. A lake tour to picturesque Mackinac; historical and descriptive . from Cleveland and Detroit. JEFF, is a character well-known to the travelling public, whonn hehas served in many different ways as a polite and attentive once conne in contact with his bright, good-natured face, hiscomicalities of manner, and truly original speech, his personality is noteasily forgotten. Born in Connecticut in 1829, he at an early ageentered the service of the old time canal packets, between Buffalo andRochester, where as steward, he successfully served seventy-five andone hundred passengers wit
. A lake tour to picturesque Mackinac; historical and descriptive . from Cleveland and Detroit. JEFF, is a character well-known to the travelling public, whonn hehas served in many different ways as a polite and attentive once conne in contact with his bright, good-natured face, hiscomicalities of manner, and truly original speech, his personality is noteasily forgotten. Born in Connecticut in 1829, he at an early ageentered the service of the old time canal packets, between Buffalo andRochester, where as steward, he successfully served seventy-five andone hundred passengers with the best the market afforded, out of akitchen four by six feet. Neither could hebe out-done as aswift runner. Thetoot of the bows-mans horn, and cry hard to the towpath, found him,mail bag on shoul-der, ready foraleapand half mile run tothe p o s mail changedhe would reach thenext landing by thetime the packet ar-rived. In 1849, the fam-ous May Flower,plyingbetween Buf-falo and Detroit,attracted him,where as barber, heshaved many aninnocent, bound. JEFF—Last Call for Dinner. west. In 1854, heattached himself tothe new steamerPlymouth Rock, ofthe same line, andremained until theMichigan Centralrailroad introducedsleeping cars. Jeff was the firstconductor to run aPullman sleepingc a r into continued in theservice in differentparts of the countryuntil the fame ofthe steamer City ofCleveland revivedhis love for a fast,elegant length he wasrewarded for hisstaunch republican principles, by a share in the spoils at Lansing, where he was appointeddoor-keeper to the House of Representatives during the winter of1882-3. The patrons of the steamer City of Cleveland, whether during herseasons in the Lake Superior line, or latterly, in the no less popularroute to Mackinac Island, will all recall with a smile and kindly wordthe merry twinkle of his eye, as he announced sour tartarians, and the last call for dinner. 109 A Lake Tour to Picturesque Mackina
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