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SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY,   MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1882.
VOL. II. NO. 32.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
PROFESSIONAL.
Q   C, JENKINS,
Surgical and Mechanical
DENTIST.
Office, 19 South Main Street, opposite First
National Bank,
.A.an-n. .A.r'bo-c*,   -  S^ioli.
JJ   P. MoLACHLAN,
Physiciars t^nd Surgeon,
Office and residence opposite M. JE. Church,
Adrian street, Saline, Mich.
Q  W. CHANDLER, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
All calls promptly attended to. O.liee at residence, first door north of M. E. Church.
TP JONES & SON,
Attorneys.
AU kinds of legal papers neatly and correctly
drawn. Collections made and promptly remitted.   Office on Mc Kay street, Saline, Mich.
E. 3 ones. Frank E. Jones.
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And Justice of the Peace. Office over-Nichols
Bro's. store, Ghicago street, Saline, Michigan.
Y*rj  E. HTrMPHRET,
ReaS Estate Agent.
Government Lands located. 20,000 acres of
choice wheat lands for sale. Correspondence
solicited.   Ellshury, Barnes Co., D. T.
ETESGELLANEOTJS.
Mrs. W. F. LAilZELEKE,
The Old and Keliaole
DRESSMAKER and CUTTER
Again offers her services to the ladies of
this vicinity.
PRICES 5^SJA.S03Sr^-3HiE3
and Satisfaction Guaranteed.     Shop at
residence on Henry street, west.
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that she is n w prop 1*01
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Over Niea >ls ISi'.j's dra.^ scare.
Where she will b: in att'ja-l tar- h3i-33lf, on
Tuesday of each vcek.
MRS. ft!. L. FOSSES
Invites th* l-i ltes of Saline aad vieiuity to
call and e*camina her elegant ner.v stock of
Drfng&SaiflMMB!l38r/8'30dj
Booais over Daveiip;>rt & Son's at.*r-
CEO. R- SHERMAN,
The old and reliable
Wagon and Carriage Maker.
Job work and repairins: promptly done at reasonable rates.   Shop on Chicago St., west.
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MVROR WEBB,
JUSTICE  OF THE  PEACE,
And Insurance Agent.
COXVEV.VXCl.Nf- ATTENDED TO PROMPTLY.
Special Attention Given to Collections.
Office 3d door west of the postoffice.
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Notary Public, Real  Estate,
IKSCftASt'-" .IND COLLBOrtON AGrEXCr.
Office over X. C. Putnam & f * >'s. store, Milan,
Mich.   All luHiiK'ss cntru-£«'d to mo  will
reenvc nr/aiiu attyution.
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HAUS£R~& CLAR K,
Proprietors of
THE NEW LIVERY STABLE
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OLD AMERICAN HOUSE BARN;
HYM>, FOR WORSHIP.
PBOF. -WILLIAM 0. EIOHAEDS D. D., PH. D.
Holy are Thy Courts, O Gon!
May I come with holy fear—
Where Thy saints of old have trod,
Where Thy children now appear.
I would, leave the world wiihout,
All its joys and cares forgot;
Not a sinful hope, or doubt,
Left, my praise, or prayer, to blot.
To Thy strength, Eternal Power,
I rny weakness humbly bring:
Hide me while the storm-clouds lower—
In the covei t of Thy wing.
To tbe fountain of Thy Sfrne —
I, in sin's defilement, tie?,
Seeing, in the Christ, Thy face.
That dear Christ who died for n>o.
Now with all my heart ar.d lr.iud,'
Love and homage, Lord X pay,
Leaving earthly things behind—
Heaven and Thee I seek to day.
THE WRECK A.
CONSEQUENCES.
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B. B3 EN EM ANN,
Dealer in the celebrated
Meriden Co.'s Silver Ware !
And "Watches, Clocks & Jewelry,
iloadinarters at Resid-jnee, on Henry St., 2nd
door east of Baptist church.
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THOMAS ECCLES,.
Th-i Pioneer
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Is now located in tho Burg building-, on
Chicago St., wher-s he will be glad to see all
his old cust-iir-'W-. and many now ones.
Repairing Neatly and Promptly Done.
BlOB-
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W. HELLEE & SON.
Horse Shoeing & Biaeksmithlng
If yourhoraafor-r-j;, interfere- or te irregular
inhisr-ait. g-ive u? a call and we will regu-
lata him sr> he will not anoy you.
Special Attention Given
To horses havinarweak and diseased feet.
SHOP OX aNN-AEBOKSTKEBI'.
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Merchant Tailor and Gutter,
I have a fuu Una of samples of goods carried
by a leadinff eastern jobbing- house, which 1
-mllfurnish my customers at
WSOLrSSALB ^>E2,I<EJHI-
I buy my trlmminy- of jobbers and fffye.my
cLiBtomers tho benefit. Don't buy anything* jn
the clothing Hue untilyou have .exiimtaed my
aaaplea and, got my prices. I^will save you
Some/ 'IUVP* warranted. Shop over Dav-
onports & Son's-iStore.
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BLITOH & 1SBELL,
Livery, Sale and Feed Stables,
STAGE AND DKAY LINES!,
office   South Front Street, West Broadway,
T0WEK OECT, DAKOTA.
^S^uJd^^^^'^^iaiWar
°   ways Iurnlshed at reasonable rates,
QCHAIBEB & SCHMIDT,
Propristors of the XJniou Block
MEAT  MARKET.
' — All kinds of —
MEAT, POULTRY, FISH ETC
At Lowest Living Frices,
gajine, Michiiran.
lie stood on the deck of ho ocean
steamer, looking back on the great city
fading away in the distance. He was
not more than thirty-five, but over his
clear-cut features was an expression of
sadness and weariness.
The boisterous waves tossed the
great mass of irGn and wood as though
it had been a straw.
'Pretty rough, Mr. AYallace,' said a
cheery voice behind our friend, 'atleast
the passengers think so ; I believe there
is only one beside yourself—a lady—
who has not retired in disgust, to pay
Fathfsr jSTeptuue tribute. Ah! here she
comes to enjoy this splondid breeze;
you two brave ones should know each
other, especially as you have such a
long voyage to make in company—Mrs.
Chester, allow me to present our new
minister to Japan, Mr. Robert "Wallace.
And then the busy captain hurried
away, never stopping to notice "the
strange conduct of the two whom he
had thus brought together.
The lady, scarcely more than a girl in
years, turned pale, and sank in to a^chair,
like one stricken by a sudden blow, her
dark eyes fixed intently upon the white
face looking down upon her. There
was a silence lasting several moments,
during which each seemed loth to speak;
at length Wallace advanced impulsively until he stood before the lady just
introduced to him as Mrs. Chester.
'Clarice!' he said. 'He called you
Mrs. Chester! How is that? Can it
be your faithless heart, after discarding
the one you had sworn to wait patiently for, and marrying his richer rival,
has so quickly recovered from the shock
of your husband's death, as to take yet
another in his place?'
He spoke rapidly, and she gazed at
him in silence—the look of pain on her
sweet face changing as he went on, into
one of bewilderment.
'I had hoped to never more look on
your face, but now that we have met,
I would like to know the process by
which yon arrived at the point of jilting
the man, who had left you, so hopefully, to win thefoituneyou wereto share,
and marrying the man you had always
professed to despise! Martin Boyd
was rieh! that is your answer is it
not?'
'I do not understand you, Mr. Wallace,' 'You speak as if I had married
Mr. Boyd.'
He drew from his wallet, a bit of
newspaper crumpled and worn, and
placed it in her hands.
'There is the print I have kept it by
me these two years, I have studied it
over and over, till I know every word—
Married.—In Washington, January
10th, by Rev. John Watson, Clarice
Lor ton, to Martin Boyd.
There is the proof! that just six
months after I left you under a promise
to your father—not to write to you for
one year—you deliberately broke your
solemn pledge to me, and married another!'
Clarice Chester had been looking from
him to the bit of paper she held in her
hand, a strange, look of pain, and fear
deepening on her features; she spoke
slowly. 'This is a marriage notice of
a cousin of mine of the samename; she
went to Washington after you left and
married Martin Boyd. I never .broke
faith with you, before the stipulated
year was out, you, youiself were married.
'Clarice, was this that you have told
me, the reason you broke your plighted
word to me? But for—tor my marriage, he smiled bitterly as he emphasized these last two words, 'would you
have waited for me to come back ?'
Some rnagic in his earnest tone and
words seemed to compel her to answer
in spite of her proud will. -A Lorton's
word is never broken! I refused John
Chester's pleadings for more than a
year, and yielded at last, only three
months ago, because my dear mother
needed the luxuries that I could give
her in no other way.'
Robert Wallace laid his hand on her
shoulder, in a tender, pitying way.
'Clarice,' he said solemnly, 'the letter
thatwa3 shown you ay mine was a
forgery. John Chester advised me to
cast you from my heart, or, if I could
not all at once, to seek f orgetf ulness in
travel. I was stricken down with
fever, but the doctors pulled me
through. And then I went far away,
to Africa, to India, then back to Washington, for I heard that Martin Boyd
was dead, his widow had gene west to
live; then I was appointed minister to
Japan, and I accepted, hoping in hard
work to forget. And now, now—Oh!
Clarice, that bad man has deceived us
both, and ha§ gained his point and made
wreck of our lives.'
'Hush, Robert,' she interrupted, in a
voice full of sorrow, -remember, that
no matter how he became such, John
Chester is my husband. Until now I
have found it easy to respect him.
Robert, for my sake,—yes, for my sake
do not punish him for his sin; it is too
late to remedy its. consequences now;
and it Irill come oufc all right some day.
You and l»ba.ve 'lone no wrong to each
other, wen** iopo longer the bitterness
of that belief, let*us not do wrong now!
we must not talk together again. And
Robert, do not speak one^word to Chester, I will tell him his faitA£^-^s4 is laid
bare, and then wo will leavem <uthe
Banas of Providence.' \ia   "f
She turned hastily away, their^^r4
by an irresistible impulse, came b^v5
and laid her hand on her compani^
'You don't like the looks of that barometer, I see, Mr. Wallace,' said the captain, 'neither do I, to tell the truth. I
don't like cyclones with a ship full of
passengers and the glass is certainly
hinting strongly at one. I must: hurry
off now and see all tautforatussel with
the storm-king.'
Two hours later the steamer began to
feel the long, rolling swell, that presaged the approach of a yet rougher sea,
and in five hours after the first warning had been given, she was pitching
and tossing in the midst of such a fierce
warfare of the elements, as even the
ve eran captain had seldom encountered.
Ail night, and all day the steamer battled bravely with the.-aging sea,; and yet
the storm showed no signs of abating,
and when the second night drew on,
the heavy seas began to break over the
laboring vessel. Standing at the captain's side, stern, silent, not with fear
for himself, but for one dearer, was Robert Wallace; standing there, in the flying spray and whistling wind, that he
might be the fir3b to know when the
end had actually come, so that,he might
try to save hei, or failing in that to die
at her side.
The man who had so basely parted
their two lives was cowering in abject
fear, wringing his hands and moaning,
while she sought in vain to impart to
his cowardly heart some of the brave
spirit than beat in hers. '
Ink black gloom surrounded the vessel on every side, save when the flashing lightning for an instant illuminated
the scene and revealed its horrors.
Stout hearts qualed as the wind roared
through the cordage with a savage relentless howl. Still, ail through the
night the noble ship buffeted the mighty sea, and the hours of darkness passed
away, and as the light of morning came
the winds and the waves were actually
abating, and the worst was over.
The worst of the storm? ah, yes, bub
not the worst, of the peril; for just as
hope dawned, there came to the captain
from below, a man with a face white
and ghastly, bringing the appalling tidings that the water was pouring in
rapidly through the strained, seams,
and that the pumps would not work.
One instant the gallant sailor stood
in silent horror; then he gave his orders
quietly and calmly, and while some of
the crew made what haste they could
to collect provisions, and store them in
the boats, others summoned the panic
stricken passengers on deck.
It was a forlorn hope, that of finding
safety in those frail little shells of"
wood, albeit they were really good and
stout. It was the only visible hope, so,
as the order wa3 given to enter the
boats before lowering them, there was
a mad, frantic rush, each determined to
be first to quit the sinking ship.
In vain officers and men expostulated; the first boat was over-loaded,
and even as she was being cautiously
lowered to the surface of the angry
sea, several more of the fear-maddened
passengers leaped in, ainong them John
Chester, craven as well as base, giving
no thought to the wife against whom
he had sinned.
Slowly, slowly the boat crept down
towards the foaming waters, a few moments of breathless suspense, and then
as a huge wave came rolling along she
was lifted on its crest and the little
craft swept safely away from the ill-
fated ship.
Safely, did we say? Alas and alas!
Even as the second boat was about to
be lowered, there rose a fearful cry as
a great wave poised for an instant and
came down leaving in its track a few
broken planks and. struggling victims;
in a few moments these too^had vanished in the foaming caldrohi
An awful stillness fell upon those on
deck, and then the captain spoke, slowly and solemnly.
•My friends, it is with you to choose
■whether you will dio as the others or
wait quiely here, and go down with
the ship. I think we can best prepare
to meet our God by staying here.
And so it came about that, the others
remained on the wreck, Wtdting for
the final moment when she should
plunge into tho dep ths of the ocean.
An hour passed, another, and another
and still the waves ran high.
Another hour, and yet another, and
then the captain i'ose up, Ma eyes
sparkling, his voice faltering.
'My friends!' he cried, 'go down on
your knees and thank God for his mercy; we shall-b8 saved. The ship has
not settled an inch these last two hours;
she is water logged, and will float until the sea is smooth enough for the
boats.   Thank God, I say!'
'Thank God, thank God indeed!'
whispered Robert Wallace, as he knelt
in reverent gratitude.
And afterward, when the wrecked
steamer had been left alone upon the
waters, and the well-provisioned boats,
were at last picked up by a homeward
bound vessel, Robert Wallace felt that
God was indeed a God of love and of
justice, whose ways are nob as our
ways.
A year later, two who had seemed irrevocably asunder, stood as husband
and wife, bub a strange look of awe
crept over the bride's sweet face, as her
thoughts went back to that other one
who lay under the waves.    '..".■
The Army of the Potomac.
The Society or the Army of the Potomac was organized at Steiaway Hall,
lew .York, July\5th, and 6th, 1869.
It includes every officer and enlisted
man who has at anytime served with
honor in that army, and been honorably discharged therefrom, or remains
in service in the regular army. ^The
Object of the society is to cherish the
memories and associations of the army
of the Potomac; to strengthen the ties
of fraternal fellowship and sympathy
formed from companionship in that
army; to prepetuate the name and fame
of those who have fallen either on the
field of battle or in the line of duty with
that army; to collect and preserve the
record of its great achievements, its
numerous and well-contested battles,
its campaigns, marches and skirmishes.
Lieut. Gen.. P. H. Sheridan was the first
President. , .    .   - •     .
Tlie second annual reunion of the
society was held at Philadelphia, April
9,1870, on the fifth anniversary of the
surrender at Appomattox. court house,
under the presidency of General George
G. Meade. Among those who made
speeches at the banquet in the evening
were Generals Grant, Sherman, Burn-
side, Belknap, Meade, Wright and McDowell. *
The third;reunion was held in Boston,
May 12,1871, on the anniversary of the
battle of Spottsylvahia .court house,
under the presidency of General Hooker. There was an oration by General
Lucius Fairchild of Wisconsin, and a
poem by Bret Harte.
The fourth reunion was at Cleveland,
May 7, 1872. , General Burnside was
electedjpresKlenfc and General Stewart
L. Woodford delivered the oration. E.
C. Stedman read his poem on "Gettysburg," which Avas written for the occasion.
The fifth reunion took place in Kew
Haven, May 14.1873, with General
Irwin McDowell in the chair. Before
him stood the table upon which Avere
signed the articles of tho surrender a*
Appomattox. The orator 'was General
Devens of Massachusetts,, and the poet
General C. 0. Van Zandt of Rhode
Island..-' '
The sixth reunion wa3 held at Har-
risburg, May 12, 1874 Gen. A. B.
MeCalmont of Pennsylvania had been
selected to deliver the oration, but died
a few days before the meeting. His
place was taken by Maj. A. Wilson
Korris. A poem entitled "To day,"
written by Col. Richard Realf, one of
: the survivors of Old Joim Brown's army of invasion, was read by Capt. C. J.
Arms, and this Avas supplemented by a
poern'written by William O. Stoddard
and read by Gen. Sharpe, Gen. Hancock Avas elected president and Gen.
Garfield responded to the toast, "The
President of the United States."
In 1875 Gen. Hancock was re-elected
president and the regular exercises
were postponed in the expectation of
procuring an unusually large attendance the next year during the centennial exhibition at Philadelphia, -where
the seventh reunion Avas held on the
6th of June, 1876. Gen. John A. Dix
delivered the oration and "William
Winter of ISFeAv York Tribune read a
poem on "The Voice of the Silence."
General John P. Eartraft was chosen
president.
Por the eighth reunion Rev. A. J. P.
Behrends "was selected as orator and
Bayard Taylor as poet. The meeting
was held at Music hall in Providence,
June 27, 1877, and Gen. Henry W.
Slocum Avas chosen president.
The ninth reunion Avas held at
Springfield, Mass., June 5,1878, under
the presidency of General Franklin.
R. II. Stoddard read a puern on "The
"Victories of Peace" and Henry Ward
Beecher delivered the oration. Here
was inaugurated the "bummers' meeting." This post-prandial institution
has been kept up ab subsequent reunions.
The tenth reunion was at Albany,
June 18, 1879, Avhen P. M. Pinch Avas
the poet and General Joseph R. Haw-
ley the orator. A poem Avas also read
at the banquet by William Winter.
General Daniel E. Sickles Avas elected
president.
The eleventh reunion Avas at Burlington, Vt, June 16, 1880, with a
poem by Joaquin Miller, and an oration by Luther R. Marsh. General H.
G. Wright Avas chosen president, and
General Sheridan officiated-as temporary chairman for the <{bummers."
The twelfth reunion Avas at Hartford,
June 8,1881, under command of General Charles Devens, who officiated as
president at the exercises until his sue
;eessor was chosen in Detroit. The
poet at Hartford, was Colonel Samuel
B. Summer, and the oration wa3 delivered by Daniel Dougherty of Philadelphia.
Gen. and Mrs.  Sheridan,   Gen. D. E.
Sickles and J. B. O'Reilly.
The survivors of the Sixteenth Infantry held a meeting at the Madison
House, Tuesday evening, Capt. S. Martin in the chair. Forty-five members
were present.
The Tuesday evening trains brought
in many ex-soldiers and crowds of visitors, but the number was greatly increased by the night and early morning trains. The city is robed in the
splendor of electric lights, of green, red
and Chinese lanterns by night, and
with stars and stripes from every window and tower by day, and the enthusiastic masses say, "Forever float that
standard sheet!"
Thursday in Detroit Avas a grand holiday. The business houses were nearly
all closed.
Survivors of the Mexican Avar formed
a part of the procession.
Capt. Kantz of the TJ. S. steamer
Michigan, with his officers and men,
followed the troops from Fort Wayne
in line of march.
The Chicago Board of Trade Guards
came to Detroit in a special car, arriving
Thursday morning.
Tuesday, the 13th day of June, 1864,
18 years ago, the army of the Potomac,
with Gen. Grant at its head, crossed to
the south side of the James river. The
survivors represent men of Bull Run,
Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, South
Mountain, the Wilderness, Spottsylva-
nia, Petersburg and Appomatox. Soma
are scarred. Some are maiaed. All are
heroes.   *
an important work .by giving forestry
an honorable place among their respective courses of stu y. Whether
there is a science of forestry yet or
not in the United States, there will be
before long; an intelligent and interested action on the part of these institutions will further its interests.
(e.) The general government still
owns something over a million of
acres in Michigan, and large tracts
of land are yet under the control of
the state. If even a portion • f this
could be reserved as permanent
forest, and placed under the
direction of practical forester"*, a
thing would bs accomplished that,
unlikely and unreasonable as it may
appear at present, future generations
would thank us for.
CYCLONES.
Over 100 Lives Lost.
Michigan Forests.
Officers Elect.
Legs were the basis of a suit in a justice court in Cincinnati recently. Mrs.
Kate Garmore, a handsome brunette,
objected to some remarks made by
neighboring youths relative to that part
of her anatomy which she confidently
believed her dress concealed. But ib
seems that on one occasion playful
breezes revealed the facb that She wore
striped hose, and one youth made an
indecorous remark, suggesting that
some one "shoot them legs." Mrs. Gar-
more constructed this into an invitation
to fracture* the peace, and desired to
have the offenders put under bonds not
to shatter that very desirable ideality.
Tho courb quite look her vIoav of the
case, and bound tho defendants in $50
each.
The commodity known as manila, or
manila hemp, Is obtained from tho
fibrous leaf stalks of a tree growing in
At the annual business of the army
of the Potomac. The Treasurer, Gen.
M. T. McMahon, reported a balance of
$724 21 in the treasury. Gen. AndreAv
A. Humphrey was elected president.
Vice-Presidents—Col. A. M. Edwards, Detroit; Gen. E. W. Encks,
Wisconsin; Gen. Byron Pierce, Grand
Rapids; General Gen. Stephen Moffatt,
New York; Maj. Joseph H. Stiner,
New York; General Thomas W. Hyde,
Maine; Gen. 0. M. Poe, Engineer Corps;
Capt. E. F. Grabill, Michigan; General
Albert E. Payne, U. S. V.; Gen. R. A.
Alger, Detroit; Gen. Charles H. Tompkins, TJ. S. A.; Gen. D. D. Wiley. U.
S.V.
Treasurer—General M. T. McMahon,
Hew York.
'Recording 'Secretary'—Colonel H. 0.
King, New York.
Corresponding Secretary—Gen. Geo.
H. Sharpe, Kingston, IS". Y.
Washington, D. C, was elected as
the place of holding the reunion of the
Army of the Potomac iu 1883.
Reunion Notes.
the Philipinc islands and of the same
!«ern«-nus as the banana and plantain trees.
bowed head, as he sat speechless.   >iie|b^i hemp is Obtained from a species
brave, do your life's work wejSTand of a'lw^, produced largely in Mexico and
■H£.0,.irfitott Block,
cheerfully
Awcek later two men sab ipt the captain's cabin, each, in the pauses of con-
yersabion, casting furtive-glances afc a
little instrument that hung upon the
wall.
largely
closely rejatcd to our American century
plant.       hT-^
Rei>kkssion>s-A clog, being upbraid-
ed by an ass for low bar,*-™, replied
that, if he did not bray so nW|j, about
it, there would be less noise. \>
Gen. Grant and AVife reached Detroit
Tuesday evening by the Canada Southern, and were escorted to their quarters at the Russell House by Mayor
Thompson, in a way so quiet that the
crowd did not notie'e it.
Gen. E. S. Bragg was met at the depot on Tuesday evening by about 60
survivors of the Twenty-fourth Michi
gan Infantry, the Detroit Light Guard
and band and escorted to the residence
of Dr, Yernans, where he held an informal reception.
Among other distinguished guests
quartered at the Rusgell House,  are
Prof. V. M. Spalding, of Michigan
University, addressed the Congress of
Forestry at Cincinnati, in britf, as
follows :
Michigan, of all states, should have
a practical interest in forestry. The
forest products of ths state already
marketed amount to over $800,000,-
000, and in the single year 1879 the
timber product was sold for $60,000,-
000. Michigan produces rrore salt
than any other state in the union, and
the brine is evaporated by means of
the refuse from tte great saw-milis in
the vicinity of Saginaw and other
lumbering towns. Ours is the second
slate in the production of iron, and
the blast furnaces of Elk Kapids,
Iron ton and a number of otters are
drawing their supply of charcoal for
its reduction from the great hard-
Avood forests in their vicinity. In
these and a multitude of ways our
material prosperity is dependent upon the forests of the state.
But these are rapidly disappearing.
The bulletins of the last census show
that the estimated amount of merchantable pine standing in Michigan
May 31, 1880, was 35,000,000,000
feet. At our present rate of eon-
sumption, 5,000,000,000 feet annually, it will take seven years to use up
our pine forests. Suppose the estimates or the amount remaining be
too low; suppose, for safety, that the
pine will last twice as long ag has
been estimated, still the fact thrusts
itself upon us that in a feiv years tlm
great source of wealth will bo gone.
It is evidest, then, that if we are
to have forest's in Michigan, we must
raise them. As soon as the necessity
for this is appreciated, and government and people unite in a settled
purpose to restore our forests, we
shall be met by a number of practical, and perhaps difficult, problems.
What parts of the state and what
proportion of area should be covered
with forests? Economists estimate
about twenty-five per cent, but from
the nature of the soil, the physical
characteristics and the commercial interest of Michigan, it is probable that
a larger proportion may profitably
be kept permanently wooded. There
are large areas of the state that are
of far less value for agricultural purposes than they are for raising timber.
What AA'eight ought we to assign to
tho 'principle of rotation or succession
of forest trees? Can Ave raise the
white pine in the same regions where
it has just been removed? The Aveight
of evidence seems to be in favor of the
opinion that we need not wait to prepare the ground by raising successive
generations of comparatively worthless shrubs and trees, but thatlhe
white pipe,and other valuable trees
may be planted at once with every
prospect" of a good return." What
shall we do with, the sand dunes
along the shore of Lake Michigan?
See that they are kept covered with
vegetation. Study the Avay in which
nature has controlled them, and be
careful not to interfere with it
Grow the Ailanthus glandulosa upon
the sands. ; .
Admitting that it is desirable that
the planting of trees in Michigan
should be undertaken at once iind in
earnest, what are the means :of securing this and of securing the best
results?
(a.) Suitable legislation will help.
The state of*Iowa has been eminently
successful in securing the plautticg
of trees by a law that exempts $100
from taxation for ten years for every
acre of forest trees planted. .
■ (b.) The state ought to be establishing facts upon which te.|)q,se the
future management of the great work
of rehabilitating its waste lands with
forests. There is need; of experimental stations, where trees can be planted and their adaptability to Climate
and soil noted.
(.c*) The railroads, too, can aid
greatly by taking a right position in
the matter. Those of the state of
Michigan own lines aggregating over
4,000 miles iu leugtb, and with large
graDlsof valuablo laud, they control
in a very great measure, the agricultural and commercial interests of
large; areas of tho state. An abundant supply of wood for* ties and
manufacturing purposes is a prime
necessity of all these roads,, and may
be secured by the, adoption of a liberal and enlightened policy in maintaining or restoring a suitable
amount of forest on their lands.
(d.) A few a£ least of the educational institutions of the state can do
GRINNELIi, IOAVA, IN ETJINS.
The present season has been remarkable for tl-t number and severity of
its terrific storms. A few weeks since
Michigansuffered severely from a widespread storm of this kind; again this
week several localities were visited;
but the mo3t terrible devastation was
wrought in Missouri, Kansas and Iowa.
The greatest destruction occurred at
Grinnell, la., where the storm destroyed
many of the most imposing, solidly built
structures in the place. The college
was demolished and eight students buried in the debris. In some instances
five peisons in a single house were
killed, while the aggregate loss of life
in that one city, it is thought, Avill aggregate 100 persoiis. Sixty-four deaths
are already reported. The number of
dwelling houses destroyed is, stated to
be 143, Avhich entails a loss of $500,000,
Avhich is nearly a total loss, as hardly
any of them are insured against tornadoes, or anything but fire. J. B. Grinnell states that fifty of the people in
losing their homes lose all they have
Outside of Grinnell and in Maleorn and
in the county there i3 also immense
loss. Probably the aggregate of all
Avill not foot up less than $750,000.
The total loss on the college buildings alone is estimated at $60,000 and
of I W.Chamberlaintreasu er$6,C0D..The
easb college, a five-story building was
unroofed and a fire followed. After
completing its Avork of demolition at
bhe college the whirling fiend struck
the Iowa Central railroad, and directly
in its path lay loaded cars. A great
Mogul engine was lifted completely off
the track and the train toppled on
either side,: Across the track was the
building of Prof. J. W. Chamberlain
treasurer, of* the eollege, which was
gathered up ij* sections and dumped
in a disjointed(£*-<s<ap, Dr. R. 2<T. Scott's
house was t^'^-l almost completely
around. C-^Mest iobard's elegaut residence ans? barn"-*are gone. In one
house of nine, four persons were^kill-
ed. In this vicinity, "E". W. Williams'
house was unroofed, .fcrof. He'rrick's
and Mrs. Morris' tw:-^ houses were
hurled together. Not tfar off stood
Lucy Sanders' fine resideitc-e, and what
of it that is not scattered over the adjoining country was dumpea into a
cellar, Avhere the inmates escaped harm
having taken refuge therein. " '-„
ATJIT. PLEASANT,    ' */j
the hurricane was very destructive.
The storms met over the town at half-
past 11 and accompanied by rain and
hail, broke in fearful fury, demolishing
entirely the Baptist Church, at a loss o |
$25,000; striking the spire from the''
Presbyterian .Church, it carried it high
in the air. and inverted it. The point
struck the sidewalk in front of the
ohurch;and was driven into the ground
many feet. The towers and roofs of
all the churches were damaged. Nearly every business house in the city was
unroofed, and the park in the public
square is filled with tin roofs rolled into bunches like wads of* paper. The
rain damaged much merchandise the
whole lasting but forty minuted. -
THREE HUNDEEO DWELLINGS ARE TJN-
EOOFED AND DAMAGED.
Not a single chimney is, left standing,
and thousands of trees are tAvisted off.
Three large brick school houses are in
ruins, but the college buildings escaped,
being protected by a fine grove of trees
in the Campus which are all down.
Only two persons are reported killed, a
mother and son, named Scott, who live
near the city.
The Insane Hospital, Avith 600 inmates, in the track of the storm, is not
damaged. The loss in Mt. Pleasant is
above $150,000.
The State Pioneers.
The State Pioneers held their ninth
annual meeting in Lansing, beginning
Wednesday. Same 200 were in attendance in the evening. Forty members had been added during the year; a
very large number has died. Memorials were read of the late President
Tappan, by H. M. TJtley, and of the
late Gov. Bagley, by Major Hopkins,
each of which called forth interesting
remarks.
TmXESDAY.
On the second day of the meeting
there Avas read a memorial of the life
and times of Wm. A. Burt, of the Saginaw Valley, shoAving the much needed and timely work done in Michigan
by that gentleman when civil engineers and surveyors were scarce, and
rehearsing the studies, and experiments
discoveries and inventions of Mr. Burt
in connection with Douglass Houghton.
Tho next paper read, was prepared
by Senator T. W. Ferry, and was read
by Witter J. Baxter. It was a scholarly and exhaustive treatment of the subject entitled "The Rise and Progress of
Michigan," '-<•.
DETItOIT SCROLLS OF TAfi OLDEM TIME
A paper read by B. O. Wilrlams, entitled: "The Schools of Detroit from
1816, to 1819'' was a moat entertaining
one, The first school attended by Mi.
Williams Avas in the spring of 1816,
and was kept by a Mr. Goff and Avife
in a log house of two rooms, Aviih fire-
plaee and chimney between the rooms.
The house was on the corner of JBates
and Lamed streets. The Goffs were
Scotch, and while the lady Avas an estimable and intelligent teacher Avell
liked, her husband was a drunken—although fairly Avell educated—cruel man
much disliked and finally he became
the object of a plot among the boys to
castigate Mm. The threshing was
given and the school broken up.
The next school in Detroit opened in
June, 1816, and was kept by a Mr.
Danforth, inaloghouse on Woodhridge
street, east of Woodward avenue,"about
where the Bagley Tobacco Works now
stands. Mr. Danforth was a small,
waspish tempered man and very violent.
Mr, Williams has all his life carried a momento of the Danforth school
having since 1816 been very deaf m
consequence of a beating he once received at the hands of the teacher. For
this outrage on the boy, Williams, the
pioneer old man Williams now tells
how Danforth was given one hour in
which to leave the territory, which he
did by going over to Canada. As Mr.
Williams says : "That Avas the last of
the Danforth School,—leaving me a
life-long sufferer from ear ache and
deafness, and I have often reproved
teachers and those having children in
charge or under them, and advised
parents to never box, pinch, or pull the
ears of children.
In 1817 Mr. Williams went to a
school kept by Wm. Brookfield and wife
in the house of Jacob Smith, at the corner of Woodward avenue and Wood-
bridge street. The Brookfields were
much liked by their pupils and greatly promoted the cause of education for
several years in Detroit. During the
winter of 1816-17 Levi Cook also kept
a school in a building owned by Joseph Campau on the west side of Gris-
Avold street, between Jefferson avenue
and Larnard street (the site of the new
Campau building about to be ereeted).
Mr. Cook was well liked and proved a
valuable acquisition to the social and
educational interests of Detroit,
i Mr. Williams' next and last attendance at school in Detroit, was in a new
two-story brick building, probably the
fiilt. school house builb in Michigan
after the great fire of 1805, and certainly tlyi first building ever erected in
Michigan solely for educational purposes, in Avhich English branches Avere
taught. >lt was situated on the west
side of BEtes street, between Lamed
and Congress streets—where Farrand
and Sheley's store now stands—and
was called the! Lancastrian school, with
Lemuel Shattuck of Concord, Mass., as
teacher.
EARLY DA-***' ***-(*; GRAND KAPIDS.
^jtby
Mrs. L. T. WX foiof Grand Rapids,
in a paper, gave a-^**cef ul presentation
*>f the privations, labors, and dangers
met with the pioneers, interspersed
with the relation of incidents, both pathetic and amusing, The historical
value of. the paper is particularly great
to the citizens of Gra-&^c-|pids, as it
nraconfo iho rollcrimi*".   Oi"t:JaCH~,nQi ail/-j
grownd not caring much whether it
lived or died, and he himself died before the tree matured.   War spared it
and the immense yield and find flavor j
attracted   attention.   The   neighbors!
begged cuttings, and in a few years the j
LeConte   was established in two   or
three counties, but it is only in the last
few years that it has made a reputation
away from home.   The tree is one of \
unusual  vigor.   The tree has neverl
been known to blast.   Cut off a twigs
and stick it in the ground and it will j
take root.   The pears are of great size,!
the flavor is exquisite, and a full-sized |
tree will yield from twenty to twenty !
five bushels.   Men have cleared as high j
as $2,000 from seventy-five trees, and
there is not one tree in a hundred that -
will not yield at least fifteen bushels, j
The first of the season sell at about j
$12 per bushel, and the  price never i
goes beloxv $4   Some of those who •
started in first, have made a great deal |
by selling cuttings, and orders ara now \
received from almost every locality in j
America.   The shipments began with |
ten bushels, and this year will be over
10,000.   In three years from this the
shipments will probably counb up, 25,
000.   In three years from this, the
shipments will probably count up 25,
000 bushels and the price may come
down  to a dollar, but at even this
figure, the growers would make a profit
vof $1,000 to the acre.   It is the' only
variety  of pear ever known which
bears each season and has never shown
the slightest signs of blight.
Georgia is putting out a vineyard
for almost every*lJtKgf--^^nfi.eld, and
its grapes Avill be in marketsfe^weeks
before those around the shores oii&sfe-
Erie, The Concord, Salem, Delaware,
Hartford and all other varieties yield
splendidly, and bring such prices as
make farmers look wild.
Georgia is as certain of a big yield of
plums each year, as the farmer is of
potatoes or corn. It is rare that Avorms
or blight fall upon them, and the fruit
is of extraordinary size, and of excellent flavor. Ten plum trees will bring
in about as much money as an acre of
cotton, and the only expense is the picking.
Sum up the fruits of Georgia, and
it amounts to saying that she can raise
any variety in the utmost profusion.
Ten years hence she will raise more
peaches, pears,|plums, grapes and strawberries than any other state in the Union. Her fruit growers are now making more money from ten acres than
any cotton or cereal farmer is from forty
Her boom is not a speculation, but has
been brought about by hard work,-good
planning and common sense investments. - * ^
Twelve thousand tons of locust eggs
would seem "a reasonable number to
have destroyed, but though rewards
offered by the government have
brought about the collection and
destruction of this amonnt the siege is
regarded as a failure, owing to the indifference of farmers and agriculturists
in general who refused to devote themselves to the work with the necessary
enthusiasm.
A War Reminiscence*
!
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AFBOCfcAMATION BY THE GOVEEKOB.
Gov. Sherman of Iowa Lsb issued the following proclamation which saj-ts:
The tornado which passed through the central portion of the state has proven one of the
most frightful calamities in the history of the
Commonwealth. Along the path of the storm,
and especially at Giinnoll and Malcoin, there
was not only a great destruction of property,
but an appalling loss of human life, aud many
who escaped death in their ruined homes are
left iu a condition of suffering and need which
appeals urgently to the generosity of the people. Ready hands and generouB hearts have
already done much tocaro for the wound6d
and shelter the homeless, but the results of so
frightful r disaster must be long and lasting.
I do, therefore, uiost heartily recommend that
all contributions for their relief ba sent to Son.
J. B. Grinnell, who is fully authorized to receive them, aud to whom such a trust of gen-
oroeity may bo most confidently committed,
etc. *•
A Kecolleetion off Lake Travel.
Our travelling companion ivas a
Canadian, a jolly fellow, who loved a
joke, told a good btory, feared God, admired the ladies, and Avas withal an
abominable stammerer. We hadn't
been long aboard Avhen the captain
called our attention to a remarkable
looking individual seated at the other
end of the cabin, whom he declared
was the ugliest-looking man that
ever lived; Avhereupon our friend
from over the line offered to bet the
drinks he had seen a worse one in the
steerage. The bet Avas taken, and off
he started to find his man and bring
him up for comparison. He found the
fellow, avIio Avas a bit o? a wag, as an
intolerable homely man is apt to be,
and Avith the promise of a ''nip" readily gained 'his assent to the trial. As
they entered the cabin Eahuck, with
an air of conscious triumph, turned to
direct attention to his champion, when
he found him trying to insare success
by making faces. "St-st-st-st-op," said
he, '■nc-none of that. Stay just as
God Almighty made you. Tou ca-ea-
can'b be beat."- And lie wasn't.
Boast not of beginnings. President
H. G. Weston of Crozer Theological
Seminary, says that his total salary
the first year of his ministry, was fifty
cents.
presents tho reiigioist;, eaj-^Htional and
social peeulaiities of tM§"$ locality
nearly fifty years ago, "\v^!ised on
plaesant Sundays to cross the river in
a canoe to hear Eev. Mr. Slater preach
in his mission ;w of the time when the
price of land in that vicinity was $2,50
per acre; Avhen the Grand Eapids I/y-
ceuni held their meetings in Dr. Shep-
hard's office; the singing of Mrs. Withey's sister—Mrs. P. B. L. Pierce; of
hoAV the training suits of Mr. Hinsdale
(Mrs. Withey's father) and W. G. Henry were made Into emery balls and
sold fcr the benefit of the Congregational Church, and of scores of other
bits of fact AA'hich sound so oddly to the
younger residents of tho State.
C. J. Walker of Detroit, was chosen
President of the society for thp "next
year, Geo. A. Green, Lansing,' Corresponding Secretary, and Harriet A.
Tenny, Lansing, Eecording Secretary.
Georgia's Fruits,
Georgia put peaches into market on
May 20, and Sew York paid seventy-
five cents apiece for the first crate.
The one crate, the product of two or
three limbs of a peach tree, brought
more money to the owner than an acre
of the best cotton. Peaches will grow
any where in the State. One finds the
tree along the roads, off in the field,
and eAren in the Avoods. And they
hang full. This year the yield is
beyond anything ever seen, and tliS
railroads and steamboats have made
rates that will put Georgia fruit into
all the Northern markets. The largest
poach orchard in the South, if not in
the world is located near Griffin. It
contains 50,000 trees and covers almost
600 acres of land, on the same farm
are 4,000graf ted apple trees and 5,000
fine pear trees. The income of this
year will exceed that of any 2,000
acre wheat ialrrn or cotton plantation.
Georgia is wild over the LeConte
pear. It is equeal to the Californian
in size, and surpasses it in ila\ror.
Some thirty years ago Mr. Le Conte,
being in a NeAV York^Nursery, was
given a seedling. He took it home
to Georgia, gave it. a place'in the
When Mrs. Mary A. Livermore lectured in Albion, Michigan, recently, at
the close of the lecture, an elderly^-
white-haired woman approached her,
with the folio wing inquiry: "Do you
remember   writing a letter  for John
 , of the 12th Michigan Volunteers,
when he lay dying in the Overton
Hospital at Memphis, during the spring
of 1863, and of completing the letter to
his wife and mother after he had died?"
Mrs. Livermore replied that she
wrote so many letters during the war,
under similar circumstances, that she
could not recall any particular ease.
The woman drew a letter from her pocket, that had been torn into pieces in
the folds of the note and was then
stitched together with .fine sewing cotton.
"Do you remember this letter?" she
asked.
Mrs. Livermore recognized her penmanship and admitted her authorship
of the letter. The four pages were
written to his wife and mother," at the
dictation of a young soldier who had
been shot through the lungs, and was
dying of the wound. Then she had
completed the letter by the addition of ~f ~
three pages written by herself, beside
the dead husband and son, in which
she sought to comfort the lonely and
bereaved relatises.
"I think my daughter-in-law and. 11
would have died when we heard that j
John was  dead, but for this letter," !
said the worn and weary-looking wo- j
man.   "It comforted us both, and by- j
and-by, when we heard of other women j
similarly afflicted, we sent them the j
letter to read, till it was worn in pieces.}
Then we sewed the pieces together and j
made  copies of the letter, which we j
sent  to   those  of our acquaintances^ lowborn the war bereft. "~    j
"But Annie, my son's wife, neArer got [
over John's death.  She kept about, and.
worked and went to church, but the life
had gone out of her.   Eight years aco
she died of gastric fever.   One day}-,
little before her death she said, -Mother,
if you  ever find Mrs. Livermore, or
hear of her, I wish you would giye her
my wedding-ring, Avhichhas never-been
off my finger since John put it there,
and which will not be taken off till I
am dead.   Ask her to wear it for John's
sake and mine, and tell her that this
was my dying request.'
"I live eight miles from here, continued the woman, "and when I read
in the papers that you were to lecture
here to-night, I decided to drive over
and. give you the ring, if you will accept it-'* Deeply affli^T-l, by this
touching narrative, v? \cnlar of)
Avhich she is able to ^*
more extended her "t '**
owed and Childless vS
on her finger, with ai
benediction. ■>*£,
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London Spectator, speaking of the
works of Daxwin, Garlyle, Wordsworth
and Newman, says: "Englishmen too
often forget that that which for the
average man is the dull, and, perhaps
even the stupefying life of seclusion is
the very condition under which great
genius is nursed into its highest inten-
sity. The true reason why the thoughts
of men influence them so little is that
they pass over the mind like Avind ovei
the grass, and never really saturate it
It takes solitude to get vourself satu
rated by any thought, and to the ereal
majority of men even solitude will not
effect it, but only lower their thinkine
power to the congealing point,"      ~ *
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