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At present Marengo cannot boast much in the way of a village, and is willing to yield the palm to her sister towns, Marshall and Albion; but for beauty of locality and scenery, for fine fruit, fine farms, and enterprising farmers, she will yield the palm to none, and if any one will not admit the truth of this assertion, let them, on a fine summer's day, ride through Marengo on the south side of the Kalamazoo, and they will be convinced. The waters of the old spring bubble up, clear and" bright as of yore. The old log cabin stood until quite recently, a memento of other days, having been the successive habitation of at least twenty different families. But the dear companions of my journey-those idolized parents, and that 'brave and gentle brother,' where are they ? Alas! they sleep the sleep that knows no waking ; they lie low in the village churchyard.
" 'A little spot is all they now require For their last resting-place. There the green turf May grow, and flowers may bloom, and sun and rain May come, but they will ne'er have thought or care For them again. A stone, a single stone, Will tell their humble names to passers-by; But their best monuments will ever be Engraven on the hearts of those who knew, Nor yet knew half, their worth, till they were gone.'"
Geo. W. Dryer arrived in with his family in the fall of 1833, and was the first justice of the peace in the village, being appointed in 1835 by Stevens T. Mason, who was the acting governor of the territory. S. G. Pattison, with his family, arrived in May, 1834, and immediately commenced teaming between Detroit and Chicago, and for several years did a very large business, both in freight and passengers.
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