The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-06-19
CHEvALIRa wuKorP.

To have seen OF talked With Almos
every one. worth knowing sithee il
Europe or the United states Tor NOR
than dirty y~ars 10 certainly an exesi
lent foundation tor ~ sstobiogrsphy
such has been the fortune Of Mr. Hsnry
Wiko6. tn whom the elder Benneti
gave the title Of Chevslisr, by which
designation Mr. Wikof often figured il
the Herald in former years. He h.,
been kind enough 10 share With The
public his fecoiietaions of al the Il.
wous peopls hs has kc0wn. In Q wosl
entitled "rhs "reminiscences Of sr ID.
ler." Vt which the first volune has jus,
appeared.
Born in Phiisdelphia, Hr WikoH Be.
gins With "reminiscences Of that city il
1873. when b. mingled With its bes,
fsu,slsss.
The pl.cid city OF Psuu vas thea
lighted With oil. and ut the CORNERS oi
The streets stood . round box OF seven
Ssst IN ki&ht. surmountsd BY , ixspp,
end With . stovepips pssriog out ol
the roof II wss just lxYYs enough "a
caatsin msa. snau stove 10 winter,
aud twovr thrss torches. Itwse from
these dark rscsptsclss sallied forth The
guardians # the night. armed ~ith q
flaming 6swbsau and wooden rattle b
cry the hour. aud saBeuncs the state Of
the weather. Constablss. few sud far
bet wren had charge of the day. Wood
wAs used f.w heaaing housss high aud
low. and in the autumn negroes. with
their "hosse and sav, drove brick
business in al the streets when the
wintr, . supply wss laid in.
Mysterious ruwerS werU beginning
TO prevail tisss . new substance, called
coal. emitted more heat than wood,
snd made . more dursble fse. Ops
bold gentleman. in 1924. had 4, crate
put mp IN HE hosps. which tes ths
talk Of the tDUn, md vidhrs thrnS6d
10 ses the novelty. The thorouR 6fSres,
then aa now. were paved with cobbls-
stones. and iolting work it wAs. On
the tfafBc in the asighh6shood
Of churches was stopped " . chain
drawn across the street; and such Was
ths sAsclisy Of the town tkat d1vfAe
on the sabbath was no9 eoeSsdese1
Oil and wax Lit up the
houses Of the rich, and tallow candles
we,e consumed by the rest"
His 6rst ncqaaintsncs with New York
WAS made ia June, 1927. He says:
I'VE entered New York ct elk 10 the
svsning. having left Pbilsdelphia at
the same hnur in the morning, and
drove IL the City Hotel. then the lead
ing hos,elry VI the town. Our paflor,
remember. was quite pslatisl; Of
great hight and extent. not surpassed
bJ anything Of the present day.
This Was my first visit to New
York. and the 6rst town of any impor-
lance after my own thst had ever
seen. aud ] was impressed accordingly.
Il was not Luxurious to investigate 1t.
for it WAS al concentrated in the
Of the Battery. Twas
With this alans peomensde
IN the magnificent bay, which
10 mot surpassed bt eny sesn since.
This wss the fashiOuabi6 Qudfter,
though predictions were flying abeut
that it would not be 90 always.
We all went to the Park Theater, the
leading one of the place. There wss
only one other, ot inferior standing,
aud long distance up the Bowery. I
tss enchanted Nth theudrollsyyspf sn
adoirs Bile sctuA Heney Fl hcids. whom
I knew we'll % lsssr yexkJ." s
He was on his way to enter Yale Col.
lses. On arriving ct New Haven be
DAw two Dsmbsr of the class Of that
year With whom hs afterward became
intimate. John Van Buren and n p
Willis. .Oes,of biz choepn spmf1Qfs q
Yale was 4s1hanAS NXH -
since becomG Bi op tf Gel a. II but
whom be misealls Lsrenso. From Yale
be VAS dismissed in his JUNO year and
went to Union College. Schsnsctsdy,
where be graduated in July. 1881.
While at Union hs frequently brsak-
tasted q Z hotel in the town. At THE
hotel one morning be found It the table
oss persss ealx q sioeplar looking
old 49, 4r VikdK asksd - nd1 1e
d the old nsd. sd vas told IL SAs
Aaron Herr. -
Do lslvi1s eo,lsgs yoanI Wi1D6 : As
sSSyt: =. =. 80! :;s e:u;.s
4 age. So IN the intervals OF reading
Tor the bar. hs travelled sbsut the
Uuited states. whiting Washipgtou.
the south and West. General Jackson
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