Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25
For the Advartiser.
sam Jones in the National Capital,

body stirring down atairs, or rather
at the bottom Of the up and down
railroad and no getting up bell was
rung or no niger come to black your
booto or bring fresh water. I got up
on guess at the time and fooline
around the room discovered on the
wall a little round thing the sign said
must push instead ofpull if l wanted
anything. I didn't know how the
concern worked but I put it up as a
sort Of Telephone. So put my
thumb agin it hard and spoke to it
loud send me up nigger." Sure
enough one knocked at the door pur
ty soon. found out l hadn't but 10
minutes for breakfast, I had slept till
nigh 10 o'c.ock. "Why didn't you
wake me up and brush my boots" |
said to him. Why" he says "Bosa
YOU didn t shake hands with me las
night when brung in the ice water
Alter few cuss words on my side OF
the house he explained thusly: "scuse
me, Sir, we walters pends on what
we calls fees, sides de regler salary
aud when de gentlemen gives me a
6rty cents, when We brings de ice
water and a quarter when be gives
his order at de dinner table we tecks
care of him" Well "shuck" with
him and I never saw livelier tel-
low in my life for the time. He fair
" lit into me with his hauds and his
bresh. And then he opened what l
thought was clcset door and snow
ed me how could get into big tub
and get bath OF hot and cold water
or whlcbsumever l chose and he
showed me other convenient arrange
ments needless to mention on this oc-
casion. He soon had me down to
breakfast und having shuck hands
again I had no further trouble. l
had splendid breakfast and was fit
for the days tramp. AS was going
out OF the dining room run square
into a big looking glass on the side
of the wall I took for double door
and nearly hattened myself. Well
you oughter a beard the folks laugh.
There vas too many to cuss loud, 80
l thought hard and went on. I aoon
met up with a lot Of fellows I ex
pected to see and we got into hack
and went to the Smithson iron 1nsti.
tute first thing. This is a national
museum, and contains something Gu
r!ous from almost all parts OF the
worl;. I couldn't begin to tell all in
it, l saw SO much. Gen. Washing
ton 5 personal property ard meteor
lite" was the most interesting to me
of all the multitude of things. The
first was old fashioned blue and white
china, cups and sausers and old silver
spoons, goolets, forks with knife
handles, furniture, soforth and on.
1t looked like l was to sombody e
grandpa 8 sale. That meteorlite seem
ed to be a solid irregular ball OF iron
about three ieet in diameter. 1t was
said to have fallen to the earth from
the sky. hence its name. Atoms at
large IN the armament have affinity
for each other. the larger attracting
the smaller, until nucleus Of a cir.
culating body is formed, enlarging
through ages to the dignity Of a star,
or else lts career is cut short in a. ly
yourh and is itse'f absorbed by a
larger body. Th.a young one was
captured by mother Earth. By the
...:-. .ne lad looked thrxMgh tb1s,blg
Tree eide show, It was dinfEI time, so
we adjourned to the hotrl a ID regaled
the inner man royalty. I'VE then
put out afoot down that street Of
streets the Avenue for the Capitol.
McAIauised as are now the princi
pie streets Of the city, once abomina-
bic, boggy thoroughfares, it is as
smooth as,a @ fl,or, and on it is to be
seen every description OF vehicle.
One horse two.wheeed street cars
without tracks to go on-uslng the
common roadway, some with iour
wheels, bus like; top buggies with
seat high up behind for the driver
and ali Kinds of regular street cars
on tracks. But il l had the naming
over Ct the town | would call it BIZ
Cycletown for l never saw so many
as are here and some with three
wheels which toted double before and
behind.
A. last we arrived at the Capitol
and strange as it is the most popular
way of going into it ls through the
back yard and by the hind door. For
tins ye.son-away back when the
CITY vas first laid off the part OF the
city fronting the Capitol got into the
nands Of speculators who put up the
prce so h,gh folks just went TO the
: rear and there you will find the best
built part OF the city. When We pre-
sented Ourselves at the door we were
politely inf rmed, a o'clock was de
parted" and there was no seeing IN
side for qccuns. Well we begin to
stratygise. A North Carollnlan in
the crowd asked for one OF the guards
be knew from his Sta e. An Alabama
man said he was Bruces friend and
l sailed III on the traternal relations,
existing between S nator Butler ano
myself. So the fellow was astonlshed
at the counties heard from and 30 he
says gentlemen it's agln the rules
but as you all came long way and
have so many channels IN which you
may be useful Ill take great pleasure
Ill showing you through. Gentlemen
don't forget 1t when you meet again
your Honorable friends. He was a
good clever chap and did show ur
all TO be seen. First the rotunda.
Big around as circus, with large
historical pictures between every
rilsster And that dome, beautiful