Early History of Waupaca, Wisconsin

              20 EARLY PRf^ACIlEPS.
Heath was marshal. The clioir for tliC <K;cisi()n c insisted of R.,l)(.rt llaini)son, Sarah and Katie Mar.sh and Mr. and .Mrs. Horace Hublvvin. After the exercises w*; marched back to town for dinner. At tlie close* (>( the day, after the display of "firc-w.>rks^', all united in expressing nieasure for what il had br.uight them. As I was to chroiiicUr nothing bui vvliat liaj)pi'ned in the early ?ime5, and as there wa.s no cclebralion in 1854 I have consid-ref' it best to stop at the f:fdebratir)o of'53. It in:iy not be improper to state thU whenever since that time VYaupaca lias tried to celebrate that she has made a e»ucness of it as she does m all her   undenakinirs.
EARLY PREACHERS.
The first man to dispense the word of God to the citizens of ^^^^l- paca was Silar> Miller He was pro|)riot(H- of Waupaca's first .saw¬ mill, which was situated near the present ruins of the city mill. He was a methodist p/eneber, and came in March 1850. There being no regular place for hf>lding meetings he nroaciied around at private houses. On one occasion I remember ho preached al the lif)usc of E. C. Sessions. Tiie house was eleven by fifiecn feet, log of course, as icw board houses were here at this early dale. The cracks between the logs were chinked witli mud and bark. A half windf)W af the rear cn(] let in the light wdiile a blanket was used as a door. The floor" and roof were also f;f bark.
Later in '50 Mr. McIntfJsh came. He claimed what is pow the Judson addition iu the city, an J sold it to N. P. Judson for two hundred ami fifty dollars cash, at that time a scarce article. Willi tlii.-=i he started the old Exchange tavern. This Waupaca's first hotel was situated nearly where the old fire-engine house now stands. He too was a methodist. There seems to be some conneciion between a preacher and a hotel landlord in tlmse early times, but at the pressnl time there is no such connection between them—a fact much to be regretted. The next preacher, a Mr. Baxter, was also a tavern keeper. He came iu 1851 and was the flrst Congrf?gatioual minister in ^^¦anpac.a. He built a house on the ground nowoccupled by the ally back ol Peter¬ son's store. Picture a two story house 22 ft. x 10 It. the po sts of which were peeled tamarack poles twelve feet long; the outer covering rough boards plnced vertically, and the cracks between them covered by bat¬ tels; the floors of rougii pine boards; a small door at each cud hung on wooden hinges; four windows, two above aud two below ; the only