, 1875-03-19
FAREWELL.
An Old Landmark to 80 De-
HtrOycd.
The Washingtoaian Homo to Bo Con.
verted Into Kindling-Wood.
Uses 10 Which Tho Venerable Edillce
linz licuh pnl.
The New Structure.

house whoso nsossy roof, wenthcr. .beatcn sides,
nntiqunted galleH, old fashioned doors and wi1-
dows tiuo-stainod walls, and decropit cock
roachos to! Of tho distant past to ita youthful
negllbors naughty In their EArisi novncss and
| inodarn architectural elegance, Antiquity ex-
cites our yencrattou mud no accord 1t to hucl, d
house fra,,Elt with tho memories OF days long
! ance gone, and eloquent of tho changes which
timo and man llnvo wrought on oycry side Of IT,.
lss ago gtvcs It d history. It may Justly boast
| m anciont pacostry, aud look down Will, coil
tempt upon tho mushroom architectural upstarts
whose origin Ia fortunate speculation III corner
1ots or q lucky turn III grain cor,,or. Its an-
tiqnity may onlislo It to the conplncent dignity
| of sitver.harod patriarch among society II
concotted coxcombs Of tho modern day. 1t Ii a
landmark Of tho ciys progress, and ID d solitary
representative Of past timoa tolls Of days whom
Chicago had iittlo 10 Loast, and furnishes 4
etarting-point as 1t wore, from Which to measure
tho growth 1t las attained.
II Ia sad to see
THESE OLD LANDMARKS
iinka wh.c!, I,oM lilo new s aud ihe cid iose.har
huu Hcsve tho nsofnl purpose Of recalling tho
unhappy dnys when Chicngo could not boast tho
pcnpo'a, ,party, "Tha Storo," thc Police Hoard.
temptation OF everlasting Change, and tho ruddy,
starring nowlcss Of everything; aud tho mind
that sisrna to thcn, is refreshed unless eubttcr-
cd wisli thonghts. Of tho wretchod teoplo
| whom sloy 1ccal who anbsated without tho III
cstimablo blessings enumerated above, nni luany
others which Chicago Possesses to-day. 1'he
rubuRt hart3ihood Of thoao lnnlmnrkB In suryiy-
ing tue thousands OF transformations that hayo
l,cen effected LAS Awakened much admiration
they hare bcon regarded with tander 1ntctest.-
perhaps thcy aIe associated with many pcasaut
tecolicctious md 1t il productive Of much
"roteledncss snd mourning to SEQ them de-
htroycd by rutllosB hanJa to make room for
"inpEovoments." 1t Is Utmost like losing; au
old friend.
Tho above satldening reflections layo been
awakeued by tho dlscoycry Of a baao design upon
ono OF Clltcagn'B best-anown and lnubt-tnnu7cd
landmarks. Hundreds Of people will be AFFECTED
to tears to Lear tl!nt
TIE wssu1SuroH1AS HOME
Ia to bo torn down. i ia 10 10 replaced, to DO
hnto. by . uo~ aud far moro conlluoloua
structure, but what happy associations. villa.
Lotions lnyo for years. clustered nbou& aud
within the rude. rambling old building, wl.oso
various coats OF white punt could never quite
tnyaltdato It's claims 10 antiquity! Can a ,o,y
OF cloan ioors, Of woli-yentilased rooms, Of light
tllo incbrla.o7
There arc hundreds today whose pxpcrtonces
llayc nlado tho old roolsory dear TO them, who
will mourn bitterly that tho 1tat OF destruction
has sol.e forth. Tlo regular old habttueB OF tho
cup. tho moody Ecclcaes OF the tar-roon., will
hllrlnk # from The ptotentloua grandeur OF tho
now eallice. Thoy will not willingly tako their
rags and filth, bud habits md siiahy conutit..-
tions, within str,ictuto wie1o Bucl, extsaorIi-
nary ,naguticonco abounas. Thcko wns
9uMLTillSa ABOUT TIE OLD MoME
which wns far more III accord with the dtunItarl'r
sonslttvo foc1ings. Ihpre WAS brotherhood In
itH tulnud appearance, In Its Wrotcl1cduetn aud
h'th. 1ta Tat-hoes had charm, and ita
seody g. sockroaelea wero hts friends. It's
Tor hia miYory.- Tao worry ilooru which ,ila,ls
wnlAng unetoady were III harmony with tic If.
regular. guilt ho hatl acquired. The walls d,d not
staro with repso1chfnl purity, The fooma woro
eoft to break lin Of Ills rest. There waa not d
disgusting appearance Of violent rcfor.m about
tho place. No drunkard was ashn,,led to
present himFolf for admittaNce, aud mono
Tho inebriato horc passed hs bappicst days, Ind
his voluntary exilo from eour-iliasl dtspen.u-
tories was not difficult to bear. lie cannot homo
fo5 such harmonious surFound!ngs in now
building, and be VII, rcgrot deeply 10 sos tho ia.
yortso sceno Of his tln-tanls pass from tho fuce
ol tho oartl.
TIE nEeoLLEo1loSs OF THE VENERABLE s1Ruc-
TUNE
1 nre not .t confined BY any means TO this class.
which cotatro within tho old builtling 1t is ia
fact plcco OF architecture winch, compared
with those resulting from CAicagos rapid |
nbie old ago il has bean vcocy,e% oty tS1peGs fn-
years III one OF tho ojdost laoJ.mnrks n tIe Ts
Went Side, and in tlls sens" it, s,astr,.ns y. iu
viii DO generally rccrettod' II wos hmiit sa1a
years prior to isis.Ile oxac data ia .ot snoMn oe
and was thon ono Of tc 1fcst 20 snI vi aro"a
buildings In tho vonr citv ''' r. ,,os s thas
slorcd to bo ercat distanro fron, o to ,,s,
coptre with n1,o nr twn egcantiona - onaoess N
most remoto etr,tct,,rn m tSe W.T. Ha A. @ mas Ie
builder WHO erected Il an farnerr % ,otoI I. ma .ns
Thought 10 bo yosy foojhariv tnt1ccd ~ inca+nid
in nch an icso,. iuaeoo W 'oca'o II
In the war iB;a liz GhI,"Ho u,,.,.
ware orectnd an erro,nd surrn,,dirss :, 1,s.,n
Head, as tho hote was tban caiod H., pataa !,
camo fayorite 1,oearv ~ cnou. ana = na
at That timo whit tha Tsaus,t Hauso IT,, oohs
present stook.ynrds. 1'''S 'Aoaso 17 10 tae
4 large h,,s;ncsa was ,,ono b*, ,,s ,,u...,...
who, wilo h,n sat,acitv in hmid;;o 49, ~
n.sls ,n ~ u!u ntRat Iaasohn9!y have beon qleH-
~ tic btock.yarts wnrn Joc.tss - ssoa M
by. TAo house ya1 wnll knnrn .md
prosperous until their rcmovsi ss,,,a ~ua
Soars ntsorwards-in 185G-to the rronnd. 1ur mnar
Tho Illinois Coptts tailtoad trank Inst nor,h ~