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The Founder Of The Lower Town

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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
September
Year
1885
Copyright
Public Domain
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Ed. Courier: Having been frcqucntly asked by those of our fellow citizens who hare heard and reail of the foumlerof the Lower Town, (or 5tlx ward as now known), Anson Brown, to give a short sketch of hlra, time and cause of death, I copy from theKmigiant, i'Ann Arbor) of Sept. 11, 1834, the followlng notice. L. Davis. Mr. Anson Brown, merchant, of tliis village, was attacked witli cholera on the 2d inst., at nopn, nul explred on the same day at 10 in the evening. Mr. Brown was among the first settlers of tlüs place. Hls enterprise and public spirit have contributed much to its growt.h and prosperity. In the death of this gentleman, the comninnity will teel a ?reat loss, and the inhabitants of this villaje partlcularly fcel that a good man has fallen. To hú bereaved familv and relatives the loss is irreparable. The int'ant church of whicli he was a member, feel deeply afllicted in the loss of such a brother. Bat alas I he is gone, but we are consoled in the pleaa Ing thought that concerning liim it may be said: " Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, yea saitli the spirit, for they rest froni thelr labors and tlieir works do t'ollow them." "Marcus Aurelias" is the subject of a paper In The Current of September 19, by Wm. K. Thuyer. lie describes the charactcr of the great Emperor, sliowinc hU virtues, and tlie Influence lor i.iml he excrcised in the world. If one enjoys i charming account of a canoe voy age, where tlie liest couditions of water and eartb and sky, witli a üght heart, comblned to mnke it almost a sninmer dreani, one must thorougiily enjoy such a wcll-written icconnt of tlie otber slde of the picture as appears in Outlns lor October. The Hrticle is called "A Pajier Canoe on French Rivers," aml it ever a canoeman had u " varied " experience, tliat oanoeman was Tanneruy de Wogan, the author of tlie paper. The vevy bird8, beasts and tishes seeined combined againsthim; tliere were ghosts and disagreable peoplc, and last thongli not least, an explosión - trom u bottle of champagne. The present nuinber concludos the Twelfth Volume of St. Nicholas, and the most prosperous ycar in the history of the magazine, which still heads the list ot periodicals for boys and girls. It was never more successful than now in lts etlorts to delight young readers, while at the same time making them wiser and better. St. Nicholas aims botli to satisfy and derelop the tastes of its constituency ; and the spontaneous and hearty praise bestowed upon it by the press of botta America and England, the enthusiastic tributes which It recelves from parents, and from boys and girls themselves, are welcome evidence of the apprcciation in which this magazine is held.