, 1875-09-19
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
DuNEOIETS AND IB1iS.
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10 tHe 6dat0r t| inc L1tcd0o lT1oAHt:
CHICAGO, Sept. Ill came over from aorost
the MissiaEip ii to the Lumbermans 3 Convention
l thought I'd see the Exposition, so through the
tunnels, take q look at the crib see the First
Regiment at McVicker's, and maybe buy the
town, if the whole thing didn't cost too much
Now, you see, I read TEE Ca1cAao TRIBUNE,
and ! was posted rs to how strangers
are taken in By bad men and oo1.udiug
women. 60 I fastened my wallet in my
boot with piue and my wife she bent the points
so they'd scratch hard and I'd miss it il any one
reached for it, and she SAVE to me: Nov, when
you get to the city. so first to q barber and get
your mir cut and your whlskern trimmed, and
brace up aud put on little style. You arc too
homely for the women to trouble. and the ahab-
by bunloes will never dare SPEAK TO that coat !;
the hat is doubtful but the coat can be depend
I'd on" You see, I wear good clothes. I had a
new suit only three years ago. aud our tailor
came from New York, and has made my clothes
ior thirty years.
Well, never VAS so deceived in ny life az I
was about Chicago. Your papers keep telling us
that the city ls full Of dangers for rural people,
You are all wrong. This ls the most sociaoEe
place was ever 10. The man are agr- -eaole and
first thug when goi on the Train, man with
newer clothes than mlne and rose IN bis but
top-hole, ran up and shook hands, as glad to see
me q, if was his cousin, aud says he, ''How de
do? When did you come up from Chilhcothe7"
Says !, "Just nov: when did You come up your
seif?" SaYs be, hurrying OF, Last week."
Says ], t'Hold on; III come around and see
you, but he dldu't hear.
Just before got to the fremont another real
handsome fellow came along beside me, sspved
me on the back, and says. well. you've got
here at last; thought veu we're coming yester-
al
Jones from Fort Madison" mo-" says ], 'it
amt Uncle Jones, but I'm from Fort Madison;
come in and Ill tell you all about him." But he
vas in hurry, too. l didn't Vase any money
on BARRIERS after that; when such style mistakes
me for relation, I'm all hight 10 looks.
The next day matters were better still had
two invitations to dinner, tiom strangers. but va
had made arrangements with the fremont for
board q. llbes al rates and like to get my MONEYS
worth, bat felt bad to refuse these invitations;
know it hurt their feelings. The next day /
got acquainted with 500 of Sorbonnc Of Gin
ciunatl, who wanted me to 60 into business With
him, and an insurance man. aud mcn With q
$500 check on the First Na.lonal. He offered 1t
tome at q big discount. because the bank was
closed, and be had a telegram and must 20 homa
at once to = sick child. But the pins dug in
every tlme tried to atsaighten the plints aud 1
knew It was no use trying TO get the wallet ont
till bed time.
There was one man felt awful sorry for. He
had lost his rocket-book in the EXPOSITION,
dropped through the floor most likely, and his
wtfe had aprained her ankle 80 she couldn't walk.
He asked LIE for SIS to hire carriage with, aud
he'd leave bis diamond pin I'LL be came bacx.
Bat coutdu't; WAS afraid he wouldn's get back
before train time. and I'd have hundred dullar
pin on my hands. expect he bad to carry his
wife home. I hope ahe don's weigh a. much Is
mine does.
like Chicago want to live here I could
choose my ft1ends here; IN q small town you
must know everybody. Tic wboie fourteen men
wnose acquaintance made n, re rich, for they
wore good clothes; bis gh-miuded, for they
wsront ashamed of my hair aud whlskers; ana
wel-connected. for they told me 40. Tue fact
49, you newspapers know good thing and want
to keep it yourselves But you cau't monopo!ze
Chicago. l am coming over With au my boys to
stay hera whcre it's 80 orderly thai q police
mao never has to show himself. There's onlv
one unpleasant thing about th1r trip: tho skin is
all off my leg. and in one place tue bone shows.
Ny wife Eays: "Never mind; the wallet amt
empty" q +. "
how FRAME HOUSES GAN BE Built Il CHICAGO.
70 the Editor Of The Ch.c4oo Tribune:
CHICAGO, Sept. IS. = There is something
4'rotten in" Chicago, or rather in the
working Of the Fire-Limita ordinance. A
[ew weeks ago observed that aamau
bnilding Of wood was being erected near
to Hahnemann Medical College. I notified
snpt, Dal1ey, but the work went on until it was
hniahed a few days ago. It is q "ccal Office"
she Dimensions about u By II feet. In order to
ASCERTAIN why such building was allowed. I
applied at Supt. Bailey's Office Tor penn. m.ss.on
o build an Office on Twenty-eecond street,
put was informed that such building must be
omtt Of BRICK OF stone. inquired vhy the |
oulfolng on CottsSe Grove avenue WAS allo Aed,
mo mo WIS informed that building OF that size,
eud even much larger, could be built and in- |
.loseo on all sides II built for the purpose OF
'to1lpg wood aud coal" Now the building
slitaed to VAS not built for any such purEose,
I'D any pretense Of tho kind was a fraud, It |
WI not hoid ton Of coal. nor half q c,rd Of |
*ood. Mo1eover, other men who haye erectad |
,rick. ~ o1'A
Either there has been unwarranted favotitisn /
'r Gu .paole negligence. 1sas lnturm7d that the |
'ty -" officer had given "a opinion that such /
'u1tolngs can be built for the {ostensibie) pur- /
'ose oi ssonng wood and coal II such Is the |
'ase, Tho poor Of this CITY need not complain |
hat tnay must build an exl ensiye brick honsa m |
heir cheap lo:. All they have to do ia to atplV
or permit to build q " EAed," inclosed on Iii |
ades for the purpose G; etorlng wood
'sa coal, 1t may be y By 16. or 20 by 80
ees 10 umenalons. When erected they can
'us few pounds Of coal aud part Of 4 cord
I wood IN 1t, and then move their family into it,
Under the present construction Of the law, no