| Show 18 4 S SIGHT SEEING 0 F hull now at the capital beany POINTS OF INTEREST at the white alouse visit to the patent office agricultural building Buil dins eddi editor or En enquired quiren D 0 oct 23 1896 1 I last wrote you TOU from new jersey since then I 1 have been over considerable country and have seen been many things that to me was new I 1 visited the City of brotherly love and I 1 fould phila adelphis avery fine city indeed I 1 did not remain there long lode but bat long enough to take in some of ve te mointa of in terest I 1 saw the old independence hall and the liberty bell and the building in which the first supreme court of the united states was held I 1 saymany saw many other thines thinas there that I 1 the time to enumerate I 1 pass ed through wilmington dal da and balti more md ali south ana stopped in the latter city over night 1 I landed in washington 10 a m yes deraay morning ard ad during the day paid a visit to the congressional library and the capital buildings I 1 had bad an excellent view of the cita and surrounding country from the dag of the capital I 1 could sei sed not only the entire city but both branches of the potomac river and their junction auction and across the river a considerable into virginia this morning I 1 started out on a visiting tour four I 1 fint paid my re to the washington monument I 1 ascended by the elevator and nad another grand view of the city and surrounding country iron from an altitude alti tade of 0 is feet from the base of the monument I 1 haye have never looked down from so eo h agh gh an edifice bufore people below looked like pig inies and horses and carriages like christmas toys I 1 descended by the winding stairway and was very glad that I 1 had ascended by the el evator I 1 next visited the navy and army department which I 1 thoroughly explored and saw models of our navy havy and war equipments the tenth part of which I 1 could not enumerate I 1 next visited the white house 1 I dont know whether mckinley or whether bryan will get there thera or not but I 1 have been there I 1 was iu in a number ot or the rooms and viewed the grandeur and elegant equipment thereof the reception ioa room is a grand affair as was also the other rooms I 1 was in I 1 was very much impressed by the convenient locati location oa of the presidents home shi situated isted on 00 pennsylvania avenue the principal thoroughfare I 1 next visited the Treis treasury tiry and aad explored everything but the money vaults I 1 carry away any of the reserve fund fand I 1 next visited the patent office and views viewed and thong anda ds of models ol of mechanical contrive ances the tha tl th part of which I 1 c v ri aerate arat anyone who has never visited the patent office can have even a remits idea nothing more at least of the vaai number of mechanical contrivances that exist I 1 spent two hours there today and could with the g greatest of interest have spent the entire day but lite life is tco short to see sea every everything thing washington is a pretty city and prettily laid oat all the streets and avenues lead direct to the capit alThere if course considerable interest manifested as to the result of the national election next tuesday toe the conc enaus of opinion seems to bs be about evenly divided here there is not ane display of fians and banners here that I 1 saw on broadway now new york a month ego and taking everything into consideration washington is ia quiet just now As I 1 am not through with my eight seeing I 1 will close my br brief i f epistle with everything quiet on the potomac 0 P F HULL enquirer enquire correspondence since writing you yesterday I 1 have done some little more mora sight seeing this morning I 1 visited the national museum the smithsonian the agricultural buildings and saw therein specimens oi adaily every everything thin 9 known to the animal vegetable aud and mineral kingdoms I 1 saw specimens specimen 8 of everything on the earth T again visited the capital and was in the hall of representatives and the senate chamber and hall of statuary I 1 also again visited the tha new national library which is not yet complete dIt is ia a gra grand nd edifice I 1 was very particular to kee keep P off the grass for I 1 remembered haw bow coneys army fared by thereon I 1 next want down pe pennsylvania un syl avenue past the white house and visited orang orans art and feasted my eyes on the lamons famous status statuary ry and paintings pain tinsa therein they are indeed grand and no one who happens in ia washington can afford to so go away without seeing them I 1 am writing this white while setting in the tha park on the north of pennsylvania avenue and appos to ta the white house there are ara many things to be seen in washington that I 1 yet seen and which I 1 will perhaps be unable to see this time it is my desire to visit mt vemon Varno nand and pay my respects to the tomb of the I 1 father of his country I 1 may go there tomorrow the weather is very delightful hero here just now being neither two warm nor too cool last night I 1 attended tb the e bijou theatre and witnessed the play 9 in darkest america by a troupe of darkies and it was excellent the now new poa pos toffie e building now in course of construction and which is expected to be completed in 1897 is an elegant ure and will be the finest post office building in the world I 1 forgot to mention that while in a the national museum today I 1 saw that utah was represented there C 3 F HULL |
