The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-18

pOuaOQ 1Or. ShOulQ nave IeielIcu W
her as giantess above instead Of giant,
for zee that have fallen into the femi-
nine pronoun since. However, we will
let that pass.)
The stranger should go at once from
the depot to the Auditorium. He will
save time by this, for then he can an
swer those who ask him if he has seen the
Auditorium and answer sffirmatively,
and be done with it; but if he should
wait until he has done something else he
will be more or less broken in upon by
this inquiry. Later on I may speak OF
this great structure with the unfortunate
name, but I shall not have space at this
time, owing to the fact that I purpose
speaking a werd or two regarding the
stock yards.
All sorts of honest and successful
industry are honorable, whether it
be through the avenue Of literature OF
dressed beef. Success is the mark OF pub
lie approval, and continued success the
certificate of integrity. It was honora-
Bile for Gen. Grant to canvass for q book
or tan skins. It was honorable for Van
derbilt to farm it or run ferry. 1t was
honorable for Gould to survey Delaware
county with. wheelbsrrow and a fine
tooth comb. II was honorable for the
older Astor to skin muskrats and swap
brass collar buttons to the Indians for
beaver skins if the noble red man suffered
for collar buttons. What I dislike is for
the descendant of Mr. Astor to cultivate
such big robust and malignant case OF
hauteur. He visited Chicago some time
ago and stated in an interview, which he
had arranged for as soon as he could at
tend to it, that the people of Chicago fire.
quently sat on the front steps and that
visitors were met at the door by the
housemaid. Thereby covertly intimst-
ing that Mr.. Astor is in the habit of an
swering the door himself.
Possibly, however, Mr.. Astor keeps a
man who answers the door bell and does
nothing else hardly. That may be, but
it is only few brief autumns since the
brave and sturdy mother Of the Astor
race came around from the spring house
to greet the guest in her stocking feet,
and the greeting was none the less cordial
eyether for a. that and a. that. We
should not be held responsible for the
errors and acquired snobbery of our
grandchildren. From the deep recesses
Of the unborn future there may come
some day great-grandchild who will
inherit my wealth and name, and while
squirm about in my close fitting tomb
he may have valet to dress him in the
morning and train up his whiskers on a
trellis, and he may visit Chicago where
his ancestors had been so generously
and 30 Hospitality treated years before,
and when he goes home to England or
Tuxedo he may send for reporter and
tell him how his refined nature was
shocked all the time he was away.
Glancing hastily from Mr.. Astor to the
Chicago stock yards, will say that few
realize, or can do 30, the magnitude OF
this one institution of Chicago. We can
hardly imagine 1880 acres Of ground
covered with meat, to speak plainly;
1880 acres almost covered at least with
the business Of converting live stock into
food for man. had never before Wis
tied this institution, and so went there
all dressed up, in order to make an i'm
preston on the working classes.
Shortly after my arrival it came on for
to rain, and having came on for that
purpose it removed its coat, suspenders
and hat, and rained more earnestly and
more vociferously than anywhere else
ever saw it outside of Ireland. I wore a
frock coat, patent leather shoes and a
silk hat. After while the mud, gore and
hair, to say nothing Of lard and disar-
ranged liver, gave me blase look that
attracted attention when I got back on
State street. One man whom did not
know asked me if there had been any
trouble OF strike at the stock yards.
The visitor is apt to go first to the as
sassinating department. remember
butchering day at home when was a
boy. 1t was different from this. We
had generally about three shotes to kill,
and we waited most always until the
weather was 80 cold that we could not
plow. Then we butchered. We began
about daylight to heat water for scald-
ing purposes. Then we climbed the fence
and began a series of uncalled for yet
bitter and personal attacks on the elder