Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-12-04
Dodge, Clare Co.


FRIEND MESzIEs:-As an opportunity
offers and thinking perhaps some Of
the Brockway people would be inter
ested | will write few words telling
you where | am. | am located at
Dodge, about 6 miles from Harrison,
on the Harrison branch of the F. q p.
NJ. The Lansing Lumber Company
own sawmill, single mill, lath mill
and everything complete for manufac-
turing lumber. They employ between
four and five hundred men.
When | sit down to write my poetic
genius commences to rise and must let
it run.
NV name is s. y Blakesley,
Am II Yankee by my birth,
| came from old Connecticut,
The finest land on earth.
When was fourteen years ofage.
| migrated to Michigan, the land
OF white pine timber,
Swamps and yellow sand.
said to Orrn Ferguson,
I'VE viii have to leave this lodge,
So we stepped on board the 4. x T. NJ.
And landed here in Dodge.
We hired to the Lansing Company,
The logs TO cut and haul,
And If everything goes lovely,
We Will stop here all the fall,
Our forcman's name is Henry Deyaloe,
And can tell you he is 10 toy;
And as the most of you already know,
Was rather reckless boy.
tits true he did not drink hard
But waSat every dance and Durl,
And the worst feature in his character.
Was devil among the girls.
But everything you know must change
Here IN Michigan,
so Henry has changed from reckless boy,
To be steady man.
lie runs the camps for Johnny Brown,
And for ComstOck all alone,
And In the city OF Saginaw,
He owns lovely home.
lie works for the Lansing Company,
At thousand dollars u year,
Henry Is bound to win the prize,
or that you need not fear.
lie has five camps to see TO,
Besides all their lands to look:
lie takes minute of everything,
And records tin book.
lie drives IA span of mustangs,
Well matched up together.
When he goes flying through the woods,
He just holds OH To the leather.
The ponies they are handsome,
They are both smart and keen;
And when he lets them loose,
Can do n mile In three sixteen.
His son-in-law is our present push.
And he is not so slow:
He runs camp seventeen,
And his Christian name IS Joe.
Joe is not very old or large,
But ne is pretty sharp.
And in this northern lumber woods,
He is bound TO make his mark.
Our cooks they are very small,
And it seems to me shame,
But they are smart as chipmunkS,
And they get there Just the same.
The oldest one is married dame,
] must include them in my ditty,
The other in Il German lass,
1 think they call her Kitty.
And when they come to making soup,
/ can tell you 1t is fine;
think they can down the Bancroft.
Or leave the sherman house behind.
We have corn beef and pork,
And everything good To eat,
Aud when YOU come To furnishing,
The Lansing men can't be beat.
Orrin drives horse team,
Stidding every day.,
One of them is q roam horse,
The other is a bav
tt is myself that drives the oxen
The sideways TO build,
And when they come TO hauling.
VIII tow them up tho hill.
Now am getting weary,
Aud the clock is striking nine,
And II you want more poetry,
Must wait till another time.
And when the winter is over.
Aud our pockets are lined with tin:
When the wOOdchuck begins to whistle.
And you hear the bluebirds sing,
We are coming down 20 BrOckway.
IL the Lord should spare our life.
TOVist our old sweetheart.
And see the lonesome wife.
=. n. BLAkESLEY.
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