The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-04-07

10Y "oiA III logging Inc iolloWinl
May; the men of whom he purchased
the axe, not being willing to take tn,
work in the winter during short days
; Query? how many young men are ther,
in Van Buren, County to-day, who
would earn an axe or any other article
of real value, under similar circumstan.
ces With them, an axe is rather an
old fogyish article, sort of relic of by.
gone days; and they can much better
comprehend the meaning and necessity
of a cigar, and mintjulep; these are
generally purchased with money that
their fathers earned chopping and log
ging. During this year Mr.. Manley
was married to Miss. Wood of Ann
Arbor, who was not at all ignorant of
the hardships of pioneer life, her father
being one of the first settlers in the
new country. Wood and his son cut
the first road from Ann Arbor to
Detroit, and drove the first team through
that was ever Oh the road Previous
to this the travel was over the Huron
river in boats.
From January till June. Mr.. Marley
chopped on his fifty acre lot, clearing a
portion of it for crop; during this
time he lived alone, 10 shanty built
with his own hands on ground that he
shoveled snow from, to the depth of
three feet; his shanty was built with
poles laid across, crotches. Here he
lived night and day for nearly six
months, doing his own cooking, except
bread, which he obtained of his mother;
On this first clearing Mr.. Marley. built
log house, and in June went to Ann
Arbor for his bride, the conveyance
being his fathers oxen and wagon; he
took with him supply of provisions
for the journey. At night he turned
the oxen out on the marsh, and slept in
the wagon, both going and coming
His finances consisted of one five francs
piece in silver. For the benefit of mod
ern young gentlemen who may be at
loss how he got along on his wedding
tour, with SO small an amount of cash,
we will here state, that David H. Man
ley never bought cigar, or drink of
in his life, and is now hale and
hearty, though past the meridian, aud
with the help of God, he means to con-
sinue his temperate habits through life,
Ind yet he is no niggard; he sees more
value in the real, and substantial good
Kings of life, than he can discover in
llcholic fumes and smoke. He is just
10 old fashioned. Try it Mr.. Popinjay,
f you have not already made cloud
% thick around you, that you cannot
rope your way out, and commence to-
lay putting your cigar and drinking
money into the nearest savings bank,
nd you will be astonished when you
rrive at middle age, to see how much !
-ou have accumulated, and our word
or it, you will enjoy vastly more self
aspect, and that of your friends, when {
he smoke is cleared away.
In this humble obscurity, Mr.. and
drS' Marley lived in the log house Eve !
ears, one mile from the nearest neigh
ors he cleared thirty acres of the fifty
nd made other improvements. Among '
hem was the digging of we'll fifty = =
We feet deep with his own hands; he
rev out the earth, bucket full at a y
me, with a..windlass, going up and '
own on the rope at every bucket full.
he curbing was made of split stuff ,
nd thus our friends had homemade T
ell from top to bottom. From it they A
uaffed the sweet waters of content.
tent, and ate the bread of honest labor. v
he latter part of June, Mr.. Marley A
,ok his cradle on his back, and walked
} Big Prairie Ronde, where he worked
neteen days in the harvest field, for
he dollar day and board. Probably
lis supplied all wants for the year, only
hat the productive soil Of Hartford
FINISHED. After five years labor and
this fifty acre lot was
;changcd for one hundred acres of
mbered on which Mr. Manley cleared
zty-fye acres, during the time he
yned it. This and the first improve
ent, constitute the present Orson Odds
rm. In these times wheat was sold
T forty two cents per oushel, and the