The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-18

turning home. When suddenly. ana
without any premonition, the patient
went of in Il commission. will stat.
that this is one of the most horrible
conditions that can confront a medI.
cal man. And If ever there is any
| time when one would lose his head.
this is the one. | could not send for
assistance and counsel. hut must face
the occasion myself and, fortunately.
the patient made 10 successful recov
cry This is only one of several such
conditions as confronted me. that j..
where serious LESSONS came on sud
denly and was alone tn combat thu.
trouble. .t
In the winter the severe storms and
deep SHOWS often made IL difficult
matter TO made the daily rounds of
visits. and as ] frequently had pa
TENTS at some distance from the To-
cation. i'm the woods or among the
scattered farmers of those days MANY
times il was impossible To use a con
VcNance. and the use of snow shoes
was the only way To reach the sicl;
person. ON some occasions of severe.
storms | have been caught in drifts.
compelled to take the horse from the
cutter 10 II solid part of the road, then
return and drag the cutter out of the
drift hitch the horse and proceed ON
my way This. in some instances
would occur several times On one trip
ana would occur frequently every
winter for in those days, almost every
winter was very severe. many biz
yards and much snow.
In those DAYS communication with
the outside" as it. was called when
speaking of Chicago. Detroit or other
places with which communication was
had in the summer was very nfre-
quent and often for a week at a time
we had no mail i'm the winter. II was
matter Of about five days to reach
Chicago, the nearest railroad being at
lshpeming ana later at IiAnse and H.
nallN At Houghton. In the summer, of
course, by Steamboat was the route
usually travelled. All supplies both for
family and mine We're brought in dur
int the summer as there was no way
of transportation except by team from
the end of the railroad in the winter
Sometimes some articles by sprinr
could not he obtained, but usually sup
plies held out Beef was brought IN
the fail, that is. the live cattle were
shipped in ana as soon as the cold
weather set in were killed and meat
frozen solid and kept that way all
winter. When any was required for
use. ii was cut from the large pie"
however. there came a January thaw
out and cooked. ON several occasions,
however, there came n January thow
ana the supply of frozen meat thawed
out and was spoiled and was of no
further use. ] remember one such in
stance i'm the winter Of 1877 and 49,"
and the supply of meat was so d.
minished that IL became necessary to
ship cattle to the railroad terminus
and then drive them through the snow
TO Phoenix, a matter of many days.
In spite of these many inconven-
fences, as we now look upon them.
have never seen n more contented or
healthier community than Phoenix ana
the neighboring locations Of Cliff ana
Central. The schools were good and
well attended and the spiritual stua-
ton was fulfilled for both Protestant
and Catholic by "a suficiency oI
clergy of both denominations. In spite
Of the isolation and the demand for
some form of sociability. do NOT
think any form of liquor was used to-
the extent IL now is in our present
communities, supposedly more enligh'
ened. and where other forms "r
amusement can take the place of con-
VITALITY offered by the saloon.
As the years passed, ] became :"
much attached To the people and my
work among them that all thought ol
leaving Phoenix as had been advise"
on coming here left my mind ana
was happily content to remain there
would state here that after my hrS'
year az assistant | received the az
pointment as physician and had tu''
charge of the medical work.
After living at Phoenix for twelve
years. the mines practically became
non productive and IL became neceS'
sary for the people To seek other held'
OF labor and gradually our former
pleasant community was broken up
But when we meet one another y"