Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04

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inquiry we learned that nearly one thou
sand men who were in the battle of Shiloh
have visited this wonderful painting
Our stay In Chicago was continual
round of excursions and sightseeing. One
morning we assembled the 276 steps and
found ourselves in the tower of the water
works. The city lay beneath us almost
solid block of masonry and architecture.
The crib in the lake, two miles distant,
seemed but very few rods away. 1t was
clear calm morning The lake was like
an immense mirror rejecting back every
image cast upon its bosom. The sails and
steamers came into port with quiet ma
jesty, ascending the slips and canals that
penetrate the city, until the great prairie
landscape bristled with masts and spars
along the extended and still extending
wharfage. 1t was scene of beauty, ming
led with business-of nature and COM
merce, of God and man. We remained
silent long time, trying to grasp the ex-
tent of the scene and the most interesting
points, when the duke broke the silence
by saying:
This is, indeed, a wonderful city, when
we remember that not one generation has
passed away since the country here was all
a marshy waste, an impossible, uninbabit-
able swamp.
Yes" said |, "and remember the great
fires that have swept through it. Two or
three times the electric wires have thrilled
with the terrible words, Chicago is burn
ing' until it seemed there could be moth.
ing left to burn"
"Yet look around and see the stately
buildings taat greet the eye on every side,
while from every point the masts and spars
proclaim n great trade center"
Are there 50 many branches of the
river?" / asked
mo those" said the duke, pointing ont
the different lines "are canals or slips
opened by the people. Whenever trade or
business needs more room, or an outlet TO
the lake, men are ready to do the work for
the earth that is to be removed. IL is taken
TO other parts of the city where il is used
TO bring the grade up 10 the city level"
'Then here the old adaSe is followed out,
that nothing should ever be wasted
Eyes, even the debris from the burnt
district made the foundation for one of the
finest avenues in the city"
After the noon lunch / suggested that
we visit Lincoln Park.
Shall we take carriage or the street
carsy" asked the duke, as we left the
lunch room.
"Oh, let us walk" l said So we started
along leisurely, enjoying the different OBJ
jects of interest
'Do you know what that building is that
is covered with vines and shaded by those
great trees that seem older than the city
itselfy" / inquired as we came TO hand.
some stone building.
"No, but think il must be some old mo-
mastery built by the Jesuits when they
roamed over the western world" said the
duke.
"And those fine buildings in the yard
must be the different seats of learning"
suggested
Here is n man in uniform, I'll ask
him." said the duke, stepping forward.
"Sir, what is this old building, covered
with ivys'
Potter Palmer's residence, sirr' said
the man, looking very much surprised that
anyone need to ask such question.
"And those outer buildings, what are
theyy"
Potter Palmer's stables, sirT' said the
man with peculiar smile.
We had been the guests of MT. Palmer's
hotel and now we had seen his home. You
may imagine our surprise, and, l must
confess, chagrin, 10 think that we had
mistaken private residence for anything
SO grand AID old. After that Potter Pal
mer's residence" Became byword with
us
Lincoln Park is one of the finest in the
city. 1t is the geological garden of Chi.
cago, and full of interest from the entrance
gateway to the farthest nook. The objects
that called for our special attention were
the sea lions. They were playing in the
water, diving and swimming or summing
themselves in the little artistic lakes and
caves that had been prepared for their use.
The little prairie dogs were novelty to
us. Their little mounds of earth gave me
my first view OF life on the great plains OF
the West.