Fifty-seven Years

Chnstian Saley, of Bridgewater, wáa in the city, Tuesday. He carne to BridgewHirir in 1850, and reports the township then was very nmch tlie sanie a.s now, exeeeding the present in fertilfty, and with as many people. Á great many improvements have been made, and the residences of the fariners ar miu;h better. The first thin„' lie ï-emenibers in Ann Arbor was a baak wLere tlie Arlington now stand.;. He traveled f rom here to Lodi with an ox team, over a miserable road, crossog the marshes on logs. The couutvy Was vei-y i'ruitful that j-ear. Every 'm lard was lèaded with fruit, and hiiiel nuts and hickory mits - abitndant.