New-York tribune., 1903-03-31
CHICAGO.
"reminiscences of It's Earlier Days

"REMINISCENCES OF EARLY cHISASo. 11i;!.o.sa ANI ~
w z TrowbEidge: Octave pp' +S~ FieifiiNS
Il RsveIl Company
q-he author Of this interesting book OF Fe"-
srtacences arrived before Fort Dearborn IN May
1898 Now. beirg released in great meaSuio
pnonn fhe cares Of an intensely active business
80 80 h.vtn1 reached g quiet and unsoiict-
&aus age" be Is able to call in review tns
t-so-8Jnsrx development of his city nom al
-,oss n. beefuninRe The Indians, who were eh
c.n,r.Ad about the settlement IN great numbers.
v.re showing plainly the qualities tnat "ou4U
1o.. them thefr lGnds entirely BEFORE She enei-
setfc hustle and enterprise OF the uhO1,-e @
,torAerx Ignorance ard lack of compfenenstO"
on both sides served to bring the aooflslnS
tusttcs and the newcomers disaster a1o 0ioOO-
shed.
II was g. great rsli9t when the re10Nt 1ot1 81 -
INV conner colcred netghoors wse peace etuItS NY =
cItsbbs5 HL Not 50 much possibly. that we oe
sired 70 be rid Of the Indians tnehnSerna tnehrs ~
the horde Of itinersnt human N the snnuities
nsiS by the government to tn1se IN
sophisticated children Of nature .bs P silver
SII-S III yrSsch every member Of the tribe re
ceived II they failed to strip mem =. go
thing under the semblance OF n@tS' IT, Tndians the
xIIeet OF intoxicants at outrageous P[e1Sr r 4ha
would rob them while drunk not onIy % bT,t
S1srT vaIua BILE article they might still De pos
sesSed OF
~. srthor had the energetic spirit OF Ihe
r.v settIement even in his youngest days. 11Au
t,,,.ted on buying from his father the e"o'U
,-n-n nv him as first lieutenant OF Ine A"u
rendent Boston FusIlers. earning 1he n'ONe! "
sewing wood at 81 25 cord, with vlgor rd'net
charming to his mother. But she hersel ms
-. ..f an example in industry. She set up
VnrK
80 developed a business that before long sup
80 ho-neta broadcast throughout tnat pa1'
- t. country From the beginning the &c
t,,+t.s NJ the coming city took primarily ING
6,-Ac4fon of a trade centre. ana the
~ the early settlers show almost eVGiS
Vtdus! as dealer in some sort OF 6o0oS
,ysv+ r. Cobb was Arthur G. Burley' ensagea gage
tr The crockery business since 1oo', ne SnnT
here about the time we old. Cui VyLite the
nete tAto~ IN fhe west was Alexander "nite' lLLo
heignooI 7 u ~ de,Ier. Then came Mrs BarroEs'
30 her homemade candies and ice cream, cFeHr,I "
.i,- onnosIte were the drygoods stores OF ~ -
rec1y oppuerS go Rosenfeld and Rosenburg. the
Two P's were men that any nation anG s,-tSer
might well be proud OIL z,+,o.,t had a shoe
80 Az Wilson'S school his daughter CoFheIia
and James Hatch, for many years II. u n,.i1ted 80
ware business on State-st' became %L;~d Eo9
p16 IN she course Of time they were HldIIleo
With all this enterprise commercially the spirit
nf email GfGalrS hdO liIOlC AAN@AA~'~S
eharecterizes business ventures
u,s-s mt nart Of the early business Philosophy
=. yaos+ among the more substantial citizens es
this episode witnesses
T think Il is seldom that the name OF George
" Dole is mentioned in the presence OF an oio
settler that he does not feel like taking on nls
hat and making a profound saiaam as ne
reals the fact that In the fall Of '35 this man
received a consignment OF flour oy the tsst yes
SCI m 80 that the towns supply for the long
in hands. and he realized En0
fact There was no Board OF Trace IN CnlCaso
In those days, but there were specuiaIorS "no
EtaTf Of Jife But when offered S25 per barrel for
The cargo by one, the eyes Of the little man
flashed with Indignation as ne replleo, NO. sa.'
Nine dollars q barrel affords me fair pront.
I will retail Il to the consumers only at that
figure. No man, IL can prevent II, shall specu-
late upon the peoples necessities
OF John Wentworth the Editor OF THE Demo
crat" newspaper, known as Long john" 1t is
related that 1t was his wish that no inscription
should be cut IN the immense block Of granite
under which he had himself buried his idea
being that "One reading Wentworth would say,
oh, Wentworth and pass But being told
St vas Wentworth's, the inquirer would buy a
biography and find out who Wentworth was"
Mr. Gale makes the plea of hereditary habits
In excuse for his city's present muddy streets.
for he says, they were begot in mud, born in
mud and bred in mud. and the present slime and
filth OF them is only refined form Of the orig
snaI family trait" The early newspapers we
find adding to wedding announcements the edi-
tors thanks for "a slice Of excellent cake; and
that 81 descriptions were not always paid in legal
tender such advertisement this suggests:
II any Of our subscribers have promised us
wood or edibles for this paper, or wish to pay US
in such, want them now or not at ALL as we
making arrangements for the winter.
Such "reminiscences as fill this book have an
interest even to those who cannot share them,
and In land where traditions pass so abruptly,
the making OF such a record, before it is too
late is within it's scope, a service to historical
work. Besides the frontispiece portrait OF the
author and reproduction Of an early map. the
illustrations are from wash drawings Of the