The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-17

/ Greeley resided III TINS district Tor
considerable period. was dispelled by
Mrs. Masters. who declares that Gree
ley. who was president of the North
west mine. spent but one day there
ana was the guest of the agent. During
! his short visit he divided his attention
between his mine and his newspaper.
! the New York Tribune. ana solicited
subscriptions. He offered to send his
paper To any club" OF ten at the re.
duccd rate OF 81.
THE Crimean war" continued Mrs.
Masters. was then I'm progress and
every English resident was eager FOR
information from the front, The
whole community would read every
word of each issue.
In War Time.
III was about this time reports of
an Indian massacre in Minnesota were
prevalent and when we read of In,
dian bands committing dcpredations
In a state 80 near we Immediately
thought they were bound for Kcwec-
nav. Every woman ana child was IN
constant fear of Indians aud To APP
pease our minds, the men told every
! family that whistle would Ice sound
cd as soCn rs Indians approached. 1t
the blast of the signal, we were told
To run to the store, meanwhile the
men were to have garrisoncd the inn
provised fort. Our nerves were always
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that a sound %
the signal would mean inevitable
struggle and probably massacre. F'in-
ally the whistle blow. and mothers
hastily graspcd babes from their era
dies and ran to the store for shelter,
only TO find that the whistle was
blown as an alarm Of fire signalling
the destruction Of "a saw mill.
with the outbreak of the war of
the rebellion. officers visited Kcwcc-
nav seeking volunteers and bonus
Of 500 was offered To men who wcr"
reluctant to Join the amy Not few
of them accepted The offer, only to
desert and remain in hiding until tho
officers departed Feeling ran high and
| The Union Forever was on every
tongue I'm all the community there
was but one rebel sXmpathiZcr. Mr..
Moss, who was agent at the Delaware,
and the men tainted him so that nc
finally left the country He often
showed disdain for the north and
when the men strung union banner
above and across the road. he would
make a detour through the woods,
rather than pass under the starry flag.
Prices OF commodities were almost
beyond reach but somehow we manag-
Cd 10 ekc out a living. After the de-
struction of the warehouse, flour
scared to SIS per barrel. calico sold
at SO cents yard and kerosene oil as
high as 80 cents a gallon. But prices
, of other food were low and pork sold
for 10 cents pound. Tobacco was
plentiful and the men never paid
moro than cents a pound. The MAJ:
ter of clothing was not as veXatious.
but no attention was paid To style.
The women made the boys clothes,
caps. suits ana stockings and there
was no murmur if the tit was not
proper. I remember of buying three
or four mems handkercEiefs with
! which t. make aprons. | recall few
Young EnGlishmcn who possessed,
| probably. the only fashionable clothes
| Of the day. When they appeared III
their broadCloth suits, high hats and
| other decorations, the woman pOpu
/ lace would look upon them with awe.
! But the men looked at them from II
! different angle ana when the English
men came home they wore battered
faces and had bandagcd heads. The
| tavCrns up at Phoenix were quite an
| attraction and unless $500 was spent
| ON Il playwright the proprietor was
disappointed.
The First School.
In the sixties, or early in the next
decade. attention was given to cdu
eating our children y gentleman.
whose name | cannot recall interested
| the men and he was engaged to teach
ut q monthly payment of 81 for each
pupil. He taught for three or four
months and not infrequcntly came To
school 'tipsy.' That ended our original
} efforts toward establishing n school.
Later came the advent of the public
school
/ The Delaware mine closed under
the management of "A Mr.. Bclchcr. and
through the aid of Aaron Leopold
funds were obtained to reopen ii. The
ceaslng of operations from time to