Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-24

yes. hoe puuh do ~ xanerxf5en a. W
tisi oe< "a th< uiss foresight ~ thosx
w4p u the b<xtnn6ag mnde ~ chief
pillars Il this state felieiop. tp~faipg
lxws Wben ouf useni6ceat nrhool
system Was being projected and Le~is
Cas- - territossSl gosernsw said:
'n1biic easn;on 10 b. safe must b. ca
Isght<nesis he esve uttsssnec to = ssnts-
mint which has always setuated the
people II Nschigsn. which has produced
that great monument. our nobie unises-
stty. and made our school System such
reputation that . few years ago Dr..
Sussnscnfo II Bucnoe Ayfes. formerly
minister % the Cniied States. 10 srek-
ing school ~ stem for his own country
after studying those ~ other states.
adopted the Michigan s,slem ~ the
best. and II 10 today 10 use in the Argen.
title republic.
Tribute "a Auns nasrtes.
1T is a great thing Ia hare lived
long life ia this era IL the Worlds his.
tay. We are fortunate today in erie
brstirg not only the sixtieth snniyer.
sasy Ut the settlement 81 Grand Rapids.
hui We celebrate - we'll the birthday.
the eghtieth birthday II one who came
with those settlers saxty years ego and
vl,o sits on this platform. the boDored
phneer. Aunt Harrie; Burton- Hhc has
sasn in her long and eventful life. may II
long be spared. almost all abe important
/ contributions Ia the progress II civiiixs.
tssn. The application OF steam 10 travel.
commerce and manufactures has created
u new world. Take. for instance. m.
other life rs Grandma Lyons. and adopt
Ing the summary Of = recent writer. No
could say that when years VI age she
might have seen FuIton's steamboat On
her trial trip up the Hudson. Until she
Was 10 years III aga she could not hare
found in all the world an iron plow. AZ
20 she night have tras eled ON the frat
railway train. and in lso9 the world had
3lD.O7l wiles IL railway. For the first
thirty three years al her life she relied
on the finderbox for fire. She was 3
when the first steamer crossed the At
| lantic She WAS in middle life, "A. when
thu first telegram was sent and forty
three years later the world had 760. 433
miles Of telegraph lines and sent 400
0u.O00 messages year. She was "a
when the electric light was invented. II
when tho telephone first came into prac-
teal use, aud in her last days she has
seen tho marvellous electric cars which
have brought US here.
Pioheerx Have Seen These Things.
The pioneers have seen the great
OF our country before the resistless tide
OF emigration which has peopled the
mighty west. Sixty.threc years ago
pest Now, with q population Of mil
q L. 4. lar boz
ktt, provision market and as manu-
which the nations 81 the earth come for
triumphs Of the century.
I'm 1874 there were only fifty persons
in San Francisco. Now the city holds
over three quarters of q million. A
late as 1855 DIR. Fisher, an eminent
authority. wrote that in all the vast re
gion between Lake Michigan and the
Pacific ocean. there were not more than
5000 white people. We hear much OF
overcrowding. and yet all the people OF
the United States could be put into the
single state Of Texas and it would not be
AN densely populated as Germany il to-
day The past has been SO wonderful
that we dare not predict the glories Of
the coming time. and il is estimated
that in a few years half the civilized
people Of the globe will re found or this
continent.
Advocates . Historical Society.
1T is the founders Of states who are
remembered in the worlds history and
all that pertains 10 the carly life Of com
munitics should be carefully preserved.
The social side Of this Old Settlers as
se'ciation is very delightful, but this
city ought To have an Historical society.
where relics and history Of our early
/ days could he carefully preserved. The
State Historical society rs doing good
work. but there should be local one.
that coming generations may appreciate
the beginnings. | hope TO see the time
when some of tho principal squares Of
Grand Rapids will he adorned with the
statues of the more prominent early set
tiers. There is no more fascinating
page OF history than the making the
west. and those who enjoy what they
in continual and lasting remembrance"
Mr.. Patton concluded his remarks by
reciting Riley's pathetic poem, Il Tale
OF the Airyly Days"
Senator Stockbridgc's Speech.
The Hon. L. ID. Norris read letter
written from Grand Rapids by Jonath
Chubb TO Mr.. Norris father ia 1919, ask
ing the latter to hire farm hand for
him.
Mayor Stuart was called on Tor an ad-
drese He said he could not refrain from
congratulating them all for being per-
mitted 10 live 10 see this day. The
change and growth Of Grand Rapids
were equal To anything he ever read in
fiction. In behalf 81 the rising genera
ton he thanked the old residents for
the perfection to which they had brought
things. In ,hcec days OF wonderful ex.
travagancc and sometimes questionable
transactions, IL was well that we have
still with us the sturdy manhood II the
cid settlers TO give us advice.
Senator r. Is. Stockbridge. who Was
in the crowd. was called on. Mr.. Stock
bridge said il was not fair for the chair
man 10 pounce on him. an outsider. for
speech. he was not a pioneer. though
he fret visited Grand Rapids in 1850.
when he met Mr.. Trowbridge 81 DE
sroit, who was surprised 10 find Grand