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honor Tho meu for making Chicago commerolally
In this oentounlsl ycar what tmpsIial Homo
was politically 10 past agse. While NO give all
| honor TO thtBo men, let not the nRmo Of John 8.
| ovon tho RrcAter work, In 18i3. oombincl and
Ravo direction to tho political and moral forcos
| that enabled thom to complete the graud0Hs ays.
ton Of improsomonts over made In tho history
| Of tho world.
You will expect me- to ray someshlns OF Tho
Of tho city. In 1s4s tno t,, Journal bad rooms in
what WAS then this BALLOON DuildInge, on Tho
Gem Of gts Prairie. and TuE Tntnuss ~ iss
daily, maintained = procartous ozetence in au
old wooden shaBty On tho northwest corner Of
Lake and Clark stroots. Mesurs. WLocIer, htcn.
out, and tlen locsted At No. 173 Lake ntreet
Ny friend tha Lion. John Wentworth pnblshbd
| tho Democrat III very ar'stooEAtto quarters-ht
jackson n.tI, on La5alIo nt1cot, Just south Of
city. IL tho f&ll Of lsl9, finding protorred nv
old occupation cf na[ng books Tather than OF
solslng tbem, disposed OF my interest in tho
Of tho eroat house Of Jansen. 5lcClurg i Go.
Tho leading msmbor Of tho lrm noE---tnY
broshof-ln-las-I loft In thu store mere boy
whose du.loa wcte to swoop, out, carry packages,
aud gouoralIy TO do q boya brnInssa. mention
this as IN example tor tho boys who hear mo to
| follow.
I then formed 4 pnrtnnrship with J. Ambrose
| Wight. tlien editor of tho Prairie Far,ner..-s
! moss valuable phpor, 0wne1 by John 3. Wright,
and ho bought out tho IIerabi o} ihs Prair,cs,
= ro'igiouA paper, tho organ alike OF tho rrssby-
toslans aud Congtcgntlonaliass Of tho Northwest.
Adpance. II WAS t4en publiahsd on Wells
s!roet. on tho corner Of tho alloy bosueon Like
and Randolph a.so0ts. We soon moyod to I'll
Lake street, next door 10 Tue TatnuSE, And In
flret power press ever brought 10 tue city. NO
printed our own paper, ana also TIE TnnuNE
for Mesara. Stewart, Wheelcr. & Bcrippa. Tho
prcss was driven by Emcry's horse-Peyo!, on
pony. SO far as any inteseat 10 tho hplondil ma.
| chiuoEy Of THE Tribune Is concerned. that old
blind pony ground out its boginnIugB, tralnplug
on Tho revolving platform OF EmcIy's holso-
power.
Dy tho autumn Of 1851 Mr.. Wight, 4 man who,
40 editor Of the Prdirte Farmer, lid very much
towards lnying tho foundations Of tho rapid
And tho g1sat Of nn Yet
oxporloneo that tho Frayte Herald, as we then
called II, could not 10 made to sup'
p. sa0 1t%ss 5 sSs rs ss.resy ssa hs sss
therefore sold out to Mr. Wight, taking In pay.
mcnt Ills homestead lots on Harrison s!root.
That winter la,h9r than haye notLnE, to DO 1,e.
largo sum Of 81 per Day. After = vacation Of q
fow montha tho late John L. sorlppe and my
self formed partnership aud isancd tho hrat
cumber OF tho Democratic Press GU tho 10th Of
Boptsmber, 1862. ,Wostartcd on borrowed c.p.-
tai Of $4,000, which all disappeared from atghs In
about six woekH. Wo put III a!l our services and
profits, nnd about Ill tho mouoy We could
eeottow;; VI, nevsr drawing cent from II. tho
| THIS required ncrvs and the untng up Of funds
to 8 very considerable amount, which NO had OBJ
taiuod from tho sAle Of real as.ats; but we
thought We could SOC fusurc profit in tho buai-
ness aud wo worked on, aeyer hesaIng d,scolE-
agououts for momont. Tho hard times OF 1857
y, brought tho Democratic Press and THH TRtB-
UxE togoshsr and Dr.. Ray, J. Modiil, John l..
ssrppy, and myself. beesmo equal partners.
With 31r. Cowlah 40 bualuoaa manager, Or. Ray
and Mr.. Bctipps have ceased from their tnbors,
but not I'LL theY had donc most et1cct!vo' and
ya1aablo work iu the dosoopmont and progress
Sazs S1sf L. Gncoa 81 s si nssa
he and Dr.. Rsy wore ab!o md very cultivated
1onslemon, aud The memory Of them sbonld have
hiEa place . r. tue ossoon 5 sna g!sIat'tEsdo r. Of
and myself still staud by tho old Tu1DuSy. with
what efficiency aud success The roadspg public
can beat judge. should like to havo an hour
to pay q paaaing tribute to tho men who gAya
CHARACTER 10 CHICAGO
In 184a, and tho years that followed. To
Ilomaa 1tichmonu-sttil With t1s-to JOhn l.
Chapln. Charles Walker mud Capt. Bristol.
hosYy desloEs on Wator s.Ieot, to Judge giieo
% pR %s.n %SHss oiMGs' nsoss msns'''ts 6ea1ss y 1's
slooker. Daniel Mc1lroy, James II.
Collins, and others OF tho Bench and Bar !,
70 Dr.; haxuol. Egan aud Drainasa; to Editora
and James +. BAllansyuo, "a we'll as 10 lsav 4
Scripps; to the Rov. Dt. Tucker. Parsou Bar
low, and pc1napa several othess Of tho o!orgt. I
should like to speak Of Mkyors r. Q. Sherman,
Dyer. all Of whom ha. . boon relieved Of ali
earthly cares. Many Of our oldest cltizons still
!inger among uB- OF these, Col Gurdon 8.
nns.b,Fd !.ts aFes came % Chicago Io 1sla,-the
happy. may he loug bless Chicago with his
nIeseuce: Qf our oE-Mayora previous 70 1850.
w'atn " D: ogaon,y tho tl,,t, nuaknoE s. stosri:
John Wentworth md John G. uaines arc st
living. OF tho clergy We have still tho nay. Dr.,
=. W, Patterson. "whoao praise" ltko QUO OF
olsonn vo have ~ p sti Loss armoss a, too qus paol.
ous TO mentiou. Tho namca Of jerome Deecher,
Gen. Websser. Timothy and Walter Wright. 8.
D. Cobb. Orr!ngtou Lunt phlo Carpenter, Ffod-
@ oaoa ana chasss sssn tu aud 5ohs sf WIS., sos t.
lladdock, E. u. Taylor. Judge ]. D. Ca.on. ].
Y. Scammon. Grant Goodrich, 3. D. and Mancel
| Talooss, Mahloa D; Ogdcn, =. II: HhoIdou.. Matt
brothers, T. ". GAtea, A. Plorce. T. B. Cartes
9on, L. f. Brown. Pcter Page, William Locko
Bneknor s. Morris, Capt. Bates, and many otucte,
will Il onee recur to our oldaF cisizens., ., ~.
Some VI thens Rontlamcn wero not quito 90
full OF purnc whon thcY camo hore - now.
Standing, IL tho p.rlor of tho Merchants Savings,
Loan aud Trust Company tiyo or ei1 yoars ago.
talking With the President Boi A. Smith, E. IL.
Haddock. Dr.. Foster, aud perhaps two or
threo others, In camo hls. Cobb. smiling
and rubbing hs hauds in tho greatest gIoo
"well. what makes you 40 happJ7' said ono
10" said Cobb. "this iB the til day OF Juno,
tho anniversary Of my arrival In Chicago ID
1889" "Yos," said Haddock, "And tho ftst
Ilooalers Notwithstanding nbauty-tayern for
jim Kinzlo." "Woii," Cobb rotorted in tho beat
Of humor. "5ou neoda's pus OH any slrs. for tho
n. aaaa tmo saT you' yoa were shtpgling an out
were then In ordor. It trauB-
plred that our soltd PRECEDENT OF tho
South sido lforae Railway LOFT Montpelier, w.,
vhon he reached Dunalo ho bad but 90 loft.
THIS wAa exactly the fare on the Schooner to
| Chicago. but tha Captain told him he might buy
Soma rroyaiotn ind II he would mako no