Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-02-06

A CHICAGO MAN IN a HURRY.
lie is an ola friend of my boyhood with whom
keep mp a dc.ultory correspondence, though
" growing small by degrees aud beautifully less
on bis part llc goes TO New York and Boston
half a dozen times year and / have repeatedly
urged him 20 take the Northern route aud give MS
q call sometime promising him the farcst treat Of
landscape woud,re-such lovclucss aud grandeur
combiucd-as be- never bchcld or dreamed OF: but
hc is always in n hurry dense of a hurry"
Thought sketch Of the unryallcd scenery Of the
Green Mountains and grceuor valleys and hills of
Summer enchanmcuts Autumnal glores and Win
ter submitcs would certainly bring him but
he stood on the probable loss of few hours TO
business and complained of being in an clicr-
vesccuce Of hurry ! wrote again, aud stron-
ger than before, telling him that he would pass
straight through the very middle of the Eysian
Fields, the Garden of Eden, the Paradise of the
World ON the Vermont Genital, and he replied
II it were Heaven itself and filed with Chcruhim,
and Seraphms ! could not possibly go fifty miles
out of the direct course TO see IT, am in such am
everlasting hurry ] visited him years ago, and
there was mo- lack of generous and even lavish hos
ptaliN His servants And all his establishment
contained were put at my command Railroad
uckcts--tickets 90 concerts and shows, and pres
puts too. were showcod upon me- but of my friend
] saw very little. lle was dissol,ug figure, eve
CO. 900 ihc Wn and jump; dashiug through the
crowd whipping round corner; da.hIng across
the street with hair flying; tumblrug over apple
stands. children aud dogs in hi, hurry lie came
into Dis meal. Ike prairie vhnwind, and right
ont again like tornado before / had half finished
fhc fret course. Now and then | rode with him
TO tlc store, or some business place, bat bee would
drive 90 like Jchu iu tempest hat 10 was as
much as could DO to keep my seat. MY stay at
Chicago seemed more Ike being at a fire. q wreck,
% row and general muster all together than
ANYTHING else / can think of. ! was Glad TO turn
mi Iuts fr A.fnfUt AMIN hutt
hrCu expecting 90 hear that my Chicago friend
bad broken hs head against lamp-post or dray-
horse. or was strauphd 20 death n the gorge and
Jam of one of those whireig bridges bat not so
bee is still living and whskiug about the streets of
that lubbub city in thc same terrible wild hurry
! received letter from bin recently Young
men, who so fippantly quote Douglas ON your
birthplace and that other inidel line" West
ward the Star Of Empire takes It's way, just
read this before you start
CHICAGO, Jan. 70
DEAR ImrNp Yours received, hastily read
and must bee hastily answered Business is close
behind me With sharp stick. ! don't open the
lids of o book or read paper once a wear. for
am hurricd TO death. My business occupies all
my time aud more too have not half time en-
ough to do 10 Justice. have not had time TO call
on my wife and children for weeks may be months
and don't know that shall ever be- able TO see
them again Day and night is all the same to me
don't know when the sun rises or sets, or wheth-
er ! ever eat, drink or sleep at all, am in such
dtuse OF a hurry.
Leisure moments Why have got the tiger by
The tail and am holding on with all my might and
main ! dare not so much as look oil. / live in
the constant apprehension that the slip of a single
hair would be certain death. The tiger is push
ing ON, and 80 am /.
Do ever stop Perhaps do. but cannot sa,
positively II do, IL is The stop Of the race
horse, or the ovcr-heatud machine, last TO cool off,
These few lines give me cold chill they will
make q snarl ia my business shall not be- able To
uuraycl for weeks. Enclosed send you @ ticket
for the round trip; q returned it nstautcr % come
and see me and stay whole year; but don't
pray you, ask me TO come by way of Vermont
again, for am u an awful hurry
Yours in a hurry, SMITH
Young man, if Chicago is your destination,
take a last long look Of all that has charmed Won
in books in earth, and air and SKY.
II Won have any loving of nature or art to do
any tender sentiment TO cultivate here in dear old
New England is your final chance. If You will
go 60 that modern Babylon whose chi,f god is
Hurry and where the people chase each other
through the marrow crowded stroct., as tho half
of them were thieves, and the other half policemen
in hot pursuit, then put yourself into running
condition, reduce your weight drop all superlllf
Gus baggage practice Jumping oil and on, swing
ing bridges, dodgiug locomotives and owuibpsses
aud eat and sleep on the wing.
To be a respectable Chicago man. my friend.
YOU must be in confoundod hurp,--a hurry that
has no holidays, no fields and groves to walk n
no mountains and valleys TO visit, no lodge in a
vast wilderness with fair spirit for Your min
lister. Chicago hurry is the sort Of huriy a
man feels with a big iujun ancr hm,-witl "a mad
dog or a rayiug bull at his heels. It you like that
kind Of a hurry, 50 to Chicago and You will get it,
When you arrive and present your credentials,
them fellows will ny GU as they do your Morgan
and Morrill, HORSES, TO see il YOU la,e tine element
Of hurry-the two-eighicen speed
II you are ready 10 run the gauntlet between
two rows OF bowling sayages all the rest of your
life, ready to bid ana everlasting farewell to all the
quiet scenes Of life and 10 heucotouh wear your
hat on the back side of your head, to cut your
coa-tails short OIL, go in your shirt sleeves sum
mer and winter. to eat, drink dress walk talk
and 90 TO the devil in a hurry betake Yourself to
Chicago by all means; that is just the place for
you. To Chicago where they have hurried past
Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburg. Cincinnati, st.
Louis, kicking the dust in their faces and imagine
the, are neck aud neck with New York and have
only TO scratch gravel and hurry up little TO dis
lance London aud Fekin. Go TO Chicago, 90
confusion 20 with you. FELT IT OUT.
Warren, Vt, Feb. t.
Mrs ONE WoUip RATHER Nor MrEr.-Men
who tell stories that run into one another, so that