Pioneer history of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, secretary of the Ingham County pioneer and historical society.

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book covers are tough boards covered with hog skin and the
binding is neatly done with tough rope. It is evident that the
original biographers of the Jones family were Hollanders as they
inscribe their first family records in the book in 1637. The writing is a bit faded but still legible and William Wagenvoord and
Schelto Swart, of this city, have been able to read and interpret
these century-old records to the present day Jones'. Records are
in Dutch until 1753, when the first English entry is made. The
Jones', a Welsh family, make their appearance in 1803. H. B.
Jones, present owner, received the book from his father, James
Henry Jones, deceased. The father had it from his father, Victor
Jones, who married Margaret Cratsenburg, a Dutch womau. A
number of local enthusiasts who have seen the prized volume have
importuned Mr. Jones to place it in the Michigan Historical Library and he has practically assented to the plan.-State Journal,
1920.
SLEIGHING IN LANSING WAS ONCE SOME SPORT, SAYS
REVIVED MEMORY.
"It does not look much like sleighing for New Year's, still y'
can never tell."
The speaker was looking meditatively at the fine snow sifting
down about noon Saturday.
"Well, even if the old sky woman should start 'picking her
geese' and the 'beautiful' should pile up two feet deep by morning
how could there be any sleighing?" was asked of the meditative
individual.
"You mean, where would the sleighs come from, don't you?
Well, I'll have to admit there are not as many of them in Lansing
as there once were. Still, if we should have a right good spell of
sleighing I guess you would see more sleighs than you think there
are in Lansing.
"Where have the sleighs gone to? Well, blessed if I knowgone the same place baby carriages go, I guess. Few of the latter
are ever worn out, and yet there is not that pile of them higher
than the Capitol dome one would expect. Queer where things go
that never wear out, isn't it?