, 1872-12-22

were not uncommon. In the immediate vicinity
OF St. James' Church were trees which lifted
their heads nearly as high as its bell-tower. In
the square in which ". B. Ogden built in 1867
the then finest house in The CITY, and which
when burned VAS not surpassed in comfort by
any-were e1ms, oaks, and cottonwood with
broad, majestic heads, and spreading out far
above the observatory of the house: Few will
ner OF Ontario and State streets on Gagees block.
The .Sturgess cottonwood, standing in Huron
street, nearly opposite the residence Of AIr.
Buckingham, TaB @ noble tree, up which the
late Mr.. Jonathan Sturgo5 built staircase and
seats, giving fine lookout upon Lake Michi-
gan. AS you stood in the front door Of tho late
residence OF I. N. Arnold, On Erie street, look
ing towards the city, although go near that you
could hear the rumble Of wheels on Lake street,
and within ak or eight minutes walk OF the old
fremont, euch was the density OF the foliage in
GUNNER that 10 house WAS visible; and only two
or three chimney-tops could be seen above the
surrounding verdure.
Already the most vigorous efforts are being
Of the North Side. Before the fire this
was most emphatical1y city. Of trees and flow
ers and fountains. Last spring; before the de-
parture OF the frost, the work Of tree-planting
began. Many hundred fine e1ms, thirty and
forty feet high, and from six to ten inches in
diameter we're planted on Dearborn street and
elsewhere, and made a vigorous growth.
This winter the work is being vigorously
prosecuted and there is much competition
hal Of earth often weighing a ton, are being
set out. Mesars. Stark, Douglas Winston,
3icCagg, Nixon, Arnold, King, Llll, and, indeed,
nearly all the owners and residents OF the North
Side, are active in this work Of restoration.
And now few words about trees. Our friends
from New England boast. Of the elms OF Con-
necticut Valley, and justly; but there are el1ns
Of equal beauty and Of greater size in the North
west. There are elms in New England which
measure, ten feet from the ground, in girth,
sixteen, eighteen, twenty, twenty-five, and, it is
said, some thirty feet.
THE BIG ELM OF ROCK 1HEn
There is an elm u mile below Dixon, on the
farm Of DR.. Everett, which is fairly entitled to
the name ef The Big Elm OF Rock River"
nent. had heard Of it, and, going down the
bank OF Rock River last June, SAW many fine
trees, but, as Oliver Wendell Holmes says, '' all
ct once saw a great green cloud swelling in
majesty aud imperial supremacy" that at once
exclaimed, "Here it is." And there it was, an
elm which for the size Of it's trunk, it's vast
spread Of branches and density Of foliage. I
verify believe has no peer. instinctively took
old cathedral. Here was the sublime in a tree.
Light, ~ and venerable antiquity. Who can count
its circle Of years? It is prehistoric. It was
. ha1e g7een tee" long before Columbus
souSne ~ -s - ~ .9a5 "IoS. ley
sladowy canopy, centuries before the PROV Of
Lesa.le cut the waters Of Lake Michigan.
Such tree is an object as majestic and us
esa aeae .,ns s back @ to the davs Of fable
Rnt e hoT % olI Ia ia M It Ta3llv5" T venture 70 sn-
.war =" many centuries. 'How big is IT," Ask
Dr. Everett, Of Dixon, OF old Father
Ez0n prb thsy ten say feet s5oTe 11ss tba
srounG only know that it takes ten long,
tety aoag sfsPs to pass aronno ao IT'S oasfas c199e
to the trunk as you can P!ace you! 1901 LIS
branches cover an area Of 100 feet in diameter:
equal size this eide of the Rocky Mountains2
a>%@-N TryTMrSTs ~ nus1SEss BTocFs.
On Third avenue, No. 50. G. F. ~ Junge has
cellent style, with store and finished basement
cspitally for tenemants in tie Best stSle. com
mon in Older Cities. but comparatiTely new
n chicago; Bnt It ,loa nelongs TO aa elass OF
!pulnngs or Tn1en We must nave !as large nun
Der, and ne strongly welcome 1ts INTRODUCTION,
furnishing as it does comfortable and hand
some home at q moderate price in the very heart
@ erate M means Who cannot reside reside at distance from
pusHess. He ueeo o,ooo oucu -1o1aea IL 1tneaSo
within The next tTo years.
The following instruments we're fled for re-
cord IN Saturday. Dec. 81:
+T7rclev bet Thirtv-eirhth and Thirfv.unth
r + q It. dated Oct. g: Consideration. s. 800. '
Noble st, bet Chicago and Cornell St, i, 21z125
- Moh,wE st OF BlacEhawE St a5 # to sIlev.
dated Dec. Is consideration, s., 200
Let s. Ia Block l. OF Carter H. Harrisou,s Addition,
dated Dee. IS consideration, $500 |
West Lake st. bet Lincoln and Wood sts +, 80 It to
asE dated e,7 pee D = tt;3as der
West POLE s. bet ier ana a Morgan ssa' T. Aot o.
dated NOT sonsaderanon, @ o9 so~7os - a.+aa
1e ~ conzidsrst;on All ~ ~ o@'e
West isIe st. bet Wood and Pau1ina sts, T. 5151oo
# to alley dated Dec. II consideration, $500.
Lot 43, IN Block ], OF Harriaon's Blocks and Sec
1e. 3e, y. dated Oct ;; consideration, s9?o;
subLot G. Of Lot L. in Block q, IN sheHed's Addi-
ten daseo Dec. 10 cons1ae5a!!on, ~.
srso sao-1''' - - 7A10'' o@s-0 o'N' ~
snbLots and H. in same, dated Dec, 16; considera-
Hon, a,115.
Noble St, bet Carroll 81 and Cheaeo az, oa1l2o
!! VII - oao M " Sa1o '''>A' oA'eo e'0
1os "a and q. in Block 10 Of Hardiues " X Of ne