Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-03-12

Know business man on Nam street who was
refused credit to 1880 for stove worth tw el.e
oOiiars. He Is row director in one of The banks
aud Is worth $4,000 at least. Every cent of
this has been made in Cincinnati during that pc
Rod.
know another business man. also on Main
street, who was refused credit in 1925, by firm
iu the drug line, for the amount of five dollars
In 1880 that every firm lent that very man five
thousand dollars upon his Endorsed nnte.
know an extensive dealer IN the city, now worth
100000, aud who can command more money on
short notice, for sixty. ninety, one hundred
aud twenty days, than almost and man in Cinci-
matt. to whom l. as clerk for grocery house here
in 1880, sold hogshead OF sugar, with great
mlsgivIng and reluctance, under some apprehen
SION of not getting the money when it became
due.
know man whose cred: in 1880 was such
that when trusted him for key of saltpe,re, nv
nv employer told me might have rolled II in the
: Ohio. Since that period he was worih in 1887
one hundred thousand dollars: a again bankrupt
M 1911, aud now worth twenty thousand dol
lars.
know a man good for thirty thousand dollars.
who, ten years ago, exhibited mo, key through
tae streets of Cincinnati for a living.
knew a heavy business man, bank director,
who sold apples IN basket, " hen boy, though the
streets.
knew one The first merchants in our city in
1928. who could at that period have bought entire
blocks of q city credit, director of the
banks, who, ~uhln ten years Uf that period, died
i,solveni aud in;eupcrare.
Another i,flieuIial man of that dav, whose
credit was unlimited, being president of of our
Insurance compani,s, aud also a bank director
lid
Another individual, who considered IN 1887
worth half million of duIars, has died nee lea
wing the estate nsnvent.
Another individual, OF credit equal to al his
wants, and worth, at one lne, twelve thousand
dollars, and Judge of the Court, died IN our city
hospital and buried at the public expense.
have seen him unce aud again presiding al public
meetings.
The tu,:ndrr of the Peniren'iary system, in Penn
sylvania, and we'll known that State aud else
where as public man. died panper in the Cum
merIcal Hospital IN that Civ. have seen him
addressing the Legs allure of that State at Harris
bnrsh. and listened with The aentinned and de-
ference that Would have been paid to john Quinc.
Adams. or any other public man of MS age.
know IA lady, the descendim of distinguished
tGovernor nf Massachusetts. who supports herself
! by her needle. aud the nece Of a Governor Of New
Jersey, sill Iivng. " ho washes for subsistence.
know a lady. who. thirty years ago, IN the city
in Which then lived, was tie cynosure of all eyes
one of the m ISL graceful and beautiful of the sex
and moving in the first circles of wealth and fash
i,u, now engaged in drudgrry aud dependence. al
one dollar and fifty CENTS per week. All these re
side IA this city.
What are the fluctuations Of romance writer's
rompared /" Of the realizes of human llte!-
Cist Gin. ADD.
:. Superstition of Ethiopia. The nation is over
run with superslItions. We can describe only a
few Of them. paper armor is regarded as .
preservaiive againis the weapon of an enemy
The presence .f cross. or any portion ofihe Ri
Die, is supposed To interfere with the labors Of the
blacksmith. Mo metal can he welded. casting
taken from the mould, within sight of the cross
The worker in ron is supposed to be endowed
with supernatural powers, aud 10 be able to trans
form himself pleasure into the likeness of wolf
or hvena. Sickness, aud misfortune are ascrlbe
IN the iilA renee of the evil eve of the bl :ksnilh
Dwarfs treated with much respec', and regard
ed with The utmost fear. No Anhara will ven.
ture To destroy serpent, except Saturday or
Sunday, when the sight Of one is deertied highly
auspicious. Sacrifices ale offered e annually in
the month of June, 10 the evil spirit. One Of their
specifics in disease is 10 turn egg twice towards
The head Of the patient, Gnd then break il beside
him. The sight Of hare is sufficient to shake
the 6rmest nerves. A fox, breaking OF. The left
hand destroys all hape Of success in any UNDER
taking; bat, The right, is highly favourable. An
antelope bounding across the path augurs success.
The appearance of a white buzzard is suspicious.
.nauspcious according TO The position of the tail.
On the banks of the Airara stands g the only
piece of machinery in the kinsdom,---a rude wa
ermil constructed by an Albanian yis.r Rut
the ntolent and ignorant priesthood, pronouncing
the revolution of the wheel to be The of devils and
and genIi, its use interdicted after three DAYS,
aud il has since remained SILENT"
Chris ReuiesC.
o. We panied to annouce our obituary
columns the death of the Honorable GEORGE
MoRELL, Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court of
Michigan. We have not the materials at hand
E,u af the Life a: bod