Here's to Chicago, That Tipplin' Town

Hog Butcher for the World. Player with Railroads. City of the Big Shoulders. These are a few of the lines from Carl Sandburg's famous take on Chicago, circa 1916. Today, Chicago might be better described as City of the Big Zinfandels. - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 68204.html

Dave148 wrote:Hog Butcher for the World. Player with Railroads. City of the Big Shoulders. These are a few of the lines from Carl Sandburg's famous take on Chicago, circa 1916. Today, Chicago might be better described as City of the Big Zinfandels. - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 68204.html

Thanks for sharing, Dave...I might have otherwise missed this.

Perfectly dreadful piece of lazy writing. I concur with the comments. The "Breslin"?