Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-16

FOuth Letter from Rud BI0ssOm-He Goes
Under o. RIvsr-TIs Secs the IVater-WOrI<s.
Visits a Large Illinois Beer Brewery
HIS Cool Departure.
CHICAGO, I'LL.
An, MAJOR have got big thing now.
Come up here and see it. Here is a town
not as old as I am that has grown almost
out of sight. It stretches further than
from Wilmington to Masonboro' one way, |
and almost as far in the other direction
And, would you believe it, up here,
thousand miles from the Atlantic Ocean,
is mighty sea, which rolls up its waves
and its breakers, looks green, has large
ships and steamers on it, and you can't
begin to see the land anywhere north or
east. That is the overlook and the out
look of the thing, and when you turn to
look at its heart you find it's all heart
You don't know where tho pulsations be-
gin, but you see the arteries flowing In
every direction. 1t seems to be all pulsa-
ton. I have tried to find for week
which was the fashionable street to stop
on, for wanted to swap my old hat for q
new one, and have not yet made up my
mind on the subject. 1 find fashionable
stores everywhere, and some whoppers ut
that. Why, there is one here that will
hold all of the business places in
Wadesboro, with the Court House
and Jail thrown in, and perhaps
the tavern, and then only be about half
full, all built of marble at that. I went
round to one corner to see what the smoke
was about, and there 1 found great big
steam engine taking goods in at one door
and throwing them out ct another When
you built the City Hall, went down to
look at it, and thought to myself, well,
the city that beats that must be smart"
but here 1 find it difficult to realize that I
ever thought that large. Nowadays it
seems like the world is running to marble.
I mott ced at Baltimore some splendid mar
bic blocks going up, here they are every
where almost. The day got here I met
a respectable brick store just started out
of town, moving right along the middle OF
the street easier than could move, with
the help of all my neighbors, my chicken
coop across my yard. went by there
} next day and it was gone, clean out OF
sight, and on the spot where it had stood
9 the marble was piled up to make its sue
. cessor. And then there's bridge some
where on every street across the river, fol
? the city has rivers running all through
e it, and in one street there is
bridge under the river. The ON
/ nibus I was in went laundering down
, an inclined plane, and looking out [ saw
= an arch, and over the arch large barque
d passing. / cried to the driver to halt. bu
d he did not or would not hear me. T kicked
s the door, but he had it fast so JUS
: threw myself back III desperation, ant
asked a nefghbOring passenger what i
q meant. "Nothing but the Washington
% street tunnel" said he; and then saw
o by the dim gaslight that we were actual.
- under q river that was carrying over on
y heads a one thousand ton ship. We cam
a. out soon, but got my breath badly down
1T there, and ever since / ask all the driver
of cars and omnibusses, before 1 get in
T. ssdo you go through that bridge under TIL
I, river They are building more of thes
le One day, Major, went QUITO look at wha
s, they call the "Water Works" I Ia
- heard that they had a tunnel there tw
b. miles long. reaching out to a crib in tn
es Lake. The thermometer was at 1909, an
IN [ thought I would just walk out in til
ne tunnel far enough to cool. You can judg
r. Of my disappointment when L found til
RI tunneI full of water, and three engines {
ls one thousand horsepower each trying
pump the water out. The engineer told 10
e; be had two of them running night and da
lis for over twelve months and had not Low
cred the water an inch. I asked hir
a what he did with the water he pnmpe
o ot out and he pointed to lofty stone tOwe
A. and said 81 throw it up to the top of tina
t. tower, there are pipes which carry it q
O.. over the city, and the people drink il.
oI Here is cold water temperance NOV
." ment on grand scale. Finding / coul
not get into the tunnel, I went across IL
street to Il lager beer brewery, and there
found cool place. We went all over
Many Of the rooms were carpeted. A
a were scrupulously clean, SO that any wee
of ding party could have walked through
or without soiling their white satin slippers
- Since left that fellow ''In" at Sail
Louis I have hired me a reliable Dutcl
ill man to act as companion and his inform
II ton has been of great service to me.
49, expect to get him to write my letters if
he have O return Of that rheumatism in n
back. Just now L have none anywhe
IS but in my head and that escaped Il
of 'caIoric polaric" process. This Mr.. Dul
IN derblum got acquainted with me from n
asking him very simple question and
ay is one which has puzzled the temperan
men and even been considered in t.
10 Courts. That question was, lis lag
ed beer Intoxicating ?"
Ter 81 dosh not Knows" said he.
al "Have you had any experience ?" ask
IN, I.
s'Yaas drinks hi all time
Chow much can q man drink befC
rod breakfast %
'eo sEWaaI, dirty-doo or tree glass" was
IN intaIIioent answer and II was az satisf,
the tory that I negotiated with him and 81
, a ceeied in securing his valuable services
neil He is about forty years old, with tx
b IT light hair, three square front teeth, bl
his eyes, and says he weighs "between d
Kn hundred and eighty an tree hundred a
eighty, forgets." Mr.. Dunderblum a
I went into the vaults Of the brewery u
der the ice house and took few glasses
is lager which mad very coollng eject.
- can RECON- mend II Major for We hofh .