"Quad's odds"; . f the partnershipbusiness after six months without adollar. But he had a spirit whichcould not be put down, and prevailedupon a man to give him another is now able to ride in a carriage—|P being coachman for a family in thewestern part of the city. He hasnever had the honor of having his wood cut appear in the Phrenological Journal, but the chief of police has on file a very nice photograph of him. Henry Swipes took up his residence here nearly fifteen years ago, living for the first three months in the brown stone man-sion on the corner of Beaubien and Clinton street
"Quad's odds"; . f the partnershipbusiness after six months without adollar. But he had a spirit whichcould not be put down, and prevailedupon a man to give him another is now able to ride in a carriage—|P being coachman for a family in thewestern part of the city. He hasnever had the honor of having his wood cut appear in the Phrenological Journal, but the chief of police has on file a very nice photograph of him. Henry Swipes took up his residence here nearly fifteen years ago, living for the first three months in the brown stone man-sion on the corner of Beaubien and Clinton streets. He hadnt a cent in his pockets, no change of clothing, had to contribute from his earnings to the support of a mother and seven children, and any man of ordinary spirit would have been discouraged. Mr. Swipes was not of that metal. He saw that a boiler shop would pay a large profit, and so he— tried to borrow ten dollars to start a saloon, but as no one could see where he was going to use so much money, he. —w<tDidnt Get Discouraged. SLAGS, STRIKER AND QUIRK. 375 didnt get it. He then went to work as a laborer, and hasmoved in that sphere ever since, being able this spring tohave the city assess seventy dollars on an alley sewerbehind his landlords house. He has never taken an officein his life, because he cant get one, and he looks uponpolitical struggles with scorn and disdain. J. H. R. N. Slags came here when Detroit was a townof a few thousand inhabitants, and he brought all hisinitials with him. After considerable discussion he decidedthat property would soon double, and would have pur-chased several blocks if holders could have been inducedto do a credit business. lie consequently didnt purchase,and has had to make his fortune in other ways. Hedecided never to tell the truth under any circumstances,and has stuck to his decision with remarkable pertinacityand force of character, and to this fact he owes most of1 his wealth—that is, the wealth his grandmother
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