Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-11
MOTEL cnAN

Did you ever count the numkss q
psssons you meet uho veax gis.es"
ssked John e. 6tsarns Al phihdslphis
in Sweets yesterday. Il ts,sd is the
othcr dsy and counted IA That sssas
saorucuA doesn't its Think a meet
ing that many persn0s With detective
sysssxAi on the street In the coufss q
ooe day. And that representa- oslly the
ouss uho are foccsd ~ wear glsanss eli
the time. ! believe fully one half II
the people II the country hare more or
lsp detective eycsaght Many a theu.
perhaps the greater portion q them.
never know IT. ] know in my o~n
cAss went around for several
years. supposing that could go just -
veil a anybody. Things IT Z certain
distance appeared rather hay 10 me.
and the tricks in gal. scross the direct
we're never cleArly defined. but sup
posed this We perfectly natural. One
day friend II mine. Who 70 IN oculiss,
insisted upon testing my eyes, and when
he told me that not only had astigma.
tism. but vas near Gig hted. too. !
wouldn't believe him. / found that
vas. however. and probably had never
seen anything distinctly in nay life unt,l
! put on glass~s4 Since then ! have
been much interested in the eycsight of
everybody ] meet. and have found
from quizxing and cross examining that
few persons who use their eyes 10 any
great extent can &c perfectly.
j. W. Wh~elock Il New York. eastern
manager for the Nelson 4 Matter Furni-
ture company. arrived in The Morton
yesterday. Il have been in Cincinnati
attending the hotel meme convention.
We came on special train. and today
the landlords arr in Chicago enjoying
the beauties of tho worlds fair. shall
60 10 Chicago from here and return -
New York with the party. The furni-
ture trade in the east 10 very much - Il
10 in the rest Of the country-very dull.
All kinda of business seem Ia be stag
mated just At present. and nobody
knows exactly how 20 account Tor IT,"
A distinguished party 81 physicians
and surgeons arrived in The Morton last
evening on their way TO Muskegon.
Flemming Carrow. w. j. Ncriman. j..
n. Martin and George Dock came up
from Ann Arbor. Detroit Was repre-
sented by Herschell Whitaker. l.. Is.
Case, Thomas A. McGraw and Leartus
Conner. George G. Palmer and J. G..
Wilson of Flint were among the distin.
guished specialists. Others in the party
were p. d. Patterson OF Charlotte. Will
lam Phillips Of Paw Paw and II. &.
Wilson Of lonia.
f. w. Hudnutt. IL the Hudnutt Ma.
chine and Foundry company u Big
Rapids. dined in The Morton yesterday.
He Was accompanied by DIR. Frank
Barry OF Rodney. who was registered
from Podunk. DIR. Barry was going to
Muskegon to help the state needles hold
their annual conversations.
NJ. p Gale.p rceident of the Northern
National hank Of Big Rapids. 10 . guest
in The Morton. Mr.. Gale was one of
the pioneer lumhcrmen II Mecosta
county. and was connected with the
| Tioga Manufacturing company. which
was one Of the main supports Of the city
in its earlier days.
DR.. Heneage Gibbes of Ann Arbor,
professor OF pathology in the university
Of Michigan. dined in Sweets yesterday.
DIR. Gibbes was on his way to Muskegon
to attend meeting Of the state medical
society.
l. X. Gibbs. Mayfeld lumterman
and capitalist. was among yesterday 9
| Michigan arrivals in Sweets.
George j. Barney 81 Charlotte vas
among the arrivals in Tho Morton yes