Connecticut western news., 1873-08-22
MKrs Buell. iM tlAo West.

depot and watched and Iwaited for your coming, but 10, you passed by on the other side. was disappointed for intended to take you to New England home where your paper is read weekly, and where finc pair of ponies were harncssed to take you over the prairies and show you the fields of wheat and corn that were growing. wished you could have been with me here when the grain began to ripen and the corn covered the ground; you would have thought yourself in world of grain fields and broad and far stretching prairies, green and beautiful to look upon. No imagina- ton can conceive of the extent and vast ness of this western world. have been in nine states since I left home, travelled through several while farmers were in the midst of their harvest. 1 have seen thous- ands of acres dotted with sho cks of grain, and thousands of acres in the distance of standing grain, all white, ready for the reaper the yield of grain will be immense, the amount can't be told. Why" says a gentleman in iowa, i've waste grain in l icut in bread every year." I closed up my visit in Iowa the 2sth of July and arrived in Chicago the next day. Ireceived note from Friend Mitchell to be sure and csll on him on my return. I spent two days at the hotel, taking look about the city. I took your advice and kept clear of the Barnes House. The first day of August called on Mr. Mitchell and passed few hours with him very pleasantly. He took me to ride around the burnt district, pretty much over the same part of the city he took you. It was sad to see the ruins caused by that terrible fire -a space of five miles long and a mile wide, containing 25OO or 260O acres filled with costly dwellings and beautiful shade trees, nothing remain ing bat crumbling walls and blackened stumps of what was once a beautiful shade tree Chicago IS beautiful city. l have never enjoyed myself more in any city than have here. The city Is divided into three sides the Chicago river runs west short distance and then branches off and runs north and south. There are four teen miles of docking on the river; there is north side, south and west side. The city is cleanly kept; see 20 such filthy streets, and wretchedness as one sees in New York. After leaving Mir. Mitchell sought out MT. o. B. Phelps, who married niece of mine. Hound him in Indiana avenue on the north side they had been expecting me. was kindly received, and their pleasant home was really home to me. Mir. Phelps says, ''Don't you have any care or think about yourself; we will take care of you" Mir. Phelps IS a gentle man of means, and at leisure he is lover of good horses, and don't object to fast ones; he has beautiful pair of blacks Fanny and Louisa-apd when harnessed before the buggy no one passes him and he takes no mans dust his estimable and ac- complished wife has her horse, black Nellie, proud and beautiful creature. kind and gentle. With each of them I have had long and pleasant rides was there Sat- urday. spoke of going to Wisconsin, but had about given 1t up till Mrs. Phelps said, "Uncle, will go with you" So Monday morning we started. and after ride of two hundred miles we stopped at Rosendale and surprised our friends by our coming, but was kindly taken in and cared for. and after two days of pleasant rides and social chats and games, we took the Cars on the Sheboygan road, passed through Fon du Lac to Plymouth, and there changed on to the Milwaukee cars and was soon in sight of the city. Mil. waukee is beautiful city standing on high ground overlooking the lake the river di- vides that city; we took carriage ride through the city to the lake shore road we passed through ruins and other beauti- ful places on the lakes and reached Chicago again. l had taken ride with Mir. Phelps on the south Boulevard at the south port of the city, six mile ride on as good track as ever rode on. They have laid out an extensive park at the lower end of south side, and are spending twenty-three thousand dollars year till finished. The Friday before started Mir. Phelps took me on the north side for ride to Grace land where the dead are buried. It is a beautiful spot and nicely kept; we then went to Lincoln Park where thousands con- gregate to enjoy the coal shade, breathe the pure air and be by gentle breeze from the great lake, and there saw 8 relic of hard ware store that the fire couldn't consume; bars of iron and other things melted and ran together and cooled in body of many tons. We then went for that splendid drive on the lake, shore, and there he let the beautiful team he drove stretch out, and the Way We did fly was not slow, and if there is any team that is faster don't want to ride behind them. Saturday Mrs. Phelps had Nellie put before the buggy and we rode over to the west side-the largest part of the city is on that side; we passed Jef- ferson park and Union park, where those that are weary and want rest and fresh air can resort. passed Mrs. Lincoln's dwell ing went to Douglas monument. The growth of the city is as rapid almost as it's destruction. The new buildings are elegant. am here with my Friend Warner-brother to your Friend, D. J. Warner. He is not a lawyer, but he's an A. Mo- Warner.
 EL1PHALEr BUELL..
 ES The poet of the Uniontown Genius, in noting the marriage of MT. George Moore and Miss Emma Gibbon, thus breaks forth: