Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-11-08
They do not have

with excitement. They do not have
handfuls of electioneering documents
stuck under their doors every hour
during the day, and their morning
papers are not entirely filled up with
denunciations, indications, hagella-
tons, imprecations, adulations and
defamationS.
Tomorrow, however, the political
complexion of the Fiftieth congress
will be determined and public inter-
est and public men will at once turn
again towards Washington. In every
direction there is busy preparation
here for congress and the coming
paint in the corridors of the capitol,
the post-office of the house of repre-
sentatives is filled with scaffoldino,
and the desks of the members are
packed i'll a heap in the S 3eaker's
room. Order will soon come out of
this chaos, but there will be No spec
ial difference in the appearance of
the capitol when congress convenes
Everything will be fresh and clean as
usual, hut no appropriation was made
except for the annual repair, and
there can be no extensive changes.
The department clerks seem to
take less interest in the congressional
elections this year than ever before,
| and the number who have gone home
to vote can easily be counted. In
deed, none of those who live at any
distance went home for the purpose.
In every department, except one, em-
ployes who had leave due them had
| permission to go at this time. The
exception was the post-office depart
ment. The postmaster general re-
quires that there shall always be on
duty 80 per cent of the working force
| Of each bureau and division of his
department.
Washington is growing now with
marvellous rapidity. Hundreds Of
handsome residences have been built
since last spring. The absentee of
three months sees changes and i'm
provements on every side. Since the
long drouth and devastation of the
trees by caterpillars, residents think
the streets never looked so untidy and
ill-kept as now, but visitors insist
that it is still the cleanest and most
beautiful city in the country.
One of the largest projected i'm
provements is the building to be
erected by the Mexican government
for its representatives in this country
Thinking men of the community have
long predicted that foreign nations
would recognize the advantage to bt
derived from the possession of a lie
cation building IN Washington. Thu
British government was the first t.
take the step, and her substantial
, structure on Connecticut avenue hag
been source of pride to her minis
ters, and also to visiting Engllshmen
The estimated cost of the Mexican
, building is $50, 900. 1t will be locate,
on | street, near the residence o
. Chief Justice Waite, and in architect
ure it Is to be French renaissance
1t will embrace the residence of tn
Minister and the business offices O
the legation. Since a lead has bee
taken in this direction, it is probabl
that other foreign legations, Russia
China and Japan will soon be pre-
vided with handsome buildings own
ell by their respective governments
The city has been full of new pee
pie during the week. The autum
. races attracted many despite tb
weather, and then there are alway
scores of bridal tourists here at tn
season. They come in greater nun
bers every fall. At this momeI
there are just twenty-one of these il
:. teresting couples stopping at The FL
bitt House alone. They always g
over to the White House to see Il
president and the suite Of handsou
, pallors, and they are always anXiou
of course, to see Mrs. CLEVELAND
F., Few of them catch glimpse of h
=, these days except by accident. 81
has held no receptions since abo
:. the middle of July, and is much a
!, sorbed now IN the work of plannil
and experimenting Improvements
the country house.
"a On Saturday afternoon promena
40 ers on Pennsylvania avenue observ
bo the presidents coupe, drawn by t
bo seal browns, dashing towards t
capital. Within sat Mrs. Clevela
- and her poodle, Hector, his forepa
T resting on the front of the carrlas
and bow of yellow ribbon around
., neck. Everybody turned to look
the presidents wife, and the lad
thought she was very becoming
". dressed in her tight-ftting suit
grey cloth and hat to match.
VI. THANKSGIVING PROCLAIM
TION.
Following is President Clevelan