Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-18

Honored Custom Omitted by the Deacon
Ingenious Devices for Combining Soul
Saving and Business-Bad Blood Being
Engendered by the Failure of subscrip-
tons.
Deacon Gilmore's victims of CANNON" or
to speak more correctly, the victims of Dea-
con Gilmore's cannon" to use the Elder
Weller's language. did not show up in very i'm
posing numbers yesterday. 1t is true, as has
already been noted. that with sharp eye to
business, and with the view of turning an
honest penny through his divvy with the hotel
keeper. the sanctimonious ex-president of the
Clear Lake Association of Iowa, telegraphed
Saturday afternoon to the superintendent not
to send out late night tram Us there was no
necessity for it, and by keeping this secret ur.
til after the departure of the last boat, had
captured quite a number for q whole days
board. Yet with this enforced addition to the
sanity crew, yesterdays attendance was slim
-wofully slim. But as no admission fees of
twenty-five cents could be collected on the
Sabbath, the truly good man readily comforted
himself and SION forgot the disappointment,
and then forthwith set about devising some
still another day, and in this way secure from
each and every one the coveted quarter.
THE PIoUs TRINITY.
The sun rose clear and beautiful and the
morning bells' rang out in clear and sweet
toned chimes across the silvery waters. But
the faithful stirred not: The morning sum-
mons rather lulled to sleep, and as q conse-
quence, the morning worship found few de-
votees-even that pious trinity, Deacons Gill
more, Keith and johnson, coming late upon the
stage. Breakfast, three quarters of an hour
latter, was much more successful in getting out
the saints. Few Jagged superauous ton the
stage, for, as alreauy explained in the GLOBE,
these Minnetonka Christians don't believe in
taking back seats with any crowd, when there
is any eating going on. This over. the usual
exercises followed, and at II o'clock Rev. Mr..
Chaffee preached a sermon. The audience was
small-not over one hundred or one hundred
and twenty-five persons being present.
DEMAND FOE THE GLOBE SUNDAY MORNING.
An hour latter the audience returned to the
hotel to find the GLOBE awaiting them. The
rush for the paper was unprecedented an in ten
minutes not copy was to be had for love or
money. The crowd evidently needed whole
some reading, such as is always found in the
GLOBE, to counteract, the i'll effects of the
mornings association with the saints of Gil
mores tabernacle.
AMONG TUE SAINTS.
But the GLOBE is ahead Of it's story. Its
readers will remember that on Sunday the Min
netonka saints, in order to indulge in pisus
meditations undisturbed by contact with the
wicked outside world, shut themselves up in
the sacred retreat and debar steamboats, and
their unrightcOus owners the privilege of land
ing at the wharf (what's the good of having
boats land unless that quarter head is forth
coming?). Recognizing the memorable edict
of Gilmore. Keith & Co., the GLOBE repre-
sentative landed at Excelsior, and chartering
water chariot, soon stood on holy ground
within the abode of the Minnetonka eainta. A
solemn gloom, like a funeral pail, hung over
the entire place. Melancholy had marked it
for her own. at the hotel the same lonely as
pect met the gaze. Here and there sat few
woe-begone, forlorn looking specimens of hu-
manity, who had doubtless been made the vic
TINS Of Gilmore's shrewd tactics in taking off
the usual train of the night before, and who
felt like repenting in sackcloth and ashes their
folly at being caught for whole day and night
in such goodly company. Catering the hotel
the same deserted appearance crested the visi-
tor on every hand. In front of the barber shop
stood out in bold scra>. ling characters, the
legend: mo shaving on Sunday" (The deacons
evidently reserve monopoly Of that kind of
business to themselves) About this time the
advance guard of the returning audience from
the exercises appeared and made rush for the
GLOBE which, as already detailed, went off like
hot cakes.
sANDwIcH1Na SAINT AND SINNER.
An interval Of half an hour ensued and then
the doors of the dining room were thrown open.
A large proportion of those within the hotel
had gathered in front of the dining room and
were awaiting the eventful momentswhen the
summons should come. Notably among the
motley crowd were saint and sinner sand
wiched together in astounding contiguity.
When at last the doors were thrown open, the
rush made was astonishing and ill comforted
with the staid and solemn demeauor and car
| rage of the saints but a few minutes before
When at last the crowd had been seated, q
solemn pause ensued which lasted several
minutes, unbroken by W. I'd or whisper of guest
or servant Then the GLOBE glanced around
expecting every moment that Deacon Gilmore
who had made his way in among the very first,
would arise and "say grace" But the good
man was too inten: on the business in hand
s the getting Soforo away INV with the the
pause which, had assumed funeral stiffness.
was as suddenly broken, and the onslau ght
commenced. But why be more specific? The
appetite OF your Minnetonka christian is some
thing wonderful to behold and has already
been described fully. No more need be said
1t speaks for itself, and needs no advocate to
chant its praises.
AN HoNORED CUSTOM IGNORED.
One query. however, is apropos in this con-
nection. Why and how happens it that the
truly pious management have ignored that
very commendable Custom of saying grace
giving thanks to the giver OF all good for his
bounties-before meals? The custom is old
and is decidedly appropriate, and should GER
tainly be in vogue in a congregation of saints.
But, it would appear, the half Presbyterian and
half Congregationalist shepherd of the fold has
utterly ignored the good old custom of our
forefathers, and will have nothing of it. One
0VVtv1 cf fho l,v 81 -
and that is that the saints are too impatient to
await the slow process of saying grace, and
are content to mentally calculate the same be-
tween the nouthfuls as they follow each other
in rapid and unvarying succession. The
GLOBE suggests to the pious deacon the insti-
tuition of this commendable custom forthwith,
and that the duty be deyolved alternately pom
Bros. Keith. Johnson, Seeley, etc., down the
descending scale of goodness and righteousness,
SUNDAY SAILS
In the afternoon the GLOBE made brief
tour Of the grounds and inspected some of the
stores, ETC., which the pious management had
provided as accessories to soul-saving salvation
at twenty-five cents head, and for the gl,ry
of the Lord and a fair divvy with His own
especial servants. The doors were open for
customers, but no customers were to be seen.
The prospects for the good deacons realizing
any thing out of his regulatiO n divvy seemed
slim and faint indeed. But at the wharf
things looked somewhat different. There some
thing was being done in the matt er of hiring
of boats. The deacon of course has his little
divvy in this line of business. The manag e.
ment keep on hand number Of boats, and al
| though the steamboats, are warned off on Sun
day. it is not, in the good mans estimation,
sacriligious to hire out row-boats to the godly
or the ungodly for price, SO long as the cause
OF the Lord is served and money is put in the
purse Of the management. Keep holy the
Sabbath day. does not apply to minor picca-
dilloes, and Of this kind and character is the
sailing and rowing o. the Lade Park Associa-
ton boats on Sunday, more particularly when
the same is done by members in good standing,