Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-11-10

The Burned City.
TIE MONT spE OF CHICAGO, IS sEts IL JcRs
HNY..-A GRAPHIC PICTURE.
The town Is teeiluiug 20 e. with esthe.c
sigLt-scers. The artists Of the illustrated papcrs
ssc sestei at every cogue of vantage, sketcaing
for dear life against the closing Of the mall Pho
togrsphers, alarmed by the prospect Of speedy
reconstruction, are training their camcras upon
evuy unprotected point Of picturesque ruin.
They are sure Of ready sale o. all the shadows
they can seize IN these days. There has rarely
been offered to the plying admiration q uea @
collection oi pictures Of more poignant beauty
II one could iiyest himself Of all feelings o.. syu-
ps,hy sui pain be could gain from these smo4-
ing squares the fuest Intellectual erjoymeut
Moa1tonous as the gray stretch OF tesolsuou
appears at frat, the longer you looS ani hnce5
tle more this uniformity Of character aul color
breaks up and reveals 10 yuu 2n INFINITE
study Of lines snd forms. Jf course, these
ruins lack the conservation Which hss COME
with the course cf ages 10 the .spli,,reI none
li.hs Of Thebes aad the rusWei pliI.hs %: Pie--
ium But is there not sn equal # not greater
humSn interest 10 surveying these brand new
sharis Of g great city, and rClectug that the
builders 10 not hide from our symrattiss in the
uisls Oi immemorisl time, but today live and
expression in these broken walls AMI melted cll-
umns 'est sal drink ami love sud grieye sni
hoTe,snl GO on with work kindred o. ths- which
now has suddenly taken lis place in the Past
Every one who has looked upon ruins has telJ
the keen, imperious desire 90 know what mauuer
O.. men it was that huili them ami looked upon
them when they were fresh 90 the sunshine ot
those older days Half the joy aud halt the pain
gt travel IA iu this vain imagining. Bar here you
lock at these imposing wrecks, st.!l Titanic alI
most impressive in decay thar sreaiT seems
historical. ami you reflect with a sudden isel-
iur Of surprise tina. you knos by heart lhe ser-
mon they are preaching Iou age yourself
par. q the life they symbolic, ani the c.yi.izs-
ton which they express. I0l have heard che
prayers AMI the oltls, tie laughter auI The
cries, 20 the so1uI oi which those vsls went
up There is 90 unknown quantity in the
problem they present. There 70 is-make of j,
Whist you will Il you come 90 nothing, 90
not blame time OF history for the dust that is
iu your eyes.
S,1liing through the town in the daytime you
see t must have been heat Of singular intensity
tlst meiel down x miles Of brick and mortar
60 soon iat5 one iniisiiuEuisLatle mass. It
to1A only shout twelve hours 90 virtually daish
the work. All that Vas done after that VAS the
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that 81. tie houses are mare OF lees damaged
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houses sre level heaps o; ciicinei huiiin- ma
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inc watering As @ tne uAtAhess ueepcuA' UAe
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lo'eiy euect o reuec'lon, the oiue uIAze lfom the
uu4uSuoueu H'es sulAes 'he o'ouls o' suoAe
'na1 a.,is nSns wv 1i 1ne city' anu tGrns them
"liilau. I0se iue pli'ar oi 0'oui 'ycoiHes
p'.'s' "a ny Suu al ~ one tue uCa" l.sue o
,u.s 'e''eS'e' "eh' l''is 'ac" upon 'Le runs Ahh
pi'lss mem 'u, lu'o paie anu slhSuial usinc'-
ness Al IL Loi posslnie 10 lmaglne anything
mo- t 'cl'loy otau'iui 'hSh 'his wiz C, mnerce
u 'lio H'e S'i 'ie uA'Sness' FROM my "lhlo"
SGT 'ug n"o'' sweep oi tue N"s' liumluHuon-
yH 'le le' q oOai heap s.'e'cneh ueyonu the
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~ nc. eness' an along
- ~ 'ne So'il oia@s anu 'ne sSy
Is oH ~ ,'.u 'ue qua, N,ses VI oloAeh WALLS
anu 'ne s,ll s'eilis o' oisoA "a IKE NINA
Ie's aie uie%H Sharply on Tue crimson bacA-
g@Ioohu, @ 10 ~. Anon II oSuia oe "ithin
'le iesGu oi paln'ins 70 give any mint OF inc IN
utterSoie magic oi thIS speo'sce' NO sunset
was ever 80 iosy a' 'us' siAoAy SKY NO Irost-
c~stie JUN on "lnuo"-p pane OUT OF enild
orea'a was ever more uelieA'e tnan those fantas-
NC ruins nung IKE 'ht'eied lace sgs'nst the
drifting c'ouIs- On 'ne extreme right Just
within the yellow olsze oil the hght that guards
the breakWster, the great central elevator tow