Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-10
Qua w tSHINGToN LETTER.
The Foliies of high ire Effects of the
earthquake Democratic Campaign
InrIiCs.
l8pcci" Correspondence of the FREE PHEss.I


Especial Correspondence of the FREE Press. ]
WA-nINGrON, Sept. 3
y great many of the "sussiety" p, ople
have come back to town bringing with
them fresh chestnuts of their triumphs land
the young ladies trophies of their cOhquesis
they have something to talk about now
for at least a couple of months, but
hardly think it viii last so long for the
men do not take much interest in such
things, they are too deeply involved else
where, and that is,-in each others wives.
Washington has worked itself into Il ter.
rible craze on this subject. Ii one society
man hasn't Il "crush" on his friends wife,
he is away behind the time and Is con.
sidered ont of date entirely. There is one
young unmarried man with more money
than brains who has the craze badly. He
occupies an elegant mansion on Connect
cut avenue and lives in great style.
lie drives fast horses has Il cottage at
Newport and is wound mp generally in all
lhc fashionable foliiv-. lie is apparently
desperately and hUpc.c-Sly in love with
the vile at Il COuLr,> ~man who resides
luilhtr MP the avenue. Whenever SHE
appears on the street, he Is al her side
English dog cart Mis- can always be-
seen as hts companion. In tact 1t has be
come cunWun talk among the neighDur,
VINO do not indulge III such fashionable
ioiIie>. II Will soon become talk at urW~
! paper offices, aud then blossom ont ~ all
! the Gluric> of Il scandal. do not know
whether the husband OF the lady IN ques
| tiun Is aware of nj, wife, conduct or NOS,
| but It i probable he is not, for h
| is nor the Kind of man to permit
such duln4s. Ihcle is another CASE
similar To THIS, only It Is 4 little worse II
| /, that OF a naval officers wife who holds
high carnival continually, while her be
loved husband IS away with the Pacific
| squadron. TINS lady does not do 1t quiet
| ~ as her contemporaries do, but Just
comes out with the Oio'v of trumpet and
h"Ht Of drum and terminates the mum
clpd ~ III company With her favorIte
young man no l. very devoted and bends
ut her >u4nlest mclIuat .on. Her youn-
man Is also I'll married aud very icn and
| lives SuIuptuOusly III an elegant residence
near DupUnt circle The case has dtvel
oped INTO Il scandal of g.ujly proportion.
already and promises ,u gov in inagu
tudt. " hat the lockers "a now want tt
know Is what viii be the urNt craze
Excepting society scaHdt, always, earth
quaktS are now the tJplc, ui the hour. Ii
certainly isatremenuous pity that they die
not take Place while Congress was IN 5 >
sion, tor 1t would have cured many ;
member OF his liking tcr kentucky crap,
juice There were great many YER!
laughable incidents connected with the
shake as 1t is now termed after TIA,
scare i, over. | was standing in ii l5tl
street drug store in company with Il young
man who Is very fond of tonic. He wa'
Just drinking Il glass when we both fel
the iluor begin to heaye up and down. liz
glared at me for an instant and then at thu
drug clerk and screamed out "What haV,
you pat III my tonic | have been poison
ed y Just then the bottles ratified Slight
ly on the shelves, and the clerk who ha,
also felt the shock, cleared the counter II
one bound without answering and wa
rushing wildly about the street.
Another man was standing in an avenu
restaurant drinking his whlskey when h
felt the shock. He threw away his hal
emptied @ldss and ran madly to Il doctor
office with the Intelligence that he ha'
been the victim of an attack OF deliriun
tremens. The doctor told him to sOal
his head.
There has been an estimate of the prob
able Republican congressional district
this fall, and it is found that they vii
have a ma jority of about ten, not counting
the districts regarded as possibilities
The Democratic campaign commltte
are greatly alarmed ana so they have
originated an awful nice little scheme
Whlch is in fact Il real baCkl.a all on tn
government clerks. y campaign bool
has been printed which costs the mmit
tee about twenty cents each These ar
sold for one dollar, An agent is eecure'
in every room III the Department. The
give their fellow clerks to understan,
that if Il campaign book Is not purchased
their positions are not worth much. Ii
this way they manage to gather in a con
siderable amount Of sheckels. ). q. II.