The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-23
NYE IN CHICAGO.
A Few Characteristic Remarks ON the
Lake City.


came to Chicago from tho cast fearing
that would be shocked and painsd almost
constantly by the rudcness aDS ignorance OF
The masses And hatc 10 be shocked
have been reared 50 carefully that = few
shocks would be fatal TO me. Our people
were extremely refined and high strung Sew
eral Of my ancestors drove their own teams
and hauled freight from the depot We are
naughty race, and when rritatsd would
fight Tor our honor or anything else that pro
>ented itself
The Nyes extend back into the past for hun.
ircis Of years They have occupied every
position Of trust all over the pages Of the
grocery history Of their country And so
was as pleased a. a child when entered this
rough western town. 50 far removed from the
great thought emporiums and brain works OF
the thnklui and tidy east, and found 50 much
real merit, 50 much that we are fond Of IN
the east. yet hardly expect to ind so far west
where everything is OIL - a. ude, and OH 50
coar1e Among other thinss brought my
paiamas with me and tingsr bowl did
not think | would find any finger bowls out
here. and ! must have my finger bowl or
sickem and fade away.
There are some real good stores here, and
eastern people who may toe hesitating about
coming here because there Is no good place e.
trade, neel not hesitate any longer
Society here, too, Is good 1t is so good
that. 50 far have not been pressed 10 enter
it much, and 50 can see that it is not 50
mixed as have been told il was at home
Michigan avenue is a beautiful street Max
O'Rell says it reminds him OF the Bots de
Boulome That is just what 1t reminds me
II, but never could think before what
10 was till no spoke OF IT, At first |
thought il was the Champs Elysees that It
reminded me Of 10 is much moro deslr
able street for walking purposes than the Rue
lie Boiler or the Bots do West Side.
The Chicago river is ono 0f the most desc
late ana arid streams have observed. lt
has the ame soied and troubled bosom that
one sometimes sees in the lower walks Of
life. and 70 moves very, Oh, SO very deliber
ately, like man going to the train To meet
his wife's mother, knowing that she does not
approve Of him.
Two million three hundred and eighty-two
thousand COWS were made widows here last
year. Five thousand pigs per day also bite
the dust, after having emitted a piercing
shrek. One sees the pig gay. frolicsome, and
with life before him Anon $50 find him cold
IA death His chest has large hole in it,
and a big, big chip gives his mouth hard,
set look. It is awful And yet 10 SEQ Mr.
Armour there, with his sleeves tucked up
above his dimpled elbows and the tips Of his
"A
you would find il hard 10 say in sour heart,
Here IS "a cold, cruel man" lie fits here
and there among the workmen, looking now
at the breastbone OF Quincy shote TO see II
We will have an open winter, and then going
on to where he is trying 10 ieep up cob fire
under hogshead in which he IS smoking
some Of his justly celebrated hams.
And are YOU fond OF Your work, Mr.
Armour | asked, as no began 10 pull out
the chin whskers of an adult hog Indeed
am, he replied. 1T seems almost like play
to me now. At first it made me very tired
and yearned for something more remunera-
tive, but it pays real well now. And though
feel very weary at night as get home aud
put on my other clothes, arm sustained and
soOthed by the blessed assurance that have
made three millions Of dollars and that -
worth making a sacrifice for OF cours5 it's
pleasanter 10 write thoughts for the paper and
wear good clothes every day aud call yourself
literary than it is 10 as,assinate hogs all day
and 20 home smelling like lard rendering
recital, but literature Is not 80 remuneratiye
am therefore content. My lot may not DO
30 fragrant as yours, but II Is not after all
an undesirable one"
lie then buried his cleaning blade In the
watch pocket Of a large ecru hog, and as he
began 10 unravol tho digestive economy OF
the poor brute / turned aside and hid my
face on tho shoulder OF IA young lady who
stood near by. | am brave man in great
emergency, but when my honor IS not at
stake my heart is just as tender as il can ~
speak of Mr. Armours works because 1t
is customary 10 do SO People who come to
Chicago from tho east at once repair 10 the
pork centers and, having seen them, they
write a letter about the matter and 90 home
An old Chicago business man who has 81,
25}, s5O27 more than | have az write these
lines, said to me. you sec, with about a
million Of people here you must remember
that the larger number are by birth eastern.
50 We claim, Nj. Nye TO know as much as
tho eastern people and wh&. we have learuod
since wo came west besides"
That may DO true" | said in a tono Of
gentle cast irony, but when you come west
you lose that cool, cultivated look Of refined
yacuity which we Of tho east constantly dote
on. We do not like that IN you. 1t is real
coarse. You say Hullor and treat strangera
politely without knowing who they are. That
Is where you foil yourselves IN the west. We
eastern people resent your easy way Of get
ting acquainted with people on trains and IN
public places and treating them Hospitality.
You shouldn't do that You ought 70 DO more
COY until people Identify themselves Don't
you know that man with the slightest tinge
Of intellect can get along first rate socially If
be will preserve an air Of hauteur and reserve
instead Of your oif-hand bOnhominy, Us We
say in dear old FranceP
II is easy for the observer % readily trace
the evolution OF culture without going out Of
the cars Leaving San Francisco YOU are on
good terms with everybody. from tho en-.
gineer 10 the rear brakeman, within twenty
four hours. The California senator divides
his lunch and cigars with the honeward Bos-
tonian, and the San Francisco millionaire
plays whist with the sad eyed humorist.
Crossing the Missouri river the air Of curl
osity manifests itself, followed east Of Chicago
by falling OH in tho rapport and persifago
business until between New York and Boston
the stranger feels the same air OF cordiality
that Mr. Enoch Arden did when he got home,
late at night looked in the window and went
away.-Bill Nye in New York World.