Feliciana sentinel., 1892-10-22

fruit From ten to twenty cars
Of this fruit arrive in the city
daily. representing values from So
900 to $2O,000. The association has
arranged auctions on alternate days :,
in two rooms, one room being in opera
ton at a time, the sale heginning at
ESQ .. m. and closing at noon. 1t is an /, ,,
Incorporated body and charges a mem
bership fec. Some Of its officers are
Italians. This race ha. not only
many representatives among the whole
sale dealers. but almost, monopohzes
the retail trade. They are famous
buyers and make more money than ons
would be apt to think from looking at
them standing by their drags on the
street corners.
But where does the sentimental part
of South Water street come in? ! said
! there was no time for it until after you
reached home. Now, having passed
through it, you can sit down and pom
der over it. About sixty years ago this
part of Chicago was nowhere, tas'n3
the word In its literal not its slang
meaning The Chicago river was the
central channel of O swamp, and ina.
swamp was where South Water street
is to-day. This great produce market
perhaps the most unique i'll the world,
sprang up naturally along the water
way which was the occasion OF the
founding Of Chicago, and is to-day the
main artery OF its commercial
life. Along this river the first
settlers built their huts. On its
bank near what is now South Water
street stood the old Fort Dearborn,
whose name calls up memories OF trag'
= edies, OF human savagery and OF hu
mon kindness. OF the. primitive frontier
life which laid the foundation OF ou'
present greatness There is no place
) in Chicago where the primitive and the
civilized, the small and the huge, are
l so closely allied as on south waite
street. You may indulge this reflection
= as far as You wish. it will only becom
= more attractive.
A few weeks ago there came int
!, Chicago harbor an old sea.Roing vessel
- For few days she was anchored IN th
outer harbor, gayly decked with flag
r and bunting. Then she was taken t
- a dock at the foot OF State street an
Q tied up 1t was the old whaleshi
t Progress from New Bedford. Mas
i She was fitted up for show and With
contained an interesting museum {
- curiositics from the Arctic ocean. Sh
i. was of the old, tall, beamy, strong, bt
i not very fast style, built to battle wit
ID storms and icebergs and carry goo
IT load of whale ebonc and oil.
ut For nearly forty years this vessel II;
n stood the most severe tests To which
~ ship can be subjected. She spent mo
In of the time in the Arctic ocean. 81
lie was one of the few that escaped 4
&c, great ice pack north of Eehrint
a straits where only six out of fleet
d. twenty vessels survived. During I
ed civil war she was used by Gen. Butt
ag as a convoy to carry supplies she
capped all these dangers practical
tn without injury.
ms Then she came to Chicago and "
,e- laid up from active service. She "
he tied up in the river and then AN {
ed sand Scow ran into her and with I
it sharp nose stove in 4 plank, the
led whaler filed. lceled over and sar
Ish The owners are raising her again,
les course, and will continue to use II
MS. But it seems to be Il strange freak
ks whatever power it may be that we c
he fate, to lead such vessel sal
on through forty years of extreme h;'
or ship and danger. battling with the il
our tile powers Of nature and the destr
of tive ingenuity of man. only to be
as down in her old age by misera bic
on sand scow. IA. r.. y. hEiNEAAN'