o
mistaken in this movement, which appeared in our columns from time being blasphemous or a clearance
Abroad.
is proved by the fact that the street to time. Mr. Pool is quite old, but paper. Presently the other official
is now devoted to the commission well preserved. He is a florist of came along and I waited breath­
by p . w . geek .
bug;ne8S
marked ability and lives at Melrose lessly to see what was to be done
UI * found Secretary Reichwald Park, in the suburbs of Chicago, with me, or more especially my va­
I arrived in the great city of Chi­ working at his old trade, photo- I intend to visit him on my return lise, which was loaded with Tree-
cago Monday afternoon, after a two graphy. He has the negatives of from the East. I also had the thought literature and dirty clothes.
hours’ ride from Milwaukee, M is- nearly all the prominent Free- pleasure of meeting Dr. J. H. He made a grab for my valise and
consin. I proceeded to the home
Greer, another enthusiastic Seen I thought it was a “goner,” but as
thinkers
and
is
busy
printing
pic­
of the Freethought Magazine, where
larist, who has been prominently a last resort I showed him the label
tures
from
them,
which
he
sends
to
I found H. L. Green and his son, Freethinkers in all parts of the connected with Chicago Secularism on the bottom, when he dropped
H. G., with whom I spent an hour country who send their pictures to for some time, and he is interested the valise like he would a hot iron.
or so very pleasantly. Editor him. These pictures make splen-■ in the work in Oregon. I made He next visited an old lady whose
Green, I am sorry to say, is in very did presents and cause Freethink- the acquaintance of Dr. Greer at valise was not labeled. He opened
poor health, and it is not to be won­ 'erg to feel better acquainted with the convention in 1896. Mr. Gam- it, strewed the contents upon the
dered at, for he has spent many each other. Sometimes Mr. Reich- mage and I called on Mr. Dahl- seat and then marched on in his
years in active Freethought work, wald sits up until near midnight strom at his “Antiquarian Book tour of inspection, leaving the old
the greater part of the time work­ working with his pictures. People Store” on Van Buren street, where lady to repack her valise. It was
ing against great odds. He has will understand by this his enthus- a stock of Liberal books and litera- then I saw what I had escaped by
succeeded in making the Tree-
for the cause. He devotes ture can always be found. Mr. D. having my valise labeled, and I
thought Magazine a very valuable iasm
is a very pleasant man to converse guarded that label with jealous
the
forenoons
to
his
commission
periodical for the promotion of our
business and the afternoons to with and is a pronounced Secu­ care the rest of the journey.
grand cause.
We passed from American to
larist.
Freethought
work.
His
daughter,
My next visit in Chicago was
Determined to hear Col. Inger­ Canadian soil through the great
with the Reichwald Brothers on Miss Josie, now assists in the office
St. Clair tunnel under the river
soll
lecture
on
“Thomas
Paine”
in
and
is
valuable
help.
South Water street. This is the
near the mouth of Lake Huron.
Mr. Reichwald invited me to New York, Sunday, May 14th, I This tunnel was cut through clay
busiest street in the world, and no
one should visit Chicago without spend my time at his home, which left Chicago Thursday night over nearly the whole distance and is a
the Grand Trunk railroad, after
taking a journey along this thor­ invitation I gladly accepted, and it
dining with the Reichwald family splendid piece of engineering. It
is
needless
to
say
that
I
enjoyed
oughfare. It may take you half
beats the tunnels under the Chi­
an hour to walk a single block in myself. I spent one evening as­ at their home on Warren avenue. cago river, inasmuch as it is much
I could not see any of the country
the busy part of the day, and you sisting Mrs. Reichwald in planting
longer and the clay had to be
are liable to be knocked down and her orchard and garden, which through which I passed until frozen artificially before it could he
walked on; but you ought to go woik I enjoyed immensely. I also morning, when I awoke at Battle cut through and walled up. It is
there if you want to see humanity purchased the seeds and trees at Creek, Michigan. I had never vis- worth any one’s time to take this
in a rush. There are crates of the large department store in the ited that state before, and since I trip to see the wonderful works of
strawberries, barrels of apples, city, Mrs. R. thinking my judg­ like to study the face of the earth Nature and Nature’s god—man.
cases of eggs, loads of bananas and ment in such matters ought to be as well as the faces of the people, I
The afternoon’s ride to Niagara
boxes of all kinds of fruits and good, since I had been raised on a began to look around while the
Falls was delightful, indeed. The
green vegetables piled high on the farm in a fruit country. Time will train halted for breakfast. The
trees, with their green foliage, portion of Canada through which
walk, with a narrow passage tell.
During mv few days’ stay in looked refreshing, and a luxuriant we passed is about the same as
through the center for people to
Michigan and is lovely at this
travel—or attempt to travel. Men Chicago most of my time was spent growth of grass covered the ground.
season of the year. We arrived at
are running here and there with with Mr. A. E. Gammage, presi­ Immense apple orchards w’ere on
London at 4:30 o’clock. London
truck-loads of goods and buyers dent of the Chicago Secular Union. every side, and the country has the
is a large, beautiful city and is a
are busy inspecting the goods and Mr. Gammage is an attorney of general appearance, at this time of
great railroad center for Western
getting prices. Messenger boys are splendid ability and a Secularist in the year, of Western Oregon. It
Canada. There I noticed more dif­
running here and there delivering every sense of the word, and I was pleased me to see orchards again,
ference in the faces of the people
messages, and now and then a glad of the opportunity to get his and as we sped along toward the
than I did in the face of the earth.
bootblack has the nerve to venture assistance in drawing up a charter Canadian border among the rolling
The people looked “Hinglish,” you
along the street and yell “Shine!” for the Liberal University. He hills covered with fields, forests,
If one should stop to get a shine in says there will be no trouble about orchards and trees, with here and know. Most of them are dish­
that jam of humanity there would making the institution solid and there a comfortably situated home, faced, with the dish turned bottom
up. I suppose the people can’t
not be enough left of him to shine, perpetual, and he is anxious to see the ever-changing panorama was
or he would at least be black and it succeed. His help, with that of enough to delight any traveler. help it and it is useless to criticize
them. I am inclined to think that
blue all over. A man doesn’t need others, including Mr. Tenney, will At this time of the year Michigan
a shine on South M ater street, for be of great value in founding our is a lovely state, but in the winter the most of the people I saw are
he is in luck to get out of the place school, free from all creeds and time, I am informed there is a vast not two-faced—they would not
with even his boots on. The street dogmas. Liberals are beginning to difference, when the trees are wear the faces they had on if they
is crowded with drays and express rally to our support now as they naked, the whole country covered possessed others. I don’t mean by
wagons, which deliver and haul have never done before. They with snow and the thermometer this to describe all the people of
Canada. I saw many handsome
away great loads and rattle over have become convinced that we away below Kalamazoo.
Lansing, the capital of Michi­ ones, but most of them were women
the stone pavement with a deafen­ mean business and are in this work
ing noise, and one has to yell at to stay. There is no time to lose, gan, is a lovely city, situated on of course. Who ever saw’ a pretty
tor the summer is upon us and the Grand river. The capital man?
the top of his voice to be heard.
Just before we started across the
In the midst of this busy mass, there is lots of work yet to be done building is on a high elevation
at the corner of Clark street, is the before the building can be made above the railroad track and is suspension bridge at Niagara Falla
plainly visible from the depot. another customs official boarded
office of E. C. Reichwald & ready for school.
Mr. Gammage has a large prac­ We arrived at the city of Port the train. He had on his cap a
Brother, the chief of South Water
street commission merchants. Their tice and is a very busy man. This Huron at noon and waited until 2 copy of the American eagle ren­
office is headquarters for the Amer­ necessitated much waiting on my o’clock before proceeding into Can dered in brass, and when the man
ican Secular Union, where Free- part, but I did so cheerfully, feel­ ada. Two customs officials boarded spoke I thought the eagle had
thought is dealt out in large doses ing that it was for the best interest the train as we left the depot. The “squawked” ; but I was not afraid
arj well as strawberries and aspara­ of the cause. Mr. Gammage is a first one asked me if I was going to this time, for I was leaving the
gus. Mr. Reichwald was the first' splendid entertainer aud one will stop in Canada. I told him I foreign land and had seen Uncle
person to take a stock of green never be lonesome in hi3 company, would not if the Canadian govern- Samuel’s agents before (some of
vegetables on the street. This was I met Mr. Isaac A. Pool while in ment would allow this kind of them brassy) and many an Ameri­
but a few years ago, and he was Chicago and had a very interesting “male” to pass. He grabbed my can eagle. I tried to appear bold
laughed at by all. He is noted for talk with him. Torch of Reason valise, pasted a label on it and and (this time proudly) referred
originality aud his judgment is readers are quite familiar with his w’ent on. I didn’t know whether him to the label. He made a dive
nearly always good. He was not practical productions which have 1 that was a judgment against me as at it with a blue pencil, and when