Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-04-12


and park-like surroundings.
Gliding on from the New World Plat
eau, into the city of iron and marble, as
by aerial magic, our travellers we're bcwil-
dered. Their minds could scarce compre-
hend the newness, the unsurpassed mo-
mentum with which this new craft had
shot into the circle of Western cities, dart
ing like metior by them all, and whirl-
ing on the pivot of its great water wheels
with mars like velocity. And as they
listened to Mr. True's relation of how he
found it fort with few log huts, a few
years since and left it great city a few
months SINCE it seemed not detail but
magician Alhambric romance. To-day
traders landing tomorrow city. To
the future it must be fable not history.
An Arabian Nights nursery tale Of
magic city which sprung up in day.
Ciuderella's wand, might have transform
ed an Indian trystring place, an American
fort of two or three huts, in a space of
less than twenty years, to golden city,
with its palaces of marble and iron, its
great web of machinery, railways and
shipping, its Babylonic hum of all ma
tions.
Young as he was something of all this
dawned upon the vigorous mind of
George. Not comprehensive, certainly,
but vague sense Of wonder at attain
ments, where he had wantonly more than
half believed all was Indians woods, and
bears! True his geography taught him
plainly enough-"Chicago is thriving
city of - inhabitants ;" but, with his
schoolmates, he forgot that in his little
Eastern synonym for "Out Vest
woods
Mr., True's carriage was in waiting at
I the depot. The tumultuous sea of grim
pant morals, the deafening, Babylonic
din, as they were obliged to grapple their
way to the carriage, in no wise dismayed
George. 1t was not new to him.
"Show our friends the city, first" said
Mr. True to the coachman, as he sprang
into the carriage.
Majestically the elegant carriage lum-
bered through busy South Water, up
and down, through the glitter of Lake
and Clark, the ceaseless clatter of Ran.
dolph, out to the charming Union Park
suburb then back through the breadth
of State, on to Cottage Grove Avenue
thence to Douglas Place, and finally (fol
two of the gentlemen) moments tarry
at the famed fremont where Authul
Gray and his uncle were registered
Thence OH through the augularity and
brick statliness to Wabash, where Michi
gan Avenue-the Boulevard of Chicago
is reached. George could not repress &
smile at his primitive idea of "Westerr
Woods" when this majestic street dawn
ed upon him regal in its wealth, Goth
, amite in its architecture, hanked on ont
side by all that the constructive power O
. art can make wondrous; on the other, by
the supreme but unaffected simplicity o
nature, in one of her most snblime phase
that of a resplendent gem, set in citie
and plains, and lending it's music, as i
moodily sways, gently ripples, OF angerl,
} dashes to soothe, or warm the denizens o
Michigan Avenue. 1t is pomp and pa
) geant alongside nature in her most prim
, itive guise. Marble palaces, in their loft
liness stand wholesomely rebuked by
, power they cannot control. At the doc
r of the most elegant the carriage stopped
Mr. True sprang out, and leading the chill
r dren up the steps was met at the doc
! and welcomed, with genuine, wifely cordi
s ality, by Mrs. True
Y What do you think Of my investment
a dear ?" said the husband, loosely, as the.
e were divested of their wrappings, and com
{ fortably seated,
: Investment ?" repeated she, incredu
s ously.
s "Ah Well, then, what do you thin
n Of the children 2"
Lovely | charming. little pets Bu
8 are we to have them p
n ITO be sure. Nobody else wants then
Do they, George"
It "No, sir 70 replied the latter, decided
It ly.
4 "Yesl nv dear. | am going to try thes