Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-10


men ~ Michigan, and his career has
ioen as taneifaiis romantic A. anything
= novelist ever conceived lie has en-
p--rieneed ataat AL the aps and downs
that come L. human lsiag- There are
men alive IL Michigan Who can resnem
leF when Tom Stimson. AZ be as
fafniissf!, called. didnt hare e. in ready
money Today his check Tor ti.up.tuo
would he konofed any place he 10 known.
lie Was associated with ID. a. blodgeti
81 this city for many years. ard the Tor
tunes and mlsfoEtunes IL the frm have
become historic in the unwrsien al.
mas - Michigan laundering. Mr..
Stlmson IN has numbering days aas one
Il the most popular men that ever
logged forty" Any man that ever
worked for him once would work Tor him
again. even II be were confident that
there wasn't dollars pay in the job.
kui even IN the widest and mo~s IN
tanned era a MICHIGAN numbering. when
men accepted logging contrac's without
the slightest intention ~ ever paying
their men. II Is not on record that sns
red-shirted ehanty boy ever iost dol.
lar ~ his hard earned wages through
Tom" Sfimson Mr.. Stimson 10 III
is confirmed skeptic. Still, IL was his
custom many years ESQ when resident
81 Big Rapids 90 send barrel ~ Hour
and a turkey 10 every minister IN the
city on Christmas day. Ii is said that
he gave the usual order 10 his grocer
one Christians morning, and dropped IN
about noon 10 sce II the order had been
filed. He ran his eye over the let 1T
a b.
TIE swede ninister!"
Didn't know there was any Swede
minister" replied the grocer.
oh. Yes there h. said Mr., Siimson
confidently. HE lives up by the q. *.
a l. depot. Hustle turkey and bar
rel ~ -four up there p q. q.
You seem To be- mighty anxious about
that Swede preacher remarked the dis
penser 81 -four and turkeys.
why not?" demanded the gruh phi
lanthropist. Il expect To get credit for
this ON the Judgment day. and Tor all l
know the Almighty may he Swcde.
BESIDES Il Swede preacher gets Just as
hungry as a methodist" The proyis-
IONS were sent up. and II WIS afterwards
found that the children ~ that Skanda-
navian follower Of tho Master would
have gone hungry that Christmas day.
bad II not been for the thoughtfulness
Of the skeptic.
j. W. Moon. congressman elect from
the ninth district. and 4. V. Mann,
another prominent Muskegon citizen.
were guests IN The Morton yesterday.
Mr.. Moon Is not spending mitch time
worrying about another scnsion. In
fact mo is indifferent whether Grover
calls one in September or not. Il am
IN favor OF repeating the sherman silver
law said Mr.. Moon yesterday. Il be
lieye there is almcsi an universally al
sentiment among business men Ia that
effect. The present financial siringcncy
seems Ia demand some kind of legisla-
ton that will remedy the existing evil.
The Sherman Law may not be responsi-
hle for everything. but / believe the
county would prot, by lis repeal
President Fargo Of the American Ex-
press company and a party OF relatives
arrived in the city yesterday in Mr.. Far
COS special car and dined in The Nor
ton. They were in the city IN visit ). p.
Wormley. Mr.. Farso's brother in law.
After dinner they were driven about the
city 10y MIR. Wormley. and left for New
York last evening The members of the
party are Mr.. and Mrs. James Louns-
bury. Master James Ionnsbury. yr.. aud
maid MIR and Mrs j. G. Fargo. Master
5. ID Preston and maid. Mr.. and Mrs.
". T.. Fargo. Master Preston Fargo and
maid. Mr.. and Mrs. j. K Fargo. Miss
Grace Fargo, Miss King and Miss Pres
ton.
/ James s. Avery. one IL Louisville s
+ wealthiest manufacturers. was n guest
i'm Sweets yesterday. just UP on g
little business trip" he said I'VE man
+ ufacture agricultural implements and
have considerable trade with Grand
Rapids Louisville is prosperous and
We business men south 81 the Ohio arc
not complaining any OF hard times"
+ Alonzo r.. Kenaston. Hastings NJ
torncy and circuit court commissioner
was ia the city yesterday aud Gincd n
The Eagle. Declared that Hastings ".
the livelicsf little place ~ :is size on
earth ard affirmed that every blessed
inhahitant there was as happy as "A Hi
bernian at wake.
William n. Hicks ~ Big Rapids
county treasurer ~ Mccosta county
registered I'm The New Livingston yes
to-day. Mrs Hicks accompanied him
( Arthur Nester of Marquette arrived
in The Morton yesterday To meet lis
father. Tim Ncster the widely known re-
publican and politician.
Roiert f. Bunler ~ Muskegon. late
democratic candidate for regent 20 the
state university. was a guest IN The
Morton yesterday.
Levi J. knsuss. Three Rivers har
ness manufacturer. was among yester
days Michigan arrivals In Sweets.
Mrs. James Baur and Mrs. w. II
Deming 81 Manisiee dined in The Nor
ton yesterday.
MORTON Robert r.. Bunker. Muske
gon. Orlando +. Barnes. Lansing. j. "
Moon. Muskcgon. NJ. T. Gale. Zig Rap
ibis. Arthur Nester, Marquette; G. T.
Wheeler. Lansing.
Nfw LIVINGSTON y. T.. Barnes Mus
kegon: g. :. Bennett Kalamazoo. r. q
Beach. Saginaw. X :. Donaldson. DE
troit. = n Boyce. Grand Haven. Mr.
and Mrs W. ". Hicks. big Rapids
Swrrrs L. ". Noye-. Kalamazoo
John III. Page. William NJ Warner
Sturgis: l.. J. kDauss. Three Rivers
&. II Parker. Muskegon; William Con
nor. Marshall.
EAeLB NJ A. Thompson and wife
Battle Creek; n. J. Wallace. Sparta. "
\ Reynolds. jackson: 4. r. kenasiou
Hastings. H. j. Robertson. Breedsviilo
II Edwards and wife. Casnovia