River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-12
MADISON LETTER.
MADISON. Jan. 3, 1883.

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branee," and cause you TO keep me in the
nitohes, and some have hearts, where the
cold blasts of forgetiulness nor any other
blasted thing can cause me TO abdicate with
out cause, and | am of the opinion now, that,
at some future period in the history of ny
illustrious career shall make good that
promise, but tonight, / feel jaded and
worn of at the corners, and under the
weather. or under an obligation or some
other unpleasant thing; in fact it is hard to
tell how | feel except that teel hard. l dc
not feel like the man who said he felt like a
billy goat. when to disabuse his mind of the
delusion the old billy approached him from
the rearward with alacrity. and felt of him
with astonishing abruptness, and the man
gave it up, fully convinced that he was a
deceived victim. You see, the goat felt
with his head, but the man didn't. Proba-
bly, his approach from the rear ward was nc
more convincing than would have been his
approach from any other ward No do
not feel that way, ewing to the difference in
our cireum stances / sat mp all night and
genus homo trying to convince themselves
that to hang 10y the legs over the back Of q
car seat with the cranial appendix jammed
down in cOrnee is a more comfortable way
to sleep than to occupy be nth in a sleeper
hence feel as do. There was amusement
| in it for me, but the show lasted too long
Tor the money charged at the gate. They
would have made just as much had they cut
| il off early and finished without the nasa
orchestra; and the leading lady would ha ve
| received just as many boquets had she
assumed more subdued attitudes aud drop
/ PED the GU tain little sooner in the last
acs. When any one tries to Dire am Julies in
the window it is well to close the shaded
| promptly just before the climax.
| II you want real noe .ulnal delight JUS
take car tmore would p.oye saper iluUus
about bed time for journey OF $50 mile:
/ with no companion but a dimes worth o
PEANUTS and red apple, and watch tit
antics of those who have no red apples nor 1
! place to lay their heads except on the arm
OF a seat, and hear them sGore in Sc" minor
and soleggio numerously and close VIII Il,
| they leave off, with repeats. To any one
who enjoys the study OF attitudes it affords
superior Opportu mites (for the attitudesl
| Some have large share OF at titude. some
scarcity, but all have it on such occasions
ana the ladies seem to enjoy it in more pic.
| turesque frame than the sterner sex, and
especially will this be marked in a first class
/ car where the atmosphere is aristOc radically
| permeated, as was the case in the car
assisted TO occupy; which goes to show he
advantages OF cultare. A studied attitude
| in a silk dress where the atmosphere il per-
meated with the Od0is OF new mOwn hay
| Swamp hayl tends to enhance the delights
OF tue occasion.
The cold wave OF Monday night did not
| have marked influence on the den liens Of
the coach, as it whIrled along at a rapid rate
towards the capitol. although Boreas turned
| the screws down to almost 300 below, on
the outside, and IS we approached daylight
and our destination, the 10y .e,ters lOosened
under warm wave tom the south, calling
forth many eXclamatious of delight at the
hne morning. ARRIVING at the hotel an hour
and bali before break fast, your humble
| servant had sklrmish with the queen of he
mop Ndo was giving to The Office its daily
ablution, and seemed to enjoy the exercise
she gave us as she slung the aqueous about
| and dTo, us from corner to corner in search
| of a harbor sale from the soapy pillows. But
| we carromed ON a high stool, and with
marked composure struck an at.--ude anG
with d, coping eyes and much patienct
waited for the dulcet notes from ne culinary
department, which came Immediately t,
summon iamished mortals to their morning
| repast.
Strange as it may seem, in spite OF my
absence OF u days / found Madison NOV Z
| on In its wOnted compOsure, win no eVI-
dence OF shock or unusual anx iety. have
not been ieted or iondled since my retuI n,
| in tact very few seem to realize that have
| been absent, 50 judicious haYe beeu my
movements, and So considerate are the peO-
| pie here Of my xt,eme TN dity aud rel ring
disposition. Permit me To say, the latter
| quality in my nature is so marked that, il
Will no doubt assert itself about P. NJ.
| This city is morally, mentally, physically,
religiousy, and rIstocratically beautiful.
Remove the saloons with the moral dirt
they accumulate, and it would be fit home
for The gods, il they were learned enough,
and we.e viii n to accept their Legitimate
social classification, which we have reason
to suppose a.. well meaning gous would be
willing to do. Madison is peculiarly laid
out, not la a post mortem sense, but in a
living, physical sense; all streets running
somewhere but the principal ones some
where else. The points OF the compass are
| indicated by Jour streets which cOnve4 sc Mt
the State House and are at lsggerheads with
all other streets in the city, crossing them
at ob,use angles, right angles, and OCCASION
ally lett angles, which being somewhat
eccentr.3 angles become conundrum TO the
uninitiated No human verd sncy, however.
would be sufficient to endan ger its pOssessor
to being lost in this city, because the State
House dome looms up as lighthouse to
guide the footsteps Of the wanderer, not only
to the city's center, but TO the political CEN
ter OF ali Badgerdom. No one ever gets lost
in the State House, except occasionally, a
! legislator who wanders too lar into the dark
woods OF his own argument, and gets lost in
oratOfical underbrush. Politics seen to be
at a dead calm here, political opinions the
scarcest thing in the market except at the
| Democrat office where they are so cheap that
| the boss kicks them around regardless.
and will load you down with them for a
nickel, but the people in general are quiet
politically and evidently saving their ammu-
milton for future reference.
/ Ifchurch going is an evidence of goodness
! there are large number o. excellent people
J here, as indicated by the well filed churches
! on Sundays and the liberal attendance at
wednesday night meetings. of course,
/ Madison, ike all other cities, is favored with
/ some who would not be caught going to
/ heaven with the common herd, but christ
| ian fraternity seems to have control OF the
! large majority, which sufficiently explains
the mystery found IL the large attendance
/ on religious service. wheG taken in eonnec-
( ton with the TACT hat the pu!gits are ably
/ filed
There is no place for theatricals here ex-
1 cept Turner Hall, aud as the rame at all
times and places carries with it the odors
/ OF sawdust and beer it is not popular, and,
as a consequence frst-elsss performances
| are seldom seen here. But fund is being
raised for the purpose OF building an Opera