, 1874-06-11
WOULD rorEnkrE TUE PUBLICATION

Of Chicago, or peorln, or Quincy or
Sntngacld ,,1d ,115onnepin, wov9r o wn,0 gTaSh TGs III
in tho bond Of tho Illinois li.or, tt,en very DID,
fashioned town for q young stato, did not roject'
him.. ffo thought Ito might menu lls pronpoots'
1t lfonnopin. M le had Advertised to do, but ho
,,rintcd t. soniuShero oiHp. That son1owllero
olsc could then bb found, not ,lpon tho map, ~
II probably can n6w bo by careful . a9ate,iE os
tic rtver from Tho arcio',t tow1 known nj For-,
mliionyilIo, and itb ndrno ia Lowell, There WINS
thoM tl.oro largo aso1lo flonrnE.nll III procosa
of erection, mid its builder iB now probably
III hlahonHo. Iforo thoro woro III tl,ia town Of
Lowell many villago lots to sell md fowl gvo
away. Hack on tho prairie, aontl atl so,tllcaAt,
was n largo stretch of green preirlo bordering
On lilo timber Of tho riyor, whth was lnnh Boz
| longing to tho dorornnlont., I3y coming here
Iu,,tly could rot land on which to alnae; md
tow, lots wcro oToroA him, II lio would but
como and lot tho light OF his Gea!is hlli'io Ilio
feather which turned tho scnlo Of his Judgment
| was tho assistance OF thoao frie1tls Ut Lowell,
for tho eako Of 'hnvi,tg 4 iowApaper, who pur.'
chased 6y thoir notes MI old l'ross called half"
pt hae Ms Ppsa5s aa oa % yo FesoS g. o % pnrsso
x building nbout "a feet 'sqliaro WAS rhado Of
onh plank standlng up e1ldwsBe. nnd covered with
| plauod hardwood siding, hut not plastorcd. A
building OF ono story containing Two rooms,
built III tho saino style, stood lttlo Holth or 1t,
and further buck from wltoro street ought TO
be. Hero III the front building Tits old typo and'
| preas wpro placod. 1foro wps
| .luSpY's LAST lNa-orFIcE.
Hero WAS Lt,ndy's Inst dweng-honso In I'LL.
nois boforo his frlonds inovod him Into tho still
narrower ono. His younger twin-o -olliflron; about
l. yeats Of Win hn tnS h haggtSf
md jans tho brother, had lears1cd to aot typo
n Nttlo, nnd to gta,d ou a box behtud tho proda
| and roll ono pago at T. tinlo whito tho prensman
Eundy's s little shost. Hore in tho fali ho COM
menced to print his paper. llo told mo his OK
porioneo. IIo got y journeyman Or, two, but
they did not !est Ha WA some SON ~; weeka inget-
tho typo very slowly, but they could not run tho
| press. At lougth John Lovotoy, brother Of tho
martyr, canlo to Ills roof,-a young man WHO
had but LITTLE exporioneo IN printing, ana n,i no
| up to tho spring Of 1880, four or five nt,na-
bors woro Issued, dated at Hohnopin, while
tho exchange: liatt, consisting of Dailoy's
ilourislliug Philantropist, Tho elegant En.anc',
tsoodclls Friend Of dian" Rogers Herald Of
| Freedom mud some Others, wore received at tho
Post-Onlca at vernilionvillo. It was datad at
ono town in anotbor county; itH mail received a. at
mother, mud tho sheet printed at third. Tho
dates OF tho papor woro far back Of tho t'mo OF
it's issue, as friend Iuudy hated to lose tlme, and
hoped somehow to mako up. Il was hopeless
el!ase against tltno+
Of tho paper and printing, tue only file probably
III oxistonco Of Llndys paper printed in illinois.
! fHore bound volume OF about q dozen news-
papers vas ssoxltbitcd.l Mr.. Donaldson, OF Gin.
einnnt! gsyo the paper On which tue latter part
Such was tho stato of this enterprise when, in
tic Bpriug Of 1889, arrived III Illinois. did
not como bore of my own impulse to print M
Abolition paper. and,to succeed toycloy or I.un.
Jv though when first henrd Of tho death OF
Loyoioy, theu in Vermont, H,ado somo reckless
expression OF determination to do so,-perhaps
as great many Others rfinsor'e boys at tAe
timo, or training themselves for tho profession
Of journalism, as I wns, might havo eaa so wien
they thought Of tho sacrol right OF tho press.
| Such sroverencc hea for prlntcra' type that,
when wan told man was murdered for stand
ing. up for its rights. tat felt as It the mob
la1 struck at my divinity. It was naways
| q wonder to 1no TINT tho American presa took
Tint ontragoiso indiiroroutly. 1t belongs to the
printers of this nntion to put up TINT monument
to tho monory Of Lovejoy whicl must soon go
up on tho bluffs Of tho Mississippi overlooking
tllo once siayo-lara TINT thirsted for his blood.
| IN CHICAGO,
Mt tho dlnuor-tablo in the first fremont House.
nwuIo from 4 sleep ii Frlnl'a atago-coarh to
hear tho horses trump In the water OH tho Wny to
Widow Barry's Point then I heard something
about Abolitionists. Emerging upon tho green
prairios at Lyons and, greeting the bright
inorning sun for tho first tins in Illinois. I
'heurd tho namo Of Lulltly mentioned. Some
travellers from Putnam County, one ot them
nnmed Mso Weto sa,Hine app9s ~ u,
~nA eeiHs ~ y m n -a } t}saa - ti,;, H. e.. a. :
M EApS. RlIeu IVY .t,a snau ~" ~ nt
6ltoh optTnueu ene!lss,ua sspu 11 ~. n
Weeku wi1Ao weGt u9w }so on aaio ,o 1 ,o' i,Scs a
luionsls," and "Lun1y." Samuel H. Davis,
Of the He7,sfe.. ut PEORIA urged mo by all means
~ vn mi md .hc1n I,,inly' ,rlo end Of Il IN I
| r,ht; ~ r., ";ntoraDt;,G. ,,oraorn1 anaoI1o i, INV
nwn oU'i ira ,nnst nass S oyor, '''
e"0 ~. 80 vorvrn
in that 1,ttto ,t1}ca lar n fow woc],s. Tnnflv
- % s.ttt s .. ,.,, G1o IoH .,n,a a~,, t,,1n;,t ~
aog1lei 'elY u"PPy: ~ uau eu'io eg.,'ucit.1a1
taK with me. Whcn LOU MIN II Woulu becomo
/ leEcHsary for me soon to rotrn to tho lt14t. llo
| smoke of dividing with mD his tow1l-lots in l4DW
oi u,,1 Of giving mo Share of tho broutl praire
J H., ,'t eaa,, 1inttarfn,r In UNA tn,,cn III n INV
ulu NV nueni ,..s'.Ila6' t6 . @ . u - M ~ 80 49,, !" ~ 9 !!
Or Two after ~ Wrote ec,I!s'leo ~ ~ npoiubS
Tor lncK OF cu!torlhl. Ill WHICH ae saiI+ Wo bna'a
| soon be botter." lie won't to llia bcu ut tho tav-
| Ii n,cioc, nt nisht being told l,Y Tin pliYsicinu
thst Io ,vou nnnr ii. end Htnfcd Tint Id fclt nnr