Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-04-21
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.

CHlCAGO CORRESPONDENCE.
The weather-Mrs. stauton,s Lectur
Cook Co. Won ans Eranc hise Asso
ctatfon-Major General Thomas-Cel
ebratton Of the Fifteenth Amend
ment-Memortal Meeting-Trade-D
ID. Fisk g. Co.-whoIesaIe CIothfn,
Trade-Phfifp Wadsworth g. Co.
Money-Seed-Ra amsdelI's Norway
Oats.
CHICAGO, April IL, 1570.-The weather ha
been remarkably pleasant most of the tim,
for the past week, and the work of farmin,
and soed-sowing has begun in earnest in tn,
farming region in this latitude and as far a
a hundred miles north Of us. We have haC
several excitements here this week. Firs
We had
MRS. sTANToN's LECTURE,
at Unity church-Robert Colyer's Sabbath
evening, which was crowded to its fullest ca
pacity; in pews, aisles, pulpit platform, gal
leries, anu vestibule, and more than a thou
sand persons went away unable to get ever
standing room inside the house. Next,
THE COOK COUNTY woMAN's FRANCHISE Asso
CITATION
was formed by large convention-chiefiy o.
ladies-st Farwell Hall, Tuesday. Every on,
seemed surprised at the number in attend
ance and the interest excited at a mere bust
ness meeting. Mrs. Stanton is expected tt
The same day 20, 600 citizens quietly assem-
bled on the Lake Front to show their respect
for the memory of
MAJOR GENERAL THOMAS,
whose remains arrived from the West at p
IN. on the c., B. & Q. Railroad, and were soon
afterward transferred to the Southern Michi
gan Depot where the funeral car remsined
III 8 p. m. As the train came in sight sa.
Lutte OF thirteen guns was fired, and one CUR
every ten minutes afterward till o'clock.
The Court House bell tolled, at intervals OF
I've minutes, afternoon and evening, and the
fags on all the public buildings were at hall
mast. Lieutenant General Sheridan and the
other United States officers, with commit
tee OF the Common Courcil, met those in
charge OF the body at distance from the
city as an escort into the city.
CELEBRATION OF THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT
On Thursday, the colored people o. tine
city celebrated the ratification of the Fifteenth
Amendment to the United States Constitution
oy grand procession in the day time, and
resolutions, speeches and music in Farwell
Hall, at night. The procession WAS two miles
loAg, numbered two thousand people, and
was ORDERLY and impressive. The various so
cietles were In uniform, and largo numbers
we're In carriages and on horseback.
The great wagon containing pyramid
OF girls dressed in white each carry
ng nag representing one of the
statcs OF the Union, elected much admi-
atlon, and another huge wagon containing
Iwo church bells, which were kept ringing
proclamation OF political equaIity-called
Dut hearty cheers all along the line OF the
procession. 1t was q very successful dc mon-
stration.
In the evening Farwel Hall was filed by a
great crowd Of all hues-two-thirds colored
-and the proceedings were marked with the
greatest harmony and enthusiasm.
Last evening there was grand
MEMORIAL MEETING
It Farwell Hall. the chief exercise being a en-
ogy on Major Gen. Geo. II. Thomas, by Gov.
John M. Palmer. The speech read much bet
er than it was delivered.
TRADE
las been very active this week at the princi-
al wholesale houses. At J.V. Farwell \ Co 5
he buzz of conversation throughout their
Iast stores between statesmen and customers,
vas like the sound of q distant waterfall.
The wholesale millinery house of
d. b. FISK d Co., 50 AND 55 LAKE ST.,
warns with country milliners from top to
bottom, like vast beehive, and they are hav-
ng the busiest time of their lives One
swallow does not make summer, but
honssna milliners at Fisk's in one week is an
went worth noticing.
WHOLESALE CLOTHING TRADE.
Chicago is the chief mart for supplying
clothing for the trade of the Northwest. The
most extensive clothing houses in the coun-
ny are established here, and their trade ex-
ends to all the states and territories west of
he Alleghanies. And chief among these is
lie firm Of
'HILIP wADswoRTH co., "a AND SO LAKE ST.,
in 1852, and during a period of
eighteen years, their business has increased
rom about $50, 900 to million dollars a
ear. Having largo manufactures within
Ihicago and at the East, their long and thor.
ugh acquaintance with the trade of the
northwest enables them to manufacture
yoods suited to its wants. Their goods are
distributed through all the Western and
southwestern states and territories. and
heir name Is the synonym for enterprise.
integrity and fair dealing wherever their
rade extends.
5 abundant and all bu siness men look for
Vard to tbs coming season IN hopes of abun-
ant and remunerativo crops. For when
armers prosper, trade and commerce
ourish.
One of the most important duties of farmers
; to procure the right kind of seed for both
'eautiful crops of excellent grain exhaust the
OIL no more than poor seed producing crops
4 poor quality. And though the soil b. ever
o rich and In tho very best condition. the
roduct of poor seed must be partial, if not
otal failure. For the primal law of vegeta-
ion, announced by God at the creation. that
eed produces seed after its kind (Gen. l. IL.
'oyerns the vegetable kingdom to-day alb
olutely as when Adam was installed the
,ardener OF Eden. And it is the worst pos
ible economy to SOW poor seed because il is
heap. The best seed is the cheapest at al
most any price. The best seeds come from
torthern latitudes, and do better when tax en-
rom colder climate than the one where
hey are to be sown. There has been grea;
eal said OF late about Norway Oats, and some
experienced agriculturists, disgusted with
lumbugs, but who have now made trial OF
hem, have suggested that they were the old
ash'oned grey oats. But they have been
RED now several years, and those who have
aised them-many of them personally known
o me to be trustwol thy-are enthu-
iastic in their praise. And the testimony of
great number who have raised them in twe-
birds Of the States Of the Union is over
to these points, viz: that the pro-
luct is twice as much per acre as that of the
common oats; that the berry is larger and
heavier with thin hulls and plump meats;
hat the straw grows more vigorous and
trong so that 1t prevents lodging, and is
more nutritious as food; and that the Norway
'sts require less seed, enc bushel being suffi-
'ient for an acre. It will take some time to
upply the whole country, for if all the Nor
way oats raised last year we're sown this
pring the product would not be sufficient to
upply more than four or five of our largest
states with seed. The supply is now boing
apidly exhausted, and though farmers are
low to adopt new varieties Of seed, there will
carcely be sufficient to meet the demand
his year. And as there are spurious kinds
IA the market the easiest way to get the gen.
line
RAMsDELL NORWAY OATS
s to purchase of ID. w. Ramsdel 4 Co. Mr.
samsdell sowed the first oat, received in q
,ackago OF Norway peas, is straight for
yard Vermont farmer-noted as his oats,
'ver which he is enthusiastic-whom pur-
hasers can see daily at the Chicago Norway
Oats Depot. III Lake street. B.
HooFLAND's GERMAN BIrTERs.-Psrsons ad-
Ianced In life, an feeling the hand OF time