Year: 1871

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the most beautiful and prospering little


cities in the country, the writer agair


finds himself seated in the bustling, excl


ted, confused city of Chicago which in one


generation has grown from quag-mire


to be the sixth city in America, and the


twenty-eighth in the world; and one third


Of that growth during the last six years


And as it is marvel in growth, so it is, in


its everyday life. Extravaganza is the word


which expresses it all. Democrats would
say that "Radicalism" permeates the sum


total of Chicago. Everything here is ex-
traordinary, nothing common, the days of


small things have passed. Divorces have
long since lost their sentiment, and are
published in our daily papers in the
same column with birth, deaths baptisms,
engagements, dissolutions, marriages,
elopements and deaths with equal solemn
ity, creating as little remark, and as soon
forgotten; real, genuine poetic, sentimental
sensations are now the order of the day.
1t is not long since sprightly young
Blonde and troupe visited here, ,and exhib-
tied what nature had done for them in
complexion, voice, style and structure, for
the small sum of fifty cents admission,
and seventy-five cents for reserved seats,
and all Chicago was wild with admiration
except the old Puritan Editor of the Sum
day Times, he being a man who loves
modesty and female virtue, opened his
batteries upon her and her concert with
ungenerous severity which so aroused
the indignation of this beautiful girl that
she cowhided the poor man, in broad day
light, on one of the most prominent av.
enues in the city, for which she was ar
rested, plead guilty, paid her fine, raised
her admission fee, pocketed fine sum of
greenbacks as her profits and left, and the
affair was forgotten before the old mans
back got over smarting. Another sensa-
tion equally harmless, has recently come
to an end here, by which one man has at
tanned notoriety Of little value, ,and cost
ing much. | refer the Cheney /" Church
case " about which so much has been said
and so much time wasted. Lectures and
sermons have been written about it, a
great breaking up of the church has been
other churches to condemn than in their
own to commend have grown eloquent
over it; long editorials have been publish
ed. "Regenerati' had become common
word, and its exact and necessary mean
ing was commented on by young lexico-
graphers and theologians The name
"Cheney" appears with Luther, Calvin
and Melancthon, reformer, but it has
now passed and all men are beginning to
see that those most loud in their praises
of his bold stand are those as ready to
hurrah for the dog as for the pup, and
have only ridicule for either when the
fight is over, and this great bubble will
have about as much influence with the
staunch old ship as the flushing of a fire
cracker would against the rock of Glib
raltar. And Mr.. Cheney will bear about
the same resemblance to Martin Luther
that a Sophomore wake does to the Ameri-
can Revolution.


Our last treat, just closed, was the
made up of growing mems and harmless
roosters, who have been cackling and
clucking for nearly week. To do this
subject justice would take q long letter if
the minutia were gone into. The majority
of this was composed Of the last mention
ed class above, and though it was called
a Woman's Convention, its chairman was
Judge Bradwcll, and the speakers were
as many of one as of the other sex ; and
the only question discussed was the rela-
tive ability of man and woman, individu-
ally and antagonistically considered the
words and phrases in greatest demand
were those portraying the total depravity
of the men, land who wonders at it when
they see the class of men with whom this
class of women associate.) The only
thing settled by this convention was, that
convention of the advocates of female
suffrage is hswling babel, mass meet
ing without order or alma feast of hatred
and a flow of wrath, band Of enthusias-
tic hens and puny cockerels as harmless as
they are earnest, like wet and dry pow
der burning in pan together, you don't
know when the thing begins nor when it
is done nor is there anything accomplished
nor any results, except some screeching n
large amount of smoke and good deal
Of jumping around; but to the credit Of
Chicago, let it be said that while tens are
counted among the class mentioned above,
thousands are counted among those who
repudiate and discountenance the whole
movement, though everything has its day
and certain amount of good is derived
therefrom, and this suffrage movement
enables large amount of vituperatim
and rage to be spread over large CON-
munity instead of falling upon the head
Of some unfortunate man, and then the
burden is divided, and an uncomfortable
passion to abuse somebody is gratified,
and the world wags on. AS


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