, 1877-08-12

patriotism, has adopted their stylo Of dress
t tiS15 intending thereby to enjoy their reputa
tlon 1or those sterling virtues. But it is Us sir
nal failure as was that OF the mule when II
arrnycd himself in tho skin Of tho lion. I'll,
! all. 0Ns~
There were also in Chicago men Of wit aat
humor who, by their pleasantries and ceniaj
natureas, contributed much to the amusement
ot the little community. OF such were Col,
otrode, Dr. Egan, George Davis, and others
some OF less note.
In September, 1896, there was
| An INDIAN PAYMENT
n chicago This was time OF much PLAYING
put tho principal -ehuck-a~luck, / thinl
T. WAS callcd-was anything but amusement
q vas after the thrcc-card-monte order,
thousand Indians wcro assembled, remain.
ing here several weeks, and were paid large
amount Of money preliminary to their removal
| beyond the Mississippi The indians tried in
many ways to amuse the people and manifest
their friendliness, but they seemed to be sad
dcncd t'y the thought OF their approaching exile
lhcf we're paid in silver coin, the most OF which
| was left IN Chicago, and yet 1 never heard any
onc complain that there was too much of it, Of
! ocmand that SILVER be demonctized: II silver
he had trunk full Of il. But learned that he
got It oil his hands ut par, and that his greatest
trouble was that he did not have more
| o1 It. Perhaps tho famous specie circular o.
no. r.ar 1n, nl',sn "as 3ssuca III August OF
his li.I;cn1tv rh.t ornr - tha nals: o1e VI
4ulrcd that the entire revenue, including land
| sales, 6o paid in snecie. Specie meant silver
ana gold, and at such 4 time it WIS convenient
ner;ni1;csi, a,seoe' " 81 sus 1 20 ..las
- ,,os,,,ay;.,p possIes 10y nu'naa l'o aou attal.
/ sense1css as that which would debase and de-
! stroy OUR silver 1noncy.
wore ,v;th1ram, 9o.,, w. ~Hf ".. "e' sn s1,ups
I,orr star1, 49, ,hnt Se6o .;n,'6 lo1s Oeal
~ri,n ot w,,,ro i Mn,, tho .,s.ss.t: ~n1 -
~ athor hn;na o naarn. e. .uso .e
The Frt witl IL White ,,,;SaIas ,,tnr.ad ~
r,me1>otrS o.,I ~ ri,. ,l','sas es.sea s ~
mounted VIII, cannon ,nn paer;ssncd s r1..I,,s
lar tr.n,ns was altnocthcr az .,niSct ~ ccnsar
ahlc inter..st' AA ''''~' - eo''s'''et
In 1ho.a t1,v< ns,r,v evcrxtht,u ,,, tho ,,rc
~ ssrr,;r. ~ TL.rn ors hna,do, ~ 'rr n;.;..
wolves and n,.;r;n hc,s ,T,iric 11nu.rs near;o
grass. nrar;c tircs and nrr;r;c hav for hcds nn1
nliolt rh;' ,,,or oo n,s r, ,b ,h, ~
nra.-,o foatiar ,,J ,h ,-,,,s s'n ~ n..S ~, ~
pnra;r;c til Th;s Ia,,or n,rsnd s,oa' tIoaI ~;
,an,,r bon ~, c1t;oad uesa -
ansed To+ M - oaod ,'oai If nnns,arnation
Tbcn. a,n,r. al e. thcrc Nv w,s tEn wnnticrfn, +he
,vc lin ,no,,,to;,, nc,.s risttc T H. Weet
~, r,a;,e ~ ~ ,ar;o5 scoor,. of tI,o eno
Snuth an,3 hnan ,,r,,', th1 "rna+ 1.eor KIT r,nna
~ tna, har hn,e, .,,",Sh1 ,tt ~ 1r;a. -
the bounlless, almost level aud unbrokcn prai-
rie. waving with low grass and adorned with
flowers, with an occasional grove III the far dis
tance, and bounded at tho right BY scmi-cirrlc
Of woods as presented to mv youthful eyes
from what is now Canal street, between Lake
aud Randolph.
In the dearth of real shows, that is, those Tor
which pay was demanded for admission, there
was as substitute tor such, one standing, con-
stunt, cyer-opcn place aud source OF amuse-
ment iu carly Chicago, which was
THE AuCT1oS-RooMs.
These were located al aud about the corner Of
Dearborn and South Water streets. In these
the amusemeut-scckers eongrceated evenings.
OF course need not mention drinking-saloons;
they are ever onniprcseut. CofIee-ho1scs they
were then called, though grliltIcss Of coffee.
With an eye to business. Ike Cook had located
such a colTec-housc, which he called the
Eagle,'' OIL tho west side OF Dearborn, near
the corner of South Water in the midst Of the
auction-rooms Or it NAV be that the auction
GERS, with the same ere to business, gathered
around tho .sEueIo'' In either case, the peuple
were between two flres for it was the aim of
one to sell whisky and Of the other to sell their
goods; amusement WAS only incidental.
Ike Cooks Eagle u became the most popu-
lar resort Of the kind in Chicago. Ike was
Democrat aud as the Democracy were then in
the ascendant in Chicago as we'll rs throughout
the State, to him was accorded the naming of
all candidates for Office, from Governor down.
It was probably at this time that m cnthusi-
astic young man who had just arrived from the
ocratic otlicc-sceker to come on with haste; for,
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