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tween Michigan and Huron streets, kept by Mr. TAIL, and the
Fountain House, kept by Mr. N. P. HAWKS. The former of
these was moved into the Third Ward, and was kept thcrc for
r while, and was burned within the last three years. The Cot-
Iage Inn was consumed in the great fire of 1845, and the ~oun-
tsin House is still in good working order, under the ownership
and management of Col. CADY. Think of it ! But eleven
stores, all told, in the town, either of which would be very di-
minutive in the comparison, by the side of our mercantile
houses of to-day ! and that but eighteen years ago ! And now
I am amazed almost, when I visit either the northern or south-
ern ends of our city, and witness the extent of business done.
Then, no man came to town to market a load of produce, or to
buy but a few dollars worth of goods, who did not visit every
store in town. But now, hundreds of people come to the city
daily to do business, and in coming from the north, market
their productions and make tlieir purchases, and do not get east
of the river, or south of Tamarack street, in the Second Ward.
The same, if not already true, is repidly approximating it, when
an equal number approach the city from thc south and do not
get north of the Milwaukee and Menomonee rivers. So nu-
merous and extensive are the mercantile and manufacturing
establishments - 110~~ to be counted by hundreds - in those
quarters of the town, where, at the time to which our observa-
tion goes back, not one of them existed.
Professional Men.
At that time the following gentlemen were practicing 1an:-
Blr. TWEEDY had hia office, (I think,) on the west side of the
river, in what was called the Rogers' block ; Messrs. UPHAM
had
& WALWO~~TII their office in the wootlen building with pil-
Iare in front, still standing on the south side of Wisconsin
street, above Main ; WELLS, CROCKER & FINCII, in one side
of the building now occupied by DAVIS & MOOI~E ; GRAHAM
& BLOSSOM, over CALEB WALL'S store ; CIIAS. JAMES LYNDE,
over JONES' jewelry store, where VAN COTT'S store now is ; J.
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