Show BUILDING or washington 1 96 that the tern pest tossed congress of the thirteen colonies saw the birst evidences of the federal city that excited the mirth of the timid lavsa writer in ui pei lie circumference of the city is t now spreads out under tl e giedt dome Is greatly contracted from the imi dimensions ind out bv the engineer L lut int heie tl e 1 abent chioe now stretches in mirble m irble majesty benchman hman inured by recent events in 1 ans hid marked the sight for t lc where national events to bo TO m dional obsequies to bo celebrated nd the dead honored bv 11 e country to be buried ind their monuments be perpetuated i sort ot 1 to the glories of the republic 1 v 0 col dumns of majestic mi jestic pio portions cereto use at distances from the capitol and granite the of tl e soven years war from lex mcton to the ether such prodigies by sei as in ten beirs had made our little avy a rival of 1 britain a fhe streets lunnin eastward aiom tue cipior bere iere to bo continuous arcides like the sequestered alcoves of ISo logne ind venice 1 alie capitol and the 1 resident s residence ft ere to b I 1 lyskin holds and dwellings for tie foreign ind the public buildings nut even it thit early day rings jobs bound their account 1 benchman hman beset on all sides by venal legislators ind self seek ing jobbers up his commission in alie city is it naw nsw st ind as perfected by andrew 1 lliott in 19 in gold etere without restriction as to billing to alie citizen who should send in alio design for the I 1 residents house 1 ne hundred dollars and i lot in the new city or a gold medil bere iere offered for tl e best design for tie capitol loi generation tint lias become familiar tl e sums voted for post oil ces and custom houses in 1 and I 1 tonn our forefathers hers will seam thrifty indeed amb emb irking aion city building with a grant of from the states of ind mary lind ahia was supplemented by a national lottery tor which 50 tickets were sold sixteen ix teen thousand thou set en hundred and thirty were to draw inzes tie capital one being a hotel which wis to cost ahe price of 11 ticket wis fea ind tie prizes rai ged from to so s o or need alie stu dent of canent morals and manners depressed by alie laxity of our times wholly despond v ben he tatt the lottery was mide use of a hundred beirs igo not only in tl e building of oui national capitol churches acl and colleges even harvard were indebted to eel for moneis to secure tl air usefulness in the 1 residents house ai d tl e capitol etere tie only evidences of the city tie now sees and monument i edias and gardens elal eclipse pans and lenna in be auty ind taste V 1 en tl e lottery filled ind tl e sums voted 1 y and maralind Marv lind E out athington wis less of a city than the humblest suburb of cr scy city or 1 rooklyn alnee hundred thousand thou doll us were sled by tie commissioners to go on etith tl e work aid the country was districted id by lucli I 1 colligate rol outlay J 1 e press of tl e time agnost such nisle ful in the cai itol M is i sore tn il to men accustomed to the 1 amely corn foils of sew 1 ind bew Y aik oik II 11 ere was but one good in die town 11 e roem beis of congress Con giess eie herded togeal cr in i few acin tene meals like soldiers iu i ban icly I 1 and als anted at live per squire foot tl e speculator holding for a rise iho residents were mostly shiftless v n out of regular industry by visions of sudden city making 1 hough the en tire city was coveted mrs adams tie wife of president who took up his residence in ashing ton could secure none for tl e grates of tl e V hite house 11 e 1 ouse inquired thirty servants to keep it in order hid all the food biad to be brought horn ll altimore georgetown or governor do vernor morris writing to the inn cess dela lour et baxis in december laoo says et tant noth ing heilbut heie but 1 auses cellars kitchens i ell informed men amiable women ind other 01 this kind to mike our city perfect for HO can here as in the fields and boods and consid ering alie hird frost the clr of the city if then vou are ous of coming to ih e in ash logton I 1 emten to assuror ou that free stone is v ery 1 ire tint excellent brick cm be burned tint there is i 0 lack of bites for magnificent 1 hotels eliat contemplated canila can brine a vast commerce to the place in that it is the very best city in the vv orld fory it rt residence |