Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Wnshinntoa. lime 9th.


Washington. June 9th.
President Harrison is wise in his
generation. The other day delega-
ton from the national camp of the
protective order of Americans, which
closed its session Friday, called on
him. 1t was quite an imposing dele
CATION, and there were many ladies in
the assemblage. AS the presi-
dent was nearly surrounded by
ladies Mr.. Spofford pinned one of
the long silken badges of the order
on the presidential coat. For mo-
ment the president did not appear to
notice the action. When he did no.
tice it, he quietly removed the badge
from his coat and handed it back to
the discomforted giver with the re-
mark, "this is entirely unnecessary"
The significance of this action is easi-
" understood when one remembers
that the order is generally supposed
to be violently antagonistic to the
Roman Catholic church and the Irish
race. The president evidently want
ed no Burchard business in his.
Landlord Spofford, who took the
matter much to heart, as every gen
tleman regrets his errors of judgment
in matters of that kind, is the last
man one would suspect of having a
hobby. As landlord he is busy,
energetic business man, shrewd and
practical. His hotel is perhaps the
finest in the city so far as fare is con-
cerned and his patrons of the wealth
ier class. In private he entertains
social schemes and talks loudly of
ssthe cause" He and his wife are
apostles of the woman's rights party
and nearly every year q convention
of long-haired men and short-haired
women makes raid on the house
and takes possession of all the fine
rooms. Then the regular guest finds
himself relegated to the upper regions
until the enthusiastic mob of: Thought
thinkers" has passed by.
The pampered aristocrat, Baby
Mckee, has just received visit from
the president, at his headquarters at
the Cape May cottage of Mr.. Wana-
maker, and went with him to see a
game of base ball on Saturday. The
Mckee infant is a social success and
his levees are attended by vast num-
| bers of office seekers. Indeed, it is
seriously believed that he is in danger
of being kidnapped and held in the
wild mountain retreats of Indiana for
a ransom in the shape of post-Of1ice.
The last compliment inflicted upon
| the infant is however rather discOur-
aging and one must sympathize with
him. A local song writer has dedi-
Gated new lullaby to Baby Mckee.
The young king of Spain is not more
weighted with the cares of state than
is one young Indiana friend, with the
doting grandfather.
DR.. William A. Hammond has
been sued by his architect for six
thousand dollars as payment for SER
vices prior to his recent dismissal.
DR.. Hammond started out to build
a $4,000 hospital on the Fourteenth
street road and and 100000 house
opposite the residence of the British
minister. Thus far the expenses in
Cured in carrying out the architects
plans has been $220,000 and the doc
tor is mad all the way through. He
did not know that most Washington
architects are SO used to government
contracts that they should submit
plans for SO chicken coop that
would cost $40, 900 to build and trust
to future legislation to provide for
the deficiency.
DIR. Hammond's interest in his
chosen work does not diminish. 1t
is impossible to meet him without
hearing something that is novel or
timely regarding tie human brain
and its ailments. The other evening
he happened to speak of the Johns
town calamity.
ssThe French revolution says this
expert,''was followed by such a prev
alence of insanity in France as that
country has never known before or
since. People become insane at the
7 from the reaction. The explanation
is easy. During a period of great
excitement there is greatly inclosed
work for the brain, and that calls the
4 blood 10 the brain to sustain these
mental operations. If that flow is
aggravated by the excitement for a
we. k or so, the habit is formed and
the blood continues to flow to the
brain after the occasion has ceased.
The brain is clogged with it and men
tai disturbance follows. If the wild