The Republican journal., 1885-02-12

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swept into piles and carted away. The paving
Is highest in the middle and slopes gently to
either side and after being washed by heavy
rain reminds one of the sanded kitchen floors of
our grandmothers. 1t was the grand appear
ance Of these paved avenues stretching with
the precision of railroad engineering as far as
the eye can see, and bounded by rows of stately
shade trees which seem to converge until they
meet in the dim distance, where some grand
statue or fountain is Just visible through the
branches, which gave to Washington the well
deserved sobriquet of the city of magnificent
distances" As alt the avenues terminate at the
Capitol. some Of the most beautiful views of
this building are obtained from distant parts of
the city,
Another thing that attracts the attention of
the visitor. especially if he be from Maine, is
the immense quantities OF Intoxicating drink
sold here. Nearly all the grocers, druggists,
confectioners, all the ca ing saloons; and, in
fact, nearly all departments of trade, embrace
choice wines and liquors in their advertise
ments. one sign, iii particular, attracted my
attention. 1t reads a> follows: Ale, Porter
Beer, choice Wines and Liquors, Lard, Lem
mons, etc. There are several distiiltries here,
Hurich's being the largest; and it is not un-
usual to see two and three horse teams going
along the streets heavily laden with bottles,
cash>, barrels, etc.. flied with distilled liquors
While | am not in favor of free rum by any
means, and shall be glad when the time comes
as believe il will, when the manufacture aud
safe Of intoxicating drinks will be prohibited by
law and bv public sentiment. | must confess
that The effects are not so apparent here AS IN
some OF our smaller cities i'll Maine, where
they have all the adv antage> that law and legi,-
latinn can give for the srnurrssion of the sale.
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the lulor or the better Judgment of The con
sumer,. or to the superior uolice force. il is
very seldom that we see AN intoxicated person
on ihe streets Dne thino however can say
tothe credit of the women of the Banner State
| never saw IL woman dead drunk on the street.
in any of our Maine cities. But the first saloon
we entered when We came here we saw A party
of well dressed ladies and gentlemen seated
aroundat atabIe covered with classes and bottles
and their flushed faces and hiIarity tul1 too
plainly thc story of the sparkling wine. 4
few moments later we saw another lady of
fine personal appearance and dressed in the
height of fashion come from one of these ylded
palace, of sin, ans after walking IL few block,
with uncertain stems Stapper ana fall 10 the
pavement. Thinking she must be i'll WAS on
the point of cro,,in,s thp street TO offer sst
auce when | overheard fine remark ..'roo
much Wine" and the truth flashed across nv
miud-a woman fine t1iu, of nur,y and refine
ment. staggering through the streets of the
National Iapitol.
The weather here is subject to sudden
changes but does no, 90 to such extremes as in
New England. Idonot think the Thermometer
has been down 10 zero since, | have been here
The average tcmperaturri> about Is deg, above
Just bef0r, Christmas we had TWO or three
inches of snow winch made GOOD >leiphiur for
eight or ten ,lays and thai is Nh W., have had so
far for the winter, and that lasted longer than
usual. In fact they have so little sIeighing
here that very few peoule have sIeiohs and the
>tvle of those Won 10 see date, from twenty
Ijv, 10 fifty wears 400. hut show 50 HttIeuse
that they look almost new. do NOT rp,nprl-
bpr to have. seem bnt one Of the modern sIriahs
such AZ we have in Maine Most of thp nco-
pie have a rio which they can .>hoe," by
means of which they change not only their
IIuht tarriao4s but the cahs coarhps milk
ci.rts Sr. ON 10 runners These simnlv ronsi,,
of A long niece Of ~tpel or wrouoht iron. bent
M AT each end and fastened 10 1he ayle in
place of the wh,nIs If i rather q bunaIno
.uuaratus b,,t answers ,.vpry nirno.e lar ::
si4iuh ri,lr and if t,,k. int !, mnment #, rh.nu4
from one TO the other The wheels ara .i,nIIv
removed and th, runner, uut on. The only
di,agreeable part of The winter here i he
long7 cold. rain stnrm. which fo,. real dis
comfort cannot hc outdonp nuy where in The
temner,fe znnr Annihpr limo that makes il
more di,aorttabl4 i. that The Tain freezes a,
fast AS il falls and ieayps the rempnipJ nave
mput, and sidewalks like. sheets of pi;~> At
s,rh time. The str,pt. t,r.sent :, deserted
apuearanre and those VINO do venture ami
"keep in de middle oh de road and walk
along slowly and carefully with their ewes ON
the ground a, thouuh looking for something
that thcy had lost. and even with all ms
canton eycrv Ettle ~ biln Won v,i ..ha.r .uthin,
drap., The. poor truck horse, have Ihp worst
ofif ms imnos>iblt. ia keen thpm >h.,rn >hod
AS AT every step The, ,ut through on 10 the hard
payements. and so they keen Them ..ro,1gh" A,
they say here. huyr seen four horse teams in
the middle of the street with every horse fiat
on lhe ground and lhp only vav to oct them mn
il by Iliny ihrir fee, Nh in b,rs or n,,t,rn
sacks.
Il, is amusing to See the teams that come in
from the con,Try with loads of farm prnduce
-Four or .iX horses or mules-n.,Ialiy abouf
half and haif-roustitnte The team The har-
nesses. wagons a. mu,t he reIis of old Man
latiou times. inc harnesses. in nartirular' will
attract attention Thrv consist Of a collar and
names ilh tup. ahont four feet LONG and four
inches wide. Another ,fran nbnul The same
width is used fur 4 hreechinG md i riyeteI to
the tugs ,bonl fifteen inches hack nf the. names
Two more ,traIs about three inches in width
run from the hame. on either ,jlr.r eros. on The
pack and Are rjyetpd to thp hrrprbiuo nm H..
opros,le SHE. They me- ma rein. The drivpr