St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-27
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From Ocean to Ocean. Mo. 2.
CHICAGO.
had not been in Chicago since the
great fire. and WIS hardly prepared It"
/ witness the wonderful change which
/ her disaster. To hr sure there are
traces left of the c"ntlagratiorI. but the
/ PhuniN-likc manner in which splendid
/ Warehouses. hotels and residences have
sprung int" existence in this brief time
are Il Wonder to all hchnldrrS. Many
of the new buildings are made of Il
/ NclloWi~h crcam-coloTcd stone with
darker stone trimmings. presenting IL
soft and attractive appearance. Some
| which are made of hri.k with yellow
stone trimmings. are highly ornamental.
| cannot speak 10y the book. hut from
my observation | should SAY that Chi
Gag" >urpa>>c> all other cities in the
Union in the magnliccncr of her new
buildings.
There i one thing. however. which
gives this famous city of the Interior Il
cheap appearance t" an eastern man.
and that i her plank sidewalks. The
business pant of the town has miles and
miles of wooden sidewalk. and this 50
raised above, the "I:idc of the streets.
that persons cannot get upon IL only H.
81,
up short flight of steps. ur an inclined
/ plane with uoutl,m Stats nailed LrIn>>
A> these steps occur at every street
corner. the pedestrian i continually
running up .tnd dnWu stains. on sliding
down these iuclim,>. lm dry and pleas
ant Weather this little Variation To the
usual mode of l"c"m"ti"n i nothing par
ticularll nhlcciiulIahlc to Young and .tc-
tive life. hut il must he glc.rt imr"m> en-
icncrt"a"od and mtiIm people. and when
TN 81 walks are covered with SNOW and
/ ice. IL they were, the day WAS there.
this Chicago ccccutlicitN l. an ahomiua-
hlr nuisance. and dangerous to the limbs
of the Walki>t>.
asked no questions. for didn't wish
to seem To notice such little rcculiali-
ties. hut | presume plank i used he
cau>r it j. Thought to Ice cheaper than
stone. and that it i pat at it, present
elevation anticipating Il raising "f the
grade of the streets. However this i.
am quite sure thai thc Chiragn of the
future viii do away with both these
evils.
CHICAGO CHURCHES.
attended Dr. G"":IWm'> church. ON
. the Sabbath. amd heard IN caln;.>t plea
in behalf of Home Missions The land
promised to the Messiah. and now open
To the gospel from the River t" the
cud~ of the Earth. was taken t" mr;tm
from the Mississippi river /" the Pacific
ocean: and 10y Il choice use of statistics
and Il large map of our country. the
speaker illustrated most NiNidlN the
field and t> wants.
Dr. G""dvin has an elegant stone
church on West Washington street. at
the corner of Ann, with Il pleasant Irsi-
dcmcc adjoining. There i> Il large at
tendance uu the Sabbath ScrN ices. and
his people are not only enthusiastic for
their pastor. but earnest workers in this
great field. Like many another pastor,
the Doctor has in his church gudly We
men not Il few " hn are excellent CLEAN
crS. and VIII" l"ol, up every stranger a>
soon a~ hc OF she appears among them.
PERSONAL.
One is struck at once with the large
number of NcrmontcrS in Chicago. st.
.JoIInShuIy is also largely represented
a> You know. The present postmaster.
Col. Frank \. Eastman. is Il graduate
of the C0IrtiOHidn office. havin" learned
the printers trade at the same time with
the writer. in the wears l. l9-J2. Harry
and Walter IIawcS. and Wm A. Hutch
im>om. all graduates of the same office
at IL later date. have all three been en-
ploNcd on the ErcnjnJ JouIndI until
lately, when Harry accepted the posi-
ll''n pl aS>l>Ianl foreman III lHt once ol
the new Republican paper-the Inter-
ocean and Walter has gone to that
office also. Mr.. Hutchinson holds the
place of assistant on the Jomrn0I. On
the whole the CdIc,iOnidn has reason to
feel proud of its representatives III the
great city of the Interior.
Five hundred miles directly west
from Chicago, is the city of Omaha, ON
the west bank of the Missouri river
in the Young state of Nebraska. TAX
ing the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy
route of the best appointed roads
in the country one is whircd through
the beautiful prairics, directly across
the state of Illinois. two hundred miles
to the Mississippi river. which is cross
ed at Burlington. Iowa. Thence on
ward three hundred miles farther. over
the umduating and rolling praiIicS of
Iowa. We strike the Missouri river at
Council Bluffs. Here. by il very poor
arrangement, passengers are Obliged to
change ears for ii transfer across the
river. and then change again into the
Union Pacific cars