The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-03-01
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termination on the bugs, bu. the ingenuity of
neither could manage the musquetoes, and the
family were nearly eaten up by them. He told
how they were here and could not get away;
how ne pad twenty shillings bushel for ten
bushels Of wheat and could not get 1t ground.
and they were obliged to subsist on kind OF
chowder made OF green corn, beans, squashes
and terbs he went several miles away and
bought and cid SOW Of the wind splitter variety,
With snout as long IS your arm, and you'd
reach through the fence and root up the third
row OF potatoes; how he rad to soak her three
weeks before she would hold swlU. He told
how he paid S12 for tho old gov and IN year
he had fifty hogs; how he fatteued them. snd
the old SOW brought $3.50; how IL tooA . tnn
OF pork to pay for an alpaca cloak and dress
Tor his wife. Ho told how, when out of meat.
he captured coon by knocking him OF tree,
and how the coon fell on his head and mashed
him down two inches shorter; they had plenty
Of meat while the coon lasted, but ne could
not recommend coon when other meat was
handy. He told how they were all down with
The ssue toe second year, and how nearly DIS
couraged he became how thIil OF anguish
would sieze him when bis children would ask
Pa why don't We 60 back, why do We stay
here?" He said he would like to tell some
hunting stories but would reserve them ,or
another time.
Josiah Il. Hendryx. OF Decatur, said 81 am
not one OF the earliest settlers OF this county.
but cama here in 1885, and was once well
known in the county. When I arrived 10 Paw
Paw, the first man met was Aionzo sherman
and the next Judge Monroe.
While stopping at kalamazoo over night,
and announcing my intention to go TO Breeds
vile Was asked, did you provide well for your
family before yen left home; did you 20! your
Life insured, etc.2 / asked 'is there such a
place as Breeasyi'le5 p 'Yea.' Sid ANYBODY
ever go there p 'Yes.' Did anybody ever re-
turnT 1T is net known However pushed
on and arrived there in safety, and went into
the leather business, In those days I never
thought OF paying money for anything bought
from my neighbors. I was all dicker. | used
to take my leather to Sherman and swap il for
such goods as my neighbors requi ed for arti-
cles had bought OF them. Ortentimes have
had nv trusty mare Crazy Jane completely
loaded down with goods to be delivered by way
Of ttis kind OF trade.
once undertook to BRING niece OF Judge
Monroe's, from Breedsville 20 the Judges
house The weather was cold and the roads
were rough. We we're in cutter, anc to keep
from freezing, buckled the BOOT close around
cur feet Unfortunately bafore arriving at
our destination We upsat and fell in such po-
sition that the only wey we coold extricate our
selves was by tho lady creeping out over my
head, and as conld not persusds her to do
this we had to remain ia cur unpleasant situa-
uon until We were extricated by my friend
WoodmaD, who Glanced to como that way,
Should 1--we thousand years could never
forget the many acts o iindnees shown me by
these old pionsere, but cannot say, w,tn my
friend Cross. that like those old times est.
My friends, this is an occasion that will cement
our fiendshIo, remove our preiudicas, and
make our declining Yeas more happy. came
here to see my cid friends and Z sm richly
paid"
Robert Nesbitt, OF Hamilton, said ''Friends
j cana to Michigan in 1927, and to this county
pioneer life, have seen the iorest subdued I'M
til it has become like garden. aud have soen
tho wilderness blossom like tbe rose, and now
let us enjoy the fruits OF ou5 labor"
Edwin Barnum said: "In responding to the
cal made on me, must con ess that there are
not as many gray headed mon and women be-
fore me al 1 expected to sec but remember
where they are; some sleep under yonder
mounds Of earth In sight OF TINS hall, others
lie in tho different graveyares OF the country.
They have crossed tho river, they have go ne
before US. But few are left. 1 say to those
few as dld Daniel Webster, Venerable men,
you have come down to us from former gen.
Grafton; you do not belong to this generation;
you were tho men who had the courage and
the independence to emigrate, from comfort
wealth and luxury, into this Western world.
to inset all the privations and trials Of pion-
eer life. Pioneers, many en- iurlng monuments
have been reared to your memory. These
bread fields aud highways. these lourishlng
villages, these magnificent orchards, are all
monuments of your energy industry, skih and
labor.
c,nnot boast, IKE my friend Woodman, Of
coming iuto this county with nix ohildrsp, bat 1
have dono al could and an as IA ned thas L
conld do 10 batter. The speaker has ooe
c1ilj) Am ashamed to tlink that kept b CHI
elor's hall throa yeare after c,me here, whtn
/ should have been glad lened by thc smiles OK
wife, aud II n womlu had not cJme 5000
miles snl settled close by me, might hava
been keeping becbelo,s lall to-day lam re-
ioic d shat she cams. aIn g al to see young
men hers to-day Rem alnber thar you Will
soon bs called to take the place o. these old
mel, who mast roon follow tuOSa who bsye
gone before hope go m.y al opudto "Ur-
selves 80 that oar childroa viii rlae up and call
Ms hlesseI.
Tho Hon, Josiah Andrews, OF Paw Paw,
said: "I came 20 Paw Paw in 1893; L had pre-
v.ously traversed The olnntlv L, every dIrectiOp,
through almost uabroken fore,ts. lhink
may fairly claim the bouor of b-ing au old
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