Year: 1868

For the last two days we have been
living the war over again, at least as far
as the scenes, incidents and leaders of the
Union armies are concerned. During two
days the citizens of Chicago have had
tie privilege of looking upon and ming
ling with the men. whom the American
people delight to honor for their valor and
deeds during the darkest hours OF the
Union The Reunion was productive of
happy results from its commencement,
felicitous thought gave rise to it and dur
ing it's continuance constant effort was
made to preserve the utmost good feeling
in the several societies. The business
meetings of the several armies during
the two days We're not only we'll attended
bat one deliberations were conducted in
a highly commendable and satisfactory
manner The Reunion proper was held
in the Opera House Tuesday evening.
Here was union of the officers Of the
four great armies of the West with their
many ilustrious chiefs. The spacious
'.ause was crowded to excess but not
heart beat in opposition to the object of
the gathering. The orations Of the &C.
casion stirred the vast audience to tears
or laughter as the absent dead were al
luded 10 or the many ludicrous incidents
of camp life, were pictured the imagina
tion. Il was collection of brave men
and beautiful women, rejoicing over the
lasting peace won by the heroic sons of
the Union at a fearful cost. A pleasing
incident occurred during the delivery of
one Of the orations, little boy about four
years old ran across the stage to General
Grant and requested kiss amidst thun
ders of applause the resident elect took


the child in his arms and kissed him. 10
afford time for preparation for the ban
auet last evening the Board of Trade
surrendered their hall ali day. The ia
bles were spread most sumptuously and
every thing the epicure could desire was
there in profusion. After good dinner,
much toasting, many speeches and voci-
ferrous cheering, the party dispersed. The
Reunion is already thing Of the past,
but It's memory will live in the minds Of
the brave men who attended it, as an


oasis III the desert of life, where the


poGds OF friendship were strengthened


anew and the pledges of brotherhood
once more gwen and returned.


As this Is the season when Nature s
wants.are most, it is also the time when
charity has the largest field to work 1t
can be said to the credit Of our city that
there is no scarcity of charitable institu


tions and worthy supporters. Partially
! on account of its youth and the broad ex


tent ofcountly around it, Chicago possess


es few paupers compared to Older places.
The foundations Of an extended system


of charity is being laid and the day may
be far off when pauperism will be in
creased.


| Our markets and commission stores
look very much as they did previous 10
thanksgiving day, a good prospect Of
bounties In store and of their plentiful
| distribution. The great universal holi-
| days are fast approaching as every twen-
tv-four hours run their course brings
| more vividly to our memory the old story


we heard In our youth and the longings


we then had, for the return of the merry
days


Illustrative of the amount of building


in Chicago [ would like to furnish you a


few facts in reference to the manufacture


of brick and the superiority of one ma


chine over all others. In 1865 Mr.. E.
r Gard called attention tn n brick ma


chine invented by Elm, and as test


made kiln of 10000 bricks. The man


ufacture Of twenty-five million bricks


since that time place this machine with


out rival. The great merit of the ma


chine consists in the fact that it takes


thin clay directly from the bank, thor
the machine and ,noulds ii q sufficient