The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-11-20

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:stvssrY Hv3DRFp AND oxE xxkRow STREET.
1 an not known BY the cogaomen.o of g Nose"
nor DO I answer 10 theS name # Syksey'-
neither, as general thing, do l promenade the
tucked in my boots Still; by way Of q new
excitement, lately joined the Fire Depart
nept, and connected myself with the company,
of Engine 81.
Bought my uniform, treated the company.
took upmy quarters in the bunk room; where
~ aeps by night in b bed occupied iatke day
time by q big yellow. dog. First night went to
bed with my boots on ready for on alarm.
At last it came seized ~ rope with the rest
of the boys; started on . run; tugged and
toiled till we got her into the lItk District,
four miles and half from home found the
alarm had been caused BY q barrel Of shayings
and the conasgration had extinguished itself !;
tired most to death it wasn't funny at all -
turned in half an honr, neY alarm :, started
again-hOsc 80 laid in the same alley; got
our apparatus jammed on the corner fight !;
81 victorious got ONT machine out, and car
red off the forewhcA Of sos carriage on our
tongue reached the FIRE big nfgger standing
on the hydrant elected myself appraiser and
auctioneer knocked him down without any
] bidder; took water; got our stream on the
| fire; fan; worked till my arms ached let 60
! to rest, foreman hit me over the head with a
trumpet, aud told me to go ahead s. thought
d--n, bat kept At it; children in the garnet !;
horrible situation; gallant fireman made a
| rush up the ladder battled his way through
the smoke-re-appeared with child in each
arm, and his pockets full of teaspoons. go 3
Old gentleman from the country much ex-
cited; wanted to help, but didn't exactly know
how he rushed into fourth story bedroom !;
threw the mirror out Of the window; frantic
ally cndeavored to hurl the dressing table after
it.; seized the coal scuttle; hurriedly put in
poker, bootjack, and pair of worn out slip
pers, carried them down stairs, and deposited
them in place Of safety four blocks away !;
came back on a run, into the par.or /; took up
the door mat, wrapped up an empty decaster
the nearest neighbor he kept at work :; by
dint of heroic exertions, he at various times
deposited, piece by piece, the entire cooking
stove in the street, uninjued; and at last, al
ter knocking the piano to pieces with an axe,
in order to save the lock, and filling his pocRR-
cts with the sofa casters, he was seen to make
his final exit from the back yard, with length
of stove pipe in each hand, the toasting fork
tucked behind his ear, and two dozOn muffin
rings in his hat. which was surmomtcd by a
large sized frying pan. E GSB%
During the next week there were several
alarms fire in a big block full of paupers; first
man in the building; carried down stairs in my
arms two helpless, untircssed children, thereby
saving their valuable lives; Oh giving them to
their mother, she, amid whirlwind of thanks,
impaired the gratifying intelligence that one
was afflicted with the measles, and the other
had the Michigan itch. Fire in boarding
school; dashed up ladder; tumbled through a
window; entered q bedroom; smoke so thick
couldn't see; caught up in my arms feminine
specimen in a long night gown; got back to
the window; tried to 90 down; ladder broke
under me; stuck adhesively to the young lady;
and after uncxampled eXcrtions, deposited her
safely in the next house, where | discovered l
had rescued from the devOuring element, the
only child Of the black cook. Fire in store
honse-wcnt Oh the roof; explosion; found my
self in somebody's cellar, with ore leg i'm soap
barrel and my hair full of fractured hens eggs;
discovered that had been blown over a church
and had the wcathe-cock still remaining in the
rear of my demolished pantaloons. Fire in a
liquor stOrc-hosc burst; brandy "lying around
lOOse;' gin "convaynient," and old MOnonga-
hea absolutely begging to be protected from
further dilutiOn; CrotOn water too much for
my delicate constitution; carried home on a
olruttcl- Tire In u CturCh-CaJhOilc--HL
marble images oil around the room in inches;
wall began to totter; statutes began to fall; St.
Andrew knocked my fire hat over my eyes; St.
T Peter threw his whole weight on my big, toe;
Saint Jerome hit nre clip over the head
which Ia il mo cyro wlnr uhon q y,irfuro Of Tho
Holy Family fell and covered me UP like bed
quilt. Fire in big clothing store--ncxt day
our foreman sported a new silk velvet vest,
seven of the men exhibited twelve dollar doe
skin pants, and the black boy who sweeps out
the bunk room, and scours the engine had a
new hat, and flaming red cravat, presented
as / heard, by the proprietor of the stock Of
goods, as an. evidence Of his appreciation Of
their endeavors to save his property. l didn't
get any new breeches on the contrary, lost
my overcoat, and got damaged myself Tell
you how-fre out, order came stake up 81"
took of the hose; turned her round; got the
boys together, and started for home; corner of
the street hook and ladder 100, tDutch;) en-
CINE %, Irish;) hose 80, (Yankee;) and our
own company came in contact; machines got
jammed; polyglott swearing by the strength Of
the companies got all mixed up; fight; one of
sS's men hit foreman of hook and ladder 100,
over the head with a spanner; CTS engineer
clipped one of 73's men with trumpet; 73
retaliated with a paving stone; men of all com
panies went in; resolved to 60 in myself; went
in; went out again as fast as could, with a
black eye, three teeth (indigestible, have ev-
cry reason to believe) in my stomach, inter.
mingled with my supper; my red shirt in carpet
rags, and my knuckles skinned, as if they had
been pawned to Chatham street Jew; got on
hydrant and watched the fun; 88s boys
whipped everything; 73's best man was doub-
led up like jack-knife, by dig in the place
where Jonah was; four of CTS fellows were ly-
ing under the machine with their eyes in mourn