Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-10
BEEN TO CHICAGO.
Stayed all Night! Saw Sights
FIRST, THE HOTELS.

fremont, the briggs, etc, people are
expected To publish the dry goods.
silks. jewelry and millinery business
When attircd in costlieSt habilimerts,
and made Respondent with stunning
est lewelry You are lit To stand on
equality with the servants of the
house. II Your tailor or milliner is in
fault you will receive marked atten-
tion, but not of Il kind that will tlatter
You with the idea that any of the
show or grandeur around yeu is amy
part Of your estate. The attention
that You receive will be accompanied
with 4 silent but marked protest
against Your youthful or country
SreenesS, III preSuning to present
yourself among guests Of 4 house who
can afford To dress As we'll rs the
house dresses its colored table SER
wants. If YOU wish TO see Il splendid
exhibition OF naughty dignity and
manly Importance, just ask 4 first
class hotel clerk Il question for infor-
nation. Note with admiration with
what rapidity he rings bell or
whistles UP Il lackey, and gives him
an order responsive to some real or
fancied room call, all the while, with
head erect, looking down upon YOU
with serene pity, and turning away
with IN air SO grand rs to speak to
every senSibility: "If YOU want to
contemplate 4 picture of human
grandeur. look 1T me, and will
charge You nothing for the sight. 1t
is quite immaterial to me whether
you like it or not. But if You do not
admire me it is not my fault. And
he turns from you, without any
answer, i'll supreme self-complacency.
And you go away, wondering how Il
stranger, and countryman, is to find
any one who will tell him where any
body lives, and how he is to get to
them. In wandering through the city
you come to the corner of Halsted and
West Jackson streets, and see Il sign,
"Fmwell House." You enter. and
feel surprised at the order and quiet
ness that reigns there. You address
an elderly appearing gentleman, who
seems to be the presiding genius of
the place, and are astonished to find
that in Chicago hotel Il question
from stranger is not treated as an
impertinence. The gentlemanly land
lord pauses in his occupation, kindly
answering every question. takes down
his directory and finds any locality
you may desire to know about. lie
explains to you how to find anything
i'll the directory that You desire to
look for. and does it all so kindly that
you forget that you are stranger in
4 city wilderness, and feel at once that
you are among neighbors. A new inn
pulse of humanity seiZes you. You
desire to patronize such a landlord,
and you repair to the spacious dining
room, where you can select from y
bill of fare capable of gratifying the
most epecurean taste, whatever you
may please to order. Upon settling
your bill you find that the charges are
so moderate rs to produce the greatest
establishment of all-only from one
dollar and fifty cents to two dollars
day, with as good living, rs good a
room. and rs good accommodations rs
you can can get anywhere in the city
and pay much larger price for it.
You get acquainted with the land
lady-in appearance about forty years
of age; but hundreds Lof students of
the Mount Morris Seminary remember
her as the stewardess of that institu-
tion more than thirty years ago. So
kindly has time dealt with her appear
ance as toItell no tales ofthe years she
has actually passed. And in manners
and in womanly and motherly graces
and feelings, and in activity, she is as
young as she is remembered to have
been more than thirty years ago. The
landlord, Enoch Wood, with the title
of Judge, was one of the pioneer set
tiers of northwestern Illinois. As
manager for years OF the domestic de-
partment of the Mount Morris Semi
nary; as judge of the county court of
Ogle county; as merchant at Dixon,
in Lee county; he has filled the bill of
a full grown, square breasted, honest
christian man. If you want to be as
comfortable as you can be in Chicago,
without being permanent resident.
make your home while there at the
the Farwell House.
If you find yourself lost in the bust
ness part Of the city, call at the Revere
House, and enquire for John Iobson,
a brother-in-law of II. d. Pulford. of
this city. He is boarder at the
Revere but let him know that you
are from Mineral Point or vicinity,
and he will tell you the way to get to
any part Of the city and give you any
information that won may ask Or