The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-04-14

| yet commenced putting on AIRS MOI
so however with some individuals, in
the township of Lafayette, now Paw
Paw; they had some pride about the
looks Of the main public building at
the county seat, and made out by pri-
yate subscription an additional twelve
hundred dollars, which was added in
the expense to the original CONTRACT
But few Of these volunteers had the
means or disposition, when the building
was completed, to fulfill their separate
contract with Mr.. Godfrey, and conse-
quentIy, vexatious law suit, which re.
suited in defeat, and severe pecuniary
loss to the honest mechanic.
In 1856, Mr.. Godfrey remodeled the
mill taking out the basement story, and
making almost new building of it, ex-
cept the machinery, and added some to
that. The following year he took the
contract Of building the brick Baptist
church, which was better building
than the stipulations of the contract re-
quired, and consequently, not money
making job: he never had the faculty
of sighting his work, and, as a general
result, came out second best" with his
employers.
After all this hard work, Mr.. God
frey built another Touring mill on the
west side of the river, for Dyckman
Stevens and Darling, which was burned
and hence the name of the present
structure on that site, owned by Mr., Is
mon, "Phoenix."
In those days, amusements were
scarce, and work was the steady en-
ployment of old and young. On one
occasion, within Mr.. Godfreys remcm
brance, the towns people Of Paw Paw
in mass, went with four horse teams
to Kalamazoo to attend 18th Of July
celebration; this was a rare occasion
and long to be remembered. The vii
lage of Kalamazoo was then not half as
large as Paw Paw is now, and, at the
time Of Mr.. Godfrey's commencement
there, Paw Paw had but half a dozen
framed buildings, and these very unpre-
tending. Verify the world moves
For continuation of the present
chapter, we give our readers the inter
esting experience of VIM. M. Taylor
and wife. Mr.. Taylor came into Breeds
vile, the township of Columbia, in
Sept, 1884, from Monroe County, N
Y, with company of pioneers Elder
Hinckley, Amos S. Brown, Silas Breed
and Jonathan n. Howard and wife, then
Just married. Mrs. Howard was the
first white woman who ever crossed the
Paw Paw river which was, as is believed
near Judge Monroe's, and they (the pi-
oneers) named the little branch of Paw
Paw river, Elizabeth Greek, in honor
of the young bride, now deceased.
Silas Breed put up the first saw mill
in Breedsville, which is still in running
order the other men of the company
worked for Mr.. Breed at fifty cents per
day. VIM. N. Taylor went back after
working by the day a year and half
and married Miss Philinda Kelsey. and
moved by canal to Buffalo, with a few
household goods; thence up the lake tc
Detroit. There, in company with Geo
Winslow and wife, merchant of Kala'
mazoo, who had been to Massachusetts
to get married; they hired team to
bring them to the new settlement
Theodore Sheldon also came in com
pany with them, making six persons, in
Guiding the driver, whom they demon
mated "Uncle JOSH The two young
couples, with limited means; but happy
and hopeful, continued their journey
nine days before reaching Comstock,
four miles east of Kalamazoo now
about Sven hours ride behind the "irou
horse" 1t was in the beautiful month
of June, and wild flowers filled the air
with their fragrance-roses, pinks and
celandine, making perfect garden tc
appearance. The young brides walked
half of the distance at least, their hand.
filled with wild flowers. Their only
capital was health and ambition, a bet
ter start in life than houses and lands
without it.
Mr. and Mrs. Winslow went to Kal