Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-19
An APPEAL MAN a ROAD.
His First Welt t. ChicagO-f1en he Met
Sy the SYay-EVhere he is Lit Gated In
the Palmer House, and YYhS-As-
constituent and Amusement
Sets On Hte Brow, and he
Is Lest in wonder and
ia Praise,
From an Appeal Renotter, !


CHICAGO, November l5.-Chicago, have
discovered is very large town. It's immensely is al
most in proportion 10 my six months ability 20 T0dn
of houses excepting only the Streets and theY ere
full OF people The streets are fll of people that
up on and under each olher ike icefoes IN gorse
Everything is Sc Immense hero thai cannot see how
nlicant word now If it had not been for the clever
ness OF Captain Cole, of the Memphis Rpd Louis
vile railway; of Captain spIagglnS, Of the upper
s[d OF the New oalsas, st. Louis and Chicago and
81 several other captains this side of Carr, whose
eeyeThess to me- were so absorbing as to cause me
TO- forget to ask th5ir other names Besides their
other genorositieS they allowed me fliliy tVGentv
minutes at all the eating stations In witch 90 take
stomach -Fcad, regular Peabody stufiiu', = from
Cairo Cp have been here all day, which has been
1O4, Palmer house. Now, nina you, the numbers
commence up In the stars and range down fel
No, 104 Is respectable distance down. and what is
better, within the dining room zone whose delight
ful aromas from the products OF the land sea,
rivers aud the air, afe continually visible to the
nasal department OF anatomical man. No use get
ting meai-tlcket while you sojourn In No. 1O4;
because if you are good absorber (snd believe we
all managed TO absorb yellow fever sp0rales), you
will absorb enough to keep UP well;deyeoped sys-
tetu without going to the trouble to eat. Eating VAS
came near forgetting little thing which it wo;ld
gan. Get down your map and you will discover that
Lake Michigan Is bounded on the south by Chicago.
So il would not have done TO bound Lake Michigan
on the south With, recause the body of water re-
ferred TO has some clever proportions itself. was
remarkiDg, Lake Michigan is here, got up expressly
to furnish drinking water and some other necessi
for instance, steaier arrives there being suffi
cient quantity of water left after Chicago takes
drink and does days washing to admit OF such
events. There is some little novelty about the
way Chicago takes her drinks from Lake
Michigan which might be of Interest to the AP-
PEAL'S readers, under which impression II will at
tempt to describe Il. When we were in the army
ycn know, we were Rwful glad when we found
hats, but Chicago is more high-tOned about what
she drinks. Surface water from the lake is too
from the bottom of the lake or else they VIII stick
to their first love, straight whisky therefore what
ment and the only one ever heard of that proved
a success. said they had TO get their drink
fully two miles from the shore-Imported article, so
to speak. In order to indulge in this luxury, tun
line. AT the outer end OF this tunnel, beneath the
bottom of the lake, a lake shaft was sunk, by
fafter part of the latter W0rd n
geniously cOnstIu ted and sunk In the lake. This is
called the crib and is built almost entirely of iron
1t is nest of cribs, several inside Of each other,
like nest of tubs, were, forming sixteen
so many OF these compartments were needed unless
ii was to keep up the reputation Chicago has won In
not %anng TO pc 0ntd1ne IN even II II Is
of the epidemic has made iher famous, especially
liked to have made me lose my story. Well, the
crib, suppose, Was made with sixteen Watertight
compartments so that If fish, or something else
TO gnaw hole into one there would be fifteen
more TO gnaw through before the fish or something
el;e could find cut where Chicago got her drinking
standing out in the lake by itself, my curiosity
prompted me to ask native: viii you please tell
water wat T"' sir?' How" said he, with an
emphasis and stare that for the instant
startled and embarrassed you Will remark, perhaps,
that 1t must have been ao awful stare) me. Recov-
ering, | subduedly repeated my question substitu
me If had never been In Chicago before. | told
him had not, adding that was an innocent abroad
Ike Soa anf ht SOase sayS he
Kindly that's the crib, land he went to tell me
IN the eV Water he DID not nG sGn Gs
however, that this one was not sufficient to keep up
of construction. Through the kindness of Mr. Tai
bot. of the Rot'Cay Age, enjoyed pleasant drive
out what is known as the souIhside Tin which there
Is in process OF construction what Will be one of the
largest ana most beautiful and attractive parks in
old drives, 'Grsnd boulevard aud Drexel boulevard
each one broad enough for ten carriages
ieYsi grade, fiansgd on ether Side By continuous
grass plats and rows of shade trees. The park is
already set with trees and shrubbery of rare varie
ties ana the walks and drives are laid of with a
skill that shows that the best talent is engaged In
the Work. Lakes, fountains and statuary are among
the features that will make this q favorte evening
resort This park has little story connected with
1t which will do to tell large lot of land, owned
by widow lady, which emb raced her residence was
condemned by the city for the purpose of construct
ing this park She refus ID to give up her residence
and there being no law to put her out of it, she
mains there, vita not even yard around her house
which is an elegant brick mansion but In the mids
of the beautiful park, near by being a miniature
lake in which are swans. geese, ducks, etc. And II
Is said that the lady declares her Intention OF re
manning there until she dies. Mr.. Tai
| pot POINTED out me elegant build
his beautiful span of grays. Among the most ele
CANT / can remember now was that of Mr.. Pull
man, OF palacs-caT fame. What l saw OF it. and
what told me OF its interior, can hardly re
eve there is m9ge costly residence. at least in thi
city. / mad expected 10 find snow and ice UP here
but instead, the temperature has been about sixty
five all day, gentle spring rain setting 10 night
| hear a great deal said here about Memphi
refugees, particularly Our Chicks" who have VOL
quite fame as gentlemen and citizen soldiers
These people surprised hear that there Is
business being done IN Memphis, and they look a
me with an air OF incredulity when tell them thai
from business standpoint there Is no trace OF III
, fever epidemic left. BROOKS.