The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-02
FUGITIVE LETTERS.
Chicago Weather-.Business and Hogs
-ReligiOus-The Blondes.
From our own Correspondent.


CHICAGO, February 26, 1870
Editors journal:
A week ago last night | entered
the Garden City" It was then
balmy as a soft Spring day, suggest
ing the near approach Of violets and
early roses. That it was resolved to
get up some weather for the especial
benefit of the writer deponent sayeth
not, but certain it is, that with my
first sally In the morning, the first
snowhakes came drifting into peo-
pies faces, and thus continued all
day, the temperature of the atmos-
phere falling almost as fast as the
snow, which was dry, and by the
fierce wind was whirled wildly in
every direction. Nearly all day 1
contended with this storm, gotten up
for my benefit, seemingly, determined
to accept it as for my benefit, but
before night l was obliged to sue
cumb-I laid up.
Sunday morning the snow battle
was over, and, taking the reckoning,
it was found that the weather was
Worsted to the amount of about forty
eight or fifty degrees. Thermometer
down to eight degrees below zero,
and, considering your correspondent
had to walk moro than a mile in the
teeth of a fierce nor wester, he stub
bornly refused to contend with all the
people-and seemingly more, too, for
they told it over so often-that the
day was not the coolest of the season.
The two days were also signalized
by an unusually large number of fires.
People said, " bad fues," the moral
being when the weather grows ex-
cessiVely cold, and you fire up ex-
ceedingly hot, look to your fues."
The coliness of Sunday, it is sup
posed, froze up about one-half of the
church goers, SO that the churches
were only half full In the morning,
and quarter full at night; when it
was so pleasant to gather round-ah,
me not the blazing hearth; that is
uncivilized- but the register, or self
feeder"
Wednesday, however, the weather
concluded it had enough of it, and
went back to its previous conditions,
mild as May, and bringing out, not
the flowers, but the ladies, in vast
numbers and IN all their beWitching
glories.
l find business very much depress-
ed. Merchants anxious to sell, but
nobody ready to buy except at prices
ruinous to dealers. Money has not
been as scarce or trade as dull, since
1858. Hopes are entertained that both
will move with the opening Of naVi-
CATION. Prices of grain have not been
remunerative to farmers. C4ops have
been short; and, yet, short as they
were, farmers have been holding back,
but it is said will be compelled to let
go next month or in April. =
Merchants are also discouraged be-
cause of the Senate's action, touching
initiating the currency, or worse, re-
fusing to promote an equilibrium In
have its just share.
Chicago claims to have taken the
horns from Cincinnati, now called
"Porkopolis, which means. l suppose,
(going back to the classics) 1.-THE City
of Hogs" For FIVE days. [ passed a
display of fairness In this line. A GER
tain house on Monroe Street had In
and around the doors some thirty
seven hogs, their average weight being
considerably over 500 pounds-the
weightiest reaching 737 poundsl |
didn't think we had beaten that in
Evansville. and so l didn't like to say
we had. ModestI But as | took in
the mountainous forms, / could not
but quote that naughty poet, who has
not yet been stol0ed away
"Alas. MS grease, bat Hotpg grease no
more"
L learn from some that there is no
influx of population, but rather efflux.
last numbers of the working classes
are without occupation, and emigrant
associations. are helping these off to
rural districts, and even, as | learn,
TO the far South. Of course there
must be drift both ways. Masses drift
in and then again drift out, as means
of support occur or fail. There is an
increase OF houses and stores for rent,
and renters are complaining Woefully
of exOrbitant rates, and there is q
common feeling rents must come
down"
We have had great excitement
ACAO ~ NAC W0J Va H6cCttNHSs L nc
BILE School question is being ven
tilated, wisely and otherwisely. in
particular pulpits, and in mass meet
ings. Tuesday evening, there was a
monster meeting, and appropriate
speeches, aiming to bring about the
shutting up of liquor saloons on
Sunday. An immense petition, of
twenty thousand names, was stretch
ed across the hall. On Wednesday
night, had the pleasure of hearing
VIM. Punchon, the great English
Wesleyan orator, but [ can give you
no criticism. One of DR.. Hatfield's
Methodist brethren, is reviewing his
structures on Women's suffrage. The
reviewer is somewhat fussy, but the
reverend DR.. takes it all kindly.
Some professor, is exciting anoth-
err circle, upon the topic of
hash" and accompanies it with an
exhibition of a recently invented
musical sugar hogshead."
Milburn, the blind preacher, told
the people last night, what he sal0 in
Paris; and Anna, " the coming girl, !"
ssctures on Monday evening, next
thus this great Babylon
But for day or two, quite q stir
has been made, growing out of the
chastisement of one of your fraternity
the editor Ofthe TGnses-by couple
of feminine stage exhibitors The ed.
itor was slightly beaten by these crer-