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lectually. Commercial intercourse and mechanical ingenuity tend to devel¬ 
op the mind and the highest intellectual faculties of man. 
It is, therefore, with no small pride and pleasure that we here record the 
advancement of the city of Fond du Lac as a manufacturing city. Among 
its leading establishments we will mention the manufacture of vast quan¬ 
tities of lumber from logs rafted down from the pineries of the Wolf river 
and its tributaries, which are here cut into timbers, planks, boards, lath and 
shingles, to the amount of 100,000,000 feet of all sorts, and about 20,000,000 
shingles. 
Here are found several sasli, door and blind factories, one of which, owned 
by C. J, L. Myer, is said to be the largest establishment of its kind in the 
world. Its products find their way to Chicago, St. Louis, and even to New 
Orleans, Two very large founderies and machine shops, at which the larg¬ 
est class of steam engines can be made; one large tannery, operated by 
steam power, capable of converting into leather all the hides produced by this 
section; a wagon factory capable of turning out ten wagons per day, which 
sends its vehicles to Omaha, Sioux City and over the whole west; a dozen 
other shops at which wagons are made upon a smaller scale. Here are also 
located the shops of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, which employ 
many skilled mechanics and turn out a large number of passenger and 
freight cars; two flouring and one plaster mill; a large paper mill is now 
being built, and a blast furnace is nearly completed, which will go into 
operation in a few months, and in connection with which it is understood 
that Messrs. Myer and Boyd, its owners, intend to operate a rolling mill, a 
machine shop and other establishments, too numerous to mention in detail 
We have also several planing mills, cabinet and other manufacturing es¬ 
tablishments, as well as many elegant stores doing an extensive business. 
The above are only a part of the constantly increasing manufactures of 
Fond du Lac. The completion of the Sheboygan and Mississippi railroad, 
by opening new markets, will greatly stimulate them and increase their 
prosperity. Two miles east of the city, is the w r oolen mill of Messrs. Car¬ 
penter & Sons, which turns into cloth and blankets a small portion of the 
wool raised in this county. There exists no good reason why it should not 
all be manufactured here, instead of being sent to the eastern states. 
As, in all probability, the volume for wdiicli this article is written will con¬ 
tain statistical tables complied from the late United States census, the 
w’riter does not deem it necessary to go into any minute details of statistics, 
which will appear in those tables with greater accuracy than he could pos¬ 
sibly furnish. 
We can state with truth and confidence that to the emmigrant, the agri¬ 
culturist, maclianic or capitalist, the city and county of Fond du Lac offer 
inducements unsurpassed by any section of Wisconsin, or of the whole west. 
The educational facilities, although we cannot boast the possession of any 
university or college, are also excellent, and Fond du Lac possess compe- 
