The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-06

toes, ana III not SttNlug luIitldl Houo'''
"Hows this one. them and she caroled
out
Ia the spring fuller crimson
Comes upon the II. G. S nose;
Ia the spring the Fla, malaria
struts around the town and crows
Its libelous. said |.
The greater the truth the grea -
There. that will do" | interrupted
her: Il guess | can furnish my own
poetry" and | proceeded to write while
she resumed her reading
But Dclley was not SO far wrong in her
rhyme-of course. refer TO the spring
malaria. and not to the nose of the mem
Der of congress. for, like death, that hath
all seasons for its own
#Fz
Outwardly. Washington is fair TO look
upon lust now. with its budding trees and
blooming fowers-an open volume of a
botanical work illustrated in colors-but
the spring Hme has lacked the ethereal
mildness of tradition and the roses and
the lilies are not occupying the attention
vi the people to as great an extent as
ouiuine and liver pads. | noticed one
druggist advertising three dozen one grain
quinine capsules for ten cents. and 49,.
grains in bulk for sixty nine cents. With
quinine at that price. even the poorest can
have the "chlls, but am of the opinion
that most of us would prefer high priced
quinine and less "chills.
was out making some calls the other
day. The first place ] stopped this con
versation occurred
How do you do said /
ooh. was the reply, I'm not very well.
have a cold and sore throat, and every
body in the house has thini, colds are
catching this spring
Then we talked about our ailments
awhile and went on to another place.
How do you doy' said l.
"Oh. I'm not very well. ! have a cold
and sore throat, and everybody IN the
house has think colds are catching this
spring
Then went on to half dozen Elorc
houses and heard the same thing Mt each
place, until | began TO wonder II colds
weren't catching, and went home to get
disiufectant. and have had a cold and sore
.hroat ever since.
OF course. the Potomac fats and this
dreadful Washington climate receive the
censure. but | have been talking with
few doctors. and they are complaining be
cause business is poor and one, | know,
has given mp his house and gone 20 board
inc. because Of hard times
In my private opinion the whole diff
Guilty is the unusually cold spring, and
this Is attributed O. Gen. Greedy, our
weather chief. who was unsuccessful in
finding the North Pole where it was sup
posed to be. and is trying to graft Il
North Pole of his own raising onto the
national capital
What did you want 60 say all that for.
asked Dickey, when ! read to her what |
had written. You'll knock the capital
boom clear ont.
mo won't. said + Il won't hurt it
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