Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-28

| to say, pervaded the entire party, and main
tanned its supremacy throughout the trip.
| Once more starting from Hopkins station,
steam was let on, and the train was swept
past the post at which poor Minnie Reeves
life was offered up victim 10 Washburn's
greed, as if fleeing from an ayenging spirit,
thereby denying the passengers the mournful
privilege of inspecting the spot which, in the
| brain of every person on that train save and eX-
cept w. D. Washbnrn. will for all time to come,
as long as life and memory last. be an object of
sincere pity and deep and abiding interest.
But as before stated the train flew by as fast as
the wheezy old engine could carry it, to be
| brought to full stop mile further on. This
delay, however finally came to an end and
| after the expiration of fifteen or twenty min
utes the train drew up at selberg's Point, the
| terminus of the rail journey.
AT THE LAKE.
| Here awaiting this crowd was Bill s steamer,
| the City of St.sLouis-the building of which,
| the GLOBE was assured by an enthusiastic
contributor was one of the reasons which led
to the necessity of the excursion, and the
| need of retiling the leaks made thereby in the
proprietor's purse. She (the steamer) was
gaily bedecked with flags and streamers. Fore
and aft, waving in the gentle breeze, were
streamers upon which figured the names of
every prominent Southern city, even to far-off
Jacksonville
OF course Northern and Western cities we're
also represented, but hardly with that pro-
fuseness which manifested itself by leaving
out none of the Southern localities. The ex
planation is an easy one and need not be di-
lated upon. Bill Washburn is Of thrifty
turn of mind, and, like the busy bee, seeks to
gather honey out of every opening flower
Southern, Northern or Western. A Southern
dollar, although coming from the hand of one
of those "Rebel Brigadiers" he IS so fond of
denouncing outside of their presence ,apd when
addressing his favorite audience, the Swedes,
is as good any other mans, and recog
nizing this fact the astute Bill seeks to ensnare
customers from Dixie ny. Haunting banners
from his boat inscribed with the names of all
of the principal points. The dodge Is a keen
one and designed to entrap the unwary into
patronzing his boat at the expense of faster
and more accommodating boats owned by
other, better and less selfish individuals.
The embarkstion upon the boat gave fair
opportunity for gauging the crowd Some of
of the prominent citizens of Minneapolis were
there, and, among the ladies, were many of
the recognized leaders of fashion there. Had
the excursion been an ordinary one, there is
no doubt the material was there for any
amount of enjoyment and good humor. But
the relief from the cars to the open decks of
the steamer made no perceptble change The
sable mantle of gloom still overspread them.
The wet blanket of Bill Washburn was
over them and enveloped them in robe of
Arctic frigidity. They were dull, sad and des-
pondent and the goddess of mirth and joility
spread her wings and floated off. The spectre
of shame and mental discomfort at the idea
of contributing S. head to swell the i'll
gotten gains of W. D. Washburn, would not
down at their bidding, but like the typical
ghost of Banquo, kept bob5ing up serenely at
all times and on all occasions.
PEN PICTURE OF OUR $5 CONGREssMEN.
a brief pen picture of the man as he sat
for the most part alone, moody and repellant OF
look, may not be uninteresting. His mind
was evidently busy on other topics and he
paid little regard and evidently cared less, for
his surroundings. Was he thinking of poor
Minnie Reeves sad fate and his self-conscious
responsibility therefor? Or was his mind
gloating in anticipation of the golden ducats
which would pour into his pockets from the
thought was that which en-
crossed his attention least,
such construction is more In accordance
with the eternal fitness of things and the mans
nature. The man, as Dean Swift said upon a
notable occasion, it is well known, labors I'M
der most painful intenseness of his own self
importance. This demeanor was maintained
throughout He never once unbent His
henchmen approached and were received with
naughty gesture, as If to teach them how
mighty chasm separated the outside world
from this lordly scion of the
house of Washburn, whose offspring
enjoy the peculiar privilege of being "borned''
into the world mped with the cabalistic
words IN. c." and who to make good
their pretensions to Congressional honors deem
it honor instead of shame to bulldoze or buy
working men as seems most convenient and
suitable. Although masquerading in the
character of a mendicant aims taker, he never
for moment laid aside his panoply of cold
and callous reserve, and was seen on
more than one occasion to give
decided anubs to the weazen faced and cadaver-
our Charlie Johnson, whose officious perti-
naclty in seeking to pay court was laughable
III the extreme. This silent and gloomy de-
meanor continued and was maintained even
during he 'feed," which was commenced
shortly after the boat left the landing The
spread was tolera6le only, and evidently on
the ginger dread order. The tables we're
decked with flowers and so arranged as to
give snowy and pretentious outlook to the
surroundings, which really contained little of
palatable nature to tempt or satisfy the ap-
petite.
THE PROGRAMME.
The original programme as far as any was
mapped out contemplated tour of the upper
and lower lakes This, like every other part
of the arrangement, was cut short and made
10 subserve the great object in view from the
outsetto give as little as possible for the
money trip TO the st. Louis house and
thence through the narrows as far as the Har-
row hotel and return to Solsbergs point for
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