Detroit R L Polk City Directory 1870 - JewishGen KehilaLinks

18 PREFACE.
Fays, seven Angells, and eight Furys. It is possible thst the presence of these beings
explains the other fact, also set down in the following pages, that Detroit contains four
Paradises and one Hell.
Nor does this volume set forth alone the magnitude and social opulence of the city,
whose name it bears. How tempting the attractions it holds forth to the savnn and the
scientist ! Before the ornithologist she unfolds a rich collection, in which are embraced
one specimen of the Eagle, four Rooks, nine Drakes, four Storks, three Gulls, nine Swans
seven Cromes, scores of Martins, five Cranes, two Peacocks, 14 Gies, six Cox, tllree
Hawks, a Henn, a Lark, a Partridge and one Bird (ciassifie~i as a carpenter and therefore
probably a member of the wood-pecker fi~nily). If the student of nature delirhts in
entomology and the reptile kingdom, let him luxuriate amid her Roaches (six in number),
her four Leeches: and her one Worm. If ethnology-rare and noble sciencecharms
him, his taste for curious research can be developed, not only amid scores of
Franks, Germans, Xormans, etc., but also among 15 Blacks, seven Freedinans, one
Blackman, one Brunette, 128 Brolvns and one who is Browning. If botany is his forte
and Linnaeus his patron saint, there are of plants at his service three Sage, a Tea, a
Rush, 14 Roses, a Wheat, three Weeds, a Bean, scores of Berrys, a Garlick, four Pease, a
Pepper, 38 Rices, 21 Reeds, a Priu~rose and two Mellens; and of trees seven Appels, four
Ashs, six Bartletts (making three Bnrtlett pairs) two Beeches, a Date, a Figge, a Pine: a
Plum, two Lemons, a Maple, two Oaks and one entire Orchard.
Nor does orzr City of the Straits alone beckon kindly to tlieman whose countenance
is " sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought," but with equally enticing calls does she
summon to her streets the jolly lover of sport. If Ire be a disciple of Izaak TValton she
invites him to the side of 29 Brooks, a River, six Waters and a Fountain, and
can equip him for his sport with a SkiS, a Barge and a Bottle, and will furnish him for
game with two Haddocks, a He~ng, two Pikes, five Crabbs, and nine Fish (species not
enumerated). If his luck be bad, there are at his disposal four Damnls and two Meingotts.
If he be a descendant of Nimrod, this volume will tell where he can find eight
Forests, three Marshes, eight Fields and 30 Woods, and his huntsman's skill may
be displayed upon 17 Foxes, rive Does, 16 Harts, two Hinds, a single variety
of Katz, four Kidds, nine Lambs, two Bucks, 10 Lyons, two Minks, 11 Roes, 24
Wolfs, two Stags, four Coons, four Bullocks, and a Sheep.
To those who have not time to familiarize themselves with all the agreeable facts of
which the foregoing presents merely a premonitory taste, is commended a perusal of the
advertising portion of the Directory. It will be found to be of great value, in that it
contains the names of all the leading firms and establishments of the city in all branches
of commercial enterprise. This department of this pablication has remained under the
charge of MR. JACOB IT. WEEKS, for the past fox years its superintendent, and a gentleman
of unusual experience in this direction.
In conclusion it is proper to acknowledge the indebtedness which the pnhlishcrs
and patrons of the Directory are under to the City Surveyor, EUGENE ROBL~-SOX, Esq.: for
his valuable assistance in completing and correcting the street directory, which forms
such an important feature of this volume.