The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-12-31
,rrrER FROM WASHINGTON.
. glimpse Of the Capital as it il just Now
Judge Ms. Overcoat-45OO for
Cats-A Xmas Wreath from
Dickens.
From our special correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. is, 1886.

WASHINGTON, lee. 10, $780,
=, the Editor Of the Dillon TRIBUNE:
~rhe Assyrian came down. like the wolf
on the fold,
And his cohorts were cleaning In purple
and gold;
And the sheen Of their spears was like stars
on the sea,
When thu blue wave rolls nightly on deep
Galilee."
Discard the "purple and gold," As we'll
As the 'spears," and, without much stretch
Of the Imagination, you can say the "As.
svrian" referred to is the countless, motley
horde, made up Of "Generals," "Colonels,"
"Majors," "Captains," Judges" buns,
cfanks, tramps, lobbyists, swindlers, black.
mailers, thieves and rick.pockets, which
swoops down upon Washington with each
and every session Of Congress 10 get tap
at the public Treasury. Some with great
"inAuence," for sale to the highes: bidder;
some with "clain," which an ungratetul
and unjust country has long refused to pay
some with gigantic railroad scheme;
others with "unsurpassed opportunities for
Investment" eclipsing Colonel Mulberry
Sellers widest dreams; some with mines
teemng with gold and silver-to be devel.
oped: many after Office; others with no
object and only vague, underlined hope
that they may, in lottery parlance, "make
hit; few with honest, legitimate bust.
ness to be attended to; all with little or big
axes to sharpen, and predetermined reso.
luton that some other fellow shall turn the
grirdstone. 'Tis always SO, and the last
session Of the 4oth Congress is no escep.
ton. A stroll down Pennsylvania Ave.
nue. from the Treasury to the foot Of the
Capitol, will convince anyone who has
lived here few years and kept his eyes
open, that the Congress Of the United
States is in session. High water pants
and linen busters break upon the view nov
and then, while an occasional straw hat,
shading a nose which has seen good ser.
vice at the shrine Of Bacchus, glides by.
The straw. hat and. linen -duster fellows are
the videttes-the pickets-who have made
haste to reach the post; and BY the first
Of the New Year the Grand Army will be
tramping through the corridors ofthe Cap
itol, the hotel lobbies and the departments,
button.holing senators,9 members and
bureau officers, beating boarding houses
and room.renters, roosting at night in the
public parks and station houses, buying
paper collars and dining at the "free lunch"
counters, and making Washington in gen.
eral pay dearly for its whistle. But, as this
isa picture ugly to gaze upon, I'll right
about.face, and scribble Of other matters.
One OF your contributors, "Vera Vernon,
in recent issue, touches sympathetic
chord at this end of the line in her praise
Of B. F. Taylor's poetry. He has written
some Of the tenderest, sweetest verses thai
ever came from poet heart and brain. His
isle Of Long Ago" is simply perfect.
By the way, while think oft, do yc,
know, Mr.. Editor, what is really good fo1
baldheadedness? am not personally in
terested, but have several friends here who
are fast getting bald-and this after trying
thousand and one 'Restoratives' ant
"ronics.' The badness among the youn!
men of the present day is really appalling
You will look incredulous when tell yo,
that last summer saw a handsome, youn.
fellow-about thirty (hear he is now IL
Chicago) who had no hair al all-jus
think ofit-no hair, not bit! My partne
Tor life, who has more than she can deftl.
manage, claims that her !uxuriant suit i
due to the fact that she "trims it on tn
new moon," but don't believe there
anything in that-do you?
Since last wrote you the crows an
boarding houses have increased in number
and up at Mrs. Griswold's, the feed has in
proved wonderfully from date Of Billy Nj
3'lVs patriotic "dream"; from which W
may infer that things small in themselve
nave often far.rcaching influence. Som
one else made the same remark before
ever thought of it, but I really forgot VII
twas.
AS am not likely to bore the TRlBuS
WIN another budget Of odds and ends 6s
'ore the Christmas holiday comes to glae
zen The hearts Of old and young, let m
now wish you, and all of your readers,
"e'ry time--a real, good, jolly time;
''"' as that spentb by "old Fezziwig's" pa
v'ome twenty.odd years ago in Londc
town.
'oho' my boys,' said Fezziwig, IN
'te work tonight. Christmas ev
LUX, christmas Eheuoxare ate hc,