Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-01-05
HIS HONOR THE MAYOR
Interesting Reminisenee i'm the Life
of a Public Man


of a Public Man.
Chicago Times.
Chicago is, as she may well be, Justly
proud of her Mayor. She is proud for
several reasons, and very good ones.
too, of the Hon. Carter I'll. Harrison.
There are but few men in American
politics to-day who can show as clear
record or as deserving and honorable a
career as Mr.. Harrison. From the day
on which he left his home in 'the dark
and bloody ground" to settle in the
Eldorado of the Western prairies, then
IN Its infancy, the career of that gentle
man has been upward and onward.
Twice have the people chosen him as
their Representative In Congress from
the Second District of Illinois, and twice
did he acquit himself of that trust in a
manner, that won for him warm spot
IN the hearts of his constituency.
Twice has Mr.. Harrison been called
upon to fill the office of Mayor of Chi
cago with the highest Mayoralty vote
ever given Democrat in this great
city, and twice has he filled that office
with honor, winning the respect and
esteem of her people regardless of
party.
Carter H. Harrison is to-day the
most popular man in the state of Hi
nois, a fact due to the zeal, the untiring
energy, and the steadfastness of pur-
pose displayed by that gentleman
throughout his whole public life. The
esteem and confidence of the people are
his in the fullest sense-won by his I'M
f1inching adherence to the right-his
high moral character and his unobtru-
sive though steadfast mien. Mr.. Har-
rison's unobtrusiveness, it may be said,
is not the least among his many COM
mendable qualities; the fact that he is
not a seeker after office but rather the
office seeks him, is, in the opinion of
the writer, a high commentator. That
Mr.. Harrison has at heart the interests
of the community herepresents will be
readily seen by the following answer to
question asked by the writer, lii 81
conversation lately held with Mr.. H.:
81 came to Chicago" said Mr.. Harri-
son, cat time when we were limited,
comparatively speaking, in all but ma
tural resources, but of them we had an
unlimited supply. [ saw that the city,
and the state likewise, ought to increase
to become great in population and in
wealth, and l told my confreres, and
the people, that it lay i'll our power to
make the state rich, populous, power
full and great-a field for the emigrant
who came to till our prairies, and for
the capitalist who came to advance our
mercantile, commercial and railroad
interests. | have advocated all meas
ures of this kind that have risen in my
time, and / intend to do it in the future.
1t is clearly my duty to range myself
on the side of the people, their inter
ests being What [ have on my mind
and in my heart"
Mr.. Harrison is as yet in the prime
of life-his physical qualities being
and that is saying great deal, the
only medicine that gentleman ever
used being the Great German Remedy,
St. Jacobs Oil. Speaking of that great
panacea used by all great men of the
day, Mr.. Harrison said: "Rheuma-
tism is about the only ailment that has
ever given me any bother, and that is
now gone where it will bother me no
more. In the neighborhood where |
live the people will have no other medi
cine for rheumatism or disease of a
similar nature than st. Jacobs Oil.
"When [ first found myself suffering
from the rheumatism my leading
thought naturally was to call physi-
clan, but my neighbors all advised me
to try ST. Jacobs Oil, the Great German
Remedy.
"Now, was not up to that time
believer in proprietary medicines, and
[ so stated to my friends, but the gen
tlemen who recommended that won
derful medicine being among Chicago's
first citizens, and men on whose word
l would place implicit confidence On
any question, led me to believe that
Jacobs Oil must be good.
I" / took the advice of my friends
who were benefited by the use of st.
Jacobs Oil. procured some of it i'm
mediately, and-well, the result was
that l have been recommending it
since | found it excellent for the rheu-
matism. l have almost bottleful of it
now at home, and lam morally certain
that have no more rheumatism. The
Oil has been used in my family and
neighborhood with remarkable success,
and think st. Jacobs Oil is an excel
lent rem edy."
The writer, on his return to the Office
took occasion to see how many great
men Of the day have been benefited by
the use of st. Jacobs Oil, just out of
curiosity. His research was wonder
fully productive. He appends a few
of the names, thinking them appropri-
ately placed beside that of Mr.. Carter
H. Harrison: The Rt. Rev. Bishop
Gilmour, Cleveland, o., Chas. S.
Strickland, Esq, of Boylston Place,
Boston, Mass; Capt. Paul Boyton, the
world-renowned swimmer; Prof. G. 0.
Duplessis, manager of the Chicago,
Gymnasium, Chicago, H.; William II.
Waring, Esq, Assistant General Super
intendent in he New York Post Office,
The Hon. Thomas L. James, ex-Post-
master of New York City; Stacy Hill,
Esq, Mt. Auburn Inclined Plane Rail
way, Cincinnati, o.; Mr.. BARLEY Camp
bell, author, and others to numerous to
mention, indorses st. Jacobs Oil, the
Great German Remedy.