The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-11-22
FIioM CHICAGO.

you "for exercise" while their looks I.
say palmer then their words, "to !
be prepared in the day coming"
On the streets, in the hotels, AL
over the city may be seen plenty Of
green rosettes, or some times a lit
tie crescent diamond or reund-shap-
ed bit of green cloth pinned TO the
coat or vest AT the armory there
is always a large number Of men
going through drill, preparing car
tridges, cleaning guns, DC. Their
armory is by no means open to ey-
cry body-in fact but very few are
allowed the privilege Of looking on
but to one who does see them
they recall the opening scenes in
the late war. . Among the faces one
often sees those which do not be-
long TO the Celtic race. Americans
are numerous among them, dark
and swarthy from the battle fields
of the South; occasionally Tcuton
is among them to fight, not for Fa-
derland, but for Ireland and cou-
pie of Frenchmen whom | noticed
were working away as drill.ser
geants. The Canadian trails are
helping the Fenian recuiting officers
more than almost any thing else
could do. Tell an Irishman that
Eaglandis going TO hang a brother
Celt and he is at once on hand for a
rescue, whether he has to face a
brace of constables at Wicklow or
a Governmental Canada. Among
the noticeable personases Of Chica-
go are some who truly belong to
that large and, ii we take every
body's word for it, numerous class
who
SHAVE SEEN ETTER DAYS"
There are in Chicago seven Counts
two Marquisses, one who would
have been a Duke, and a bakers
dozen Of German Barons. The lat
ter are not counted in sour set" by
the others, as baroneteles in Gel
many are common as "colonelcies"
in Virginia, or unfounded military
titles throughout America. Out of
the former ex-noblemen there are
several whose history would be in
teresting, and whose lives have in
them more romance than is gener-
ally vested in the hero OF first
class novel. Hungary and Poland
were their homes. Austrian, Rus
sian, and combined European
tyranny, are responsible for their
present position. To one who has
kept trace of Hungarian and Polish
struggles, are familiar names in
Chicago. Sad it is to contemplate,
and a poor opinion of European
titles and cracked-up nobility 1t,
gives to an American to know that
these men could so far forget their
former station, or the right the
world has to expect better things
of them, as to keep lager-beer sal
oons, as nearly all of them are de-
ing. In fact, except two who made
sufficient "stamps" to retire on,
they are all in the lager beer retail
trade. Contrary to my usual Gus
tom, | went around the city with
an old Chicagoian who is thorough
ly posted, to see these notabiIities.
AS general thing they appear
very much like the ordinary NOR
tails who gain a livelihood in the
same manner, but in one case | saw
a fine looking man, whose history,
by the way, was not unfamiliar to
me, one of Kossuth's most trusted
friends, fine-looking commanding
man, who handed out the "swet
lager" with a sort of repulsive hos
pitable grace very much, | fancy, as
he would, in former days, have ten
dered a glass Of wine to an enemy
WnOm circumstances might have
thrown beneath his roof, and thus
made him hospitable from good
breeding. A fine looking woman
sat in a room adjoining, and by a
sliding window in the wall. Her
hair was tinged with silver threads, !
and lines drawn by care were on |
her face, yet twas easy to see that
age had but little 10 do with the
marks upon her face or the silvery
streakS in her jet black hair. I'm
fortunately, he could not, like the
most of them, bring his mind down
to his avocation; nor had he used
his opportunities in such a way
that he could do any think useful. |
His hands knew not the cunning of
any trade. Wounds received in
Hungary disabled him from militia
ry duty, or he might now be a hero
of our own late war; Further of
them at another time. It's a new
field for a newspaper corresDondent