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Albert G. Wheeler and his son Charles who were 
both geniuses with tools, and suggested making 
a similar rod for him, which they at once did, 
and Mr. Cutler went to the lakes and tried his 
new rod with great success, landing many choice 
specimens, and congratulating himself that he 
had not paid $50 for the rod he had copied. On 
return he spoke of and showed it to B. & A. 
and they shortly after ordered two dozen for 
which the Wheelers received $25 apiece. 
Such was the start of his making this class of 
rods. With improved machinery his rods became 
more perfect. He sold for a number of years to 
B. & A. ana afterward to John P. Moore’s Sons 
of New York, turning out about 250 each year. 
In 1876 Mr. Ormsby urged him to make an ex¬ 
hibit at the Centennial Exhibition, which he did, 
and for which he received a diploma of the high¬ 
est merit and the grand medal of honor. The 
business then increased so rapidly that a new 
factory was erected and manufacturing for the 
trade continued until 1894 when on account of 
the many competitive concerns it became unprof¬ 
itable, and since then he has sold direct to cus¬ 
tomers, the rods being advertised by loving 
friends. Among his patrons were Joseph Jef¬ 
ferson and Senator Wm. P. Frye, who would 
seldom use any other rod. A laker caught by 
Mr. Wheeler on an eight ounce rod in Clear 
Pond, measured 34 inches, and weighed sixteen 
and one-quarter pounds. I was very glad to 
hear from him and at once wrote to Mr. Stanton 
asking where they had purchased the rod and 
he replied, giving name of Thomas Chittenden 
of Watertown, N. Y., who had probably obtained 
it from John P. Moore’s Sons. It is certainly a 
grand rod and I am glad to give honor to its 
maker. 
NoteMr. Chas. E. Wheeler died April 16th, 
1916. The “Farmington Chronicle” devotes three 
columns to his memory. 
Arcadia, Mich., March 5, 1916. 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
For the benefit of E. S. Whitaker, the author 
of “Manistique and Walloon Lakes,” the origin 
of the name Manistique doubtless came from the 
same source as the Manistee—river, county and 
town. The late A. S. Wordsworth, formerly 
superintendent of the Michigan Geological Sur¬ 
vey, who was one of the first white men to visit 
the Manistee River and who was familiar with 
the Indian tongue said that he had it from the 
early Indians that the name signified “The Spirit 
of the Wood.” The name came to be applied to 
the stream, “one of the largest in Michigan,” 
in the following manner: Along the stream, 
clear to its source, for ages had stood dense 
forests of pine and hemlock and the sough of 
the breeze through these forests produced a con¬ 
stant murmur, which the untutored Indians at¬ 
tributed to “The Spirit of the Wood” which they 
supposed dwelt about the sources of the stream 
and hence the name. This is from Volume One, 
History of North Michigan, by Powers. 
W. H. Matteson. 
As an addition to the Appalachian Forest Re¬ 
serve, the United States Government has recently 
closed a deal whereby it acquires fifty thousand 
acres of Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt’s Biltmore 
estate located in Henderson and Transylvania 
counties, North Carolina. It is reported that 
$250,000 was paid for the land in question. 
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