Thence they went by boat up the Hudson and by. Erie Canal and around the Lakes they came to Chicago. seeking a home in that far western country. Asiatic cholera came. was epidemic at the time. and of my mothers own family of 11. 6 passed away after they came to Chicago and on journey to the new home In western Illinois. How those people surmounted those difficulties Is something wonderful. My father was an educated man. The family would not have been eliminated by this bill on account of the literacy test. The New England settlers that lived in that countrythe Americanscame to him for advice and for help to conduct their business. Those people knew what it meant to develop the country. and the American of that day who lived in that country had to hustle and move forward to keep up with the procession. The door of my parents was ever open to all honest people. however poor. to every nationality. foreign born or native. regardless of creed or religion. and they were ever welcome. I do not know whether every man and woman or child on the bark Charles Tottio could read or write. It makes no difference. for I do know that they tilled the soil. sowed the seeds. harvested the crops. and made that country. blossom as a rose.
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