, 1877-01-07
One of His Contemporaries L'v"
ing in Chicago.
An Old Dutch Lady Who Saw
Him in His Younger Days.
The Neatest House in the City.--The
Trained Dogs---Memoirs Of a
Nonagenarian.

was showing 1tScI OIL III very 4ool1au i4i7ut,
and would, doubtless, have wanted to hide its
fare behind It's hands. Being, on the contrary,
1ace oen4tu 40 n1A ~ ,.;a;se;.,,aos -
e'och u lonI eApe44 4etA> y. .A ..>,, ~
life, lne.ud1rg tunolln@s anu cummings ." fa1i
and water over a large part OF the earth's sur
fare it had necessarily lost mucI, of its modesty
' a -. ~ III +t,t II was +, we1,.mcan.
aiia aAyne7o -, az 'n".' " 49, t.
ing, 1asthlal olo cloeha anu uoAcs'S "a' "'4'''n
all overits wcather-beaten features
4 fit companion piece to the clock was the
norman ..ho hus.1e1 IN md ant Of the room.
,.n ...o-.;.., ho+,,,oo,, 5,,e+;,o< ~,
ol'lons te' a1.e'e'n N7 ~
chairs looking after INC "e11afe Oh CERTAIN he1-
ties in the adjoining kitchen, and entertaining
hrr visitor. She had a broad, good-natured
80. ,,,,;,h ,.o,,1l bovo chow, har tn hc of
,:1t. ,'.:..,a,,t 49,, 5s;t,aol r,roofs ~
1oie'sn LII III "1tnoo' "oe "4e@''AoAA Poe~"N N
DRESS AND DIALECT.
The latter were both noticeable. She had red
;an,.nt md :. sl;rt ~ wide nronortfons ona
5acAe.' a1o oNt' - n1A~ p.eeoA si ~
"ouAu eApee" ~ A1sn1 W" s14ss1A ~
shoes as she walked across the bare floor Of the
kitchen, Frau Kochter talked with difficulty in
E,r,,s, bc,,g F., nc1ft woman. and Delft az
r7,,hn1,, l.noscs fs ne thorourhlv Dntch az an,,
49,. ~, a51t H,,itanl
.4I)ir all modcr. i saia she. sssie sleep mooch.
Az !, shr,,nr;no l,er shoulders and war;no her
Ln,' oTanIsa,;1a1x- u s".sterdnv sic s1rcn a1le
day. ~ This WIS S1l With an unconscious accent
,r;a md f3la1 a11m;rot;on that was o,,ite to,lrh
inr
Frau Kochter had evidently brought over
with her from far Holland those habits of neat
mss for which the people Of that country are
.o ~ re-, w,,;io eho snote she cost yory
npeu. % ~ ~ as,'aoI ~ otort e,1na
cnlnrjt sneck of dust, and instinctYeiy bestowed
outp.' faw bn,ss mon It wi With her dustinrcloth
althoueh to ordinary eyes It was the perfection
81 aiaa7,1;ress Tvnrvti,;ne a,o1t thu room yas
o1 cieau!luess' E'cl lutnS muout 1ue looa -
stnve y, irht never have contained any ashes, SO
far nc any rytcruui indicatIons were concerned.
Tho 1ittio hurea1I in onn corner stood bolt up-
rinht' and each Of its polished round knobs
etorn5, o+ tha ,-;s;rnr with nairfu1 whiteness
ost1 ;n;J;+ II "a f3ouhtf,1l IS onv other honse
1 49, - - raet ~ in5,aaf1 m onv other strpet
~ ~ rh;"aoo W. cnn,d hoast NJ such extraorr1nary
naat,,ass ~ So' ~'4A>A S~S'
.,,, Esn,' 1. uc En"htar ond d;sarneared sna;n'o
Sa f,,, - oI;oran+ roon, tI1er.s ro1ne rnrioiis
,rjneynrs and oroanfnrs and nuarrclors nut
torings tfhe old mnti;sr was evidently getting
~ w., tns'' III oto -1''A'S1 'e' 1''' s~'''7
up1 T., foo4 4ha ,,,o+bor ~ Er,,, Eocchtar
+ha na1ftt ~ .onon That the renorter had come
~: uent mo'1.1' - +aiIr t.IS III w. 'A4@
" prn.nn wmo MA srr, NApo1 Eon poS4p4RrE
At'or r1e,s,,r. MT yopci,safeI tn ereryhodv.
~; pls7 ud,, 10y ~ T. rs'3 h,an al,eged h,d seen
i;I1;11- r.h hor aorphtcr and son-in.,a,x nj M
100 1 ~ .traa- :h;.h fs ahnrt nnss,oe.,vav
hatn.o9, ~ Vos1 rnv1or and West Twefffh sfreets
~" Ca-,.ro svan1n
ny Whjlo 10 nii mother was making her inlet
F-au * Kochter cvnlaned :hat she was jittic
.l1 ~ a+rangnrs an1 Was fiffi1ant ~ sce;nr The
.;.;tor ri3 y, Hnwavaar she was verv strong and
1enithv for me of her ere' hefna ff3 ycars old.
and haa wonderful r1ernory. All this ;nfor
at;on waz in nnortci1 hv The aid of frennent and
a|nrassivo observation-disclosures To while away the
ra.ra;n1ar ~ tha time ahe herged 1eove tn
introd,,rc ioa the visitor to her dos, Vanishing
Nv thrse s,.lata md intc11iecnt.1ooki canines
,,i, ~ a1n,,g IN s1ein fla sr;tRont erer
h-ani1;nsr rant-s ~ even exnressinnr he van ri
tbs;r y, ta2,s their seose ~ The nresence II a
stra,,rsr .s,.'' '.N1 7~@"0
- H,1tt ,, Thcv a+onood
I. q. s;o -, Thav Toee nnon their hind 1ora
"a, Eochter tt;en nroAurcd Gtt1e rod rang
,xi,lh - - 11aoa1 ~ 1ba haods ~ +bo an;,aais
T., n.y. ~ eno ~ M shc stucr ;na 10 an.
- t,1a ...s a".;n,,o5 ~ % 1.; ~ er,actan1 o,a
oensr sne tt,o h;r KY s,4 ~ oa1s dr1,m n A.
@ ~ tha bv ~ +an ,, noet;an ~, o,,a
~ ~ atai yr - 1ho,s raTo;a1 arr;nr 41,
~. - te f 1ha ,;sit t,,is,. sncctators '''o
'eSs .i ~. 49, +;,.,a ansinnr thi a-bjh+fo,, +ha. ot
- ta trs rsar4ar vsa s+ an ~ crio,,S
~ ~ ..hoh occnr-sd o. tha onr ~ t,e
peuo,ehott LUZ WY. mlen ~ 'no ooot ~ AA'
ao''eens srn,1r 1 nr. .un nwp,urrrnr.cr
,,ooro,1 cn,,tin1,sv ~ md nn;r.iv u,;thIrov m
pe;,,s. - ahsar..od 0"'' "Ao 4''~' -" Va
~ tE1 Ehtar tIt intn tte eue ~ ~
u',eesssaE'. . ot .",rI,;rn1u oynion,7
tnt ~ 'athor x,as afro; -, alo bo~ a,,aaor-
su.ae 'As s1a ,as,+ a;n ~ hsroom ond
'a % ~ a- <a.. nv ~ s
scctHeu ~ ~ uoa.tH LII F1"%'s ~ ~ 4aa.14o" -