The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-10-03
FROM the ,|cs oaLI RESIGNS OF

| VII
EI ,Mwnon, apt. AZ 1874. ma
" the Editor Of the woKKSssH4ys ABvonAI tn
From Pennington, your spcdei i
made his way to this city, the name Of f.
which is suggestive of the tall and majestic m
elm. whose rich collage so oftel shelters ca
cupid's victims, and is the CUSTODIAN Of 50 o.
many precious little secretsof mny loving -
swain But the name must ave been n
gwen to this place by some eccentric in "
iividual, who held the elm in everence, q
or whose memory led him bs k to his 6
school boy days when he sportiI;ly played I,
beneath its shady branches, III ONE far of 81
is for here the elm is not to be seen, a
east not in such quantities s to justly !,
it taking its name from its sup'abundance +
in these regions But this a uestlon We {
will leave TO the Naturalist md Botanist
to decide, while We persue theme more !
congenisl to your readers "a arriving at ,
the depot your correspondent rambled up :
town, and WAS surprised to nj that after
a few minutes walk he had traversed
= city limits, and tuning his lace
towards the depot. In his ak he found
there was a wagon shop, blacksmith sh"p
and foundry and machine shop On limit
ed scale there are two restaurants which
deal IN the delicaies If the season, one of
which has a bakery and grocery attached
Near or above the center Of the town Is a
~. t,,,f IN
occupied by Forepaugh's show.
very fine school house, which cost twenty
thousand q lars. = ~ '"nst attractive
, -ut.0.c,. s-e piac..
the IhuuO.--s e -l- 81 ll..sil ma
mons come in next. and then the business
blocks around the square, which are N NJ
WAYS specially attractive. To the transient
visitor, what is most attractive Is
THE PAPER MILL
Of Tracey 4 Co, which Is located little
south of the railroad Ii makes specl-
atty of manufacturing brown wrapping pa
pet, and has a capacity 10 turn ont about
-. 600 pounds week. 1t runs night and
day. and employs abouttwenty hands. II
has one of the most remarkable young men
n the country as clerk He makes 4 study
Of silence; he is silent t. a fault, and will
accommodate his Interloetor, by allowing
hlp lSfE ishsl fI22s dTfspdgna:e'' conclusions
.-;eued 1t might have been that 4,
took Won correspondent for Revenue
,ouoc,r for v4Ien asked a question in re-
- business Of the firm. he would
raj give an evasive answer Not
wing to interrupt the man in his very
yuons duties your correspondent l,f,
an to his ease, and his iedgers. and bld.
hlng hlm very good afternoon. sauntered
out among
THE MINERS.
among whom he found little more con.
genlahty. From those he learned than fla
old shaft was IN pretty bad condition bpt
mat was owing 70 its abandonment. for
THE NEW SHAFT.
which has been sunk by Mr. Z. ID PbqIns
ana to which the men are being shifted AS /
last a. the rooms are ready for them The /
ne" shaft is said to be IN excellent cnndi- |
w rHELPS
he Iase.4ger, les ,ha reputation amo,.,
the a.s't, o. BENG a .ery good man Nina
TO hls men, and a prompt paymaster He i
also running the foundry and machine
shop, which he is said to manage with tbe
same kindness and promptuess The coal
worksds calculated 10 run sixty men tbis
winter, and if the trade is favorable will
he continued through the spring and sam
mer
On Monday night
LODGE or THE MINERS NATIONAL A.
ISOLATION
was organized by your correspondent II /
y composed Of 80 practical miners. one
half of whom are Swedes. They met in the :
old Billiard Hall and listened very A.
tentlvely to an address on organization
lhey have opened correspondence with the o
general secretary, and expect to be IN fun l.
working order by next ay day. =
While here, it has been kindly suggested II
that your correspondent should be treated !;
to c
COAT OF TAR AND FEATHERS
by cadaverous looking creature. mis- /
called man. OF course this thing thought !
things were as they used to was, when /.
such animals as he could rule the roost, s.
but the other men soon silenced him, and "
he skunk off with his tail between his legs. a
II not better, a wiser man. That gosling. n
MIR. Editor, Is not yet ha ched whose Il
feathers will coat this childs } ack.
From ElmwUod, your corr sspodent pun i
visit to y
BRIMFIELD. 4
little town north of Elm wood. Of less .
than thousand inhabitants, bu for its II
population it outdoes Brooklyn il the way p
"a churc mes, having church for e -ery two e
hrndT inhabitants, or less u
| cannot say that the morality Of its o
citizens are any better on that account; 4
they appear to be about an average of the y
general run of humanity. The surround i,
ing country is one of the most beautiful h
have ever witnessed, being mostly Of a st
rolling nature well studded with excellent +
farms, fenced of with hedges, having very ell
much the appearance Of the English haw- a
thorn. The people, too, are Of generous d.
character. The town receives its chief -
support from the surrounding farmers, al
and does what may be called a general !,
country business. f.
THE COAL TRADE h;
Ia not as extensive here, as it is in other m
places. The shaft belonging to Judge ot
Guyn L. Co., having proven unfortu- -
nate, was partially abandoned, and the !.
Judge bought out the interest Of the L,
others in the company, and is now CORES Or
bonding with his brother, who is at Rock q
Island, with view to resuming operations. DO
The only coal operator about the town is tn
Mr.. Joseph Cation, who is running a an
. Bank" in his own way, about mile and ri
/ half south of the track In
The land is owned by Mr. Frank Hay KIN
rood, who rents the bank 20 Mr.. Cation. he
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