The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-11-14

did ample justice aad ] guess By thl
time / finished lley thought the,
lad rather board re week than fort
night at any rate il ! keep on and TIER
Is not rise in the price 81 provision
ia this market, it will rot te ms fsult
Now what shall / say Of Chicago.
never saa il hetor1 the Gre. and cal
only judge BY bealsay, and tle ruins
T what it was Ii covered a large trac
/ Uf ground, and. like all cities who's,
growth il Sudden, had all sorts Of build
ings 10 the older portion, some Of which
were anything but ornamental, these
4 with 81 the rest, or nearly al Of Tho
business portion Of the city were com
pletely blotted from existance and
now, IT would seem as though il wat
( the best thing that could have happen
ed 70 Chicago. as city, for now
nothing but elegant buildings are TAX
ing the place Of the old ones, and
Chicago, in two years, will be far ahead
Of what il ever was before. One can
scarcely comprehend the unbounded
energy displayed by the Chicagoaps in
rebuilding, in the space Of one year,
such a large portion Of their city, liter.
ally acres and acres, of new and Gle,
giant buildings have risen and are daily
rising, Phoenix like, from their ashes,
and in every instance far exceeding the
old edlfces Ia fact to use the Ian
gnage Of a Hoosicr from Indiana, who
was here the other day "There has
been a right smart Of brick and stun
piled up in this here town since last
fall"
The iayorite material for building seems
to be gray sandstone, which is similar
in color and texture to the ordinary
grindstone it is said that this stone
stood the fire better than any other
material, it comes from Cleveland, and
also from the Lake Superior regions.
noticed ono splendid block Of resi-
deuees, built Of Vermont marble, on
Adams Street just East of Ashland-Av.
In the business portion Of the burnt
district very little traces Of the great
fire are now TO be found, building ma.
terals for new buildings have taken
the place of the rubbish left by the
flames and it is not until you visit the
north side or where were almost ex-
clusivcly residences, that the desola.
ton made by the fire is apparent and
even there. it Is fast boing cleared up
and new structures are making their
appearance very rapidly, another year
will see Chicago almost if not entirely
recovered from the effects of the tire
menduous connagration of October 1871
and going ahead faster than ever. /
have seen the Ogden House which was
left untouched by the fire, while all
around was burned to ashes, it seems
almost miracle that it was not CON
sumed with the rest glass conser-
yatory Of another house was left UNI
harmed while all around for miles was
completely burned up, the glass was
not even cracked, nor the paint scorch-
ed. have visited nearly all the points
OF interest in the city including Lin
coin Park and the Boulevards, am per.
iectly delighted with the place and the
people think should like to live here
very much, the climate seems to agree
with me finely, and as to tho people,
they are rpSbers, and Just the style
admire could fill one side of the
JorGNAL with descriptive remarks about
this u.ds om3te town, but ! must cut
this short, else shall never get to
Wisconsin and back as proposed to
do at the commencement Of this even
now rather yoluminous epistle. Before
! forget il wish to mention Hon.
Mark Skinner. Mr.. N. B. LOOMS, Mr..
John ~ Hills, Mr. Laurin Gray and
Mr ii 7. Cochran, Vermonters that !
have called upon since my soiourn here
commenced, they are all quite well aud
inquire alter their Green Mountain
home aud friends with an earnestness
that shows they do not forget their
former townsmen, nor the place Of their
nativity
Salem, Kenosha County, Wisconsin
is about seventy miles from Chicago
"Tuttleyille" is three miles from salem
station. and il named after iovial, |
good big-bearted. Captain John futile
who was, once upon time, a Jolly
Jack Tar GA the Lakes, but who for
number Of years past has been farm
Ct be learned to play Euchrc during
bis nautical experience and has not for
gotten the game yet, generally coming
out ahead Notwithstanding that be
plays an assisting hand Bis wife
Eliza ia an own cousin 81 mine and .
she and / can beat the Captain and /
Harry for the cider aud take it now.
But ! am wandering. We left Chic. /
ago, Saturday morning the 26th fve