VIRTUE, PURITY, AND TEMPERANCE.

WAsHrseros Clrr, February %, ls46.
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WASHINGTON CiTY, February %, 1876.


SIR. | am one of the many admirers of
your spirited paper, and who hail its appear
ance in this District as harbinger of that glo-
rious time, when this wide wilderness of in
temperance, shall blossom as the rose, and
when the rivers OF alcohol shall give place to
the crystal fountains, to drink of which is health
wealth, and length Of days.


Il beg leave, however, to call your attention
to one great obstacle TO the spread of the good
cause in this city. | refer TO the high prices
charged at the refectories, both az the Capitol
and elsewhere, for tea and coffee Omen in
The midst OF my labors, when overcome by las
situde, have longed for the refreshing flavor
of cup of tea, but in order to obtain it with
slice OF toast, quatcr Of a dollar must be paid.
This is exhorbitant, and more especially so,
when the beer drinker and the wine bibber can
get their dose for a ftp. Now sir, ask is it
not strong inducementto poor man, to take
intoxicating drink, instead of tea or coffee,
when he can procure the former at one fourth
the cost of the Iatter2


have conversed with many persons on the
subject, and they agree with me, that the es-
tablishment, at some place near the Capitol, of
a Refractory upon the Philadelphia plan, where
tea and coffee can be had for ftp, would be a
most desirable undertaking, and meet with ex-
tensive patronage Let some one try the ex-
pertinent The amount of capital required
would be but tuifing. q.