Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-27
ELKS RETURNING.
Connecticut Men Expect to Be at Their
 Homes Tomorrow Morning.


 Homes Tomorrow Morning.
 Milwaukee, July 25, 1901. Editor Democrat:
 This is our last day in the city ,of Germans, for you must call it that, since about every person you meet is of that country. It.is the great vest ern city of breweries and the kings of the community are the brewers, elgn- teen in number. Perhaps the crown ing head of all is Pabst, the multi millionaire. But we will get to Mill waukee and herA attractions pretty soon, for our last letter left us flying toward Chicago.
 We reached the New York of the west at s o'clock Monday morning, and there is one thing to be thankful for. Every stop and every start was made on schedule time. Chicago appeared to be hustling metropolis and ex- hibited more activity and life than most of the western cities. The boys were glad to get out and exercise themselves, for riding in sleepers, with the train flying at record speed, is not conducive to rest and sleep, and nat urally in the morning you feel weary. Each sought out his own restaurant VI AOACA al NA1NA lO Ruy 1CdhAdSts After breakfast they sought otlt bar Der shops, and the writer was sur prised to see the majority of those in our party making for one certain par Tor near the depot Investigation showed that there were fifteen lady barbers in this shop, and every chair was soon occupied. The Waterbury chaps were the first ones in the line, and it was hard to get them to leave the chairs, so Smitten were they with the female manipulators of the razor.
 After breakfast and the shave, we were taken on board a special train, engaged by the Swift Packing Go, and were driven ten miles away from the center of Chicago to the great packing establishment of the west. Here we viewed this mammoth plant from the first floor to the top and throughout all the buildings. We saw the cattle driven into the pens and struck down by the man who wieldS the hammer | above them. We saw the slide pulled to let the stunned or dead animal roll into the slaughter pit. We saw the animal bled, skinned, halved, quar- tered and cut into smaller pieces, and last off all, we saw the meat being canneds ready for shipment.4 Itsis a strange thing to see cattle killed and ( cattle enclosed in scans Of various sizes, all sealed and ready for the mar ket. 1t was the same way in regard to the hogs. only that, the killing is quicker 1t is wonderful establish ment and employs over 5000 hands. l It is an establishment that the labor l unions could very well look after. The school authorities also. might be con strained to Interfere. There are hun dreds of boys and girls there who are apparently about 10 years of age. After seeing the workings of the plant our party was taken to the top floor, where there is a huge dining room. It is here the employees can be served with meals at nominal figure, and l it was here that we were treated to an | appetizing dinner. Mir Swift himself was our host, and in fact he could not | do too much for our entertainment. After returning to the city the party broke up and scattered all over Chi | cago. Most of the Waterburians jour. neyed out to Den k. McGrath's place at the corner of Center avenue and | West yan9 Buren street. Den is6an Told Waterburyiaboy asbrether of Ed l ward. Thomas sF... !, Robert and Joseph' | of Waterbury, and the afternoon in. his place was a very pleasant one. | we ltll SniCdSO dl O U ClOCh dAtl PIC- | pared for the run to Milwaukee. It was a fast run, too, and as early as | the next morning many of the boys were watching the various fields of rye, corn and wheat We were speeding | by. There was not much outside of | the farms to see until we dashed into the Milwaukee depot. The city was | decorated from one end to the other with Elks' emblems. In fact, there was not building in the city that had not some coloring. Pabst, the brewer, presented $20,000 toward the fund for the carnival. It was the best sdeco- 1 rated city that our party has ' ever I witnessed. The electric eatllres alone l were simply grand Grand avenue, ! which leads from the depot, was one arch of electric lights for a distance of several miles. At night itfwas one | of the grandest sights of the whole carnival. Arches gof electric < lights went over the street, eight and ten on every block, 1t is impossible to de- l scribe the various deeora tons and fea- lures; suffice it to say it was one of the greatest Elks' carniyals that has been held at any convention. The l Connecticut party is eating at the Plankinton hotel, and the meals are good. The Pfister house is the head | Qudllc1S 1OA lAC SA anu AON5C OlhSCAS. All the hotels are filled to overdowing at all hours of the day and night. The saloons never close, and it is the most open city that any of the customers
 ever saw or hear of. Everything is
 crowded to suffocation, and it is diffi- cult to move along the streets. Still
 with all the crowds there are no quar- rels, and it is the happiest and jolliest
 mammoth crowd of people ever seen together.
 The convention has not yet finished l it's work. Of course ere this you have
 heard of the election of officers, which
 took place the first day. The election
 was practically unanimous with theex- Il ception of the grand exalted ruler. The
 man elected, Pickett. is one of the
 finest orators in the west. Yesterday
 the great parade took place, and it was
 a great one. Connecticut, or rather
 New Haven, for the members of New
 Haven lodge marched in uniform, will
 not likely win prize, for there were
 others that could beat them in march
 ing. The band in the contest for ! lT.