Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-01-26
A BELMoNTER ON THE WING.
LAcLEnE, Mo. Jan. ?, 1ss:

4
lumns of THE CHRONICLE, l undertake
: to jot down some rambling thoughts in
It cident to that which is very interest
ing and pleasant jaunt to the writer
On the 1st inst, with my little family,
b started from the "Glass City and thu
e center of population" of my nativt
county, fer short visit to friends ii
the West via. Chicago, the metropolis ol
;, the great Northwest. We found the b
9 & o. people courteous and intelligent
and their accommodations all that one
could ask. for convenience and comfort
and as the greater portion OF the trip
from Bellaire to Chicago was made in
!. the night time, in one of the B. & or
exquisitely furnished and comfortable
sleepers, it was made without interest
worthy of note, unless good, refresh.
ing sleep is an event in busy life, de-
serving publication to the world. Upon
arriving at Chicago for the second time
in life, we deemed the event worthy OF
; holiday, and therefore decided upon
spending day here, and devoting it to
the study of this great city, its many
points of interest and its manifold and
vast industries. While travelling its
streets and peering in its shop windows.
gaily decorated. as this day was being
celebrated for New Year, we were i'm
pressed with the number of foreign ia
ces seen every |here-men, women and
children, all bearing the unmistakable
type of forsign nationality in the face
and features, as well as in the language
spoken. This bears lesson with it.
For years and years, and indeed it is
true now at this late day, that the great
est percentage-perhaps ninety-of for
eign immigration found its course to the
North and West. Here these hardy pio-
neerS of this type of Western civiliza-
tion have reared in points of diversified
and manifold interests, one of the great
est cities of the world. In the face of
the great South, with its attraction of
Spanish and aristocractic civiliZation.its
slaveocracy, its sunny climate, these
hardy sons of the north of Europe, and
the Puritanic States of New England, as
sure as the attraction of the load stenes
have resolutely turned their backs to all
these attractions, to all this dreamy po-l
etry, and directed their course to the
wintry SHOWS, chilling blasts and pend
ant icicles of the great Northwest. The
reason is palpable to all. and may come
out in these letters.
The first thing we did was to visit the
Water works, which we understand are
located at the point traversed by the
historic confiagration. The buildings
are constructed substantially and with
beautiful design, of stone, ard are there
fore fre-proof. We assembled the tower,
making 23S steps from foundation to
tower, and there for long time enjoy
ed gazing out upon the vast stretches of
"the city of the plain" and the great
lake Michigan and right here desire to
say to all my friends, who enjoy such
scenery, that when you next visit Chi
cago, if you have not already done so, be
sure to visit the water works, ascend |
the tower, and then enter the power |
house, to witness the smooth working
of the monster engines that supply this |
great city with good water from Lake |
Michigan, pumping it directly into the
water mains, there being no reservoir.
Among other public buildings, we can
not refrain from mentioning the magni-
ticent court honse and postof1ice that
decorate the city, and add so much to It's
attractiveness. After viewing the lat |
ter, l could not refrain from remarking
that | had an interest in that building, |
so magnificent a structure, so attrac- |
tive in architecture. and SO huge a pile |
of brick and stone! This is the same
sentiment that every true American
feels when. he enters upon study of
this vast empire-the Northwest. What |
grand scheme the Sons of Liberty and |
knights of the Golden Circle, in connec-
tion with Judah 2. Benjamin, dreamed
of, when they undertook to ally the |
South and the Northwest. 1t is simply |
astounding to stand before, and now
that it is all over, We are all glad, and
especially the loyal sons of the North, |
that this grand scheme of treason was
abortive, and in the presence Of the
magnitude of this great country and its
eclipsing grandeur, there is not one
among us, friend or foe, who will not
eXclaim-
"Bresthes there man with soul so dead, |
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, nly native land,"
can mot leave Chicago without a |
word about the great and grand depot
building of the G. B. & @. railway. This
is one of the greatest railroad lines of
the West, and it has the best accommo-
dations for the convenience and comfort
of its patrons of any of its competitors.
In this depot, and with is establish
ment, one can lie as comfortable and
more at home than in most of the ho-
tells of the couHtry. Should you everI
have occsion to make trip by this line,
aud l unhesitatingly advise you to do
so, whenever it is IN your way, you
need not go to hotel, but can get all
the conveHiences here, excepting sleep
ing apartments. This road does all it
promises, and even. more, and [ desire
to put on record here that the officials
and employees of this line, from brake
men up are the most polite, ,unaSsuming,
and yet the most intelligent railroad
officials it has ever been my good for
tune to meet. l opine, the pleasantest
route to Kansas City is via B. & o. and
c. b. & Q. railways. The latter road
traverses Il rich country. and has built
up an enormous carrying trade, having a
train pasSinga a given point every half
hour, and transporting 100 car loads OF
stock per week. Passengers from Chill
cago are taken through on reclining
chairs, without additional charges, in
palatial cars, in charge of accommoda-
ting employees, having their inquiries
and wants cheerfully and inteliigently
attended to, entirely free from all show
that offensive olficiousness so peculiar
to the employees OF some of the other
roads. More anon. s. H. LEE.
~ Don't forget that Piso's Cure for
Consumption is warranted to do all that
is promised in the directions, given with