The Willis Banner Still Waves

Fraternity Grauge celebrated Micliigan Day according to program mentioned in my last letter. All present seemed to share in the fascinations of progress that the pioneers of the state looked forward to as the outcome of their toil. Many an incident f rom the l'ar away was recited in speech and plirase that elicited applause. The Indian, the bear, the wolf, aud the ox team carne in for their share in the outcome of those tumultuous days that tried meu's souls as they toiled amid privattons so cruel that lamentation forma the base oí the pyramid that rose in the unbroken wilderness to attest a zeal worthy of the gods. We honor them ! The peans of victory we sing are dedicated to them ! In the onward march of civilzation the wreckage of manljood and womanhood is left behind, but the sprit that actuated them has lost none of its wortli, it stands out in bold relief as teacher and priest, and we bow the knee to an accepted inheritance that will outlive in imperishable type the memory of the bronze statue erected to them, and the massive marble pyramid that commememorates their worth. And the angel of the Covenaut saith, "So mote it be." - Willis cor. Ypsilanti Commercial.