Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1866-09-18

acquainted only with the prairie thi.
IS q mattel Il establishments But
it is easily explained the land i.
natural to grass--clover and timothy
which enables them to keep a large
number OF sheep and cattle. Oh
these they take the best care and in
return realize large profits in WOO
and beef. OF grain they raise only
what they need for local consump-
ton. saw only one flour mill in
the whole distance | travelled
through the state.
In education the people of Michi~
gan are worthy Of imitation They
have invested in it without stint.
They have not servilely copied any
Of the older states, but, taking what
was good in all of them, they have
enlarged and improved SO much that
Michigan may be said to have a sys-
TEN Of her own, and, unless some
thing is done by her sister states, she
will soon distance them all, Michi-
gan already gathers the largest num-
Der of students, in any one institu>
ton, ut Ann Arbor, and she is the
only state. so far as | know, that
has an Agricultural college in ope-
ration. The fruits Of her school sys-
TEN arc apparent everywhere in the
morality, the intelligence, and the
enterprise Of her citizens.
The people Of Mich. are principal
~ from n. Y. and the warmth of
their devotion to the parent state is
made conspicuous by the names Of
some Of the towns, and 10y the lib,
eral mode of living. For combining
high degree Of afiluence with en-
terprise, probably, no part Of the
country equals \. York.
Friday afternoon | left Adrian
and went down into the swamp. A
gentleman advised me not to travel
there ut night, so ] determined to 90
three miles beyond Bissfield and stop
at a German settlement. At Pal
myra ! cot a ride OF four miles on a
hand car, for which | am indebted
to couple of Irish laborers. At Z
+. o'clock in the evening came to the
German settlement and continued on
for half an hour. Men and women
were at work like house cleaners in
SPRING. burning the logs, ditchirg the
land, and setting out trees But they
were not the Germans whom we are
accustomed to see Thy were but
shadows their checks were sunken,
their bodies cmaciatcd and their
complcXions dark like the Indians
they looked ripe for a cholera har-
vest. found shelter from the mus
qutoes and the night dews in the
cabin OF a pioneer.
Saturday | arose before day and
started for Maumee city. got
breakfast ut a saw mill boarding
house with the hands. 1t was a
good meal served by smart woman,
Il thing inconsistent with the swamp
air, bat she lives the larger part Of
the year in Adrian she told me.
About 10 O'clock | crossed the boun-
darv line between Mich. and Ohio
and passed through Sylvania, Be
yond the village | encountered
SlItIllS III W ulCl ONCA ~ " iii lilN
road, several of which | passed by
stepping on logs and fallen limbs.
As | was going along | met a two
horse team. The driver told me that
he had come from Maumee that NOR
ming and that the road was flooded !;
he said il would be impossible to go
on foot. So | concluded to turn
back and 90 by rail to Toledo and
thence to Cleveland | toied back
at midday to the rail road station.
The day was unusually hot and the air
quivered with ascending vapors.
The swamp was in its glory, and the
aquatic plants with gaping cells in
hailed the noxious gases. The higher
orders Of vegetation dropped Even
the frogs and turtles were ovcrpow-
cred and rctreated to shady coverts.
The depot afforded no comfort it
was a cramped up place, an appen>
dagc to a baggage room. On the
track in front TODD an engine, with the
pavmaster's car attached, blowing
off steam the bands and caps OF
polished brass flashed a dazzling "a
dance and nothing was wanting to
suggest to three of the senses the
idea OF sultry heat. Hoping to find
a more comfortable place, | crossed
the road to what appeared to be a
store. 1t was hastily constructed
affair and on the inside ii was unfn-
ished. On one side, behind y counter
some eight feet in length was arran-
ged the whole stock in trade. 1t
consisted of box of crackers, box
of brown sugar, little tea, half a
dozen lemons arranged in plain
sight on the shelf, some jars Of can
dy, several ..decantcrs OF different
colored liquors and several kegs OF
beer. | have failed to name a bunch
of segars and half dozen boxes OF
matches. But the great thing was
beer. | stopped there more than two
hours waiting for the train. In.duC
time after dinner the customers be-
: gan to drop in one at a time. Most
of them We're worn out looking, bui
the shop keeper was jolly enough and
he rubbed his bald pate with salts
faction as he saw his constituency
gathering. Some of them were ole
and servle, but the younger portion
were reckless, and their mettle broke
) ont in smacking jokes and shameless