, 1889-04-04
BILL. NYE.
He IL Astonished to Find Modern Civiii-
cation IN the West.

cation IN the west
Dated at CHICAGO. lll March Z, SO.
Coming here as | did from New York. |
was agreeably surprised to note the culti-
vation and refinement one sees here ut the
most unexpected moments. ! came to
Chicago (trom the easD, fearing that |
would be shocked and pained almost
constantly by the ru5eness and ignorance
| of the masses And | hate to be shocked
have been reared so carefully that few
shocks would be- fatal TO me, Our people
were extremely refined and hiVn strung.
Several of NY ancestors drove their own
teams and hauled freight from the depot
We are a naughty race, aud when irri'
tated wonld h4ht for our honor or any
| thing else that presented itself
The Nyes extend back into the past for
hundreds of years. They have occupied
every position of trust all over the pages
OF the grocery history or their country.
| And so | was ~ pleased as ~ child when
| entered this rough Western town,
40 far removed from the great thought em'
| poriums and brain works OF the
thinkfu and tidy East, and found so much
real merit, so much That We are fond Of IN
the East, yet hardly expect to find so far
West. where every thing is. oh SO crude.
! and oh so coarse. Amoog other things
| brought my pajdmas with ue and u finger
! bowl did not think ! would ind any
| finger bowl, out here. and | must nave my
finger bowl or sicken and fade away
There are some real good stores here,
and Eastern people who nIay br hesltatint
/ about coming here because there Is no
good place to trade, need not hesit to any
| longer.
Society here, too, is good. 1t is so good
| tndt, 50 tar, | have not been pressed TO
enter it much, and 50 ! can see that 1t Is
/ No, "a, n,,v.A 49, 4 hayp bppp told IT. WAS at
| home.
| Michigan avenue is u beautiful street
| Max o Rell SAYS it reminds him OF the
| Bols de Boulogne. 1nat is just what u
reminds me OF. but never could think
before " hat it was till ne spoke OF 1t. At
| first | thought ii was the Champs Elysees
that it reminded me Of. IL IL IA much
more desirable street for walking purposes
than the Rue de Boiler or the Bois de
! West SHE.
The Chicago river is one of the most
desolate and arid streams have observed.
Il has the SANE soiled and troubled busom
that one sometimes sees In the o"er
walks of lite. and 1t moves very. ON, 40
very deliberately, like a man going to the
train To meet his wife, mother, Knowing
that sne does not approve OF Gim.
Two million three hundred and eighty
two thousand COWS were made WIDOWS
here last year rive thousauu P'Rs Pc,
day also bite the aust, af'tr hdVipe eui'teu
piercing shrek. ont sees lhe P'e gay
ffolicsome, ana with ne oeiorr nun.
Anon we hnd nun colo IN uea,u' his
chest has large hole in IT, anu
Ii big, big chlp gives MS uou'"
"a hard. set look. 1t Is awful ana yet
to zee Mr.. Armour there WIN ms
sleeves tucked up above his .dimpled ell
oo~s an" tne ups VI pio @ a"' ,n,, ,,'nId
Sho""e iosu''uy ~ .uara
'h" " u"iu w 10Y =" az har., and
IL co'u' cruei u'dp Nv '',n ~
there among me Wo' 'hnen, 'uoas NV
at the orea-tooue OF Su,n.y 'uueS oS " th.n
" we WIN n"Ve d" ope" Daa,, NV,
9o'nr Oh 10 "ne'e he 70 ;nt ~ ,nh ha
c"o nie u'u'i noN p; 81, c1isbr,ted
suoN'"S su1',. ard a,e Won fon,i of vour work
naniS Ia "a 90. M. he.,,n ,o mil
.', 49,, ohin ,,bi.kers of an admit hog
Is 81. a'',a AZ -, " h.. renlisu at seem,
.,in'ost ,;ts NAV 70 menow At first #
made me yery tired. and yearped fol-
.omethip, more re munerative. but it pay.
well now And though feel very
weary at nivht as | get home and pu
on nv other clothes, ! am sns
. tanned and sootned by the blessed
assuraDc. that at the end of the yea
find that have made S3,0OU,O0O ant
: tnat it il worth making IA sacrifice for y
, course il ls pleasanter to write thoughts
= tor the .mper and wear your good clothe
! every day and call youSsef literary than i
il to assassiuate hogs all day and 90 hom'
smelling like "A lard rendering recital. hn
literature is not so remuuerative. ! au
therefore content. My lot ma, not be ~
IA. oil ,..