Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-08

To the Editor of the Chicago Post:
You will pardon me for dating nv letter at no
place in particular. az that Is where happen to
be at the time of writing IT, presume YOU care
nothing about the date; il is Of little couse-
Quencc- For my own part, l don't care fig
about dates. but an especially fond of prunes
left Chicago soon after the trees commenced
leaving. ! make practice of going into the
country every summer about the time musk etoes
begin To get ripe, but bad made up nv mind TO
remain at home this season. and should have
done so, If the city had not become too hot for
me When ! speak of the city, / do not allude
exclusively to the temperature of the atmosphere;
another sort OF fear had something to do with
the affair l did anticipate bodily injury
from any particular quarter for there we're not
many quarters in Chicago when | left; but to
speak plainly, / felt little alarmed lest the
whole city should come down on me- Ii was no
uncommon thing for me to meet brickbats com
ing around street corners, when | least expected
them; aud whether expected them or not they
were always unwelcome visitors. On one or
two occasions | was mistaken for an editor and
the perilous adventures that succeeded the mis-
take. challenge description. You will bear 10
mind that | don't care how much nv descriD-
tive powers are challenged but don't want TO
be challenged myself Every time / went upon
the streets with piece of white paper and
pencil in my hands, il commenced hailing brick
bats and whenever | went out with pair of
black pantaloOns on | could smell powder
The town became too hot for entirely
am 80 coward when | meet a brave man | al
ways treat him well, aud never offend him: but
If | meet a coward | don't care what | say TO
him. | can appreciate bravery If anybody can
Nv departure from your beautiful city Il call
it beautiful because have friend in it who has
corner lot to self aud expects this letter to be
read by man in Vermont who wants to pur
chase was accelerated by dream which came
70 me one night when | was asleep. had an
awful dream. Unlike Byron's, it was all drea IN
and more too dreamed-that is | think
dreamed; | was SO frightened that will hot be
positive about the begnning-that the city was
depopulated. One-third OF the inhabitants were
in arrest charges of libel, onethird for assault
/ and battery and gambling, and the other bird
had gone their bail, aud run away TO keep from
paving. | alone escaped. Methought sat upon
the high st pinnacle of the courl house, and
gazed with sublime contempt upon all inanimate
things below. | was congratulating myself upon
NV escape from decentralization. and medtating
whether ! should still lead virtuous life and be
happy, or share the fate of my fellow-men, when
an Ethiopian minstrel hit me in the face with
silver cup and blinded me.
When | recovered il was growing dark, and
saw caravan approaching from afsr off. and the
people bore banners, on which were inscribed
w oodlawn," and thev uttered loud mprecations
against me- and | thought my time had come,
but il had not. 1t was some other mans time
The darkness increased, and beca me 80 intense
that il was almost suffocating. And | saw n
balloon ascending to the clouds. with Il red-hared
man in it. and the red-hared man iel out and
shot through the air like comet. | saw his red
hair approaching me. and told him he couldn't
come it, but he did. He struck me violently
Knocked me from my pinnacle and | awoke
Then it occurred TO me that | was all right, and
| rushed out of my house to meet another brick
baf-the same one had met three times before
On this hint left the city am pleasantly
located, the scenery around me being surpass-
ingly beautiful. and devoid of brickbats The
crops bid fair to be exceedingly fine II we don't
have some rain soon they will be finer than they
ever were before in the world In those dis
tricts where birds are numerous, corn comes up
as soon as it is planted. A great many farmers
have not planted much grain this season. and the
products OF their farms will be very small pota-
toes When the mania for erecting new build
ings shall have disappeared from Chicago, and
brckbats become less numerous than they are
now; when Long John shall have restored peace
and quietude. and arrests no longer "A neceS-
sty, or when this cruel war is over" | NAV re-
turn. Until then, am, TRANQUILITY,
BEAU HAcKETT.