The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-03-12
Things Personal and otherwise.

After two weeks absence the writer
of this article returns to nis duties feeling
much improved in body and mind, and
greatly encouraged by the kindness shown
him everywhere on his journey. At the
Convention we met many old time ner-
sonal friends-some whose faces we had
not seen for years. In the Rock County
delegation we found Dr. III. p. Strong
who by the way thinks our Doctor Barnes
the "meanest man in America because
he don write to him L. A Wheeler
Esq, and Ingersol editor and proprietor
of the Beloit Journal In the Fond du
Lac delegation was Col G. H. De Groat
and others; from jackson County Capt.
Jack Watrous-Capt we can't recognize
that staff appointment of Colonel, we
think too much for you from Waukesha
Reid of the Freeman; from Walworth,
A. J. Cheney and from Appleton DR.. NJ.
NJ. Davis. These gentlemen added very
much to our enjoyment of the occasion.
and we shall remember them with CRATE
full feelings when gray hairs shall adorn
our noble brow (see Artemus Ward. J
We met in Madison Mr. Horace Rublee
and Gen. Atwood of the Journal, Gen.
Thomas Allen, Secretary of State, and
other prominent men. Madison has a
beautiful location and is rapidly becoming
a city of note. Her business men show
an enterprising spirit and the town wears
cheerful appearance. We spent one
day in Beloit, one of the finest towns in
Wisconsin. We met many old friends
and had a general good time. We visited
the Rock River Paper Mills located on
Rock River in the outskirts of Beloit,
and were shown all through the institu-
ton by Mr. Merrill It is the most ex-
tensive establishment of the kind in the
west, and is being enlarged constantly
1t manufactures paper, almost entirely
from straw, of a superior quality. On
the cars we met Mr.. Derbyshire a gen
tleman from Kenosha County who
gave us valuable information regard
ing the farming operations of his
locality. We are sorry that we could not
accept the kind invitation received from
him to spend a few days at his home
In Chicago mr. John e. Throop, a lum-
Der merchant of that fast city, entertain
ed us at his home IN generous style, and
had it not been for the fact that we lived
in Manitowoc we should probably have
fallen in love with Chicago, We had a
splendid time, though as a skatist we
freely acknowledge we are nowhere after
witnessing the almost incredible feats
performed by some of the professionals
at the West Side Rink, These individ-
uals generally skate on the "outer edge. -
Some times they go it alone on one foot
and for variety waltz around the course
on their toes. The Champion, Good
rich, wears something less than a peck
Of gold medals, and the little sprite,
Nellie Dean, about aquart-er When they
commenced to skate we stopped after
they had skated ten minutes a humble
individual about our size was seen taking
off the shining irons from his pedestals
and vending his way to seat. Their
performances were well worth witnessing
At Milwaukee we met Smith what a hor-
rid name y the genial editor in chief,
and Martin, local, of the Sentinel
These men know their business, and un
der their fostering care the Sentinel is
looking up. We also found our old army
friend H. I'll. Markham ESD !, with whom
we passed pleasant hour An evening
at the residence Of Capt. Kirkland was
pleasantly spent. although in getting
there we greatly needed a ife-preserver,
it rained SO hard. On the Propeller
Truesdell we found that old friend of ours
and everybody else-Gregg Hurson.
We were on the boat two days and had
more fun in that brief space of time than
is usually crowded into month Capt
Kirkland and his oblging officers with
quite a list of passengers among whom
was Hitchcock formerly of this place.
made UP lively company and of all the
talking, arguing. blufing, blowing and
Polly Ticks that we ever heard of this
excclled. We shall remember the winter
trip on the TuesdeN for many years.
We arrived home on the 9th inst. having
been gone just two weeks.