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The Editor "on The Fly."

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Day
21
Month
July
Year
1871
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Public Domain
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Bay City, Julyi.Slh., 1871. Df.au Axoua Reader : Shivkmg oíE ollioe ciútica :i fovr days. tho editor Aim Aíbor oo the 17th by tho 10:25 cxjyvuss train&K this city 0:1 tho B;iy. An hoUF-aud-a-half's rido through Jii'lils oi' growingoom and waving gr.ún unitl trniin in (be shoek :iml Btack browglit liim to tlie " (.'. ntral City," vu-i-nr be mide a isdiooa étay pf 3 l-21iüEirs, arwï tliun anotlier and new-er dopdituiu. Sotting well nv;vy fnia J:i(;kBO WO noticed tlnat tJie lïtrvcï was not is fai adTanced, bat oa eithor sido reftp(H'. !rsd rakere and drawers :ml stackora wciT busy, and the job was uvulontly soon to bc done, and alargo and excellent erop s.'Curod. Wlii'e wc note 1 this, on eame the iron horsc past Mason and Lansing and OwOBSO, uutil we reaclx.-d tiivviiw City at, H:;SO p. M. wecoBüluiicl to st(i for tlu; íiáglit,. and found good quartiTsnt, tía' 'L'nylor Hoase. This Baginaw ia woll elevated above4ha riyer, on rolling and easily draijw;d groiuid, and Ls a very lcrsnmt sitmrtion, and a vciy ttiriring twvn of abairt the popiilation of Ann bor. Ouv short stay did not pcnnit us to go through hor milis and saltbloeks, or those of Salina opposito. ïhis moxoing we croesoti ovor to Eist SagÜDaif and took a hnsty run tbrougli streetev It has not as high Mtd handsom&ft loeatioö as its orcr the river neighbor, but ís invuo-h tlie largor city, and iull ot' vim. It is i bustling inart ot' trade and its milis hivcs of industry. Loaving on tho 11:05 a. m. train, wc camc down hc.ro, whoro wc ai-c domiciled i Üta Frazt-r ïlouzt: jVjuV wq " xi& to rciaivsk " tbst it ae bom this hamlu that Ax.va DlCÉlKSOR had to walk orice on a tilüC. And to cut ou.r stoi-y ahort we are here toatteiiil tlii animal meetingof tho Michigan Publishois Associut'.on. Tho attondii.iic.- is slim ; nml vo feit ashained of the iissociïitiivn umi af the mombera of the pross which ought to be it meabca whtai we found at tho depot a half dozen carriages in waiting for the half dozen of tho eraft which arrivod on tho train witli us. Alt; the publishers of Michigan too unsooinl to attond tlieso annual gathcrings ? t'.x indolent V oor vrltat ? TcJise are the questions for disenssiom. ïhis aftc-rnoon a business meeting was held, after which tho members by invitation of tbc eitizens proceeded to do tlio ateoog points : visited the milis, s:tlí tvxclcB, manufaotaurmg establishment oí the N 01 tli western Gas and Water Pipo Company, cf which more at ánotber timo. Tliis evening the animal address is to bo delivercd by President "Willaud, of the Battle Oreek Journal, and tho poein read by Wïix II. Cart.eto.v, ofthcllillsdftle Business, of " Betsoy i(kd I are Out," &c. Aftcr iha.% a " Press suppcr," and wo depart for Mackinaw, ly tho " City of Saudusky" and hope for a picasant timo. So far we are specially indebted for oourtesies appreciated to the Bïbbaxd House, Juckson, the Jackswn, Lansing and Saginaw Bailroad, not forgetting tb.at tree and generous ho:s - tho Michiguji Central - aud to citizens of this driving, busy city, now numbering oversoven thousimd, with fine blocks and coinniodious ijublic buildings, and in whieh Beven yeaj-s ago, we are told, thero was not a buick house. ..■ Editor. ii iii ni Á BTO0T7OH Chicago ís cousidered somc wlmt eonowled, yot it is a noticeable fací that whatever sho undertakee shc ac c Hiiplíshcs. The great undertaking o the lake tunnel was accomplishect ín ai incrcdible short time, oonsidering th amouiit expondcd and work done, 'i'li rivc' tunnels carne ncxt, tud wére suc Odasfal. Xow comes unotbcr witcrprise ín the simpo of a new outlet for the wa ters of Lake Michigan, thxongfa the Chi cago livor and thc Illinois and Afichigai Cana-1 hito tho Mississippi river, whiel was coraplftcd la.st Satuiday. Tho work oí deopeming (lio canal has been in pro gresa about five yt-.írs, and has cost thc city over $3,000,000. This wiH purify the waters of tho Chicago river, and re liovo the city of a great deal of filth. It wouldn't harrn :i few moro cities we ctin meiition to have some of the enterprise o Chicago. Tu i: "long agony is over," and the countiy will undoubtodly fuel a sonso o relief. Commissioner PfcEABOKTOT h;ts boen removed by tho governmcnt, at Long Branch, and the differonce between thot gentleman and Secretary Boutvtki.i. may le considera! settkd. Boutweli. is saicf to havo " smiled a. sraolo" as he saw the head of the Commissioner roll in the basket bolow ; and the Commissioner went toliis execution horoically, .1 martyr to bis own convictions of d-ity. Ono thing can bc gaid in favor(r) of PLBASONTOH, he dís]liyod the truc omce-holdcr's grit: he wotildn't resign. Tin: liiidiculs huvu found a redeoming quality in the late Oliver S. Halstead, botter known as "Tot" HaI.stea -who was murdercd a short time sinto in ihe bod room of his iar;imour, in Ncwark, in the fftot tliat hfl had written letters in condenniation of Gen. McClkllan. A íit champon fui' such a cause. TH0SIA8 LincOEN, better known as "Tad" Lincolk, died at the Clifton Souse, in Chicago, on tho 18th inst., of dropsy of tho heurt. Ho was the youngnst son of tho late President, and 18 year of age. Ho nraa buriod at Sijringfiold, 111., by tho sido of his father. V. ::. TAXA S MUIHiwllilt isolateil, HW.iytff in one corner of the Union, but it is evlient that some olear-beaded people nside thero. Tho Domocrats, at thoir n - cent convontion to nominato a dolega'. o to Oongress, prove this conelusively, imd also the truth of tho old odago : "A wisu niiin ohwagot his miiicl, b fooi oever," Tlic resolutions tfasrè adúpted nñgfatbe read wit h pi-olit by a fow whó cannot recogze thiiis us tliey ure, and wish to fight over duad issues : " l,. vil ri I, That whilo wo nsaffinn tho Mirrcctness of oppoaition to tlie recent ainondnnjiits tó Cmstil utioii, and whilo wo have never IQgqrded Üteiradopion as tho work of tho majority of tho leopla, and whilo wu cousider llie extrandinary BMUU taken to plaoo them on ihe slatute-book by all the neceasary 'orins of legislutiou ;is ivi .elicnsiblo ancl denioraliziug, we regard itny furthur t nsion of their validity as proflesa ; ui á re :omizing the fact ik-it part differoncea of opinión Bi rcgaittto Bvsompliiuied focts ahould nut prevent monof the lame i i:i regard fc Iho issues now before tHopcopf from wtwking tuicotlicr in a cor causo, ffu invito .-til opponentoof Hicpreent )iTu{t and ccntrulizing ■dminstra(Son to ƒ. hands with ubod tbe gtonnáls go 'ilily Bot Eorth in tho resalirtKias presenitod by tftc' lamentod Vallimáígiiam', alnpt.'it by the Democraoy of tbe State ot Oliici, inilorsi'd by tlio Öemocvitcy t' rvviy oüliov Stiito whiili hatsinooosBenibted in roiivi'jitioii, and wliich ttiia eoiiveiítiüQ . dix's fl.-i hr.ivtily indorsc.

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