1 1 8 AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 



to one standing on the banks of the river, a 

 pleasing and animated picture is presented. The 

 rapid stream, in places running with a current of 

 from five to eight miles an hour, is difficult of 

 navigation for sailing vessels, and one sees the 

 sailing craft, loaded with grain and lumber, towed 

 by large and powerful steam-tugs, built expressly 

 for that purpose, while the smiling banks on 

 the Canadian side, crowned by the buildings 

 of Windsor, mirror themselves in the farther 

 waters. 



It was in December, 1873, that I reached 

 Detroit, remaining there a few weeks, and during 

 that time forming a class of over twelve hun- 

 dred members. Before taking my leave of that 

 pleasant and enterprising city, I received from 

 my class a diploma, which I prize more highly 

 than gold, while, to increase my delight, I was, 

 most unexpectedly to myself, made the recipient 

 of an elegant cabinet music-box, the value of 

 which could not be less than five hundred dol- 

 lars. The following is the diploma, as signed 

 and presented to me, followed by a cut of the 

 elegant testimonial : 



