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BIT OF HISTORY AND PROPHECY.
This page of the volume dedicated to interesting and truthful presentations referring
to the City of Cadillac, is especially set apart
to give information concerning
CADILLAC'S LEADING DRUG STORE
which is also headquarters for Wall Paper,
Window Shades, China Ware, Glass Ware
and Lamps.
O. L. Davis' Drug Store and Bazar is the
establishment herein referred to, as the facts
-above noted would have led the reader to
correctly guessi.        At Holiday time Davis' Bazar is always
filled to overflowing with pretty and appropriate articles. Don't think of commencing a
holiday purchasing tour without visiting
Davis' Bazar.
In China Ware and Novelties, we have a
larger line than ever before. China Tea Sets,
Vases, Cups and Saucers. Fine Lamps a specialty.
Our Spring line of Wall Paper and Window
Shades will surpass anything we have ever
S had before. The making and hanging of window shades we give special attention to.
Thanking you for past favors and soliciting
a continuance of the same, we are
Yours Respectfully,
CADILLAC, MICH.




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HIS PICTURE NOT IN IT.
The picture of
J. W. Cumme r,
The hardware dealer is not in this book. That
gentleman desired to be remembered by the readers of this volume, not as an unusually
Handsome Man,
But as a petitioner for their favor and patronage
in the hardware line. Whatever you want to buy
in that line, from a mouse trap to a mowing machine, that is just what I most wish to sell you, and
will sell you if superior goods and
Reasonable Prices
will win your trade. I give especial attention to
Plumbing, Sheet Iron Work, Mill and Lumbermen's Supplies, and House Furnishing Goods, together with leading lines of
Hea/zng and Cook Stoves,
Tinware and Cutlery, but my stock is also complete in all other lines usually connected with the
hardware trade.   Remember these facts, and
please your friend,

J. W. CUMMiER.




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THE LINN.SH~E

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The Lzn S/oe,
What does it    mean?
Simply this. I propose
to put out a line of shoes
stamped with this trade
mark.   Every pair so
stamped is guaranteed to
be the very best quality,
for the money paid, that
it is possible to buy.
Remember
If a Shoe bearing this
stamp does not give the
wear that it ought, when
properly used, I want you
to bring it back to me.
I am more anxious to
make it right with you,
than you are to have me.
I mean business. I want
your trade; I shall try in
every fair way to get it,
and when I get it I shall
keep it by using you fairly and giving you full
value for the money you
pay me.
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If Youi Are Contem/latinzg
The use of Illustrations of any style, for any purpose, write to,1o7-425 Dearbori S/reel, C/zicago-, I[I/
Who will give reasonable prices and guarantee good work.
The Zinc Etchings in this Book were furnished by Vandercook & Co.




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Recently Remodelead,
Newly Furnished. and First-Class in eEv ry Respect
Elec/r% Leg/iis,
And Steam Heat in Every Room:
Tke Traveldig Men's Favorizte,
With Commodious and Well Arranged Sampl
Rooms on First Floor.
TERMS, TWO DOLLARS PER DAY.

Special Rates to Families and Permanent Boarders.




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THE CITY ORUG STORE.
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Established in 1877 by Mr. S. J. Case who was followed successively by Case, Smith & Deitz,
Smith & Deitz, A. E. Smith, and the present proprietor,
GEO. P. VAN VtANIKEN
purchasing the business in 1889, when the Stock of Groceries which had been carried in connection
with the other lines, was removed and a great addition was made to take its place in way of
Miscellaneous and Blank Books, Staple and Fancy Stationery; also       the Stock of Fine Wall Papers.
Decorations and Shadings.
was so much increased by the growing demands of the business as to compel its removal to the
basement where is stocked each season
The Largest Selections of Patterns to be Found in
Northern Michigan,
Bought direct from the most reliable manutacturers in such quantities as to secure the lowest
possible prices, and the benefits are shared with the customer.
The Sale of Drugs, Chemicals, Druggist Sundries, Perfumes.
Toilet Articles and the Manufacture and Sale of Pharmaceutical Preparations
forms the greatest part of the extended trade enjoyed by this store
A WHOLESALE BUSINESS
is done to quite an extent with Country Merchants, and such accounts are solicited.
In the laboratory department of this store is provided such apparatus as is required to make
the greater portion of the galenical preparations required in PHARMACY, such as FLUID EXTRACTS, TINCTURES, ELIXIRS, PILLS, Etc., giving an experienced and practical knowledge which is necessary to guarantee the reliability of medicines to the customer. Those interested are invited to witness such operations.
During Holiday Time
The display of the many presents and evidences of kindly regard is made to fill the store even
to overfl >wing with goods and customers.
DOLLS, TOYS, FANCY          BOOKS and BOOKLETS, METAL, PLUSH and WOOD
CASES, and a Great Variety of NOVELTIES, show the determination of the proprietor to
provide patrons with choicest selections of New Things each season, and the prices are reduced to
tle lowest margin of profit, depending upon increased sale for recompense.
THE SPRING-TIME, brings out an excellent display for the sportsman, RODS, REEDS,
BASKETS, FLIES, HOOKS, LINES, ETC., bought direct from manufacturers.
HAMMOCKS AND OUT-DOOR GAMES.                    This page would not be complete without
reference to the stock of Musical Instrument, Accordeons, Violins, Guitars, Flutes, Fifes, Harm nicas, Banjos, Strings and repairs, kept complete the year round.
The READER'S PATRONAGE is respectfully solicited by
THE CiTY PRLG STORE,




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ARC AND INCANDESCENT... SYSTEMS.
NE ot the best Electric Light Plants in the State. Capacity,
S180 Arc lights and 1500 Incandescents.
Electri Annunciators and ioor g l                 s,
And all Electrical Fixtures Furnished and Fitted.
FORt C0JAJAHIRECIRIN    J  DOJAlE  TIC   LIGH TI]NG
Rates, apply at Electric Light Offices, in the
Cummer Office Building.




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Keeps at all Times                                                The Largest Stock
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Kept By Any Dealer in.Northern Michigan.
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UBBER              keeps      in   stock     nearly
4,000 volumes of Books. Buying
Sin large quantities        enables him       to
*.              sell at prices that       are   way    down.
He makes       a  specialty     of  furnishing School and Township Libraries
with Books at Publishers Prices.
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We wish especially to call attention to our school hook trade. Our sales in this line doubling our former fall trade. WVe have special arrangements with publishers thereby enabling us to
sell at the same figure as any jobbing house in the coismtrv.
Webber sells the original "Websters Dictionary" containing 30000 words, making a book of
1300oo pages, at 69 cents  He will also sell you the "Encyclopedia Britannica", 25 volumes bound
in Y2 Russia, at $36.60.  Can take them  on the installment plan.  One volume a month or
more.
Webber will sell you a Family Bible such as agents ask $12 for, at $6.50 and the kind the yask
$io.oo for, he will sell you at $5.00oo. Do you want to save money when you buy books? Then
don't buy of agents.  Webber guarantees to furnish anything in his line, at one-third less than any
traveling agent sells for.
Webber's line of holiday, birthday and wedding presents, are unexcelled as to quality, quantity
and low prices by any house in Cadillac or vicinity.Webber has a complete line of patent medicines and druggist sundries. He will get for you
if he hasn't it in stock, apy patent medicine made. Ditto with diruggist sundries.
Webber's stock of stationery is complete in all its departments. We buy in such quantities
that it enables us to give the lowest retail price and the best jobbing discounts when bought in
quantity.
Yours Respectfully,
AIRTITJR HI. WEBBER,
DRUGGIST, BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER,




CADILLA G.4,

I/s Past, Present!

and Future.

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REMINISCENCES, SKETCHES, HISTORY AND PROPHECY.
FULLY ILL USTRA TED.
PUBLISHED BY
THE CADILLAC NEWS AND EXPRESS,
The tAggressive Representative of a Progressive People
and a Proserous City.




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EST there be misapprehension. permit it to be said that this little
volume does not owe its existence to the mere desire to praise our
city or to compliment our people, but rather as a memento of the past, as
a picture of the present, and to present a promise and a prophecy of the
future. It is intended that in some degree the enterprise and progress
and prosperity of Cadillac shall be represented herein, but represented as
the mirror represents that which is before it, in truthful and faithful reflection. Not all that is favorable to our city and county has been said
herein, not all that is worthy and attractive has been shown, but that
which is pictured is representative of many pictures not presented. There
are many cities in our country larger than Cadillac; many there are which
far surpass it in beauty of construction and in adornments and improvements, but in the characteristics which unite to produce comfort and happiness and growth, Cadillac is second to none in all our state, while its
equals are but few.  As a people, bound by the ties of common interest
and in part by common purposes, we are encouraged by the past, we are
sustained and stimulated by the present, and we have hope and faith in
the future. And thus it was, as an echo of the past, as a reflection of the
present, and as a suggestion of the future, that this little volume was
framed in fancy and has been formed in fact.




Cadillac Street and Lake Views.




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HIE history of Cadillac as represented and illustrated in these pages,
[    from the camp on the lakeside to the cabins in the clearing, and on
through all the stages of development to the handsome and prosperous
city we have to-day, is in many respects not different from the history of
the origin and growth of most of our American cities. The experiences
of the pioneers of our country, who first formed their homes on the Atlantic, shore have been subjects of continued interest to all readers of American
history through all the years that have elapsed since the settlement at
Jamestown. In every state in the union, and in almost every city and
county, have the rude scenes and the pioneer life which formed such thrilling themes for our historians and novelists been lived over again, and each
state and city and county holds its pioneers in respectful remembrance
and kindly cherishes the recital of their early struggles, their failures and
their triumphs, their sorrows and their pleasures. It was with this fact
in mind that in connection with the present development of Cadillac, and
with the presentation of its possibilities and probabilities in the future
there is also presented reviews and reminiscences of its.past, accompanied
by sketches and references to its pioneers. It cannot be claimed however, that the first purpose of this volume is to review the history of
our city or to do honor to its pioneers; but rather to present to the world
the progress which Cadillac has made in the comparatively few years of
its existence, and to foreshadow its advancement in all the -paths of
progress which add to the greatness of a city and to the prosperity 'of its
people.
Cadillac has the well-deserved reputation of being one of the most
ambitious and progressive of Michigan's many progressive and ambitious
cities. Its business affairs and industrial enterprises are piincipally in
the hands of young men, who would scoirn to permit the city of'which
they are proud to lose prestige through their fault, and who will not permit it to cease to advance, if through their efforts and their enterprise its
rapid march can be maintained. For the evidence-of these assertions the,
reader is respectfully referred to the pages which follow, to the advertisingpages as well as to the recitals of incidents 'and anecdotes, the presentations
of sentiment and of truth -




Cadillac's First Hotel. Built in 1870.

MY FIRST VISIT TO CLAM LAKE.
By Mrs. Geo. A. Mitchell.
JT was in March, 1872, I accepted Mr. Mitchell's invitation to visit Clam
Lake (now Cadihlac), it being then about six months old. We took
the G. R. & 1. road at Kendallville Ind., came to Grand Rapdis and -remained over night, as Mr. Mitchell had business to attend to.  Next
morning resumed our journey, and as there was but one coach for the passengers it was so0on crowded full of men, but few women, and the further we
came the less in number. We passed through a new rough-looking country, and after leaving Reed City there were no clearings, just the track
through a wilderness of tall pines. After mubch jolting about we reached
Clam Lake, tired and hungry. There were two places where food and
lodging could be had, one a log house near where the sash and blind factory now stands, the other also a log structure, but larger, stood just north
of McAdie & Co's., foundry, fronting on Lake street, and was called the
"Mason House."   Thcre were very few divisions on the first floor, one
sleeping room and the kitchen, the remainder was used for general purposes. Across one end was a long table with benches for seats, where
food was served, always the best the town afforded. On the upper floor a
small room was partitioned off for Mr. Mitchell, the remainder of the
floor being occupied by beds.




HISTO R Y AND PROPHE C Y-A SYMPOSIUMl.

There were the usual buildings that 3tart a town, the general store,
blacksmith shop and postoffice, with plenty of energy. My first visit was
limited to a few days on account of the accommodations, but as the town
grew rapidly, better accommodations could be found, and I enjoyed spending several weeks with Mr. Mitchell, particularly in the summer. Finally,
in December, 1876. we decided to make Cadillac our home.
The Presbyterians were the first church organization, holding services
over Beshierer's meat shop until that place becaine too small to hold the
congregation; then they moved over McCarty's saloon and occupied it until
the basement of the church was finished. During the summner, the church
gatherings, when the weather permitted, were held on a scow, which was
decorated with evergreens, lighted with lanterns and towed out into the lake
by the tug Grapevine. About the first thing the society did, after securMoonlight View  on Big Clam  Lake,
ing a pastor, was to buy a small cabinet organ. It was ever a wandering
spirit, being on the scow when there were church gatherings and in fact
was usually presented at other gatherings. That organ is still used in a
Presbyterian family in town. The first school building was of rough
boards, 60ft long, about 15ft wide and 10ft high. Hattie Caswell, now
Mrs. Joel Smith, was one of the first teachers. The building was added
to as population increased, the high school occupying the center portion of
the room.
The first marriage, Nettie McLain and Joseph Smith. The first child
born, Ethelyn Leeson. The first physician, Dr. De Noyes. The first pioneer social was held at Mrs. Wm. Kelley's now Mrs. Van Vranken, and for
the occasion a poem was written and read by the author. She is living in




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CADILLAC REMIVISCENCES AND SKETCHES,

the city to-day. It was not intended that these lines should ever be published or given further publicity than they gained at the church social.,The reader will therefore please not apply aiy test of criticism  to them
save that of faithfulness to the facts in the case:

A social brings us out to-night
Where all are asked to bring to light
Some rcmance of the olden time,
And I'll give mine in rattling rhyme.
'Twas first of May in Seventy-two,
That Harriet A. made her debut,
Not in the city of Cadillac,
Bat a little town, 'twas known way back
Through all the country far and wide,
'Twas known that none who swore or lied
Could enter or dare to show his face
'Twas such a model pious place.
They gave this place the name Clam Lake,
Where every-body had to take
In case of rain to shield their head
A parasol at night to bed.
For be it known our roof was thin
And let the water pour right in
Although we had some canvas sail
That kept a flapping in the gale,
It did not keep out wind or snow
But kept us running to and fro,
With pans and pail, and dishes, too,
To catch the rain that pouring through
Would leave us in a sorry plight
And make us think 'twas not just right.
Now my good friends, and pioneers.
Just listen, please, "lend me your ears"
While I in turn shall now rehearse
Some truths all in this jingling verse,
Which you'll remember well.
'Twas brother Redpath used to tell
His little flock the way of right,
And talk and pray with all his might
To take us out of paths of sin
Our wayward feet were going in.
And do you mind how oft we'd look
To see where he the organ took,
The only way we had to know
Of where we should to meeting go.
Above saloons and market place
We oftimes went to place of grace.
Before we had a bell to ring
'Twas then that I was asked to sing.
Now do not laugh at what I read,
For it was I who took the lead.
Our members few and slow in art
They looked to me to take that part.
I'd take the hymns on Monday morn
And seat myself sad and forlorn,
And practice on day after day
So that I might the better play.
I taught my choir so well to sing
It worked like magic, for 'twould bring
A crowded house out eve-ry time
To hear the music so sublime.
Some hinted 'twas not really me
That all these people came to see:
And soon enough I came to grief,

For Mrs Mover gave relief
To all the folks with ears
Who'd patient been through hopes and fearsThrough hopes that I would take a rest
And fears that I might not think best
To yield to anyone my place,
But this I did with modest grace.
I then bethought me to aspire
To something gi eater than a choir.
I took myself up in the wood
To teach the children to be good.
A long low shed, you all well know
Was where the children had to go,
There they were taught to spell and read
And to their teachers pay some heed.
Where then grew tall the mighty pines
Is now marked off by city lines.
The old slab shed has fared like fate,
A grander house of later date
Stands on the hill to mark the place
Where all had entered for the race
I think so much I can't tell half,
But one thing now that makes me langh,
Our concerts, and our tableaux, too,
And what the actors had to do.
I think of Rice in Indian garb,
How near my scalp he sent his barb,
But missed as Hixon opened fire
And sent the "Injun" spirit higher.
To match this tableaux came the one
Where Mrs. Moyer had begun
To show us what a joyful note
We'd sing when women came to vote.
She placed herself up in a chair
And gave a twist to her back hair,
Then leaned back and the paper read
While Fallass clawed and mixed the bread.
Oh what a dreadful fright he took,
-When Mrs M. gave him a look
To never let the baby wake,
But learn to rock and iron and bake
To do the work as women do,
And keep the cradle going too.
I wish you could have seen him, though,
His face besmeared with flour and dough
And such a meek look on his face
In giving up with simple grace,
To woman's rule, which now as then
Would be the best thing for the men,
Oh those were jolly days, indeed,
We had no time for sowing seed
Of discord, malice, hate or strife.
We laughed and made the most of life.
So midst the present hurrying tide,
Our thoughts will backward swiftly glide;
We view the past sweet memories o're,
And sigh to think they are no more.




HIISTORY A ND PROPHECY-A S YMPOSITUAl

A DAY IN THE LUMBER WOODS.
By Alcide Jolivel.
What is the song of the dark plumed pines,
When thro' their needly glades
The bright, warm smile of the morning shines,
And her fairies chase the shades?
When the frost wreaths hung on the tap'ring
tops,
By the hands of Northland sprites,
Are turning to beautiful, gem-like drops
Of nameless, of wonderful lights?
"Labor's sons, no dreaming!
See the sun-beamrs streaming!
Let the march of Labor shake the solid Earth!
Keep the bright blade ringing!
Keep;he keen axe swinging,
While the sheltered people bless the pine tree's
birth.."
Ever been in a lumber camp? and wh en 1 say camp I mean woods, too.
Let every jolly H-oliday reader who has never been there raise a hand, anid
a fellow who has been in such a camp and wood will tell you how it works.
Provided, also, that those mirthful petrusers who have beern there mnay hear
it too.
Scene in Cadillac Park.
Lo! now will arise in the mininds' eye of every one of the latter fellows
-be he minale or female-"a vision of days departed."        0, shades of Jerry
Ryan and Bow      Legoed Sinith! (I had almnost added        "Do&"    Blodgett.)
Perhaps it is on the bank of the Indian-haunted Muskegon they see, in
memory, a "shake" roofed shanty, twenty by fifty, builded of pine logs,
whose cracks are stuffed with moss and bed bugs, most solemnly declared




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S fCADILLAC REMLYVISCENCN'ES A.ND SKETCHES,

to be native to the Norway bark. To theaeye of an artist the ideal of the
pictnresque, with the ends of the logs alternating across, showing their
white and year-riniged sections against the dark bark--the low, broad entraince with its lbroad door on wooden hing-es and lateh. All framed by the
noble, tapering stemns and dark evergreen tdps, of le: gtlant old pines, to
the ear like a vast orchestra of Eolian lharps, swept.with music as imoodfnl
as the varying wind. All tlhat to an artist; but to, Pete, Ole and Jack, a.
shelter whlich every n1igfht opened bot,.o,(mtfortably mnis6rable, with anr atmosphere of boot pac, sock and mnitten steamn, tobacco smoke and three or
fonr foreign languages, thronglh which could he seen long rows of "bunks"
from mniddy floor to the top log under the rafters, filled with marsh hay,
two course blankets, darkness and nameless insect mysteries.
One vignette more-the cook shanty: - Rough, smoked logs, yellow
light, rude table, benches-iron handled knives, tin plates and basins-fat
pork. beans, bread, peas, black coffee-perhaps an undertone of fried cakes
and pie of doubtful1 composition. But avaunt! Vanish! We can conjure
up a fairer, existing scene. To make it handy, we will take the C. &
N. E. from  Cadillac, over the rail behind a modern logging team, brain
and steam. Stop, for instance, at the Cummer camp, on section fifteen in
Haring township. We have got used to calling these little villages of
planed houses, neat and warm, camps-excuse the term. The engine runs
ur empties" up to the loading place-the morning sun rays level in the
our "'empties" up to the loading place -the morning sun rays level in the




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tall tops on every side-.-and the fun begins.  There is a whoa b acking of
Mike and Pat, the Ibig iron grays, a rattling undoing of binding chain, a
scoot of skids on sway-blars, throwing of the loading chain, a lnumber of dextrous cant-hook "flips," and the Inlks are full.  Da capo, and another tier
of logs top those-and another. Now for "top;loading"--that is, putting
the peak on that pyramid of logs. A marvel of agility and manly propor-:tion in 'knit toque, red unldershirt-a cold day, I know, but look at tlhe
mnoisture on his brown Ing---gray pants and spiked ":drive" boots, pri -
sides ever on the top of that growing load. "Chain over!"  The ruler of
the grays fastens the binding chain around the opp,-site bar. ",Little too
tight, Gns!" 'All, right! There she slacks." Ready for the binding logs
Masonic Block-County Offices on Second Floor.
on that. chain. One, two more up. "Up, the long skids!"  Swamp hook
in'top log, loading, chain around log on skids, under and back to swamp
h'ook, team on the other end. All ready! "'Get up, Pat! Mike!" Up the
half pitch majestically rolls the big stick.4 "Whoap," yells bronze mug.
The grays dig their shoes in the g'round, and the log stops half way up.
"All right! She's straight."
This agile gentleman of our acquaintance is the "top loader," and he
is located, as usual, alert and cool, on top of that-cone, waiting for that apex
log,- with a:cant-hook that seems a livinig part of him. The "swamp hook"
is hooked to fly out when the up-coming log drops in its place. If you or
I were up there that hook wouild fly after the grays, taking a nip from




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our scalp oil its way down.  But our good top-loader scorns the thought.
1-is facile cant, never allows that swaiij}-l-hook to toelh the ground till the
lst loc is u. This is digrei.       They have not waited, thonlh, and
now comes the nip. She bireaks over uponii the top! '.Vhoap!"  The cant
hook flips, and the car is loaded. Time, ten iiiinites
While they let off brakes and shove this load out of the wa y for another 'eInpty,'" we go a little farther up the track, and on the ricght, by a.
half-filled skid way, the cur aln rises upon the second act of the dramlla of
the pines.  (May be it would he w ell to work iin a simnple definition now
andtl then.)  Skid way, two parallel logs, six or eight feet apart, used to roll
Offices of Cobbs & Mitchell-Lum'ber Dealers.
other logs on for storaoe. Here we come upon the skidder and his team.
The latter might be mates to those at the loading place, great sleek repositories of hay, grain and muscle  The former is not the piratical looking
customer known as hlioss teamster" twenty years ago. 0, no; no white
hat and myriad inhabited,"Mackinaxs" of gorgeous and nnsympathetic
hues, here.  Our teamster begins at the bottom with a neat pair of rubber
shoes, black German socks reaching to the knee of a tidy leg, otherwise
visibly provided with dark, somewhat pitchy, but stylishly constructed
pantaloons. Vest and square shouldered coat to minatch. His features are
apt to be clothed with hardihood and a dark mustache, all surmounted by a
Windsor cap. He is rolling the logs off his "toad"-no reptile about it--
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loner, with a beamrn for the loo to rest on across the middle.  Plank croS a
piece, with a hole to admit chain across the front.  We will go back with
him andcLsee the simple operation of loading it.
Here we appear before the "swamper" in among the great masses of
the tops of the fallen trees.  We know the swaimiper to be of human famiivly and mnale gender, called so because lie is iisually swamped in brush. To
the teamster lie is knowM-n as the '-brush monkey."  He hath diverse functions:-to get brush out of tile skidder's way, and be sworn a.t in the fanciful manner of goo(d teamsters.  Nowv the two logs and toad lie paralell.
niiorthli and south, chain around west end of toad-beam, nndeir one log, un)
Residence of W. W. Mitchell.
and back to the evener on the east side, two horse-steps, the north end of
the log lies on the beam even with the toad nose. These logs are too large
to roll on with the swamper's cant hook.  Ditto the operation and leave
the swamper biting off a moon of plug, and huskily bidding us iheware tile
"side hill lancer" wvho infesteth these parts.  Which fabulous animal, I
may say, by the way, is of that nondescript and terrible genus to which
Saint George of Britain shewed such animosity.
There is the sound of a rapidly running cross-cut saw ahead.  We
are leaving off at the wrong end of the work, perhaps, but it is a chain of
discovery to us; we are tracing the links of labor from wh ere we found the
chain, and we near the initial link.  See the ground gently undulating,
fair, smooth, spread with a carpet of the yellowed, cast-off tresses of tile




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giants around.  A carriage can find its undbstructed way thro' these corridors. There are no enmblems of death here, no prone decaying trunks to
reminid us.that these perenniial glories fade. There is. a pair of sawyers'
one carries an axe and wedge with wood-filled socket, thle other a ten foot
pole arid a handled Iband of steel, tongh as a Damascus blade, capable of being coinpressed: "hilt to point like a good Bilbo."  They look on all sides of
the tree which was probably a healthy sapling on the. day. Columbus first
met:'Columbia. Upright as the zenith, but the axeman chooses a leaning
point for it, and now the chips begin to fly from the notch, no very deep
cut, just enough to guide the falling tree. They hold the saw on the opResidence  of J. H. Plett.
posite side of the tree, and a jet of yellow dust marks every stroke of the
singing steel. When cut two-thirds off a stiff breeze levers thte top back,
and the saw suddenly stops. 4"She pinches. Put in the wedge."  In it
goes, behind the saw under the true blows of the four-pound axe till we see
the cut open. "Zip, slash! zip, slash!" "Hlow miurcl do you hold?"  "Five
inches!"  They keep right on. Just as the tall tree starts,"Timber! watch
out!" rings thro' the woods to warn any straggler in its path. The tree
moves, cracks, the branchy top hisses thro' the air, the sawyers have stepped twice backward from the stump, a sound like thunder, shaking earth,
and they are calculatingly poking the measuring pole along the barky
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Let the rest go till the dinner Iell rings. Everybody for the house.
There they go, fifty keen appetites, for the men's shanty, a mnopped and tildy place to get ready for dinner. Clean bunks around the wails, spread
-yes, actually--with white sheets and pillows. ThTere are shaded hanging lampn and newspaper covered tables. No one visibly and odiously
drunk heed apply. NTo insect infested tramp allowed in those beds.
Sh1anty boys of 'theseventies, yu could not have believed it. At the door
of thle cook shanty no bald-headed, bare-armed bull-dog cook,, but an orderly familSy, a real woman cook, and girls to wait on a table which the boys
say can't be equaled at any hotel. Torn Stimupson, would'nt the boys in
Residence of E. L. Metheany.
the evergreens have laughed at the bare hint of stuffed Christmas turkey
in the lumber woods, twenty-five years ago? The knives and forks click
time for the motion of muscular jaws, tlhe pots sing the merry air, the
cooks and waiters execute a walk-around. The next thing after tooth
picks and a whiff of tobacco smoke, is the lively jingle of trace chains as the
big teams surround the water trough. B3eautifully clean and glossy, the
coats of these equine giants. Black, well oiled harness. The men are
scattering in twos and fives, representatives of half a dozen nations. The
last whiff of pipe, the faintest clink of tugs, and we are alone.
Just around the men's shanty a sound rises like the morning lay of a
he gninea fowl, a perfect imitation, if we were not so near, but now just a
little too sharp and steely. With a saw set in a filing, horse, breast high,




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and two or three other blades lying near, is the keen-eyed soloist.  Youl b-ehold here the higilily necessary and very exceptional gentleman who canl
"fit" a cross-cut--the tiler.  Here, sound judngenlent as to its needs, stea(ly
ambidextrous muscles, send forth to the cutters a perfect saw.  This sound
judgement was acquired in the practical use of the saw for years.  With
a little tool having a file set in it, he first lightly planes the cutting teeth
to a perfect evenness, the same tool need in another position, with a file,
cuts the rakers an eighth of an in1ch shorter than the cutting teeth, for the
purpose of pulling out the saw dust.  Then with a keen file the teeth are
all brought to au invisible point, and the result is a smnooth-running, fastentting saw.
The afternoon lengthens, the early winter twilighlt begins to slip like
a flowinog curtain down the eastern sky.   The senses are steeped in new
sensations.  We will hear in dreams to-night, the distant crash of falling
timber; see the swing of the saw and the rolling of barky logs, while the
softness and beauty of earth and deep green wood enwrap themn all.   As
one leaves the camp the suggestion of savory supper comes floating, mingled with the lif-egiving aroma of the pine.   Lights flash arounl the
barn, and as they fade in the distance, the fancy supplies the rest.  At
seven there is a rustling of papers under the lamps, a few bunked forms
more tired or dull than the rest, temporarily dozing; a ballad, the words
somehow   entangling in the graceful, mazy figures of pipe smoke. At
eight more forms have joined the recumbent, fewer numbers under the
lamps, a snore creeps out froin some corner-the sleepy haze is settling
down.   One minute to nine-the sole survivor of these Lethean waters
drowsily pulls his socks off on the bunk edge, the chore boy goes stealthily
thro', and no one knows when the lights went out.
What is the song of the plumy pine,
When gather Night's dreamy shades,
And the tender eyes of the watch-stars shine
Oe'r his quiet, sleeping glades?
Whispering, whispering,"Sleep, calmly sleep!"
"Lullaby, lullaby," whispering deep.
On thro' dusk dreamland, a sol t rippling stream
Bears the tired toiler wrapped in a dream.
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Birds-Eya View of Cadillac from Cemetery Hill.




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CADILLAC'S BUSINESS STABILITY.
By E. E. Haskin s,
-  TIE oftenr hear conjectures as to the reason why: price, on real estate in:.-iaillac remain o firmn and stable;, and -to4be casual observer it is
beyond,1q planatfio9. J  'lile it is none the.less a wonc'erfl fict that
this city.has survived two s~6ris: bank failures, tfollowed by extended periods of bnsiness depression," and-all this accolupanied with the rebognized
fact that the pine forests were every day becoming thinner and more transparent, the prices of real estate in this city and vicinity have not only remained firm, but have had and,still have an upward tei:denIcy. A dozen
years' experience with Cadillac real estate transfers, however, furnishýes a
solution of the puzzle, and the:steadiness of values here may tbe confidently
Pleasure Boat Rlding on Clam  Lake.
attributed to the prevalence of that feeling whichl. is referred to in the proverb that "A contented mind is a continual feast."  And without trenching
upon. the-,grounds of the sentimentalist at all, but basing the assertion upon cold facts alone, it can be readily seen that the satisfied feeling pervadihg our communitly sufficient'y accouhtifofr the past, present and prospectite stability in values of holdings in this city and vicinity. This does not
mean that wherever a nuinber:of self-satisfied, contented-minded people
may locate, that real estate valies in that vicinity become of necessity fixed and permanent. That proposition presupposes men so constituted that
they may be satisfied with their situation irrespective of their surroundings,
while the satisfaction here rcferred' to, and which is so universal with our




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citizens of Cadillac, d(loes not come from within the citizen, but is the inev-.
itable result of his pleasant surroundings and favorable conditions of life
here.  Of conurse there is an occasional one that nothing could please,one of that sort that if givel title deeds to one of the ' -many  mansions,"
wo0ul(l claim  tlhat the clouds below made his cellar dlamp, and if donated
another, he would in sist that it was so near Hades that it dimnmed the gold
wainecoting and cracke 1 the! jasper.  We have so few of the croaker eleInent here howev'er, that they only act as an, impetus to thie rest.

The New Methodist Church.
As a whole our citizens know a good thing when they see it. as the
expression goes, and are not slow to lay hold of it, and having it in hand
they propose to keep it. That is the kind of satisfaction or content we
mean when we say that it is the satisfied feeling prevalent here which gives
values fixedness. A nd these "good things" that our citizens see, lay hold
of and propose to keep-well, an enumeration of themn would fill a book;
but reference will be here made to only a few of the mxany of them that go
to make up these "pleasant surroundings" and "favorable conditions of
life" which result in our continual contentinert. Thelocation of our city is so




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near large centers that we have all the advantages of suburban residents of
those places, and yet we are beyond the blight of their shadows. The city
was platted in a spot designed by nature for a collection of pleasant homes,
and new and extensive business operations attracted railroad.: to us. The
early residents were fortunately, as a rule, of the enterprising class, and
their spirit -has bgeen!. " aluit:by,. the later..settlers and has never flagged.
This spirit of enterprise wasn riot confined to- business ventures, but extended to municipal and p'i-.te 'ii pii6vein ets and adornents. Maany of  e
older residents theniselves andfthe representatives ~of others of 'them, are
still with us, and the old sdoia'ility always attendapt upon new settlemnents,
has never been lost but has gmrO:l ith the hincrease of population and takworthy object needs to ask twice for aid at our doors. The public improvements and modern conveniences of life enjoyed by our citizens are
second to none in the state. Where in this state is there a city of twice
our size that has a system of water works, an electric light plant, a fire department, a fire alarm system, the hotel accommodations, the class of
churches, a school system, the clean, broad streets, and a beautiful lake surrounded by a picturesque drive,' which will at all stand comparison with
ours? These are a few of the pleasures enjoyed by our citizens; and as we
consult the favorable conditions of life here, including opportunities for
ch rebs, scoolsysem th clanbrod sreesanda bautf tl lke ur
rouned  y a  ictresue dive*' bicbwil atall tan eoparisonwit
ous  hs    reafwo     h pesrsejye          yorctzes       n   sw




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business, employmentfo:r skilled and unskilled labor, education and moral
training of the young, and improvement of the mind of the older ones, the
disinterested observer must admit that our equal does not exist among-our
sister cities. The forest products:furnish attractions for the' capital of
man ufacturers, xhl66'a plants are naturally located at the nearest railroad
center which is this city.: These manufactories furnish situatiois for n,merous clerks, accountants aind engineerss; and the number of other skilled
andt uniskilled lalorers who gaii, their livelihood here is simply wonderful,
and between whom and their employers the greatest harmony and sociabil-. ____, -- Y'   -.'  -   ~ *  ~.Y
Residence of W. M. Gow.
ity exists. Nor is it a meager living only they thus earn and get; nearly
every one of the common laborers even, owns his comfortable home and a
nice little piece of ground paid, for from his earnings. How many empty
houses are there in Cadillac to-day? How many empty stores? Not one!
How many advertisements has The News and Express published for tenants to fill vacant houses in the last twelve years? Not one! and yet this
city has never had a "boom" or been "'boomed."
The conditions here named,, each citizen recognizes thoroughly, and
the knowledge of them   produces that contentment which is an uninterrupted repast, and which makes a very small stock of "To Rent" and "For
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INCIDENTS IN      A LANDLOOKER'S LIFE.
By Geoge Doxze.,....    ,lMONG the callings and profession,,
peculiar to lnmbering regions is
that of estimator, commonly called(l the
land looker". He strik~es out into' the
unbroken forest and frequently" "packs
it" for days over miles on miles toward
his "descriptions,' apparently following
no given direction except a geineral one,
and which per.haps only the rising."and
setting snn has pointed out to h1im," and
without seeing during the time a living
thing save the untamed birds and beasts
of the forest.
Upon nearing his jonrney's end, he
evinces for the first time a purpose and
method in his wanderings. Hie keeps a
sharp lookout on all sides of him  until
he sees a little axe-mark on the side of
Geo  Doxie, 'Land-Looker.'
a tree-made evidently    years  before
and now distinguishable only to the practiced eye. Here the estimator
brings from a convenient pocket his compass, and taking his position at
the '~blazed" tree he consults his little magnetic guide. It tells him  at
once whether that tree stands on an east and west or a north and south
government survey line. That fact being established by the location of
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The Old Mason House, A Historic Structure.




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the '~blaze" on the tree, he starts off guided by his compass and soon sees
another tree in his path with a similar blaze, indeed he finds a line of them
which he follows, keeping a wary eye out for "witness trees'" which miarklia
section corner or a quarter post. The experienced woodsman,soon.inds
them, and he finds on them certain cabalistic characters he calls the "government scribe," and which tell him his position, his distance from home
and from his journey's end. If the latter is near we see him gather perhaps a handful of chips or pebbles and again take up his line of march,
following blazed trees, making occasional right-angled turns until he is
located on the land sought. On his way he has dropped the chips or pebbles one at a time at regular intervals, and when all are gone he again
Residence of William  Cassler
looks for witness trees, for the dropping of each chip has marked so many
steps and the last one should be near another section corner. Arriving at
his description, he looks about for as good a camping spot as may be, the
season of the year governing largely the selection. His duties consist in
determining the amount and quality of the timber upon the land, the
facilities for logging and the "shape of the surface." To perform these
duties faithfully and satisfactorily requires good judgment and experience
in both logging operations and in the manufacture of lumber. His work
is recorded in a book carried for the purpose, and upon the completion of
a long job this little book becomes a valuable document. Twenty-four
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books,ý and I am frequently called upon to testify from them in the courts.
I was taught the business by William Hooper, who twenty odd years ago
lived in Big Rapids, and will be remembered by many old lumbermen as a
thorough-going, reliable land-looker. My first experience alone was in
estimating vacant government and state lands for Perley, Merrill & Paltmer-the latter gentleman now UT. S. Senator Palmer  for Patrick 1Irothlers of Flint, and for a number of others whose names now escap: mne.
After this, as I became known as an estimator, I "looked" small
groups for the purposes of buyers or sellers, and with my increasedl experience, important employment in this line increased witl it, and I have estimated groups which were appraised.on.basis of my estimates at valuations
of one, two and even three million dollars. I still follow the business and
SResidence of Edward Lapham.
have met in the past experiences not at all pleasant. and many others which
make the calling very attractive  I have tented for weeks in the Upper
Peninsula, Wisconsin and Minnesota, when the snow was five feet deep in
the pine woods, and have had to dig down into tlih snow. under my snow
shoes to find the government blazes and scribe on witness trees. This is a
slow and disagreeable way of taking observations of one's latitude and longitude, and a temperature marked at forty degrees below zero does not add
pleasure to the experience. I have traveled many a mile to the music
made by the rawhide woof of my snow shoes, the intense cold so contracting the strings that walking on them in the crisp snow produced a squeak




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not unlikea lharsh:-irihi in note. I camped but one tirntei ~north oMinnesota, on the IBifish Possessions line, -yhen it wa So cold that any live
branch or twig would break off at the slightest bending, everythingi.was as
brittle as glass. I 'do not know how cold it was, but we hadtto.:sleep in
woolen bags made for the purpose, with our overcoats, mufflers, mittens,
arctic overshbes and caps on.  All we did to get ready for bed was to take
off our snow shoes. I remnember there,was a tribe of Indians camped
near there that winter, sonme of whomn we occas.ina;i~ -iet (movingý,about
with ponies and toboggans; the Indians hunt'et"anid lived on moose, rabbits, parv ridge, and fish, while the ponie browsed.
The longest jol) 1 ever had was for the Land, Log and Lumber Company, of Milwaukee, Wis. I was in the woods from October 19, 1887, until August 7 1888 and put in seven days every week. I commenced in
lakes and the pittures:ue scenery within it" boi'ders. On this trip 1 look,k
Residence of Robert Johnson.
til August 7, 1888, and put in seven days every week. I commenced in
Jackson county and finished in, Oneida county. The tract is what is known
as the State:Park,:and.Jis so called on account'..6f the numerous beautiful
lakes and the pii.uresque.seenery within its boirders. On this trip I look
ed over a`abut.:forty, thousand acres of land, which has sincei,-.been cut and
yiel'de'd'abont five hundred million feet of merehan:table:pine,beside quantities of pulp wood, sprauce, poplar, etc. There woire; four of us in the
party-a cook, two 'pacers, and myself. I''had to have two pacers on account of the deip snow; one broke thbtraili 'nd the other kept the lines,
changing aboi;t,
As a rale we live well in the woods and the".diet consists of corn
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an edible we call a "donglih-god" or "cold shutiil."  These are very palatable
indeed, when eaten with a good appetite. We use the best tea and coffee
and have plenty of beef, pork and fresh fish.  My ontfit consists of two 7
feet by 14 feet California gold medal blankets; whichli I make into bags and
put one inside the other for a sleeping place. They are very soft and
make a cosy nest after a long day's tramp in the cold. I also take a compiss, snow shoes in the winter, a "pack sack," for carrying the outfit and
eatables on mny back when traveling, an estimate book, an axe, a frying pan,
which also answers for a bake oven, and a set of nest poles.
Some of the present Inimbermen of Cadillac have shared experiences
with me in years past. I recall one summer trip on which Mr. A. W.
Residence of C. E. Russell.
Mitchell accompanied me, to look at a then recent purchase in Upper
Michigan. We did not take, a tent, as we thought it too cumbersome.
The weather was linkind to us," however, and a steady, pouring rain came
down the whole time both day 'and night. We slept on the bare ground in
our rnbber coats, and I frequently awakened from my uneasy slumbers on
my watery couch, during some particularly hard down pour, only to hear
the calm, regular breathing of Mr. Mitchell who slept on undisturbed by
the pelting flood. Tn Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan, I have had to
whip my men into a run to shsake off the lethargy which precedes freezing to
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Lake in Minnesota, we hal to dig our way to the surface of the snow, which
had fallen during thIe night to such a depth that our camp, tent and all
was buried out of sight. In Georgia and Florida I have welcomled a cooling, accidental bath from an overturned boat in the alligator infested cypress lagoons, and I have been pulled out from under the ice of a freezing
Wisconsin lake, miles from camp. I have listened at night to the serenade of a thousand howling, wolves, and liad my blood cliill at tle catamount's screech.
About ten years ago, on a trip in upper Michigan for Major Wa s ),
formerly of Grand Rapids, I was accompanied by the Major, Ben White

Residence of J. W  Cummer.

and William Kilby. In camp on the Millecoquin river a terrific hurricane struck us one night, that threatened to level the whole forest. The
thud of falling trees jarred the ground every instant under us, and their
crashijng rose above the roar of the winds.  We expected each moment
that a toppling monarch would bury us, but our little camp remained
intact. At daylight we viewed the tempest's work and found that seven
monster trees had been uprooted within a radius of three rods from our
tent. Some had fallen so closely that we could reach their branches from
our tent stakes. Ben White took it as a warning, and then and there
solemnly vowed never again to look timber except on the open prairie.
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tein1 with wid aiiiiiials with no mnighltier weapon than his compass, or
fight forest tires with water carried half a mile in a fryiing pan or rubber
coat, he meets surly Indians and surlier timber thieves where his taking
of wou\ld leave no trace.  But these are largely features of his life in
years gone by, while the pleasanter aspects of his calling remain.

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THE NORTH       MICHIGAN      EXPOSITION.
By E. F. Sawyer.
ROBABLY nothing mnore certain indicates the progressiveness of a
country or of society at large than the manner in. which they display their achievements inll business, science, or the arts, to the world.
And the desires which actuate themn to obtain the approbation of mankind
for having made some article better taiaii
it was ever made before, or for haviing
-invented something new and scmething.  useful or ornamental, have given to huimanity its World's Fairs, National
Fairs, State Exhibitions, and the various
displays having,  a,local jurisdiction only. It is worthy of notice that the
World's Fairs are only held in thle countries where civilizationi is farthest advanced, and that the desire for publicity
as to the results of any people inl business or science, is a sure harbinger of
better civilization.
Have we a Russian     or a TurkHon. F. H. Aldrich, Circuit Judge.,
ish,World's  Fair? No, we look    to
England ald France and the U. S. for
them.   So- also--n-tifl- very--recently we
had no State Fairs or great Expositions
in the South because of the old time
conservatism which held them back.
With this spirit of the progressiveness of this age, the people of Cadillac
are in perfect accord, and recognizing
that not alone in nations is this a sure
criterion of advancement, but that communities are judged by the same standards they have bestirred themselves to
the end that they may not be found one
whit behind the most advanced guards of     Austin W. Mitchell, Lumberman.
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ry. The North Michigan Exposition Company has been duly organized to
display to the world the multifarious resources of this part of the Penlinsular State. It is not intended as a local or a county fair, in fact is not organized under the same laws as they are, but is a corporation possessing
larger powers, formed under the statute intendel to pr(tect the rights of
state exhibits. And as such its whole aim and end will be to bring together the producer and consumter, and to display to the world thle quality
of our productions aind the progress of our inhabitants.
The corporate members of the society embrace the capitalists and the
business men of the community, as well as very many of the substantial
farmers. No money or labor will spared to make the grounds and buildX,:Residence of Dr. J. M. Wardell.
ings equal to the most attractive of any in the state, and the exhibits will be
made commensurate with the place in which they are held. To those who
have traveled much with an observing eye as to the national advantage of
any country, none have ever doubted that the timber of Northern Michigan was destined to eventually be known far and wide, and to return to
the land that produced it, wealth in ever increasing quantities. Nor is the
soil less fertile than that of other regions.
Fertility of soil must be judged, like every other factor which enters
into any achievement, by its results. And thus judged what is the verdict
as to the soil of this region? Do we ever have to ask the world to help
support our farmers because of blizzards in winter, or grasshoppers in




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SUMInucr. ()IOnl account )f excessive rain falls or scor-chinig  di-outils, or
simm111er truosts?:N-o, iionie of these ever oxei take 6o-r whole comnmmnity so
as; to ma,--ke piblic ai~l even desirable. mi-cli le,;sn'e'cessar-y  It is not proha
t!- tat ini amy quarte~ri~enitury therve will be in csucc'ession three scasons.
ii  etrviiicrto the farmer min 0fneral than) thioýý se  tt  ldyfihr   o,
0(11 p~oor fund gro, to the farmners?  Oh niof a ýfexxv trani,ýients in-Athe couity
uret some, and the ýrest o~oes to tihe towns and cities. That our soil is fei--
tile anid our climate good, is proved 1) 'v stubborn fac'ts.' For these rea(sons,
the N~orth Micim. Fxpositioni Co., have determined to give. the world oculoiproof of the faith that is in thieni., and will next year conduct suich,,m Exposition anl Fair utpon its grrounid in the City of Caidillac. as: wvill umore fittim-y ini  e preseia the var-ied pro~luction s and  iesources of Northern Michiigani than hlat- ever been u~ndertaken before.

Residence of Win. McAdie.




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SCOTCH CLERICAL HUMOR.
Rev. WJ    A.G Colledge.
QCOTLAND     has a humor of its own, and though it minay not. produce:,the loud miirth that follows a good Irish joke, Scotch 111111hm01o \will
make` more lasting impression.    We' are all familiar with the character
that passes in light literature for the
typical Scot, sandy-haire a, hard.-featured,
sober, clannish to his cotuntrymnen, a
g-eat hand to drive a balgain, land v(id
of all sense of humor.  But readers who
ar-e faini liar with tile works of Scott.
lHenlders, i, or 0eorge McDon!iald find
the Sc(tchnia  a very diffe'erent person.
IFor of a truth every Scotclnman is a
bo101r) IuYmorist.  ()n11 tile minost solemnn
occasions 5Sandy will crack his joke.- It
miay be dilfcult to grasp tile poiniit at
the,moment, but %xhen it comies you will
enjoy it all thie more, and from this reasoni you find tile canmy, paw-ky humor
of Scotland C ropping out from  thle pulpit. tile store and the council chlamber
Dr. B. H  McMullen
Good   specimens comne   from  all
classes of society, passing fromn their
lips with as inucnh ease as the streaulet
flows dlown the nounitain side to m1ingle
with the waters of some picturesque
hliglland lake.  And strange as it may
seem, no profession has given to Scotland so much genuine hIlu:inor as the
ministry.  Sixty years ago the Scotch
pulpit was filled with earnest, scholarly
men, a minajority of which were natural
humnorists.  It is difficult for the collector of Scotch anecdotes to find anything
really new, so many works having been
published on the subject in recent years.
But the followina stories gleaned  while                      _____
in) Scotland wvill give a fair idea of Scotch  Arthir H% Webber, Druggist.
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Thle ['ev.,Donald Sherra, the established church minister at Air, had
a habit of maling rn'lning commnents whlile reading the Scripture lesson.
One Sa.bbath afternoon while reading from the one hundred and sixteenth
Psalhn the words "I said in mny  aste all men are liars," stopped and looked tip from the BPible remarked, "Indeed David, gin ye had lived in this
town yo miglht have said it at your leisure."  The same minister had a
very unique way of establishing the absolute wickedness of the devil. IHe
said, "From the word devil take the letter d and you have evil, remove the
e and you have vil (vile), take away the v and it is ill, so you see, my:
brethren, he is just an ill, vile, evil Devil.
In the burgh of Wigtown the Rev. J. Stewart was remarkable for his
sponaneonus bursts of humor. On one occasion, during a season of nmunch
Ir: 7  L777.  7",.-7,
Boulevard 'Bridge, Over Little Cove
rain, he prayed that the flood-gates of heaven might be closed for a season.
Just as the last words passed his lips a heavy gust of wind struck the
church and was followed -by a crash of broken glass. "Olh Lord," exclaimed the minister throwinghimnself unconsciously into an attitude of despair,
"Oh Lord, this is perfectly ridiculous."  After the service one of the elders of the church said that he did not insist enough when praying for a
change of weather, and Mr. Stewart replied, "It's na use insisting until a
change of the moon."
In the northern part of Scotland the highlanders have a habit of interjecting the pronoun c'he" into many of their sentences, and these sentences when heard by a foreign ear sound simply ridiculous. A minister




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having taken for his text these words:-"The Devil as a roaring lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour," began his sermon thus: Bretbren, with your permission we will divide this subject into four heads.
First we will try to ascertain who the devil he was, Secondly we will inquire into his geographical position, namely, where the devil he was going.
Thirdly, and this is of personal importance, we will ask ourselves who the
devil he was seeking. While fourthly and lastly, my brethren, we will endeavor to solve a problem that has never been solved to this day, namely,
what the devil he was roaring at."
The following prayer, strange as it may seem to us, shows a generous and noble nature. During the Crimean war a soldier of the highland
Residence of F. A. Diggins.
brigade, a few minutes before his regiment engaged with the enemy, was
heard to pray in these terms, "Oh Lord, dinna be on our side and dinna
be on the other side, but just stand a wee bit away fra us baith an ye'll see
the tonghest fight that was ever foughten."
There is also a grim style of humor peculiar to Scotland which is well
illustrated in the following story. In the beautiful little village of Cradross on the Clyde the minister of the free church was in the habit of occas
ionally preaching an old sermon, much to the indignation of the deacons.
One morning after service the minister found the beadle of the church in
the vestry laughing, and he said, "John, ye manna laugh on the Lord's
Day." And the beadle said, "Well sir, ye must excuse me for I was just




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laughing at the deacons; ye see they are no pleased,when ye preach an old
sermon, and when they left the kirk this morning I kent fine what they
were. whispering' about, so I said, noo look here ye canna say that was an
old sermon for its no six weeks since ye heard it last.
The same beadle, who was quite a character, had been making a visit
at a farm house a mile from Cardross, and returning home in the evening,
was horrified to find at a lonely part of the road, what he conceived to be
the arch enemy of mankind approaching him through a hedge. In the
utmost terror he exclaimed "Get thee behind me Satan, I am the beadle of
the Free Kirk."

Office Building of the Cummer Lumber Companies. Opera House on Second Floor....




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CADILLAC'S HARDWOOD              POSSIBILITIES.
ýBy F. A. Dzggins.
HAT Cadillac is the most desirable place in all Michigan for the loca.
tion of wood-working establishinents using the woods common to
this state, is acknowledged by all who have in.estigated the,nati:,t with a
view of selecting a permanent location
where a large quantity- of-timber is required for a period of years.
Some have passed it ly becanse upon alighting fronm the cars at any of its
depots, they did riot find large hardwood
trees still standing in its streets, and imM   menes forests of similar trees abutting
the city on all sides. There are tworeasons for this lack of evidence to support its claim of being the best hardwood towtn in the state. The first is,
that where Cadillac now  stands there
was once a solid tract of splendid pine
timber extending from a mile in one diW. W. Cummer, Lumberman,.
rection to three ori four ini others, and of
which there still remains to be cut by the
mills of Cadillac, some -three or four
hundred millions.of feet.  The otherreason is that it is too metropolitan a
city to let trees or stumps of anykind
remain long within its borders.
Many of its smaller neighbors can
show more standing timber within their
corporate  limits, but manufacturers
would be to a large extent at the mercy
of their single railroad for their shipping rates, while their supply of timber
would be limited to a few years' cut for
a large plant.                               J. W. Cobbs, Lumberman.




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The supply of timber which is naturally tributary to Cadillac is almost beyond comprehension and has never been estimated, except ill the
approximate at ten billion feet. This vast amount of timber necessarily
covers a considerable portion of this part
of the state, and most of it is of colrse
C    too distant to be hauled here by teams;
but as no large factory could be supplied
for any great length of time with logs
drawn in that manner, this objection, if
indeed it is one. would soon present itsself in any location.  And right here
comes in Cadillac's strong argumnent in
favor of her claim. Her railroads penetrate these boundless forests and make
it possible to bring their wealth right to
the factory door, from  a distance of
twenty miles, at no greater expense per
thousand feet than to draw it three or
fouri miles with teams. Thus it will be
seen that what would be a serious drawback in a town with only one railroad is
G. A. Bergland, Lumberman.  really a blessing to Cadillac with its
three roads, and will be a greater one
when the two projected roads are built,
as these will give large tracts of timber
their first outlet and bring fresh competition and lower log rates in consequence.
Much has been written of the hardwood forests of Northern Michigan, but
the unwritten part far exceeds it, and
can only be imagined by those who have
tramped for days in this and adjoining
counties.  The sugar maple predominates, with soft, grey, and rock elm next
in quantity, then follow birch, basswood,
black ash and beech, plentifully distributed, while red oak, white ash, cherry
and birdseye maple are more scattering.
With these varieties of timber found in
such abundance, it is easy to see that
furniture factories making the cheaper    C. R. Smith, Proprietor Hotel McKinnon.




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grades of furniture could find profitable employment here if at any place
in the world, as the lumber for its manufacture could be procured very
cheaply. Then again, fuel, labor, taxes, and in fact everything that enters
into the cost of production would be cheaper than in many of the cities
farther south in the state. which are manufacturing at a profit and paying
prices for lumber far in advance of its cost here. The city has one factory
which started in a modest way in this line, that has done a profitable and
constantly increasing business for three years, and whose output has found
its way into the markets of several different states. A wood novelty facto
Residence of G A. Bergland.

ry could find enough timber in the slabs and refuse of our mills to make
many articles for which there is always a demand. A stave and heading factory would also find Cadillac a most desirable location, as the grey and soft
elm of this vicinity is not excelled in any part of the Union. The rock elm,
too, is of the best possible quality, and the largest hame factory could find
sufficient timber to operate it for years. This timber is fast taking the
place of hickory in the manufacture of buggies, cutters, etc., because it has
been found to be nearly if not quite as good, and is much cheaper and easier to find. The product of some of our mills is shipped to the large works
of New York, where it is known as hickory elm by those using it. Why not




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bring your factory here and ship the finished product at an increased profit over the present system? Hardwood lands can be bought at prices
ranging from live to fifteen dollars per acre, but it is not necessary to buy
lands to obtain timber, as mnore is offered for sale in the log than the mills
and factories here can use, and much is shipped to Grand Rapids and Muskegon, a distance of over one hundred miles.:
A tannery is another industry that Cadillac could accommodate in
first class style, because of- the: minrense belt' of herihlock close at hand.
Michigan heinlock tan bark is superior t6Wthat of Wisconsin and is quoted
one doJlar per,pord  higher in price in the eastern mairkets. Michigan's productive soil.m.nakes the superior quality. Cadillac- guarantees a sufficient, quantity, who will, produce the'tannery?  Cadillac would
welcome,any. or all of such enterprises as are here suggested with open
arms, the best f gpod.,will, and what is more substantial, provide a good
site for buildings.

The Cummer Electric Light Plant,,~-~~-? L7. I 1:'i. ~L
II i:
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CADILLAC AS

A MANUFACTURING CENTER.
By S. J. Wall.

ADILLAC is at the center of the wheel. It is the hub. The spokes
are'lines of steel. Fifteen years ago visitors would say, "In five years
more your pine will be gone, and then your town will be dead."  And in
truth the fast depleting forests near the lake gave color to the prophecy.
But half a generation has passed and still the saws have experienced no
famnine. Since then "great Birnain wood has come to Dunsinane."  The
pine-forests of surrounding counties have moved down the iron ways to
a common rendezvonx at the center.

Residence of Geo. D. VanVranken.




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Cadillac has not died, on the contrary she has climed to the position
of honor in the mortuary tables, and now  enjoys an indefinate expectation of life. For many years her mainmoth mills have been almost exclusively supplied, with timber brought from  ten, twenty, thirty, fifty
miles away. Within the last year, one of the largest mills in Northern
Michigan has been built here, exclusively for the manufacture of timber
which grows at a distance of forty to sixty miles.
These facts speak more forcibly than volumes of "boom" literature
of the accessibility of this point to the almost unlimited timber supply
of northwestern Michigan. What the pine forests have done the others
will do. The pines have led the way and the hardwoods are already following after.
Residence of Jacob Cornwell.
Until recently the energies of our lumbermen have found ample field
for their exercise in the manufacture of pine lumber and forest products,
while our preeminence as a pine producing center, has to outside operators, obscured the fact that a still greater industry was here awaiting developoment.
A change is now begun. Messrs F. A. Diggins & Co. have erected a
fine band mill for the manufacture of hardwood lumber, bringing their
logs from east, west, north and south, over thedifferent lines of railway.
The Cummer Manufacturing Company have become pioneers in the
manufacture of hardwood novelties and furniture at this point. They
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The cut at thehead of this article presents a view of the country
within a radius of eighteen miles of Cadillac. Tlhe er ss represents pine.
the oblique lines, hardwood. Beyond the boundary linLe tlhe prp ution
of hardwood is much greater, and of pine correspondingly less than within it. We are at the center of a district wlichl is said by those coinpetent to judge to be the most extensive tract of hardwood now remaining in
the United States.
Cadillac has advantages as a wood manufacturing center not possesed by any other city in Michigan. Understand us, we do not claim  the
leading position as a trade center. As sales depots we cheerfully concede

J. A. Smith, Clothing.  Geo. D. VanVranken, Drugs  F. H. Goodman, Boots and Shoes.
THE KELLY BLOCK,
superiority of position to some of our elder and more beautiful sisters.  But
our modesty does not forbid us to assert, that as a factory center, as a
workslop site, we are unexcelled if not unequaled.
Another point is worthy to be considered by manufacturers.    In the
twenty years of extensive operations which have been carried on here, we
have never had a strike nor a lockout, a fact which testifies not only to
the justice of the employers, but as well to the moderation of the employed.  Conflict between labor and capital has never stirred our atmosphere,




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Its problems have interested but not harassed us. We have no anarchists. The turbulent element, if it ever comes, finds no congenial company and soon returns. The labor agitator has some listeners, but no followers. Our working men quite generally own their own homes, and not
only respect but are ready to defend the sacred rights of private property.
Our latch string is out, and we offer our hospitality to all well disposed persons desirous of bettering their condition

Residence of Dr. C E. Miller.




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CADILLAC      TEN   YEARS AGO.
By L. J. La w.
N July, 1881, I started out to look up a location for a clothing store.  I
had been canvassing the matter for several months previous and had
made up my mind to start somewhere in Michigan, if I could find the
right kind of a town, with a good opening for such a store. My first stop
in Michigan was in Detroit, where I interviewed some of its wholesale
merchants and was advised togo into the north part of the state. From there
I. went to Grand Rapids, and in that city I was fortunate enough to meet...................................................  7 1..

Residence of C. H. LaBar.
several salesmen. who drummed Northern Michigan, and they all spoke
well of Cadillac., One said "It's'a great town."  Another said "She's a
dandy."  Another said "They're hustlers up there;" and still another told
me about attending a minstrel show in an ice house up there, a few weeks
before. He said that the ice was piled up in one end and formed the foundation for the stage, and that the audience was seated on rough planks set
on blocks and that the troupe (Primrose & West's, I think it was) played
two nights to crowded houses. All this excited my curiosity, and the
next day I started for Cadillac. On the train I met a resident of Grand
Rapids, who was on his way to Petoskey with his family. I asked him if
he knew anything about Cadillac. "Oh, yes!" he knew Cadillac. It was




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the last town north of Grand Rapids. "Just wait until we get there," he
said, "(when you see the crowd at the depot you'll think you have struck
Chicago."  And so it proved; there were at least two huiidred people at
the depot-everybody at that time seemed to rnmake it a point to go down
to the afternoon train. The salesmen whom I met in Grand Rapids having directed me to go to the McKinnon House, I wended my way to the,
at that time, barn-like looking structure on the corner, where a surly clerk
(I have forgotten his name, but remember well his surly disposition,) met
me and, I thought very grudgingly, granted me the privilege of occupying
the sky-parlor. After assuring myself that I would have a place in which
LaBar & Cornwell's Brick Block.
to sleep I started out to take in the town. The first sight I saw Wras three
teams of horses hauling Moyer & Tam's tug up Mitchell St., through the
deep sand. They turned down Mason St., and I followed the crowd to see
the tug launched. After that I walked up and down Mitchell St., looking
for a vacant store. There was only one-a new store building just built
by Herman Spencer, the one now occupied by Shaw's shoe store; but there
apparently was little business transacted in that end of the town at that
time, and I felt sonie hesitancy about risking my little all in starting a
clothing store in so seemingly an unfavorable location. But when I saw
the crowded streets that evening and the prosperous signs of business on
every hand, I decided to rent the store if I could do so on favorable terms.




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I sought the owner and obtained from him a refusal of the building for
one day. I then introduced myself to some of the prominent men of the
town and questioned them regarding the town, and more particularly
about the location. All, without exception, advised me to come here.
They all agreed that there was money to be made, but all advised me to
rent the store for only one year with the privilege of renewing for one or
two more years if I wished to. They said by that time the pine will all be
gone and we don't know how it will be then.
Well, I acted on their advice and rented the store as above, and then
I inquired for a carpenter to put in shelving. Spencer said, "Let's go up
to Sam Wall's new house," (now Judge Aldrich's.)  "There's a carpenter
V  N
Residence of W. W. Cummer,
there that I think we can get to do the work." So we started out into the
country; that is, it seemed so to me at that time, and I remember I asked
Spencer what in the world Wall wanted to build such a nice house so far way
out of town. Spencer replied, "It is quite a ways out, but he has a nice
lot and there will soon be a sidewalk out there."  Well, we closed a bargain with the carpenter, and then I began home-hunting. Did I find one?
Not a house; not a room; not even a closet. So back to the hotel I went,
and politely taking off my hat, I asked the surly clerk if he would kindly
permit my wife and I to remain with him awhile, and how much he would
charge a month for room and board. His reply was, "Four dollars a day!"




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I immediately informed him that he had, evidently misunderstood me, that
I did not desire to lease the hotel; I simply wanted a small sized room and
a moderate, a very moderate amount of daily food. His answer was, "If
you don't like the price you needn't come."
I saw that I could do nothing with him, so I sat down and talked a
while with Major Andrews, the proprietor, and he very graciously as a
"special accommodation" offered to let me have a small back room, with
board, at sixty dollars per month, provided I furnished my own fuel.
This 1 accepted, and the following day I left for Chicago to buy my stock.
On August 13th, I "opened up." My next door neighbors were, Dunham's,
Residence of N. L. Gerrish.
now Wilcox Bros., grocery store, and "Morse's Bankrupt Store," where
Nichols & Peets now are. Across the street, in the building now occupied
by the Fair, Martin & Clary were doing, what was then called a land-office business in groceries. North of them, where Bellaire now is, was an
old house in which Dr. Hutchinson had a dental office. The Odd-Fellows
Block was being built at this time, also the opera huuse, down by the
Lake Shore. Where LaBar & Cornwell's fine building now stands were
two unoccupied lots. Dan Peck had a furniture store where the Bell
now is, and the Post-Office was in the building now occupied by Frank
Hutchinson. O. F. Bloss, a jolly good natured sort of a fellow, who
never seemed to care whether school kept or not, was in the store I now




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occupy, and next to him was a meat market, and beyond that P. Medalie's
dry goods store. About the only business men who now    occupy the
same buildings they were then in are, John Cloud, F. H. Hnntley, Dr.
Dillenbeck, 1F. A. Koegal, John Olson, J. W. Curnmmer and J. H. Plett.
There were no lbusiness buildings beyond Frank Jacobsen's. LaBar &
Cornwell we, e in the building now occupied by Albertson. Dan McCoy
was Mayor, Chauncy Guest, City Clerk; and Will Cassler, Marshall; Prof.
E:,os was Superintendent of the Schools, which at that time consisted of
a six room crn. tral buildingr where the Iigh School now stands, and a one
room building in Harristown..
During the first six months I was here the principal topics of conversation were the mild character- of the winter and-, -the county seat.
-.
Residence of Austin W. Mitchell.
I did not at that time see anything particularly mild about the winter,
and it was difficult for me to immediately work up the seemingly necessary amount of enthusiasm about the county seat, in fact it became a
sort of a bugbear to me and I used to wish that I could take the "County
Seat and Wild John" down and throw them both in the lake. However,
we got there in the spring, and then we chartered a special train and hired
a band and we captured the county seat, and after we got her we didn't
know where in thunder to put her, as an enthusiastic Cadillacan was heard to
say. Well, well, it is pleasant to think over those rough times of teni




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years ago, when we had nothing but san'd and sawdust and Green's waterworks, and a couple of cheap wood church buildings and occasional sidewalks. If a stranger asked you where there was a blacksmith shop, you
didn't know whether to direct him to Dan Kennedy's or to feel offended
at his impertinence; and if a man happened to mention the north star,
one could hardly tell whether to talk astronomy to him or to hunt up the
Marshall, and say to him that there was another bold bad man in town. But
how about those fellows who didn't know what was to become of us
after two years had passed. Why, bless you, they are all here yet, that is
most of them are, and those who are not sincerely wish they were, and
Residence of F. S. Kieldsen.
lots of us have come since then; and still there's more to follow. Our city
has move than doubled in population in the last ten years, substantial
brick business blocks have taken the place of many of the cheap wooden
buildings that were occupied by our early merchants. Fine residences
have been built upon streets that have been graded and graveled and
a lorned with rows of thrifty shade trees. A complete sewer system, electric lights, the telephone sybtem and a fire alarm system, have all been put
in during the past decade. A  handsome and commodious brick high
school building with twelve rooms has taken the place of the wood school
house of ten years ago: and three ward schools have also been built in the
meantime. The fine M. E. church and the tasty Congregational church




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buildiigrs have been built within the same period. Many manufacturing
andustries have been established, and we have become in a commercial
sense the hub of Northern Michigan, and that Cadillac will continue to
grow and beautify arid improve, is the sincere and firm belief of its citizen
and friend, the writer.

Scene on the Lakeside Boulevard.

SFIE Township of Clam Lake was organized in the spring of 1872, and
the first election of officers was held on the first Monday in April of
that year. The polling place was at the Mason House, anid the total number of votes cast was exactly one hundred. To reach this number, some
negroes employed in the hotel were permitted to each put in a ballot. To
this obliteration of the color line there was some objectiou by a portion of
the populace.




CADYILLAC REMLAISCENCES AND' VSKETCHES

Interior of Psesbyterian Church.

C. C, Chittenden, Prosecuting Attorney.

Rev. W. W. Dewey, Pastor First Baptist Church.




R7STORIY AND PROPliEHCY--A SYMJPO SlUM.

CADILLAC'S FIRST SAVINGS BANK,
incident showing the difficulties of socil enjoymenb so greatly
louged for by the advance party of G. R. &I.L railroad builders who
reached this point twenty years ago, is told by Mr. J. G. Mosserz It was
approaching pay-day, and;AMr. Mosser, superintendeiit of the bridge building crew, and Mr, tanton, tho' grading ýcontractor, were here with the
'sum of twelve thousand dollars' in currency, with which to redeemn the
tine checks earned and held by the workmen. A proper disposition of
this arnount of inoney was the chief obstacle to their innglimg with a jolly
dancing party to be given at the newly built Mason House. The propriety
of carrying the mnoney with them into a mixed multitude of merry-mak,
Game Display at F. H. Hotchinson's Market,
ers in a new north-woods town became a debatable question, and was not
long entertained. rUnder the steps at the headquarters' shanty of Engineer
Stimpson vas an assortment of old rubber boots which had done service for
the railroad surveyors. Into the leg of one of these boots they deposited
all olf the cash in hand, and replaced the boot, beneath the steps, with full
confidence that the bank would not "bust" until they would draw the money.. They took in the full share of enjoyment at the party, and it was
much later than usual when they arose to resume the duties of the next
day. They sought out their improvised savings bank and found that the
combination of the time lock on the boot leg vault was all right, and so
was their money.




5z       ADILLC 40REMVINSCENCES AIND SKETCHES,
F.  ~

David Ralston, M. D.                                                  C. E. Miller, M. D.

J. H. Plett, Proprietor M-at M arket.

M. C. Heath, M. D.




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N her reference to the early history of Cadillac, printed elsewlhere in
this publication, Mrs. Geo. A. Mitchell mentions Dr. DeNoys as Ieing Cadillac's first plhysicianl. Since that portion of the book was put to
press Mrs. Mitchell has learned that sle was. mistaken as to that, Dr.
John Leeson having been the first medical man here. Dr. Lceson visited
the Clam Lake lumber camp, from which the city of Cadillac developed,
ill 'November 1871, walking from LeRoy, which was as far as the 0G. R.
& I. railroad was then bunilt. The Doctor spent one niglht in the place
and walked out the next morning, with no desire and less expectation that
he would ever return, to the slhores of the Clam Lakes to spend tile best
days of his life. He returned again, however, in March 1872, and in the
following montlh of tlhat year entered upon his permanent residence here.
He opened the fir,,t drug store in the following May, and in connection with
his practice an(l drug business more fully developed the preparation of the
famons Tiger Oil, which had in an incomplete way been inaugurated at
Manistee.

Residence of J. R. Bishop
IHAUNCY IHOLLISTER, who homesteaded the southeast quarter of section twenty-six, was the first Supervisor of Clam Lake.  He was also
chosen as the first Magistrate, and after qualifying for that office opened
a justice office in the new and rustic village, which speedily developed all
the business he desired to take charge of.




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-REVIEW    OF CADILLAC'S NEWSPAPER HISTORY.,BOUT the riddleof March, 1871, Clark L. Frazier, of Manistee, ir
S  compalny witlh Justice Ingraln, Dr. John Leeson, and George Butts,
all tlhen residents of Manistee, constitnted a sleigh load who  drove
across the country and through the woods to the new settlement of Clam
Lake. Mr. lrasier, who was conversent with the printing 6usiness came
to investigate.tlee opening here for a newspaper and printing office. A
conference with Mr. George A. Mitchell, the founder of the place, result.
ed in the donation of a desirable business lot on Mitchell street, the same
beinlg now ownedl by Doctor Leeson and E. F Sawyer, and the residence

Jacob Cjmmer, Lumberman.
lot, wlere now stands the dwelling uf Mr. J. W. Cunmer. Mr. Mitchell
further arranged to subscribe for twenty-five copies of the proposed newspaper, and gave such other substantial assurance of business support that
instead of returning with his companions to Manistee, Mr. Fraiser at
once proceeded south by the new railroad to procure his printing outfit.
THlE CLAM LAIE NEWS had its birth place in the first frame building erected
in the bustling new  settlement, the same structure now occupied by
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printing office was removed to Doctor Leeson's building, now used by Fred
Lentz and the printing office apartments for some time had ueither doors
or glass windows.
In 1873 Mr. Frazier sold his paper to J. A. & O. Whitrnore, of
Adrian, Michigan. Jayno A. Whitmore, the son, removed here and conducted the business until the suinnmei' of 1878, when C. T. Chapin
bruiight on a job printing outfit from Toledo, Ohio, and assumed control
of the office. The paper, which had previously been reduced in size and
the subscription rate lowered to fifty cents per annum, was enlarged and
the price advanced to one dollar and a half, the present price of THE NEiWs

W. W. Mitchell, Lumberman.
AND ExPRESS. In January, 1879, John M. Rice purchased the interest of
the M essrs. Whitmore, and The paper was published by Rice & Chapin for
several months, when Rice sold, his interest to Mr. Chapin. In the fall
of 1880, Mr. H. H. Terwilliger of Mason, Inghamn county, became an associate owner of the News, but retired on January 1, 1881, to engage in the
banking business at Montague, Muskegon county. On the tenth of February, 1882, the News was purchased by J. W. Giddings & Co. The
political vigor and influence of the paper was largely enhanced by Mr.
Giddings, who filled the editorial chair until he was honored with a seat




C.ADILL /4 C NREMJfl/VISCEVCES AND SKETCHES,

E. L. Metheany, Mayor.

J. M. Wardell, M. D.

Byron Ballou, Post Master.

R W. Massey, Tobacco Dealer and News Agent.




HISTORY AND- PRdPHECY-A SYMPOSIUM.                      57
in the Senate chamber at Lansing. It was while Mr.- Giddinogs was
serving his constituents at the State Capitol that the paper was sold to
the News Publishing Company, in MAarch, 1887, his present law partner
Mr. E. E. Haskins filling the editorial chair until succeded by John M. Rice.
The News was consolidated with the Saturday Express May 16, 1887,
Mr. John M. Rice being editor and manager of the combined papers until
October 1, 1887. Perry F. Powers, the present publisher of the NEWS AND
EXPRESS, succeeded the News and Express Publishing Company December 1, 1887.
The first democrat paper published in Cadillac, was established by
Alfred Rindge, who came here from Mendon, Mich. It was called the
Cadillac Times. This paper was absorbed and succeeded by the Michigan
Interior View of Hotel McKinnon-Office.
State Democrat, a paper which had been first established in Detroit by M.
T. Woodruff. Mr. Woodruff continued the publication of the State Democrat, with a single partial intermission in the summer of 1889, when
Bright & Tweedie were publishers, until Tuesday of last week, Dec. 10,
when it passed into possession of George S. Stanley, formerly of Columbiaville, Lapeer county.
The Daily Enterprise was a newspaper venture started in the summer
of 1880, and backed up by A. K. Moyer, E. F. Sawyer, S. S. Fallass,
George Holbrook, Daniel McCoy, J. G. Mosser, and a number of other citizens, to aid in forwarding the removal of the county seat from Sherman




CADILLAC REMINISCENCES AND SKETCHES,

to Cadillac. John B. Rosevelt, an active and vigilant young attorney was
the managing editor, and upon his vermillion head at that time fell the
wrath of the "north half" fighters in the county seat struggle.
The Wexford County Citizen had an existence from August 16, 1884,
to June, 1885. It was printed at the job printing office of C. T. Chapin,
and was edited and published by Prof. H. M. Enos.
The Saturday Express was first issued in December, 1886, by Chapin
& Sill, and was regularly published until May 16, 1887, when it was consolidated with the Cadillac News.

Chas. E. Thornmark, Editor of Arbetaren.
The Arbeteran, published weekly by Charles E. Thornmark, was established in March 1890. It is published exclusively for Scandinavian
readers.
The Pastor's Helper, edited by Rev. W. W. Dewey, of the Baptist
church, and the Church News, edited by Rev. Morse Rowell of the Presbyterian church, are two monthly religious papers now regularly published
in Cadillac.
SXTRA copies of this book can be obtained at The News and Express office, for 25 cents each.




HISTO R- Y AND PROPHE CY-A- SYAMPOSSIUL  5

59

Interior View of Ctrmmer Electric Light Works,
OR     further information concerning Cadillac address the editor of the
News a-d Express, or any of the business firms referred to in these
pages.
L                                                        ~~

View of J. G. Mosser' Brick Yards,




6o

CADILLAC REMLVISCENCES AND SKETCHES,

"THE LAKESIDE BOULEVARD."
HT   E "Lakeside Boulevard," sketches from  photographs of which are
given in these pages, is a beautiful graveled roadway extending entirely around Little Clam Lake, a distance of about seven miles, leading
Sfrom one of our principal streets
k.and returning to the same street.
Work on this driveway was begun late last summer and cownpleted but a few days ago. The
total cost of the driveway was
about ten thousand dollars, eighteen hundred dollars of which
was paid by the city of Cadillac,
in grading and improving the
streets within the city limits
which led to the lakeside road,
and about eight thousand dollars
being subscribed by the business
men and citizens of Cadillac.
The driveway is an unusually
beautiful one, forming as it does
almost a circle around one of our
pretty lakes; here proceeding
over level plain, there passing
through groves and trees, and
again totichiig almost the water's edge..
In addition to the many
Scene on the Lakeside Boulevard.  pretty views of the little lake
obtainable from the driveway, there is also provided a full view of Big
Clam Lake, from that section which passes through Twin Lake Park.
Three bridges were built on the "Boulevard," the long bridge shown in
our cut, and two smnall rustic bridges, one over the canal between the two
lakes, and another across the "old outlet," the stream which united the two
lakes before the canal was built.
The Cadillac Boulevard is a public improvement which well illustrates
the enterprise and public spirit of our citizens. Praise and credit is due
to all who in any way assisted in its construction, biit to J. W. Cobbs and
W. W. Mitchell, lumbermen of our city, is especil. credit due for their
part in the work. In addition to very generous contributions Mr. Cobb,
and Mr. Mitchell gave much of their time to direct supervision of the road




HISTOR Y AND PROPHECY---A S YMrPOSIUM.

building, advising, encouraging and assisting in all the different stages of
the enterprise. Through all the years to come the Cadillac Boulevard will
testify to the generous, progressive spirit of the gentlemen who planned and inaugurated it, and to the comniunity pride and ambition of
the citizens who heartily join
ed in carrying it iforward to
completion.
HIS descriptive and picturesque  representation
of Cadillac will be sent to
many lhardwood manufacturers now doing business in New
York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and other eastern
er Jstates.                     The representations
herein made as to the abundance of hardwood   amd the
favoriable opportunities for its
manufacture, which will be of
interest to eastern operators,
can be relied upon as a true
View of Twin Lake Canal, from Canal Bridge.   relation  of existing  facts.
Any further infrcmation desired will be cheerfully and promptly furnished
by sending a request to the editor of the Cadillac NEWS AND EXPRESS, or to
any of the Cadillac business firms represented in these pages.
HE Rev. A. L. Thurston, a Methodist minister now located at Kingsley, Grand Traverse county, is said to have been the first minister to
preach here. The preaching service was held in J. S. McLain's log house,
where J. G. Mosser's warehouse now stands, sometime in January, 1872.
Mr. Thurston filled preaching appointments at Clam Lake on every other
Sunday after his first sermon until the September following, when A. J.
Wheeler was appointed as the first resident minister. The first church
building, the frame church recently succeeded by the handsome brick
Methodist church, was built under Mr. Wheeler's pastorate. Mr. Wheeler
is now located at Spring Lake, Ottawa county.




6z

6CADILLAC.REYMINAISCENCES AND SKETCHES,

PINE AND HARDWOOD.
T1-IERE are three hundred million feet of pine yet standing in a single
body, within a distance of five miles from the city of Cadillac, the
niearer portion of this pine forest just skirting the south-east corporation
line. This body of pine will furnish constant employment to one mill for
twenty years, employini)g from forty to fifty men, in the mill-yards and office, - or keep in operation two mills for ten years, with almost double the
force of employes named above. In addition to this single' body there
are hundreds of millions of feet of pine in Wexford and adjoining counties tributary to the mills of Cadillac, the greater portion of it, indeed, now
owned by Cadillac lumbermen.  The cutting and hauling of pine will continue to be a profitable Cadillac industry for many years, and it will be
succeeded by the still more profitable manufacture of superior hardwood,
which indnstri will far outlive the coining century.
~Z.Interior View of Hotel McKinnon-Dining Room.
[ITS volume is a Cadillac production in all respects save the making
of the paper and the mechanical work on the illustrations. The subject is principally Cadillac, the articles are all written by Cadillac people,
the pictures represent Cadillac scenes and Cadillac citizens, and the book
was compiled and printed in the office of THE CADILLAC NEWS AND ExPREss. In part it is a representation of Cadillac newspaper enterprise,
but as a whole it is representative of Cadillac's ambition and energy and
progress.




HISTORY AND) PROPHECY-A SYMPOSIUM.  6.63

T  IE business men and firms represented in the advertising pages of
this volume are representative and reliable.  They desire to extend
their trade and to assist in providing for the permanent prosperity of Cadillac, and to do so will deal liberally and justly with their patrons, not perminitting their prices and profits to be in advance of those of any other city
in the state. The reader of these pages can confidently rely upon the
promises and business representations made in these pages.

Odd Fellow's Block. Viola Lodge No. 259.
TIE soil on which the intmense hardwood forests of Northern Michigan
now stand will be the future banner farms of Michigan. There wvill
l)e profit in removing the hardwood preparatory to the development of
such farms, and permanent prosperity will be guaranteed through utilizing them.




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CDILLAC -REMINITSCENCES AND SKETCHES,

Canal Bridge on the Lakeside Boulevard.

S. McLAIN     was the first postmaster of Cadillac, receiving his appointment during Grant's first administration, in 1872.   C:lark L.
Frazier, thre first newspaper publisher.:was also superintendentof the
first Sunday school organized here.

Scene on the Lakeside Boulevard.




7x:.  ~,,  - 'rer  e                                 0P.0
Sole   Agents for Dunlap's Hats
"Costly thine apparel as thy purse can buy,
Rich, not gaudy, for the apparel oft proclaims the man."
Xi winIl              itY        ou      i f            *
At all times with stylish apparel for Men and Boys' at
popular      prices.      Headquarters         for    Holiday      Goods
when     in season.                Yours Etc.,
A WOIRD TO TF0                                      E WISE.
O doctor or medicine can cure all diseases.  TIGER OIL is not a cure all, but the reason it
cures so many diseases is because it has so many medical properties, of which a few are here
given, viz: It is a compound stimulant, not as alcoholic liquors and some medicines stimulate,
(leaving the patient weaker,) but a vital stimulant giving to the whole animal economy, the energy which annihilates disease.  It has also
Anodyne, Carminative, Antiseptic, Tonic, Diu-..retic, Expectorant, Stomachic, Cholagogue, Ger---- -micidal, and other qualities too numerous to mention.
Hence it cures Coughs, Colds, Neuralgia,
Toothache, Rheumatism, Fainting, Globus Hystericus, Spinal Diseases, Fits, Cerebral Spinal
Meningetis, Diarrhea, Dysentery, Flux, Colic,
Cholera  Morbus, Cholera   Infantum,   Scarlet
Fever, Diphtheria, Fevers, Inflammation, Diseases of the Kidneys and numerous other diseases.
In fevers use alternatively with other medicines,
and especially as an external application in low
S   fevers, when in the lowest stage, a dollar bottle a
day has been applied with great benefit and
profit; in many cases saving lives that have been
given up to die. If freely used internally, benefit
must be the result.
SNExternally use for Injuries, Sprains, Bruises,
JN      L    ESO#                Cuts, Burns, Stiffness of Joints or Muscles,
Lameness, Shrinking of Muscles; or anywhere in man or beast where any oil or liniment may be
used with benefit. Always use clear externally over the seat of the disease, injury or sprain.  Use
with sweetened water internally. For an ox or horse use ten times as much as for a man in similar diseases; for other animals in proportion to size.
Thousands of dollars and many lives are saved yearly by the early use of Tiger Oil. Save your
property and lives by using Tiger Oil for your fainily and stock.
For Sale by DR.. JOHN ILIEEON. Cadillac, Micoh.
tnd Druggists Generally.




X

inclaif's 8       JirnituFe % Store.
North Mitchell Street, cadillac, Mich.

C. H. Sinclair's Furniture Buildings.

It is the best Place in Cadillac at which to purchase
FURiVITURE
At satisfactory prices. It is but a short walk to
Sinclair's Furniture Rooms, and you will save money
by calling there before you buy any articles of
UPHOLSTERED GOODS.
Bed Room Suites, Book Cases, Tables, Rockers,
kept in stock. Any special pieces or suit desired,
will be ordered and delivered at a less price than you
could buy it of the manufacturers.
Undertaking Goods in stock, and calls in that line
promptly attended to.

C. Fl. SINCL*AIR.

North Mitchell Street.




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Take               T                    EHLL
CLOTHING STORE.
ro, FH. E. Aldrich & Co., Prop'rs
H. E. Aldrich & (Co,Sole Ag ots for Cadillac.
Newest Stock, Lowest Prices, Latest Styles.
The Bell Rings a Cordial Invitation to all prospective
Clothing  Buyers.   Our Stock       is  New,
and large, and our prices will be satisfactory, We
desire your patronage, and will prove it to you if
you will call the next time you need anything in the
line of Clothing or Furnishing Goods.
H. E. ALDRICH & CO.
**' HI  E  Blt13.. I,"  Opposite D. A. Blodgett & Co.'s Bank.
~-.-     ~DEALER IN  ----
F~ine Boots, Shoes a gibbcrS
I AM A PRACTICAL WORKMAN
in the line of my trade, and am familiar with the
quality of stock and character of work in every pair
of boots or shoes in my stock. I buy only such
goods as
I CAN GUARNATEE,
and pay only such prices as will enable me to give
my patrons full value for their money.
No other dealer handles better goods or makes lower
prices.
A4. % ANl-,MEGSO N.




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Manufacturers and Dealers in Flour, Etc.

WVbolsale./ Jetail g0roces,
Prominent among the solid business firms of Cadillac
is that of LaBar       &    Cornwell, whose          average annual
business     is  about
Half a Milizon Dollars.
They are manufacturers of flour, having one of the most complete modern process
flouring mills in Michigan, this mill having been recently remodeled and improved at
a cost of ten thousand dollars. The wholesale and retail grocery departments of
their business, are also
CONDUCTED ON A LARGE SCALE,
goods being bought direct from manufacturers, and sold at prices not duplicated by
any other dealers in northern Michigan.  LaBar & Cornwell are the leaders in
quantity and quality in all they handle, and their prices are always the fairest and the
lowest.
LA PAR & COIVRLWELL.




XIII

NlORTHERN MICHIGAN

___LI_

AND NORMAL,

CADI LLA-C,

-   M-ICHIG AN,

Cadillac Business Co!lege Blocv.
Established September 2, 1839, under the au.pices of the Cadiliac Advancement Association.
Business Supervision Hoard, appointed by the same Association.
All diplomas are signedl b)y the above Hoard.
The above college embraces:
A SCHOOL OF COMMERCIAL SCIENCE. This school consists of thorough instruction in
Double and Single Entry Book-Keeping, without a text hook, Commercial Law, Arithmetic, Penmanship, Correspondence, and Lectures on the Science of Accounts and kindred
subjects.
A SCHOOL OF SHORT-HANDI). Graham and Eciective systems are used. We teach the reporting style from the start.
A SCHOOL OF MUSIC.          For the Piano and Organ, Reliable instruction guaranteed.
A NORMAL SCHOOL. Embracing all the branches from a third to a first grade certilicate.
A school for Penmanship, Elocution, German Converra ion, and a department for common
branches. -Students may enter at any time.
F. J. TILFING, Prop'r.




XIV

W.NI.~ G6~~W

DEALFR IN
Dry -Goods,--Carpets A Fancy- Goods,

W. M. Gow's Dry Goods Store.

T/ Ag

And  O~ bet elcedstc o DyGoosnot frn

And best selected stock of Dry Goods north of Grand
Rapids. An unusually large line of
LBDIS"           LOBi~S ~ VBP
Fine and Common Carpets, Window Draperies and
Curtains.
The Nasoqic J3Iock pr!J Goods Store.




xv

S. W9i. KRA7VE R, +
Dealer in  9.
Carpets,          tiugs, Mattiqgs,
( -,                                              Y, s~Furnishing Goods, Hosiery, Gloves, Parasols, Etc.
Wraps and Childrens' Garments.         The Best and
Cheapest Dry Goods Store in the city.
STRICTLYEv ONE PRIC E.
(Successors to Sampson & Drury.)
THE LEADING
HARDWARE DEALERS.
There are occasions when you wish to buy something in the line of
Hardware. At such times remember that we are very
desirous of selling Hardware.
WE BUY OUR GOODS IN ORDER TO SELL THEM,
We therefore buy what we think our customers will want, and
we try to be prepared to sell at prices they can afford to pay.
Our store is very large, onr stock is correspondingly large, and
only our prices are small. Call on us when in a hardware purchasing mood.      Respectfully Yours,
NEYTAIRK & DIRUR7Y.




C.

J. SHAiVJo SI-lAW,

I
1
- -- --

DEALER IN
DRY GOODS, CARPETS,
CLOAKS AND NOTIONS,
ODD FELLOW'S BLOCK.        CADILLAC, MICH.




X VII

J. W COBBS.

W W. MITCHELL

--   Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in  +~LE 1B B     TIMBER
T I N1B E IR

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CAIkD1LEk   MIQ3iici AN

N11(nFlIGANO




XXII

R. l1. M7TASSEY..
ji N  J   W   S      i QlfT\ AND DEALER
A full line of the best brands and grades of Cigars and
Tobaccos always in stock. Also a line of Pipes, Cigar
Cases and Cigar Holders embracing all styles from the
cheapest to the costliest.
TH~E JUdODI, PUVCK,
And similar illustrated publications are received regularly. The Michigan daily papers and the Cadillac weeklies always on sale in the News Department. Fine Fruit,
Candies, Caramels, Chewing Gum and a select line of
Confectionery, always choice and fresh. When you desire any goods in my line please call.
H. W. MASSEYY.
In talking and thinking of,,:1471n'...
____ _.             Don't Forget
Please remember that Cloud still holds his place as leading dealer in Hardware, Tinware, Cutlery and House Furnishing Goods.
He al.-o is the exclusive dealer in a full line of the best Heating
and Cook Stoves made. Sleighs, Wagons, Bicycles, Skates, in
fact, every article ever kept in a full-stocked Hardware Store,
can be purchased at Cloud's Pioneer Store
JOHN M. CLOUD.




XXIII

~Pxyg

owt.

f/          Two-Thirds of your life is
spent in your clothes.
Why not buy them of L. J. Law?
Wlio is L 3. Law?v?
1abl7ionfabI                   ressmakr.
Second floor of A. M. Lamb's Building.

Mitchell Street.

CADILLAC, MICH.

__ ~Cigar,

Manufactured by.
RT YOLD & GLCASEN,

Sold by all first-class dealers.

Sl  CADILLAC, MICH.




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-- 0,.Manufacturers and

Wholesale Dealers in.*

White an~d Normlagj Pine

I.
U

Las
3~g~ T~b~amiC OMate

MI[GIqGANO




xxI

A. W. MITCHELL.

W. W MITCHELL

Manufacturers of
Il4a
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C5-UI   M, T lAA Rý4I4V  - WI'- -06,-U MYI _I ME2
Manufacturers of
J31raI-hct,M       ouldings,

and Datl.

7IND   DW'Th1E15 IN     BUILDER1 S'       ITKIgH~~L.
An Inspection of Our Building Material Solicited of Farmers
and Local Builders.

C-A.DIEE-A.G,

CADLLA,  MCHIAN




XIX

C1~N11ERI          WIFI F G.
MANUFACIURERS OF

C6~

d d r sw
f.~ all
ihuis.

[~L~1~
LU

WMAL4' FORM.
Pat. Pending.

(LO\K FO iM
Pit. Pending

Folding  Tables, Store   Fittings,
Special Furniture, Novelties, Etc.

inglE

OUR~ FgCTOýYoP~

f   f   +

Is well fitted with, the 'latest im-..proved machinery, is lighted with
electric lights and is complete in
every respect, and we are turning
out goods that are unsurpassed by
any in the United States.
Yours Respectfully,

Pat. Si

e Lad

Extension Ladder.

ders.




XXIV

j. c$WNIMBR

&,S~N9

Manufacturers of...
_ XATIitc 4
OrmwaN? Iin~
~ Lumbcr.

Carry at all Seasons one of the Largest and
BEST ASSORTED STOCKS OF
foea9b e1)d flressed             Lumber
In the Northwest.

C-A,-r-)IEE-A.C 4ý

CAILC MICHIGI G.ArtN.




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fe Cadilfac        Orilev o~h3,

C A D"I 1,1A C,

AlI ( III "1AN.

WT-I ETA I AY4A

PIAkYE1,

PERo'n.

Wm Hayes' Boiler Shop.
Manufacturer of

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all?           SEE
R4ým     &=  f=L--M

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t~akn~~~3

Smoke Stacks and Breechings. Plate aind Sheet Iron
Work of all Kinds. Second Hand Boilers
Bought and Sold.
pair Work ProqplyJ Atteqdec4

Rzel

to,




XX I vI

1876.

SIXTEEN YEARS IN CADILLAC.

'1892.

J. H. PLETT,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
ANDGAME.S
Promptness, Reliability, Liberality and Courtesy, are
the practical mottos of my business. Your Patronage
is respectfully solicited,

C. C C-1ITTEND.N.

GEO. E. HERRICK.

W. F. CHITTENDEN.

JPIIPPHNDHNq, JHERRICK

Zý C A,

-- MANUFACTURERS OF z<CAU$           __~ 0! Lb~qkL

-L~-- - CL4~t~CDrY~~~~I~ZIL~~~~r~CIIIIIIIYUUII~~

IBILLs     Co",, T1Ir 170

ORDEUR...........

Also dealers in Pine, Hemlock and Hardwood Lands. A-ddress,
CHIITTENDEN                  HI3EIIERRIICK & Co.
Cadillac, Michigan.




XX1 VI

ROBERT

JOSrNSON,.. Wholesale and Retail.*.

~reser

and

IAI*  *  *0 *

-A---4

~j~~~~an,

North Mitchell Street, Cadillac, Mich.  Dealer in
Hay, Feed, Flour, Vegetables
And Fruits in Car Lots.
Calfornizza Fruits A Shecidaly.
Imported and Domestic Salt and Fresh Fish of all
kinds.

Foreign Steamskiz                 Passage
and accompanying Railway TIckets, Money Orders
and Drafts issued on any Post Office or Bank in
Europe, at Lowest Rates.

Telephone Connection.

Goods Delivered Promptly.




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i~~Ea;"D

Wm. McAdie & Co's Machine Shop.

Fxioundcrs and Jac1?inist3.

LA TH

MILLS,

Chains for Refuse Burners, "Craney" Mill Dogs,
Patterns for Engines from 6x6 to 20x24. Dealers in
Large Pipe and Fittings, Friction Board, Babbit
iMetal, Etc.
LOCOpIYOIE HND 1REP7Ill WORK
Promptly attended to.

coo




XXIX
WIIM. I: ADIE & CO., FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS.

Wm. McAdie & C's Moulding Room.
Heavy and Special Forgings and Castings Made to Order.

Wm. McAdie & Co's Forging Shop,
Second Hand Engines For Sale.




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Under New Manlgement.           Complete in Every Departm& nt.      Thoroughly Renovated.
G. li.     IIG    INS, ]Pjrop'r.
Ii
Cadillac, Mich.                           Itates, $2.00       Per    Day.
Has as good accomodations as any in the city. Heated by Steam. Electric Lights. First-class
Sample Rooms on Ground Floor. Call and see us.
pg. c. A. plLLENJ3ECK(
DEALER IN
jrugg, Perfumer\, foiet Articles, Xj1all
Paper, X)indow                       SIladcls,
RHEUMATISM.
Rheumatism is a morbid condition of the blood, and the treatment should be made through
the blood and nerve centres.  Dillenbeck's Eagle Oil acts on both; it should be applied
freely from three to five times a day, also take ten drops (in water) three times a day; also
to be taken in neuralgia of the stomach. The digestion should be attended to and for this
nothing is better than Dillenbeck's Liver and Kidney Regulator.
CATARRH.
Catarrh in the head is a common disease. The reason for this is that it comes on so gradually that its presence is not often suspected until it has obtained a firm hold. It is both
local and constitutional, and it is a wrong idea to think of trying to perform a cure by a
local treatment but a constitutional treatment with such a remedy as Dillenbeck's Liver
and Kidney Regulator, which will tone the organs of digestion, and remove the impurities
of the b-lMood fr-omrr--the system, through the proper channels, and as-the blood becomes purifled, the mucuous surface will assume a healthy condition, and the catarrh will gradually
disappear.

C AD:)I A5LAC,

C AILL~C,- MICHT-IG AN.




XXXI

Of Ilterest to
H___omeseekers /
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A Larger Proportion
of the Residents of Cadillac and especially of the laboring
people, own the homes they live in, than those of any other
City in the State. This is due to several causes, but principally to the very
Wise and Liberal Policy
inaugurated by Geo. A. Mitchell, as the original owner of
Cadillac Real Estate, and still adhered to by the
Cadillac Real Estate Company,
E. L. METHEANY, Trustee.
Office at the G. R. & I. depot.
Its list of Real Estate comprises upwards of two hundred
and fifty desirable dwelling lots, and several hundred acres
of land, in and adjacent to the City. The lots range in
price from 50 to 200 dollars and the land, 10 to 25 dollars
per acre. Also 1, 5 and 10 acre lots ranging in price from
25 dollars per acre, upwards. Only a small first payment
required, and the balance on easy monthly payments. For
Manufacturing purposes
Several Sites are Offered Free.
For further particulars or any information concerning prices
or locations, call on or address,
W- Mn   uFRRR        R )M-M   Z- 4ý -




XXXII,

D, A  BLODGETT, Grand Rapids,             D  F  DLGGINS, Cacplac.
I~R~OQ~c
CADILLAC, --MICHIGAN.
A GENERAL BANKING             SPECIAL ATTENTION AND PROMPT
BUSINESS TRANSACTED.   RETURFN S GIVEN COLLECTION!S.

C.E. RUSSELL.

D. F. DIGGINS.

At ID. A. Blod~gett& Co.'s Bank.

CA-DILL-AýC

MI OHI G-AI-TN,

Seventeen Leading Companies Represen ted.     LreLme       n   ilLnsaSeily

Large Lumber and Mill Lines a Specialty.




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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
South Mitchell St., Cadillac, Mich., Carry a complete and choice stock of
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
And deal extensively in
All Kinds of Farm Products,
with a department well filled with Hay, Feed and
Grain, for supplying Teamsters and Lumber
Camps.
And every variety of desirable Fruit received in
season and supplied in any quantity desired.
PRICES ALWAYS RIGIHT.

WILCOX pROTHIERS.




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Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in
Parlor Shits, Lotqges, Rockers, EasJ
aqa stuhaet Chairs.
Al WoVrk Mode/rn in Style.
F'irst-class in all respects, and at prices which will please
our patrons and increase our trade,
WIe Sob1cizt Correstondence
From all retail dealers in Upholstered goods, and will appreciate akd promptly fill a trial order for goods in our line.

Corner Mitchell and North Streets, Cadillac, Mich.




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FraI1k 1             J 4UIUelj,
Carries the largest and best selected stock of
Standarzd.d
1     F'inc        J     r\3.
F. H. Huntley.
When making purchases in the Jewelry Line, make your selection from the largest stock, in
which is represented the latest in style, the newest in novelty, and the most reaso-nable in price.
At Huntley's can always be found articles of beauty and value, suited for Birthday, Holiday,
Wedding and Souvenir Gifts. Special articles duplicated, it desired, and orders taken for Jewelry
of any known manufacture
Silver, Gold-Filled and Solid Gold Watches.
Ornaments in Silver, Gold and Precious Stones. Also a large selection of Rings, in handsome
and valuable settings, or pretty, neat and cheap,.s you may desire.
Go to     iuntley's For Any       Thing in ' he      Jewelry     line.
JOHN OLSEN,. +
The Pioneer in the Cadillac
Trade.    Cadillac's direct successor to the first boot and
shoe store. Having had
Thirteen Years' Experience
in meeting the wants of the Boot and Shoe trade of this city, I
have gained experience and information which will save money
for my patrons and provide them with
BET1^RP- G OOTDS.
I respectfully solicit the patronage of all Boot and Shoe bnye'rs,
and will guarantee that the quality of my goods will be the highest and my prices the lowest.
JOHN OLSEN.




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CEBNTRAL PHOTO 8TUD3IO.
W. I. HARMER, Prop'r. Cadillac, Mich.

The oldest in the city and centrally located. Over 7,00ooo registered and well preserved negatives on hand, of which duplicates can he had any time at reduced rates.




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ALBERT E. SMITH,
M h
Merchant and EA
3     General Dealer
In Real Estate and all kinds of Personal
Property.
RESIDENCES AND VACANT LOTS
In the City of Cadillac and Vacant Lots in
other towns in this vicinity for sale at low
prices and easy terms.
Also several Good Farms in Wexford County for sale cheap, or trade for City Property.
DRAFT AND DRIVING HORSES
Of all kinds for sale on time with good security or for cash.
Also Breeder of Registered Trotting Bred
Horses and Jersey Cattle. Young Stock for
sale.
A Wilkes Almont Stallion, a St. Lambert Jersey Bull, and a Durham Bull kept for service
at reasonable prices at my pasture in Cadillac,
Wexford County, Mich.
Store and Office corner of Pine and Mitchell Streets.
ALBERT E. SMITH.
Box 1123.




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e     adillacQnCtjsCpress
PERSISTENTLY ADVOCATES
The interests of Cadillac,
Wexford County, Northern  Michigan and the
Republican party.
A REPRESENTATIVE
Republical   paper   of
Northern Michigan.
ENERGETIC,
ORIGI>IAL AND
ENTERPRISING.
Perry F. Powers, Editor and Publisher.
One of the most
complete job offices in this section
of the state.
This  book   was
issued from  the
News and Express
Job Department.

The Cadillac News and Express Office.




XL

EF)RY BARRETT,
Presiden*,

E.J, HAYNES,
Vice Presiderif

E. C0 MANKTELOW',.
Secretary and Treasurer.

The Cadillac Sash and     Door Ilanufacturing Co.,
MANIUFAC(URERS OF
gagly~ ioors, ýlinag,
Store Fronts, Brachets, EtQ.
Scroll Sawing, Turning, and General Job Work.
Near the G. R. & 1. anrid T. & A. Railroad Tracks.

C AD ILL AC,

M IC IHIIG-AN.

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C. poRqN,

City and Country
BUILDING MOVER
Buildings, Safes, Boilers, Smoke
Stacks, Presses, Boats, Flag Poles
and Heavy Machinery Moved and
Raised.
JACK SCREWS TO LET.
Twenty years of Experience has
proved a Success.

Shop and Office on South Mitchell St., Cadillac," Michigan.




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B. H. MeMILLEN, M. D.,  J. M. WARDELL, M. D.,

Office over Webber's Drug Store.
Corner of Mitchell and Harris Sts.
Residence Cor. Cass and Simons Sts.
Otlice Hours: 8 to 10 a. m., 2 to 4 p. m. and 7 to
9 evenings.
A. E. SANGST-ER, D. D. S.,
Graduate from Philadelphia Dental College.
Close attention given to all branches ot Dentistry.
Booms corner Mitchell and Mason Sts,. Cadillac
A. J. TEED,
Ci/l-.-Engzzeer,
CADILLAC, MICH.
Logging Railroads, Town Plats
and Sewer Engineering,
Specialties.
________A ND________
Ca~dllac, Mlfch.

Office Opposite D. A. Blodgett & Co's
Bank,
From 10 to 12 a. m.
PHouRs From 2 to 4 p. m.
From 7 to 9 evening.

C. E. MILLER, M. D.,
Office in Kelley, Block.
Residence on Cass Street,
Office Hours: 10 to 12 a. m.
2 to 4p.m.
Cadillac, Mich.
- D.RALSTON, M. D.,

Office    over    Dillenbeck's     Drug
Store.
(From 10 to 12 a. m,
OFFICE HOUaS -    &   2 to 4 p. m.
66  7 to 8 evening.
Residence on Cass Street, opposite the Central
School Building.
M. C. HEATH, M. D.,
Coroner of Wexford Cour.ty,
Office over F. C. Lentz' Store, and adjoining
Sawyer & Bishop's Law Office.
From 9 to 12 a. m.
OFFIE HOUS:       6  2 to 4 p. m.
647 to 8 evening.




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JOHN TOoONGO,.General..
Shop Corner of Mitchell
and North Sts.
CADILLAC, MICHIGAN.

Y, T   RfT 41s
LUNCH 100J{*
Meals at all Hours.
DAY OR NIGHT.
One door from the corner of
Mitchell and Harris
Streets.
CADILLAC, MICHIGAN.

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House, Sign and Carriage
e Painting P
Paperhanging, Kalsomnining
-and
pecorabyigm
Graining, Gilding, Etc.  Old
Furniture re-painted and
varnished.
We guarantee all work to be
first-class.
CADILLAC,.    MICHIGAN.

The Best Horses. Rates the Lowest.
Sale and Feed Stables.
-   Dealer in -
Fine Carriages i Cutters
Office and Barp North Side pf Mason Street.
CADILLAC         MICHIGAN.




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Central Hotel.
MRS. M. E. ODELL, Proprietor.
Good Accomodation for the
Traveling  Public.
First-Class Feed  Stable in
Conppection.
309 North Mitchell St.
statei, Str     a- a   uaw.
CADILLAC, MICH.

Mrs. DR M. Bloss,
LADIES' AND CHILDRENS
Headqcarters for Fancy Work
and Material.
Fancy and Domestic Yarns,
All kinds of Embroidered
Silks, Rijbons, Satins and
Plushes.
Corsets, Hosiery,   Mittens,
Stamped Goods, Etc.
Two Doors South of Shaw'.

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Watches, Clocks and Jewelry

7.Syecac/es,
To suit everybody.
FINf, W~qPIWJI $WO1K
Done without delay. No
fancy prices.
R. LOUGHLIN.
Opposite the Post Office.

JOHN VOSBERG.
Proprietor of The South
M  thell Street Market.
A complete snpply of every
thing belonging to a well
kept meat market.
FOR ELEVEN YEARS
I bavP beep in active business in this city and am
free to say that Cadillac is
good enough for me. I
am   the 'Tnost  extensive
dealnr in h p1rtlern Aichlgan of the famous Ginseng
ropt gathtlered throughont
this region.
JOHN VOSBERG.




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FRED C. LENTZ,
SUPPLIEa THI PUBLIC WITH
At "Live and Let Live" Prices. Most of my life time thus far has been identified with
Cadillac. and I have so good opinion of the people and the place that I propose to remain
here and keep fully abreast of the demands along my line of trade.
FRED C. LEN TZ.
D F. DIGGINS.                                      F. A. DIGGINS.
F. A. PGlGINs                a & Co.,
--- MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN -
fit)e         i)d earddweed Lumber.
CADILLAC,                 -      MICH I GAN.
Correspondence solicited from manufacturers of hardwood products.     Information  relative to Northern Michigan
hardwood and hardwood lands freely and promptly given.
Address; F. A. DIGGINS & CO.
Cadillac, Michigan.
T HE climate in this section of Michigan does not reach the extremes
either in heat or cold which are usual in Southern Michigan, Ohio,
Indiana and other neighboring states. We have delightful summers,
pleasantly warm, not suffocatingly hot through the long summer days, with
cool sleep-wooing breezes in the evenings and at night. Our winters are
usually regilar and even as to temperature, far colder days having been
registered in Cincinnati during the past three winters than have been experienced in Cadillac. We usually have from sixty to ninety days of good
sleighing, and our lakes provide delightful natural skating parks.




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