Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-10-06
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Some uuit ago, | let Chicago with
h. cf comparing thai Brs bd,uguagian
Institution wsth shs Linpas.an selt.emea4f
oi esaer parts q tbs county. ] tain6 !
heard 1t se.aewasrc facnt!7as9. before J
LEFT, taat- va,cagg is L wGnstr!ul Gig. :.
occurs 10 tie .tlst there was az sriic. IN {.
chicago na- paper &C thst efi &C., g e.'t
tnathoneagdy meal.oacl sonstning ~ The
klno il speed.
lianns an absence extending tArough
good many weexs. aud - tae esUrse VI :
journey thrl passed through u gre4, IL y,
states. / ssw little Ct nothing that wcu.t
remind one e ccago Espet.Al.y doc.
the traveller nssa IRE Chicago river.
The O.. 3 llat al Iii re minded TIE
CT our romantic river was lie mint Al
Pbila5 elphi.. That is the Chca 90 r,ve-.
but inferior. IL issues a new ceut occa-
sionally. Chicago river issues new scent
every day.
Nearly oil foreign c,ies-sLst Is, cities
outside Of Chlcago-laci tie more prorai-
uent elements which characterize ;Ae Car
den City. No other city has a quarter as
much mud when it rains, or ;wortieth IS
much dust when it is dry
While away, | visited great many in
slituuonS for the benefit Of tbs insane, and
10 those who, from ply Gc.l dsfcrmi,y, are
unibe to support themselves. | saw many
such cases. hut none 20 much so es one that
| was invite to witness, on Thursday, at
| pa.alial mantioa on Wabash avenue
AT this place there is man who has
become drivelng, hopeless idiot. lie is
man who, but q month since. was Pos
sessed with n vigorous cons,ituton ard
perfect health The possessor Ct an tm-
| PIE fortune and q lucrative profession, la
was engaged TO be married 70 lovely girl
the daughter Of ono Of our Oldest md
most respected citizens.
Suddenly the young nan began TO dis
play eccentricities, which finally becam,
more frequen. and marked, until they as
sumsd n form which demonstrated mos
unmis taxable aud distressing alteration.
His body, sympalhzng ecutely with hi
mind, began to develop tho most extrAor
binary symptoms. His legs were drawn
up, crossed and intertwined with his hi
arms until they formed an intricate ant
! insxtrcabs knot. His spine grew distort
Cd his head was drawn around under on,
arm, add his whole body was convolutst
and drawn up, til it resembled O TWISTED
and nnsightly ball.
The medical men v no attended him sale
that these extraordinary and unequallet
7 bodily contortions were the result OF cor
responding twists and contor.ions Of III
sufferer.
An inquiry a. TO the cause Of this dis
tressng calamity led his weeping Juneec 4
inform me that II had all arisen from an en-
dsa,or on his part 10 read, comprehend, an,
keep track OF the editorial articles on th
financial situation, In the political nswsps
pers Of Chicago.
saw good many affecting cases Will
ADVENT, but none that took such profoun
hold Of the sympathcs as the one Just mar
rated.
In visiting tho insane nsy lums in easter
cities, one misses cases which meet hin
every day in Chicago He finds nobod
crazy on the subject of real estate. m IS
ed this class Of tnaniacs more than anythin
else during my absence. In allowing thes
people to 60 about where they please, Chi
cago does differently from other places.
Usually strait scket 10 put on an insin
man in other cities, and be is confined il
some secure asylum Why such q on,
should be allowed 10 iua q, large here, !! i
4 | difficult to determine
n ln going away from Chicago, ono can 0
: take with him the opera house. This maze
il rather lonely, as general thing. Their
is no such opera house nj Racine, or NJ an
point on Lake Superior. The same mag b
. said Of the Sherman House.
But the chief thing one misses when Ii
is absent from Chicago, Is Chicago wo
men. That is, he misses them if they ar
young ladies'. In fact, enc is ap, to mis-
young ladies wherever he finds them
n Tho young ladies e other places diifs
Il from those Of Chicago. Sc do the marie
ones. A married woman in any other plac
ia good deal less independent than in CHI
cage. She doesn't have the same oppoitu
lie nifty for divorce that she has here. Tn
Il young women are likewise different in ott
CT places. They have the Grccian bend i
most Eastern cities and towns, and have
= bad. The Chicago ladies' are behind in nc
Q having il before Eastern women are neve
i, behind SO much as their pantefs are.
Leaving out the Grecian bead md tn
facilities for dvorcr, and there is 10 grea
difference between Chica ladies end thos
! OF other places. II ther . any difference
e il Is II favor Of tie former They are 10,
, ter looking. as q general thing The
;, commence sooner, travel faster, and iii
eGrlicr thna other womcn. The asst name
u quality il not intended TO induce marvin
meA "a come s. Chicago after their wives
il although i viii prot ably havo that effec,
. In "a comparison between Chicago an
oihsr places, one finds coed many differ
= encc' The other day, lsiy on the cornc
d OF Like aud Clark streets stcpn.d on
/ pcsch-sk'n and fell TO the sidewalk Broti
n CT Moody WE at once sent for 10 endeayo
t. convert lsr, Oh the erou Of her bein
fallen woman. ~ sueh cases Of philrn
thropy ar found in any other city
II There is no other city that saw whic
] has our water works. The Niagara waite
works are tolerably imposing but on
hears less said about them at Niagara ,ha
. ho does about the Chicago water works il
Chicago. This proves that the latter ar
the most stupendous.
The only trouble abou. Chicago 10, tina
there is marked dehcacy about every bod
who lives here, with reference to eayp
any thing about the merits Of the place. 70
. this reason, strangers come here, stay
. month, and mix freely with residents, an
4 then go away without having heard any
thing about our enterprise. In this va
the growth Of tho city is retarded, ant
, people coming here for investment tax,
their money away with them. That is
what they happen to have any left.
In consequence Of this reticence, Chicago
is hardly known abroad. People at die
, lance don't usually hear Of Chicago NOR
, than eight or ten times . day. IL they
hsppsn 10 fall in with Chicago man, the,