Smyrna times., 1884-12-31

marks of the old place. May old dis
senslon and prejudices be as complete
ly ettaced as these old landmarks.
And soon after passing these points
and being seated on the floor of tn,
great Centennial Conference. wa
led to thank God that differences he
tween Methodists, at least, have passed
away and new bonds of union are helm,
strengthened. Notable among the ut
terances were some by DIR. Carlile o,
South Carolina, who, in his temner
ance address at Eutaw Church. sal,
that South Carolina and Massacbu
setts are agreed ON two things. First
the regulation of time land humorousl,
remarked that, of course the West i
wrong ~; second, that drunkenness,
and the rum traffic must be stopped
and when South Carolina and Massa
chusetts are agreed the rest of the lonc
might as well give in" Further ON
he said: "When the people of thi.
country unite to put down a grea
moral evil it never comes up again s.
1t was with slavery, and so it will b,
with the rum traffic.
Baltimore is a city of surprises. vor
are suddenly brought up against q
sharp corner here and there, and some
streets that you think run parallel with
with some other, you soon find to be
at right angles or diagonal.
Passing down Charles street from the
Monument,' at night, everything is
quite tame till you get below Saratoga
when, all at once, it is as brilliant ae
Chestnut or Broadway turn to vour
left here and you are soon where the
streets are scarcely lighted. but 90 a
little way to the right and Lexington
dazzles you with its brilliance of cleo
trio light and shOwy windows.
WASHINGTON.
After having enjoyed visiting and
attending the various meetings of the
Conference, we Ia brother from Ohio
and myself, went to Washington on
Monday, December 18th, to try to do
the city in two days. do not propose
To tire your readers with detailed nc
count OF our visit, but simply to offer
some inducements to see for themselves
and, it may be, give some information
OF value to those who are deferred
partly, on account of the expensive.
ness of visit.
The city IS grand and beautiful the
streets, avenues and sidewalks are
wide, making one feel that there is
room for all the houses in the princi-
pal part Of the city are well built and
many Of them very handsome Nv
ONO friend, who is familiar with Chi.
chso and Cleveland, pronounces it su-
perlor to either, and in some nlnres
surprising even the noted Euclid
Avenue Of the latter city.
It's the Paradise of bicvclists having
sixty miles Of asphalt and concrete
pavements and over forty, of macadam
and gravel streets.
The most interesting places we Wis
tied were the place where President
Garfield was shot, in the Baltimore
x Patomac depot, indicated by star
IN the carpet and a tablet in the wall
OF the ladies' room; the Bureau of En- |
craving and Printing. where all the diff
erent kinds Of notes and stamps are
printed the Rogues' Gallery, in the
Treasury building; the two Houses of
congress and the Superior Court
Every part of the city is full of interest
md the only way to see it intelligentlv
5 to get a keim's " Washington-What
o see, and how to see it," for which
'ou will pay twenty-five cents.
We had been informed that the
House of Representatives is a noisv
'iace, but were not prepared for such
tumult as greeted our ears. A mem
'er was addressing the House on Il
MI for retiring a portion of the larger
of silver certificates and
5suing smaller ones for circulation.
There were probably twenty members
aging attention, some reading papers
nd many more busily engaged at their
esks; and ut intervals of about a
mute some one would smack his
ands for page, reminding us of the
musement for babies so often indulged
in past days of tessy-boy, tessv-
oy, hogs in the corn field, sick. sick
ok, ending with smacking babv's /
ands together.
Visitors need not stop at the large
otels where they will have to paw
ON 50 to IS per day, unless during "A
'owded time. Most of the dwellings !
re large-three or four stories high
nd rent well up in iigures-$5O to SIS
er mOnth-and consequently too high v
+ Government employees to stand f
ithout some return hence we find
about the city Rooms to Rent"
hich can be had by transient visitors Y
about dollar per day, and meals
II be had according to your capacity,
Om ten cents to seventy cents each,
It at most need not cost more than
ON seventy-tive to ninety cents u II
".
We got our breakfasts for twenty
e cents, dinners from thirty to forty
e cents, and one day, not feeling iN
ry keen, we got a supper of buttered u u
lis and milk for ten cents. These &
ms are given to show your readers
at they can afford to visit the in
Itional Capital though their means in
limited, and without wounding their pI
de, unless it be some one with a y
in or foolish pride, for half the peo- W, ",
; live on the same plan. r. NJ. c. ca
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