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Dyckman House, 



Paw Paw, Michigan, 



August Twentieth. 



This Sunday was a perfect day for rest, and I in- 

 dulged in a generous amount. Had breakfast at 

 eight o'clock, after which I strolled through the 

 streets of the Van Buren County capital, finding them 

 generally like all other village streets, but with enough 

 individuality about them to make them interesting. 

 The High School stood, with the usual dignity of edu- 

 cational institutions, prominent among the neatcottages, 

 and in the business portion two or three newspaper 

 offices gave unfailing proof of local alertness. 



The east and west branches of the Paw Paw Kiver 

 meet here and hurry on to pay their tribute to the 

 Kalamazoo, offering their united strength to the busi- 

 ness concerns which man has erected on their shores. 

 The outlying farms thus naturally irrigated are very 

 rich, and give, with the extensive lumbering interests, 

 a very flourishing and prosperous appearance to this 

 section of country and a certain briskness to the trade 

 at Paw Paw. 



On returning to my room I copied the testimonials 

 given me by Colonel Curtenius and Major Judson of 

 Kalamazoo, wrote several letters, attended to some 

 neglected dates in ray journal, and made my plans for 

 the next few days. It was my intention to go to 

 South Bend by rail the following morning, to lecture 

 there in the evening and then proceed to Grand 

 Rapids, where I was announced for Tuesday. My 



