Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1885-02-18
CORRESPONDENCE.
!, Chicago. Ill. Feb. IL 1883.

Chicago, ILL.,, Feb. IL, 1855.
When | left Morris last Sunday
night, | expected before this, to be
retiirHs rapidly along in palace cars
/ through !he ls'piM perpetual warmth
1 an,. ptv ), iiJ,'esS, Wesi tni nIy way To
New O..y.,ns; III | am not rolling
moi !" amy w, great extent. ex-
| prcItn aso ia have considerable to
SAY, !! '!'E,',f.,.ly p.;tces and. things
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-, b;; ia Wis .;iSo l'n Ii appointed
ant Ni$t la.,Grd bad. had been
-; I" Ey>tra \ %aaal change far the
hvi,>.. III r,,natic cord t!ohs, us
nr'g't :! o., my journey to the ex-
lmisit;on, bat l have experienced q
CHANG ~Aac,'J opposite in character,
e%lrt, LAT il ,.as not been gradual.
In st. ""u'>. .e sroY nild cold is quite
il. ..,r~b.e, 80 ,ne accustomed to the
nns county, but that is nothing COM
pared with what is to be found this
siae In going south and east one finds
weather going from bad to worse in q
kind % geometrioal Eatio. Chlcagoans
are really Ia be pitied, and there are
pnae more capable of plying them
than those of us who live in the dry,
bracing and genial atmosphere of the
Northwest. They are literally buried
With SHOW, and the damp air from off
Lake Michigan, with which they YEN
tilate she city, is intensely cold, so
awfully intensely cold that l don't
like to Venture out of the hotel to de-
tcrmine just how cold it is. Those
who venture out at all so tioundering
through the snow in y most laborious
way, and Tie occupation which seems
to succeed best i'll the peadling of ear
NUTS, nose protectoris, cic. No
trains left tie city gc5Larlay, except
those bound tor minnesota where
snow blockadcs E?e of rare occurrence,
and none vii! ieaYe to-day. The
M!nananta Miller's are here, Minne-
SOFA editors are here, and people are
here from all parts Of the east, north
and south, travelling singIy or i'll ex-
cursion parties of various degrees of
biguess, all wanting to go to New
Orleans, and as they can't go they are
getting themselves into decided
state of mind. This morning in order
to better thingsa little, visited the
general Offices Of these southern roads
and endeavOred to induce them to
mount y few trains on snow shoes and
start them out, but they wouldn't do
it. These railroad men here don't
seem to have much ingenuity about
them and they don't take kindly to
suggestions from outsiders. Unless
these men get their trains started by
tomorrow, shall call on them again.
They will be glad to see me | think
uy that time, and when I start out on
my second trip, you may expect to
hear that something has happened.
The dense ignorance of these Chi
cago people in regayl e. tre origioh of
| their difficulties is aggraVating in the
extreme. They think all of this cold
is fixed up III Manitoba, in the shape
OF billiards, is finished of in Mime
sofa and sent bowling down upon
them. This makes me mad. I will
call u! tne heard Of Trade, the city
Council and the Chicago News during
the day aud take preliminary steps
for having these folks properly in
structed, They must be made to UNI
derst aid that this cold is the result of
a conspiracy between Chicago hptel
ksapefs Isnu coal dealers, and that
Min,itsosa is afflicted With mo such
grasping monopo1ies.' I will see that
this is ali fixed Up before I leave: II
notiiins happens, and it don't snow,
hope to he able to write further de-
velopments next week.
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