Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1866-09-11
Correspondence Of the Grant County Herald
From Cooper to Observation-Disclosures of a
School Master Continued.

Monday morning, May 1lth, took
leave Of the old gentleman and his
wife, whose kind hospitality has left
apleasant impression OF the people,
and town of Cooper. A walk Of four
miles and slight descent brought me
into the valley Of the Kalamazoo riv-
or.
The valley is fiat and the soil deep
and black, resembling swamp muck
The valley land is chiefly used for
pasture. The city OF Kalamazoo lies
fiat upon the valley, and aside from
the compact mass Of houses, the only
things about it, noticeable from
distance, are the spires OF churches
and cupoIas of the seminary buitings
The city contains some six thousand
inhabitants is we'll built; is laid out
in squares with streets OF liberal
width /; has a large trade with tho sur
rounding country and contains the
Court House, n Baptist Theological
Seminary and a female Seminary.
Near the Court House is a larg
shaded square, on which are clust 're
cd together, the churches Of the city.
The peculiar taste of each sect is
displayed in the architecture Of its
edfec The Baptists, Methodlsts,
and Prcsbvtcriau- have large, una
dorned buildings, closely resembling
each other, vet. something diverse in
size aud finish, The Epiacopalians
prefer the gothic architecture OF The
middle ages rs stained glass windows
and ivy clad walls 1t is Il beautiful
sight to see these temples Of Religion
each scpcrate in form yet one in pur-
pose, standing on the same ground
and not far oil the temple Of Justice
Ut symboIizcs a fact which the mil
Venium will make plain to every un-
derstanding, namely, that all sects
which spring from the gospel are
one, and that human Jaw is, and
onght to be regarded. the hand maid
. Of divine law
Monday noon left kalamazoo for
Marshall, forty miles distant. The
Wagon road runs along the line of
the Mich. Central r. r. and passes
through the most considerable towns
in this part Of the State.
The land however did not appear
10 me SO desirable ~ much that | had
already seen in the western part of
the State entered sand and gray
ell region rs soon rs ! passed the
eastern limits of the city, and the
houses were Of a piece with the soil,
they were few IN number and mes
elected in appearance. Nine miles
from Kalamazoo passed through. the
village OF GaIcsburg a pretty place
located on a flat three miles to the
east | stopped for supper at q farm
house
A short, thick set woman, III cali
co dress and sleeves rolled above the
elbow, came TO the door She was Il
woman OF sixty. | asked her il she
you'd let me have bowl of milk.
Said She, yes, ! never refuse any
body a bowl OF milk She scanned
me from head to foot, hut. rs soon rs
she had assured herself that was all
right, she became talkativc and spar
cd no pains to Get me good supper
She was for getting tea and bread
but. as | had some brown bread and
crackers, | told her bowl Of milk
would be sufficient While | was
eating She talked about her son four
OF whom had been to the war ana one
aad been killed. and about the carly
settlement of the country fthirtY
years ago, when they were nil pros
trated with the ague. She was nat
urally tough woman, full of energy,
but the climate had entirey subdued
her.
l told her, knew she was q yam
kec woman Yes" said she, am.
i was born in Vermont and raised in
York state. But how did you know
/ was a Yankee
Il know by the way you keep
house" said l, "you keep things
scrubbed up and oriery' This was
au Introduction TO closer acQuaint-
arce and We TALKED long time to-
gether. When / arose to 90 away
She ran down the cellar and brought