Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-02-14
Written for the Newsdealer.
fpsllanti, Michigan.

T.. NAM ADiAoh Auto uSausioA "SSVSin
city, received its name in honor of a mod
ern Greek general, of distinction; hence
its un- Euglish but classic cognomen. y
| am becoming almost acclimated, and
naturalizcd here, owing to the fact that |
am waiting for box by rail road, which
was taken from my home in johnson the
25th of December last, by the big team"
for Waterbury, Vt. 1t is now "over due"
fifteen days. Don't you think it is sort
of pleasant to call at the depot fifteen days
in succession, Sundays excepted) to be
told every time nothing for you, Sir"
We Rvs in great age Sir, an age Of
steam, and rail roads; only think of it,
thirty-fve days between johnson and
Ypsilanti, and not here yet A good line
for some smart Yankee to put on acheei-
barrow express. t... ...
But this is pretty place for all that.
Ypsilanti is situated on the banks of the
Huron river, about thirty miles west of
Detroit, OH the Michigan Central r. R.
The banks on each side of the river, arc
finely adapted to make the place slightly
and pleasant. The river very nearly d.
vides it into two equal parts. On The
western side, besides many beautiful resi-
denccs, and five churches, the post Office,
two banks, stores, shops, &C., and the
Normal and Union schools, The Normal
school is State institution, designed ex-
pressly for fitting teachers. The Union
is the City Seminary: splendid brick
building, three stories high, with five to
seven hundred scholars, and superior
Board of teachers. ...~
On the east side of the river are the
Central R. R. depot, two or three banks,
fire, insurance, lawyers and other Offices,
and the manufacturing interests. Among
these are very large paper mill. which
supplies sheets for some of the Chicago
newspapers. Also large stave factory,
for making apple pork and -four barrels
Immense quantities of slaves are sent to
Illinois, where pork and -four are plenty,
and timber scarce. The machinery for
stave making is curious and efficient. The
blocks of timber are cut the right length
for slaves, then steamed soft and laid
crosswise before mouth that bites off q
stave at every snap, which renders jaw
working like persons, only driven by
steam, instead Of hunger. This motion is
repeated nearly twice every second. so that
slaves enough can be cut for four -four
barrels in minute. There are also two
large Touring mills in the place, driven
constantly with business and this is a
specimen of the immense traffic in -four,
through southern and central Michigan.
The "big OK" is attracting some at.
tention here. A gentleman has an OK five
years old, that he hopes to get up to 1000
lbs. by the middle Of February. when be
is contracted for market. The owner Of
the animal hopes to get $3.50 for him, as
he is to have 9 cents per pound, live
weight. He stands full FIVE feet high,
; and is long, wide and deep in proportion.
Where is Barnum? / believe, though, he
has found little Mutt" down in New
Hampshire, to crack. Oh yes. and that
makes me think there is brother oil
; Rarnums here in Ypsilanti. have seer
him in the street several times, with his
wood saw on his shoulder, and brigh,
red rum blossom on his nose. Why don't
P. 7. get him up for show A? Probably
because such blossoms ure no rarity. j.
The climate Of this place is delightful
The sun seems to be bound to shine; moi
only in fair weather, but in foul. When
a storm occurs, it is soon followed by
beautiful weather. We are now in the
: midst of winter. The snow is not foot
in depth; the mercury has not been ter
degrees below zero, yet, and people begir
: to talk of sleighing breaking up for this
winter. If western summers are as de-
lightful in proportion as the winters, thi!
must be a very desirable place TO live.
; A few evenings since. debate was got
ten up by society here, on the question
q whether the Union can be preserved
without reconstruction Of the Constitn
ton. Some very good things we're sale
| on both Sides until lawyer in the city
!. was called upon to sneak. and took IL nm