, II few sketches Of
the manner in which some Of their own
colleagues live Wshilesnere. a member
OF the House, Of moderate means, was
saying piteOnsly this week. in referring
to the fact that the price Of board had
advanced this winter, high as were the
/ rates last year: The truth is that no.
body wants to take 4 member OF Con-
gress for only three months, especially
when he has not been reelected. 'iass
This is his own case. have heard.
more than one landlord and landladyf
here say: There's no money in taking
members Of Congress to board They
come lata in. the. season; they rarely
bring their families until aftar. the sholi--s
days, land they don't expect to paw full
board during the holidays when they
are away sthrees week and 1olnetimes
more, Whicllis Il dead loss TO us, and,I
whether it's loDg session or not, they
mostly send their families home in
March aud then 60 somewhere in the
city where they can get cheap board. q
80 They keep Ill sorts Of hours this is.
the plea q 4 landlad who keeps q
boarding heuse and want heir break
fast and dinner ,fheneyer they come in;S
they born naof,e a. thniI any body else
and require more ATTENDANCE from aer-S
wants. IL takes an extra soryant to an
swer the door bell fDr them, ID for every
l6enatorsor member there ~ always III
least twenty persons coming every day
TO zee him about @someth hing, and the
muddy boots Of their constituents and
wet umbrellas in falling weather ruin
my carpets. The members themselves
mostly smoke and chew and don stop.
to use spittoons. One whofcan't get
board any more in any house where
he's once been I could name, who!
squirts his tobacco juice to the very top
sOf the lace curtains in his room, and
throws his cigar and pipe ashes all over
the furniture coverings. as well ~ the
carpet.
Such are some a the objections "a!
taking Senators and Represen natives as
dodgers and boardeTs, and consequently.
even those known 10 ssbe neat and in
many respects ldesirahle inmates 81 q
house have to put up with very plain
and often omfortable lodgings and
poor fare. for which they pay far more,
generally, than the accommodations ara
worth. refer. OF course. to those who
do not live in hotels, which the majority:
Of them cannot afford to do Many 81
them. even those s. ~ hose Wives and
children are with them, lodge il zone
place and 90 severa. squares ia al kinds
Of weather for their meals, which last
they take. possibly in 3 dining room Il,
q back building on the iirst floor, look
ing only upon brick wall about sixs
feet distant. where the sun neyor shines
and whore eople, are hud dled together
st meal time in little better order than
animals in = pom.
The food 10 the place which I am ac-
curately describing rs one whore know
certain Representatives and their fami.
lies TO have tax their meals, for several:
consecutive months is badly served,
never hot aud temp ting1y cooked, is Of
medium quality but ahund ant. Natur-
ally. eating il 50 cherries place,sof
50 unsavOry . diet, IS apt to- SOW the
leeds Of the dyspepsia which irregular
hours and even occasional drinks de-
velOp into the disease known. when &
Representative has it, Is malaria, 81,
when It seizes s Sena ,as pneumonia.
The lodgings 8 few blocks distant ], used
by some Of those who eat, as 4 have de-
scribed, are, up more than one FIGHT of
steps u = very shabby looking house In
side. which Is poorly furnished
The hall and staircase are dark sby
dayyAnd night, for sonly one q s-bufner
y allowed 10 flicker, 10 4 dim way, dur
ing the evening IN the hall on the first
noor. and there IS nesin the hlll up-
stairs through which the member and
his wife and children stumble On return.
Ing from their late dinner. and he gropes
bis way through darkness even more
dense whom he, cosnesin q ter Il d clock
from any place Their rooms are three,
9 so-called parlor and . bed :oo,n,, Sd /
which they and two CHI ldren crowd. { aud
: hall room, Or one ii he back building
Tor the rurse, i they indulge ii such q
luxury. IS some feel they cannot afford
70 do. The parlor is the melnber
office, the children 8 play. room and HIS
wife's sewing room and receptio room,
where she receives visitors whenever
any find her at home.
= bears evidence of al the purposes
g which II is put, and its scanty, shabby
furniture and carpct are almost con-
cealed beneath newspapers, losgres
siouas Records, documents and books
and seeds from the Agri cultural Depart
nient t. be distributed 10 constituents.
The children 8 toys. the bnb s' cafriA9o.
the nursery reffigefator 81 which the
hahy milk II kept, and the mothers
work basket, q well as her card basket.