Spurious Nib

Volume 3

Spurious Nib#6


In 1854 after listening to the latest Stephen C. Foster’s ‘Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair’ Dilworth Butterfield became so enraged by the new American music style he forged a large ax and hacked his square piano to splinters.

Spurious Nib#51

In 1875 The Round Prairie Witness gave a tidbit about one prospector, Paddy O’Deary, who was wandering central Minnesota looking for Fairy Stones: “O’ Deary’s mule’s name is Colleen.”
(And be sure to look for the Spurious Nib’s Special Edition - A Nod to St. Patrick’s Day.)

Spurious Spotlight On Business

 (Editor’s note: We sat down with business man, Mr. Walter Miter.)

Walter Miter is the owner of Miter Chairs. His spouse, Judith and five children live in Wayne, Michigan.
“Mr. Miter, what spurred you into the Chair making business?”
“I have done a lot of sitting. I sit on many things, in many places. Why just yesterday, I found myself sitting on a stool in one of our fine watering holes. I remember a moment early in life being afraid of sitting. I was about sixteen months old, holding onto my dear mother’s hands. I felt wobbly. And suddenly whomp! I was sitting on the floor. The whole experience was quite invigorating. I wanted to recreate that same exhilaration for others. This whole sitting thing is close to my heart.”
“What was the next step so to speak?”
“When I was ten I began keeping a diary of chairs and seating. I observed that people sit in many ways and in many places. People sit at tables for instance or out of doors under trees for shade.”
At this point in the interview Miter showed us one of his many early journals. Indeed it was chalk full of diagrams and notes about sitting and chair inventions.
Walter Miter is one of the area’s largest manufacturers of furniture.