Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-10-29
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.
Chicago Press Ct1tb-The Hsthetics of
Eating-Burkey & TyrreIl-Trade
and MOney-POIiticaI Meetings
Amusements.


Chicago Press Clrsl,-The Hsthetics of
Eating-Bnrkey g. Tyrrell-Traae
and NIoney-POIitical Meetings
AmUSements.
CHIcl GO, Oct. Is, 1S69.-A Press Club was
organized here with about seventy members,
Wednesday evening. for tbs better mutual
acquaintance of literary workers IN tn 9 city
and elsewhere, to cultivate friendly feelings
between members of the press, and to take
interest to its members. The club
will hold stated meetings for bust
ness and social purposes, and to avoid all
cause of discord, it is provided that no
question relating to politics or the relations
between employer and employed shall ever
he discussed or acted on at meetings of the
club. The officers of the club are, a presi-
dent, vice. president, secretary and treasurer,
and a board of directors Of one from each
daily paper and one from the non-daily press.
Such an association is needed here, and, if
rightly conducted, will prove eminently use
full Meeting socially over good dinner tends
wonderfully to open the heart and promote
good feeling. And this suggests something
about ta 1 VisgG II .p 1853
THE EsTHETICs OF EATING.
"Show me how man eats, and will tell
you how he lives-that is his moral and So
cial status'-is a truthful saying. &c. too, his
table seryice-the dishes from which, and the
llUplGIleIll5 Will WHICH,, iC ca dliet
is good test of the degree of wealth, civili-
cation and refinement to which he has at.
tanned. The excavations of Pompei and
Herculaneum reveal the condition of the
culinary art in Italy eighteen hundred years
ago. In the first settlement of new country
the simplest utensils are used. What is nee
essary only to supply absolute wants-usual-
ly of coarse and cheap materials make up
the furnishing of the household. Those
now living can remember the days of wooden
trenchers, when a full service of bright pew
erware was BY mbol OF thrift and distinction,
and the possession of a China set was as
rare as gold service is to-day. But as peo-
pie progress in wealth and refinement, they
surround themselves not only with the neces-
sares but with the comforts and luxuries OF
life Rude and cheap utensils give place to
artistic aud moro expensive ones. Utlte cum
d,,lce-the useful with The agreeable-is the
rule of household appointments. And when
! once Use and Beauty are welded in the pop
uar mind, there seems to be no halting place
| in the march of Improvement. What was a
| luxury yesterday becomes a necessity to-day
| New and more graceful forms are devised to
please the eye and crafty the taste. And the
| degree of cultivation and refinement of any
| people can be best learned by knowledge of
| the materials and forms of the tools they use
in practiclng the first art OF life the art of
| eating. Fortunately we have in this COM
| merciaf emporium what may be called IA
tional museums where everything pertaining
to the culinary, and kindred arts, in every
| conceivable form and material Is kept, both
for public inspection and private use. And
| if Chicago should be overwhelmed, to-day,
by volcanic eruption, as Pompii was 1870
years ago, it would only be necessary to dig
down to the crockery store of
BURKEY TYRRELL. 48 LAKE ST.,
| Importers, Jobbers and retail dealers of all
kinds of French china, crockery and glass
| ware Bohemian vases, toilet sets, lava wares,
| Parians silver plated goods and fine table
cutlery, to learn how Western people lived.
| Buying large quantities OF first hands in the
worlds best markets and doing large bust
ness. they offer cash customers the best goods
| of the latest styles at the lowest rates. Those
wishing to be sure of their moneys worth
will find this the best place to purchase this
class of goods in the Northwest.
TRADE AND MONEY
| continue moderately active, despite the low
price of grain, which makes collections from
| country merchants slow. Money is still close,
but growing easier. The break in the Erie
| Canal made grain dearer in New York, and
| cheaper here, on account OF the consequent
delay in shipments. But the price here has
improved in the last two days.
POLITICAL MEETINGS
are being held in the different wards by the
| friends of both tickets, and much patriotism
on both sides, by the candidates and their
hackers, but as yet little enthusiasm is man.
ifested by the mass of the people.
ADJUSTMENTS
just now are pretty well patronized. Mr..
K Rankin is the star at the Opera House and
still personating Rip Van Wrinkle. On Mon
day next the Parepa- Rosa Opera Company be-
gin a season at the Opera House.
At Woods Museum "Tethered" has been
quite successful. The manager, Frank e..
Aiken brings out new piece every week.
He is improving the museum constantly by
making valuable additions and introducing
new curiosites. The first of November the
Chinese Giant viii be on exhibition. To
strangers visiting Chicago the museum in an
attractive place of resort. The matinees on
Wednesday and Saturday afternoons are al
ways crowded, ticket giving anyone the en-
trance into the museum of birds, beasts,
and natural curiosities and works of art as
we'll as to the play.
Chicago has been without sensation for q
week and is consequently getting dull. B.