The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-22
THE NEW CHICAGO.
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[From tie New York Tribune, May 18th.

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ridiculous aspect of everything in this
world, and finds subfavor of humort
in every story, be it of suffering, of
heroism, or gallant enterprise, or of
stupendous achievements that we new
er think Of Chicago without the temp
tation to indulge in a joke. The
great miracle Of metropolis rising
out of the prairie IN the life of a sin
gle generation impresses of course,
as strongly as it does the rest of man
kind, and In our secret hearts we are
immensely proud of the career of the
lusy young city on the shores Of Lake
Michigan, and perhaps a.little enyious.
too, of its strength, its enterprise, and
its ingenuity. Nevertheless, Eastern
citizens cannot help laughing a little
at a prosperity which passes all the
bounds of reason, and a restless &C.
tiylty which borders upon the gro
tesque. There is something absurd in
abnormal rapidity of growth, whether
it be of a long-limbed boy or prairie
metropolis. When Chicago was dew
astated by calamity as remarkable
as all its previous history, we watched
the astonishing process of its recon
structionr with mingled wonder and
amusement. Palaces started out of
the still burning embers. Commerce
redoubled it's ventures before the mer-
chants could count their losses. The
ashes were put out of sight before
they were cold; and when the smoke
lifted we saw the new city already
half built and an army of masons
and carpenters working away for dear
life upon the rising walls. Nobody
wasted moment in lamentation over
the destruction Of the labors of
lifetime. The struggle was who
should get his new house done first,
and whose house should be the finest.
The old Chicago was the growth of
forty years. The new one is the
growth Of two And now that it is
SO far advanced that the splendor of
its great warehouses, the stupendous
proportions Of it's hotels, the elegance
of its homes, the beautiful vista of it's
avenues, begin to produce an effect,
the whole, country is invited to as
semble by the lakeside in June, and
rejoice over the renovation. We can
not doubt that the Jubilee will have
a tremendous success. It is the ceIe-
bration of practical enterprise and
merchantile magnifcence. 1t is at
once a prolonged and glorifed boast,
and shout of self-gratulation that
wi be heard from the Rocky noun
tains to the Atlantic. Thousands of
will halt there to see what
this extraordinary city is like, which
has raised itself out of the cinders in
less time than the municipality of
New York. takes to build fountain /;
and thousands will watch with curl
Gus interest FESTIVAL which illustrates
so we'll the spirit of the people, and
fits SO well the occasion that called it
forth. THERE'S to be concert in the
biggest ball in the world, and ball
in the biggest hotel, Appropriately
enough the hall is railway depot, land
we are told that all the railways will.
cooperate in the celebration. q Even
the locomotives will join their voices
to the general p@an, and "tpg-whistles
and other novel features of similar
character will be introduced as a
background to the ms trumental eff
fects." What the instrumental effects
are to be is perhaps sufficiently indi-
Gated by the announcement that the
committee have secured Mr.. p. S.
Gilmore, with monster band, batter
les Of artillery and unnumbered an
wills. A large delegation efz"Goyer-
nors of States included within the