The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-10-24

The cAtcnt OF The rccunlafy los viii
reach it is believed 8l50,000000, Tho
number Of persons (iucluding the sick,
aged aud inhrm) who persisted in the
flames reach several hundreds This
fact is a sad feature to contemplate, and
cxctcs the pity ofall.
We never before this great fire wit.
messed so grand an illustration Of the
scripture which says-"richcs take to
themselves wings and fee away" All
night long and up to 10 o'clock mex,
day vast riches were terribly busy put
ting on fiery pinions and flying Off into
the atmosphere, never to return. But
great and incompatible as is the loss,
Chicago with her wonderful vitality will
mainly recover from it, in three years,
and whoever visits the city five years
hence will fail to discover any traces OF
this calamity, except in the superior i'm
provemcnts placed on the burnt district
Already a few of the largo capitalists Of
New York City have rendered by tclc.
gram sixty million dollars to aid in re.
building the city.
Many of the merchants, within four
days Of the fire opened new places 70
business. among whom were Mr.. Ezra
Warner Il Co., and ID. S. Ilaske!, known
to many of your readers. The Chamber
Of Commerce have already commenced
rebuilding their beautiful cdifce.
Tho maxim that troubles seldom come
singly, was sadly illustrated in the case
of Mrs. Edscl-a lady friend Of ours,
living in North Chicago. On Thursday
night previous to tho fire, her husband,
who was thriving druggist, was aroused
from his sleep by burglar at his front
door. He arose and went to the door,
and was Immediately shot by the thief
and fell and died in few moments after
his wife came to his relief. He was
buried on the Sabbath. That evening the
fire broke out, which consumed next day,
the store and its contents, also the house
and its furniture of the deceased, leaving
Mrs. Edscl 7,oor, but Tor the fact, that
Mr.. Edsel wisely held Life Insurance
Policies in favor of his wife for $4,000.
The wisdom and bcnefccncc of Life In
surance is seen to shine in this case with
lustre beautiful to contemplate.
Strange as it may seem, fiends in
human shape sought to fire the city again
for opportunity of plumber Two men
caught in the act Of firing houses were
seized and Immediately hung to lamp
post.
The fearful scenes and awful grandeur
Of this great fre-four square miles of
shectcd flamc-whcre the largest and
most costly blocks Of brick, stone and
iron were swept with the bosom Of de-
struction, were melted as if they had
been built of lead and buckram, made an
impression on our mind never to be cf-
faced while Chicago occupies place in
the memory.
Jus. previous to the destruction of
Farwell Hall, built and owned by the
Young Mems Christian Association lat
cost of $500, 900, )its audience or lecture
room was occupied one evening by the
eccentric Geo. Francis Train. From
motives of curiosity we attended For
two hours we listened to the "Phool" as
Artcmas Ward would say, while he de-
9aunced General Grant, the Republican
party, the bible, christians and christian
ity, and raved and smotc with his false
logic every thing good and true lie
closed his lecture by demonstrating as
clearly as that two and two make six
he would be the next President Of the
American people. TO his credit We will
say he has n vast amount Of brain power.
As a speaker of force and magnetic at
fractions, Geo. Francis Train has few if
any equals. Were he enlisted in the
cause Of truth and right were he the adj
vocatc Of some humanitarian reform, he
would be host. But alas he is bank
rupt in principle, and if not lunatic, is
n monomaniac on the subject of his &C.
cupancy of the "Whitc House" and
Presidential Chair, :. H.. II.
TIE BANK RoBBER's PRocLAMATIoN.-
The following was found posted at the
Pavilion and Post Office, in Montpelier,
the day after Barton's escape
5000 REWARD.
Whereas, one |. w. Brown, authorized
by the State Of Vermont to accompany
me to the Vermont Hotel at Windsor,
and secure for me, board and lodging for
ten years, has failed so to do, but left me
at Hartland to look out Tor myself with
out green tea,) | offer the above reward
Il, l.,