Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-03-01
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After the young man had gone sadly
sway the artist breathed heavily on my
shoe, and it sounded like sigh.
"Of course lied then," he said, but
we don't take to them pullet skin shoes,
none Of US. You see, you've got to scrub
'em clean in the first place. They're gen.
orally damp, SO you have to put dol
lars worth of friction on em to get 'em
dry before you can polish 'em, and the
dope we put on is expensive. A good
many of 'em are mighty cheap, too, and
the feathers all sort Of spongy. I don't
reckon they'll be very poppler in year
from now.
"They say that last spring a pair OF 'em
got into the senate, but they called an
extra session of the legislature in that
mans state and elected another man.
"How do you think Danl Webster
would have looked with feet like Gus
tard pie?''
1t is a good thing for one to spend
winter in Washington, especially to
brighten up one s ideas of life and dress.
have had to get all new clothes
throughout, find, for my other clothes
made me conspicuous. had creases, OF
course, in my trousers, but they were
not in the right place.
So had to discard my farm clothes
in order to avoid being taken for a
statesman. My neighbors now would
hardly recognize me-
Much complaint is coming in this
winter to the state department from our
ministers abroad, who say that they can
not live on their salaries. This will REQ
oncile number of gentlemen who were
not successful in getting these appoint
ments.
The truth is that once in awhile one
of our ministers, like Whitelaw Reid,
for instance, is wealthy man and de-
termined to do honor to his country by
giving dignity to his position regardless
of expense. Of course this takes good
slice of his private fortune, and the next
appointee finds himself regarded as an
American millionaire, who expects to
take the shine out of the reigning mon
arch. But he can't always do it.
One of our wealthy New York news
paper owners a year ago rented for the
summer the coun try palace on the con-
tinent recently occupied by the king of
Bulgaria, if I am not mistaken. He Or
dered $4,000 or SIS, 900 worth of i'm
provements to tho surprise of southern
Europe.
"Why, it was good enough for the
king of Bulgaria. they said in wild
establishment.
"That may be, - said the journalist,
whose income is over 5000, 900 per year,
"but it ism t good enough for me-"
And now, when an American news
paper man goes there, the peasantry turn
out for 25 les around to meet him at
the train and sell their farms to him.
Probably Washington illustrates bet
ter the mutability Of all things human
than most any other city in the world.
That in republic "there are only three
generations between shirt sleeves and
shirt Sleeves is shown every day where
the great national score for favorite and
dark horses is kept. "s
President Jackson awoke to find him.
self a grandparent four times during
his term of office. These four grandchil-
dren were born in the White House.
They were the children of Mrs. Donald
son, the presidents daughter, who died
in 1886. The president was godfather to
two of these children, Mr.. Van Buren,
to one and General Polk to the youngest.
Zone Of these children" says Mrs.
Lockwood in her very interesting book on
"Historic Homes In Washington, lis
now Mrs. Eliza Wilcox clerk in the
treasury department, having been wild
ow for many years, dependent upon her
own exertions for the support Of herself
and family. From her baby head Jack
son cut lock of hair, which he sent to
the committee to be placed in the corner
stone of the treasury building as the
most valued treasure he had to deposit,
little thinking that in the changes that
time brings this precious baby would
ever join the throng that goes in and out
Of the great building in the weary round
of the treadmill life Of a government
clerk.
And yet in spite of all that I can say
in clarion tones and with trenchant pen
regarding the honors Of life in the White
House people will 60 on, year after
year, not only accepting the nomination
to the presidency, but actually making
an effort to secure it'll
Referring to the struggle for existence
and the general stringency of stagnation
throughout the country, l beg leave to
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