Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-16

hand. I trust the Duluth conven-
ton will prove successful. I am for st.
Paul, the whole length and breadth of me.
We occupy the God given location to con-
troll, and our business men must wake up
and take CONTROL
BILL KINGS PAPER.
CHOW here,'' remarked the talker, g is the
+. r. Office. A hyphenated concern. One P.
for st. Paul, the other for Minneapolis, and
l guess the busted short line route was
| to have been the eleven mile hyphen.
think the attachment too long to hold up
! the concern. You've heard what Tom Cor
| win said about President Pierce. He was
very big man in New Hampshire, but when
you come to smear him out over the United
States there wasn't enough to go round.
just so here; the p. p. smears very we'll for
Minneapolis, but when it comes to St. Paul,
Bill King don't seem to have enough to go
| 'round.''
eyes, AT Home is at home. He is wrest-
ling up where you see that light, with his
| ponderous article for tomorrow. Bless
your innocent heart, mounting Mag talk
alive lilly and jawing Jennie don't help
AT Home to get up the articles he does
1t alt alone. Our girls are very angry for
mixing them up with tea and
water SETS and getting them tangled
| up with toys having them smell
! asafatida, bundled 'em up in ssUIsters,''
and making perfect cads of them over bur
nished tea-caddies.'' chewing ''allspice''-
the men only do that, etc., etc., last Mon
day. But he will never, never do SO no
| more. Cross his heart, he won't"
"But, sir, there's the great and handsome
Union Depot"
"Where?'
"Right down there, sir. You can run
down and see it. sir. But can't leave my
beat.''
''You don't see it? Young man, if you
! live long enough you will see it. A struc-
| ture ample in its Dimensions to accommodate
thirteen railroads, with room enough left
for more Finished in all the appointments
necessary to make the great travelling public
unwilling to leave it. A noble structure, in
stone, brick and iron. A necessity, to be
sure, long wanted, and at last attained. [
am just tickled to death that our business
men have made the railroaders come in on
time, and the schedule marked out by the
patrons of the road, too.''
The eyes of the pencil pusher were directed
to the gesture made by his companion.
familiar scene, to be sure. Surely the
place from whence the start was made.
"But-l leave it to you; up Third street,
or down Fourth?''
| "Do you see this broad expanse?" and the
words were accompanied by an expansive
gesture, which almost Strengthened his
arms.
Clayton avenue and Summit avenue
"Aristocracy! 1t breathed US to come up
that hill back there. just so to climb the
hill of prosperity. I envy nobody if they
came by it honestly. That's good enough
Sunday school lesson for anybody.
eff you please, this is the corner of Fourth
and Seventh Streets
"You may we'll laugh. The corner of
Fourth, and Fifth and Seventh streets,
sounds queer enough. But remember we
are in st. Paul.
"How do you account for the irregularity,
do you ask? will repeat the words of a
city official, who has an original explanation.
He says, when this place was settled by the
pioneers, trappers, ETC., each man spotted
his house where he pleased. When the
number became greater, enough to imagine
city, they commenced to lay out streets;
but considerably made a turn for every old
settler. To accommodate them again, the
streets were made narrow, SO
they wouldn't have to walk far
between houses, when they got
on their nightly apple jack frolics.''
Down Fourth to the court house, Seven
Corners checked the march.
'sOver there do you see that room ?''
eyes. the auditors office ?"
S'No, next to it, where the bridge commits
sioners hold their meetings.
| stYes.''
81 might add secret meetiags.
Then followed a shaking of the head.
Seven Corners seemed all angles, as he oscil-
lated his head to and fro. Out of the angu-
lar parsonage came a growl.
"Just think of it, public officers entrusted
with the disbursement of public monies, en-
gagged in furthering a great public improve
ment, holding secret meetings from which
are excluded the people by the peoples SER
wants. Odd, to say the least of it,
"a hard neighborhood, this Fourth and
Rosabel streets Let's get out of it-leis-
urely."
"Here we are at Wabashaw. You are
tired. Well reserve our journeyings down
Seventh street for another time. So good
night
The GLOBE reached out to give his agree
able companion good night shake, and
showed his hand against the chilling surface