Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-11

agement are realizing the truth of the old
adage. Apart from the embarrassments arising
out of the failure, pecuniarily, of the religious
speculation, up tu this date it would seem that
other difficulties beset the concern. The sub
! scribers, or rather a large pro portion of them,
have failed far to come down with the
ducats as per agreement. The little hamlet of
Excelsior, which was induced to subscribe &c.
600 for the location of the Park at its
present site has paid $4,000 only, and absolute
ly refuses to fork over another cent. SO with
individuals, many of whom having made their
down again. Verify, the Lake Park manage
ment is not bed of roses, and unless the
pressure be speedily removed, there will newt
ably result volcanic eruption which will cost
the firm of Gilmore. Keith & Co. their places,
and will reduce the Minneapolis member to the
necessity of relying solely for support upon
Uncle Sam and his postoffice.
PEN PICTURE OF THE TWENTY-FIVE CENT DEACON.
The GLOBE boasts of its superabudance of
Christian charity, and since it has accom-
plished the task, without money and without
price, of rendering notorious throughout the
length and breadth of the great Northwest, the
Iowa soul saver at two shillings head, it now
in the redundancy of its goodness of heart
proposes to let its thousands of readers know
what manner of man the good deacon is. To
do this the GLOBE will draw pen picture of
the man, and leave its readers to fill up the
missing links.
Imagine an elderly gentleman of probably
some ffty-four or five winters, five feet seven
or eight inches high and slightly STOPPING His
forehead is broad but receding and expansive,
and the entire crown of his head is as utterly
devoid of it's capillary GROWING as, in the
language of Dromis the plain bald pate Of
Father Time, himself" His brows are heavy,
and rough, but his eyes are small and piercing.
His face is covered with small bushy whiskers
and more especially around his eyes is marked
by hard, stern lines, which give it a cold and
unfeeling aspect as it seems to the observer,
without his knowledge and consent and against
his wishes and inclination. The contour of
of the nose and mouth partake of the same
character and evince strong will and evident
determination of character. But while
all this is forcibly suggested in the
tout ensemble of the face, yet there
is another popularity which tends to affect any
favorable impression which might have arisen
from bare glance at any single feature, and
wholly, if not absolutely destroy the same in
the mind of the observer. A fuller and COM
plete view strengthens the unfavorable i'm
preston, aud brings to the mind the idea Of a
cross between Uriah Heep and Pecksniff, par
taking of the tinguishing characteris-
tics of each. and yet blending in
crops out in the half timid and uncertain
glance of the eye, in the ungainly carriage of
the body and in the ever-present suggestions
of an INCLINATION to resort to ways that are
dark and tricks that are vain, to reach the
accomplishment of a purpose. The moral can't
general characteristics which have been men,
toned, but by the very tones of his voice and
modes of expression. Either by itself would
be an imperfect picture, but the combination of
the two in equal proportions seems best adapted
to the peculiar requirements of the case, and
to blend and form in itself a complete ideal.
He is a lawyer by profession and preserves
clerico-legal aspect, which at times leaves the
mind in doubt as to which profession to assign
him. Indeed, if report be true, he has aspira-
tions for the Passionate of the Congregational
church of Cedar Rapids and has
for some time been engaged in
setting up the pins to secure that position. In
has changed his faith four times, SO report has
it. At first he started out as Methodist, and
after changing to a Baptist, next embraced the
Presbyterian faith. Nor was this sufficient to
hold him long. He speedily apostatized
and is now an earnest worker in the Congre-
gational church, but how he will wear this
livery, the GLOBE, although given to prophecy,
forbears to venture prediction. Truly in
matters of religion, he has been Everything
by starts and nothing long," His experience,
it will be seen, is of the varied order, religious
ly speaking, and it is no wonder that under the
circumstances Tue mau UeAleVcS ulHlSelE Gu
titled to engage in the saving of souls at rs
cents apiece.
One word more as to the scene of quietude
prevailing yesterday on the grounds of the as
ISOLATION. Despite the rumor to the contrary,
it appears that the hotel proprietor, J. w.
Hutchinson, was allowed to serve i, warm din
der yesterday. and not compelled to have the
same prepared on Saturday, as itswas ru.nored
then would be the case. The pitching of
quoits and swings, amusements allowed
on the grounds on week days, were
suspended, but some of the brethren
made up for the loss by hiring boats and going
a fishing and rowing upon the bay and in
dulging in other like sports-all however, in "a
moral way" as John Dillon would say, in any
other locality than that presided over by the
the present Minnetonka Lake Park Association.