Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-06
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Bits of News aud Gossip from the National
Capital.


Capital.
Especial Correspondence ,of the FREr pRrss !
WAsHlNGToN, July Is, 1856.
few evenings ago the fashionable
west End was greatly startled by the
report that one of the Chinese legation
had been assaulted, robbed and had his
queue cut Off He was seen in the park
opposite the legation next evening. and
sure enough his pig tail was gone. Sur
rounding him was a wondering group of
children eying him intently, and finally
1t became SO distasteful that he retired
me truth OF the matter is that he himself
cut OH ms queue, much to the disgust OF
MS fellow diplomats and for such a silly
reason. There is young lady of about
sixteen who lives in Il block above him.
and with whom he came IN contact a great
deal. AS time went on he became quite
attached to her. and frequently made her
calls. lie could talk quite good English
ana lnally told her that he loved her from
the bottom of his little Chinese heart. #
Tucked the young lady immensely to have
Chinese nobeman at her feet, and She
tod HIM II he would cut Off that "horrid
queue she would have HIM, while in
reality, she did not have the slightest sus
plclon OF thinking the least of him. The
result was That he cut it of and told his
country men that he was going to ret mar
RED and settle down here and didn't want
70 see emma again, it WAS disgusting. etc
lie does not yet know how his beloved re.
CARDS this affair or think there would he
music about aristocratic Dupont circle.
ana there Will be as yet when he discovers
the truth.
There is a certain Democratic congress.
man VINO nails from State directly west
ol ' lrSlnla VINO is very fond of old Ken
lucky grape juice. Some DAYS ago he sud
uehly became absent, and on the first day
an Application was sent in for leave of al
Sence on account of important business
1t was granted A few DAYS later another
congressman was over at Providence hos
pltal when, 10 and behold he found our
democratic friend suffering from what
Is known III congressional circles as
a severe dose of malaria elsewhere if il
called del trem." He said that Reed of
Maine mad notified him so and he could
not get satisfaction one way, so he was
compelled to take it the other. Reed
seems TO be bad man to tritle with. if all
manner
me action of Senators Logan, Evarts
ana Teller III the defense of PAYNE mas
called forth such a storm of coudemuH.
ton that 1t will be next to impossible for
them to retrieve their lost position among
- NNii'ti ''SilIS' l Ht presidential nom
nation IN $ Is lost to Logan. He can
not get the delegation from his own state
The majority of the pension vetoes will
nave to be passed over to the next session
ana the probabilities are that the fight will
ne more vigorous than ever. For the
more the Democrats see of their admins.
tratlon the more they repudiate il and
lean to the other side
samuel j. Randall was the only North.
erh Democrat who voted to sustain the
president IN the veto where the latter had
overlooked some evidence on which the
whoie case hinged. 1t looks like a barter
of Offices for votes
IN the House there are about forty-two
or three doubtful congressional districts
ana there is Democratic majority of
about forty, giving the Republicans an on
p"r'uhltY to gain, which they will un-
uUuuitiiN 90 ana az a most astonishing
rate from present appearances
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