Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-23

and their sweetheartS, gentlemen o.
Iaisure with uatty canes, and IN fact
all classes may be seen wandering oil
Sunday and ut certain hours OF the
day during the week, enjoying tins ior-
est shade in the midst Ot the city.
Every one knows how the big hite
House looks. aud not q few viii re-
member that its building covers q
third OF an acre OF ground. But the
lawns about it are seldom described
and it will he a surprise to know that
it has eighty acres OF lawn aud tree
and that the lawn is hill and hollow
at the back. and that old trees shade
the walks that lead up TO 1t n the
front. 4 great fountain dashcs Spf"!
into the air i'm the lawn facing It's por-
tico. and behind it another fountain,
Larger still, continually sends a snow
er of diamonds into the snnllGiI.
Just across the street from the "mte
House grounds is Lafayette square,
mark OF seven acres, in which there
are many tropical trees, is wei! a.
old oaks and elms. In the centre the
bronze statue OF Andrew jackson
stands upon his horses heels. and the
houses facing the park are mostly
old and full OF history. Don. Cam
eron now lives in the old Taylo man
sion, and the millionaire Corcoran oc-
cupies the big house which some BoS.
ton capitalists presented to Daniel
Webster when he was secretary OF
state. On another side OF the park
is the house where Decatur died,
now owned by John Nc Leans father
in-law, Gen. Beale, and little further
down is the housein which Blaine was
living when he began to write his po-
lital book which has paid so well.
The Sickles mansion further on Is
now owned by Washington Nc Lean,
and on another side OF the PARK
is Charles Summers old house and
the new mansion in which Col. John
Hay lives.
Standing on the corner oil Lafayette
park one could almost throw n stone
into Farragut square, and by turning
! his body it would he easier still TO
strike the reservation iii which the
| statue OF Gen. Mcpherson stands on
| horseback among the trees. y mile
! beyond the capitol lies Lincoln square,
with its statue OF Emancipation. 1t
contains six acres, and not far off
from it is Stanton place OF three acres
and Green square of a like size.
The circles OF the capital are reserva-
tions made by the intersection oil
the important avenues. They general
| " consist OF a round mound OF green
! OF the size of an acre, more or less,
end in the centre Of many OF them
stand the statues of noted generals IN
bronze. Scott circle has statue oil
Gen. Scott cast from cannon which
the general took in Mexico, ana
Thomas circle has an equeS'
trian statue of Gen. Thomas which
cost, all told, $4,000. In Iowa circle
there is fine place for a statue
of Gen. Grant Just opposite the
house in which he lived, and II
Dupont circle, with his back facing til,
castle OF the Chinese legation, and up
on granite pedestal, stands bronze
figure OF Admiral Dupont. And so 1t
is all over the city. Statues and tree,
and beautiful houses, wide lawns and
good breathing spaces. The parks o
u city have been called its lungs, ano
if so Washington is less in danger o
consumption than any other city IL
the world.
We can accommodate a great pop
ulation here in the smallest space
and the city Is so arranged that 1t cal
, never be crowded. There is Il tenden
cynoW. however. amOngthc citizens Il
desire more room to build upon, an'
/ they are fast moving out into IN
= suburbs. There are hall dozen bill
/ now before congress for extending tn
: limits of the city, and doubt not tel
) wears from now much of what is farm
: lands and garden spots will he covere'
with beautiful houses, and viii be
' part of the Washington city OF tn
7 near future.
2 The main business street OF the cap
| tai is Pennsylvania avenue, which bt
5 gins at Georgetown and extends on
5 beyond the capitol to the east branc
e of the Potomac beyond the nav
1 yard. 1t passes the White Hous
| after leaving Washington circle, an
5 then switches down around the treas
e ury and for mile until it reaches tn
i capitol grounds, when it winds aroun
$ them and on by the capitol out to tn
: river. 1t is about four and one-ha
miles long, and its width inits bushes
: portion is one hundred and sixty fee;
u or as wide as two average city street
+ of eighty feet each. 1t is filed wit
II vehicles OF all descriptions at nearl
u all hours of the day, but it is SO wild
S that it is little crowded, and tn
;, coachman in livery and the herd
l, driver in homespun have little trouble
E. Georgetown is now n part of Wasl
Is ington, and the old town which We
is born years before the capital, is grow
Is ing now, since it has been adopted b
re Washington. The heights OF Georg
Of town are becoming fashionable Il
he residents, and see that Bell, the tel
Is phone millionaire, has laid out lar
OF estate and is selling 1t off in lots.
in Washington at night and by moo
E. light is wonderfully beautiful. III
Mt moon tints to mellowness therare o
s. marble ofthep public buildings. 1t tax
ce away the rustiness OF the tomb-li
ne treasury and puts life into the sta
ne ues. The White House looks like
1t fairy palace under the rays OF {
of moon, back in among those old fore
Id trees. And the state department gro
ed bigger and more wonderful with
d, hundreds OF columns when the electl
in light or the moon takes of its ne
OF ness. One of the prettieSt buildings
lie night is the old Smithsonian and
Y. does not take a bright imaginatio
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