The Washington critic., 1889-03-25
COLONEL DOMAINS LETTER

UOLuNLL DuNhlVO Ut lLN
Colonel 2. Donan lies III I'm bed at the 81.
James. A fever has made his face thin and
pinched and his wrists as small almost as
those OF q child, but nothing can make the
Colonel gloomy, and nothing can check his
luxuriant language when he is strong
enough to hold pen. lie is able to write
now, and had just written letter when
CRlTIc representative called on him yes
terday. Here It is, permission having been
given to copy IT.
In BED, WASHINGTON, d. c.,
p March 30, 1880.
My DEAR Miss Like dreams of rest to
way-weary man, like CLEANS of sunshine
in day of cloud and storm, like odorous
breaths from 'the gardens of Gul in her
bloom,n like whole pockctful OF brand
new barlow knives TO small boy with a
stumped toe done up In rag, like Just the
things wanted, but didn't expect to get;
like everything that is pleasantest to the
eye, hand, heart and Imagination, have
come your sweet etremembrancers, epistolary,
floral and horticultural show, in some
faint measure, my deep appreciation OF
your kindness by propping myself up In
bed to try TO write to you, when, according
to all the rules OF physiology and hygiene,
as expounded by orthodox Pill peddlers, /
ought to be fiat on my back, with one igno-
ant 'u,rpeon. .oero,a, or somcthing NJ that
tipa timi, =, INV nuisc IN, an onc,ent bu,I,s.
eve cbronometsr fuli.ieweled with hic,..
oyv 'shoe.negs and anal, gravel and war.
ranted To RIM three hours 10 a cathedral
oIock,a one. another ookinq. "a .newter.
spoon. nnttcrned ON n -sboveI. several
feet down nv tbroat To examine NV fnr-
oyercoated tonpue: and n balf-dozen rood
old ladies In wrinl,les and rufled cans
boilin9 INV No bY feot IN mustard broth
and doing nm INV head In tnrbans Of win.
eaared or hartsborned nan,,ins.
I have Ind n tough tussle with INV old
adversary. ,,iunc,e fever.n with n doub,r
dose Of eatarrb and neuralgia. and n rood
many ranped edges Of pnsumonia thrown
I'm To All the measure Of INV miseries am.
iroaatinp with feverisbness now 40 hot that
cold water noured on me would siz so hot
that the steam from NV seetbing blood
would make nv hat dance on INV head like
an ,nfuriated tao-Lottle ma No boaa
With sovontv gro,rs ~ or,n,no IN a 10
roar,ra ,,Sa hehv N,orora rrith ,ho ooi,o "
ana ach,ns 40 a. n were ds,ormineJ ~
burst into n tbonsand binders. every one Of
theu WITH ON aobo IN /, huro a,,o,oh to
send a o,rousr eIenhont 10 hod undor p hon.
Won tree w,,h h,s sL,,,, aoua nm =,
ohored haIf-scro bon5larchtaf ond h,s
trnnk nacked and checked over. tbo Trans.
Jordan Roi,rood for another and na,hans
no betterr world Nv eves hIa,in, With
blood .sbotten. fire Iooh. iike two d,1n,,en.
ioeo,ootjvs; odIigbts or n mir ~ to,,oh.d.
of itCather,ne lwbeels,, on rsJnd.s, dovn
and seem bent on turnino doubIe some,.-
act ont of their frying nan sockets Nv
hands. as Won see bv tbese snider-tracky
hieroplynbics are sbakv as an old woman,.
tongue or nm averace. American. so-calIeal
statesman,s principles.
And the climax Of NV m,se-ias "a canned
by n. racking cough. and wbat +, nrofane
Young man would-.ibut 7. of course. beinc
a preachers son. and this beinp with the
execution of Jim Blaine. n moderately
religious Administration. would not and
could not)--style a d--l OF suifiie IN my
olfactory.a Pepper-sauce. skim milk. the
nectar OF the gods and stale tlisbvater. ali
taste exactly alike; the most thunderous
blast of Edisou's coming mepapbonistic
fop-htjfp. that shall ever scare tho mer-
maids in oceanic deepest. dark .oreen noIace
scayerns into fits, would be n .school. .oirl
whisper to INV. duliard eats: xud i cannot
toll a tea-rose from a polecat by the scent.
Nv face. has been 40 bideo,,slv swollen
that, while one aide bas been frant,ca,Iv
,rrinnipp and cbuct,,ng oyer some ,diotie
thing THAT has amused n the other hos
looked on grim and stoI;d 40 tohaooor
,ist,s- wooden Iniun with . had case q,