Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-29

CHICAGO. - SOME DrsREspEcTFuL Re
Enthusiastically, call ing hinselfa " ST.
LOUIS Chap" writes as follows:
Chicago, when first discovered, was
nearly Oh level with the lake, but the
first Board of Aldermen that was elected
raised the grade forty feet. Every success
i've Board 20 Few feet better than their
predecessors, and the result is the present
location of the CITY on high bluff, with
the best drainage of any city in the world.
The surroundings of the city are probably
the most beautiful of any in the world
Lincoln Park has the finest natural scene
ry of any park in the world, besides hav-
ing the finest collection of wild animals to
be found On the continent. 1t is said thai
Barnum has succeeded in securing the COL
lectIon, including the wonderful artesian
we'll, for his great show. Chicago people
become enthusiastic over l. ncon PARK
when describing its wonderful natural
beauties.
Chicago is the greatest railroad center
in the United States-every road of any
Importance has to center there. Wisconsin
has been struggling along for the last few
years feebly trying to make Milwaukee
their railroad center. but fnal had to
cave and center in Chicago. The Pacific
Railroads, the Atlantic Cable, the Gull
Stream, the Equator, and the North Pole
also center there. The Pyramids OF
Egypt, the Leaning Tower, the Giants
Caseway, the Suez Canal, and the Credit
Mobilier would have been built there il
they could have stood the taxes and found
a sufficiently permanent foundation.
CoIcago has the best governed and most
efficient Police Department 10 the world,
not excepting Paris. being run alternately
by the Mayor and Board of Police Com
missioners iu perfect harmony. Villains
give that city wide berth, knowing the
certainty of detection and immediate
punishment when committing any little ir-
regularity within the limits of the munici-
patty. There is SO little use for police
men in Chicago that the Legislature are
thinking of abolishing the Board of Police
Commissioners.
1t is currently reported (and believed by
Chicagoans) that since the great fire the
city contains about 1000, 900 inhabitants
This no doubt includes Milwaukee aud
Bridgeport, two suburban villages contig-
uous to that municipality There are no
poor people in the city; those that were
not burned up were Immediately passed
out of the city by the railway companies.
and have not been able to get back since.
1t is generally supposed in the rural dis
tricts that Mrs. OLeary's COW was hired to
kick over the lamp as Chicago advertis-
ing dodge. Mrs. O'Leary's COW was ex-
amined by the Board of Police Commiss-
toner's, and testified positively that there
was no shindy going on at the time. Toe
obstruction was ordered. undoubtedly, for
similar reasons alleged for the destruction
of Sodom, in Bible times. 1t was SO be-
lieved by Bostonians until quite re-
Gently.
The carpenters and brickmasons of Chi
cago, however, intend erecting m gnif-
cent brazen image of the COW, IN commem.
oration of the best kick their unions ever
had. This monument will be erected as
soon as piece Of real estate can be found
within the city limits large enough for the
COW to stand upon, that is not mortgaged
for more than 1t would be worth as liber-
al estimate ten years hence. We under,
stand George Francis Train has expressed
an opinion that the COW will have to be
erected- in an adjoining county. But
George is undoubtedly prejudiced against
Chicago, having hashed IN their basta.e.