Early this week we paid a brief visit to our sister Village of White Creek. This village is located upon the beautiful stream of the same name, and the name is most appropriate, for its pure transparent water is almost
absolutely white, it is so colorless.
The village is situated on either side of the stream and upon a wide level plain, dotted here and there with evergreens whose darker foliage, breaking here and there with the lighter shades of the surrounding landscape, forms a picture both beautiful and picturesque.
We stopped at the excellent hotel of our friend, G. B. Bacon, with whom there is no better hotel man, or gentlemanly landlord in the Northwest. George knows how to make his guests feel at home, contented and comfortable, and that is why his house is so universally popular with all who ever had the good fortune to stop with him.
There too we found Mc. Everybody knows McIntyre, the most self-willed, good-natured, friendly and practiceable J. B. McIntyre that helped build a mill in Friendship, or owned one in White Creek. Mc has recently purchased the flouring mills at White Creek, situated upon one of the most splendid water-powers in the county--and with his customary energy is putting them in thorough good order, and with his usual good sense, has closed the mills up until the repairs are fully completed. We have no idea what Mc intends to do with the mills. We saw lots of sawed and hewed timber, and of other material, and felt convinced that when Mc started the mill it will be in as perfect condition to do good work as it is possible to have it.
White Creek has an excellent and commodious schoolhouse, and its citizens take a lively interest in the character and success of their school. Bacon has an excellent store well filled with a Stock of general merchandise. The point is a good one for trade and we are glad to know that he is doing an excellent and thriving business.
Transcribed by Joan Benner for the Adams Co. WiGenWeb Pages © 2004
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