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Parent Issue
Day
13
Month
October
Year
1886
Copyright
Public Domain
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The following description of a Washtenaw county journalist from the Detroit Ëvening Journal, ís very pathetic and beautiful: Charles Woodrufï". the enthuslastlc editor of the Ypsllantl Sentlnel, was bom on the Bermuda Inlands during an extraordlnary storm in the latter part of the last century. He dlsplayed a zeal for dyspepsia In the very blosh of hls youth, aud ciime to the States wlth the lutentlou of becoming a great and unhappy man. After taking a thorough course In theologyat the college of St. Charles Korromeo young WoodruflT camo west to flght ludlans, making hls flrst sortle at Mouroe wlien several red devlls feil beneath hls avenglng sword. He went on from conquerlng toconquer, making the dlstance on foot lu H days, arrlvlng at Ypsllantl late on Saturday nlght, and putting up at the leadlng hotel where he talked politics untll the flre englne was cal led out. Enjoylng the warm reception teudered hlm Woodruff determlned to nettle In the ( reek town and at1 11 i ii hls miiliiiion.il becomiuga great man. He has remalned at hls post ever slnce - a perlod of 85 years- never forsaklng lt except during the skating rlnk season. Mr. Wooddrutf Is a devout Chrlstlan, a oonnrmed sufferer from llver troubles, a staunch bellever In the polls system, a defender of Mormonlsm, aud bald-headed. He wauw to Uve to see the collapse of Ann Arbor as a seatof learnlng, and If that time comes he wlll be found Uke the late Nero, tlddllng a medley as the walls topple.

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News