The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-01-14
Owosso Viewed and Interviewed.

Prejudice, like charity. covers multitude
of sins. So In case of. Owosso city, IL the
writer has bias in its favor, 1t may be due
In part to early impressions.
In the long ago the streets which echoed
to the footballs of my No. IFS among the
scattering buildings and business places OF
the village of Owosso. are the same In name
only, all else has changed, and there are
none left of the ramshackle business places
which taen served as the centre of large,
tho sparsely settled territory. and when in
memory see again the faces of those who
occupied them, my flippancy all leaves me,
for most of them have gone to the land of
the leal. tho to me, their shadowy forms
still haunt the channels of trade.
A short visit to your beautiful city the
other day and the sight of an occasional
''old inhabitant," brought back the scenes
of long ago when on pleasant days in spring
time, when the streets were bare and sugar
water was running. have played ball be-
tween the principal business blocks of to-
day in the public highway with K. ID.
Gregory, Adam Byerly, Randolph Stewart,
and others, with none to disturbe or make
us afraid.
The familiar face of Wyncoop, the mighty
hunter of yore, came to me as a reminder of
the past, and he told me confidentially that
he hadn't employed doctor In fifty years
for himself. to which tact he owed his ex-
cellent health. He was advised by me to
persist in that course and reach the centen-
nial mark. VIM. Fletcher is another one of
the ancients who, tho always muscular and
seemingly robust, always had way of pull
ing long breath out of his lungs and pro-
testing that he wasn't we'll.
1t was pleasure to see the smiling face
of K. A. Todd, who holds his own with re-
markably equanimity. In fact 1t Is his
freedom from worry that conduces to his
health. Worry kills more people than
work, and seeker after longevity should
avoid 1t as he would the plague.
The dear Doctor Perkins resented the in
timation that he was nearing the period OF
the ''sere and yellow leaf" while his busl-
ness partner-always fresh and Hume
rous-still bears his blushing honors SC
thick upon him that the top of his head shines
like FURNISHED billiard ball. When Doctor
Perkins first came to Owosso he was as fine
specimen of physical manliness as one
need ask for, but he has worn himself ou
In the interest of those who will never ap
preciate him till too late.
M. l.. Stewart, another one Of the olt
timers. Is always genial and never forgets
that he Is gentleman. He Is one Of the
few business men against whom no word o
reproach Is ever spoken.
Jay Terbush recounted some of his ex
perience with older toughs in the surround
ing country and exemplifies an instance o
modest integrity seldom equalled.
Charlie McNally, the Exchange stree
caterer, keeps a recherche restaurant and b
fed me good, clean vituals and gave me
cup of excellent coffee.
So l might 60 on interminably but 70
lack of space. and can only say in oonclu
sion that Owosso is the coming city of cen
tral Michigan as business point and to m
1t is an oasis in the desert of a somewha
checkered career. WARD.
Laingsburg, Jan. 18th.