The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-11


waiting Tor il TO arrive at a consistency
to make good paving materials, has ta-
ken tie place Of Grove a. Cleveland as the
chief attraction OF tue White house,
and wandering brid4l couples, huId-in-
hand, with each other or gaping exeur-
siuuists, hand-m-haud, with hugh ham
peers OF lunch. must satisfy their cuiiUs-
Jus heIe, Tor d modest sign, CLOSED, -
hangs IN the big double front doors.
Tie whole oil The front porlico is fill
ed with Il net work OF scaffolding,
raising thirty feet into the air. For
scveIai days Tire painters have been eli
uigcd ia aiding another thickness TO
tur nearly Guarter-mch coat of white
lead which Tor a half century has been
accommodating upon the ireestoue sides
Of the White house. The first coat is
I finished, aud Col. Wilson, Superintend-
rut of Public buildings and Grounds,
| having neglected to shut off the cleo
trio lights 1t night during this opera
ton. tie outside of the building has be-
/ come coated with m chronological col
Lotion that would send Mr.. Riley who
keeps the bug division of the Agricul-
lUldi DElilt hiSttb5 NAu WIN htiISib
IIIey are all theTe-the Canada fly, the
mosquito, the gnai, the moth, tile June
bug. and even the katydid, sticking
hmly to the old mansion like an Indi-
ana office seeker, and prepared to make
some one a long and profitable job be-
fore the next coat can he applied.
The conservatory is stripped. With
in tile mansion painters, confusion,
and ilecter divide the supremacy. The
c.eaning of the chandeliers is finished,
and the woodwork of the East Room
CLEANS out immaculate against the
gliding of the corliice. The parioTS are
IN confusion, and the corridors down
stairs are filed with ancient furniture
dating back to the time of Adams.
The private dining room is stripped of
its chairs and tables, while a few COM
mol stoueware plates scattered around
indicate the JetfeTSonian simplicity with
winch the steward and his few assis-
ants are boarding themselves while the
| house IS being cleaned. On the Upper
floors the confusion is even worse.
Ia the middle o. the main corridor
stands a hugh scaffOld, upon which the
wUrkmcn have been engaged cuttIn,
into the ceiling and build a broad air
and light shaft leading through the
third stury to the roof. It reminds one
of the hugh verticle tunnels built up
within the great flats in cities and down
which unfortunate New Yorkors 50
frequently fall. 1t will when finished
make il vast Improvement in the light
ing and ventilation of the broad dark
corridor leading to the private portion
of the house. The steward, with one
assistant, is engaged i'll trying to bring
| order out OF tile terrible confus.
ion into which the household furniture
seems Il have fallen, aud the Dutch
| poodle Hector, with a fresh hair cut and
Il superciiious air was running etweeI
I his legs and supervising the whole al.
fair with much oiliciousness. The room
where poor Garfield lay sick is filled
with all kinds of furniture, but The
rattan bedstead upon which he lay, and
the other fittings, remain undisturbed
The room where the Prince of Wales
slept looks like asecond-hand furniture
store, and the bed upon which the he'll
| apparent repose stands against the wal
| in a badly diSintegrated condition.
[ lie D1lNdlt btulbOIlio dit fb1u vi Cti-
pets. The mattresses cling t~Utheoutside
stailcases, and the curtaiItless windows
with their little panes, look cherries in
! deed. The library is filed with bed.
/ steads, chiffOnniers, etagereS, chairs
and crockery ware, While the Cabinet
room is Il wilderness of household be
l0ngings. MI. Lamont's office is bar
rem OF carpets II curtains, and the oil,
cial desks clear of business and all that
remind one Of departed greatness. A
new ceiling is being put into the reeep-
! ton room; Otherwise the entire improve
meut on the mansion is being confined
to the private part of the house. But
! few Of the attaches of the building are
aralu+d+,pd, while the correspondence
is not as large as While the President is
here, it amounts to considerable eacl
day. at comes from II class of people
! who are sensitive about having letter,
answered, " said an u~ttaclle of the man.
sion to day, ''and has of course, to re,
ce,ye strict attention, although not al
ways OF the greatest Importance. 5