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COMMERCIAL IIIBTORY OF MILTVAUI<EE. 287
had charge of him. EIe mas a fine large whit; fcllow, and did
good servicc. Frequent appropriations were made during the
winter for hay and feed for the animal. One Sunday morning,
during the following spring, when LINDSAY WARD was Presi-
dent of the Corporation, and the family were at breakfast,
SCHUNEY came rushing into his house, and exclaimed, 1Mr.
President, the town 6ull is dead!
At that time, the lot where this building now stands, was
four feet under water, and a wild rice swamp as far west as the
present location of the American House. 'There were no
bridges, and we crossed the river in IvIaclrinaw boats.
Nothing has gratified me morc than to sec this organization
of the Chamber of Commerce. The members will permit me
to say, as an old man, that if you wish to succeed, seek to
establi~h commercial honor. In the olden time, no higher
praise could be bestowed upon a man than to say that he was
a merchant-his word as good as his bond. Why is it that
during the last decade of years, the character of the business
world has so degenerated? Is it not because in all this
great lust and inordinate desire for gold, men have lost confi-
dence in each other? Base your actions, gentlemen, on old-
fashioned commercial probity. Most especially is it needed
now, when the fair fame of our State has been so tarnished by
corruption, when a whole legislative body has been bought up,
and the dishonor has gone broadcast throughout the land. Let
us maintain, intact, our commercial honor and our reputation,
and lct us do so, especially as those institutions which we have
relied on for support are so nearly ruined. Let us be honest!

At the conclusion of Dr. WEEKS' remarks, Mr. J. B. D.
COGSWELL, was called upon, who made an appropriate and
felicitous speech, but owing to a want of space, we can give
only an abstract of his remarks:
I assure you, Mr. President, that I respond to this call with