The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-12-20
Notes from the Lake Metropolis.

CHICAGO, ILL, Dec. IS, 1888.
To the Editor of the Bdnner!-DEAR
SIR:-I have been In quandary thinking
what | could write to occupy a little
space in the BANNER, from this locality.
which would be interesting to your
NUMEROUS readers. One thing | can say
with pleasure, is that we have no winter
yet TO speak about. The streets in the
city are dry ard du ty as in midsummer,
and the farmers in the d fferent sections
of the country are at this writing plow-
ing, and also in the cornfields husking
corn-no snow; some frosty nights. This
nice weather we are erjoying, is rather
uncommon for the time of year, and we
hope it will continue for long time to
come.
For the benefit of the laboring classes
who are and who may be in your section,
and may say of that class IN the entire
State of Vermont, l advise them TO stay
where they are, for the streets in this
city are flooded with men who came
here from all parts of the world seeking
for work, but do not find it. Thousands
of this class are in a destitute condition,
and the same news comes from Los
Angel les and San Francisco, Cal. There
is notice in one of our papers warning
this class not to think of coming here
for work. Such notices should 6e posted
up in every school district, for this class
had better die with st irvatiUn in the
country than in our large cities. They
certainly will find more friends outside
of the cities than in them, al, hO Oh we
have many good Samaritans in this and
..s.. L,,f l,n h., IL -,
care for and as a natural cons6 q uence
some will suffer with cold and hunger
There is a great deal of building gong
on at the present me, but only a limited
number can find work out OF the great
mass set king tor it, and | hope that this
class will take fair warning and not
come to an overcfowdtd city, where
hundrt DIS and thousands are in a suffer
ing condition.
Long before this reaches you, you will
read in the papers of one of the greatest
explosions that has ever happened in
this or perhaps in any other city. Pen
nor tongue is not ad quate for the task.
only the eye is capable of judging Of the
great destruction Of life ana property
What was the cause we are not at liberty
yet to tell. The boilers were intact
that sci hs that part of II and we cannt
believe that an accumulation OF o;her
substances could create such an txplu-
sior, d ring ~ much damage aud pro-
ducing shock felt at 80 great 1rt nc q.
We have a large cl us + Inhabitants il
this city W. could get alor very W
withou If tn y were 10 ere. Trey
have an IDEA they can eslal sh ANARCHY
~ thIs e ty, hut III, ir d. Signs som how
get thwarted and i'll in the fu'ur ,
This class here are a dangerous commu
nifty, and the sooner they are put dow
the better. They have schools IN his
city, trainlI g them to defy Law al d IN,
Gov, rLment. They lave rs many 10
200 N some school -. ,mpo, e of g +
mans. BOhen iaEs, oil ais, Po es, Scan.
dinaviIns, and 81 mpath rs fom
others who are boxing for notori ,ty a.
well as for the money that can b. made
out of this ignoraI and self conceited
class who are keeping the people in a
state Of excitement continually by the
threats they throw out occasionally, so
that the police have to be on the watch
continually. The foreign populst on
who are, and who have been coming
to this country are If the poorer class.
and get the idea that they own the
country and put at defiance all law and
government, for they say that Anarchy
ia no government. We will soon give
them TO understand that there is one,
and whose laws must be obeytd.
w, E. SHELDON